METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL ASSISTANT CONVERSATIONS
First Claim
1. A system for providing virtual assistance in a customer-agent interaction, comprising:
- at least one agent device configured to accommodate multi-directional communications over a network among the at least one agent device, a remote user device, and a network server;
the network server comprising computerized software that implements a human-machine interface with an artificial intelligence robot configured as a virtual-assistance agent;
a communications conferencing channel on the network that is simultaneously accessible by the at least one agent device, the remote user device, and the virtual assistance agent on the network server,wherein the communications conferencing channel accommodates multi-party interaction among a live agent, a remote user, and the virtual assistance agent.
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Abstract
Techniques and architectures for implementing a team of virtual assistants are described herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different characteristics, such as different functionality, base language models, levels of training, visual appearances, personalities, and so on. The characteristics of the virtual assistants may be configured by trainers, end-users, and/or a virtual assistant service. The virtual assistants may be presented to end-users in conversation user interfaces to perform different tasks for the users in a conversational manner. The different virtual assistants may adapt to different contexts. The virtual assistants may additionally, or alternatively, interact with each other to carry out tasks for the users, which may be illustrated in conversation user interfaces.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for providing virtual assistance in a customer-agent interaction, comprising:
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at least one agent device configured to accommodate multi-directional communications over a network among the at least one agent device, a remote user device, and a network server; the network server comprising computerized software that implements a human-machine interface with an artificial intelligence robot configured as a virtual-assistance agent; a communications conferencing channel on the network that is simultaneously accessible by the at least one agent device, the remote user device, and the virtual assistance agent on the network server, wherein the communications conferencing channel accommodates multi-party interaction among a live agent, a remote user, and the virtual assistance agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing virtual assistance in a customer-agent interaction, comprising:
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at least one agent device configured to accommodate multi-directional communications over a network among the at least one agent device, a remote user device, and a network server; the network server comprising computerized software that implements a human-machine interface with an artificial intelligence robot configured as a virtual-assistance agent; a communications conferencing channel on the network that is simultaneously accessible by the at least one agent device, the remote user device, and the virtual assistance agent on the network server, wherein the communications conferencing channel accommodates multi-party interaction among a live agent, a remote user, and the virtual assistance agent, a multimedia gateway connected on the network, wherein the multimedia gateway comprises telecommunications protocol programming to receive multimedia data from the network server, the agent device, and the remote user device, and wherein the multi-media gateway is further configured to identify and direct transmission of particular kinds of multimedia data to the network server, the agent device, and the remote user device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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