ONTOLOGY-BASED DIALOGUE SYSTEM WITH APPLICATION PLUG-AND-PLAY AND INFORMATION SHARING

摘要

The present invention relates to a dialogue system enabling a user to control multiple applications based on mono-modal or multi-modal input from a user, comprising speech input, wherein said system is an intermediate layer between said applications and said user, said system comprising: - means for receiving and storing application-specific knowledge sources for each of said applications, wherein said knowledge sources for each of said applications are represented in a common application-independent way, - means for receiving said input from said user, - means for processing in an application-independent way said input comprising using said stored application-specific knowledge sources for determining one or more of said applications for which said received input is intended, - means for forwarding said processed input to said determined applications.