At+t Corp.

Thomas W Beattie

Lori Alperin Resnick

Deborah L McGuinness

Harley Manning

Deborah L McGuiness

The present mechanism relates to a system and method for maintaining a knowledge base and an evidence set derived from the knowledge base. The knowledge base has a relationship, which exists between a a first object and a second object. A request is specified, the knowledge base is modified in accordance with the request and the relationship, and an evidence set is derived from the knowledge base.

System and method for maintaining a knowledge base and evidence set

A system and method for searching on a computer. The method involves generating a knowledge base. The knowledge base includes information. The method further involves specifying an evidence set to include a proper subset of the information. The method also entails deriving the evidence set from the knowledge base.

System and method for searching on a computer using an evidence set

The present invention relates to a system and method for maintaining a knowledge base and an evidence set derived from the knowledge base. The knowledge base has a relationship, which exists between a first object and a second object. A request is specified, the knowledge base is modified in accordance with the request and the relationship, and an evidence set is derived from the knowledge base.

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Thomas W Beattie