US Patent 9679568 Training a dialog system using user feedback

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training a dialog system using user feedback. According to one implementation, a method includes receiving, by a dialog engine, a first input that specifies a question; providing, by the dialog engine, an answer to the question; receiving, by the dialog engine, a second input; and determining, by the dialog engine, that the second input is classified as feedback to the answer, then determining a feedback score associated with the second input.