CROSS-PLATFORM DIALOG SYSTEM

• US 20160098994A1
• Filed: 10/02/2015
• Published: 04/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Speaktoit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Goncharuk, Artem, Sirotin, Pavel Aleksandrovich, Gelfenbeyn, Ilya Gennadyevich
• Application Number:
  US14/873,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20160098994A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/1822 Parsing for meaning understanding
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/22 Procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications

Abstract

Provided are systems and methods for operating a dialog system in a cross-platform environment. The method comprises receiving, by a server comprising at least one processor and a memory storing processor-executable codes, a first request from a first client device to initiate operation of the dialog system. The first client device is identified based at least on the first request. Based on the identification, a first set of predetermined settings associated with a user and the first client device is applied to the dialog system. The operation of the dialog system according to the first set of predetermined settings is initiated and the dialog system is connected to the first client device.

Claims

1. A method for operating a dialog system in a cross-platform environment, the method comprising:

receiving, by a server comprising at least one processor and a memory storing processor-executable codes, a first request, from a first client device, to initiate operation of the dialog system;

identifying, by the server, the first client device based at least on the first request;

based on the identification, applying, by the server, a first set of predetermined settings to the dialog system, wherein the first set of predetermined settings is associated with a user and the first client device;

initiating, by the server, the operation of the dialog system; and

connecting, by the sever, the dialog system to the first client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first request includes one or more of the following:

a type of the first client device, a make of the first client device, user credentials, device specific information, global preferences, and a state of the first client device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, based on the identification, retrieving from a database, by the server, a first set of predetermined settings to the dialog system.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the server, a second request, from a second client device, to initiate operation of the dialog system;

identifying, by the server, the second client device based at least on the second request;

based on the identification, applying, by the server, a second set of predetermined settings to the dialog system, wherein the second set of predetermined settings is associated with the same user and the second client device;

initiating, by the server, the operation of the dialog system; and

connecting, by the sever, the dialog system to the second client device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein both the first set of predetermined settings and the second set of predetermined settings include dialog system operational rules created by the user, wherein each of the dialog system operational rules is associated with a specific user command.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first set of predetermined settings is configured to enable communication of hardware or software elements of the first client device with the dialog system.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the second set of predetermined settings is configured to enable communication of hardware or software elements of the second client device with the dialog system.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the first set of predetermined settings and the second set of predetermined settings include uniform settings associated with an avatar or uniform settings associated with audio delivery of dialog system messages.

9. A system for operating a dialog system in a cross-platform environment, the method comprising:

a dialog system deployed on a server and configured to generate and communicate a response upon receipt of a request of a user; and

a dialog system manager deployed on the server and configured to;

receive a first request, from a first client device, to initiate operation of the dialog system;

identify the first client device based at least on the first request;

based on the identification, apply a first set of predetermined settings to the dialog system, the first set of predetermined settings associated with the user and the first client device;

initiate the operation of the dialog system; and

connect the dialog system to the first client device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the first request includes one or more of the following:

a type of the first client device, a make of the first client device, user credentials, device specific information, global preferences, and a state of the first client device.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the dialog system manager is further configured to retrieve, from a database, a first set of predetermined settings to the dialog system based on the identification.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the dialog system manager is further configured to:

receive a second request, from a second client device, to initiate operation of the dialog system;

identify the second client device based at least on the second request;

based on the identification, apply a second set of predetermined settings to the dialog system, wherein the second set of predetermined settings is associated with the same user and the second client device;

initiate the operation of the dialog system; and

connect the dialog system to the second client device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein both the first set of predetermined settings and the second set of predetermined settings include dialog system operational rules created by the user, wherein each of the dialog system operational rules is associated with a specific user command.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the first set of predetermined settings is configured to enable communication of hardware or software elements of the first client device with the dialog system.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the second set of predetermined settings is configured to enable communication of hardware or software elements of the second client device with the dialog system.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the first set of predetermined settings and the second set of predetermined settings include uniform settings associated with an avatar or uniform settings associated with audio delivery of dialog system messages.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the dialog system is further configured to:

receive and process, by an automatic speech recognizer, speech-based user inputs into a sequence of parameter vectors; and

convert the sequence of the parameter vectors into a recognized input.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the dialog system is further configured to:

disassemble and parse, by a natural language processing module, the recognized input to produce at least one utterance;

analyzed the at least one utterance utilizing one or more of the following;

morphological analysis, part-of-speech tagging, and shallow parsing;

map the recognized input or one or more parts of the recognized input to meaning representations.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the dialog system is further configured to:

generate output in response to the recognized input using one or more of the following;

a statistical analysis, machine-learning algorithms, and a heuristic analysis.

20. A non-transitory processor-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement a method for operating a dialog system in a cross-platform environment, the method comprising:

receiving a request, from a client device, to initiate operation of the dialog system, wherein the request includes one or more of the following;

a type of the client device and a make of the client device;

identifying the client device based at least on the request;

based on the identification, applying a set of predetermined settings to the dialog system, wherein the set of predetermined settings is associated with a user and the client device;

initiating the operation of the dialog system; and

connecting the dialog system to the client device.