Meeting Bridge Configuration for Deliberate Overlapping Sessions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing collaborative systems fail to efficiently manage bridge configurations for overlapping meetings, leading to manual intervention, human error, and inefficiencies in communication and resource usage, especially when users need to communicate across multiple sessions.
Innovation Solution
A meeting system that dynamically selects bridge configurations based on criteria such as shared organizers, rooms, or user categories, using artificial intelligence to determine deliberate overlaps and automatically set permissions, thus enabling seamless communication across overlapping meetings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If unique bridge configurations are automatically generated for each meeting, then meeting security and isolation are improved, but manual intervention is required for overlapping meetings and communication efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts bridge configuration assignment based on meeting overlap detection. When overlapping meetings are detected, the system automatically shares bridge configurations between them; when no overlap exists, unique configurations are assigned. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the security-isolation mechanism flexible rather than rigid.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the bridge configuration parameter from always-unique to conditionally-shared based on meeting timing parameters. By detecting temporal overlaps and adjusting the bridge configuration assignment accordingly, the system maintains security for non-overlapping meetings while enabling efficient communication for overlapping meetings.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual bridge configuration copying is performed for overlapping meetings, then communication across meetings is enabled, but human error and time loss increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting overlapping meetings and copying bridge configurations without user intervention. The system monitors meeting schedules, identifies overlaps, and autonomously configures shared bridge information, eliminating the need for manual copying operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection of meeting overlaps before the meetings occur. By identifying overlapping schedules in advance and pre-configuring shared bridge configurations, the system eliminates last-minute manual setup operations and reduces communication setup time.
3Reliability
If conference IDs are restricted for use with one meeting for security purposes, then meeting security is improved, but the ability to share communications across overlapping meetings deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically modifies the security restriction parameter for bridge configurations based on temporal context. Conference IDs are restricted for non-overlapping meetings but shared for overlapping meetings, creating a dynamic security model that adapts to meeting schedules rather than applying static restrictions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies different security qualities to different time periods and meeting contexts. Bridge configurations are secured with unique identifiers for isolated meetings but shared with the same identifiers for overlapping meetings, creating localized security policies tailored to specific temporal and organizational contexts.
4Reliability
If manual data entry for bridge information is required, then system security is improved through controlled access, but human error and data accuracy deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically copying and transferring bridge configuration data between overlapping meetings without requiring manual data entry. This automated process eliminates human error while maintaining controlled access through systematic data transfer protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses automated copying of bridge configuration data from one meeting to overlapping meetings. Instead of manual entry, the system replicates verified bridge information across multiple meetings, ensuring data accuracy through systematic copying rather than repetitive manual input.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed techniques are directed to a meeting system for selectively using identical or different bridge configurations depending on whether meeting invites are directed to deliberate overlapping meetings. In some configurations, identical bridge configurations are used across the individual meetings when a system determines that invitations to the individual meetings are deliberate overlapping meetings. The system generates a unique bridge configuration for each respective meeting if the invitations for the individual meetings do not indicate deliberate overlapping meetings. The system can use one or more criteria to determine if two or more overlapping meetings are deliberate, including but not limited to the identity of the organizer, a context of each meeting, rooms assigned to each meeting, domains of the invitee, and historical activity data.