Knowledge Graph Coaching Prompts for Accurate Productivity Assessment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing digital content systems are inflexible and inefficient, relying solely on single-application data for user productivity assessment, leading to inaccurate predictions due to limited data scope and lack of contextual information.

Innovation Solution

An executive coaching system that generates coaching prompts using a knowledge graph informed by observation layer, world state, and connector data sources, determining a pulse status and generating coaching insights with recommended actions for improving productivity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If existing systems rely solely on single-application data for productivity assessment, then system simplicity is maintained, but measurement precision and reliability of productivity predictions deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproductivity prediction accuracyVSAvoiddata source integration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple data sources including observation layer data from various applications, world state data from device sensors, and connector data from external sources into a unified knowledge graph. This combination enables comprehensive productivity assessment by integrating diverse data types that individually would be insufficient, thereby resolving the contradiction between maintaining system simplicity and achieving accurate predictions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The knowledge graph structure serves multiple functions simultaneously: it stores structured relationships between entities, processes unstructured observational data, integrates sensor data, and provides a unified interface for generating coaching insights. This multi-functionality allows the system to handle diverse data sources without proportionally increasing complexity, addressing the contradiction between measurement precision and device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If existing systems are rigidly fixed to single-application input signals, then system adaptability is limited, but ease of operation is maintained

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata source flexibilityVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The knowledge graph is designed as a universal data structure that can accommodate multiple types of inputs including structured application data, unstructured observation layer data, and sensor data from various device components. This universal structure enables the system to adapt to diverse data sources without requiring separate processing pipelines for each data type, thereby achieving versatility without proportionally increasing architectural complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The knowledge graph acts as an intermediary layer between diverse data sources and the coaching insight generation process. It standardizes and structures data from multiple origins into a unified format, allowing the system to adapt to various data sources without exposing this complexity to the user interface or final processing stages, thus maintaining ease of operation while achieving adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If existing systems lack contextual environmental data, then data collection simplicity is maintained, but measurement precision of productivity assessment deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproductivity assessment accuracyVSAvoiddata volume from multiple sources
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments data collection into distinct layers: observation layer data from application interfaces, world state data from device sensors, and connector data from external sources. Each layer is processed and structured independently before being integrated into the knowledge graph. This segmentation allows the system to manage large volumes of diverse data without overwhelming the processing architecture, achieving precise productivity assessment while maintaining manageable data handling through structured segmentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

4Reliability

If existing systems generate underinformed predictions, then processing speed is maintained, but reliability of productivity predictions deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprediction reliabilityVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary structuring and organization of data from multiple sources into the knowledge graph before generating productivity predictions. By pre-processing and structuring the data in advance, the system ensures that when predictions are generated, the necessary contextual information is already organized and accessible, thereby improving prediction reliability without proportionally increasing processing time during the actual prediction generation phase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250384379A1Generating coaching prompts from knowledge graph data sources
Publication Date: 2025.12.18 DROPBOX INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for generating and providing coaching insights using a large language model to process coaching prompts. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems generate a coaching prompt from a knowledge graph encoding data from data sources, such as an observation layer and a world state. The disclosed systems also determine a pulse status of a user account to inform a coaching prompt. Additionally, the disclosed systems provide the coaching prompt to a large language model for generating a coaching insight to improve the pulse status.