Patent ID: 6611841
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G06N,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A knowledge acquisition and retrieval system, comprising:at least one first memory segment; a distinct second memory segment, wherein elements of the distinct second memory segment are reciprocally associated with elements of the at least one first memory segment, wherein such reciprocal associations further comprise: a hierarchical relationship between elements of the at least one first memory segment by traversing the reciprocal associations; a hierarchical relationship between elements of the distinct second memory segment by traversing the reciprocal association; and, an associative algorithm, wherein the associative algorithm further comprising: a first input; a distinct second input; a first association module to search the at least one first memory segment for the first input, and exit upon finding the first input in the at least one first memory segment, and otherwise stores the first input in the at least one first memory segment, creates a corresponding first abstract element in the distinct second memory segment, and reciprocally associates the at least one first memory segment element containing the first input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the first abstract element; a second association module to search the at least one first memory segment for the distinct second input, and exit upon finding the distinct second input in the at least one first memory segment, and otherwise stores the distinct second input in the at least one first memory segment, creates a corresponding second abstract element in the distinct second memory segment, and reciprocally associates the at least one first memory segment element containing the second input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the second abstract element; and, a third association module to reciprocally associate the at least one first memory segment element containing the first input, with the distinct second memory segment element containing the second abstract element.