Scheduled Meeting Content Sharing With Pre-Validated Presentation Setup

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional network-based meeting platforms lack streamlined methods for integrating external content into future-scheduled meetings, leading to inefficient preparation and disjointed user experiences due to temporal disconnects, device and platform incompatibilities, and increased cognitive load.

Innovation Solution

A system that integrates client devices, content servers, and meeting services to facilitate seamless content sharing by allowing users to associate content with upcoming meetings, using a 'Share to Meeting' button, and automates content preparation and presentation within the meeting environment, ensuring content is readily available and secure.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If content is shared manually during meetings, then flexibility in content selection is maintained, but time consumption and cognitive load increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent sharing operationVSAvoidtime for content preparation and sharing
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically preparing and organizing content in advance of the meeting. The server pre-loads content items, validates application installations, and configures presentation settings before the meeting starts, eliminating the need for manual content sharing operations during the meeting itself.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by automatically managing content sharing without requiring manual user intervention. The server autonomously handles content retrieval, validation, and presentation setup based on meeting parameters, reducing both time consumption and cognitive load on users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If external content is integrated into meetings, then content variety and collaboration quality improve, but system complexity and compatibility challenges increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent integration capabilityVSAvoidsystem architecture complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server acts as an intermediary between external content sources and the meeting system. It mediates content integration by validating application installations, retrieving content items, and managing presentation configurations, thereby simplifying the system architecture while maintaining high adaptability for various content types and sources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If content sharing is automated for future meetings, then efficiency and user experience improve, but security risks and validation requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemeeting preparation efficiencyVSAvoidcontent security and validation
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms through automated validation of application installations and content retrieval. The server verifies that required applications are properly installed and configured before allowing content sharing, providing continuous feedback to ensure security and reliability while maintaining automated efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP4704000A1Integrating external content sharing into scheduled network-based meetings
Publication Date: 2026.03.04 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

A system and method for integrating external content sharing into scheduled network-based meetings is disclosed. The system comprises a meeting service that receives a request from a client device for future-scheduled meetings, presents meeting options, and receives a selection of a meeting and content reference. The meeting service updates the meeting record with the content reference, performs validation checks, and enables seamless content presentation during the meeting. The method includes receiving meeting data requests, presenting future meetings, receiving meeting and content selections, updating meeting records, validating content sharing applications, and facilitating content presentation during meetings. This solution streamlines content sharing workflows, enhances meeting preparation, and improves collaboration efficiency in network-based meeting environments.