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Application US20200242964

Published 2020-07-30

Providing Diet Assistance In A Session

The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for providing diet assistance to a user in a session. At least one message may be received in the session, the session being between the user and an electronic conversational agent. A diet intention associated with the user may be deduced based on the session and the at least one message. Diet information may be extracted from the at least one message. A diet requirement of the user may be identified based at least on the session and the at least one message. A diet suggestion for the user may be obtained based at least on the diet intention, the diet information and the diet requirement. A response including the diet suggestion may be generated and provided to the user.

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1. A method for providing diet assistance to a user in a session, comprising: receiving at least one message in the session, the session being between the user and an electronic conversational agent; deducing, based on the session and the at least one message, a diet intention associated with the user; extracting, from the at least one message, diet information; identifying, based at least on the session and the at least one message, a diet requirement of the user; obtaining, based at least on the diet intention, the diet information and the diet requirement, a diet suggestion for the user; generating a response including the diet suggestion; and providing the response to the user.
13. An apparatus for providing diet assistance to a user in a session, comprising: a message receiving module, for receiving at least one message in the session, the session being between the user and an electronic conversational agent; a diet intention deducing module, for deducing, based on the session and the at least one message, a diet intention associated with the user; a diet information extracting module, for extracting, from the at least one message, diet information; a diet requirement identifying module, for identifying, based at least on the session and the at least one message, a diet requirement of the user; a diet suggestion obtaining module, for obtaining, based at least on the diet intention, the diet information and the diet requirement, a diet suggestion for the user; a response generating module, for generating a response including the diet suggestion; and a response providing module, for providing the response to the user.
20. An apparatus for providing diet assistance to a user in a session, comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to: receive at least one message in the session, the session being between the user and an electronic conversational agent; deduce, based on the session and the at least one message, a diet intention associated with the user; extract, from the at least one message, diet information; identify, based at least on the session and the at least one message, a diet requirement of the user; obtain, based at least on the diet intention, the diet information and the diet requirement, a diet suggestion for the user; generate a response including the diet suggestion; and provide the response to the user.