Autonomous Agent User Binding via Baseline Deviation Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods for binding autonomous conversational agents to users are inadequate in making accurate correlations between user preferences and agent responses due to the coarseness of available data, leading to difficulties in identifying what users find important or interesting.

Innovation Solution

A controller system that determines a baseline of behavior for a population of users, identifies divergent elements, and engages users unprompted to verify associations, updating user profiles to improve the agent's ability to provide relevant responses.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional methods are used to bind autonomous agents to users, then the system operation is simple, but the measurement precision of user preferences is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of user preference correlationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by determining a baseline of behavior for a population of users before engaging with individual users. This baseline is established in advance and used to identify divergent elements that indicate user preferences, enabling more accurate binding without requiring complex real-time analysis of every user interaction

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by engaging users unprompted to verify associations between elements and users, then updating user profiles based on their responses. This feedback loop continuously refines the understanding of user preferences, improving measurement precision while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured interaction protocols

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If the autonomous agent engages users unprompted to verify associations, then the reliability of user preference identification improves, but the loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconfidence in user preference identificationVSAvoidtime for unprompted engagement
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by engaging users only about specific divergent elements that indicate potential preferences, rather than continuously or excessively engaging users. This selective engagement maintains reliability by focusing verification efforts on the most indicative elements while minimizing time loss by avoiding unnecessary interactions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Adaptability or versatility

If user profiles are updated based on verified associations, then the adaptability of agent responses improves, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverelevance of agent responsesVSAvoidprofile update mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses parameter changes by updating user profiles with new association data derived from verified user responses. This structured approach to profile updates enables the agent to adapt responses based on verified preferences while maintaining manageable complexity through systematic parameter modification rather than complex reconfiguration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12002459B2Autonomous communication initiation responsive to pattern detection
Publication Date: 2024.06.04 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A baseline of behavior is determined for a population of users that interact with an autonomous agent that is configured to respond to natural language prompts of users of the population using respective user profiles for each user. An element associated with a first user that deviates more than a threshold amount from the baseline is identified. In response to the element deviating more than the threshold amount, the autonomous agent is caused to engage the first user unprompted regarding the element via an engagement that is configured to verify an association between the first user and the element. A response from the first user regarding the engagement is determined to verify the association between the first user and the element. A first user profile that corresponds to the first user is updated in response to determining that the first user response verifies the association.