Unified AR Interface for Multi-Assistant Collaboration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current virtual assistant systems lack an effective interface for users to interact with multiple virtual assistants simultaneously, requiring separate interactions with each system to create comprehensive plans, such as travel arrangements, which can be cumbersome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
An augmented reality (AR) system that creates human avatars for participating virtual assistants, allowing users to engage in voice-based collaborations and interactions, enabling a unified interface for multiple virtual assistants to communicate and collaborate with each other and the user, while also allowing for the addition or removal of assistants as needed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users interact with multiple virtual assistants through separate systems, then each assistant can perform specialized tasks, but the interaction process becomes cumbersome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple virtual assistant interfaces into a single unified chat session where multiple chatbots can interact with a user simultaneously through one interface. This allows users to engage with multiple specialized assistants without switching between separate systems, thereby improving both productivity and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The chat session interface is designed to universally handle interactions with multiple different types of virtual assistants simultaneously. The system provides a multi-functional platform that can accommodate various specialized chatbots (travel planning, weather, news, etc.) within a single unified interface, making the interaction process simpler while maintaining access to diverse capabilities.
2Productivity
If multiple virtual assistants are integrated into a single interface, then user efficiency improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces a mediator component that manages the chat session between the user and multiple virtual assistants. This intermediary handles the coordination, routing, and management of interactions, allowing multiple specialized assistants to work together seamlessly without exposing the complexity of their individual systems to the user. The mediator abstracts the underlying complexity while enabling efficient multi-assistant collaboration.
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AI summary
Chat through computer with multiple virtual assistants who talk to and listen to each other, as well as the human participant(s). Each of the multiple virtual assistants is represented in a visual, virtual reality or augmented reality, display, such as the display built into augmented reality goggles. Each of the multiple virtual assistants is represented in this display by an anthropomorphic avatar (for example, a cartoon style person or robot or talking animal).