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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 15, 2023
Polyai Limited, London, GB;
Tsung-Hsien Wen, London, GB;
Ivan Vulić, London, GB;
Nikola Mrk{hacek over (s)}ić, London, GB;
Pei-Hao Su, London, GB;
Pawel Franciszek Budzianowski, London, GB;
R{hacek over (a)}zvan-Emanuel Kusztos, London, GB;
Paul Julian Annetts, London, GB;
Ho Man Yau, London, GB;
Catherine Rachel Oxley, London, GB;
Emmanuel Sevrin, London, GB;
Vincent Yohann Dollet, London, GB;
I{circumflex over (n)}igo Casanueva Perez, London, GB;
Benjamin Peter Levin, London, GB;
Duong Hà Anh Nguyên, London, GB;
Swaroop Jagadeesh, London, GB;
Qian Zheng, London, GB;
Joshua Luke Jeffries Hook, London, GB;
Samuel John Coope, London, GB;
POLYAI LIMITED, London, GB;
Abstract
A dialogue system, comprising: a first input configured to obtain first input data relating to speech or text provided by a user through a first interface; a first output configured to provide first output data relating to speech or text information specified by a determined dialogue act through the first interface; one or more processors, configured to: receive second input data through a second interface; store information specifying one or more configuration settings based on the second input data; and perform a dialogue method using a dialogue platform, the dialogue method comprising: determining dialogue information from the first input data; determining a dialogue act based on the determined dialogue information using a dialogue management module, wherein determining the dialogue act comprises selecting a next state from a plurality of states stored in the dialogue management module, wherein at least some of the plurality of states comprise information specifying a dialogue act and at least some of the plurality of states comprise transition information specifying a transition to another state, the transitions defining one or more dialogue pathways, wherein selecting the next state comprises selecting a state which is specified by the transition information in a current state or selecting a state which is specified by a rule in a first set of one or more rules, wherein at least one of the plurality of states comprises stored information specifying a configuration setting based on the second input data; updating a configuration of the dialogue platform for the next user input when the selected next state comprises stored information specifying a configuration setting. See FIG.().