Online Conferencing Platform Real-Time Document Collaboration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional online conferencing tools restrict collaborative document review and signing, as they only allow one participant to edit or add to documents due to same-origin policy limitations, leading to potential miscommunication and transactional friction.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented online conferencing transactional platform system that enables multiple participants to co-browse and interact with transactional documents by accessing and editing documents from different origins, using a secure signature API, allowing real-time collaborative review and signing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional online conferencing tools are used, then security and simplicity are maintained through same-origin policy, but multiple participants cannot collaboratively edit or review documents in real-time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a document server as an intermediary component that mediates between the conferencing system and document storage. This server handles cross-origin requests, manages document access permissions, and coordinates collaborative editing among multiple participants from different origins, thereby enabling collaboration without compromising security or requiring complex peer-to-peer architecture
Solution Approach 2:
The system architecture is segmented into distinct functional modules: conferencing system, document server, and storage system. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently with defined interfaces, enabling multiple participants to access documents through controlled pathways without exposing the entire system to security risks from cross-origin access
2Reliability
If one participant edits documents in real-time, then security is maintained, but miscommunication and transactional friction increase due to lack of collaborative review
Solution Approach 1:
The document server enables continuous real-time collaboration among multiple participants throughout the transaction process. Multiple users can simultaneously view, annotate, and edit documents without interruption, maintaining continuous engagement and reducing the back-and-forth communication delays that occur with sequential editing approaches
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements real-time feedback mechanisms where all participants can see changes made by others immediately. This includes visual indicators of who is editing what section, automatic synchronization of document states, and notification systems that keep all parties informed of document modifications, thereby reducing miscommunication and ensuring transactional accuracy
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AI summary
A computer-implemented online conferencing transactional platform system comprising an interaction module, a video-conferencing module, and a storage device may allow multiple participants in a video-conference to access, co-browse, collaboratively edit, and sign a transactional document. An interaction module fetches an image of a transactional document and a field identifier for an interactive transactional document element to be filled out from a remotely-connected secure signature API, and displays the image of the document, along with the interactive transactional document element on a webpage interface to a moderator and a signer end user in a video-conference. The interaction module receives a filled-out transactional document in an I-frame from the secure signature API, allowing the signer end user to sign the transactional document using a secure embedded signature process.