Network of networks of associative memory networks for knowledge management

• US 7,774,291 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2008
• Issued: 08/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Saffron Technology, Inc. (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: McGiverin, Brian J., Fleming, James S., Aparicio, Manuel IV
• Primary Examiner(s): HOLMES, MICHAEL B
• Application Number:
  US12/329,239
• Publication Number:
  US 20090119240A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 706/46
• US Class Current: 706/46
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90339 by using parallel associative memories or content-addressable memories
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation

Abstract

Associative memory systems, methods and/or computer program products include a network of networks of associative memory networks. A network of entity associative memory networks is provided, a respective entity associative memory of which includes associations among a respective observer entity and observed entities that are observed by the respective observer entity, based on input documents. A network of feedback associative memory networks includes associations among observed entities for a respective positive and/or negative evaluation for a respective task of a respective user. A network of document associative memory networks includes associations among observed entities in a respective observed input source, such as a respective input document. A network of community associative memory networks includes associations among a respective observer entity, observed entities that are observed by the respective observer entity, and observed tasks of users in which the observer entity was queried. Associations may be observed into and imagined from the network of networks of associative memory networks.

Claims

1. A knowledge management system comprising:

an associative memory system; and

an observer system that is configured to observe associations among user queries, results of user queries and user evaluations of results of user queries for a plurality of users, into the associative memory system.

2. A knowledge management system according to claim 1 further comprising:

a query system that is configured to imagine associations from the associations among user queries, results of user queries and user evaluations of results of user queries for a plurality of users that were observed into the associative memory system, in response to a query by a given user.

3. A knowledge management system according to claim 1 wherein the user queries are defined by a plurality of entities that are stored in the knowledge base, the results of user queries are defined by associations among the entities that are stored in the knowledge base and wherein the evaluations of results of user queries are defined by positive and/or negative evaluations of the associations among the entities.

4. A knowledge management system according to claim 2 wherein the query system is further configured to identify associations, user queries, results of user queries and/or users that are not known to a given user, in response to a query by the given user.

5. A knowledge management system according to claim 2 wherein the querying system is further configured to identify associations that were evaluated as interesting to another user, in response to a query by the given user.

6. A knowledge management method comprising:

observing associations among user queries, results of user queries and user evaluations of results of user queries for a plurality of users, into an associative memory system.

7. A knowledge management method according to claim 6 further comprising:

imagining associations from the associations among user queries, results of user queries and user evaluations of results of user queries for a plurality of users that were observed into the associative memory system, in response to a query by a given user.

8. A knowledge management method according to claim 6 wherein the user queries are defined by a plurality of entities that are stored in the knowledge base, the results of user queries are defined by of associations among the entities that are stored in the knowledge base and wherein the evaluations of results of user queries are defined by positive and/or negative evaluations of the associations among the entities.

9. A knowledge management method according to claim 7 further comprising:

identifying associations, user queries, results of user queries and/or users that are not known to a given user, in response to a query by the given user.

10. A knowledge management method according to claim 7 further comprising:

identifying associations that were evaluated as interesting to another user, in response to a query by the given user.

11. A knowledge management computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer-readable program code comprising:

computer-readable program code that is configured to provide an associative memory system; and

computer-readable program code that is configured to observe associations among user queries, results of user queries and user evaluations of results of user queries for a plurality of users, into the associative memory system.

12. A knowledge management computer program product according to claim 11 further comprising:

computer-readable program code that is configured to imagine associations from the associations among user queries, results of user queries and user evaluations of results of user queries for a plurality of users that were observed into the associative memory system, in response to a query by a given user.

13. A knowledge management computer program product according to claim 11 wherein the user queries are defined by a plurality of entities that are stored in the knowledge base, the results of user queries are defined by associations among the entities that are stored in the knowledge base and wherein the evaluations of results of user queries are defined by positive and/or negative evaluations of the associations among the entities.

14. A knowledge management computer program product according to claim 12 further comprising:

computer-readable program code that is configured to identify associations, user queries, results of user queries and/or users that are not known to a given user, in response to a query by the given user.

15. A knowledge management computer program product according to claim 12 further comprising:

computer-readable program code that is configured to identify associations that were evaluated as interesting to another user in response to a query by the given user.