US 11,928,488 B2
Interactive research assistant—multilink
David A. Ferrucci, Wilton, CT (US); Aditya A. Kalyanpur, Fort Lee, NJ (US); Shirin Saleem, Lexington, MA (US); Jose Barrera, New York, NY (US); Gregory H. Burnham, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Kailash Karthik Saravanakumar, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to Elemental Cognition Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Elemental Cognition Inc., Wilton, NY (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/580,647.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236857 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/58 (2020.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 9/453 (2018.02) [G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 40/205 (2020.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01); G06F 40/58 (2020.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 40/169 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, via a graphical user interface (GUI) presented via a user device, an input query including a search schema defining search parameters for a research topic, wherein the search parameters includes a source concept and a target concept associated with one or more causal pathways, and the search parameters are used by a research assistant tool to determine one or more concept links to establish the one or more causal pathways between the source concept and the target concept;
identifying one or more evidence passages that reference the source concept or the target concept;
determining, from the one or more evidence passages, one or more first links between the source concept and one or more first intermediate concepts;
determining that a causal link fails to be established between the one or more first intermediate concepts and the target concept;
determining, from the one or more evidence passages, one or more second links between the one or more first intermediate concepts and one or more second intermediate concepts;
determining that the causal link can be established between the one or more second intermediate concepts and the target concept, the causal link referencing a first concept of the one or more first intermediate concepts and a second concept of the one or more second intermediate concepts;
determining that a causal pathway of the one or more causal pathways exists between the source concept and the target concept; and
presenting, via a user interface presented via a user device, the causal pathway including a portion of the one or more evidence passages.