Per-Identity Output Control Configuration for Online Resources
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computer applications lack the ability to dynamically manage audio and visual output characteristics on a per-identity or per-resource basis, leading to inconsistent user experiences across different communication sessions and interactions.
Innovation Solution
A method that allows users to receive and store instructions for output controls associated with specific online identities or resources, enabling tailored audio and visual settings for each interaction, such as volume levels, display priorities, and application controls, which are applied based on detected interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If output controls are configured on a per-identity or per-resource basis, then user experience personalization is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments output control configuration by dividing it into per-identity and per-resource control sets. Each online identity and resource receives tailored output controls (audio volume, visual display, application behavior) independently, allowing personalized user experiences without requiring complete system redesign. This segmentation enables granular control while maintaining overall system manageability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension of control by adding the identity-resource mapping layer between user identities and online resources. Instead of uniform output controls, the system now operates in a multi-dimensional space where output characteristics vary along the identity and resource dimensions. This dimensional expansion enables personalized experiences while the underlying control mechanism remains systematic.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple output control settings are maintained for different identities and resources, then interaction customization is improved, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal output control framework that handles multiple identities and resources through a single systematic approach. The same control mechanisms (audio output, visual display, application behavior) are applied universally across all identities and resources, but with personalized parameters. This multi-functionality allows the system to manage diverse customization requirements using unified data structures and processing logic.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating control configuration templates that can be replicated across multiple identities and resources. Instead of manually managing each individual setting, the system copies and adapts control patterns from template configurations, reducing data management complexity while maintaining interaction customization. Each identity-resource pair receives appropriate control settings through systematic copying and modification of base templates.
3Reliability
If dynamic output control application is implemented during interactions, then user experience consistency is improved, but processing overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring output control settings for each identity-resource combination before interactions occur. The system establishes audio volume levels, visual display preferences, and application behavior parameters in advance, storing them as associated control data. During actual interactions, the pre-configured controls are simply retrieved and applied, ensuring consistent user experience while minimizing real-time processing overhead.
Data Source
AI summary
A process includes receiving, from a user identity, instructions for output characteristics including one or more of audio characteristics for rendering or capturing audio data or visual characteristics for rendering or capturing visual data. The process also includes determining, in response to the received instructions, output controls which effect the one or more of audio characteristics or visual characteristics, and associating the output controls with an online identity or resource. The process further includes storing the associated output controls and detecting an interaction with the online identity or resource. Moreover, the process includes accessing, in response to the detection of the interaction, the stored output controls, and enabling an effect, based on the output controls, of one or more of the audio characteristics or the visual characteristics with respect to interaction with the online identity or resource.