Virtual Canvas CMS Controls for Richer Web Meeting Collaboration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern web meeting systems fail to leverage the wealth of information stored in content management systems, limiting the quality of collaborative interactions during online meetings.
Innovation Solution
Integrate a content management system with online virtual canvas user interfaces to capture and analyze participant interactions, generating real-time CMS control instructions that enhance collaboration quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If web meeting systems use basic file upload functionality, then file sharing is enabled, but the wealth of information in content management systems is not leveraged
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the web meeting system with the content management system by integrating CMS controls directly into the meeting interface. This allows participants to access and manipulate content objects stored in the CMS during meetings, combining file sharing capabilities with rich metadata and collaboration history from the CMS.
Solution Approach 2:
The meeting system is enhanced to perform multiple functions beyond basic file sharing. It can now query CMS for content objects, display thumbnails, enable inline editing, track modifications, and manage permissions - all within the same meeting interface, making the system multi-functional and adaptable to various collaboration needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If web meeting systems integrate with content management systems, then collaboration quality improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component that acts as a bridge between the web meeting system and the content management system. This intermediary handles the complexity of CMS queries, authentication, and content object management, shielding the meeting system from direct CMS complexity while enabling rich integration capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The integration architecture is segmented into distinct functional modules: a CMS interface layer for querying and displaying content, a control layer for managing permissions and modifications, and a presentation layer for rendering thumbnails and editing interfaces. This segmentation isolates complexity into manageable components.
3Productivity
If real-time control of CMS is implemented during meetings, then collaborative interactions are enhanced, but processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of loading or processing entire content objects in real-time, the system performs partial actions by displaying thumbnails and preview information from the CMS. Full content objects are only retrieved and processed when specifically needed for editing or detailed viewing, reducing unnecessary processing power consumption while maintaining collaborative interaction quality.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and computer program products. A virtual canvas is presented in an active area of an online meeting facility that renders participant-specific online virtual canvas interactions raised by a respective plurality of users' devices. Users can see and hear each other's interactions during an virtual canvas session. Annotations include drawings, content object edits, voice annotations, etc. that correspond to a displayed portion of a content object of a content management system (CMS). Based on the interactions and/or inferences made based on those interactions, the virtual canvas system generates commands to be executed by the content management system. Characteristics of interactions between users can be enriched by drawing information from the content management system and using such information in combination with the interactions themselves. The CMS can recommend teams, and action items, and the CMS can provide hints to participants, so as to facilitate more effective engagement between the participants.