Administrator Participant Navigation in Virtual Conferencing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing virtual conferencing systems lack efficient methods for administrators to coordinate participants across multiple rooms, leading to challenges in scheduling and synchronizing participant presence during events.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of distinct user interfaces for administrators and participants allows administrators to move participants between virtual rooms, while participants can only navigate themselves, facilitating event coordination through designated waiting rooms and enhanced user control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If administrators can move participants between rooms, then event coordination capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides participant management functionality into distinct segments: administrators have full control to move any participant between rooms, while participants only control their own movement. This segmentation of authority and capability reduces overall system complexity by creating clear, role-based boundaries in the control architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual conferencing system introduces an intermediary administrative layer that mediates participant movement between rooms. Rather than participants directly managing room assignments or rooms autonomously deciding participant placement, the administrator acts as an intermediary who receives movement requests and executes them, simplifying the control logic while enhancing coordination capability.
2Ease of operation
If distinct user interfaces are provided for administrators and participants, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by providing different interface functionalities tailored to specific user roles. Administrators receive comprehensive controls for moving any participant between rooms, while participants receive simplified interfaces for self-navigation only. This localized customization of interface capabilities improves ease of operation for each user type without requiring a completely separate system for each role.
Solution Approach 2:
A single virtual conferencing system provides multiple functions through role-based interface differentiation. The same core system handles both administrative participant management and participant self-navigation, achieving universality by making one system serve multiple operational needs through configurable interface layers rather than requiring separate dedicated systems.
3Productivity
If administrators manage participant movements, then productivity is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by allowing participants to autonomously navigate between rooms using their own interface controls. This eliminates the need for administrators to manually move participants who initiate their own movement, thereby improving productivity for routine navigation tasks while reducing the time administrators spend on participant management.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies partial action by having administrators manage only the necessary subset of participant movements - specifically those requiring coordination for event scheduling and synchronization. Routine participant navigation is handled partially by participants themselves through self-service interfaces, reducing the overall time burden on administrators while maintaining productivity for critical coordination tasks.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing a program and method for administrator-based navigating of a participant between rooms. The program and method provide, to a first of plural participants, a first user interface for navigating a virtual space comprising plural rooms, the first user interface allowing the first participant to move the plural participants among the plural rooms; provide, to a second participant, a second user interface for navigating the virtual space, the second user interface allowing the second participant to move among the plural rooms while disallowing to move other participants among the plural rooms; receive an indication of user input via the first user interface, to move the second participant from a first room to a second room; and provide, in response to receiving the indication, for switching the second participant from the first to second room.