Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing dynamic auto-responses at a mediating assistant application

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for providing context specific schema files that allow an automated assistant to broker human-to-computer dialogs between a user and an application that is separate from the automated assistant. The context specific schema file can provide the automated assistant with sufficient data to be responsive to user queries without necessarily communicating with a remote device, such as a server. Multiple different context specific schema files can be made available to the automated assistant according to a context in which a user is interacting with the automated assistant. In this way, latency otherwise exhibited by the automated assistant can be mitigated by providing the automated assistant with the information needed to respond to a user without continually retrieving the information over a network.

Description

Background technique [0001] People can use interactive software applications referred to herein as "automated assistants" (also referred to as "digital agents," "chatbots," "interactive personal assistants," "intelligent personal assistants," "conversational agents," etc.) Participate in man-machine dialogue. For example, humans (who may be referred to as "users" when interacting with an automated assistant) may provide commands and And / or on request, in some cases the spoken natural language input can be converted to text and then processed. [0002] Some automated assistants act as an interface between the user and the application the user intends to control. For example, a user can provide a command to initialize an application separate from the auto attendant. The auto attendant can communicate commands to the application, and thereafter receive responses from the application, which can then be provided back to the user. However, when multiple applications are availabl...

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Problems solved by technology

Unfortunately, devices hosting auto attendants may not operate efficiently when they are loaded with a large number of responses at once

Additionally, whenever a user queries the auto attendant, the auto attendant exhibits a delay when it is delegated the task of repeatedly accessing content over the network

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