US Patent 11636271 Dialogue apparatus, method and non-transitory computer readable medium

According to one embodiment, a dialogue apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit designates one database from among a plurality of databases. The processing circuit extracts a keyword from text information. The processing circuit searches the designated database and another database which is included in the plurality of databases and which is other than the designated database, by using the keyword. The processing circuit generates a response in accordance with a first number of hit items, which is a number of data items matching the keyword in the designated database, and a second number of hit items, which is a number of data items matching the keyword in said another database.