Cloud Conferencing System Secure Access Buffering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information technology departments face challenges in providing secure and seamless access to web conferencing services on client devices while ensuring the security and integrity of enterprise resources, as employees use various devices to access enterprise data.
Innovation Solution
A cloud-based conferencing system that includes a management server managing client devices, providing a conferencing client application, and relaying content streams to authorized devices, allowing secure access and buffering for user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If employees are provided with access to enterprise resources via client devices, then productivity is improved, but security and integrity of enterprise resources deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based conferencing system as an intermediary between employees and enterprise resources. This system provides a controlled environment where employees can access enterprise data and services through authorized applications, while the cloud platform maintains security protocols and monitors access, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and security.
Solution Approach 2:
The conferencing system is designed to be universally accessible across multiple client devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops) while maintaining consistent security standards. The system provides multi-functional capabilities including web conferencing, content streaming, and integration with enterprise resources, allowing employees to access enterprise data securely from any authorized device.
2Reliability
If I.T. Dept remotely manages client devices, then security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service capabilities where employees can independently join web conferences, access content streams, and interact with enterprise resources through the cloud-based conferencing system without requiring manual intervention from I.T. Department. The system automatically handles authentication, resource allocation, and security protocols, maintaining both security and ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If web conferencing services are integrated with client devices, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud-based conferencing system acts as an intermediary that simplifies integration between diverse client devices and enterprise resources. The system provides standardized protocols and interfaces that work across multiple device types without requiring complex device-specific configurations, thus improving adaptability while reducing the complexity burden on individual devices.
4Ease of operation
If content stream is buffered for user interaction, then ease of operation is improved, but loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary buffering of content streams to enable features like viewing prior portions of meetings and seamless playback. By pre-loading and buffering content in advance, the system reduces perceived delays and improves user interaction capabilities while managing time loss through efficient cache management and selective buffering strategies.
Data Source
AI summary
One or more examples provide a method of attending a scheduled web conference that includes: receiving a notification at a recipient client device authorized by a management server to attend the scheduled web conference; joining the scheduled web conference through a conferencing client application on the recipient client device in response to the notification; receiving a content stream provisioned by the management server at the recipient client device; displaying a live portion of the content stream in a graphical user interface (GUI) of the conferencing client application; and displaying a prior portion of the content stream in the GUI of the conferencing client application in response to user input received through the GUI. Further embodiments include a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that cause a computer system to carry out the above method above, as well as a computer system configured to carry out the above method.