SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERSATIONS WITH DEVICES ABOUT MEDIA USING INTERRUPTIONS AND CHANGES OF SUBJECTS

Patent №

US 10,629,187

Granted

2020-04-21

Filed 2019

Owner

ROVI GUIDES, INC.

Lab

AI components

4

ml · nlp · speech · planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

16379312

Systems and methods are described herein for providing media guidance. Control circuitry may receive a first voice input and access a database of topics to identify a first topic associated with the first voice input. A user interface may generate a first response to the first voice input, and subsequent to generating the first response, the control circuitry may receive a second voice input. The control circuitry may determine a match between the second voice input and an interruption input such as a period of silence or a keyword or a phrase, such as “Ahh,”, “Umm,”, or “Hmm.” The user interface may generate a second response that is associated with a second topic related to the first topic. By interrupting the conversation and changing the subject from time to time, media guidance systems can appear to be more intelligent and human.

AI classification

Natural language1.00
Speech1.00
Planning1.00
Machine learning0.70
AI hardware0.48
Vision0.01
Knowledge representation0.01
Evolutionary computation0.00

Ownership

ROVI GUIDES, INC.

assignment · 488360128

Assignors

DAWES, CHARLES, KLAPPERT, WALTER R.

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