Data processing: artificial intelligence – Having particular user interface
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-08
2001-11-06
Powell, Mark R. (Department: 2122)
Data processing: artificial intelligence
Having particular user interface
C706S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06314411
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to computer interfaces, and more particularly, to a natural language interface designed to interface and to share learned data between itself and any data base and which is designed to interface to human users and electronic devices or systems.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Electronic and computer devices have been traditionally difficult to operate because of long, difficult to remember, command sequences. Natural language interfaces have been suggested to assist computer use; however, these interfaces are deficient in that they do not cover all grammar expressions and the user is unaware of the subset of natural language which the interface does cover. Users enter entire sentences only to find that the system cannot understand these sentences. Furthermore, such interfaces do not cover certain linguistic capabilities. Therefore, existing natural language interfaces are typically limited to single word commands for controlling simple and specific designed computer functions.
A need has thus arisen for an interface that is highly efficient, natural language, multi-lingual, linguistically programmable, artificial language acquisition device to learn new tasks and to share learned data between itself and other data bases which is designed to interface humans to electronic devices or systems. Such an interface must operate on natural human sentence structure and commands to enable use by operators who are not familiar with computer operations.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with the present invention, a system for interfacing a human user to a data processor is provided. The data processor receives inputs from the user and includes associated storage resource information. The data processor generates outputs to the user and associated output devices. The interface system includes structure for receiving a statement generated by the human user in natural language on a word-by-word basis. Structure is provided for analyzing the statement to identify a subject. Structure is further provided for searching the stored resource information for data related to the identified subject. Output devices are provided for generating to the user the data from the stored resource information related to the identified subject.
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Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
Pegasus Micro-Technologies, Inc.
Powell Mark R.
Starks Wilbert
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