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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jae-Lyn Hecht, Boston, MA (US);

James R. Kozloski, New Fairfield, CT (US);

Fang Lu, Billerica, MA (US);

Azadeh Salehi, Pepperell, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06N 7/00 (2006.01); G06N 99/00 (2010.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 7/005 (2013.01); G06F 19/345 (2013.01); G06N 99/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method of evaluating information confidence based on a cognitive trait of a user, is provided, the method including receiving information from a user as an answer to a question in an active learning question and answer system; monitoring a user for a cognitive behavior indicator when the user is providing the information; determining a cognitive trait based on the cognitive behavior indicator; determining a quantified level of information confidence for the information based on the cognitive trait; and annotating the information with the cognitive trait and the quantified level of information confidence. A system and a computer program product for evaluating information confidence based on a cognitive behavior of a user are also provided.


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