IP Library Granted Patent US 10,777,199
Granted Patent B2
US 10,777,199 · App. 16/707,832 · Granted Sep 15, 2020

Information processing system, and information processing method

Inventor: Akihiro Komori (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G10L15/22G06F3/16G06F16/00G06F16/3329G06N3/00G10L15/30G10L25/78G10L2025/786
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,777,199
App. No.
16/707,832
Granted
Sep 15, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Object] To provide an information processing system and an information processing method capable of auditing the utterance data of an agent more flexibly. [Solution] An information processing system including: a storage section that stores utterance data of an agent; a communication section that receives request information transmitted from a client terminal and requesting utterance data of a specific agent from a user; and a control section that, when the request information is received through the communication section, replies to the client terminal with corresponding utterance data, and in accordance with feedback from the user with respect to the utterance data, updates an utterance probability level expressing a probability that the specific agent will utter utterance content indicated by the utterance data, and records the updated utterance probability level in association with the specific agent and the utterance content in the storage section.

Claims (42)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

control circuitry configured to

determine an updated utterance probability level in accordance with feedback from a user with respect to an utterance database for a specific agent stored in a memory, the updated utterance probability level expressing a probability of selecting an utterance content from the utterance database to be output as an utterance of the specific agent, and

record the updated utterance probability level in association with the specific agent and the utterance content in the memory.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to

determine the updated utterance probability level according to a weight associated with the user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to

set or change an utterance availability flag stored in association with the specific agent and the utterance content in the memory in accordance with an input of the user when the user is determined to have a special privilege, the utterance availability flag indicating whether the utterance content is available to the specific agent.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to

receive an input utterance content that is input by a second user for the specific agent, and

store the input utterance content in association with identification information of the second user and the specific agent in the memory.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the updated utterance probability level is stored further in association with a triggering condition.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the triggering condition is configured based one or more of a time, a place, a user condition, or a user emotion.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to

receive triggering information for the specific agent from a client terminal associated with a second user, and

select one of utterance contents stored in the memory for the specific agent according to utterance probability levels in association with the utterance contents for the specific agent and the triggering information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the triggering information indicates one or more of a time, a place, a user condition, or a user emotion.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to

receive a request for the specific agent from a client terminal associated with a second user, and

select one of utterance contents stored in the memory for the specific agent according to utterance probability levels in association with the utterance contents for the specific agent and the request.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the request includes agent identification information identifying the specific agent, user identification information identifying the second user, and triggering information.

11. An information processing method, comprising:

determining, by control circuitry of an information processing apparatus, an updated utterance probability level in accordance with feedback from a user with respect to an utterance database for a specific agent stored in a memory, the updated utterance probability level expressing a probability of selecting an utterance content from the utterance database to be output as an utterance of the specific agent; and

recording the updated utterance probability level in association with the specific agent and the utterance content in the memory.

12. The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the determining the updated utterance probability level is performed according to a weight associated with the user.

13. The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

setting or changing an utterance availability flag stored in association with the specific agent and the utterance content in the memory in accordance with an input of the user when the user is determined to have a special privilege, the utterance availability flag indicating whether the utterance content is available to the specific agent.

14. The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving an input utterance content that is input by a second user for the specific agent, and

storing the input utterance content in association with identification information of the second user and the specific agent in the memory.

15. The information processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the updated utterance probability level is stored further in association with a triggering condition.

16. The information processing method according to claim 15 , wherein the triggering condition is configured based one or more of a time, a place, a user condition, or a user emotion.

17. The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving triggering information for the specific agent from a client terminal associated with a second user, and

selecting one of utterance contents stored in the memory for the specific agent according to utterance probability levels in association with the utterance contents for the specific agent and the triggering information.

18. The information processing method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving a request for the specific agent from a client terminal associated with a second user, and

selecting one of utterance contents stored in the memory for the specific agent according to utterance probability levels in association with the utterance contents for the specific agent and the request.

19. The information processing method according to claim 18 , wherein the request includes agent identification information identifying the specific agent, user identification information identifying the second user, and triggering information.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by processing circuitry of an apparatus causes the apparatus to perform:

determining an updated utterance probability level in accordance with feedback from a user with respect to an utterance database for a specific agent stored in a memory, the updated utterance probability level expressing a probability of selecting an utterance content from the utterance database to be output as an utterance of the specific agent; and

recording the updated utterance probability level in association with the specific agent and the utterance content in the memory.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 9, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062105/0031 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-093352 · May 6, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16092049
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