Context-Aware Chatbot Training via Prompt Disambiguation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current chatbots often provide poor-quality responses due to limited and irrelevant training data, as well as ambiguous and insufficient user input prompts, leading to a poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method for training a context-aware chatbot that involves receiving ambiguous user prompts, identifying context and intent through natural language processing, providing modified prompts, selecting relevant datasets, and generating responses based on these inputs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If traditional chatbot training methods are used with limited training data, then the system complexity is low, but the response quality is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the training process into multiple stages: initial training with limited data, then contextual enhancement by analyzing user interactions and feedback. This allows progressive improvement of response quality without requiring complete retraining, thus managing system complexity while enhancing precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user context, interaction history, and feedback before generating responses. This preliminary action enables the chatbot to anticipate user needs and improve response quality proactively, rather than waiting for explicit retraining data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Manufacturing precision

If the chatbot uses basic prompt processing without context analysis, then the processing speed is fast, but the response relevance is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse relevanceVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial context analysis by focusing on the most relevant aspects of user history and interaction data rather than processing all available information. This selective approach maintains processing speed while significantly improving response relevance through targeted contextual understanding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If the chatbot analyzes extensive user context and interaction data, then the response accuracy improves, but the computational resources required increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse accuracyVSAvoidcomputational resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by analyzing only the specific portions of user context and interaction data that are most relevant to the current query. Rather than uniformly processing all historical data, it focuses computational resources on locally relevant information, thereby improving response accuracy while conserving computational resources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Ease of operation

If the chatbot uses simple training data without contextual information, then the training process is simple, but the user experience is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidtraining process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The chatbot system performs self-service by automatically analyzing user interactions, extracting contextual patterns, and using this information to enhance future responses. This self-learning mechanism improves user experience without requiring complex manual retraining processes, as the system autonomously adapts to user needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250068881A1Training a context-aware chatbot
Publication Date: 2025.02.27 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer system for training a context-aware chatbot. A computer receives a prompt form a user, where the prompt has a level of ambiguity. A computer identifies context of the prompt, by analyzing collected data from various sources. A computer identifies an intent of the prompt, by using natural language processing to disambiguate the prompt. A computer provides a modified prompt, according to the context and the intent. A computer selects datasets relevant to the context. A computer generates a response to the prompt, based on the modified prompt and the datasets, where the context-aware chatbot responds to the prompt with the response.