Participant-Specific Meeting Controls for Secure Network Conferences
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing network conferencing systems face issues with host-directed meeting controls being bypassed or avoided, compromising meeting security and privacy.
Innovation Solution
A conference system server maintains a policy database that applies meeting controls based on user identifiers, ensuring different rule sets are enforced for each participant, regardless of the host's settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If host-directed meeting controls are used, then meeting security and privacy can be managed centrally, but the controls can be bypassed or avoided by participants
Solution Approach 1:
A server acts as an intermediary between the host and participants, receiving participant identifiers and returning appropriate meeting controls from a policy database. This mediator ensures controls are properly enforced without allowing direct participant access to bypass host settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by having the server query the policy database using participant identifiers and return customized meeting controls to each participant. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures controls are dynamically assigned and enforced based on participant identity rather than being statically set by the host alone.
2Device complexity
If a single host-directed control policy is applied, then implementation is simple, but it cannot provide personalized controls for different participants
Solution Approach 1:
The control policy is segmented by participant identifier, with the server querying the policy database to retrieve customized controls for each participant. This segmentation allows personalized controls for different participants while maintaining a unified system architecture that manages the complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of control assignment from static host-directed to dynamic participant-specific by using participant identifiers to query different control sets from the policy database. This parameter change enables personalized controls without fundamentally changing the underlying system structure.
3Reliability
If meeting controls are dynamically assigned based on participant identifiers, then personalized security policies can be enforced, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as an intermediary that handles the complexity of dynamic control assignment, shielding participants from system complexity while enforcing personalized policies. The server mediates between participant identifiers and the policy database, managing the increased system complexity centrally.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses self-service by automatically querying the policy database with participant identifiers and returning appropriate controls without requiring manual configuration for each participant. This automated self-service approach reduces the operational complexity despite the increased system architecture.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and apparatus for receiving user meeting control for network conferences. In an embodiment, a method for receiving user meeting controls includes transmitting a request to participate in a network conference. The request includes an identifier. The method also includes receiving meeting controls for use during the network conference. The meeting controls are determined from a policy database based on the identifier.