Response generation for conversational computing interface

US11410643B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jacob Daniel Andreas · San Francisco, US
• Jayant Sivarama Krishnamurthy · Redmond, US
• Alan Xinyu Guo · Boston, US
• Andrei VOROBEV · Bellevue, US
• John P. Bufe, III · Washington, US
• Jesse Daniel Eskes Rusak · Redmond, US
• Yuchen Zhang · Tianjin, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 18, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 9, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G10L2015/223
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of responding to a conversational event. The method comprises enacting, by a conversational computing interface, an initial computer-executable plan based on a conversational event received by the conversational computing interface, wherein the initial computer-executable plan is configured to output an initial value based on the conversational event. The method further comprises selecting, by the conversational computing interface, an extended computer-executable plan based on determining that the initial value is insufficient for generating an extended description responsive to the conversational event. The method further comprises enacting, by the conversational computing interface, the extended computer-executable plan to output additional information beyond what the initial computer-executable plan is configured to output, the additional information sufficient for generating the extended description responsive to the conversational event. The method further comprises outputting, via the conversational computing interface, a response to the conversational event including the extended description.