Dynamic Communication Channel Adjustment for Remote Meetings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communication systems fail to automatically adjust qualitative channel properties in response to conversational characteristics, leading to inefficient communication in remote meetings and social interactions, particularly when noise or engagement levels change, requiring manual user intervention to switch between different communication modes.
Innovation Solution
A computer-controlled method that analyzes conversational characteristics from multiple users, such as vocalizations and physiological reactions, to automatically adjust floor controls and mix audio streams, allowing for dynamic changes in communication channels without explicit user commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual user commands are used to switch between communication modes, then user control over communication channels is maintained, but communication efficiency and responsiveness to conversational dynamics deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The communication system automatically monitors conversational characteristics and adjusts channel properties without requiring user commands. The system serves itself by detecting when noise interference increases or engagement levels change, and autonomously switches between communication modes (e.g., from shared-channel to sub-conferencing) to maintain optimal communication efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors conversational characteristics such as noise levels, engagement patterns, and communication effectiveness. This feedback is used to dynamically adjust communication channel properties in real-time, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to changing conditions without manual intervention.
2Ease of operation
If complex protocols are used to provide order to communications in shared-channel systems, then communication structure is maintained, but ease of operation and spontaneity of establishing conversational floors deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts communication channel properties based on real-time conversational characteristics. Instead of using fixed complex protocols, the system adapts its behavior flexibly - automatically creating sub-conferencing modes when noise interference is detected or engagement patterns indicate the need for floor schisming, making the system easier to operate while maintaining structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically manages communication structure without requiring users to implement complex protocols. It self-regulates by monitoring conversational dynamics and autonomously establishing appropriate communication modes, eliminating the need for users to manually manage protocol complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If high-end teleconference systems support multiple conversational floors, then communication capability is improved, but ease of operation and spontaneity of establishing sub-conferencing deteriorate due to difficult establishment and modification processes
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically creates and modifies conversational floors based on detected conversational characteristics. When noise interference or engagement patterns indicate the need for sub-conferencing, the system autonomously establishes new conversational floors without requiring users to manually configure them, making the versatile multi-floor capability easy to operate.
Solution Approach 2:
The system prepares and establishes conversational floor structures in advance based on predicted needs. By monitoring conversational dynamics, it proactively creates appropriate communication modes before users need them, eliminating the need for manual setup and modification.
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AI summary
One embodiment of the invention is a computer controlled method for use with a communication system. The method includes a step of receiving a plurality of communications, where each one of the plurality of communications is from one of a plurality of communication sources; includes a step of mixing (that is responsive to a plurality of floor controls) the plurality of communications for a plurality of outputs associated with plurality of communication sources; and includes a step of analyzing, for a plurality of users associated with the plurality of communication sources, one or more conversational characteristics of two or more of the plurality of users. The method also includes a step of automatically adjusting the plurality of floor controls responsive to the step of analyzing. Other embodiments include systems and devices that use the method as well as program products that cause a computer to execute the method.