Method for automated sentence planning in a task classification system
First Claim
1. A method for sentence planning in a task classification system that interacts with a user, comprising:
- recognizing symbols in the user'"'"'s input communication;
determining whether the user'"'"'s input communication can be understood, wherein if the user'"'"'s communication can be understood, understanding data is generated;
generating communicative goals based on the recognized symbols and understanding data, the generated communicative goals being related to information needed to be obtained from the user;
automatically planning one or more sentences based on the generated communicative goals; and
outputting at least one of the one or more sentences plans to the user.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for sentence planning (120) in a task classification system that interacts with a user. The method may include recognizing symbols in the user'"'"'s input communication and determining whether the user'"'"'s input communication can be understood. If the user'"'"'s communication can be understood, understanding data may be generated (220). The method may further include generating communicative goals (3010) based on the recognized symbols and understanding data. The generated communicative goals (3010) may be related to information needed to be obtained form the user. The method may also include automatically planning one or more sentences (3020) based on the generated communicative goals and outputting at least one of the sentence plans to the user (3080).
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33 Claims
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1. A method for sentence planning in a task classification system that interacts with a user, comprising:
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recognizing symbols in the user'"'"'s input communication;
determining whether the user'"'"'s input communication can be understood, wherein if the user'"'"'s communication can be understood, understanding data is generated;
generating communicative goals based on the recognized symbols and understanding data, the generated communicative goals being related to information needed to be obtained from the user;
automatically planning one or more sentences based on the generated communicative goals; and
outputting at least one of the one or more sentences plans to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for automatically planning a sentence in a task classification system, comprising:
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recognizing symbols in a user'"'"'s input communication;
determining whether the user'"'"'s input communication can be understood, wherein if the user'"'"'s communication can be understood, understanding data is generated;
generating communicative goals based on the recognized symbols and understanding data, the generated communicative goals being related to information needed to be obtained from the user;
generating a plurality of sentence plans based on the generated communicative goals;
ranking the generated sentence plans;
selecting the highest ranked sentence plan;
realizing the selected sentence plan; and
outputting the realized sentence plan to the user. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for automatically planning a sentence in a task classification system, comprising:
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recognizing symbols in a user'"'"'s input communication;
determining whether the user'"'"'s input communication can be understood, wherein if the user'"'"'s communication can be understood, understanding data is generated;
generating communicative goals based on the recognized symbols and understanding data, the generated communicative goals being related to information needed to be obtained from the user;
generating a plurality of sentence plans based on the communicative goals and information related to a set of interactions between the user and the automated dialog system;
ranking the generated sentence plans using a set of learned rules;
selecting the highest ranked sentence plan;
realizing the selected sentence plan by applying a set of linguistic rules;
converting the realized sentence plan from text to speech; and
outputting the converted sentence plan to the user. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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