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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2023
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Taylor Jensen, Chicago, IL (US);
Fiona J. O′Laughlin, East Peoria, IL (US);
Diana E. Huerta, Chicago, IL (US);
Christopher M. Burkard, Dunlap, IL (US);
Christopher Ha, Champaign, IL (US);
David Jason Mcintyre, Peoria, IL (US);
Torsten Van Wassenhove, Edwards, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
The system obtains a first representation of a troubleshooting guide associated with a first issue experienced by a first device. The first representation includes a first plurality of nodes and a first plurality of edges. A node indicates a troubleshooting procedure, and an edge indicates a result of the troubleshooting procedure, such as a testing step or repair step. The system determines a subset of the first plurality of edges indicating the repair step and converts the subset of the first plurality of edges into multiple repair nodes to obtain a second representation. A repair node indicates the repair step resolving the first issue. The second representation includes the first plurality of nodes and the multiple repair nodes. Based on the second representation, the system trains an artificial intelligence to provide a most likely repair step to resolve a second issue without requiring performance of the testing step.