Contextual Metadata Generator for Cross-Platform Message Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
The complexity of tracking and searching for historic message activity across different device platforms and applications is hindered by inconsistent or missing subject terms, making it difficult to find related messages, especially when replies are sent via text messages without subject line data fields.
Innovation Solution
A computerized method that determines unstructured context data, such as user motion, biometric, and environmental data, to create structured metadata values describing the user's emotional state, vocal utterances, and physical conditions, which are then incorporated into electronic messages, allowing for enhanced search and retrieval capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users send replies via text message applications without subject line data fields, then messaging flexibility across different platforms is improved, but searchability and tracking of historic message activity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a new dimension for message identification by generating unique message identifiers and associated metadata (such as timestamp, participant information, and contextual data) that supplement or replace traditional subject lines. This allows messages to be retrieved through multiple dimensions (identifier, time, participants) rather than relying solely on subject line text, thereby maintaining searchability even when subject lines are absent.
2Adaptability or versatility
If subject terms are used inconsistently across different devices and application platforms, then user freedom to choose different platforms is improved, but message tracking and retrieval across platforms deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal message identification system that generates standardized metadata (unique identifiers, structured contextual data) that can be used across all platforms and devices. This universal identifier system allows messages to be tracked and retrieved consistently regardless of which platform or device was used to send or receive the message, enabling cross-platform searchability without requiring consistent subject term usage.
3Ease of operation
If traditional subject line search is used for finding messages, then search simplicity is improved, but retrieval accuracy for messages without consistent subject lines deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces unique message identifiers and structured metadata as intermediary elements that bridge the gap between simple user search actions and accurate message retrieval. These identifiers act as mediators that connect user search queries (which can be simple) to the actual messages in the system, enabling accurate retrieval even when subject lines are inconsistent or missing, without requiring complex search operations from users.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspect include configured computer device processor that determine unstructured context data for a user processing an electronic message, the unstructured personal context data one or more of user motion data, user biometric data, environmental conditions of the user and audio speech data. The configured processors further determine a structured metadata value that is descriptive of a context of the user from the unstructured context data and is one or more of an emotional state value, a type of a vocal utterance and a user physical condition. The configured processors also incorporate the determined structured metadata value within a data structure defining the electronic message, and forward the determined structured metadata value to a recipient of the electronic message.