US 12,001,424 B2
Interactive structured analytic systems
Joel P. Benedict, Aliquippa, PA (US); Caroline E. Christ, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Paul E. Durbin, Ellwood City, PA (US); William C. Elm, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Kathryn M. Kopren, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Brian Mendicino, Fair Oaks, PA (US); Brian A. Neal, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Samantha S. Szymczak, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Mark Westerlund, Pittsburgh, PA (US); Jorge E. Zuniga, Chicago, IL (US); and Elise M. Reeves, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Assigned to RESILIENT COGNITIVE SOLUTIONS, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed by Resilient Cognitive Solutions, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,988.
Application 17/817,988 is a continuation of application No. 16/204,872, filed on Nov. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,409,737.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/592,213, filed on Nov. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0405280 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 16/24 (2019.01); G06F 16/242 (2019.01); G06F 16/2452 (2019.01); G06F 16/2457 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/332 (2019.01); G06Q 10/06 (2023.01); G06Q 10/0637 (2023.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 16/24522 (2019.01) [G06F 16/243 (2019.01); G06F 16/24578 (2019.01); G06F 16/248 (2019.01); G06F 16/3329 (2019.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0637 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An analytics system comprising:
a display on which information is shown; and
an analytics application executing on one or more processors and communicably coupled to the display, wherein the analytics application:
receives an inquiry from a user and generates a hierarchical network of questions that support an answer to the inquiry;
receives a selected question from among the hierarchical network of questions, the selected question selected by the user using the display;
receives assumptions and hypotheses from the user using the display, wherein the assumptions and hypotheses are specific to the selected question;
generates, by a query module, a plurality of queries using a natural language module, wherein the natural language module incorporates natural language into the plurality of queries, wherein the plurality of queries are based on the selected question, the assumptions, and the hypotheses;
sends the plurality of queries to a plurality of data sources;
receives data from the plurality of data sources in response to the plurality of queries;
evaluates the data to generate evaluated data;
presents, using a triage module, the evaluated data, wherein the evaluated data is organized by age, veracity, and relevance to the hypotheses;
receives, from the triage module, a first selection of at least one data item of the evaluated data;
converts, using the triage module, the at least one data item into evidence;
receives a second selection of the evidence applied to a hypothesis among the hypotheses;
evaluates, by an assessment module, the hypothesis against the selected question;
presents, by the assessment module on the display, an assessment of the hypothesis against the selected question based on an analysis by a hypotheses manager; and
receives, from the user on the display, confirmation that the hypothesis answers the selected question.