Cooperative Manager for VoIP and Web System Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Business organizations face challenges in managing tasks and progress states across different systems, as conventional information-based systems are independent of communication-based systems, leading to ineffective information utilization and inability to track detailed progress between milestones.

Innovation Solution

A service providing system that facilitates cooperation between systems with different communication protocols by using cooperative managers to process and transmit information, enabling real-time monitoring and management of communication states and tasks across SIP and Web environments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If information-based systems and communication-based systems are kept independent, then system simplicity is maintained, but information utilization efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem independenceVSAvoidinformation utilization efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a gateway as an intermediary component that bridges information-based systems and communication-based systems. The gateway translates and transfers information between the two independent systems, enabling effective information utilization without requiring direct integration or compromising system independence. Call history from communication systems is transformed into task information that can be utilized by information-based systems through this intermediary.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If detailed communication progress is monitored, then task management precision is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprogress monitoring precisionVSAvoidmonitoring system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges communication monitoring functionality with existing task management systems. The gateway integrates communication state monitoring with task progress tracking, allowing detailed monitoring of communication progress without requiring a separate complex monitoring system. Call attempts are automatically associated with tasks, and progress is monitored through the unified task management interface.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If manual checking and inputting of telephone numbers is eliminated, then operation efficiency is improved, but automation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperation efficiencyVSAvoidautomation system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service automation where the system automatically retrieves call history from communication systems and transforms it into task information without requiring manual intervention. The gateway automatically performs information transformation and task creation based on communication data, eliminating the need for manual telephone number input while using relatively simple automated processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS8082346B2Service providing system cooperative with VoIP and web environments and a method therefor
Publication Date: 2011.12.20 OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO LTD
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  • US8082346B2 patent drawing
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AI summary

A communication system achieving the cooperation of communications between a SIP and a Web system through a cooperative manager. A call attempt manager of the SIP system is booted, responsive to a request from another call attempt manager, and a call attempt is registered in a SIP database. A result of the registration is sent to the Web system for display on a Web client. A task is entered and registered in a Web database. A connection or monitoring service is provided between SIP clients interconnected to the SIP system.