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Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2009
Applicants:

Stephane H. Maes, Danbury, CT (US);

Ponani S. Gopalakrishnan, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Inventors:

Stephane H. Maes, Danbury, CT (US);

Ponani S. Gopalakrishnan, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Assignee:

Nuance Communications, Inc., Burlington, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 21/00 (2006.01); G10L 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for providing automatic and coordinated sharing of conversational resources, e.g., functions and arguments, between network-connected servers and devices and their corresponding applications. In one aspect, a system for providing automatic and coordinated sharing of conversational resources includes a network having a first and second network device, the first and second network device each comprising a set of conversational resources, a dialog manager for managing a conversation and executing calls requesting a conversational service, and a communication stack for communicating messages over the network using conversational protocols, wherein the conversational protocols establish coordinated network communication between the dialog managers of the first and second network device to automatically share the set of conversational resources of the first and second network device, when necessary, to perform their respective requested conversational service.


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