Conversational user interfaces with multimodal inputs and mind map like interactions

Abstract

A method executed on data processing hardware and including displaying, on a display in communication with the data processing hardware, a user interface for a chat session between a user and a chatbot, the user interface including a plurality of entries input by the user and a plurality of corresponding responses from the chatbot. The method also includes receiving, in the user interface, a user input indication indicating selection of a particular entry of the plurality of entries, the particular entry being other than a last entry of the plurality of entries. The method further includes receiving, in the user interface, a new entry input by the user for an additional entry associated with the particular entry. The method additionally includes based on the additional entry associated with the particular entry, causing the chatbot to update one or more of the plurality of corresponding responses from the chatbot.