Patent ID: 8175984

Claim:
A computer system comprising: a memory; a processor; a child node module stored in the memory and executable by the processor to: receive a set of sequences of sensed input patterns associated with a set of actions, wherein the set of actions are associated with a hierarchy of actions that defines a set of subsumptive relationships between the actions; determine that a subset of the sequences of sensed input patterns form a group associated with a first action, wherein the first action is associated with a hierarchy of actions; receive a new sequence of sensed input patterns; determine a first value which indicates the probability that the new sequence of sensed input patterns is associated with the first action based on the group associated with the first action; label the new sequence of sensed input patterns with the first action and at least a second action responsive to the first value exceeding a threshold value, wherein the at least a second action is determined according to the set of subsumptive relationships defined by the hierarchy of actions; and store the first value in a memory associated with the child node.