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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1999
Daniel M. Coffman, Bethel, CT (US);
Popani Gopalakrishnan, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ganesh N. Ramaswamy, Ossining, NY (US);
Jan Kleindienst, Kladno-Krochehlavy, CZ;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for modeless operation of a multi-modal user interface through implementation of independent decision networks includes presenting a command to a dialog manager and comparing the command to a table of decision networks to determine if a corresponding decision network entry exists. The dialog manager creates a new instance of a decision network when a corresponding decision network entry is found. The new instance of the decision network is traversed in an isolated thread of execution such that a plurality of decision networks of a same instance or different instances may be active simultaneously. The new instance of the decision network is executed responsive to the command.