US 8,554,541 B2 · Virtual pet system, method and apparatus for virtual pet chatting

Abstract

A virtual pet system includes: a virtual pet client, adapted to receive a sentence in natural language and send the sentence to a Q&A server; the Q&A server, adapted to receive the sentence, process the sentence through natural language comprehension, generate an answer in natural language based on a result of natural language comprehension and reasoning knowledge, and send the answer in natural language to the virtual pet client. A method for virtual pet chatting includes: receiving a sentence in natural language, perform natural language comprehension for the sentence, and generating an answer in natural language based on a result of natural language comprehension and reasoning knowledge. A Q&A server includes: a sentence comprehension engine unit, adapted to process a received sentence in natural language through natural language comprehension, and send a result of natural language comprehension to a reasoning engine unit; the reasoning engine unit, adapted to generate an answer in natural language based on reasoning knowledge and the result of natural language comprehension, and send the answer in natural language; a knowledge base, adapted to store the reasoning knowledge.

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Dependent claims

A virtual pet system, comprising:

a virtual pet client device including a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions for execution by the processor and a question and answer (Q&A) server device including a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions for execution by the processor, wherein
the virtual pet client device is to receive a sentence in natural language and send the sentence and an ID of a pet owner to the Q&A server device;
the Q&A server device is to receive the sentence in natural language, process the sentence through natural language comprehension, obtain language characteristics of the pet owner from a pet owner language information base according to the ID of the pet owner, generate an answer in natural language based on a result of natural language comprehensions, reasoning knowledge, and the language characteristics of the pet owner, and send the answer in natural language to the virtual pet client device;
wherein the language characteristics of the pet owner include language tips and expression manners.

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A method of chatting with virtual pet, applied to a device comprising a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions for execution by the processor, the method comprising:

receiving, in the device, a sentence in natural language and an ID of a pet owner;
processing, in the device, the sentence through natural language comprehension, obtaining language characteristics of the pet owner from a pet owner language information base according to the ID of the pet owner, and generating an answer in natural language based on reasoning knowledge, a result of natural language comprehension , and the language characteristics of the pet owner;
wherein the language characteristics of the pet owner include language tips and expression manners.

A question and answer (Q&A) server, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions for execution by the processor;
a sentence comprehension engine module, wherein when the instructions are executed by the processor the instructions cause the sentence comprehension engine module, to process a sentence in natural language received by the Q&A server through natural language comprehension, cause the QUA server to obtain language characteristics of a pet owner from a pet owner language information base according to an ID of the pet owner received by the Q&A server, and cause the Q&A server to send a result of natural language comprehension to a reasoning engine module;
wherein the language characteristics of the pet owner include language tips and expression manners;
the reasoning engine module, wherein when the instructions are executed by the processor the instructions cause the reasoning engine module to generate an answer in natural language based on the language characteristics of the pet owner, reasoning knowledge and the result of natural language comprehension;
and
a knowledge base, storing the reasoning knowledge.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Virtual pet system, method and apparatus for virtual pet chatting

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Virtual pet system, method and apparatus for virtual pet chatting

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