US 2019/0102379 A1Published application

User-configured and customized interactive dialog application

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsUri First, Yang Sun

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Abstract

Implementations relate to generating and/or executing a customized interactive dialog application. The customized interactive dialog application may be generated from a state mapping tool that allows a user to generate custom states and custom transitions between the custom states. A customized configuration description is then generated based on the generated custom states and custom transitions. Further, a default configuration description is identified that includes additional or alternative states and transitions. In executing the customized interactive dialog application, dialog turns are generated based on the states and transition information, with the customized configuration description taking precedence and the default configuration description being utilized for any undefined states and/or transitions. Implementations additionally or alternatively relate to generating and/or executing a custom agent based on generated custom states and custom transitions, and a default configuration description.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method implemented by one or more processors, comprising:

receiving an indication of an interactive dialog application and a state map of custom states and custom state transitions from a graphical state application for a user-created customized interactive dialog application, wherein each of the custom states defines custom state information for a corresponding one of the custom states and each of the custom state transitions defines custom transition information from a corresponding one of the custom states;
generating a customized configuration description based on the custom states and custom state transitions;
identifying a default configuration description based on the indication of the interactive dialog application, wherein the default configuration description includes default state information and default transition information for one or more default states;
receiving natural language input provided via an assistant interface of an additional client device operated by an additional user;
determining the natural language input references the interactive dialog application;
and
in response to determining the natural language input references the interactive dialog application:
executing a customized interactive dialog application based on both the customized configuration description and the default configuration description, wherein executing the customized interactive dialog application comprises:
generating multiple instances of output for rendering via the assistant interface during an interactive dialog between the additional user and the customized interactive dialog application,
wherein each of the multiple instances of output is for a corresponding one of multiple dialog turns of the interactive dialog during execution of the customized interactive dialog application, and
wherein at least some of the multiple instances of output are generated using the customized configuration description and at least some of the multiple instances of output are generated using the default configuration description.

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A method implemented by one or more processors, comprising:

receiving an indication of an interactive dialog application and a state map of custom states and custom state transitions from a graphical state application for a user-created customized interactive dialog application, wherein each of the custom states defines custom state information for a corresponding one of the custom states and each of the custom state transitions defines custom transition information from a corresponding one of the custom states;
generating a customized configuration description based on the custom states and the custom state transitions;
identifying a default configuration description based on the indication of the interactive dialog application, wherein the default configuration description includes default states, and default state information and at least one default state transition for each of the default states;
generating a merged configuration description based on the customized configuration description and the default configuration description, wherein generating the merged configuration description comprises:
identifying a given custom state, of the custom states, that is included in the customized configuration description and that includes a counterpart given default state, of the default states in the default configuration description;
based on the given custom state being included in the customized configuration description:
including the given custom state in the merged configuration description without including the counterpart given default state in the merged configuration description;
and
generating a customized agent based on the merged configuration description, wherein the customized agent is executable by a system of one or more computers to interface with an automated assistant in engaging in interactive human-computer dialog.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/960,444Filed 23 Apr 2018
Priority: 4 Oct 2017
Published: 4 Apr 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

G10L 15/22
Speech recognition: procedures used during a speech recognition process, e.g. man-machine dialogue
G06F 8/38
Creation or generation of source code: for implementing user interfaces
G06F 9/44505
Program loading or initiating: configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
G06F 9/451
Arrangements for executing specific programs: execution arrangements for user interfaces