Digital Huddle Dashboard Customization via Segmented Sub-Applications
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional collaboration tools fail to provide a comprehensive and dynamic huddle environment for remote team collaboration, lacking real-time updates, simultaneous data display, and the ability to customize sub-applications and dashboards with annotations that can be stored for later retrieval.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system and method for customizing sub-applications and dashboards in a digital huddle environment, allowing users to select and configure sub-applications, set access rights, and display real-time updates through a graphical user interface, using a huddle management system and internal databases to manage user preferences and interactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional collaboration tools (conference calls, video conferences, IRC, instant messaging) are used for remote huddle collaboration, then team members can connect from different locations, but the tools are generic and do not provide consistent engagement or real-time collaborative whiteboarding capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the huddle collaboration experience into distinct functional modules: video conferencing, shared whiteboarding, application regions, and annotation capabilities. Each module can be independently configured and accessed, allowing teams to engage consistently through specialized interfaces rather than generic tools.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple collaboration functions into a unified huddle interface that combines video conferencing, shared whiteboarding, and application integration. This consolidation provides consistent engagement by presenting all collaborative tools within a single coordinated environment rather than requiring switching between separate applications.
2Ease of operation
If a predefined library of applications is provided in application regions, then users can access relevant content and collaboration tools, but the library may not meet the specific requirements of every huddle board
Solution Approach 1:
The application region system allows dynamic configuration where users can start with predefined applications for quick access, then customize and modify the application set based on specific huddle board requirements. The system adapts to different team needs by allowing addition, removal, and configuration of applications during huddle sessions.
Solution Approach 2:
Users can independently configure their own application regions by selecting from the predefined library and customizing them to meet their specific huddle board requirements. This self-service approach allows each team to tailor their collaboration environment without requiring system administrator intervention.
3Loss of information
If web meeting desktop sharing is used to present information, then remote users can view shared content, but the user must manually select which application to present and cannot display dynamically updated content from multiple sub-applications with stored annotations
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically aggregating and pre-configuring content from multiple sub-applications into a unified presentation view. Annotations are pre-stored with the displayed content, eliminating the need for manual application selection and enabling seamless dynamic updates without interrupting the presentation flow.
Solution Approach 2:
The presentation system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays dynamically updated content from multiple sub-applications, stores and retrieves annotations, and presents everything in a unified view. This multi-functional capability replaces the need for manual application switching and basic desktop sharing with a comprehensive presentation solution.
4Loss of information
If conventional extranets are used for information sharing, then users can access common source information, but real-time collaboration through real-time updates and simultaneous displays is not offered
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements real-time feedback mechanisms where changes made by any user are immediately reflected for all participants. Simultaneous displays update in real-time as users add content, annotations, or modify sub-application data, creating a synchronized collaborative experience rather than static information sharing.
Solution Approach 2:
The collaboration environment maintains continuous real-time updates throughout the huddle session. Content from multiple sub-applications flows continuously to the display, and annotations are continuously available, ensuring that all participants always have access to the most current information without manual refreshes or delays.
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AI summary
The present systems and methods for customizing sub-applications and dashboards in a digital huddle environment are disclosed. The disclosed system and method may be employed for customizing sub-applications according to predefined options, including text, images and numbers; as well as customizing dashboards according to user requirements for showing goals progress, next meetings notifications, schedule, meetings alerts, and the like, according to the requirements of a particular team working in a digital huddle.