Non-Baton Protocol for Collaborative Work Conflict Resolution
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Solution Overview
Problem
The baton passing protocol in multimedia communication services for collaborative work environments is inefficient due to time-consuming transitions between users, leading to delays in content changes and lack of flexibility in user interactions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a non-baton passing protocol that allows multiple users to perform actions without needing presenter rights, using conflict resolution techniques such as priority determination and control layering to manage simultaneous events and ensure efficient content adjustments across all devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a baton passing protocol is used to manage presenter rights in a collaborative work environment, then user control over content is maintained, but collaboration efficiency deteriorates due to time-consuming transitions between users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the presenter rights concept from the traditional baton passing protocol and implements it as optional permissions that can be granted individually to specific users for specific actions. This allows multiple users to have concurrent editing capabilities without needing to pass presenter rights, thereby maintaining user control while eliminating the inefficiency of sequential access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the monolithic presenter rights into granular, action-specific permissions that can be independently granted to different users. Instead of one user holding all rights at a time, the system divides control into discrete permission units that multiple users can possess simultaneously, enabling parallel collaboration without conflict.
2Stability of the object's composition
If a baton passing protocol is used to manage content editing rights, then content integrity is maintained, but response time deteriorates due to delays in content changes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-granting specific permissions to users before they need to perform actions. Instead of transferring presenter rights when needed, the system establishes permission sets in advance, allowing users to immediately execute permitted actions without waiting for rights transfer, thus reducing response time while maintaining content integrity through controlled permissions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the time-consuming rights transfer mechanism from the content editing process. By implementing static permission sets that are granted once and reused, the system eliminates repeated authentication and rights transfer overhead, allowing rapid content changes while maintaining integrity through the predefined permission structure.
3Ease of operation
If a baton passing protocol is used to manage user interactions, then control security is maintained, but flexibility deteriorates due to lack of parallel actions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments control security into granular permission categories (e.g., read, write, delete, annotate) that can be independently assigned to multiple users. This segmentation allows the system to maintain security through controlled access while enabling flexibility, as different users can simultaneously hold different permission segments appropriate to their roles and needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universality by creating a permission system that serves multiple functions: it maintains security through controlled access, enables parallel actions through concurrent permissions, and adapts to different collaboration scenarios through configurable permission sets. The same permission framework supports various collaboration modes without requiring protocol changes.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, participating in a communication session over a network with a second communication device that is remote from the communication device where the communication session includes a computer supported collaborative work environment utilizing a non-baton passing protocol, presenting content at a display device where the content is presented by the second communication device at a second display device, receiving first user input at the user interface where second user input is received by the second communication device where a conflict resolution is applied to events associated with the first and second user input, and presenting adjusted content at the display device. Other embodiments are disclosed.