Patent ID: 7143045

Claim:
A device for operating an apparatus by processing language information, comprising: a database storing behavior patterns of said apparatus to which words are attached; input processing means for inputting a word indicating an operation of said apparatus; comparing means for comparing the word input by said input processing means and a word attached to a behavior pattern stored in said database; behavior selecting means for selecting a behavior pattern from a plurality of behavior patterns available for said apparatus according to a predetermined rule or at random if the input word does not match the word attached to the selected behavior pattern; behavior executing means for automatically controlling said apparatus according to one of the behavior patterns to which a matching is detected by said comparing means and the behavior pattern is selected by said behavior selecting means; judging means for judging whether or not the behavior pattern executed by said behavior executing means is appropriate; and word attaching means for attaching said word input by said input processing means to the behavior pattern judged to be appropriate by said judging means, and storing the behavior pattern in said database.