US Patent 9092802 Statistical machine learning and business process models systems and methods

Methods and systems for knowledge extraction that involve providing analytics and blending the analytics with analysis of one or more knowledge processes are provided. Knowledge extraction may be based on combining analytic approaches, such as statistical and machine learning approaches. Unstructured data, such as numerical, geo-spatial, text, speech, image, video, data, and music, may be used as input for these processes. The methods and systems may convert this unstructured data into a structured knowledge that has some specific utility to its user. Some embodiments may involve service requests delivery, information and knowledge extraction, information and knowledge retrieval, media mining, marketing, and other uses. Different granularity levels of knowledge and information extraction may be provided. This differentiation may be used for monetization of the service.