Patent ID: 6205446
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for integrating a first and a second knowledge base file into a single smaller integrated third file, comprising steps of:(a) loading at least portions of the two files to a software integrating engine, each of the two files representing a unique characteristic of a particular abstract entity;(b) merging all instances of each unique parameter in the loaded portions of the first and second files into a single composite parameter in the integrated third file;(c) adding constraints to each single composite parameter in the third file, indicating which unique characteristic designates each value; and(d) merging all common value and activity constraints from the loaded portions of the first and second files into a single constraint by forming a single constraint with any common left-side term and creating a new right-side term from multiple right-side terms for each common left-side term.