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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Lee Mullins, Sammamish, WA (US);
Scott Jeff Gellock, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas Matthew Laird-McConnell, Kirkland, WA (US);
Steven Wayne Ickman, Redmond, WA (US);
Gabriel Gilabert, Brooklyn, NY (US);
John Anthony Taylor, Bellevue, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for enabling conversational bot communications are presented. A marketplace comprising an identity of a plurality of skills may be maintained, each of the plurality of skills associated with a manifest and a conversational bot. A request for execution of a specific skill may be received. A plurality of conversational bots may be identified, each of the plurality of conversational bots being associated with a manifest for executing the specific skill. The plurality of conversational bots may be ranked. The specific skill may be caused to be executed by the highest ranked conversational bot. In some examples, a plurality of highest ranked conversational bots may be surfaced and a bot that is selected may execute the specific skill.