Primary Data Stream Communication in Virtual Meetings
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Solution Overview
Problem
In virtual meetings involving multiple conference rooms, managing and displaying a large number of real-time data streams from various cameras and microphones becomes disorganized and impractical, making it difficult for attendees to focus on a single speaker or topic.
Innovation Solution
A method is introduced to communicate a primary data stream by designating one stream as 'primary' using a primary selection command, which is identified and highlighted across all connected attendees, ensuring that all participants focus on the designated stream.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all data streams from multiple conference rooms are communicated to all attendees, then complete information availability is achieved, but system complexity and difficulty of managing the streams increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a moderator conference room as an intermediary that receives all data streams from attendee conference rooms and selectively distributes them. The moderator acts as a central coordinator that simplifies the many-to-many communication topology into a managed distribution system, reducing the complexity of stream management while maintaining complete information availability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automated stream selection and distribution through the moderator conference room, which automatically receives, processes, and distributes data streams without requiring manual intervention at each attendee location. This self-service mechanism reduces the operational complexity of managing multiple data streams across the network.
2Loss of information
If all received streams are displayed at the receiving location, then complete information access is achieved, but ease of operation decreases due to difficulty in viewing and organizing streams
Solution Approach 1:
The moderator conference room serves as an intermediary that pre-organizes and selectively distributes data streams to attendee conference rooms. This mediation allows streams to be delivered in a more manageable format, reducing the burden on receiving locations to organize and display all streams effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows different conference rooms to have different display configurations and stream selection priorities based on their local needs. Each attendee conference room can customize which streams are emphasized or displayed prominently, allowing local optimization of the display experience while maintaining access to all information.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple speakers present simultaneously in virtual meetings, then participant engagement increases, but focus and organization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The moderator conference room acts as a mediator that controls which data streams are distributed and emphasized to attendee conference rooms. This mediation enables the moderator to manage speaker presentations systematically, ensuring that only one or a limited number of streams are highlighted at any given time, thereby maintaining focus and organization while still allowing multiple speakers to present during different time slots.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for communicating one or more primary data streams between a plurality of attendees connected to a communications network includes steps of communicating a plurality of data streams from each of the attendees to all others of the attendees, and of designating at least one of the streams from one of the attendees as primary. The primary stream is identified using a primary selection command.