Instantiation of dialog process at a particular child node state

A system, comprising:

• a data processing apparatus;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the data processing apparatus and thus upon such execution cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
• automatically generating a dialog map for a dialog process,
• wherein the dialog map describes a hierarchy of the dialog process, and
• wherein the dialog process defines a plurality of node states,
• wherein the node states include a root node state and child nodes states, and
• wherein each child node state descends from at least one of another child node state or the root node state;
• subsequent to automatically generating the dialog map:
• receiving, from a user device, a request that specifies a particular child node state of the child node states of the dialog process;
• in response to the request specifying the particular child node state of the dialog process:
• instantiating, by the server computer and in response to the request that specifies the particular child node state, the dialog process at the root node state;
• automatically traversing, based on the dialog map, from the root node state to the child node state;
• and
• providing, to the user device, data that causes the user device to present the dialog process at the particular child node state.