Dialog Flow Auto-Update via API Capability Cloning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data quality and analysis toolkits require extensive technical expertise to determine which tools and capabilities are available and best suited for specific tasks, making it difficult for users to effectively incorporate new capabilities into dialog flows for user interaction with automated interfaces like chatbots.
Innovation Solution
A system that auto-updates, auto-replaces, and auto-appends capabilities and APIs in dialog trees by identifying similar existing capabilities, allowing for the incorporation of new capabilities into dialog flows in a meaningful manner for end-users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data quality and analysis toolkits are made available with extensive capabilities, then the functionality and power of the system is improved, but the complexity of operation and technical expertise required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting new capabilities, analyzing their properties, identifying similar existing capabilities, and generating appropriate dialog flows without requiring manual technical configuration. This automation resolves the contradiction by maintaining extensive functionality while eliminating the need for users to have technical expertise in dialog flow creation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-analyzing capability properties, pre-identifying similar capabilities, and pre-generating dialog flows before user interaction. This allows the system to have extensive capabilities ready and available while users simply need to interact through natural language without technical preparation.
2Measurement precision
If new capabilities are manually incorporated into dialog flows, then the precision and relevance of capability presentation is improved, but the time and effort required for updates increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the mechanical manual process of dialog flow creation with an automated computational system that analyzes capability properties, identifies similarities, and generates dialog flows automatically. This substitution maintains precision in capability presentation while eliminating the time-consuming manual effort.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback from capability property analysis and similarity comparisons to automatically adjust and generate appropriate dialog flows. This feedback mechanism ensures precise and relevant capability presentation while automating the entire incorporation process, eliminating manual time investment.
3Reliability
If existing dialog flows are updated with new capabilities, then the system remains current and useful, but the complexity of managing and maintaining dialog trees increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically monitoring for new capabilities, analyzing their properties, and updating dialog flows without requiring manual management intervention. This maintains system currency while eliminating the complexity of manual dialog tree management through automation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of new capability properties and pre-identifies appropriate dialog flow locations before making updates. This preliminary action ensures reliable system currency while simplifying management by automating the entire update process rather than requiring complex manual coordination.
Data Source
AI summary
Various systems and methods are presented regarding implementing one or more capabilities into a dialog flow occurring at an automated interface (e.g., a chatbot). A capability can be invoked at the interface in accordance with a user's requirements, e.g., the capability is a function to review data. An application programming interface (API) can be generated from the capability, wherein the API has features, parameters, metadata, etc., generated based on those of the capability. The API can be incorporated into a dialog, wherein the dialog can be subsequently presented on the interface (e.g., as part of a dialog flow). Interaction between the user and the dialog can cause the capability to be executed. Based upon the API features, etc., the API can be incorporated into a dialog, for example, by cloning a dialog, appending a dialog with the API, replacing a pre-existing API with the API in a dialog, and suchlike.