Cloud Knowledge Base Feedback Task Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users may find existing knowledge bases in cloud computing environments insufficient in addressing their questions or issues, as articles may fail to provide adequate solutions, leading to a need for feedback processing and article updates to improve relevance and quality.

Innovation Solution

A cloud-based platform allows users to provide feedback on articles, which is processed using task generation rules to generate tasks for knowledge managers to address, including actions like creating new articles, updating existing ones, or retiring them, with user notification and acceptance, facilitating dialogue for refinement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If a knowledge base is maintained with static articles, then the initial quality and completeness of information is preserved, but the knowledge base becomes outdated and less relevant to user needs over time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of informationVSAvoidrelevancy to user needs
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where users can submit feedback on knowledge base articles. This feedback is automatically processed through task generation rules that evaluate the feedback content and create tasks for knowledge managers. The continuous feedback loop enables the knowledge base to adapt to changing user needs while maintaining information accuracy through structured review and update processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The knowledge base transitions from a static collection of articles to a dynamic system that automatically responds to user feedback. Task generation rules dynamically create, modify, or retire articles based on processed feedback, enabling the knowledge base to evolve and adapt to emerging user needs while preserving accurate information through systematic management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If user feedback is manually processed by knowledge managers, then the quality and accuracy of article updates can be maintained, but the time and resources required to process feedback increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequality of article updatesVSAvoidtime to process feedback
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary processing of user feedback through automated task generation rules before human knowledge managers review the content. These rules pre-evaluate feedback, categorize it, and generate structured tasks, reducing the manual workload and processing time while maintaining update quality through systematic review procedures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

An automated task generation system acts as an intermediary between user feedback and knowledge manager review. This intermediary layer processes feedback through defined rules, creates structured tasks with contextual information, and prioritizes items for review, thereby reducing the time knowledge managers spend on initial feedback assessment while preserving quality through human oversight.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the knowledge base is expanded with more articles to cover more topics, then the scope and versatility of information available increases, but the complexity of managing and maintaining the knowledge base increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescope of informationVSAvoidcomplexity of managing knowledge base
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The knowledge base management system segments the overall management process into distinct automated components: feedback collection, task generation rule evaluation, task creation, and article management. This segmentation allows the system to handle expanded scope through modular, rule-based processes that reduce management complexity by automating routine operations across diverse article categories.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Adaptability or versatility

If articles are frequently updated based on user feedback, then the relevancy and user engagement of the knowledge base improves, but the stability and consistency of information may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverelevancy of articlesVSAvoidconsistency of information
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The systematic feedback mechanism processes user input through defined task generation rules that evaluate updates against consistency criteria. This structured feedback loop enables frequent updates to maintain relevancy while preserving information consistency through rule-based validation and systematic review procedures that ensure updates meet quality standards.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11086950B2System and method for task generation to address article feedback
Publication Date: 2021.08.10 SERVICENOW INC
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AI summary

The present approach relates to receiving feedback corresponding to an article provided from a knowledge base. The knowledge base includes a plurality of articles, and the feedback includes one or more feedback inputs. The one or more feedback inputs may be processed with one or more respective task generation rules. A task is generated to address the feedback corresponding to the article if the one or more feedback inputs does not satisfy the one or more respective task generation rules. An action may be received in response to the generated task, and the knowledge base updated based at least in part on the received action.