Method and Apparatus for managing dialog management in a computer conversation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7496514
APP PUB NO 20080015864A1
SERIAL NO

11778405

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A dialog management system functions to manage the dialog between a user of a computer system and one or more speech enabled software applications. The user provides spoken input to a microphone connected to the computer system, and hears responses from one or more applications through a speaker connected to the computer system. The dialog management system includes a dialog manager, a turn manager, a speak queue, dialog contexts, and dialog state. The dialog manager provides top-level control of the dialog and stores responses based on the user's spoken input in a speak queue for later output to the user. The turn manager controls delivery of the responses to the user based on the dialog context and the dialog state, to provide a polite asynchronous dialog with the user that enables the user to be in control of the dialog. The dialog context provides information about each dialog. The dialog state provides information about whose turn it is (computer or user) to speak.

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NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC1 WAYSIDE ROAD BURLINGTON MA 01803

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Howard, Kathleen A Burlington, US 2 611
Hyland, Christopher A Foxboro, US 6 714
MacAllister, Jeffrey G Chestnut Hill, US 8 1000
Ross, Steven I S. Hamilton, US 35 1668
Zeller, Marijane M Medford, US 11 1706

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