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7409317 Diagnostic method and system  
A method and system comprising a diagnostic symptom tree system for diagnosing a failing system element causing a symptom in a system-under-test. A diagnostic symptom tree comprises symptom roots...
7350112 Automated diagnostic service  
A method of providing diagnostic service for a data processing system includes retrieving product data identifying a data processing element in response to an alert generated by the element. The...
7302418 Trade-off/semantic networks  
Trade-off/semantic networks are described, including identifying a plurality of elemental attributes, relating each of the plurality of elemental attributes to each other to configure a trade-off...
7260561 System and method to facilitate user thinking about an arbitrary problem with output and interface to external components and resources  
Systems and methods to facilitate user thinking about an arbitrary problem. The systems and methods include an output and interface to external components and resources. A system for facilitating...
7225175 System and method of facilitating and evaluating user thinking about an arbitrary problem using visual feedback  
Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods of facilitating and evaluating user thinking about an arbitrary problem. The system includes first logic to facilitate user...
7203667 System and method of facilitating and evaluating user thinking about an arbitrary problem using an archetype process  
Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods of facilitating and evaluating user thinking about an arbitrary problem. The system includes first logic to facilitate user...
7197488 System and method of facilitating and evaluating user thinking about an arbitrary problem using an archetype problem structure  
Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods of facilitating and evaluating user thinking about an arbitrary problem. The system includes first logic to facilitate user...
7171487 Method and system for application specific packet forwarding  
The present invention provides a method and system handling information exchange through networks 102 to 110 for interactive information exchange, especially for interactive Internet based game...
7065745 System and method for evaluating and executing hierarchies of rules  
Embodiments of a system and method for hierarchically organizing rules and for evaluating and executing the hierarchy of rules. Each rule in the hierarchy of rules may include a precondition and an...
6952658 System for determining fault causes  
A system for determining fault causes, including automated determination of hypotheses in the context of a fault cause analysis and automated performance of hypotheses verification, has a data...
6885984 Apparatus and method for aiding programming  
An apparatus for aiding a machinist in preparing a machining program. A machining simulator simulates a basic machining program. Values of machining variables are obtained during the simulation and...
6850924 Automated process guidance system and method  
A system and method for guiding a user through a complex process having a plurality of steps is provided. The system may permit a user with little or no knowledge of the process to complete the...
6820072 Validation of probabilistic troubleshooters and diagnostic system  
A probabilistic diagnostic system is validated. A diagnostic sequence is generated from a diagnostic model. The diagnostic sequence is evaluated to determine whether the diagnostic sequence...
6782495 Method for analyzing printer faults  
A method of diagnosing a printer problem includes correlating a wide range of printer data types with suggested solutions. Printer diagnostic data, which may include usage information and printer...
6725447 System and method for graphic creation of a medical logical module in the arden syntax file format  
The system and method for graphic creation of a medical logical module in the Arden syntax file format allows a user to define a medical decision process in terms of flowcharts and outlines. The...
6604093 Situation awareness system  
A method for situation management includes specifying a composite event as a combination of two or more predefined component events and defining a rule, which causes a reaction to be invoked upon...
6598035 Object oriented rule-based expert system framework mechanism  
A framework for use with object-oriented programming systems provides an expert system shell that executes with a rule set developed by a framework user. The framework includes a condition manager...
6553360 Software-based problem-resolution production system with standardized information providers & solution interpreters  
A problem-resolution software system is organized into a “solution cube” which interacts with a problem-resolution framework consisting of a production-system engine. The solution cube...
6493693 Method and system for ensuring completeness and quality of a multi-component project  
A method for ensuring completeness and quality of a project or proposed change to a complex system including modeling the system as a plurality of nodes and storing the nodes in a database, each...
EP1246403A2 Remote maintenance system  
A remote maintenance system 100 in which a center server 120 that is located in a service center for performing maintenance of an electrical appliance 102 and a home server 101 that is located in...
6446057 Method and apparatus for transparent backtracking  
A technique is used in embodiments of the invention such that backtracking programs can be written in a general purpose computer language (e.g., C++ or Java) without requiring the control structure...
6249755 Apparatus and method for event correlation and problem reporting  
A computer implemented method is provided for determining the source of a problem in a complex system of managed components based upon symptoms. The problem source identification process is split...
6247007 Hierarchically arranged knowledge domains  
An improved expert system is disclosed wherein rules are organized into domains and subdomains, and objects are passed to rules to be operated upon. Prior to operating upon any object, the domain...
6247004 Universal computer assisted diagnosis  
A method is provided which facilitates diagnosis of any describable condition or event. One example is specialty related medical conditions and diseases. The method first provides, in a computer...
6157922 Method and apparatus for transparent backtracking  
A technique is used in embodiments of the invention such that backtracking programs can be written in a general purpose computer language (e.g., C++ or Java) without requiring the control structure...
6149585 Diagnostic enhancement method and apparatus  
A medical diagnostic enhancement method and system for determining diagnostic tasks to fine-tune a patient diagnosis based upon a possible diagnosis and acquired data for the patient. With this...
6021404 Universal computer assisted diagnosis  
A method is provided which facilitates diagnosis of any describable condition or event. One example is specialty related medical conditions and diseases. The method first provides, in a computer...
5974405 Knowledge base management system with enhanced explanation of derived information and error objects  
A knowledge representation system which allows a user to utilize a description language to generate, maintain and access information in a knowledge base is disclosed. The knowledge representation...
5832266 Encapsulation of applications for inclusion within an object management facility environment  
A computing system having an object management facility is presented. The object management facility manages a plurality of objects. Each object references an application designed to run in...
5822745 Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications  
An expert system and processing method employing a three level hierarchical knowledge base that has a plurality of nodes coupled together. An uppermost level comprises a behavioral knowledge level,...
5806056 Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications  
An expert system and processing method employing a three level hierarchical knowledge base that has a plurality of nodes coupled together. An uppermost level comprises a behavioral knowledge level,...
5805776 Device for automatic generation of a knowledge base for a diagnostic expert system  
Efficient expert systems for failure diagnosis often decisively increase the availability of a technical system by making available to a layman the knowledge of a diagnostic expert. The process...
5787232 Efficient data-driven theory revision system  
A computer system takes as input an initial fault hierarchy KB 0 and a set of annotated session transcripts C={<π j ,r j >} and is given a specified set of revision operators T={θ i }...
5720009 Method of rule execution in an expert system using equivalence classes to group database objects  
A pattern match method is the primary component of any rule-based inference engine or database search method. Equivalence class projection is used in a discrimination match network, such that only...
5720007 Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications  
An expert system and processing method employing a three level hierarchical knowledge base that has a plurality of nodes coupled together. An uppermost level comprises a behavioral knowledge level,...
5710723 Method and apparatus for performing pre-emptive maintenance on operating equipment  
A pre-emptive maintenance system for performing maintenance and process assurance on run-critical equipment employs an intrinsic health monitor that includes a number of sensors that are used with...
5701400 Method and apparatus for applying if-then-else rules to data sets in a relational data base and generating from the results of application of said rules a database of diagnostics linked to said data sets to aid executive analysis of financial data  
A system for applying artificial intelligence technology to data stored in databases and generates diagnostics that are user definable interpretations of information in the database. The...
5696885 Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications  
An expert system and processing method employing a three level hierarchical knowledge base that has a plurality of nodes coupled together. An uppermost level comprises a behavioral knowledge level,...
5692186 Production system, hierarchical network and method of node control of hierarchical network  
A production system including a network processing unit which allows a node, which refers to a data part which has changed, to execute a necessary change such that nodes in a data base are always...
5644686 Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications  
An expert system and processing method employing a three level hierarchical knowledge base that has a plurality of nodes coupled together. An uppermost level comprises a behavioral knowledge level,...
EP0443212B1 A method for executing computer-assisted physical fault diagnosis by means of an expert system  
Abstract of EP0443212 There is described a machine (20) assisted physical fault diagnosis method for a physical fault object. First a number (one or more) of physical fault(70)systems are...
5619621 Diagnostic expert system for hierarchically decomposed knowledge domains  
A forward chaining expert system is disclosed for use in analyzing categorization problems such as in diagnosing device malfunctions. The expert system is particularly useful in diagnosing...
5566291 Method and apparatus for implementing user feedback  
A method and apparatus for implementing user feedback. A user may activate an enter feedback mode command in a computer environment to provide feedback in a feedback interface. A feedback record is...
5544308 Method for automating the development and execution of diagnostic reasoning software in products and processes  
A method for automated diagnosis of faults in a system containing repairable parts is performed by selecting a set of faults representing all known failures which can occur among the parts of the...
5539877 Problem determination method for local area network systems  
A limited multi-fault system and method manages error recovery in a local area network system. The system includes a data structure which store related error events, diagnostic problems and causes....
5537618 Method and apparatus for implementing user feedback  
A method and apparatus for implementing user feedback. A user may activate an enter feedback mode command in a computer environment to provide feedback in a feedback interface. A feedback record is...
5537590 Apparatus for applying analysis rules to data sets in a relational database to generate a database of diagnostic records linked to the data sets  
This invention addresses the need to map information from databases and reports to a new dimension of structured, intelligent interpretations or diagnostics of that information, and then querying...
5506937 Concept mapbased multimedia computer system for facilitating user understanding of a domain of knowledge  
A computer system having an explanation facility for facilitating user understanding of concepts underlying a domain of knowledge which enables a user to interact with and explore the domain of...
5493678 Method in a structure editor  
The present invention relates to a method for providing improved editing capability in a structure editor, and more particularly for syntax-directed editors. A set of methods provide an approach to...
5483637 Expert based system and method for managing error events in a local area network  
An expert based system for managing error events in a local area network (LAN) includes an inference engine and a knowledge base storing data defining a plurality of causal relationships. Each of...
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