Patent ID: 7197488
Filing Date: 2007-03-27
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. One or more computer readable media having computer executable instructions for implementing a system for facilitating user thinking about an arbitrary problem, comprising: First logic to facilitate user specification of the problem to populate a problem statement structure; Second logic to facilitate user specification of a conclusion statement, related to the problem statement, to populate a conclusion statement structure; Third logic to facilitate user creation and specification of knowledge, related to at least one of the problem statement and the conclusion statement, to populate a knowledge structure; Model logic to track user interaction with the first through third logic to construct a user model structure of user development and population of the user model structure, conclusion statement structure, and knowledge structure; Structure analysis logic to analyze the user model structure relative to an archetype model structure; And at least one of visual feedback logic to display, logic to store and logic to output the resulting user structure.