Network Conference Meeting Controls Using User Policy Enforcement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network conference systems face issues with host-directed meeting controls being bypassed or avoided, compromising security and privacy.
Innovation Solution
A policy database is maintained at a conference system server to determine and enforce meeting controls based on user or device identifiers, ensuring consistent application of policies regardless of the host or conference type.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If host-directed meeting controls are used, then meeting security and privacy are improved, but the controls can be bypassed or avoided by participants
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments meeting controls into two distinct types: host-directed controls and user-directed controls. User-directed controls are assigned to individual users based on their user profiles and persist across different meetings and hosts. This segmentation allows controls to be applied at the user level rather than relying solely on host direction, preventing bypassing since each user carries their own control set.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by assigning user-directed controls to users before they join meetings. The controls are pre-configured in user profiles based on organizational policies, device types, and user roles. This preliminary assignment ensures controls are in place before the meeting starts and cannot be bypassed by host selection.
2Reliability
If user-directed meeting controls are implemented, then control bypassing is prevented, but system complexity increases due to policy database management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a policy database as an intermediary component that manages user-directed controls. The policy database stores control assignments linked to user profiles, device identifiers, and organizational policies. This intermediary handles the complexity of control management centrally, allowing the client application to simply retrieve and enforce controls without managing the complexity itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service by having the client application automatically retrieve and apply user-directed controls from the policy database without requiring manual configuration. The controls are automatically enforced based on the user's profile and the meeting context, reducing the operational complexity for users while maintaining reliable control enforcement.
3Stability of the object's composition
If meeting controls follow users rather than hosts, then consistent policy application is achieved, but adaptability to different meeting contexts is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the control application context-dependent. While user-directed controls are consistently assigned to users, the system dynamically determines which controls to apply based on meeting context, device type, organizational policies, and user roles. This allows consistent policy application while adapting to different meeting scenarios through conditional logic in the policy database.
Data Source
AI summary
Meeting controls are provided for network conferences. Providing meeting controls includes maintaining a policy database and receiving a request to participate in a conference. The request includes an identifier. The meeting controls are transmitted to a user device based on the request.