IP Library Granted Patent US 9,576,242
Granted Patent B2
US 9,576,242 · App. 14/989,746 · Granted Feb 21, 2017

Reasoning engine services

Inventor: Patrick Soon-Shiong (Los Angeles, CA)
G06N5/022G06N5/04G06Q30/0241
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Patent No.
US 9,576,242
App. No.
14/989,746
Granted
Feb 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reasoning engine is disclosed. Contemplated reasoning engines acquire data relating to one or more aspects of various environments. Inference engines within the reasoning engines review the acquire data, historical or current, to generate one or more hypotheses about how the aspects of the environments might be correlated, if at all. The reasoning engine can attempt to validate the hypotheses through controlling acquisition of the environment data.

Claims (27)

1. A computer-based reasoning service platform comprising:

an inquiry interface configured to receive an inquiry over a network, the inquiry associated with data objects of a data space; and

at least one inference engine coupled with the inquiry interface and configured to:

receive the inquiry from the inquiry interface;

recognize at least two data objects of the data space based, at least in part, from the inquiry;

select at least one reasoning rules set from available reasoning rules sets as a function of the data space and object attributes of the recognized at least two data objects;

establish a hypothesized conclusion according to the at least one selected reasoning rules set, the hypothesized conclusion representing that the at least two data objects have a suspected correlation; and

present the hypothesized conclusion and an associated advertisement to a user via a presentation module.

2. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the inquiry interface comprises a search engine.

3. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the inquiry interface comprises at least one of the following: a mobile computing device, a gaming system, a device controller, an appliance, a garment, and a web page.

4. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the data space includes a medical data space.

5. The platform of claim 4 , wherein the at least two data objects include a treatment protocol and an outcome.

6. The platform of claim 4 , wherein the at least two data objects include a change in a patient's biometrics.

7. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the data space includes a goods and services data space.

8. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least two data objects include a virtual object.

9. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the presentation module comprises a browser-enabled computer.

10. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the presentation module comprises a mobile device.

11. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the hypothesized conclusion comprises a merit score.

12. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the associated advertisement comprises a validation of the hypothesized conclusion.

13. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the associated advertisement comprises a for-pay advertisement.

14. The platform of claim 13 , wherein the for-pay advertisement is associated with the at least one selected reasoning rules set.

15. The platform of claim 13 , wherein the for-pay advertisement is associated with a topic of the inquiry.

16. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the inquiry comprises at least one of the following types of data: text data, audio data, image data, video data, and sensor data.

17. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one inference engine comprises at least one cloud-based server.

18. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one inference engine comprises at least one virtual server.

19. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the at least one inference engine comprises a search engine.

20. The platform of claim 1 , wherein the available reasoning rules sets include at least one of the following types of reasoning rules: inductive rules, deductive rules, abductive rules, ampliative reasoning rules, case-based reasoning rules, metaphorical mapping rules, forward chaining rules, backward chaining rules, analogical reasoning rules, cause-and-effect reasoning rules, defeasible reasoning rules, indefeasible reasoning rules, comparative reasoning rules, conditional reasoning rules, modal logic rules, set-based reasoning rules, systemic reasoning rules, syllogistic reasoning rules, probabilistic reasoning rules, and paraconsistent reasoning rules.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: SOON-SHIONG, PATRICK
To: NANT HOLDINGS IP, LLC
Reel/Frame 052691/0900 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 14006932
Provisional Application 61466367 · Mar 22, 2011
Provisional Application 61466398 · Mar 22, 2011
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