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Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Marisa Affonso Vasconcelos, São Paulo, BR;

Paulo Rodrigo Cavalin, Rio de Janeiro, BR;

Claudio Pinhanez, São Paulo, BR;

Heloisa Caroline De Souza Pereira Candello, São Paulo, BR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 13/00 (2006.01); G10L 13/033 (2013.01); G10L 15/06 (2013.01); G10L 15/18 (2013.01); G06F 16/9032 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/90332 (2019.01); G10L 13/00 (2013.01); G10L 13/0335 (2013.01); G10L 15/063 (2013.01); G10L 15/1822 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer system includes a processor configured to execute a conversational agent generator function. The conversational agent generator function is configured to receive a plurality of model input queries. Each model input query includes an intent and a corresponding answer to the intent. A database stores a corpus including sets of textual responses indicative of a common meaning. Each textual response in a given set of textual responses indicates a common meaning constructed in a different style indicative of a corresponding tone of communication. The processor is further configured to execute a rephrasing function configured determine the answer of one of the plurality of model input queries, and convert the answer of one of the plurality of model input queries into a plurality of different rephrased answers from the corpus stored in the database. The processor further outputs the plurality of different rephrased answers to the conversational agent generator function.


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