Integrated environment computer system control structure with natural language interface

Patent · Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5996722

Grant, R B

A computer system is described including a memory and comprising: (a) means for the input of textual information; (b) means for the display of textual information; (c) a display manager associated with the text input means for receiving text therefrom, and further associated with the text display means for the perceptual representation of the text received from the text input means on a given one of one or more display levels, the levels being perceptually plane parallel successively posteriorly positioned with respect to a first given level; (d) an input text buffer associated with the text input means for receiving text therefrom; (e) a parser associated with the input buffer for periodically receiving text accumulated by the input text buffer and preparing an input text segment therefrom; (f) a list buffer including a plurality of synonymic text segments; and (g) operative task elements stored in the memory, each associated with at least one of the synonymic text segments of the list buffer, the parser including a list processor for comparing the input text segment with the synomymic text segments and for causing performance of the task element associated with the synonymic text segment that corresponds to the input text segment, each of the task elements being further associated with the display manager whereby text provided by performed task elements is directed to and perceptually represented on the posterior display levels.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-87-078379; EDB-87-175960
• Patent Number(s): US 4689737
• OSTI ID: 5996722
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 27 Apr 1984
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
SUPERCOMPUTERS
COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
NATURAL LANGUAGE
ALGORITHMS
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DATA PROCESSING
DISPLAY DEVICES
EQUIPMENT INTERFACES
MEMORY DEVICES
COMPUTERS
DIGITAL COMPUTERS
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
PROCESSING
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
990210* - Supercomputers- (1987-1989)