Information processing method and non-temporary storage medium for system to control at least one device through dialog with user

A method to be executed at in part in a computer for controlling at least one device through dialog with a user, the method comprising:

• acquiring first voice information indicating a first voice of the user input from a microphone;
• outputting, to a server via a network, first phrase information generated from the first voice information;
• acquiring, from the server via the network, first response information determined in accordance with the first phrase information, the first response information indicating a first response message as to the first voice;
• outputting, to a speaker, the first response message based on the first response information;
• acquiring, from the server via the network, second response information associated with the first response information in the server, the second response information including a conditional branch instruction to be branched into a plurality of different instructions depending on a user's reply to the first response message;
• acquiring second voice information indicating a second voice of the user input from the microphone, after the outputting of the first response message, the second voice including the user's reply to the first response message;
• and
• causing the speaker and/or the at least one device to perform an operation by following an instruction that is determined in accordance with the conditional branch instruction and second phrase information generated from the second voice information,
• wherein neither the second voice information nor the second phrase information is output to the server during a period from acquiring the second voice information to causing the operation to be performed.