US Patent 9767796 Natural language dialogue method and natural language dialogue system

A natural language dialog method and a natural language dialog system are provided. In the method, a first speech input is received and parsed to generate at least one keyword included in the first speech input, so that a candidate list including at least one report answer is obtained. According to a properties database, one report answer is selected from the candidate list, and a first speech response is output according to the report answer. Other speech inputs are received, and a user's preference data is captured from the speech inputs. The user's preference data is stored in the properties database.