Desktop Communication Session Control via Gesture
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current teleconference technologies often lead to a cumbersome user experience, requiring users to switch between applications and interfaces, which diverts attention and reduces engagement, as features like sharing content or initiating communication sessions are not seamlessly integrated into the desktop environment.
Innovation Solution
The system enables seamless control of communication sessions by allowing users to interact with communication application features from the desktop environment, using gestures like drag and drop to initiate sessions and share files without transitioning out of the desktop, while managing permissions and displaying avatars for enhanced engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users switch between applications and interfaces to access communication features, then communication functionality is available, but user attention is diverted and engagement is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines communication application features directly into the desktop environment, allowing users to access communication functionality (sharing content, initiating sessions) without leaving their current desktop context. This merging eliminates the need to switch between separate application windows and interfaces, maintaining user focus while providing full communication capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The desktop environment is enhanced to provide multiple functions simultaneously - it serves both as the primary workspace and as a communication hub. Users can perform file sharing, initiate communication sessions, and manage permissions directly from the desktop, making the desktop a universal interface that eliminates the need to transition to specialized communication applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users open separate windows or programs to share content, then content sharing capability is provided, but user workflow is interrupted and time is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares communication capabilities in advance by integrating them into the desktop environment. File sharing and communication session initiation features are pre-positioned within the desktop interface, so when users need to share content, the functionality is already available in their current context without requiring them to open separate applications or navigate to different interfaces.
3Area of stationary object
If communication application is minimized or running in background, then desktop workspace is preserved, but access to communication features is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts essential communication features from the communication application and places them directly into the desktop environment. This extraction allows the communication application to remain minimized or run in the background while still providing full access to key communication functionalities like file sharing and session initiation through the desktop interface, preserving both desktop workspace and communication accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed techniques enable users to receive visits from other users in a desktop environment and initiate communication sessions using an input gesture that associates a virtual representation of a user with a file. In response to receiving a gesture associating an avatar into a file, the system performs two functions: it selects the file for sharing and automatically starts a communication session with appropriate permissions between a user of the avatar and a user performing the gesture. The user can additionally grant other users' permission to edit the shared file which is reflected in an update to each user's permission data. In this way, users can communicate and collaborate directly from the social space of a desktop without opening a communication application.