Chatbot Skills Management System Using NLP and Deep Learning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems for creating conversational interfaces and chatbots lack efficient natural language understanding and processing capabilities, making it difficult to interpret user intents and provide personalized responses without requiring extensive programming knowledge.

Innovation Solution

A bot creation and management system that utilizes natural language processing (NLP) and deep learning modules to understand user intents, extract entities and attributes, and generate personalized responses, allowing users to create and manage chatbots through a visual interface without coding, with features like intent identification, sentiment analysis, and knowledge base management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If natural language processing and deep learning modules are implemented to understand user intents and provide personalized responses, then the intelligence and responsiveness of the chatbot is improved, but the system complexity and computational resources required increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintent understanding accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the chatbot functionality into separate modules: natural language processing module for intent understanding, deep learning module for response generation, and knowledge base module for information storage. This segmentation allows each module to be optimized independently and facilitates easier maintenance and updates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces a knowledge base as an intermediary component that stores structured information about intents, entities, and relationships. This knowledge base serves as a mediator between the natural language processing module and the deep learning module, enabling efficient information retrieval and reducing computational complexity by pre-organizing data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If extensive programming knowledge and coding are required to create and manage chatbots, then the functionality and customization options are improved, but the accessibility and ease of use deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization capabilityVSAvoidease of chatbot creation
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides self-service capabilities through a user-friendly interface that allows end-users to create, train, and manage chatbots without requiring programming knowledge. Users can interact with the system through intuitive dialogs and visual configurations, enabling them to customize chatbot behavior according to their needs without technical expertise.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms complex programming parameters into simplified user-friendly configurations. Instead of requiring users to write code, they can adjust parameters through visual interfaces such as drag-and-drop components, form fields, and conversational prompts, making the customization process accessible to non-technical users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If sequence learning and dynamic updates based on user interactions are implemented, then the adaptability and responsiveness of the chatbot is improved, but the computational time and data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to user interactionsVSAvoidcomputational time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing user interactions and pre-updating the knowledge base with common patterns and responses. This allows the chatbot to quickly retrieve and utilize pre-learned information during actual conversations, reducing real-time computational requirements while maintaining high adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms that continuously learn from user interactions and update the knowledge base and deep learning models. This feedback loop enables the chatbot to improve its performance over time without requiring extensive real-time computation, as learned patterns are stored and reused in subsequent interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11394667B2Chatbot skills systems and methods
Publication Date: 2022.07.19 RUPERT LABS INC DBA PASSAGE AI
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AI summary

Example systems and methods related to chatbot skills are described. In one implementation, a system initiates a session to create a new chatbot. The system receives a selection of a first chatbot skill associated with the new chatbot and a selection of a second chatbot skill associated with the new chatbot, where the first chatbot skill is different from the second chatbot skill. The system creates the new chatbot by importing the first chatbot skill and the second chatbot skill into the new chatbot.