System and method of knowledge architecture

• US 6,910,027 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2003
• Issued: 06/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: David Bromberg
• Original Assignee: Acappella Software, Inc.
• Inventors: Roberts, Steven, Bromberg, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hirl, Joseph P.
• Application Number:
  US10/342,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20030187810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 888 Days
• Field of Search: 706/46, 706/45, 706/47
• US Class Current: 706/46
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/022 Knowledge engineering; Knowledge acquisition

Abstract

The system of knowledge architecture transforms knowledge of an expert by capturing the knowledge as structured content; and using the structured content in a software format. Knowledge is captured by mapping the structured content into topics and questions and/or a structured document, inputting said structured content, and storing said structured content. The structured content is then prepared for use as a specialized software application, next the prepared structured content is presented to a user where interaction with a user in a software format causes the forming of a narrative end-product based upon the data structure that communicates the findings and opinions of the expert knowledge.

Claims

1. An end-product generation component for a computerized system of knowledge architecture, the component comprising:

A) a hierarchical end-product script having contributing levels, the end-product script being;

(i) related to a specific subject matter, (ii) developed and organized by an expert in the specific subject matter, and (iii) adapted to be processed with contributing values provided by a user who has previously established findings and opinions related to the specific subject matter;

B) a data structure having contributing values provided by the user;

C) a permutator for processing the contributing values with the contributing levels to generate a finite group of alternative sentences; and

D) a selector for selecting a sentence from the finite group of alternative sentences, whereby two narrative end products generated from the same contributing values will appear similar, but not identical,

wherein an end-product generated by the end-product generation component comprises narrative components selected from the group consisting of text, graphics, charts, tables, and combinations thereof, the narrative components having a format that is readily presentable and readable to communicate the user'"'"'s previously established findings and opinions related to the specific subject matter, which findings and opinions are provided to the computerized system of knowledge architecture by the user as answers in response to questions that are developed and organized by the expert as a hierarchy of topics and associated questions for display by the computerized system of knowledge architecture.