Remote Audio Video Stream Settings Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current video conferencing technologies lack adequate solutions for optimizing audio and video settings streamed from one device for presentation at other participant devices, leading to suboptimal audio and video quality.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that allow a first device to change audio and video settings associated with a second device's outbound stream during a video conference, enabling adjustments such as microphone gain, active microphone selection, volume, camera selection, and zoom levels, with permission granted by the second device or automatically based on participant requests.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each device manages its own audio/video settings independently, then device control and security are maintained, but audio and video quality are suboptimal for presentation at other devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a permission mechanism as an intermediary between devices. When a first device needs to adjust audio/video settings of a second device, it requests permission from the second device. The second device acts as a mediator by receiving the permission request, validating it, and then allowing the setting change. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining device control through permission validation while enabling quality optimization through remote setting adjustments.
2Manufacturing precision
If a device allows other devices to change its settings, then audio and video quality can be optimized, but device control and security are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic permission management where the second device can grant, revoke, or modify permissions for setting changes at any time during the video conference. The permission is not static but can be adjusted based on current needs, allowing the device to maintain control while enabling optimization when appropriate.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where the first device receives confirmation from the second device about whether permission was granted. The second device provides feedback about the current setting state and whether changes are allowed, enabling informed decision-making about when to permit setting changes for quality optimization.
3Ease of operation
If settings are adjusted in real-time during video conference, then participant experience is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal permission mechanism that can handle multiple types of settings (audio gain, video zoom, camera selection, microphone selection) through a single standardized interface. Instead of creating separate complex systems for each setting type, the permission mechanism works universally across all setting categories, reducing overall system complexity while enabling comprehensive real-time adjustments.
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AI summary
In one aspect, an apparatus may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to permit a first device to change one or more settings that are related to a video conference and that are associated with a second device's outbound stream of one or more of audio and video as part of the video conference. The instructions may also be executable to receive first input to change the one or more settings, where the first input may be instigated at the first device. Based on permitting the first device to change the one or more settings and based on receipt of the first input to change the one or more settings, the instructions may then be executable to change the one or more settings.