MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A CONVERSATIONAL SYSTEM
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US Pat. App 13084060 - Filed Apr 11, 2011 - THE DELFIN PROJECT, INC.
A chatbot (or chatterbot) is a type of conversational agent designed to initiate conversation with humans in auditory or text forms. ...
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Social Help Network
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US Pat. App 13036052 - Filed Feb 28, 2011 - Momo Networks, Inc.
In one embodiment, Q&A engine 518 may use a chatterbot element, which is an intelligent dialogue system that can interact with users based on various data ...
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CONTACT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHODS AND APPARATUS
http://www.google.com/patents/US20110143713
US Pat. App 12635470 - Filed Dec 10, 2009
For example, a company may purchase a "consignor" email chatterbot or "bot" (eg, a computer program designed to recognize and respond to human dialog or ...
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COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND ...
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US Pat. App 12607595 - Filed Oct 28, 2009
In an alternative embodiment, the live facilitator may be replaced by a simulated person, chatterbot, or other type of artificial intelligence-driven entity ...
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INSTANT MESSAGING INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF
http://www.google.com/patents/US20100235451
US Pat. App 12504983 - Filed Jul 17, 2009 - INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
6907571 also disclosed a chatterbot which is capable of instant messaging. ... 6907571 which is able to identify users and other chatterbots are functioned ...
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APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR VEHICLE
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090292528
US Pat. App 12465986 - Filed May 14, 2009 - DENSO CORPORATION
As mentioned later, the hospitality priority ranking may be determined based on a conversation input information induced by a chatterbot. ...
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ADJUNCT USE OF INSTANT MESSENGER SOFTWARE TO ENABLE COMMUNICATIONS ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090216848
US Pat. App 12406146 - Filed Mar 18, 2009
2 START 124 Instant Messaging Software 142 ^ 150 CHATTERBOT MESSAGING SOFTWARE ... Send text message to Chatterbot Messaging Software Parse the text message ...
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System and method for enabling users to interact in a virtual space
http://www.google.com/patents/US7945856
US Pat. 7945856 - Filed Jan 13, 2009 - Issued May 17, 2011 - Worlds.com, Inc.
Mauldin, ChatterBots, TinyMuds, and the Turing Test: Entering the Loebner Prize Competition, Proc. of the Twelfth Nat. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence, ...
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System and Method for Live-Interaction Advertising
http://www.google.com/patents/US20100161429
US Pat. App 12340195 - Filed Dec 19, 2008
In a fourth embodiment, the representative can be a chatbot, a chatterbot, a virtual agent, a virtual employee, or other suitable virtual representative, ...
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PRIVACY INFORMATION REPORTING SYSTEMS WITH BROAD SEARCH SCOPE AND ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090043743
US Pat. App 12253661 - Filed Oct 17, 2008
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots ...
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Privacy Information Reporting Systems with Broad Search Scope and ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090024630
US Pat. App 12175436 - Filed Jul 17, 2008
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. No. ...
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MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A CONVERSATIONAL SYSTEM
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090292778
US Pat. App 12124531 - Filed May 21, 2008 - THE DELFIN PROJECT, INC.
A chatbot (or chatterbot) is a type of conversational agent designed to initiate conversation with humans in auditory or text forms. ...
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Method, artificially intelligent system and networked complex for ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US7769705
US Pat. 7769705 - Filed Mar 2, 2008 - Issued Aug 3, 2010
Joseph Weizenbaum, Eliza, Classic Chatterbot, Description found at ... Jabberwocky, Gurubot, Chatterbot, Access available at www. simonlaven.com. ...
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SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING CONVERSATIONAL AGENT TO COLLECT ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090193123
US Pat. App 12019128 - Filed Jan 24, 2008 - Ebay Inc.
... as a "chatterbot") may be utilized in communications with the users to receive such information. [0015] In some example embodiments, ...
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TRANSACTION SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED INSTRUCTION RECOGNITION
http://www.google.com/patents/US20100145851
US Pat. App 12448453 - Filed Dec 8, 2007 - FUNDAMO (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
[0055] The artificial intelligence software (say for example a chatterbot) will converse with the participating system member and query the database, ...
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MECHANISM FOR AUTOMATIC MATCHING OF HOST TO GUEST CONTENT VIA ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20080189268
US Pat. App 11866901 - Filed Oct 3, 2007
The Search Engine Web Portal or Search Engine Chatterbot looks up User Requests in the Semantic Network Dictionary to better understand from a semantic ...
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Computer-Implemented Method and Apparatus for Recording and ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20070291909
US Pat. App 11844552 - Filed Aug 24, 2007
In an alternative embodiment, the live facilitator may be replaced by a simulated person, chatterbot, or other type of artificial intelligence- driven ...
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IDENTITY INFORMATION SERVICES, METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20080109875
US Pat. App 11835701 - Filed Aug 8, 2007
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. No. ...
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Method for anonymous communication between end-users over a network
http://www.google.com/patents/US20080025328
US Pat. App 11880654 - Filed Jul 23, 2007 - Koninlijke KPN N.V.
These so-called chatterbots may allow people to ask questions in plain English and then formulate a proper response. These bots can often handle many tasks, ...
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Knowledge discovery agent system and method
http://www.google.com/patents/US7882055
US Pat. 7882055 - Filed Jul 23, 2007 - Issued Feb 1, 2011
In yet another embodiment, the system may further comprise the following: a chatbot (also known as a "chatterbot" or "chat bot") comprising a chatbot engine ...
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METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED PERFORMANCE
http://www.google.com/patents/US20090254836
US Pat. App 12305555 - Filed Jun 21, 2007
In a chatterbot embodiment, the substance of the conversation may be altered in response to the mental state and/or personality class, for example, ...
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Chat conversation methods traversing a provisional scaffold of ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20070294229
US Pat. App 11806261 - Filed May 30, 2007
... transmitting the one or more category descriptors to a chatterbot response composer for producing a chatter- bot response; and outputting the chatterbot ...
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Automatic data categorization with optimally spaced semantic seed ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20070294200
US Pat. App 11806260 - Filed May 30, 2007
For output to a conversational or chat-based search engine portal or chatterbot, the number of categories desired is a small number, usually less then seven ...
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Methods, systems, and computer program products for using alarm ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20080181099
US Pat. App 11657886 - Filed Jan 25, 2007
For example, "Red" and "Andrette" are the names of two chatterbot programs ... Chatterbot programs are sometimes referred to as virtual representatives or ...
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Using an automated speech application environment to automatically ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US8027839
US Pat. 8027839 - Filed Dec 19, 2006 - Issued Sep 27, 2011 - Nuance Communications, Inc.
379/219 "1=1bb9rW991<Y-Ab<>u1 Th9us1119-AH A1t1fi91=11 11119111891199 A1 2004/0104938 A1 6/ 2004 Safaswat et 31, chatbot, chatterbot or chatterbox," ...
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PRIVACY MANAGEMENT AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM
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US Pat. App 11562571 - Filed Nov 22, 2006
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. No. ...
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Methods, systems, and computer program products for rule-based ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20080118052
US Pat. App 11601400 - Filed Nov 17, 2006
A chatterbot is a program that can simulate talk with a human being. ... Chatterbot programs are sometimes referred to as virtual representatives or virtual ...
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Artificial Psychology Dialog Player with Aging Simulation
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US Pat. App 11557013 - Filed Nov 6, 2006
Unlike other dialog processors, chatterbots and natural language based systems that analyze the components of a sentence; the said dialog player has ...
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Knowledge discovery agent system and method
http://www.google.com/patents/US8015143
US Pat. 8015143 - Filed Oct 3, 2006 - Issued Sep 6, 2011
In yet another embodiment, the system may further comprise the following: a chatbot (also known as a "chatterbot" or "chat bot") comprising a chatbot engine ...
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VIRTUAL IM BUDDY IN AN INSTANT MESSAGING SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ...
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US Pat. App 11530595 - Filed Sep 11, 2006
Simulated conversation bots are sometimes called "chatterbots". Still other bots provide information portal services to allow an IM user to gather ...
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Human Emulation Robot System
http://www.google.com/patents/US20070038331
US Pat. App 11465710 - Filed Aug 18, 2006
... physically embodied as opposed to "virtual" imagery on a display screen) for animated agents, "chatter- bots", or avatars. In one such embodiment, ...
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IDENTITY INFORMATION SERVICES, METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS
http://www.google.com/patents/US20100161816
US Pat. App 11993337 - Filed Jun 20, 2006
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. No. ...
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Method and apparatus for connecting a secure peer-to-peer ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060075024
US Pat. App 11267646 - Filed Nov 4, 2005 - Microsoft Corporation
Package=net. groove. Groove. Tools. Business. Bots.GrooveElizaBot TPL&Version=2&Factory=Open" DisplayName="Classic Eliza Chatter Bot 2" MinScope="2" ...
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Privacy Information Reporting Systems with Broad Search Scope and ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060287765
US Pat. App 11163205 - Filed Oct 10, 2005
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. ...
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Privacy Information Reporting Systems with Refined Content Model
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060288090
US Pat. App 11163208 - Filed Oct 10, 2005
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. No. ...
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Privacy Information Reporting Systems with Enhanced Utility
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060287766
US Pat. App 11163206 - Filed Oct 10, 2005
... in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. No. 6611, 206, hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth in its ...
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Privacy Information Reporting Systems Event Classification and ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060287764
US Pat. App 11163204 - Filed Oct 10, 2005
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. No. ...
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Privacy Information Reporting Systems with Refined Information ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060287767
US Pat. App 11163207 - Filed Oct 10, 2005
Such a narrative may be generated using template grammatical structures in a manner used by chatbots (chatterbots) for example, see US Pat. No. ...
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Virtual robot communication format customized by endpoint
http://www.google.com/patents/US20070043878
US Pat. App 11207664 - Filed Aug 18, 2005 - Microsoft Corporation
Early well known chatterbot application programs include "Eliza" and "Parry," both of ... IM chatterbots may serve purely social functions, responding to or ...
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System and method for domain-based natural language consultation
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060036430
US Pat. App 11194008 - Filed Jul 29, 2005
This is also the approach of contemporary chatterbots, including ALICE, Ultra Hal Assistant, Ella, and by commercial talking programs that act as customer ...
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Method, apparatus, and program for dialogue, and storage medium ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20060020473
US Pat. App 11188378 - Filed Jul 25, 2005
An example of a voice dialogue system for talks about unspecified topics is a "chatterbot", a description of which may be found, for example, in "Chatterbot ...
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Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20050235039
US Pat. App 11151493 - Filed Jun 13, 2005
In the "MightyMike" example, the chatterbot messaging software sends the ... The rules and randomizations are indigenous to the particular chatterbot. ...
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Network methods for interactive advertising and direct marketing
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US Pat. App 10991180 - Filed Nov 17, 2004
... take the form of a 'chatter bot' or a 'knowledge bot', a program designed to interact in a text based conversation about a particular subject matter in ...
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Human emulation robot system
http://www.google.com/patents/US7113848
US Pat. 7113848 - Filed Jun 7, 2004 - Issued Sep 26, 2006
... or none of Expert Knowledge Systems, Automatic Speech Recognition systems, Natural Language Processing systems, Chatterbots, logical reasoning systems, ...
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Knowledge discovery agent system and method
http://www.google.com/patents/US7249117
US Pat. 7249117 - Filed May 21, 2003 - Issued Jul 24, 2007
... as a "chatterbot" or "chat bot") comprising a chatbot engine for engaging in dialogue with a user through natural language; a conversational inference ...
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Method and apparatus for connecting a secure peer-to-peer ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US7139798
US Pat. 7139798 - Filed May 17, 2002 - Issued Nov 21, 2006 - Groove Networks, Inc.
GrooveElizaBot_TPL&a.rnp;Version=2&a.rnp;Factory=Open" DisplayNa.rne="Classic Eliza Chatter Bot 2" MinScope="2" MinTelespaceRole="l"> ...
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Methods for automatically focusing the attention of a virtual ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US6615111
US Pat. 6615111 - Filed Nov 9, 2001 - Issued Sep 2, 2003 - Nativeminds, Inc.
One early attempt to resolve these problems is described in an article by Michael Mauldin entitled "CHATTERBOTs, TINYMUDs, and the Turing Test: Entering the ...
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Method and apparatus for natural language dialog interface
http://www.google.com/patents/US20020133347
US Pat. App 9921826 - Filed Aug 3, 2001
3 illustrates a tree structure for the following set of patterns: * chatterbot * When will * ready When * chatterbot * What * is When will * be done What ...
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Automatic system for monitoring independent person requiring ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20020171551
US Pat. App 9809613 - Filed Mar 15, 2001
For example, the simulated dialogue may be generated using "chatterbot" technology with a machine-generated persona such as disclosed in the following ...
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Adjunct use of instant messenger software to enable communications ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US20010033298
US Pat. App 9796568 - Filed Feb 28, 2001
If the chatterbot messaging software is present and active, ... In other words, if the instant messaging software and chatterbot messaging software are not ...
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Partially automated interactive dialog
http://www.google.com/patents/US20010047261
US Pat. App 9767342 - Filed Jan 22, 2001
These programs are sometimes referred to as "chatterbots." See for example httpV/bots.inter- net.com/search/s-chat.htm. [0028] There has been significant ...
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Interactive personal narrative agent system and method
http://www.google.com/patents/US7246315
US Pat. 7246315 - Filed Nov 28, 2000 - Issued Jul 17, 2007 - Realtime Drama, Inc.
Crawford Aoyama Barker FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS EP 0159345 10/1985 (Continued) OTHER PUBLICATIONS Mauldin, Michael L., "Chatterbots, Tinymuds, ...
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Self-updating user interface/entertainment device that simulates ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US6728679
US Pat. 6728679 - Filed Oct 30, 2000 - Issued Apr 27, 2004 - Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
... is able to be more interesting and useful to users and also more personally relevant than prior art, so-called chatterbots. The device also reduces the ...
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Environment-responsive user interface/entertainment device that ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US6721706
US Pat. 6721706 - Filed Oct 30, 2000 - Issued Apr 13, 2004 - Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
... such as a chatterbot, is enabled to simulate an awareness ol the user to generate an interaction that is more natural and appropriate than prior art ...
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User interface/entertainment device that simulates personal ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US6731307
US Pat. 6731307 - Filed Oct 30, 2000 - Issued May 4, 2004 - Koninklije Philips Electronics N.V.
In a chatterbot embodiment, the substance of the conversation may be altered in response to the mental state and/or personality class, for example, ...
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User interface/entertainment device that simulates personal ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US6795808
US Pat. 6795808 - Filed Oct 30, 2000 - Issued Sep 21, 2004 - Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
... L. Thorne (57) ABSTRACT An interaction simulator, such as a chatterbot, is connected with an external database, such as an electronic program guide. ...
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Method and apparatus for processing queries
http://www.google.com/patents/US7107218
US Pat. 7107218 - Filed Oct 23, 2000 - Issued Sep 12, 2006 - British Telecommunications public limited company
This example also illustrates a conversational style, generally known in the art as a "Chat- 8 terbot" (first Chatterbot was "ELIZA": by Joseph Weizen- ...
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Virtual creature displayed on a television
http://www.google.com/patents/US6931656
US Pat. 6931656 - Filed Oct 11, 2000 - Issued Aug 16, 2005 - Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
A chatterbot interface may be used to generate responses to speech. Alternatively, the virtual creature 24 may play games involving gestures with the user, ...
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Method and system for interactively responding to instant ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US6430602
US Pat. 6430602 - Filed Aug 22, 2000 - Issued Aug 6, 2002 - Active Buddy, Inc.
De Angeli, A., et al., The Unfriendly User: exploring social reactions to chatterbots, Proc. of the IntT. Conf. on Affective Human Factors Design, ...
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Method and apparatus for product selection assistance
http://www.google.com/patents/US7246087
US Pat. 7246087 - Filed Jan 10, 2000 - Issued Jul 17, 2007 - General Electric Company
... Announces Chatterbot Stategy to Humanize E-commerce" May 11, 1999. Press release).* "EETimes Guide to internet Engineering" (Lange, Larry. Jul. 6, 1998. ...
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Modeling and projecting emotion and personality from a computer ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US6212502
US Pat. 6212502 - Filed Jun 30, 1998 - Issued Apr 3, 2001 - Microsoft Corporation
... EMOTION AND PERSONALITY FROM A COMPUTER USER INTERFACE Mauldin, M., Chatterbots, Tinymuds and the Turing test: entering the Loebner prize competition, ...
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System and method for automatically focusing the attention of a ...
http://www.google.com/patents/US6363301
US Pat. 6363301 - Filed Jun 4, 1997 - Issued Mar 26, 2002 - Nativeminds, Inc.
... problems is described in an article by Michael Mauldin entitled "CHATTERBOTs, TINYMUDs, and the Turing Test: Entering the Loebner Prize Competition". ...
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