Event Content Navigation via Real-Time Input Indexing

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative Solutions
Generate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Navigating to relevant content during discussions or presentations can be inefficient and disruptive, as presenters often struggle to manually locate content that addresses participant questions or comments, leading to missed opportunities for advancing the discussion.

Innovation Solution

A system that analyzes and indexes content prior to an event, allowing for automatic identification and presentation of relevant content based on participant inputs, such as questions or comments, using a content navigation engine that monitors event inputs and provides navigation or answers in real-time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual navigation to relevant content is performed during discussions, then presenters can locate content that addresses participant questions, but the process is time-consuming and disrupts the flow of discussion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent identification accuracyVSAvoidtime to locate relevant content
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary indexing of content segments with metadata and keywords before the event occurs. This advance preparation enables rapid retrieval of relevant content during discussions without requiring manual searching, thus resolving the contradiction between accurate content identification and time efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary system (content navigation engine with AI/ML capabilities) that acts as a mediator between participant questions and the content library. This intermediary automatically matches questions to relevant content segments using natural language processing, eliminating the need for manual navigation while maintaining high accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If presenters manually locate relevant content during events, then content can be found to address participant inputs, but the process reduces presentation efficiency and flow

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverelevance of content to participant inputVSAvoiddiscussion advancement efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements real-time feedback loops where participant questions are immediately processed against the indexed content database. The system provides feedback by identifying and presenting relevant content segments to the presenter, ensuring high relevance while maintaining discussion momentum through automated rapid response

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical manual process of content searching and navigation with an automated computational system using AI/ML algorithms. This substitution eliminates manual intervention, ensuring both high relevance through intelligent matching and high productivity through automated operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Productivity

If automated content identification is implemented, then relevant content can be quickly provided during events, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent delivery speedVSAvoidcontent navigation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the content library into discrete, indexable units with metadata and keywords assigned to each segment. This segmentation enables efficient automated processing and matching without requiring complex full-text analysis of entire documents, thus achieving high content delivery speed with manageable system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms content into standardized digital parameters (metadata, keywords, tags) that can be efficiently processed by automated systems. By changing the representation of content from unstructured text to structured parameters, the system achieves rapid automated content identification while keeping the processing complexity relatively low

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3861462B1Facilitating content navigation based on event context
Publication Date: 2024.05.08 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
  • EP3861462B1 patent drawingFigure 1
  • EP3861462B1 patent drawingFigure 2
  • EP3861462B1 patent drawingFigure 3

AI summary

Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for facilitating content navigation, according to embodiments of the present invention. In one embodiment, a data structure is generated to organize data from content corresponding with an event at which the content is discussed. During the event, input is monitored, and an input for which to identify relevant content is detected. Based on the input, content that is relevant to the detected input is identified using the data structure by comparing at least a portion of the detected input with the data in the data structure. An indication of the relevant content is provided to trigger presentation of the relevant content, or a notification thereof.