Smart Communication System for Prerecorded Content Context

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Solution Overview

Problem

Non-participants in recorded meetings cannot provide real-time input or comments as they lack the context of the discussion, requiring them to rebuild the meeting context before contributing.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that allows non-participants to mark positions in prerecorded communications, capture contextual portions, and convey inputs to invitees, enabling smart communications within the recorded content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If non-participants watch the prerecorded meeting to understand context, then they can provide informed input, but they lose the opportunity to provide live input during the meeting

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontext understandingVSAvoidlive input opportunity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system captures contextual portions of the meeting at specific time points during the prerecorded content. When a non-participant marks a position, the system automatically retrieves and presents the contextual portion that was pre-captured, allowing the non-participant to provide informed input without having to manually review prior meeting content

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system acts as an intermediary between the prerecorded meeting content and the non-participant. It automatically identifies and presents relevant contextual portions, facilitating seamless communication between non-participants and the original meeting participants without requiring the non-participant to manually reconstruct the meeting context

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If non-participants manually review the entire prerecorded meeting to rebuild context, then they can contribute meaningfully, but the time and effort required increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontribution qualityVSAvoidcontext reconstruction time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and isolates only the relevant contextual portions of the meeting that are necessary for understanding a non-participant's input. Instead of requiring the non-participant to review the entire meeting recording, the system automatically identifies and presents only the specific segments that provide necessary context, dramatically reducing the time and effort required

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Loss of information

If the system captures extensive contextual portions to ensure complete understanding, then non-participant inputs are well-informed, but the complexity and data volume increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontext completenessVSAvoidsystem processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system captures contextual portions that extend slightly beyond the minimum necessary boundaries to ensure complete understanding. By capturing a适度 amount of context (not too little, not excessively much), the system achieves reliable context provision while maintaining manageable data volumes and processing complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11776581B1Smart communications within prerecorded content
Publication Date: 2023.10.03 LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
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AI summary

Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for enabling smart communications within prerecorded communication. An apparatus includes a processor, and coupled to the processor, a memory that stores code executable by the processor to playback a prerecorded communication from at least one participant, enable at least one non-participant to mark a position within the prerecorded communication, capture a contextual portion of the prerecorded communication preceding the marked position, and convey at least one communicative input from the non-participant and the contextual portion to at least one invitee.