UK Patent Application
Applicant: Neil Grassby
AIEP --- Deterministic Environmental Feedback and Actuation Receipt System
Abstract
A computer-implemented method and system for deterministic ingestion, canonicalisation, and governance integration of environmental feedback signals and actuation outcome receipts within a governed reasoning substrate operating under an Architected Instruction & Evidence Protocol (AIEP). Environmental feedback artefacts are canonicalised upon receipt, assigned EvidenceHash identifiers, and integrated into the substrate evidence ledger as governed evidence artefacts. Actuation outcomes are recorded as ActuationReceiptRecords with hash-bound lineage to the originating task instruction. Feedback integration triggers evidence-weight recalculation for affected reasoning branches. The invention provides deterministic, lineage-intact processing of environmental feedback as constitutional evidence, enabling governed closed-loop execution in autonomous reasoning systems.
Description
Field of the Invention
[0001] The present invention relates to governed distributed reasoning substrates and more particularly to deterministic processing of environmental feedback and actuation outcome receipts as constitutional evidence within an Architected Instruction & Evidence Protocol (AIEP) system.
Background to the Invention
[0002] Governed reasoning substrates that direct actions in an environment must process feedback from that environment as evidence. Without deterministic feedback canonicalisation and constitutional integration, environmental feedback may introduce non-determinism, bypass evidence governance, or distort evidence-weight calculations.
[0003A] Boundary Note (Cross-check D): The evidence-weight recalculation triggered by the present invention updates weights of currently active reasoning branches in response to received environmental feedback. It does not condition reactivation of archived reasoning entries — that is a separate mechanism. The primary inventive contribution is the ActuationReceiptRecord: a hash-bound traceability record linking each environmental feedback event cryptographically to the specific task instruction that produced the associated actuation.
[0003] There exists a need for a feedback processing system that canonicalises environmental signals deterministically, creates hash-bound actuation receipt records, and integrates feedback as governed evidence triggering constitutional evidence-weight recalculation.
Summary of the Invention
[0004] According to a first aspect, there is provided a method for deterministic environmental feedback processing comprising:
(a) receiving an environmental feedback signal associated with a prior task execution;
(b) canonicalising the feedback signal in accordance with schema-defined canonical form;
(c) computing a FeedbackEvidenceHash over the canonical feedback representation;
(d) generating an ActuationReceiptRecord comprising the FeedbackEvidenceHash, a reference to the originating task instruction hash, and outcome classification;
(e) appending the ActuationReceiptRecord to append-only lineage;
(f) integrating the feedback as a governed evidence artefact triggering evidence-weight recalculation for affected reasoning branches; and
(g) suppressing execution enablement fail-closed when feedback integration reveals invariant violation.
[0005] According to a second aspect, there is provided a system comprising: a feedback canonicalisation engine; a FeedbackEvidenceHash computation module; an ActuationReceiptRecord generator; and a feedback evidence integration controller.
Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiments
1. Feedback Canonicalisation
[0006] Environmental feedback signals are canonicalised upon receipt via schema-defined normalisation.
[0007] Canonicalisation includes: stable key ordering; elimination of non-semantic variation; schema version binding; and timestamp assignment.
[0008] Canonicalisation is deterministic: identical feedback signals produce identical canonical representations.
2. ActuationReceiptRecord
[0009] Each ActuationReceiptRecord comprises: FeedbackEvidenceHash; originating task instruction hash; outcome classification (success, partial, failure, unexpected); and a timestamp.
[0010] ActuationReceiptRecords are appended to append-only lineage and cannot be modified.
3. Evidence Integration
[0011] Integrated feedback evidence triggers evidence-weight recalculation for reasoning branches whose conclusion artefacts are referenced by the feedback.
[0012] Recalculation follows constitutional evidence-weighting rules.
[0013] Feedback indicating invariant violation triggers fail-closed execution suppression.
Technical Effect
[0014] The invention provides deterministic, hash-bound processing of environmental feedback as constitutional evidence.
[0015] It enables governed closed-loop execution in autonomous governed reasoning systems.
[0016] It preserves complete actuation history in append-only lineage.
CLAIMS
1. A computer-implemented method for deterministic environmental feedback processing, comprising: receiving an environmental feedback signal; canonicalising the signal per schema-defined canonical form; computing a FeedbackEvidenceHash; generating an ActuationReceiptRecord with hash-bound lineage to the originating task instruction; appending to append-only lineage; integrating feedback as a governed evidence artefact triggering evidence-weight recalculation for currently active reasoning branches — wherein this recalculation updates weights of active branches and does not condition reactivation of archived reasoning entries; and suppressing execution enablement fail-closed upon invariant violation detection.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein canonicalisation is deterministic producing identical representations from identical inputs.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the ActuationReceiptRecord comprises an outcome classification field.
4. A system for environmental feedback processing comprising: a feedback canonicalisation engine; a FeedbackEvidenceHash computation module; an ActuationReceiptRecord generator; and a feedback evidence integration controller.
5. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed, perform the method of claim 1.
Abstract
A deterministic environmental feedback and actuation receipt system for AIEP governed substrates. Feedback signals are canonicalised and hashed via FeedbackEvidenceHash. ActuationReceiptRecords with hash-bound lineage to originating task instructions are committed to append-only lineage. Integrated feedback triggers constitutional evidence-weight recalculation. Invariant violations trigger fail-closed enforcement. The invention enables governed closed-loop execution in autonomous reasoning systems.
Brief Description of the Drawing
FIG. 1 — Deterministic Processing Pipeline
┌───────────────┐ InputType ┌─────────────────────┐
│ Input Object │──────────────▶│ NormalisationProfile│
│ (any format) │ │ (version-bound) │
└───────────────┘ └──────────┬──────────┘
│ parsing rules
┌──────────▼──────────┐
│ Processing Engine │
│ • encoding rules │
│ • ordering rules │
│ • lossless check │
│ • fail-closed gate │
└──────────┬──────────┘
┌───────────────┴──────────────┐
┌────────▼────────┐ ┌─────────▼────────┐
│ CanonicalForm │ │ Rejection Record │
│ H(CF‖ProfileID)│ │ (violated rule) │
└────────┬────────┘ └──────────────────┘
│
┌────────▼────────┐
│ Canonical Ledger│
│ (append-only) │
└─────────────────┘