Protocol Transfer Module for Email Inbox Clutter Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information overload in email inboxes due to clutter from non-actionable messages, which hinders users from accessing important information effectively.
Innovation Solution
Converting selected email messages into feed entries to optimize presentation and transfer them between different protocols, allowing users to manage and read them more efficiently using feed readers, thereby reducing inbox clutter and enhancing user productivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all email messages are kept in the inbox, then users can access all information in one place, but the inbox becomes cluttered and users cannot efficiently access important information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments email messages into two distinct groups: those converted to feed entries and those remaining in the inbox. This segmentation allows important information to be preserved in the feed reader while keeping the inbox clean and usable, resolving the contradiction between information accessibility and inbox usability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts non-essential email messages from the inbox and converts them into feed entries stored separately. This extraction removes clutter from the inbox while preserving access to the extracted information through the feed reader, thereby maintaining information accessibility while improving inbox usability.
2Productivity
If email messages are converted to feed entries, then inbox clutter is reduced and reading efficiency improves, but users lose email-specific functionality such as threaded communication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different functionality for different types of messages. Essential communication messages remain in the inbox with full email functionality, while non-essential informational messages are converted to feed entries optimized for reading efficiency. This localized application of different protocols resolves the contradiction between reading efficiency and communication functionality.
3Loss of information
If users manually manage email sorting and organization, then important information can be prioritized, but users spend excessive time on organization tasks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by enabling users to mark messages for conversion to feed entries, after which the system automatically handles the conversion and organization. This automation eliminates the need for manual sorting and organization tasks while still achieving effective information prioritization, resolving the contradiction between information prioritization and time spent on organization.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer data handling method, system and apparatus are disclosed. A data item or information object are received in one protocol. Based on data contents, a protocol transfer module (engine) optimizes information presentation by transferring/converting the data item from the one protocol to a form of the data item in a different protocol. The resulting form (i.e. the data item/information object in the different protocol) optimally presents the data contents to an end-user. The end user reads the converted data item in the different protocol. The invention system enables the user to reply or otherwise further handle the data item in the initial protocol as desired. The initial protocol may be email and the resulting form of the data item may be one or more feed entries in machine-readable feeds specified by the user. The invention optimization effectively reduces email In-box clutter and streamlines reading in feed readers.