Pointing-Based Content Sharing in Mobile Chat
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile chat applications lack meaningful integration with mainstream mobile software ecosystems, making it cumbersome to share and discuss on-screen content, such as images, maps, or documents, during communication, and are poorly suited for real-time augmented reality contexts.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to initiate and share content-based chat sessions by pointing and marking up content on a device, enabling seamless integration of chat applications with desktop and mobile workflows, allowing for the selection and transmission of on-screen content through multi-touch gestures or keyboard shortcuts, and supporting augmented reality interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If mobile chat applications are used for communication, then communication capability is improved, but integration with mainstream mobile software ecosystem is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines chat application functionality with mainstream mobile software ecosystem by enabling direct content sharing between applications. Users can share content (images, maps, documents) from any mobile application directly into chat sessions without leaving the chat interface, merging the communication workflow with content creation workflows.
Solution Approach 2:
The chat application is designed to work universally with multiple types of content from different applications. The system provides a unified interface for sharing various content types (images, maps, documents) across different mobile applications, making the chat application adaptable to diverse software ecosystem scenarios.
2Loss of information
If traditional file exchange methods are used to share content, then content sharing is possible, but the process is time consuming and awkward
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing content identification mechanisms within mobile applications. When users select content to share, the system has already prepared the content metadata and sharing interface, allowing instant initiation of chat sessions with content pre-attached, eliminating manual file exchange steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary content sharing mechanism that bridges mobile applications and chat sessions. This intermediary system handles content selection, formatting, and transmission automatically, mediating between the source application and chat recipient to streamline the sharing process.
3Loss of information
If users want to explain content context to chat participants, then communication clarity is improved, but the effort and steps required are significant
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service content context sharing by automatically extracting and attaching relevant content information to chat messages. When users share content, the system automatically includes content metadata, captions, and contextual information without requiring users to manually explain or describe the content.
4Reliability
If mobile chat applications are used, then communication functionality is provided, but compatibility with augmented reality environments is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The chat application is designed to work universally across different device types and environments, including augmented reality devices. The system provides adaptive content display that can render traditional content formats in augmented reality contexts, making the communication functionality compatible with diverse environments.
Data Source
AI summary
Integrating an application and a chat session includes a first user identifying content from the application, wherein the application is independent of any chat session, the first user initiating the chat session with at least a second user that is remote from the first user by transmitting the content from the first user to the second user, where the first and second user establish the chat session in response to the content being transmitted, and the first user and the second user sharing the content in connection with the chat session. The content may be a portion of a photograph, a portion of an image, a portion of text from a document, and/or a portion of a screen. The portion may be automatically identified following the user pointing and marking up the content. The first user may mark up the content before transmitting it to the second user.