Apparatus, system, and method for natural language processing

1. A method, comprising:

electronically receiving, by a computer-implemented natural language processor, a natural language input phrase from a user via an interface device;

associating, by the natural language processor, a primary goal with the natural language input phrase;

initiating an interactive dialogue with the user via the interface device to acquire information associated with the primary goal;

associating the natural language input to a tangential goal upon determining that information received from the interface device in the interactive dialogue is not related to the primary goal, the tangential goal based on the information that is not related to the primary goal; and

redirecting the interactive dialogue to a tangential request based on the tangential goal, by a context switching module, to acquire information responsive to the tangential goal;

upon completion of response to the tangential request, redirecting the interactive dialogue, by the context switching module, to the primary goal; and

wherein the acquire information responsive to the primary goal and the tangential goal comprise retrieving and returning relevant documents from one of a networks and a knowledge base.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the primary goal and the tangential goal are abstract representations of the user's intentions based on context derived from the interactive dialog.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising resolving ambiguous input patterns in the natural language input.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the documents comprise at least one of web pages, images, information, documents, and files.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the natural language processor comprises:

a processor circuit;

a memory and/or storage circuit; and

an input/output device circuit.

6. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations, comprising:

electronically receiving, by a computer-implemented natural language processor, a natural language input phrase from a user via an interface device;

associating, by the natural language processor, a primary goal with the natural language input phrase;

initiating an interactive dialogue with the user via the interface device to acquire information associated with the primary goal;

associating the natural language input to a tangential goal upon determining that information received from the interface device in the interactive dialogue is not related to the primary goal, the tangential goal based on the information that is not related to the primary goal;

redirecting the interactive dialogue to a tangential request based on the tangential goal, by a context switching module, to acquire information responsive to the tangential goal;

upon completion of response to the tangential request, redirecting the interactive dialogue, by the context switching module, to the primary goal; and

wherein the acquire information responsive to the primary goal and the tangential goal comprise retrieving and returning relevant documents from one of a networks and a knowledge base.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 6 , wherein the primary goal and the tangential goal are abstract representations of the user's intentions based on context derived from the interactive dialog.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 6 , the operations further comprising resolving ambiguous input patterns in the natural language input.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 6 , wherein the documents comprise at least one of web pages, images, information, documents, and files.

10. A system, comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory communicatively coupled to one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

electronically receiving, by a computer-implemented natural language processor, a natural language input phrase from a user via an interface device;

associating, by the natural language processor, a primary goal with the natural language input phrase;

initiating an interactive dialogue with the user via the interface device to acquire information associated with the primary goal;

associating the natural language input to a tangential goal upon determining that information received from the interface device in the interactive dialogue is not related to the primary goal, the tangential goal based on the information that is not related to the primary goal;

redirecting the interactive dialogue to a tangential request based on the tangential goal, by a context switching module, to acquire information responsive to the tangential goal

upon completion of response to the tangential request, redirecting the interactive dialogue, by the context switching module, to the primary goal; and

wherein the acquiring information responsive to the primary goal and the tangential goal comprise retrieving and returning relevant documents from one of a networks and a knowledge base.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the primary goal and the tangential goal are abstract representations of the user's intentions based on context derived from the interactive dialog.

12. The system of claim 10 , the operations further comprising resolving ambiguous input patterns in the natural language input.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the documents comprise at least one of web pages, images, information, documents, and tiles.