Virtual Assistant for XR Session Privacy and Safety Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing communication technologies lack effective management of privacy, permission, and user safety across multiple environments within a communication session, particularly in extended reality (XR) settings.
Innovation Solution
A virtual assistant (VA) is implemented to manage privacy, permission, and user safety across multiple environments within a communication session. The VA determines the presence of minor children and enforces parental controls, identifies the 'highest authority figure,' and negotiates time extensions. It also manages logistics and flow between virtual, mixed, and physical environments based on user identity, authority, and 'trust' relationships.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a virtual assistant is implemented to manage privacy, permission, and user safety across multiple environments, then user safety and privacy protection are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments privacy and safety management into distinct functional modules: a virtual assistant for high-level coordination, environmental agents for location-specific control, and a permission management system for authorization. This segmentation allows complex safety management to be broken down into manageable, independent components that can be deployed and managed separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual assistant acts as an intermediary between users, environments, and permission systems. It mediates the complex interactions by automatically determining user identities, enforcing permissions, and coordinating safety protocols across multiple XR environments without requiring direct user intervention in each detail.
2Reliability
If parental controls and safety measures are enforced automatically, then child safety is improved, but user autonomy and flexibility are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically determining user identities and applying appropriate safety measures before users enter XR environments. Parental controls and permission settings are pre-configured and enforced automatically, eliminating the need for users to manually manage safety settings while maintaining their flexibility in choosing environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual assistant provides self-service by automatically managing safety protocols, permission enforcement, and user identity verification without requiring active user participation. The system serves itself by making real-time decisions about safety based on pre-established rules and user profiles, freeing users from manual safety management.
3Reliability
If real-time monitoring and enforcement of privacy rules are implemented, then privacy protection is improved, but processing time and system response time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-determining user identities, pre-configuring permission settings, and pre-establishing safety protocols before users enter environments. This eliminates the need for real-time decision-making for these functions, as the virtual assistant has already made the necessary determinations in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The permission management system operates autonomously by automatically enforcing privacy rules and permission settings without requiring continuous user input or real-time processing. The virtual assistant self-manages identity verification and permission enforcement, reducing processing time while maintaining strong privacy protection.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first user profile associated with a first user, the first user profile comprising a first privacy rule; obtaining a second user profile associated with a second user, the second user profile comprising a second privacy rule; determining which of the first privacy rule or the second privacy rule is more restrictive; setting for a first extended reality (XR) communication session a third privacy rule, the third privacy rule being set to the first privacy rule in a first case that the first privacy rule has been determined to be more restrictive than the second privacy rule and the third privacy rule being set to the second privacy rule in a second case that the second privacy rule has been determined to be more restrictive than the first privacy rule; creating the first XR communication session, the first XR communication session comprising one or more environments, the one or more environments supporting the first user and the second user; and facilitating communications via the one or more environments, the communications being between a first communication device used by the first user and a second communication device used by the second user, the communications being enforced to comply with the third privacy rule. Other embodiments are disclosed.