Meeting Chat Interface for Real-Time Contextual Q&A

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods struggle to efficiently and accurately extract information from conversations and meetings, leading to information overload and missed participation due to time constraints and difficulty in following discussions.

Innovation Solution

A virtual participant system using AI to provide a chat interface that generates summaries and responses based on meeting content, allowing users to ask questions and engage with meeting information in real-time, leveraging computational models like large language models to process and generate contextually relevant answers.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional methods are used to extract information from conversations and meetings, then information extraction can be performed, but the extraction is inefficient and inaccurate leading to information overload

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation extraction accuracyVSAvoidinformation extraction efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a virtual participant as an intermediary between meeting participants and meeting content. This virtual participant uses AI computational models to automatically extract, summarize, and present information from meeting content, eliminating the need for manual information extraction and reducing information overload while improving both accuracy and efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical methods of information extraction with automated AI-based computational models. The virtual participant uses natural language processing and generative AI to automatically analyze meeting content, transcribe conversations, and generate summaries, substituting human effort with intelligent automation that improves both speed and accuracy

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

2Loss of information

If individuals attend all meetings to access information, then complete information access is achieved, but time constraints and overlapping schedules prevent participation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation access completenessVSAvoidtime spent attending meetings
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts essential information from meeting content and presents it through the virtual participant's chat interface. Users can access extracted meeting summaries, key points, and relevant information without attending the actual meeting, separating information access from time-consuming participation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The virtual participant creates AI-generated copies of meeting content in the form of summaries, transcriptions, and structured information. These copies provide complete information access without requiring users to invest the time to attend and process the original meeting content themselves

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Measurement precision

If individuals closely follow discussions at meetings, then detailed understanding is achieved, but it becomes challenging to keep up with all discussions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvediscussion understanding depthVSAvoiddifficulty in following discussions
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The virtual participant segments meeting content into manageable components including summaries, key points, action items, and topic-specific information. This segmentation allows users to access detailed understanding of specific aspects without needing to follow the entire continuous discussion, reducing the cognitive load and difficulty of keeping up with all discussions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12494929B1Systems and methods for providing chat interfaces to conversations
Publication Date: 2025.12.09 OTTER AI INC
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AI summary

Method, system, device, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for providing a chat interface. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving a message associated with a meeting from the chat interface; receiving meeting content associated with the meeting; determining one or more meeting contexts in the meeting content based at least in part on the message; generating a message response using a computational model based at least in part on the one or more meeting contexts and the message; and presenting the message response on the chat interface.