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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2017
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Nishant Kumar, Seattle, WA (US);
David Robert Thomas, Woodinville, WA (US);
Sumedha Arvind Kshirsagar, Seattle, WA (US);
Vikas Jain, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeff Bradley Beal, Edgewood, WA (US);
Ajay Gopalakrishnan, Seattle, WA (US);
Shishir Sridhar Bharathi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Features are disclosed for performing functions in response to user requests based on contextual data regarding prior user requests. Users may engage in conversations with a computing device in order to initiate some function or obtain some information. A dialog manager may manage the conversations and store contextual data regarding one or more of the conversations. Processing and responding to subsequent conversations may benefit from the previously stored contextual data by, e.g., reducing the amount of information that a user must provide if the user has already provided the information in the context of a prior conversation. Additional information associated with performing functions responsive to user requests may be shared among applications, further improving efficiency and enhancing the user experience.