Patents by Inventor Usha Srikanth

Usha Srikanth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flexible system for knowledge acquisition in expert system development
    Patent number: 5412758
    Abstract: An interface to an artificial intelligence system shell is provided to facilitate the task of knowledge acquisition, knowledge refinement, knowledgebase addition/modification, knowledgebase maintenance and information management relating to a specific expert system project. The interface communicates with an artificial intelligence system via a Unix.RTM. pipe to pass knowledge data therebetween in accordance with high level functions selected by the user. Preferably, these high level functions are selected via a user friendly interface such as windows. The present invention thus allows the artificial intelligence system shell to be used by those who are not particularly familiar with the artificial intelligence program by allowing the user to communicate with the artificial intelligence program without understanding the details of the artificial intelligence programming language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Usha Srikanth, Srikanth Sundararajan