SPEC-04 · Patent Pending · Filed April 29, 2026

Confidence-Gated
Knowledge Acquisition

The system measures its own confidence before answering. If confidence falls below threshold, it asks a targeted clarifying question — and uses the time the user takes to answer as a parallel background retrieval window. That interval is not wasted waiting. It is deliberate.

SPEC-04 Processing Pipeline
Query
Input
→
Confidence
Evaluation
→
Branch
Decision
→
Clarify + BG
Retrieval
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Direct
Retrieval
→
Context
Expansion
→
LEFT
Path
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RIGHT
Path
→
Local
Index
✦ Step 1 — Enter a Query
Examples:
Step 2 — Confidence Evaluation
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Confidence below threshold — clarification required

The system identified dimension(s) where additional context would materially improve response accuracy. While you answer, background retrieval runs in parallel.

BG RETRIEVAL ACTIVE
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Background retrieval running — using your answer window as a parallel knowledge fetch interval
Step 3 — Response with Contextual Expansion
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SPEC-04 — Filed April 29, 2026 · Patent Pending

"System and Method for Confidence-Gated Conditional Clarification Prompting with Parallel Background Knowledge Retrieval, Contextual Expansion, Dual-Path Processing, and Persistent Local Knowledge Indexing." Prior applications: U.S. Prov. 64/037,435 (Apr 13) · 64/039,669 (Apr 15). Inventor: Bret Milo Fencl · BRET.FENCL.1@YOURIQ.AI

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