METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDEA DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION

Patent №

US 6,466,928

Granted

2002-10-15

Filed 1996

Owner

NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED

Lab

AI components

4

ml · kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08777593

Disclosed are apparatus and methods for evaluating a business proposal in which a computer is used to perform the steps of presenting questions regarding the business proposal, using information gathered from responses to these questions to determine a score for the proposal, and then providing this information and score for evaluation of the proposal.

AI classification

Planning0.99
Knowledge representation0.98
AI hardware0.82
Machine learning0.63
Natural language0.12
Evolutionary computation0.03
Vision0.02
Speech0.00

Ownership

NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED

assignment · 86290244

Assignors

BLASKO, KELLY ANN, WHITE, LESTER LYNN, CRABTREE, WALDEN BLAINE, O'DRISCOLL, TONY M.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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