IP Library Patent Application 15290471
Patent Application
App. No. 15/290,471

Ingesting a Natural Language Query into a Cognitive Graph

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App. No.
15/290,471
Abstract

A system comprising: a processor; a data bus coupled to the processor; and a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus. The computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for: receiving data a data source, the data comprising a query and information relating to an answer to the query; processing the query, the processing the query identifying a plurality of query related knowledge elements; processing the information relating to the answer to the query, the processing the information relating to the answer to the query identifying a plurality of answer related knowledge elements; and, storing the plurality of query related knowledge elements and the plurality of answer related knowledge elements within the cognitive graph as a collection of knowledge elements.

Claims (39)

1 . A system comprising:

a processor;

a data bus coupled to the processor; and

a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:

receiving data a data source, the data comprising a query and information relating to an answer to the query;

processing the query, the processing the query identifying a plurality of query related knowledge elements;

processing the information relating to the answer to the query, the processing the information relating to the answer to the query identifying a plurality of answer related knowledge elements; and,

storing the plurality of query related knowledge elements and the plurality of answer related knowledge elements within the cognitive graph as a collection of knowledge elements.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the plurality of query related knowledge elements and the plurality of answer related knowledge elements are stored within the cognitive graph using a consistent, non-arbitrary, universally recognizable schema.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:

any ambiguity identified when processing the query is stored within the cognitive graph as a query related knowledge element.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further configured for:

analyzing the query to determine whether the query contains text; and,

performing a natural language processing operation on the text.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further configured for:

performing mapping operations on the query related knowledge elements, the mapping operations comprising mapping of structural elements of the query around a verb of the query, the mapping of the structural elements transforming the structural elements into words higher up an inheritance chain implemented in a universal cognitive graph.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein:

the query related knowledge elements are stored within the cognitive graph as nodes; and,

subsets of nodes are related via edges.

7 . A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

receiving data a data source, the data comprising a query and information relating to an answer to the query;

processing the query, the processing the query identifying a plurality of query related knowledge elements;

processing the information relating to the answer to the query, the processing the information relating to the answer to the query identifying a plurality of answer related knowledge elements; and,

storing the plurality of query related knowledge elements and the plurality of answer related knowledge elements within the cognitive graph as a collection of knowledge elements.

8 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein:

the plurality of query related knowledge elements and the plurality of answer related knowledge elements are stored within the cognitive graph using a consistent, non-arbitrary, universally recognizable schema.

9 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein:

any ambiguity identified when processing the query is stored within the cognitive graph as a query related knowledge element.

10 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor further comprise instructions for:

analyzing the query to determine whether the query contains text; and,

performing a natural language processing operation on the text.

11 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor further comprise instructions for:

performing mapping operations on the query related knowledge elements, the mapping operations comprising mapping of structural elements of the query around a verb of the query, the mapping of the structural elements transforming the structural elements into words higher up an inheritance chain implemented in a universal cognitive graph.

12 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein

the query related knowledge elements are stored within the cognitive graph as nodes; and,

subsets of nodes are related via edges.

13 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.

14 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: TECNOTREE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: TRIPLEPOINT CAPITAL LLC
Reel/Frame 062213/0388 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2022
From: COGNITIVE SCALE, INC.; COGNITIVESCALE SOFTWARE INDIA PVT. LTD.; COGNITIVE SCALE UK LTD.; COGNITIVE SCALE (CANADA) INC.
To: TECNOTREE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 062125/0051 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2022
From: COGNITIVE SCALE INC.
To: TRIPLEPOINT CAPITAL LLC
Reel/Frame 061771/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: LINDSLEY, HANNAH R.
To: COGNITIVE SCALE, INC.
Reel/Frame 039986/0459 →