Communication Systems Spawning Collaboration Events From Highlighted Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing collaboration tools fail to provide an effective and convenient way to collaborate on demand for specific aspects of presented content during a presentation or collaboration event, lacking the ability to initiate new events based on the displayed content and integrate dynamic content to enhance collaboration.
Innovation Solution
An electronic communication system with stimulus-based collaborative functions that allow users to highlight content during a presentation and initiate collaboration events such as conference calls, chat sessions, calendar bookings, virtual notes, whiteboard sessions, and social media posts, using natural language processing to derive context and metadata from the selected content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing collaboration tools are used to facilitate team communication, then communication channels are provided, but the tools fail to enable on-demand collaboration for specific aspects of presented content
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes multiple collaboration event types (conference calls, chat sessions, calendar bookings, whiteboard sessions, etc.) that can be instantly activated by selecting presented content. This preliminary preparation of collaboration templates allows users to immediately initiate appropriate collaboration events without manual configuration, resolving the contradiction between versatility and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism that automatically analyzes presented content and suggests appropriate collaboration event types. This intermediary layer bridges the gap between diverse content types and suitable collaboration methods, enabling users to effortlessly initiate context-appropriate collaboration without needing to understand the complex mapping between content and collaboration tools.
2Adaptability or versatility
If collaboration events are initiated manually, then collaboration can occur, but users cannot activate collaboration events based on presented content during ongoing sessions
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-configures multiple collaboration event templates (conference calls, chat sessions, calendar bookings, whiteboard sessions, social media posts) that are ready to be activated instantly. When users select presented content, the appropriate template is automatically selected and initiated, eliminating the time-consuming manual setup process while maintaining high adaptability to different collaboration needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically analyzes the selected presented content and self-determines the most appropriate collaboration event type to initiate. This self-service capability eliminates the need for users to manually search for and configure suitable collaboration tools, significantly reducing the time to initiate collaboration while maintaining context-appropriateness.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing tools are used for collaboration, then basic communication functions are available, but the tools do not provide context-aware collaboration based on presented content
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal collaboration framework that handles multiple collaboration event types (conference calls, chat sessions, calendar bookings, whiteboard sessions, social media posts) through a single integrated interface. This multi-functional approach provides context-aware collaboration capabilities without requiring separate complex systems for each collaboration type, thus managing system complexity while enhancing adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary analysis layer that automatically processes presented content and determines the appropriate collaboration context. This intermediary component abstracts the complexity of context-aware decision-making from the user, providing intelligent collaboration suggestions without exposing the underlying system complexity to end users.
4Adaptability or versatility
If users want to collaborate on specific content during a presentation, then they need to initiate separate collaboration events, but existing tools do not allow seamless integration of presented content into collaboration events
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes the linkage between presented content and collaboration event types by analyzing content characteristics in advance. When users select content during a presentation, the system has already prepared the appropriate collaboration event templates, enabling seamless initiation of context-relevant collaboration events without requiring users to manually configure collaboration parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system merges the content selection action with the collaboration event initiation process. By combining these two previously separate actions into a single integrated operation, users can initiate context-aware collaboration events by simply selecting presented content, achieving seamless integration without increasing operational complexity.
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AI summary
A communication system with enhanced collaboration functionality. During operations of the new communication system, users (e.g., online meeting, conference, call, or presentation attendees or participants operating a client device in communication via a communications network) join a collaboration session via their preferred collaboration application. One of the attendees wants to get their document or other content seen, so they share their screen and start to present their content. With the new communication system, an attendee chooses to initiate a collaboration option (e.g., clicking a button in a user interface such as "Create a conference call" button), while identifying or highlighting a subset or portion of the presented content as relevant to the new collaboration event. Attendees are added to an ad hoc conference meeting (or other new or spawned collaboration event), and the content that is originally asserted as the topic of conversation is displayed in the conferencing apparatus.