Unified Interface for Intelligent Document Generation and Review

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing computing systems in the digital signature space are inefficient, inaccurate, insecure, and inflexible, requiring excessive user interactions, leading to mistakes, exposure of sensitive information, and inefficient recall and resenting of digital documents.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent document system utilizing a large language model and content management system to generate, modify, and manage digital documents, providing a unified interface for creation and review, and suggesting modifications based on context and past documents.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If existing computing systems use multiple user interfaces and applications to create digital documents, then document creation functionality is provided, but user interaction complexity and time consumption increase excessively

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument creation processVSAvoidtime for user interactions
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple separate user interfaces and applications into a single unified interface that provides all document creation, editing, and management functionalities. This consolidation eliminates the need for users to switch between multiple applications, directly reducing interaction complexity and time consumption while maintaining comprehensive document creation capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The unified interface is designed to perform multiple functions including document creation, editing, formatting, and management within a single application. This multi-functional approach replaces the need for separate specialized applications, thereby reducing the number of user interactions required while preserving all necessary document creation capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Ease of operation

If existing computing systems require excessive user interactions to create digital documents, then document creation is achieved, but accuracy decreases due to mistakes from excessive interactions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument creation processVSAvoiddocument accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

By consolidating all document creation tools into a single unified interface, the system reduces the number of interaction steps users must perform. Fewer interactions mean fewer opportunities for user errors and mistakes, thereby improving document accuracy while maintaining ease of operation through the integrated interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If existing computing systems share digital document information across third-party platforms, then document collaboration is enabled, but security risks increase due to potential information exposure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocument sharing capabilityVSAvoidinformation security
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The unified interface acts as an intermediary layer between users and third-party platforms for document sharing. This intermediary provides controlled access mechanisms that allow collaboration functionality while filtering and protecting sensitive information from direct exposure to external platforms, thereby maintaining both adaptability and security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Stability of the object's composition

If existing computing systems follow rigid fixed steps to generate digital documents, then process structure is maintained, but flexibility decreases and resources are wasted on recall and resent

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocess structureVSAvoiddocument generation flexibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The unified interface implements dynamic document generation processes that can adapt to user needs in real-time. Instead of rigid fixed steps, the system allows flexible navigation and modification of document creation workflows, enabling users to skip, repeat, or modify steps as needed without wasting resources on recall and resent operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250209257A1Intelligent document creation and review generated by a large language model
Publication Date: 2025.06.26 DROPBOX INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure is directed toward systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for the intelligent generation and completion of digital documents. For example, the disclosed systems provide a document creation interface for entering inputs to generate and modify digital documents. In some instances, the disclosed systems receive a document generation prompt, generate a digital document using a large language model, and provide an indication of the digital document within the document creation interface. Moreover, the disclosed systems can further generate a document summary of the digital document and provide the document summary for a recipient device via a document review interface. Additionally, the disclosed systems can further generate a suggested document modification element and modify the digital document in response to a user interaction with the suggested document modification element using the large language model.