Language Processing Service for Intent Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current service systems face challenges in effectively processing natural language inputs to determine user intents and entities, leading to inefficient information retrieval and customer service interactions.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a language processing service that uses machine learning models to detect intents and entities in natural language inputs, coupled with a workflow management service to update workflow states and provide appropriate responses, while also considering context data and sentiment analysis to enhance user interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If natural language processing is implemented to detect user intents and entities, then information retrieval accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveintent detection accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex natural language processing task into distinct components: intent detection module, entity extraction module, and workflow management module. Each module handles a specific aspect of the processing, making the overall system more manageable and maintainable while achieving high accuracy in intent and entity detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If workflow management service is implemented to update workflow states, then service efficiency is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice efficiencyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The workflow management service pre-defines multiple workflow states and transition rules before processing user inputs. When an intent is detected, the system can quickly determine the appropriate workflow state transition without performing complex real-time analysis, thereby improving service efficiency while minimizing additional processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If sentiment analysis is incorporated to enhance user interactions, then user experience is improved, but computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidcomputational resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies sentiment analysis selectively based on the detected intent and workflow state. Sentiment analysis is performed only when relevant to the current interaction context, such as when the user expresses dissatisfaction or when the workflow requires emotional intelligence. This partial application reduces computational resource consumption while still enhancing user experience where it matters most.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10013416B1Language based solution agent
Publication Date: 2018.07.03 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

Disclosed are various embodiments for an automated service agent. Natural language inputs are obtained from a client. The natural language inputs and other data are input to machine learning models to identify intents reflected in the natural language inputs. A state in a workflow is updated to reflect the identified intents. Responses may be communicated to the client to further progress in the workflow.