Neural Network Draft Generation for Context-Aware Communications

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing digital communication systems are inefficient, rigid, and inaccurate, requiring time-intensive user interactions and excessive computational resources, with rigid rule-based triggers that fail to scale and accurately respond to diverse communication situations.

Innovation Solution

A digital electronic communication assistant system utilizing language neural networks to automatically generate draft electronic communications based on user-specific composition parameters, historical communications, and context, enabling efficient, flexible, and accurate electronic communication management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Extent of automation

If rule-based triggers are used to automate electronic communications, then automation capability is provided, but flexibility and adaptability to diverse situations deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomation capabilityVSAvoidflexibility to diverse situations
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from static rule-based parameters to dynamic neural network parameters that adapt to diverse communication situations. The neural network learns from historical communications and adjusts its parameters automatically, enabling flexible adaptation to new scenarios without requiring explicit reconfiguration of automation rules.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-learning and self-adjustment by analyzing historical electronic communications to automatically refine its neural network models. This eliminates the need for manual reconfiguration when facing new communication scenarios, allowing the system to serve itself by adapting to diverse situations autonomously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of manufacture

If rule-based triggers are used for communication automation, then simple functionality is achieved, but accuracy and contextual awareness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesimplicity of functionalityVSAvoidaccuracy of communication response
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical rule-based trigger system with a neural network-based system that processes communication context. This substitution maintains ease of use while dramatically improving accuracy, as the neural network can interpret nuanced contextual patterns rather than relying on rigid pre-defined rules.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The neural network acts as an intermediary between the input communication and the generated response. Rather than direct rule-based mapping, the neural network processes the contextual meaning and mediates the transformation into appropriate responses, improving accuracy while maintaining operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Ease of operation

If existing electronic communication tools are used, then basic communication functionality is provided, but time consumption and computational resource usage increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebasic communication functionalityVSAvoidtime for creating communications
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary learning from historical communications during off-peak times, building optimized neural network models in advance. This preliminary action enables rapid, accurate communication generation during actual use without requiring time-consuming real-time analysis, thus reducing operational time while maintaining functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The neural network creates copies of effective communication patterns from historical data and reuses them for new situations. This copying approach allows the system to generate appropriate responses quickly by adapting proven patterns rather than creating communications from scratch, significantly reducing time consumption while preserving communicative effectiveness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20240403597A1Generating context specific electronic communications utilizing a neural network
Publication Date: 2024.12.05 DROPBOX INC
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AI summary

This disclosure describes embodiments of systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage media that can utilize language neural networks to automatically generate draft electronic communications for a user account. For example, the disclosed systems leverage composition parameters of a user account (determined from historical electronic communications of the user account, digital content items corresponding to the user account, and/or other application data) with a neural network to automatically generate draft electronic communications that reflect a composition style of a user account and accurately addresses a context of a communication thread. In addition, the disclosed systems can generate electronic communications using the communication generation neural network and save the electronic communication as a draft (e.g., for review by a user of the user account) and/or automatically transmit the electronic message to a recipient user account.