Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“In recent years, the amount and uses of interactive progra ms has risen considerably. In tandem withthis rise, is the need to have human-l ike interactions and/or create applications that mimic the tone,cadence, and sp eech patterns of humans. Additionally, in order to fulfill user-interaction requ irements,these applications need to be helpful, and thus respond intelligently by providing relevant responses to userinputs, whether these inputs are receive d via text, audio, or video input.”