Proxy Server Mediates Cross-Platform Meeting Media
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Solution Overview
Problem
Collaborative meeting software often requires specific clients and plugins, which can be incompatible with different terminal devices and firewall configurations, limiting user participation and causing browser compatibility issues.
Innovation Solution
A proxy server joins collaborative meetings on behalf of users, receiving media content from one platform and transmitting it to a different platform, allowing users to participate without needing to download specific clients or plugins, and enabling multiple platforms to contribute and view media content seamlessly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If specific clients and plugins are required for collaborative meeting software, then platform functionality and features are improved, but device compatibility and ease of access deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a proxy server as an intermediary that joins collaborative meetings on behalf of remote users. This mediator translates between different meeting platforms, allowing users to access meetings through a standardized interface without requiring platform-specific clients or plugins, thereby resolving the contradiction between maintaining platform functionality and achieving device compatibility
Solution Approach 2:
The proxy server is designed with multi-functionality to join multiple types of collaborative meetings across different platforms (WebEx, GoToMeeting, Live Meeting, etc.) through a single unified system. This universal approach eliminates the need for users to install multiple platform-specific clients, achieving both reliable meeting access and broad device compatibility
2Reliability
If platform-specific clients are mandated, then meeting features and capabilities are enhanced, but ease of operation and user accessibility deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy server acts as an intermediary that handles all platform-specific interactions, allowing end users to access collaborative meetings through a simple, unified web interface without needing to operate complex platform-specific clients. This mediates between sophisticated meeting features and user-friendly accessibility
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing the proxy server to automatically join meetings, retrieve media content, and translate it to the appropriate platform format without requiring user intervention for client installation or configuration. Users simply access meetings through their web browser, enhancing ease of operation while maintaining full meeting features
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple platform clients are supported, then user flexibility and accessibility are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy server consolidates complexity by centralizing all platform-specific logic within a single intermediary system. Rather than distributing complexity across multiple client applications, the mediator handles all translations and protocol conversions in one place, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining broad platform support
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple platform-specific client functionalities into a single unified proxy server system. By combining the capabilities to join WebEx, GoToMeeting, Live Meeting, and other collaborative meetings within one system, the solution achieves broad platform support while simplifying the architectural structure compared to maintaining separate clients for each platform
Data Source
AI summary
According to an example computer-implemented method, a first client on a proxy server joins a collaborative meeting on behalf of a user. The collaborative meeting is hosted on a first meeting platform, and the first client utilizes the first meeting platform. The first client receives media content from the collaborative meeting on behalf of the user. The proxy server transmits the received media content to a second client on a computing device of the remote user that utilizes a different, second meeting platform. A computing device and computer program product implementing similar features are also disclosed.