Multi-Terminal Conference Agent for Synchronized Audio Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
In large conference venues with multiple video conference devices, synchronization issues lead to asynchronous sound transmission, deteriorating user experience.
Innovation Solution
An online conference system with a scoring algorithm that determines a terminal device with the highest score to act as an agent, integrating and transmitting messages from all devices to a remote host, synchronizing time, managing network resources, and controlling other devices for consistent output.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple video conference devices are deployed in a large conference venue, then the coverage and shooting capability are improved, but synchronization issues cause asynchronous sound transmission and deteriorate user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an agent device as an intermediary that mediates between multiple terminal devices and the remote host. The agent receives messages from all terminal devices, synchronizes them, and forwards to the remote host, ensuring synchronized sound transmission while maintaining multi-device coverage capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the conference system into terminal devices, an agent device, and a remote host. This segmentation allows each component to have specialized functions: terminals capture local audio/video, the agent coordinates and synchronizes messages, and the remote host receives integrated content, resolving the synchronization problem while maintaining coverage
2Productivity
If multiple terminal devices capture and transmit messages independently, then the message capture capability is improved, but the complexity of managing and coordinating multiple devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the coordination and message forwarding functions of multiple terminal devices into a single agent device. The agent consolidates messages from all terminals, manages synchronization centrally, and forwards to the remote host, improving message capture while reducing coordination complexity to a manageable level
3Speed
If all terminal devices transmit messages directly to the remote host, then the transmission speed is improved, but the network resource consumption and system efficiency decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the message forwarding function from all terminal devices and concentrates it in the agent device. Only the agent transmits messages to the remote host, while terminals communicate with the agent. This maintains transmission speed through direct agent-host connection while reducing overall network consumption by eliminating redundant transmissions from multiple terminals
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AI summary
An online conference system includes a first terminal device and a second terminal device. The first terminal device includes a first capturing module for capturing at least one of a video message and an audio message in a default space. The second terminal device includes a second capturing module for capturing the at least one of the video message and the audio message in the default space. The first terminal device calculates a first score according to a scoring algorithm and the first capturing module, and the second terminal device calculates a second score according to the scoring algorithm and the second capturing module. When the first score is higher than the second score, the first terminal device acquires an agent authority and is responsible for transmitting the message captured by the first capturing module and the message captured by the second capturing module to a remote host.