Audible Message Collaboration Session Initiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of initiating a collaboration session between devices is cumbersome and time-consuming, requiring multiple actions from both the leader and attendees, which reduces efficiency and increases costs for businesses.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses an audible message broadcasted over multiple frequencies with a unique identifier to automatically initiate a collaboration session between devices, allowing users in the same room to join without manual invitation retrieval or multiple menu clicks, using a distinct channel for acknowledgment and collaboration messages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual invitation retrieval and multiple menu clicks are required to join a collaboration session, then security and control are maintained, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical interactions (clicking menus, retrieving invitations) with acoustic field interactions. Devices broadcast and detect audible messages containing unique identifiers through acoustic waves, enabling automatic session initiation without manual user actions. This substitution of mechanical operations with acoustic field-based automatic recognition resolves the contradiction by making the process both easier and faster.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If audible messages are broadcasted using multiple frequencies, then access is limited to devices in the room, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the audible message into multiple frequency components (e.g., first frequency, second frequency, third frequency). Each frequency component carries part of the unique identifier information. Devices must receive and reconstruct all frequency components to fully decode the identifier, which limits access to devices physically present in the room while managing complexity through modular frequency handling.
3Productivity
If automatic session initiation is implemented, then productivity increases, but the risk of unauthorized access increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an audible message containing a unique identifier as an intermediary between the initiating device and joining devices. This intermediary carries authentication information through the acoustic field, enabling automatic session initiation while maintaining security. The unique identifier acts as a digital key that verifies authorized access without requiring manual intervention, thus improving productivity while preserving reliability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution significantly reduces the time and user involvement required to join a collaboration session, limits access to only devices in the room, and provides a smoother user experience through multi-tone modulation and a second audible noise.
Implementation Method 1
A network interface broadcasts an audible message from a first computing device to a plurality of second computing devices over a first channel. The audible message comprises an audible noise broadcasted using a plurality of frequencies
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AI summary
In one embodiment, a network interface broadcasts an audible message from a first computing device to a plurality of second computing devices over a first channel. The audible message comprises an audible noise broadcasted using a plurality of frequencies and a first unique identifier indicative of the first computing device. The network interface receives an acknowledgment message from each of the plurality of second computing devices over a second channel. A processor identifies each of the plurality of second computing devices based on the second unique identifier in the acknowledgment message and initiates a collaboration session between the first computing device and the plurality of second computing devices by sending a collaboration message from the first computing device to the plurality of second computing devices. The collaboration message automatically causes the plurality of second computing devices to enter the collaboration session.