Conference Management Server Formality Notification System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing conferencing systems do not provide sufficient information for participants to prepare adequately for conferences, including dress code and social demeanor guidelines, and lack personalized notifications based on participant roles and tasks, leading to potential embarrassment due to inappropriate attire or behavior.

Innovation Solution

A conference management server that determines the degree of formality for a conference based on received information and sends tailored notifications to participants' devices, including camera adjustments, demeanor feedback, and task reminders, ensuring participants are appropriately prepared and behave accordingly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If a single conference notification is sent to all participants at the same time, then the notification process is simple and quick, but the notification does not include sufficient personalized information for different participant roles and tasks

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidnotification system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The notification system segments participants into different groups based on their roles and tasks, sending customized notifications to each segment rather than a single generic notification to all participants. This allows each participant to receive information relevant to their specific preparation needs without increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of participant roles and tasks before sending notifications, determining in advance what information each participant needs. This preliminary action enables personalized notification content to be prepared and sent efficiently, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If conference notifications include detailed preparation information for all participants, then participants can prepare adequately, but the notification becomes excessively long and difficult to process

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepreparation information completenessVSAvoidnotification processing ease
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The notification system applies local quality by providing different levels and types of information to different participants based on their specific roles and tasks. Each participant receives only the preparation information relevant to them, making notifications concise and easy to process while ensuring adequate preparation information is provided.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Reliability

If the conference management system monitors participant behavior in real-time, then inappropriate demeanor can be detected and addressed, but the system complexity and processing requirements increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconference conduct appropriatenessVSAvoidmonitoring system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides self-service monitoring by automatically analyzing participant video and audio inputs to detect inappropriate demeanor such as yawning, looking at phones, or poor attire. This automated self-service approach maintains reliability in detecting conduct issues without significantly increasing system complexity, as the monitoring leverages existing conferencing infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10419719B2Method and system for enhanced conference management
Publication Date: 2019.09.17 RINGCENTRAL INC
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides methods and systems for enhanced conference management. According to some embodiments, a conference management server for enhanced conference management is provided. The conference management server comprises a memory storing a set of instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from a user device, conference information including a conference subject and an identification of at least one participant; determine, based on the received conference information, a degree of formality for a conference; and send a conference notification to one or more devices or participants identified based on the conference information, the conference notification including information reflecting the degree of formality for the conference.