Augmented Participant Video Source Interfaces Using Truth-Source Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for multi-party virtual meeting environments struggle to efficiently identify and surface pertinent user profile information among participating users.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing augmented participating user video source interfaces in association with an audio-video conferencing interface service, which includes monitoring active audio-video conference presentations, identifying participating user video source interfaces, determining if a truth source application is installed, accessing truth source accounts, generating augmented user profile exposure objects, and propagating these objects to participating client devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If user profile information is manually shared in existing multi-party virtual meeting systems, then participants can exchange basic contact information, but the process is time-consuming and prone to miscommunication
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-retrieves and prepares user profile data from truth source accounts before the meeting begins. Participant information including names, photos, titles, and contact details is automatically fetched and staged for immediate display, eliminating the need for manual information exchange during the meeting.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a bridge between truth source accounts (external data sources) and the video conferencing interface. This intermediary automatically retrieves, standardizes, and distributes participant profile information, removing the manual process and reducing errors.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive user profile information is displayed to all participants, then complete participant information is available, but information overload occurs and interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by displaying different levels of user profile information to different users based on their needs and roles. Each participant receives customized profile data relevant to their context, rather than a uniform comprehensive display for all users, reducing information overload while maintaining completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
User profile information is segmented into hierarchical levels (basic identifying information, professional details, contact information). The interface progressively reveals information based on user interaction, allowing participants to access comprehensive data when needed while maintaining a clean default view.
3Loss of information
If user profile data is retrieved from multiple external sources, then data completeness improves, but system complexity and data integration difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal data retrieval mechanism that can interface with multiple types of truth source accounts (social media, professional networks, organizational directories) through standardized protocols. This multi-functional approach allows comprehensive data collection from diverse sources while maintaining consistent processing and integration logic.
Solution Approach 2:
An intermediary data processing layer is introduced between external truth sources and the conferencing system. This intermediary standardizes data formats, resolves conflicts between sources, and manages integration complexity centrally, allowing the core video conferencing system to remain simple while still accessing comprehensive profile information.
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AI summary
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for managing augmented participating user video source interfaces in association with an audio-video conferencing interface service are disclosed. An example method includes monitoring an active audio-video conference presentation, identifying a participating user video source interface for each of a plurality of participating client devices, determining whether a truth source application is installed on the participating client devices, accessing a truth source account associated with the truth source application and determining a corresponding augmenting user profile data structure based on the truth source account, generating an augmented user profile exposure object based on each respective augmenting user profile data structure, and propagating each augmented user profile exposure object to the plurality of participating client devices to cause rendering of the augmented participating user video source interfaces to respective displays of the plurality of participating client devices in association with the active audio-video conference presentation.