Meeting Content Drag-and-Drop for Context-Aware App Insertion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in intuitively sharing application-specific content during collaboration sessions, requiring file exchanges and verbal communication to insert content into another user's application, hindering effective collaboration.
Innovation Solution
A method for content sharing in collaboration sessions using drag-and-drop actions, where a first collaboration application client detects and transmits content to a second client, determining and displaying it at a specific location within the second user's local application, utilizing serialization and deserialization with end-to-end encryption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users send content as files through IM interface and provide location instructions, then content can be shared between users, but the collaboration process becomes complex and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual meeting software application acts as an intermediary system that facilitates direct content insertion into the target application. The system intercepts file transfers through the IM interface, automatically determines the target application and insertion location, and inserts the content directly, eliminating the need for manual file exchange and location instructions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic content routing and insertion without requiring user intervention for each step. When a user sends content through the IM interface, the system automatically identifies the target application, determines the appropriate insertion location, and completes the content placement, making the process self-service and eliminating manual complexity.
2Productivity
If users exchange files and provide verbal/textual communication for location instructions, then content can be inserted into the target application, but the collaboration efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables continuous collaboration by eliminating interruptions for file exchanges and location communications. Content is inserted directly into the target application through automated processing, allowing users to maintain their workflow without breaking for manual file transfers or coordination, thus preserving the continuity of useful action.
Solution Approach 2:
The system skips the intermediate steps of manual file exchange and location communication by implementing direct content insertion. When content is sent through the IM interface, the system rushes through the automated processes of identifying the target application and insertion location, completing the content placement instantly without requiring users to pause for manual coordination.
3Ease of operation
If manual file transfer and location specification methods are used, then content sharing is possible, but the user experience becomes non-intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides feedback by automatically detecting the target application and insertion location based on the content being shared. When a user sends content through the IM interface, the system analyzes the content type, identifies the appropriate target application, determines the optimal insertion location, and executes the insertion, providing intuitive feedback that matches user expectations without requiring manual specification.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques are provided for enhanced content sharing in a collaboration session using intuitive drag-and-drop actions. A method includes a first collaboration application client associated with a first device initiating a collaboration session with a second collaboration application client associated with a second device and detecting a drag-and-drop action performed on the first device for dragging a content from a first local application on the first device and dropping the content into the collaboration session. The method further includes the first collaboration application client transmitting the content from the first collaboration application client to the second collaboration application client to cause the second collaboration application client to display the content at a particular location within a second local application running on the second device.