Context-Aware Document Identification System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face difficulties in accessing relevant documents stored across multiple locations and contexts, requiring manual searches that are time-consuming and inefficient.

Innovation Solution

A system that identifies and automatically displays documents relevant to the user's current location and context by analyzing location data, usage patterns, and content, using machine learning mechanisms and contextual data from sources like calendars and document management platforms.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users manually search for documents across multiple locations, then they can locate specific documents, but it is time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument location accuracyVSAvoidtime to locate documents
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-processes and analyzes document metadata, usage patterns, and location information in advance to build contextual profiles. When a user needs a document, the system has already prepared relevant recommendations based on previous behavior patterns, eliminating the need for manual searching and significantly reducing time to locate documents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically identifies and presents relevant documents to users based on their contextual information and usage patterns without requiring manual input or search queries. The system serves itself by autonomously analyzing data patterns and making intelligent document recommendations, freeing users from time-consuming manual search tasks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Quantity of substance

If the system stores hundreds or thousands of documents across multiple locations, then document availability increases, but manual location of specific documents becomes difficult

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of stored documentsVSAvoidease of document retrieval
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors and analyzes user interaction patterns, document access history, and contextual information to refine its recommendations. This feedback loop enables the system to learn from user behavior and improve document retrieval accuracy over time, making it easier for users to find relevant documents even as the total number of stored documents grows to hundreds or thousands.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts recommendation parameters based on contextual factors such as user location, time of day, device type, and current activity. By changing these parameters in real-time, the system adapts to different user needs and scenarios, maintaining ease of operation regardless of the large volume of stored documents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If the system automatically identifies and displays relevant documents based on location and context, then document retrieval efficiency improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument retrieval efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the complex document retrieval task into separate modular components: location detection module, contextual data collection module, usage pattern analysis module, and document recommendation module. Each component handles a specific aspect of the retrieval process independently, making the overall system more manageable and maintainable while achieving high retrieval efficiency through coordinated operation of these segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10795952B2Identification of documents based on location, usage patterns and content
Publication Date: 2020.10.06 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

Technologies are described herein for the identification of documents based on location, usage patterns, and content. In some configurations, techniques disclosed herein cause documents to be identified that are relevant to the location of the user and the current context of the user. Some illustrative configurations involve identifying documents that are associated with a particular location. In addition to using location information, other data can be analyzed to identify documents that are relevant to the current location of the user and/or the current context of the user. The other data can also include data such as, but not limited to, calendar data, document data (e.g., contents of documents, metadata associated with documents), organizational charts, and contact lists. The documents that are relevant to the meeting participants and the subject of the meeting can then be presented to the user for easy access.