System and method providing utility-based decision making about clarification dialog given communicative uncertainty
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1. An interactive command system, comprising the following:
- a processor;
a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions to implement the system including;
a component to assess reliability of a human communication;
a component to infer a probability associated with an intent of the communication; and
a component that performs an action with a highest utility determined by employing a utility based probabilistic decision model based upon the inferred probability to facilitate achieving the intent of the communication.
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Abstract
An interactive communications system is provided in accordance with the present invention. The system includes a component for analyzing sequential communications including speech, gestures and other modalities related to an underlying communicative intention. The component concurrently employs at least two of the communications in determining an action to facilitate achieving the intention.
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17 Claims
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1. An interactive command system, comprising the following:
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a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions to implement the system including; a component to assess reliability of a human communication; a component to infer a probability associated with an intent of the communication; and a component that performs an action with a highest utility determined by employing a utility based probabilistic decision model based upon the inferred probability to facilitate achieving the intent of the communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for interactive human communications, comprising the following:
employing a processor executing computer executable instructions to perform the following acts; assessing reliability of a human communication; inferring probability associated with an intent of the communication; and performing an action with a highest utility determined by employing a probabilistic decision model based upon the inferred probability to facilitate achieving the communicative intention.
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16. An interactive system, comprising the following components:
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a processor; a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions to implement the system including; a first component that analyzes a sequential human communications related to an underlying communicative intention, the component concurrently employing a utility based Bayesian decision model utilizing at least two of the communications to determine an action with a highest utility to facilitate achieving the intention; and a second component that performs the action when the underlying communicative intention is above a confidence threshold. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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