Patent Document ID: 7921091
Application ID: 11013836

Base Claim:
1. A method for providing a response to a user query, the method performed at least in part via a processor, the method comprising: receiving the user query; extracting key data from the user query; submitting the key data to a database search engine to execute a search to retrieve a top n pages from the database, wherein “n” is an integer; preprocessing pages in the top n pages if a restriction exists to access the top n pages, by negotiating the restriction by automatically providing user login and password information, overcome the restriction; prior to responding to the user query, processing the top n pages through a natural language dialog engine to generate text for the response; providing the response comprising an audible response and a text-based response based on the text from processing the top n pages, wherein the response includes a link to more information related to the response; after providing the response and without further user input, automatically expanding the search based on the user query by continuing to find related information using a machine learning process; and forwarding, for display to the user, an option to view the related information separate from the provided response.

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Claim 10:
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user query and response are provided in a dialog mode.