Virtual Assistant Guest Mode for Conference Privacy Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Virtual assistants in conferences may expose user private information and fail to accommodate private discussions among participants, lacking privacy protection and enhanced management features.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a guest mode for virtual assistants in conferences that prevents sharing of user profile data and allowing personalized or generic responses based on user authentication, along with features like private mode activation and breakout sessions for private discussions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a virtual assistant is added to a conference to assist with tasks, then productivity and ease of operation are improved, but user privacy is compromised due to potential sharing of private information with conference participants

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetask assistance capabilityVSAvoidprivacy exposure

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the virtual assistant's operational modes into personal mode and guest mode. In personal mode, the virtual assistant has full access to user profile data. In guest mode, which activates during conferences, the virtual assistant operates with restricted access, preventing exposure of private information while maintaining task assistance capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The virtual assistant dynamically changes its operational state based on the detected environment. When a conference is detected, the system automatically transitions from personal mode to guest mode, adjusting the level of data access and information sharing accordingly. This dynamic adaptation allows the virtual assistant to maintain productivity while protecting privacy in different contexts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If the virtual assistant accesses user profile data to provide personalized responses, then ease of operation and adaptability are improved, but the risk of information leakage and loss of information security increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvepersonalized response capabilityVSAvoidinformation security

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different quality levels of data access to different operational contexts. In personal mode, full access to user profile data is permitted for personalized responses. In guest mode during conferences, the system restricts access to only necessary information, providing generic responses that maintain adaptability without compromising information security.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If the virtual assistant operates in personal mode during conferences, then ease of operation is improved, but harmful effects occur due to unauthorized sharing of private information

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevirtual assistant functionalityVSAvoidunauthorized information sharing

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements preliminary anti-action by automatically detecting conference environments and preemptively switching the virtual assistant to guest mode before any private information can be inadvertently shared. This preventive mechanism blocks potential harmful effects before they occur, while maintaining the virtual assistant's ease of operation through automatic mode transitions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Data Source

PatentUS20250358140A1Systems and methods for enabling a virtual assistant in different environments

Publication Date: 2025.11.20 ADEIA GUIDES INC

AI summary

Systems and methods are provided for enabling the protection of user privacy when adding a virtual assistant to a conference. A conference is initiated between a first computing device and at least a second computing device and a virtual assistant is added to the conference. At the virtual assistant, it is identified that the virtual assistant is in the conference and a guest mode is activated in response. A query is received at the virtual assistant and based on the query and the guest mode, an action is identified. The identified action is performed via the virtual assistant.