Abstract: An expert information system with which a decision maker in the construction, or a related industry, can generate a decision record and related control instructions in a facile manner without significant omissions while ensuring that substantially all of the options available for making the decisions have been considered. The expert system includes a microcomputer which executes a system control program to select information units from the expertise of a data base and to concentrate individual information units until an entire decision record has been generated. The process is enhanced by a multiwindowed display which displays possible selections from the expert data base while contrasting that data with data in another window having a list of data indicating the decisions or selections already made. A display pointer with a controllable position is employed to select lines and phrases of the expert information from that portion of the data base displayed in the selection window.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 26, 1989
Date of Patent:
November 12, 1991
Assignee:
Active English Information Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Clarence W. Phillips, William F. Phillips, Gerry A. Jacobus
Abstract: An expert information system with which a decision maker in the construction, or a related industry, can generate a decision record and related control instructions in a facile manner without significant omissions while ensuring that substantially all of the options available for making the decisions have been considered. The expert system includes a microcomputer which executes a system control program to select information units from the expertise of a data base and to concentrate individual information units until an entire decision record has been generated. The process is enhanced by a multiwindowed display which displays possible selections from the expert data base while contrasting that data with data in another window having a list of data indicating the decisions or selections already made. A display pointer with a controllable position is employed to select lines and phrases of the expert information from that portion of the data base displayed in the selection window.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 1986
Date of Patent:
May 30, 1989
Assignee:
Active English Information Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Clarence W. Phillips, William F. Phillips, Gerry A. Jacobus