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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2008
Filed:
May. 14, 2003
Shinichi Gayama, Tsurugashima, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawazoe, Tsurugashima, JP;
Hajime Kobayashi, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takehiko Shioda, Tsurugashima, JP;
Toshio Tabata, Tsurugashima, JP;
Shinichi Gayama, Tsurugashima, JP;
Yoshihiro Kawazoe, Tsurugashima, JP;
Hajime Kobayashi, Tsurugashima, JP;
Takehiko Shioda, Tsurugashima, JP;
Toshio Tabata, Tsurugashima, JP;
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An interactive information providing apparatus is provided with: an output component that provides an information requesting output for requesting a user for information; an input component that receives from the user input information to the information requesting output; and an interaction controller component that controls the output component and the input component according to a scenario, to carry on a dialogue with the user. In the apparatus, the interaction controller component changes a level at which the output component requests a user for information, according to an importance parameter associated with the scenario.