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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Matthew Richard Arnold, Ridgefield Park, NJ (US);
Julian Timothy Dolby, Bronx, NY (US);
Martin Hirzel, Ossining, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Information flow analysis is conducted on conversational flow specifications of conversational agents. The conversational flow specification prescribes operation of a conversational agent and includes actions to be taken, inputs triggering the actions and input confirmations executed after receipt of a given input and before triggering a given action. The actions, inputs and input confirmations define conversational flow paths through the conversational flow specification. Unconfirmed conversational flow paths through the conversational flow specification are identified and reported to the author of the conversational flow specification. Each unconfirmed conversational flow path only contains inputs and actions and no input confirmations.