Real-time sharing component for phone calls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional asynchronous sharing during phone calls can be disjointed and disconnected, with the sharing party losing control over the pace and presentation of shared content, and privacy concerns regarding what is shared with the remote party, especially when managing multiple content items.
Innovation Solution
A real-time sharing component on computing devices like smartphones and PCs enables curated sharing with voice narration, allowing control over the pacing of content presentation, privacy protection, and user control over saving shared content, even when the remote party's device lacks the component through external web services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If asynchronous sharing is used during phone calls, then content sharing is enabled, but the user experience becomes disjointed and disconnected
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the phone call interface and content sharing interface into a single unified interface. The sharing component is integrated directly within the phone call application, allowing users to share content and communicate simultaneously without switching between applications. This merging eliminates the disjointed experience of traditional asynchronous sharing while maintaining full content sharing capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If traditional sharing methods are used, then content can be sent, but the sharing party loses control over the pace and presentation of shared content
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic control where the sharing party can adjust the pace of content sharing in real-time during the phone call. The unified interface allows the sharing party to control which content is shared, when it is shared, and how it is presented, enabling adaptive control over the sharing process rather than automatic or pre-determined sharing sequences.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple content items are shared, then comprehensive information exchange is achieved, but privacy concerns increase regarding what is shared with the remote party
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements selective sharing where different portions of the sharing party's device have different sharing permissions. The unified interface allows the sharing party to specify exactly which applications, files, or content types can be shared during the call, while keeping other content private. This enables comprehensive information exchange within authorized boundaries while maintaining privacy protection for unauthorized content.
4Ease of operation
If a curated sharing experience is implemented, then professional and cohesive presentation is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a sharing component as an intermediary layer between the phone call application and the device's content storage systems. This component manages the complexity of curating and presenting content professionally while maintaining a simple unified interface for users. The intermediary handles the sophisticated tasks of content selection, formatting, and presentation coordination, shielding users from the underlying complexity.
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AI summary
A real-time sharing component operating on a computing device such as a smartphone, tablet, or personal computer (PC) is configured to enable a local sharing party to share content with a remote party during a phone call. The real-time sharing component exposes tools, controls, and functions that enable the shared content to be a curated experience in which content available to the sharing party can be selected and shared with the remote party with voice narration while controlling the pacing of the sharing, maintaining privacy so that only intentionally shared content can be seen by the remote party but not other content, and controlling how and when shared content can be saved by the remote party, and enabling the shared content to be zoomed and panned and be highlighted with graphics and/or annotated with text.