Chat Interface Record Identification via NLP

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of collaboration environments often need to manually navigate to find work unit records, leading to inefficiencies and resource wastage, as computers cannot automatically identify and present these records.

Innovation Solution

A system that dynamically identifies work unit records and other records within a collaboration environment through a graphical chat interface, allowing these records to be presented to users during chat sessions, thereby eliminating the need for manual searching.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If users manually navigate to find work unit records, then they can access the records, but user efficiency decreases and time is wasted

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser efficiencyVSAvoidtime spent searching for records
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies and presents work unit records by monitoring chat session content and using NLP to extract relevant record identifiers. The computer performs the search function that would otherwise require manual user input, making the system self-serving and eliminating the need for users to manually navigate to find records.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The manual mechanical process of navigating through interfaces to find records is replaced by an automated computational system that uses natural language processing and pattern recognition to identify and present records based on chat content, substituting human manual operations with automated machine intelligence.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If computers automatically identify records from chat sessions, then user efficiency increases, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication effectivenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces intermediary components including an NLP engine that processes chat text, a pattern recognition module that identifies record references, and a record matching system that connects chat content to actual records. These intermediary layers enable automatic identification without requiring direct complex integration between chat functionality and record management systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Loss of time

If records are presented automatically during chat sessions, then time is saved, but the system requires advanced automation capabilities

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch time for recordsVSAvoidautomation level
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring and analyzing chat session content in real-time, pre-identifying potential record references before users need to search for them. The NLP engine and pattern recognition systems work ahead of time to extract and match record identifiers, so when records need to be presented, they are already identified and ready for display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250200517A1Systems and methods to present views of records in chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment
Publication Date: 2025.06.19 ASANA INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for presenting views of work unit records in chat sessions between users of a collaboration environment are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: obtain content information characterizing content of the chat sessions between the users of the collaboration environment; identify work unit records based on the content from the chat sessions; generate view of work unit pages in the chat sessions that correspond to the work unit records identified based on the content from the chat sessions so that the view of the work unit pages are made accessible to the users during synchronous communication facilitated by the chat sessions; and/or other perform other operations.