Cross-Platform Virtual Agent Communication Protocol
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional virtual agents are limited in their ability to interact and perform collaborative actions across different operating systems, restricting their functionality in tasks such as finding user locations, scheduling meetings, and sharing contact information between users.
Innovation Solution
A platform-independent virtual agent system that enables communication between virtual agents on different devices running various operating systems, allowing for coordinated actions by receiving user input, determining the need for communication sessions, and sending requests to perform actions on behalf of users, even without explicit user input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If virtual agents are made platform-specific to work with particular operating systems, then they can provide stable and reliable functionality within their designated platforms, but they cannot communicate or perform coordinated actions with virtual agents on other platforms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal communication protocol that enables virtual agents across different operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows) to communicate and perform coordinated actions. The system defines standardized message formats and communication interfaces that allow platform-specific virtual agents to interact universally, resolving the contradiction between maintaining platform-specific reliability and achieving cross-platform versatility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If virtual agents communicate across different operating systems, then they can perform coordinated actions and share information between platforms, but the complexity of the communication protocol and system architecture increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary communication layer that mediates between different operating system platforms. This intermediary protocol handles the complexity of cross-platform communication by providing standardized message formats, translation mechanisms, and coordination protocols, thereby enabling virtual agents to communicate across platforms without directly increasing the complexity of individual device architectures.
3Productivity
If virtual agents are designed to work independently on single devices, then they can operate with simple architecture and fast response times, but they cannot perform collaborative tasks or access information from other users' devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-establishing communication protocols and message formats before virtual agents need to interact. The system defines standardized communication templates and pre-configured interaction patterns that reduce the time required to establish communication sessions, enabling virtual agents to quickly coordinate tasks across devices without incurring significant setup delays.
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AI summary
Methods and apparatus for communicating between virtual agents associated with users of electronic devices connected via at least one network. A first user may instruct an associated first virtual agent to invoke a communication session with a second virtual agent associated with a second user. To invoke the communication session, the first virtual agent may send an outgoing communication to the second virtual agent and the outgoing communication may instruct the second virtual agent to perform at least one action on behalf of the first user. Virtual agents associated with different users may alternatively communicate with each other in the absence of user interaction to perform a collaborative action.