Real-time Expert Guidance Across Diverse Industries

Publication ID: 24-11857883_0002_PTD
Published: October 28, 2025
Category:New Applications & Use Cases

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “Real-time Expert Guidance Across Diverse Industries,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11857883_0002_PTD, Published October 28, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11857883_0002_PTD
This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,857,883.

Summary of the Inventive Concept

This inventive concept extends the core technology of connecting players to recorded help sessions in real-time during gameplay to various new applications, including personalized wellness coaching, enhancing virtual event experiences, remote language learning, personalized career coaching, and virtual travel guidance.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent addressed the issue of providing expert assistance to gamers during gameplay. However, the same technology can be applied to other industries where users require real-time guidance from experts. The present inventive concept solves the problem of limited access to expert guidance in diverse fields by leveraging the core technology to connect users with relevant recorded sessions.

Detailed Description of the Inventive Concept

The inventive concept involves connecting users to recorded expert sessions in real-time, tailored to their specific needs and contexts. In personalized wellness coaching, users are connected to recorded wellness sessions provided by expert trainers who have previously completed similar workouts. For virtual event experiences, attendees are connected to recorded sessions of experts who have previously attended the virtual event. In remote language learning, language learners are connected to recorded language lessons provided by native speakers who have previously taught the language. Similarly, job seekers are connected to recorded career coaching sessions provided by expert career coaches who have previously worked with similar job seekers, and travelers are connected to recorded travel guidance sessions provided by local guides who have previously traveled to the same destination.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The new claims introduce a significant inventive step by applying the core technology to entirely new industries and use cases, including wellness, virtual events, language learning, career coaching, and travel guidance. The novelty lies in the unexpected application of the technology to solve real-time guidance problems in diverse fields.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments of the inventive concept could include integrating AI-powered chatbots to provide additional guidance, using machine learning algorithms to match users with the most relevant recorded sessions, or incorporating virtual and augmented reality features to enhance the user experience. Variations of the inventive concept could be applied to other industries, such as education, healthcare, or finance, where real-time expert guidance is valuable.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The inventive concept has significant commercial potential across various industries, including wellness, events, language learning, career coaching, and travel. The market for real-time expert guidance is vast, with potential applications in both consumer and enterprise sectors. The technology could be licensed to companies operating in these industries, or developed into a standalone platform offering expert guidance services.

CPC Classifications

SectionClassGroup
A A63 A63F13/86
A A63 A63F13/30
A A63 A63F13/35
A A63 A63F13/79
A A63 A63F13/85
A A63 A63F13/87
G G06 G06F16/433
G G06 G06N3/08
G G10 G10L15/26
A A63 A63F13/497
A A63 A63F13/67
A A63 A63F2300/303

Field of Art

Interactive digital systems, specifically game assistance technologies, virtual guidance platforms, and context-based expert matching systems spanning video gaming, personalized coaching, and interactive learning environments

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A skilled practitioner with expertise in software engineering, machine learning, user experience design, and interactive system architectures, capable of understanding context-based recommendation algorithms and real-time expert matching technologies

Obviousness Rationale

A person having ordinary skill would recognize that the core technical mechanism of context-based expert session matching from the source patent can be systematically translated across different interactive domains by applying consistent algorithmic principles of user context identification, expert classification, and session recommendation. The technical framework of collecting user context data, filtering relevant expert sessions, and dynamically connecting users represents a generalizable approach that can be readily adapted to multiple application domains with predictable results.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element
Collecting game state data for multiple player game plays and defining current game context
PTD Variation
Collecting workout state data, event participation data, language learning progress data, career development context
Obviousness Reasoning
Substituting game-specific context parameters with domain-specific contextual parameters represents a straightforward design choice using known data collection techniques
Source Patent Element
Filtering game contexts to generate a filtered set with matching values exceeding a threshold
PTD Variation
Filtering wellness coaching contexts, language learning contexts, career development contexts using similar matching algorithms
Obviousness Reasoning
Applying consistent context matching and filtering logic across different domains is a predictable extension of the source patent's technical approach
Source Patent Element
Assigning an expert based on matched game contexts from recorded game plays
PTD Variation
Assigning expert wellness coaches, language instructors, career mentors based on recorded session similarities
Obviousness Reasoning
Transferring the expert matching mechanism to other skill-based learning domains represents an obvious technological adaptation
Source Patent Element
Connecting users to recorded help sessions in real-time during an interactive experience
PTD Variation
Connecting users to recorded guidance sessions across wellness, language learning, career coaching, travel experiences
Obviousness Reasoning
Generalizing the real-time expert connection mechanism to multiple interactive domains is a predictable technological extension
Source Patent Element
Determining expert availability and providing recorded session alternatives
PTD Variation
Determining coach/instructor/mentor availability and providing pre-recorded session alternatives across different domains
Obviousness Reasoning
Implementing consistent expert availability detection and alternative session provision represents a known technical solution applicable across interactive guidance systems
35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on US Patent 11857883's disclosed methods for context-based expert session matching, the present publication demonstrates that a person having ordinary skill in interactive guidance technologies would find the extension of such matching mechanisms to wellness, language learning, career coaching, and travel guidance domains to be obvious and predictable, thereby rendering potential claims in these areas anticipated and non-patentable under standard obviousness analysis.

Original Patent Information

Patent NumberUS 11,857,883
TitleConnecting a player to a recorded help session in real-time during game play of a video game
Assignee(s)Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.