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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2017
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Lavinia A. Danielescu, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Shawn C. Nikkila, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert J. Firby, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Beth Ann Hockey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/02 (2006.01); G10L 15/32 (2013.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); G10L 25/90 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/02 (2013.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G10L 15/32 (2013.01); G10L 25/90 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with a spoken dialog system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for natural machine conversing with a user may comprise a listening component to detect a keyword that denotes start of a conversation; a dialog engine to converse with the user during the conversation; and a controller to selectively activate or cause to be activated one of the listening component or the dialog component, and to pass control to the activated listening component or the activated dialog engine, based at least in part on a state of the conversation. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.


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