Proximity-Based Message Delivery for Intelligent Assistants
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Solution Overview
Problem
Intelligent automated assistants struggle to deliver spoken messages efficiently, often resulting in messages being received at inconvenient times or locations, as they rely on instant transmission to personal devices, leading to reminders or re-delivery needs and potential misdelivery to unintended recipients.
Innovation Solution
A digital assistant system that receives a spoken message and stores the recipient's identity, determining if the intended user is proximate to a device before delivering the message, ensuring matching identities for secure and timely communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If messages are delivered instantaneously to personal devices, then message delivery speed is improved, but message delivery reliability deteriorates due to inconvenient timing or location
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by detecting the recipient's proximity to the smart speaker before delivering the message. The message is held in a buffer and only delivered when the recipient is detected to be present at the location, ensuring both timely delivery and reliable receipt without requiring instantaneous transmission.
2Productivity
If messages are delivered instantaneously, then productivity is improved, but loss of time increases due to reminders or re-delivery needs
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring the recipient's location through proximity detection to the smart speaker. This feedback mechanism ensures messages are delivered at the optimal moment when the recipient is present, eliminating the need for reminders or re-delivery and reducing overall time loss.
3Reliability
If messages are delivered based on proximity detection, then message delivery reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the smart speaker as an intermediary device between the message sender and recipient. The speaker detects proximity and mediates the message delivery process, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining high reliability through location-based delivery confirmation.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If identity matching is performed before message delivery, then privacy is protected, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Identity matching is performed as a preliminary action using pre-stored recipient identities associated with specific locations. When the recipient's proximity to the smart speaker is detected, the system quickly verifies identity against stored data, protecting privacy while minimizing processing time through advance preparation.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example process, a spoken user input, including at least a spoken message and an identity of an intended recipient, is received. After storing the spoken message and the recipient identity, if a user becomes proximate to a first electronic device and the identity of the user is determined to match the recipient identity, the spoken message is provided to the user at the first electronic device.