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Rules bases and methods of access thereof

  • US 5,826,250 A
  • Filed: 06/19/1996
  • Issued: 10/20/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of determining a rule for a designated objective and circumstance, the method comprising the steps ofA. any of creating and accessing a rules base that includesi. a plurality of rule entries, each associated with an objective and with a circumstance, at least one of which entries has a status indicating that information associated with the entry corresponds to one or more rules for that objective and circumstance, and at least another of which entries has a status indicating that one or more rules for that objective and circumstance should be sought elsewhere,ii. a structure that defines an ancestral relationship of circumstances,B. responding to existence of an entry in the rules base associated with the designated objective and circumstance, which entry has a status indicating that information associated with the entry corresponds to one or more rules for that objective and circumstance, for generating those rules based on information associated with that entry,C. responding to any ofi. absence of an entry in the rules base associated with the designated objective and circumstance, andii. an entry in the rules base associated with the designated objective and circumstance, which entry has a status indicating that one or more rules for that objective and circumstance should be sought elsewhere, for generating those rules based on information associated with an entry that is associated with the designated objective and with a circumstance that is any of an immediate or prior ancestor of the designated circumstance.

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