Process of dialogue and discussion

Abstract

A method for effecting a dialogue with an emulated brain. The method includes the step of receiving a query in the form of a semantic string. The semantic string is then parsed into basic concepts of the query. The basic concepts are then clumped into a clump concept. If the clump concept constitutes part of a dialogue, then the dialogue thread is activated by determining the context of the clump concept and assessing a potential reply from a group of weighted replies, which expected replies are weighted based on the parsed concepts produced in the step of parsing. The heaviest weighted one of the expected replies is selected and the weight of the selected reply after it is selected is downgraded. The selected reply is then generated for output in a sentence structure.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for effecting a dialogue with an emulated brain, comprising the steps of:
 receiving a query in the form of a semantic string;   parsing the semantic string into basic concepts of the query and clumping the basic concepts into a clump concept;   determining if the clump concept constitutes part of a dialogue and, if so:
 activating a dialogue thread loop by:
 determining the context of the clump concept; 
 assessing a potential reply from a group of expected replies associated with the clump concept, which expected replies are weighted based on the parsed concepts from the step of parsing; 
 selecting the heaviest weighted one of the expected replies and changing the weight thereof after selection by downgrading the weight of the selected one of expected replies; and 
 generating the selected reply for output in a sentence structure.