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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024

Filed:

Aug. 16, 2016
Applicant:

Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Braddock Gaskill, South Pasadena, CA (US);

Adi Guila Haviv, New York, NY (US);

Assignee:

EBAY INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/33 (2019.01); G06N 5/02 (2023.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06F 16/3344 (2019.01); G06N 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for selecting types of generated prompts for further data from a user in a multi-turn interactive dialog. In one scenario, a processed sequence of user inputs and machine-generated prompts improves searches for the most relevant items available for purchase in an electronic marketplace. The number of prompts may be limited to a predetermined maximum value. Prompt generation is minimized by incorporating into a knowledge graph world knowledge that helps user intent inference. Prompt generation may be suppressed if a search indicates the reply to a prompt will not lead to any satisfactory search results. Prompts can provide suggestions for available search results that either meet all query constraints, or meet only some query constraints if a search indicates no search results are available that meet all query constraints. Prompts can provide suggested incisive reply phrasing likely to improve search results through an affirmation or negation reply.


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