Method and a Computer Program Product for Providing a Response to A Statement of a User
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1. A method for providing a response to a statement of a user, the method comprising:
- receiving user input that comprises a portion of a user statement;
selecting, before receiving a whole user statement, an answerable statement response between an answerable statement, multiple answerable statements and a response to an answerable statement;
wherein the selecting is responsive to user input and to structured representations of answerable statements answerable by an answering entity; and
sending to the user information representative of response to the user statement.
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A method for providing a response to a statement of a user, the method includes: receiving user input that comprises a portion of a user statement; selecting, before receiving a whole user statement, an answerable statement response between an answerable statement, multiple answerable statements and a response to an answerable statement; wherein the selecting is responsive to user input and to structured representations of answerable statements answerable by an answering entity; and sending to the user information representative of response to the user statement.
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1. A method for providing a response to a statement of a user, the method comprising:
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receiving user input that comprises a portion of a user statement; selecting, before receiving a whole user statement, an answerable statement response between an answerable statement, multiple answerable statements and a response to an answerable statement;
wherein the selecting is responsive to user input and to structured representations of answerable statements answerable by an answering entity; andsending to the user information representative of response to the user statement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for interacting with a person, the method comprising:
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receiving a user textual input; matching a structured representation of the user textual input against expected user statement fields of knowledge database entries;
wherein a knowledge database entry comprises an expected user statement field and at least one action field;wherein multiple entries of the knowledge database form a data structure that comprises multiple expected user statements fields that match an expected sequence of user textual inputs. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including a computer readable program for providing a response to a statement of a user, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
- receive user input that comprises a portion of a user statement;
select, before receiving a whole user statement, an answerable statement response between an answerable statement, multiple answerable statements and a response to an answerable statement;
wherein the selection is responsive to user input and to structured representations of answerable statements answerable by an answering entity; and
send to the user information representative of response to the user statement. - View Dependent Claims (20)
- receive user input that comprises a portion of a user statement;
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21. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including a computer readable program for providing a response to a statement of a user, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
- receive a user textual input;
match a structured representation of the user textual input against expected user statement fields of knowledge database entries;
wherein a knowledge database entry comprises an expected user statement field and at least one action field;
wherein multiple entries of the knowledge database form a data structure that comprises multiple expected user statements fields that match an expected sequence of user textual inputs. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
- receive a user textual input;
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