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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2014
Applicant:

Next IT Corporation, Spokane, WA (US);

Inventors:

Fred Brown, Colbert, WA (US);

Mark Zartler, Garland, TX (US);

Tanya M Miller, Colbert, WA (US);

Assignee:

Next IT Corporation, Spokane Valley, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/273 (2013.01); G06F 17/2785 (2013.01); G06F 17/28 (2013.01); G06N 5/02 (2013.01); G10L 17/22 (2013.01); G06F 17/30011 (2013.01); G06F 17/30023 (2013.01); G06F 17/30569 (2013.01); G06F 17/30654 (2013.01);
Abstract

Ambiguous input of a user received during an interactive session with a virtual agent may be processed. The virtual agent may be presented via a computing device to facilitate the interactive session with the user. The user may provide the ambiguous input, which is processed to determine a response to the input. The virtual agent may provide the response to the user. The virtual agent may also carry out a goal-based dialogue where a goal to be accomplished is identified. The virtual agent may prompt the user for information related to the goal.


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