Contextual Key Exchange for Collaboration Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing collaboration environments fail to effectively filter and present relevant information to participants during communications sessions, limiting the usefulness of contextual data exchange between computing devices.
Innovation Solution
The exchange of contextual keys among computing devices during communications sessions allows for the automatic identification and presentation of relevant contextual items, such as documents, calendar events, and contacts, based on attributes like participant identity, session subject, and document keywords, enabling real-time filtering and access to relevant information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If contextual keys are exchanged among multiple computing devices during a communications session, then the scope and relevance of information presented to participants is improved, but the system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the contextual information processing by dividing contextual keys among different computing devices. Each device generates and exchanges specific contextual keys related to its local data, rather than one device processing all information centrally. This segmentation reduces individual device complexity while collectively improving information scope.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where contextual keys from multiple devices are layered and combined. Each device's contextual keys are nested within the overall session context, allowing the system to maintain comprehensive information scope while organizing complexity in a hierarchical manner that manages processing requirements.
2Productivity
If contextual items are automatically identified and presented in real-time during communications sessions, then the usefulness and relevance of information is improved, but the processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-identifying and exchanging contextual keys before they are needed for full information retrieval. During the communications session, these pre-exchanged keys enable rapid identification of relevant contextual items without requiring extensive real-time processing, thus reducing processing time while maintaining information usefulness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors the communications session context and dynamically adjusts contextual key exchange and item identification. This feedback loop allows the system to optimize processing by focusing computational resources on the most relevant information needs, improving productivity while managing processing time through adaptive resource allocation.
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AI summary
A method and device for presenting contextual data to a participant in a collaboration. A first computing device determines that a first participant associated with the first computing device is participating in a communications session with a second participant associated with a second computing device. The first computing device determines a first plurality of contextual keys. The first computing device receives a second plurality of contextual keys from the second computing device. The first computing device identifies a plurality of contextual items based on the first plurality of contextual keys and the second plurality of contextual keys, and presents a user interface depicting a plurality of contextual item references, wherein each contextual item reference corresponds to one of the plurality of contextual items.