Notification Framework for Secure Collaborative Session Invitations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems for inviting participants to collaborative sessions, such as in Picture Archiving and Communication Systems, are cumbersome and pose security risks due to the manual copying and emailing of links, which can be misdirected.
Innovation Solution
A notification framework that includes a registry service for user registration and a push service for sending invitations, allowing on-the-fly initiation of collaborative sessions through push notifications, enabling secure and efficient participant invitations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual copying and emailing of links is used to invite participants, then the system is simple to implement, but the process is cumbersome and security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a notification framework as an intermediary system between the host and participants. This framework includes a registry service that manages user information and a push service that securely delivers invitations. The intermediary automatically handles invitation distribution, eliminating manual email processes while maintaining security through controlled notification delivery only to registered users.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary registration of all potential participants in advance. The registry service stores user information beforehand, so when an invitation is needed, the system can immediately notify pre-registered users without requiring manual link distribution. This preliminary setup enables both ease of operation and security by having a controlled list of authorized participants.
2Ease of operation
If push notifications are used for invitations, then security is improved and ease of operation increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification framework is designed as a universal system that handles multiple functions: user registration, invitation management, and notification delivery. By creating a multi-functional framework that serves all these purposes, the patent reduces the need for separate systems for each function, thereby managing complexity through consolidation rather than proliferation of separate components.
Solution Approach 2:
The registry service automatically manages user registration and maintains an updated list of participants. The push service automatically delivers invitations to the correct devices without manual intervention. This self-service capability reduces operational complexity by automating routine tasks, even though the underlying framework is sophisticated.
3Productivity
If on-the-fly session initiation is enabled, then productivity increases and adaptability improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-registers all potential participants in advance through the registry service. This preliminary action ensures that when a session needs to be initiated on-the-fly, the system already has a ready list of authorized users to notify. This eliminates the need for complex real-time registration processes during session setup, maintaining both productivity and manageable complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification framework implements feedback mechanisms where the push service confirms delivery of invitations to participants' devices. This feedback loop ensures that on-the-fly session initiation is reliable and efficient, as the system can track which participants have been notified and are ready to join, reducing the complexity of managing ad-hoc sessions.
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AI summary
A notification framework and method that quickly sends invitations one device to another device to join devices to collaboration session. Devices may be provided with an application that enables a user to register with a registry service. The registry service is provided as a mechanism to enable delivery of a collaboration invitation and joining of participants in the collaborative session. Notification invitations containing a collaboration URL may then be forwarded via a push service to the invited registrants. Each invited registrant is then provided an option to accept invitation and automatically join the session with the user. In another example, the host user may “pass” or “share” a session to an invited registrant rather than having an invited registrant join a session.