Digital Assistant Automatic Meeting Login and Voice Command Processing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional digital assistants are limited in their ability to actively participate in online meetings, lacking the capability to automatically join scheduled meetings and respond to voice commands in real-time, thereby restricting their functionality in collaborative environments.

Innovation Solution

A digital assistant is integrated into online meetings, allowing it to automatically log in at scheduled times, recognize voice commands, and perform corresponding actions, such as managing presentations and admitting participants, using natural language processing and media sharing capabilities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a digital assistant automatically logs onto online meetings, then meeting participation capability is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeeting participation capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The digital assistant automatically logs onto online meetings using stored credentials and meeting information from the user's calendar, performing the login process autonomously without requiring manual user intervention. This self-service capability enables the digital assistant to independently participate in meetings, improving its meeting participation capability while the automation reduces the operational complexity for users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Speed

If a digital assistant responds to voice commands in real-time, then responsiveness is improved, but processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveresponsivenessVSAvoidprocessing requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The digital assistant continuously monitors the meeting audio stream and pre-loads relevant information and resources before they are needed. Voice commands are processed using pre-compiled response templates and pre-fetched data, enabling real-time responsiveness without requiring intensive processing at the moment of command execution, thus reducing instantaneous processing requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If a digital assistant manages meeting tasks autonomously, then productivity is improved, but control complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeeting task management efficiencyVSAvoidcontrol complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The digital assistant is designed with multi-functionality to handle various meeting tasks including scheduling, note-taking, presenting slides, and managing participant admissions through a unified interface. This universal design consolidates multiple control mechanisms into a single system, improving productivity by automating diverse tasks while actually reducing overall control complexity compared to having separate systems for each function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS11367440B2Digital assistant in-call presenter
Publication Date: 2022.06.21 LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
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AI summary

An approach is provided that uses a digital assistant during an online meeting. The digital assistant receives a request to attend an online meeting at a scheduled date and time. The digital assistant is associated with a user that is invited to attend the online meeting. The digital assistant is automatically logged onto the online meeting over the computer network when the scheduled date and time arrive. During the online meeting, the digital assistant detects a voice command from one the human participants of the online meeting. The digital assistant detects that the voice command is detected to the digital assistant. The digital assistant then performs a function that corresponds to the detected voice command.