Meeting Presentation Privacy Filtering for Real-Time Sensitive Content

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies fail to provide computing logic and infrastructure for automatically detecting and removing sensitive content from meeting presentations in real-time or post-processing, leading to accidental sharing and inefficient manual editing processes.

Innovation Solution

Implementing programmable sensitivity mitigation actions that analyze meeting data to identify and alter or obscure sensitive content, using graphical user interfaces for user control, and optimizing computational resources through caching and on-demand processing.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual editing processes are used to remove sensitive content from meeting presentations, then users can control and review content changes, but the process becomes time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanual control over content editingVSAvoidediting efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects sensitive content and applies mitigation actions without requiring manual user intervention for each instance. The automated sensitivity mitigation engine analyzes meeting presentations, identifies sensitive segments, and applies appropriate actions (redaction, blurring, masking) autonomously, freeing users from tedious manual editing while maintaining productivity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback to users about detected sensitive content and applied mitigation actions through graphical user interfaces. Users can review flagged segments, approve or modify automated decisions, and configure sensitivity settings, creating a feedback loop that combines automated efficiency with human oversight

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If real-time sensitivity mitigation is applied to meeting presentations, then sensitive content is removed immediately, but computational resources and bandwidth are consumed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereal-time sensitive content removalVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of meeting presentations to identify sensitive content before full processing or distribution. By pre-flagging sensitive segments during initial scanning, the system prepares mitigation actions in advance, reducing computational load during real-time delivery and allowing for optimized resource allocation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The meeting presentation is divided into discrete segments or time-coded portions for independent analysis. The sensitivity mitigation engine processes segments individually, applying mitigation actions only to specific portions containing sensitive content rather than the entire presentation, thereby reducing overall computational resource consumption and bandwidth requirements

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If automated sensitivity mitigation actions are applied to meeting presentations, then sensitive content is removed automatically, but false positives may occur and require user intervention

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomated content processing speedVSAvoidaccuracy of sensitive content detection

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies sensitivity mitigation actions to all potentially sensitive segments identified by the automated engine, even if some may be false positives. This excessive action ensures that no sensitive content is missed, and the graphical user interface allows users to review and remove false positive mitigations, balancing automated productivity with precision through a two-stage approach

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20260046372A1Meeting information sharing privacy tool

Publication Date: 2026.02.12 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to computing technology for programmatically sanitizing unwanted content that is shared in a meeting. The unwanted content may be sanitized in real-time and in a meeting presentation. In an implementation, the unwanted content is detected, and a determining a sensitivity mitigation action is determined for the unwanted content. The sensitivity mitigation action is applied to generate a modified presentation of a live meeting presentation such that aspects of the unwanted content are removed. A graphical user interface (GUI) tool is disclosed to enable users to control application of a sensitivity mitigation action. In this manner, embodiments disclosed herein facilitate complying with a privacy policy.