Interactive Virtual Meeting Invites for Richer Meeting Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional virtual meeting invites are static and lack engagement, requiring users to open calendar applications for details, consuming additional computing resources and failing to convey meeting information effectively.
Innovation Solution
Customizing virtual meeting invites with custom media items such as images, videos, audio, and themes, allowing recipients to interact with the invite and make informed decisions without opening calendar applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional static virtual meeting invites are used, then the invite structure is simple, but user engagement is low and computing resources are wasted when users open calendar applications for details
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the traditional static text-based meeting invite into an interactive three-dimensional experience by embedding clickable hotspots on images and videos. Users can interact with the invite by tapping on specific regions of media content, which triggers navigation to relevant meeting details or calendar applications, thereby enhancing engagement without overwhelming structural complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the static invite and the calendar application by implementing interactive media elements with hotspots. This intermediary layer allows users to engage with meeting information through interactive content before proceeding to calendar details, reducing unnecessary openings of calendar applications while maintaining simple invite distribution
2Loss of information
If users open calendar applications to view meeting details, then complete information is provided, but additional computing resources are consumed and user experience is degraded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by embedding all essential meeting information directly within the interactive invite media elements. Users can view meeting details, agenda, and participant information through interactive hotspots on images and videos before needing to open calendar applications, thereby reducing unnecessary computing resource consumption while ensuring complete information conveyance
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts essential meeting information from the calendar application and integrates it directly into the interactive invite media. By pulling out key details such as meeting agenda, participant lists, and timing information and embedding them within interactive elements of the invite, the system reduces the need for users to open calendar applications, thereby reducing computing resource consumption
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AI summary
A method for customizing virtual meeting invites includes receiving, at a virtual meeting platform, a first custom media item provided by a first user of a virtual meeting between one or more participants. The one or more participants may include the first user. The method includes generating a customized virtual meeting invite for the virtual meeting. The customized virtual meeting invite may include the first custom media item provided by the first user and a reference to the virtual meeting. The method includes causing the customized virtual meeting invite to be provided to the one or more participants. The method includes, responsive to obtaining an indication of a participant of the one or more participants interacting with the reference to the virtual meeting of the customized virtual meeting invite, instantiating the virtual meeting.