Cognitive agents for use within a cognitive environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10445645-B2
Application number	US-201514629673-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	Jun 9, 2014
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

An apparatus for providing cognitive insights comprising: a cognitive inference and learning system, the cognitive inference and learning system comprising a plurality of agents, the plurality of agents processing streams of data from a plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources via the plurality of agents performing a respective plurality of cognitive operations on the streams of data, at least one of the plurality of agents generating cognitive insights based upon the performing the respective plurality of cognitive operations on the streams of data from the plurality of data sources.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for providing cognitive insights comprising:
a cognitive inference and learning system, the cognitive inference and learning system comprising a plurality of agents, the plurality of agents processing streams of data from a plurality of data sources, the plurality of data sources comprising a social data source stored in a social data repository, a public data source stored in a public data repository, a licensed data source stored in a licensed data repository and a proprietary data source stored in a proprietary data repository, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources via the plurality of agents performing a respective plurality of cognitive operations on the streams of data, at least one of the plurality of agents generating cognitive insights based upon the performing the respective plurality of cognitive operations on the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the cognitive inference and learning system executing on a hardware processor of an information processing system, the cognitive inference and learning system and the information processing system providing a cognitive computing function, the cognitive inference and learning system comprising a cognitive platform, the cognitive platform comprising a cognitive engine, the cognitive engine processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources via the plurality of cognitive agents, the cognitive insights being provided to a destination; and wherein
the plurality of agents comprise:
a sourcing agent, the sourcing agent performing a sourcing operation, the sourcing operation sourcing a plurality of multi-site, multi-structured source streams of data;
an enrichment agent, the enrichment agent performing an enrichment operation, the enrichment operation generating enriched data streams;
a bridging agent, the bridging agent performing a bridging operation via a bridging agent, the bridging operation interpreting requests and user context and mapping the requests and user context to an appropriate node and line within the cognitive graph;
an insight agent, the insight agent performing an insight operation, the insight operation creating a visual data story, highlighting user-specific insights, relationships and recommendations;
a destination agent, the destination agent performing a destination operation, the destination operation providing cognitive insights to a consumer of cognitive insight data; and,
a learning agent, the learning agent performing a learning operation, the learning operation updating a cognitive graph from a plurality of unique interactions with data and users; and

the sourcing agent receives information from the learning agent and provides information to the enrichment agent, the enrichment agent receives information from the sourcing agent and provides information to the bridging agent, the bridging agent receives information from the sourcing agent and provides information to the insight agent, the insight agent receives information from the bridging agent and provides information to the destination agent, the destination agent receives information from the insight agent and provides information to the learning agent and the learning agent receives information from the destination agent.

2. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources, the plurality of data sources comprising a social data source stored in a social data repository, a public data source stored in a public data repository, a licensed data source stored in a licensed data repository and a proprietary data source stored in a proprietary data repository;
processing streams of data from a plurality of data sources via a plurality of agents of a cognitive inference and learning system, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources via the plurality of agents performing a respective plurality of cognitive operations on the streams of data, the cognitive inference and learning system executing on a hardware processor of an information processing system, the cognitive inference and learning system and the information processing system providing a cognitive computing function, the cognitive inference and learning system comprising a cognitive platform, the cognitive platform comprising a cognitive engine, the cognitive engine processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources via the plurality of cognitive agents; and,
providing cognitive insights to a destination based upon the performing the respective plurality of cognitive operations on the streams of data from the plurality of data sources; and wherein
the plurality of agents comprise:
a sourcing agent, the sourcing agent performing a sourcing operation, the sourcing operation sourcing a plurality of multi-site, multi-structured source streams of data;
an enrichment agent, the enrichment agent performing an enrichment operation, the enrichment operation generating enriched data streams;
a bridging agent, the bridging agent performing a bridging operation via a bridging agent, the bridging operation interpreting requests and user context and mapping the requests and user context to an appropriate node and line within the cognitive graph;
an insight agent, the insight agent performing an insight operation, the insight operation creating a visual data story, highlighting user-specific insights, relationships and recommendations;
a destination agent, the destination agent performing a destination operation, the destination operation providing cognitive insights to a consumer of cognitive insight data; and,
a learning agent, the learning agent performing a learning operation, the learning operation updating a cognitive graph from a plurality of unique interactions with data and users; and

the sourcing agent receives information from the learning agent and provides information to the enrichment agent, the enrichment agent receives information from the sourcing agent and provides information to the bridging agent, the bridging agent receives information from the sourcing agent and provides information to the insight agent, the insight agent receives information from the bridging agent and provides information to the destination agent, the destination agent receives information from the insight agent and provides information to the learning agent and the learning agent receives information from the destination agent.

3. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 2 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.

4. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 2 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.

5. An apparatus for providing cognitive insights comprising:
a first cognitive inference and learning system, the first cognitive inference and learning system comprising a first plurality of agents, the first plurality of agents processing streams of data from a first plurality of data sources, the first plurality of data sources comprising a social data source stored in a social data repository, a public data source stored in a public data repository, a licensed data source stored in a licensed data repository and a proprietary data source stored in a proprietary data repository, the processing the streams of data from the first plurality of data sources via the first plurality of agents performing a respective plurality of cognitive operations on the streams of data, at least one of the first plurality of agents generating cognitive insights

Assignees

• Cognitive Scale Inc

Inventors

• Saxena Manoj
• Sanchez Matthew
• Ranatunga Dilum
• Sabhikhi Akshay

Classifications

• G06N5/04 Primary

  Inference or reasoning models · CPC title