Interactive Call Previews and Reactions for Live Audio Calls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional audio communication methods, such as live calls, lack the ability to incorporate reactions like emojis or animated responses during the call, limiting interactive engagement.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables the exchange of reactions, such as emojis, during a live audio call by receiving a call initiation request, determining a callee device, initiating the call, sending call metadata, logging reactions, and creating a call summary that includes these reactions, which can be shared with the caller, callee, or external platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional audio communication methods are used, then the system maintains simplicity and reliability, but the system lacks the ability to incorporate reactions like emojis or animated responses during the call
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges audio communication with reaction expressions by integrating emoji and animated response capabilities into the existing call interface. The reaction module combines with the audio call functionality to allow simultaneous voice communication and visual reaction sharing, resolving the contradiction between maintaining simplicity and adding versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The call interface is designed to perform multiple functions: traditional audio communication, sending reactions, receiving reactions, and sharing call summaries. This multi-functionality allows the system to incorporate various communication modes including emojis and animated responses without requiring separate systems, thus improving adaptability while managing complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If reactions are logged and shared during calls, then communication engagement is enhanced, but data processing and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically logs reactions to call summaries without requiring manual intervention. The reaction module self-manages the collection, storage, and sharing of reaction data, reducing the burden on users while enhancing interactive engagement. This automation handles data processing in the background, improving user experience without proportionally increasing visible complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If call summaries with reactions are shared with external platforms, then communication utility is improved, but system integration complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The call summary module acts as an intermediary that consolidates call data and reactions into a standardized format that can be shared with external platforms. This mediator layer handles the complexity of data formatting and transmission, allowing the core communication system to remain relatively simple while still providing enhanced communication utility through external sharing capabilities.
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AI summary
Interactive calling may enable users to share call previews and reactions associated with calls, and generate call summaries. Methods and systems for interactive calling may include receiving a callee identifier from a caller device, determining a callee device associated with the callee identifier, and transmitting a call preview received from the caller device to the callee device simultaneously with an attempt to initiate a call between the caller device and the callee device.