Method for developing a dialog manager using modular spoken-dialog components
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1. A method comprising:
- selecting a recursive transition network top level flow controller to yield a selected recursive transition network top level flow controller;
selecting available reusable subdialogs below the selected recursive transition network top level flow controller to yield a selected reusable subdialogs;
developing a subdialog for each application part not having an available subdialog, to yield developed subdialogs; and
testing and deploying (1) a spoken dialog service using the selected recursive transition network top level flow controller, (2) the selected reusable subdialogs, and (3) the developed subdialogs.
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Abstract
A method of developing a dialog manager for a spoken dialog service is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a top level flow controller based on application type, selecting available reusable subdialogs for each application part, developing a subdialog for each application part not having an available subdialog and testing and deploying the spoken dialog service using the selected top level flow controller, selected reusable subdialogs and developed subdialogs. The method enables a developer to create a dialog manager that has individual reusable dialog modules that operate independent of the dialog model of the other modules. Application dependencies and context shifts are defined independent of the subdialogs to enable them to be reusable. The spoken dialog server manages context shifts in the spoken dialog by transitioning between dialog modules and subdialog modules.
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1. A method comprising:
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selecting a recursive transition network top level flow controller to yield a selected recursive transition network top level flow controller; selecting available reusable subdialogs below the selected recursive transition network top level flow controller to yield a selected reusable subdialogs; developing a subdialog for each application part not having an available subdialog, to yield developed subdialogs; and testing and deploying (1) a spoken dialog service using the selected recursive transition network top level flow controller, (2) the selected reusable subdialogs, and (3) the developed subdialogs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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selecting a recursive transition network top level dialog flow controller to yield a selected recursive transition network top level flow controller; incorporating a context shift component; selecting available reusable subdialogs for being invoked by the selected recursive transition network top level flow controller to yield selected reusable subdialogs; and testing and deploying a spoken dialog service using the recursive transition network top level flow controller and selected reusable subdialogs, wherein when a user of the spoken dialog service changes a context of a spoken dialog while in a reusable subdialog, to yield a context shift, wherein the context shift causes a parent dialog of a subdialog to be set to a state described by the context shift. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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