Bot Conversation Analytics System Root Cause Identification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for analyzing and improving bot systems lack the ability to identify root causes of performance issues and become ineffective when dealing with large numbers of bots.

Innovation Solution

An integrated analytic system that monitors events in conversations between end users and bot systems, aggregates and analyzes these events, and provides insights through a graphical user interface, allowing for filtering and selection of conversations based on various criteria.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional analytics systems are used to monitor bot conversations, then basic performance tracking is possible, but the system cannot identify root causes of performance issues and becomes ineffective with large numbers of bots

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveperformance analysis precisionVSAvoidanalytics system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The analytics system segments conversation data into discrete events with specific attributes (user input, bot response, intent, entities, sentiment, etc.). Each event is independently analyzable, allowing precise root cause identification without overwhelming system complexity. This segmentation enables the system to handle large numbers of bots by breaking down complex conversations into manageable analytical units.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system adds multiple analytical dimensions to conversation monitoring by capturing diverse event attributes (intent, entities, sentiment, conversation flow, etc.) simultaneously. This multi-dimensional approach enables precise performance analysis across many bots without proportionally increasing system complexity, as the same event structure serves multiple analytical purposes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Loss of information

If detailed monitoring of all conversation events is implemented, then comprehensive performance insights are obtained, but data processing complexity and resource requirements increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconversation information completenessVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting conversations into structured events with defined attributes, the system captures comprehensive information in an organized manner. This segmentation reduces processing complexity by providing a standardized framework for data collection, storage, and analysis, making it feasible to maintain complete conversation information without overwhelming resource requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter representation of conversation data by using standardized event attributes (intent, entities, sentiment scores, etc.) instead of raw unstructured text. This parameter transformation enables efficient processing and analysis of comprehensive conversation data, as structured parameters are more amenable to computational analysis than unstructured information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Loss of information

If the system provides detailed analytics for all conversations, then comprehensive performance visibility is achieved, but the ease of operation and interpretation decreases due to information overload

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveperformance information completenessVSAvoidanalytics interpretation ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by providing different levels of analytical detail in different interface areas. The graphical user interface presents summarized performance metrics at the overview level while allowing drill-down into specific conversation events for detailed analysis. This enables operators to easily interpret overall performance while maintaining access to complete information when needed, balancing information completeness with ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12242539B2Insights into performance of a bot system
Publication Date: 2025.03.04 ORACLE INT CORP
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for analyzing and improving a bot system, and more particularly to an analytic system integrated with a bot system for monitoring, analyzing, visualizing, diagnosing, and improving the performance of the bot system. For example, an analytic system is integrated with a bot system for monitoring, analyzing, visualizing, and improving the performance of the bot system. The analytic system monitors events occurred in conversations between end users and the bot system, aggregates and analyzes the collected events, and provides information regarding the conversations graphically on a graphic user interface as insights reports at different generalization levels. The insights reports offer developer-oriented analytics to pinpoint issues with skills so a user can address them before they cause problems. The insights let a user track conversation trends over time, identify execution paths, determine the accuracy of their intent resolutions, and access entire conversation transcripts.