Cognitive Profiles

Abstract

A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing cognitive computing operations comprising receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph; defining a cognitive persona within the cognitive graph, the cognitive persona corresponding to an archetype user model, the cognitive persona comprising a set of nodes in the cognitive graph; associating a user with the cognitive persona; defining a cognitive profile within the cognitive graph, the cognitive profile comprising an instance of the cognitive persona that references personal data associated with the user; associating the user with the cognitive profile; and, performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the cognitive profile associated with the user.

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         7 . A computer-implementable method for performing cognitive computing operations comprising:
 receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources;   processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph, the processing being performed by a cognitive inference and learning system, the cognitive inference and learning system executing on a hardware processor of an information processing system and interacting with the plurality of data sources, the cognitive inference and learning system comprising a cognitive platform, the cognitive platform comprising a cognitive engine, the cognitive engine processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources;   incorporating enriched data resulting from the performing of the data enriching into the cognitive graph as nodes within the cognitive graph;   defining a cognitive profile, the cognitive profile referencing personal data associated with a user, the personal data associated with the user being stored as at least one node within the cognitive graph;   associating the user with the cognitive profile; and,   performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the cognitive profile associated with the user.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein:
 the personal data comprises data associated with an interaction of the user with the cognitive graph.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein:
 the personal data is distributed among the plurality of data sources.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising:
 aggregating the personal data distributed among the plurality of data sources to define the cognitive profile.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein:
 the cognitive profile represents a plurality of attributes associated with the user;
 and each of the plurality of attributes corresponds to a node within the set of nodes in the cognitive graph. 
   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising:
 receiving user provided personal information; and,   associating the user with the cognitive profile based upon user provided personal information.   
     
     
         13 . A system comprising:
 a processor;   a data bus coupled to the processor; and   a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
 receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; 
 processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph, the processing being performed by a cognitive inference and learning system, the cognitive inference and learning system executing on a hardware processor of an information processing system and interacting with the plurality of data sources, the cognitive inference and learning system comprising a cognitive platform, the cognitive platform comprising a cognitive engine, the cognitive engine processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources; 
 incorporating enriched data resulting from the performing of the data enriching into the cognitive graph as nodes within the cognitive graph; 
 defining a cognitive profile, the cognitive profile referencing personal data associated with a user, the personal data associated with the user being stored as at least one node within the cognitive graph; 
 associating the user with the cognitive profile; and, 
   performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the cognitive profile associated with the user.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein:
 the personal data comprises data associated with an interaction of the user with the cognitive graph.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein:
 the personal data is distributed among the plurality of data sources.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor further comprise instructions for:
 aggregating the personal data distributed among the plurality of data sources to define the cognitive profile.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein:
 the cognitive profile represents a plurality of attributes associated with the user; and   each of the plurality of attributes corresponds to a node within the set of nodes in the cognitive graph.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor further comprise instructions for:
 receiving user provided personal information; and,   associating the user with the cognitive profile based upon user provided personal information.   
     
     
         19 . A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
 receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources;   processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph, the processing being performed by a cognitive inference and learning system, the cognitive inference and learning system executing on a hardware processor of an information processing system and interacting with the plurality of data sources, the cognitive inference and learning system comprising a cognitive platform, the cognitive platform comprising a cognitive engine, the cognitive engine processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources;   incorporating enriched data resulting from the performing of the data enriching into the cognitive graph as nodes within the cognitive graph;   defining a cognitive profile, the cognitive profile referencing personal data associated with a user, the personal data associated with the user being stored as at least one node within the cognitive graph;   associating the user with the cognitive profile; and,   performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the cognitive profile associated with the user.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein:
 the personal data comprises data associated with an interaction of the user with the cognitive graph.   
     
     
         21 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein:
 the personal data is distributed among the plurality of data sources.   
     
     
         22 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor further comprise instructions for:
 aggregating the personal data distributed among the plurality of data sources to define the cognitive profile.   
     
     
         23 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein:
 the cognitive profile represents a plurality of attributes associated with the user;
 and each of the plurality of attributes corresponds to a node within the set of nodes in the cognitive graph. 
   
     
     
         24 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor further comprise instructions for:
 receiving user provided personal information; and,   associating the user with the cognitive profile based upon user provided personal information.   
     
     
         25 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location. 
     
     
         26 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.