Rule-Driven Digital Message Attachment Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital messaging systems require manual user intervention to attach files to messages, which is time-consuming and resource-intensive, especially when multiple files from different locations need to be attached.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses message assembly rules to automatically attach relevant data to messages based on predefined criteria, allowing for minimal user intervention and automated message transmission when trigger conditions are met, without the need for users to know the existence, location, or names of the files.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual file attachment is used in digital messaging systems, then users can attach files to messages, but the process becomes time-consuming and resource-intensive when multiple files from different locations need to be attached
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by proactively identifying and attaching relevant files to messages before the user sends them. The attachment generation service automatically queries data repositories, generates attachments based on message content and context, and attaches them without requiring user intervention in file selection and navigation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system serves itself by automatically generating and attaching relevant files to messages without requiring user intervention. The attachment generation service autonomously identifies what attachments are needed based on message content, queries appropriate data repositories, generates the attachments, and attaches them to the message automatically.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual file attachment interface is provided, then users can select and attach files, but system resource usage increases due to file navigation and user interface management
Solution Approach 1:
The system serves itself by automatically generating and attaching relevant files to messages without requiring user intervention. The attachment generation service autonomously identifies what attachments are needed based on message content, queries appropriate data repositories, generates the attachments, and attaches them to the message automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the file attachment functionality from the user interface and moves it to an automated background service. The manual file navigation interface is removed or minimized, and the attachment generation service handles all file selection, generation, and attachment processes automatically based on message content and context.
3Productivity
If automated message assembly is implemented, then message sending becomes faster and more reliable, but the system requires rule configuration and trigger condition monitoring
Solution Approach 1:
The message assembly rule service provides universal functionality by handling multiple aspects of message preparation through a single rule-based system. It simultaneously manages attachment generation, file querying from multiple repositories, trigger condition monitoring, and message assembly, reducing the need for separate configuration systems for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The message assembly rule acts as an intermediary layer between the user interface and the attachment generation service. Users configure high-level rules specifying what attachments are needed and under what conditions, rather than configuring detailed system parameters. The rule service translates these high-level rules into automated actions, shielding users from system complexity.
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AI summary
Techniques for digital messaging with rule-driven attachments are disclosed, including: obtaining a message assembly rule including a set of one or more message attachment criteria; encountering an instance of a set of one or more message transmission triggers being satisfied; responsive to encountering the instance of the set of one or more message transmission triggers being satisfied: querying a data repository to identify multiple attachable data items that satisfy the set of one or more message attachment criteria; generating a message including the attachable data items; transmitting the message to a recipient.