Computer-implemented system for progressively transmitting knowledge

• US 8,909,692 B2
• Filed: 10/06/2005
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Definiens AG (Astrazeneca PLC)
• Original Assignee: Definiens AG (Astrazeneca PLC)
• Inventors: Athelogou, Maria, Benz, Ursula
• Primary Examiner(s): Hwang, Joon H
• Assistant Examiner(s): LIN, SHERMAN L
• Application Number:
  US11/244,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20060026111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,351 Days
• Field of Search: 709/250, 709/231
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models

Abstract

A computer-implemented system for progressively transmitting of knowledge between system nodes of a network structure comprises a plurality of system nodes and intelligent interfaces by which respective system nodes are coupled with each other for performing a communication. The intelligent interfaces transmit object features of cognition structure objects comprising knowledge, information and data depending on a respective question of a respective one system nodes progressively more faithful to detail from another of the respective system nodes to the one of the respective system nodes. Furthermore, there are disclosed a corresponding method and a computer program product relating to the system and method.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented system for progressively transmitting knowledge between system nodes of a network structure, comprising:

a plurality of system nodes; and

intelligent interfaces that couple system nodes to each other and that establish communication between said plurality of system nodes, wherein the intelligent interfaces transmit object features of cognition structure objects, wherein the object features comprise knowledge, information and data depending on a question of one of said plurality of system nodes, and the object features are transmitted progressively more faithful to detail from another of the respective system nodes to the one of the respective system nodes, and wherein those object features comprising knowledge are transmitted with higher priority than are those object features comprising data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein relations are present between cognition structure objects.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the cognition structure objects are hierarchically structured, and wherein data objects are located on a lower level of the hierarchical structure.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the transmitting progressively more faithful to detail is performed by transmitting object features first from a higher level and then from the lower level of the hierarchical structure.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each system node comprises one of a client, a server and a sensor.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the server comprises a database.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein different kinds of cognition structure objects are arbitrarily processed leading to a multi-modal processing.

8. A computer-implemented method for progressively transmitting knowledge between system nodes of a network structure, the method comprising:

transmitting object features of cognition structure objects progressively more faithful to detail, wherein the object features comprise knowledge, information and data depending on a question of one of the system nodes from another of the respective system nodes to the one of the respective system nodes, and wherein those object features comprising knowledge are transmitted with higher priority than are those object features comprising data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein relations are present between cognition structure objects.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the cognition structure objects are hierarchically structured, and wherein data objects are located on a lower level of the hierarchical structure.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the transmitting progressively more faithful to detail transmitting is performed by transmitting object features first from a higher level and then from a lower level of a hierarchical structure.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein each system node comprises a client, a server and a sensor.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the server comprises a database.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein different kinds of cognition structure objects are arbitrarily processed leading to a multi-modal processing.

15. A computer-readable medium that is not a transitory signal comprising program instructions for performing the steps of:

transmitting object features of cognition structure objects progressively more faithful to detail between system nodes of a network structure, wherein the object features comprise knowledge, information and data depending on a question of one of the system nodes from another of the respective system nodes to the one of the respective system nodes, and wherein those object features comprising knowledge are transmitted with higher priority than are those object feature comprising data.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the cognition structure objects are hierarchically structured, and wherein data objects are located on a lower level of the hierarchical structure.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the transmitting progressively more faithful to detail is preformed by transmitting object features first from a higher level and then from a lower level of a hierarchical structure.

18. A system comprising:

a plurality of system nodes coupled to each other; and

means for progressively transmitting knowledge and data between the system nodes, wherein a question of one of the system nodes regarding the knowledge and the data is transmitted from another of the system nodes to the one system node, wherein the knowledge and data are transmitted progressively more faithful to detail from the one system node to the other system node, and wherein the knowledge is transmitted with higher priority than is the data.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the means for progressively transmitting knowledge performs the progressively more faithful to detail transmitting by transmitting the knowledge and data first from a higher level and then from a lower level of a hierarchical structure.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the means for progressively transmitting knowledge transmits object features of cognition structure object progressively more faithful to detail between the system nodes.

21. A computer-implemented system for progressively transmitting knowledge between system nodes of a network structure, comprising:

a first system node including a first structure object;

a second system node including a second structure object; and

intelligent interfaces that couple the first system node to the second system node and that establish communication between the first system node and the second system node, wherein the intelligent interfaces transmit progressively more faithful to detail object features of the first structure object to the second system node depending on a question of the second system node transmitted from the second system node to the first system node, wherein the object features comprise knowledge, information and data, wherein the transmitting of the object features is performed progressively more faithful to detail from a higher hierarchical level of the network structure to a lower hierarchical level of the network structure, and wherein those object features comprising knowledge are transmitted with higher priority than are those object features comprising data.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein those object features comprising information are transmitted with higher priority than are those object features comprising data.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein those object features comprising knowledge are transmitted with higher priority than are those object features comprising information.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the first system node is taken from the group consisting of:

a server, a client and a sensor.