Conversational user interface that mimics the organization of memories in a human brain

• US 7,805,309 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2006
• Issued: 09/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Carl E. Carpenter
• Original Assignee: Celf Corporation
• Inventors: Carpenter, Carl Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorvil; Richemond
• Assistant Examiner(s): He; Jialong
• Application Number:
  US11/276,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20060195320A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,686 Days
• Field of Search: 704/257, 704/270, 704/275, 706/18, 706/20, 706/25
• US Class Current: 704/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding

Abstract

A conversational user interface (CUI) is implemented in a computer by mimicking the organization and retrieval of linguistic memories of human conversation. To mimic the organization of linguistic memories in a human brain, the artificial memories are stored as sequences of patterns, are stored in invariant form, are organized hierarchically, and are recalled auto-associatively. To mimic the recall of linguistic memories in a human brain, the same algorithm performs the recall of the various memories. Each artificial memory is a pairing of the invariant representation and an associated responsive message. When a received utterance is determined to match the invariant representation of a memory, the memory is evoked and the associated responsive message is presented to the person.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium useful in association with a computer which includes a processor and a memory, the computer readable medium including computer instructions which are configured to cause the computer to implement a conversational user interface by performing a method comprising the steps of:

a) receiving utterance data representing a linguistic message from a person;

b) searching among artificial linguistic memories for a matching one of the artificial linguistic memories;

c) determining whether the matching artificial linguistic memory matches the utterance data by at least a predetermined degree of similarity;

d) upon a condition in which the matching artificial linguistic memory matches the utterance data by at least the predetermined degree of similarity, presenting a responsive message to the person, wherein the responsive message is associated with the matching artificial linguistic memory;

e) upon a condition in which the matching artificial linguistic memory match the utterance data by less than the predetermined degree of similarity, initiating symbiotic learning so as to acquire a new linguistic memory that matches the utterance by at least the predetermined degree of similarity, wherein initiating symbiotic learning comprises sending a request to a human mindwriter for symbiotic teaching, and wherein the request includes packaged subject dialog sent to the mindwriter as part of an e-mail message;

f) and, receiving remedial modifications from the mindwriter, and wherein the remedial modifications are effected within an artificial linguistic cortex.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the artificial linguistic cortex implements the remedial modifications within an artificial neocortical region.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the artificial linguistic cortex sends the person a responsive message to the utterance data previously determined to possess less than the predetermined degree of similarity to the matching artificial linguistic memory.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 3, wherein the responsive message to the utterance data sent by the artificial linguistic cortex is an e-mail, and wherein the e-mail includes a hyperlink that can be used in conjunction with a web browser executing within the computer to resume dialog between the person and the artificial linguistic cortex.