Tacit Workflow Generation for Accurate Communication Tracking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing digital communication systems face challenges in automating user interactions and maintaining accurate records of user progress through communication workflows, requiring complex coordination and tracking.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of tacit workflows that automatically generate and manage communication workflows based on user actions and scheduled events, combined with event filters and state machines to ensure precise tracking and response to exceptional scenarios.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If complex coordination and tracking systems are used to manage communication workflows, then user progress tracking accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser progress tracking accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically tracks user progress through communication workflows without requiring manual intervention or complex coordination mechanisms. The workflow engine self-manages state tracking, event monitoring, and progress recording, eliminating the need for complex external tracking systems while maintaining high accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

An intermediary workflow state management layer is introduced between the communication workflow execution and the tracking system. This intermediary layer abstracts the complexity of progress tracking from the main workflow system, providing accurate user progress records through a simplified interface that manages state transitions and event tracking internally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If automated workflows are implemented to streamline user engagement, then productivity is improved, but loss of information about user progress may occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagement efficiencyVSAvoiduser progress information
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors user actions and workflow progress, providing feedback loops that track and record user progress information. Event filters capture user interactions, and the workflow engine maintains state information, ensuring that no progress data is lost during automated execution. The feedback mechanism enables real-time tracking and preservation of user progress throughout the workflow.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-configures workflow steps, state tracking mechanisms, and information recording structures before execution begins. User progress templates and state management frameworks are established in advance, ensuring that all necessary information is captured and preserved from the start of the workflow, preventing information loss during automated processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If manual intervention is used to manage communication workflows, then adaptability to exceptional scenarios is improved, but loss of time in workflow execution increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse to exceptional scenariosVSAvoidworkflow execution time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The workflow system dynamically adapts to exceptional scenarios through configurable event filters and state-based decision logic. The system can automatically adjust workflow paths, priorities, and execution parameters in response to unexpected events, providing adaptability without requiring manual intervention. This dynamic responsiveness reduces workflow execution time compared to static manual processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Exceptional scenario handling logic is pre-configured within the workflow engine, including predefined responses to common exceptional situations and automated escalation procedures. When exceptional scenarios occur, the system executes pre-planned actions immediately, reducing response time compared to manual assessment and decision-making processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250217773A1Generation and management of communication workflows using tacit workflows
Publication Date: 2025.07.03 TWILIO INC
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AI summary

Various embodiments described herein support or provide operations including detecting an event associated with an entity; mapping the event to a customer-defined workflow in a journey based on content of the event; generating a tacit workflow in the journey based on the mapping of the event; and processing the tacit workflow in accordance with the one or more steps.