Patent Document ID: 8543405
Application ID: 10295122

Base Claim:
1. A method of operating a speech dialogue system adapted to communicate with a user while a speech recognition device and a speech output device and a dialogue control unit are used, the method comprising: controlling a dialogue run between a user and a speech dialogue system on the basis of a dialogue description; marking at least a certain position that can be reached during a dialogue between the user and the speech dialogue system in the dialogue run as an entry position in the speech dialogue system; storing an address belonging to the position in the dialogue description together with a marker assigned to the position; automatically selecting the assigned address in the dialogue description if the user enters the stored marker at a later instant and the dialogue is continued from the respective position onwards, wherein when an entry position is marked, environment parameters are stored which environmental parameters are needed by the dialogue control unit for a further dialogue at the marked position, the environmental parameters include an address of a database and a parameter which is transferred to the database when the stored marker is selected.

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Claim 3:
3. The method according to claim 1 , further including: when a marked entry position is reached in the dialogue, storing the order in which the marked entry position was reached relative to other marked entry positions during the dialogue.