Email Interface for Secure, Asynchronous Generative AI Requests
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Solution Overview
Problem
Generative AI models face challenges in security, efficiency, accessibility, and interface limitations, particularly due to the reliance on chatbots and voice assistants, which pose privacy concerns, require significant computational resources, and lack versatility in input and output formats.
Innovation Solution
An email interface for generative AI models that integrates robust security measures, efficient resource management, and user-friendly access, allowing users to interact with AI models via email, ensuring secure, efficient, and accessible communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If chatbots are used as the interface for Gen AI, then quick response and contemporary conversation processing are improved, but privacy and security are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an email interface as an intermediary between users and the Gen AI chatbot. Users send prompts via email to an email server, which forwards them to the chatbot processing system. This intermediary layer protects user privacy and security by not requiring direct access to the chatbot interface, while still enabling quick responses through the automated email processing pipeline.
2Adaptability or versatility
If Gen AI chatbots process multiple contemporaneous conversations, then user accessibility is improved, but resource consumption is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an asynchronous email-based interface where user prompts are processed in batches rather than requiring simultaneous real-time responses. The email server receives and queues prompts, processing them periodically through the Gen AI chatbot. This periodic processing approach enables multiple users to access the system concurrently while reducing peak resource consumption compared to handling all conversations simultaneously.
3Adaptability or versatility
If each Gen AI platform has its own web application and mobile application, then platform functionality is improved, but ease of operation is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal email interface that works across all Gen AI platforms simultaneously. Instead of requiring separate web or mobile applications for each platform, users can interact with any Gen AI service through their existing email client using a standardized prompt format. This multi-functional approach maintains platform-specific capabilities while providing a single, familiar interface for all interactions.
4Adaptability or versatility
If Gen AI models are trained on vast amounts of data, then content generation capability is improved, but resource intensity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a credit-based self-service system where users are allocated a certain number of free prompts per month and can purchase additional credits if needed. This self-managed resource allocation allows the system to support sophisticated, resource-intensive Gen AI models while preventing unlimited consumption. Users who need more capacity can independently manage their own resource allocation through the credit purchase mechanism.
Data Source
AI summary
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method for processing request emails using a Generative AI email platform, including receiving a request email from a sender. Some embodiments may also include identifying the sender of the request email. Some embodiments may also include determining whether the sender may be an authenticated user. Some embodiments may also include, if the sender may be not an authenticated user, generating a reply email inviting the sender to sign up. Some embodiments may also include, if the sender may be an authenticated user, determining a prompt from the request email and inputting the prompt into the AI model. Some embodiments may also include receiving an output from the AI model based on the prompt. Some embodiments may also include generating a reply email based on the output and transmitting the reply email to the sender and/or another address.