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Model and method for using an interactive rational agent, multiagent server and system implementing same

  • US 7,376,632 B1
  • Filed: 12/21/1999
  • Issued: 05/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of dialogue between a user and a software agent operating on a server, the software agent including a rational unit, said method comprising:

  • receiving, by the software agent, statements in natural language originating from the user;

    interpreting the statements in a logical statement that acts as input to the rational unit;

    determining the existence of at least one behavioral principle applying to the logical statement among a set of predetermined principles;

    deducing one or more logical consequences as a function of the at least one behavioral principle;

    determining communication actions to be made corresponding to the deduced logical consequences, the communication actions being output from the rational unit;

    transcribing the communication actions in a statement in natural language; and

    sending the transcribed statement to the user,wherein the logical statement at input to the rational unit and the communication actions at output of the rational unit are formalized in a communication language utilized as a communication language between software agents.

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