Patent ID: 7970720
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. A system for facilitating user thinking about an arbitrary problem in multiple parts according to approaches used by expert problem solvers, comprising: processor executable instructions embodied in at least one computer readable media, memory, or computer readable device, or a combination thereof, said instructions comprising: instructions to facilitate user specification of at least one user model regarding an arbitrary problem, comprising at least one problem structure or at least one conclusion structure, or both, and at least one specification of knowledge related to the arbitrary problem; instructions to specify linkages or relationships among said components of the at least one user model structure; instructions to facilitate at least one subdivision of the user model into at least two subportions; instructions to determine at least one search argument, related suggested inquiry area, or suggested inquiry construct, or a combination thereof, relative to at least one subportion of the user model regarding the arbitrary problem or an archetype structure for exemplary user thinking, or both; instructions to display, instructions to store or instructions to output, or a combination thereof, at least a subset of the resulting user structure, related suggested inquiry area, suggested inquiry construct, or search argument, or any combination thereof.