Interactive rule based system with selection feedback that parameterizes rules to constrain choices for multiple operations
US5874955A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N5/022
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A rule based system and method interacts with a user to provide the user a series of interim results. The system has a set of one or more operations. Each of these operations in turn has a set of one or more choices, called a choice set, associated with an operation. Rule based intelligence is applied to the operations set and/or one or more operation choice set by a set of rules associated with its respective operation and/or choice set. When one or more rules in a rule set are applied to the operation set, an offered operation set is created which is a subset of the operation set. Only the operations in the offered operation set are offered to the user. When one or more rules in a rule set are applied to a choice set, an offered choice set is created which is a subset of the choice set. Only those operation choices in the offered choice set are offered to the user. The operations (operation choices) that are in the offered operation set (offered choice set) are those that conform to the constraints of the rules that are applied. The user selects operations (operation choices) from the offered operation set (offered choice set). Information about the user selections feeds back to …
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