This paper presents results related to a new design approach dedicated to cognitive system strategies. The scenario concerning a robot integrated in a cognitive system is described. The paper focuses on the development of a pattern of human knowledge and on a new data structure which are able to organize and manipulate the involved information. The definitions of signatures and of signature classes are given as one of the first steps in an alternative modeling approach to the observation process. The paper ends with an example that deals with using the signatures in the observation. © 2012 IEEE.