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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Applicants:
Sandeep Jindal, Chandigarh, IN;
Pankaj Kankar, New Delhi, IN;
Inventors:
Sandeep Jindal, Chandigarh, IN;
Pankaj Kankar, New Delhi, IN;
Assignee:
Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are a method (), apparatus () and computer program product for generating a mixed-initiative dialog to obtain information for dialog slots. A composite grammar dependent upon a set of unfilled slots is constructed (). A prompt, dependent upon the a set of unfilled slots, is presented () to a user. An utterance is received () from the user in response to said prompt. Relevant information is determined based upon the further utterance. One or more said unfilled slots are filled () with said relevant information.