Patent ID: 8880406

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to in response to execution of an application by the system, define an active topic as a first topic, wherein the first topic includes first text defining a plurality of phrases, a probability of occurrence associated with each of the plurality of phrases, and a response associated with each of the plurality of phrases; receive speech text recognized from a recorded audio signal, wherein recognition of the speech text is based at least partially on the probability of occurrence associated with each of the plurality of phrases of the first topic; identify a phrase of the plurality of phrases associated with the received speech text; perform the response associated with the identified phrase, wherein the response includes instructions defining an action triggered by occurrence of the received speech text, and further wherein the action includes defining the active topic as a second topic, wherein the second topic includes second text defining a second plurality of phrases, a second probability of occurrence associated with each of the second plurality of phrases, and a second response associated with each of the second plurality of phrases; receive an indicator of an interaction with the application by a user; in response to receipt of the indicator, determine if the active topic is a correct topic based on the interaction with the application; if the active topic is determined to be the correct topic based on the interaction with the application, increase the probability of occurrence associated with the identified phrase; and if the active topic is determined to not be the correct topic based on the interaction with the application, decrease the probability of occurrence associated with the identified phrase.