Patent ID: 7958073
Filing Date: 2011-06-07
Classification: G06N

Abstract:
1. A knowledge system for solving a problem identified by a user, the knowledge system comprising: a display device; an interactive development environment (“IDE”) comprising a graphical user interface (“GUI”) presented on the display device for enabling a user to enter and modify a collection of Task-Method-Knowledge (TMK) or Structure-Behaviors-Functions (SBF) data comprising a plurality of knowledge data elements defining strategy for solving the identified problem, wherein the IDE causes each of the TMK or SBF knowledge data elements to be represented on the display device by an object having at least one visual characteristic indicative of a type of the represented knowledge data element and further causes a relationship between related knowledge data elements to be graphically represented on the display device by a link between the objects representing the related knowledge data elements; a knowledge engine for converting the collection of TMK or SBF data to an internal format; a database for storing the collection of knowledge data; and means for processing the converted collection of knowledge data to solution and providing the solution to a user.