METHODS FOR CONDUCTING A CONVERSATION IN AN APPLICATION ENABLED BY A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT SERVER AND DEVICES THEREOF

A virtual assistant server determines at least one user intent based on an analysis of a received conversational user input. One or more of a plurality of views is identified based on the at least one user intent. Further, the virtual assistant server retrieves content based on the at least one user intent or the identified one or more views. The virtual assistant server determines one of a plurality of graphical user interface layers to display for each of one or more parts of the content and the identified one or more views based at least on one or more factors related to the content. Subsequently, the virtual assistant server outputs instructions based on the determined one of the graphical user interface layers in response to the received conversational user input.