Meeting Room Controller Pairing for Hygienic Video Call Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional digital communication systems lack flexibility for attendees physically present in a meeting room to start and control a video conference call directly from their computer device, often preferring to avoid direct interaction with meeting controller devices due to hygiene concerns.
Innovation Solution
A system that pairs a computer device with a meeting room application via a client application, allowing users to control virtual meetings using a controller application on their device, bypassing the need for direct interaction with the meeting controller device, and enabling control input transmission directly to the virtual meeting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If attendees use a meeting controller device to control virtual meetings, then control functionality is provided, but hygiene is compromised due to direct physical interaction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a virtual copy of the meeting controller interface on the attendee's personal computing device. This digital replica provides identical control functionality (start, stop, mute, unmute meeting) without requiring physical contact with shared hardware, thereby resolving the hygiene contradiction while maintaining full operational capability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If attendees use personal computer devices to control meetings, then flexibility and hygiene are improved, but direct integration with meeting room infrastructure is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication platform as an intermediary layer between the meeting room infrastructure and personal computing devices. This mediator translates control inputs from personal devices into commands recognized by the meeting room system, enabling flexible personal device control while managing system integration complexity through a standardized interface layer.
3Productivity
If a controller application is launched on paired computing device, then control input can be sent directly, but additional software complexity is introduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the controller application functionality directly into the existing client application running on the paired computing device. By combining these functions into a single integrated software package, the system achieves efficient direct control input transmission while reducing overall software complexity compared to separate standalone applications.
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AI summary
Various embodiments of an apparatus, method(s), system(s) and computer program product(s) described herein are directed to pairing a computer device, via a client application running on the computer device, with a meeting room application of a communication platform. The meeting room application is associated with an identified physical meeting space that has a designated meeting controller device. The meeting controller device has one or more virtual meeting controls that generate control input. The client application running on the paired computer device receives a selection to launch a meeting controller application at the paired computer device. The launched controller application running at the paired computer device send control input for an instance of a virtual meeting presented by the meeting room application for the identified physical meeting space.