Mobile Device Meeting Room Control System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional videoconferencing and teleconferencing systems require a bulky, fixed room controller that limits multiple users' ability to access and control meeting functions, making it difficult for multiple participants to manage aspects like muting participants, sharing screens, or transferring meetings.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows multiple users to access and control meeting room functions through their mobile devices, enabling a remote control mode where users can toggle interfaces to manage functions such as muting participants, promoting speakers, recording meetings, or transferring meetings via a mobile application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a fixed/dedicated room controller is used, then meeting control functions can be performed, but only a single user can access and control the meeting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of the room controller interface on multiple mobile devices. Instead of one physical controller, the system generates digital replicas of control functionality that can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously through their personal mobile devices, enabling multi-user control while maintaining the original control interface design
Solution Approach 2:
The system makes the control functionality universal by allowing any meeting participant's mobile device to function as a controller. The control capabilities are no longer tied to a single dedicated device but are made available to multiple users through their personal devices, transforming the system from single-user to multi-user access
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed/dedicated room controller is used, then meeting control functions are available, but the device is bulky and not meant for multiple users to access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of the room controller interface on multiple mobile devices. Instead of one physical controller, the system generates digital replicas of control functionality that can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously through their personal mobile devices, enabling multi-user control while maintaining the original control interface design
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the physical mechanical controller with a software-based control system. The bulky physical device is substituted by digital control interfaces running on mobile devices, eliminating the need for physical presence at a dedicated controller and enabling remote and flexible access from anywhere in the meeting space
3Productivity
If multiple users desire control of the meeting, then meeting management efficiency improves, but access to the fixed/dedicated room controller is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of the room controller interface on multiple mobile devices. Instead of one physical controller, the system generates digital replicas of control functionality that can be accessed by multiple users simultaneously through their personal mobile devices, enabling multi-user control while maintaining the original control interface design
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a new dimension of access by moving control from a single physical location to multiple distributed locations. Control availability expands from one fixed point in space to numerous mobile devices that users can access from anywhere, effectively adding spatial distribution as a new dimension to control accessibility
Data Source
AI summary
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for meeting room control. The method includes receiving, through a mobile device of a user, a request to access a meeting, the meeting comprising one or more meetings. The method also includes receiving, from the mobile device of the user, a request to toggle a control mode for the meeting, the control mode comprising an interface for the meeting, the interface displayed through the mobile device. The method also includes receiving instructions regarding controlling functions of the meeting through the interface on the mobile device, the functions comprising at least one of muting all meeting participants, promoting a speaker, recording the meeting, sharing the meeting, or transferring the meeting. The method also includes applying the instructions to the functions of the meeting.