In-App Cloud Search for Content Sharing Without App Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for sharing content between applications, such as switching between email and cloud-based document management applications, are time-consuming and resource-intensive, particularly when large files are involved, leading to increased bandwidth consumption and device resource usage.
Innovation Solution
A GUI keyboard feature in the first application allows users to search, locate, and transmit content associated with a second application directly, using a URL or attachment, reducing the need to switch applications and minimizing resource consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users switch between email and cloud-based document management applications to share content, then content can be shared between applications, but the process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the functionality of multiple applications (email client and cloud document management) into a unified interface. The email application integrates cloud storage capabilities, allowing users to access, search, and share documents from the cloud directly within the email client without switching applications. This merging eliminates the time-consuming application switching process while maintaining content sharing functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The email application is enhanced with multi-functionality by integrating cloud document management capabilities. Users can not only send and receive emails but also access, search, preview, and share cloud-stored documents directly within the same application. This universal approach allows a single application to perform multiple functions that previously required separate applications.
2Productivity
If users switch between applications to share large files, then content can be transmitted, but bandwidth consumption and device resource usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of transferring large file copies between applications, the system uses cloud-based document links. When users share content, the system generates a reference link to the cloud-stored document rather than copying the entire file. This allows recipients to access the original document from the cloud, dramatically reducing bandwidth consumption and device resource usage while maintaining full content accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The cloud storage service acts as an intermediary between the email application and the document content. Rather than directly transferring files between applications or devices, the cloud service mediates access by storing documents centrally and providing access links. This intermediary approach eliminates redundant file transfers and reduces overall bandwidth consumption across the system.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for techniques enabling streamlined cross application content delivery by enabling a feature, along with a first application, to search, locate, and transmit data corresponding to a second application. For example, a user may utilize a smartphone, laptop, or some other device, to access the first application (e.g., email). The user may determine to transmit a document, which may be stored within a cloud-based database corresponding to a second application. Instead of switching from email to the second application, the first user may utilize the feature to search for, locate, and transmit the document within the first application. In some cases, the document may be transmitted as a uniform resource locator (URL), where the URL corresponds to a link to the document within the cloud-based database. Additionally or alternatively, the document may be transmitted as an attachment.