Dialogue support apparatus, method and terminal

A dialogue support method comprising:

• receiving input information indicating a user's intention;
• determining at least one target dialogue state among dialogue histories related to dialogue states indicating dialogue results between a user and a dialogue system which estimates the user's intention and performs processing in accordance with the user's intention, the target dialogue state being a target of instructions from the user;
• acquiring a processing result from the dialogue system by inputting the input information and the target dialogue state into the dialogue system;
• and
• generating first update information to update a display of the processing result.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method that uses utterance intention of a user, the utterance intention being inferred from a first text representing results of speech recognition of user's utterances, the method comprising:

• receiving input information indicating a user's intention;
• determining at least one target dialogue state among dialogue histories related to dialogue states indicating dialogue results between a user and a dialogue system which estimates the user's intention and performs processing in accordance with the user's intention, the target dialogue state being a target of instructions from the user;
• acquiring a processing result from the dialogue system by inputting the input information and the target dialogue state into the dialogue system;
• and
• generating first update information to update a display of the processing result.