Host State Sensing for Dynamic Message Interruption Thresholds
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing instant messaging and chat systems face inefficiencies in managing multiple collaborative sessions, particularly in determining whether to permit interruptions based on the urgency of incoming messages, leading to difficulties in prioritization as the number of sessions increases.
Innovation Solution
A data processing system with host state sensing logic that assigns priorities to incoming messages and adjusts a threshold value for permitting message interruptions, allowing notifications only for messages with priorities exceeding a pre-configured threshold, which can be dynamically adjusted based on environmental conditions in the host computing platform.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If priority-based interruption management is implemented, then message filtering effectiveness is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the interruption threshold parameter based on host state conditions. When the host is in a focused work state, the threshold is raised to filter more messages; when in a relaxed state, the threshold is lowered to allow more interruptions. This parameter adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the filtering system effective without requiring permanently complex decision logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically senses host state conditions and self-adjusts the interruption threshold without user intervention. The host state sensing logic continuously monitors system conditions and autonomously modifies the threshold, eliminating the need for manual configuration or complex user-facing controls while maintaining effective message filtering.
2Speed
If the interruption threshold is lowered to allow more messages, then message responsiveness is improved, but user distraction increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interruption threshold is made dynamic rather than static, automatically adjusting based on real-time host state conditions. The system transitions between different threshold levels depending on whether the host appears to be in a focused or relaxed state, thereby balancing message responsiveness with distraction prevention according to current contextual needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where host state sensing continuously monitors system conditions and feeds this information back to the threshold adjustment logic. This closed-loop control ensures that the interruption threshold always reflects current host state, automatically preventing distraction during focused periods while maintaining responsiveness during relaxed periods.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the interruption threshold is raised to reduce distractions, then user focus is improved, but message responsiveness deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts the interruption threshold to maintain user focus when needed while preserving responsiveness when appropriate. By continuously adjusting the threshold based on host state, the system ensures high focus stability during work periods without permanently sacrificing message responsiveness, as the threshold lowers automatically when urgency or relaxed state is detected.
Solution Approach 2:
The interruption threshold parameter is changed adaptively based on host state conditions rather than remaining fixed. This parameter transformation allows the system to achieve both high focus (through raised thresholds during work) and high responsiveness (through lowered thresholds during relaxed states or urgent conditions) at different times, resolving the contradiction through temporal parameter variation.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to managing interrupting requests to engage in a collaborative session and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for host state sensing for message interruptions. In one embodiment of the invention, a data processing system configured for host sensing for message interruption can include a messenger disposed is a host computing platform, prioritization logic including program code enabled to assign priorities to incoming messages, and host state sensing logic coupled to the host computing platform. The host state sensing logic can include program code enabled to adjust a threshold value for permitting message interruptions for messages having assigned priorities beyond the threshold value.