Assisted Content Authoring Tool for Blank Page Cold Start
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in starting content creation due to the 'blank page' phenomenon, where insufficient information hinders productivity applications from providing effective recommendations, leading to context switching between search engines and content authoring tools.
Innovation Solution
A user input interface is provided for expressing intent related to the content authoring project, allowing the system to analyze and retrieve structured content relevant to the topic, which can be incorporated into the document, and further explored to enhance the creation process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user starts with a blank page in a productivity application, then the user has a clean slate for creation, but the user experiences difficulty getting started due to insufficient information and context
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively retrieving and presenting structured content related to the user's expression of intent before the user actually starts creating. This includes analyzing the expression, identifying topics, retrieving relevant structured content from sources, and presenting it in an insertable format, thereby preparing the groundwork before the user begins their content creation journey.
2Loss of information
If the system provides contextual recommendations during content authoring, then the user receives relevant information to enhance creation, but the user may experience context switching between the productivity application and external sources
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the content recommendation functionality directly into the productivity application interface. Structured content from external sources is retrieved, processed, and presented within the same application window where the user is creating content, allowing seamless integration without requiring the user to switch between different applications or devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system acts as an intermediary by retrieving structured content from external sources, processing it into an appropriate format, and presenting it within the productivity application. This intermediary process eliminates the need for users to directly interact with external sources, as the system mediates the information flow and delivers it in a usable format within the familiar application environment.
3Productivity
If structured content is retrieved and made insertable into the document, then the user can efficiently incorporate research material, but the system must process and structure information from multiple sources
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing the user's expression of intent, identifying relevant topics, retrieving structured content from multiple sources, organizing it according to the user's needs, and presenting it in an insertable format. This automated self-service process eliminates the need for manual information gathering and structuring by the user, significantly improving productivity despite the underlying processing complexity.
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AI summary
An assisted content authoring productivity tool can provide a set of structured content related to at least one topic determined from a user's expression of intent. Additional information can be obtained about a selected result from the set of structured content through the assisted content authoring productivity tool by using the set of structured content as context for the further search. An item from the set of structured content can be inserted into a document in a content authoring surface of a content authoring application. The insertion may be carried out cross-device. Topics for the search of structured content can be determined using the user's expression of intent and, once available, the context can include the results of previous searches for the structured content related to at least one topic determined from the user's expression of intent. Each additional search results may provide further context in a recursive manner.