Rapid development of virtual personal assistant applications
US9489625B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N5/02
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A platform for developing a virtual personal assistant (“VPA”) application includes an ontology that defines a computerized structure for representing knowledge relating to one or more domains. A domain may refer to a category of information and/or activities in relation to which the VPA application may engage in a conversational natural language dialog with a computing device user. Re-usable VPA components may be linked to or included in the ontology. An ontology populating agent may at least partially automate the process of populating the ontology with domain-specific information. The re-usable VPA components may be linked with the domain-specific information through the ontology. A VPA application created with the platform may include domain-adapted re-usable VPA components that may be called upon by an executable VPA engine to determine a likely intended meaning of conversational natural language input of the user and/or initiate an appropriate system response to the input.
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