Cloud Knowledge Engine Integration via Segmentation and Intermediary

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing knowledge engines are domain-specific, lack integration, and do not possess a seamless user interface, struggling to transform unorganized and distributed data and information from the Internet and social media into coherent knowledge due to their inability to handle ambiguity and imprecision.

Innovation Solution

A cloud computing platform that integrates knowledge engines with a graphical user interface, index databases, and connectors to manage disparate data sources, enabling the extraction and indexing of knowledge through dynamic engines that can process various data formats and provide a unified interface for users.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If knowledge engines are integrated in a cloud computing environment, then the ability to transform data and information into knowledge is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransformation of data into knowledgeVSAvoidsystem integration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system is divided into distinct functional modules including knowledge engines, index engines, connectors, and user interface layers. Each module performs a specific function in the data-to-knowledge transformation pipeline, allowing independent development, deployment, and maintenance while working together as an integrated system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The cloud computing platform serves as an intermediary layer that mediates between disparate data sources and knowledge engines. The platform provides standardized interfaces, authentication mechanisms, and resource management capabilities that simplify integration complexity while enabling powerful knowledge transformation capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple knowledge engines are integrated to handle diverse data sources, then the versatility of information processing is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to lack of seamless interface

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandling of diverse data sourcesVSAvoiduser interface coherence
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs universal connectors and standardized interface protocols that enable a single knowledge engine architecture to handle multiple types of data sources including structured databases, unstructured documents, and real-time data streams. The cloud platform provides universal authentication and resource access mechanisms that work across all data sources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple knowledge engines and data sources are merged into a unified system through the cloud platform's centralized management interface. Users interact with a single coherent interface that aggregates results from multiple engines and presents them in a unified format, eliminating the need to navigate separate interfaces for each data source.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Speed

If search engines are used for data retrieval, then the speed of information access is improved, but the measurement precision deteriorates due to irrelevant results

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation retrieval speedVSAvoidsearch result relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback loops where knowledge engines continuously refine search strategies based on result quality metrics and user interactions. Relevance feedback mechanisms adjust query parameters and filtering criteria in real-time, improving precision while maintaining the speed advantages of search engine technology.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Data is pre-processed, indexed, and enriched with metadata before retrieval operations. Knowledge graphs and semantic relationships are pre-computed to enable faster and more precise querying. This preliminary structuring of data allows the system to maintain high retrieval speeds while significantly improving result relevance through pre-established semantic connections.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8706754B2System and method for integrating knowledge engines in a cloud computing environment
Publication Date: 2014.04.22 MICROTECH LLC
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AI summary

The present invention is a system for integrating knowledge engines in a cloud computing environment, having a cloud computing platform, a graphical user interface (GUI), several applications for integrating information, knowledge engines for extracting knowledge from data and information, and an index consisting of an index engine, an index database, and a connector to several data sources. The present invention also includes a method of integrating knowledge engines in a cloud computing environment.