Method for dialog management

Details Method for dialog management Method for dialog management

2008-07-22

2008-07-22

Hudspeth, David R. (Department: 2626)

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Speech signal processing

Application

C704S251000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07403899

ABSTRACT:
A spoken dialog system and method having a dialog management module are disclosed. The dialog management module includes a plurality of dialog motivators for handling various operations during a spoken dialog. The dialog motivators comprise an error handling, disambiguation, assumption, confirmation, missing information, and continuation. The spoken dialog system uses the assumption dialog motivator in either a-priori or a-posteriori modes. A-priori assumption is based on predefined requirements for the call flow and a-posteriori assumption can work with the confirmation dialog motivator to assume the content of received user input and confirm received user input.

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