Workflow Handoff Links for Cross-Application AI Task Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Productivity applications often require users to switch between multiple applications inefficiently, duplicating and adapting content across different formats, leading to time-consuming and disruptive workflows, despite advancements in generative AI tools.
Innovation Solution
A computing apparatus and method for transferring workflows between applications using a handoff orchestrator that generates a link to seamlessly delegate tasks between AI agents of different applications, leveraging generative AI models to automate content transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users work across multiple productivity applications to complete projects, then content can be created in various formats, but time is lost due to switching between applications and duplicating content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple application functionalities into a unified workflow system where content can be created in one application and automatically transferred to other applications. The handoff orchestrator combines the capabilities of multiple applications into a seamless process, eliminating the need for manual switching and content duplication across application boundaries.
Solution Approach 2:
The handoff orchestrator acts as an intermediary component that receives content from a source application, processes it, and delivers it to a destination application. This mediator handles the complex tasks of content adaptation and format conversion, allowing users to work in their preferred application without manually transferring content to other applications.
2Reliability
If dedicated applications are used for specific tasks, then core competencies remain specialized, but workflow efficiency decreases due to siloed functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The handoff orchestrator provides universal functionality that works across multiple specialized applications. It can handle various content types and transfer them between different applications, making the system universally applicable while preserving the specialized capabilities of each individual application. This allows users to leverage the core competency of each application without being constrained by application boundaries.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual content adaptation is performed across applications, then content can be customized for different formats, but labor and errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service content adaptation where the handoff orchestrator automatically performs format conversion and content customization without requiring manual user intervention. The orchestrator service autonomously handles the adaptation process, retrieving content from the source application, transforming it to the appropriate format, and delivering it to the destination application, thereby simplifying the user experience while maintaining high adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for transferring a workflow from a source application to a destination application in various implementations. In an implementation, a computing apparatus receives a request from a source application to hand off a workflow to a destination application. In response to the request, the computing apparatus generates a handoff link for transferring the workflow from the source application to the destination application and transmits the handoff link to the source application.