Virtual assistant conversations
FA Brown, TM Miller - US Patent 10,088,972, 2018 - Google Patents
Techniques and architectures for implementing a team of virtual assistants are described
herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different …
herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different …
Virtual assistant focused user interfaces
FA Brown, TM Miller, R Morris - US Patent 10,445,115, 2019 - Google Patents
Conversation user interfaces that are configured for virtual assistant interaction may include
contextual interface items that are based on contextual information. The contextual …
contextual interface items that are based on contextual information. The contextual …
Conversational virtual healthcare assistant
FA Brown, MG Lawrence, VOB Morrison - US Patent 9,824,188, 2017 - Google Patents
A conversation user interface enables patients to better understand their healthcare by
integrating diagnosis, treatment, medication management, and payment, through a system …
integrating diagnosis, treatment, medication management, and payment, through a system …
Partially observable Markov decision processes for spoken dialog systems
JD Williams, S Young - Computer Speech & Language, 2007 - Elsevier
In a spoken dialog system, determining which action a machine should take in a given
situation is a difficult problem because automatic speech recognition is unreliable and …
situation is a difficult problem because automatic speech recognition is unreliable and …
Context-based virtual assistant conversations
F Brown, TM Miller, M Zartler, S Buzan - US Patent 10,109,297, 2018 - Google Patents
A virtual assistant may communicate with a user in a conversational manner based on
context. For instances, a virtual assistant may be presented to a user to enable a …
context. For instances, a virtual assistant may be presented to a user to enable a …
Virtual assistant team customization
FA Brown, TM Miller - US Patent 9,830,044, 2017 - Google Patents
Techniques and architectures for implementing a team of virtual assistants are described
herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different …
herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different …
Virtual assistant team identification
FA Brown, TM Miller - US Patent 9,823,811, 2017 - Google Patents
Techniques and architectures for implementing a team of virtual assistants are described
herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different …
herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different …
Method and system for virtual assistant conversations
DT Spohrer - US Patent 11,196,863, 2021 - Google Patents
Techniques and architectures for implementing a team of virtual assistants are described
herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different …
herein. The team may include multiple virtual assistants that are configured with different …
Providing variable responses in a virtual-assistant environment
FA Brown, TM Miller, M Zartler - US Patent 9,836,177, 2017 - Google Patents
Virtual assistants intelligently emulate a representative of a service provider by providing
variable responses to user queries received via the virtual assistants. These variable …
variable responses to user queries received via the virtual assistants. These variable …
An application of reinforcement learning to dialogue strategy selection in a spoken dialogue system for email
MA Walker - Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 2000 - jair.org
This paper describes a novel method by which a spoken dialogue system can learn to
choose an optimal dialogue strategy from its experience interacting with human users. The …
choose an optimal dialogue strategy from its experience interacting with human users. The …