DOCOMO Announces docomo AI Agent Open Partner Initiative
2017年6月23日 - 03:10PM
JCN Newswire (英)
NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its new docomo AI Agent Open
Partner Initiative to facilitate collaborative development of
all-new offerings implemented with a service-agnostic,
device-agnostic speech interface based on AI Agent API, a newly
developed artificial intelligence (AI) application programming
interface (API) that DOCOMO plans to incorporate into a new AI
agent service to be launched in early fiscal 2018.
Through the initiative, DOCOMO expects to create an open
environment for diverse services that use AI technology for highly
tailored services and marketing. The initiative will enable partner
companies to link their services to DOCOMO's payment options, such
as docomo Mobile Payment, and d POINT CLUB (loyalty program).
AI Agent API will provide a new foundation for DOCOMO's strategy to
help customers realize increasingly innovative lifestyles, a pillar
of the company's "Declaration beyond" business strategy to
2020.
The API will be the basic system for building new AI agents
consisting of a proactive support engine, multipurpose dialogue
engine and IoT access control engine. The engines are based on
corevoTM AI technologies developed by the NTT Group, including
DOCOMO.
By making the API openly available to a diverse range of service
and device providers, DOCOMO expects to create win-win business
relationships with partners, reduce the development period for
AI-agent services, and ultimately provide end users with all-new
speech- and text-based AI experiences based on highly natural
AI-supported communication.
DOCOMO will organize information sessions (in Japanese only) about
its new API initiative for partner companies at AI EXPO in Tokyo
from June 28 to 30.
docomo AI Agent Open Partner Initiative Overview
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AI Agent Overview
Proactive support engine:
Uses behavior prediction and modeling cultivated through services,
such as DOCOMO's AI Infotainment Service for vehicles, to provide
increasingly enhanced information tailored to each user's specific
needs and at the appropriate times.
Multipurpose dialogue engine:
Uses natural language understanding (NLU) technology cultivated
through services such as DOCOMO's Shabette-Concier service (used
more than 1.8 billion times) to provide services with increasingly
enhanced natural dialogue.
IoT access control engine:
Uses Device Web API technology to create a single application that
can control diverse IoT devices based on various communication
standards.
AI Agent:
An AI agent makes it possible to accurately respond to the
individual needs of each user, provide highly tailored services and
interface with users through speech- and text-based dialogue for
the operation of IoT devices, enabling users to interact with
services that are highly suited to their specific needs and
situations.
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About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO provides innovative, convenient and secure mobile
services that enable smarter living for each customer. The company
serves over 65 million mobile customers in Japan via advanced
wireless networks, including a nationwide 3G network and one of the
world's first commercial LTE networks. Leveraging its unique
capabilities as a mobile operator, DOCOMO is a leading developer of
cutting-edge technologies for NFC mobile payments, mobile GPS,
mobile TV, intuitive mobile assistance, environmental monitoring,
smart grids and much more. Overseas, the company provides technical
and operational expertise to eight mobile operators and other
partner companies. NTT DOCOMO is listed on the Tokyo (9437) and New
York (DCM) stock exchanges. Please visit
https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/ for more information.
Source: NTT DOCOMO
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NTT DOCOMO
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URL: www.nttdocomo.com
Contact: https://nes.nttdocomo.co.jp/PINQ01/showinquiry.do
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