Server-Mediated Live Presentation Control via Interaction Queues
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies for remote media presentations lack efficient methods for real-time control, interaction management, and data storage, especially in scenarios where presenters need to control and modify live presentations across distances, and there is a need for better user engagement and presentation optimization based on audience interactions.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that utilizes a server system to mediate between control devices and presentation devices, enabling remote control and modification of live presentations through interaction queues, social interaction management, and data storage for analysis to improve future presentations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conferencing server is used to manage video conferencing connections, then remote communication and presentation capabilities are enabled, but real-time control and interaction management become complex and difficult to coordinate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that mediates between control devices and presentation devices. The server receives control inputs from control devices, manages the interaction queue, and relays commands to presentation devices, thereby simplifying the control architecture and enabling remote presentations without direct peer-to-peer complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the presentation control function into separate control devices and presentation devices, with the server coordinating between them. This segmentation allows different devices to have specialized functions - control devices for input and presentation devices for display - reducing overall system complexity while enabling remote operation
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple participants are allowed to interact with a live presentation, then user engagement and collaboration improve, but managing interaction queues and maintaining real-time control becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as a mediator that receives interactions from multiple participants, queues them appropriately, and manages their execution. This intermediary role allows multiple users to engage with the presentation simultaneously while the server handles the complexity of interaction management, maintaining ease of operation for individual users
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements an interaction queue that pre-processes and organizes participant interactions before executing them on the presentation. By preparing and managing interactions in advance through the queue, the system handles multiple participant inputs systematically, reducing the operational burden during live presentations
3Reliability
If presentation data is stored for future analysis, then presentation optimization and learning opportunities improve, but data storage requirements and system resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary presentation data and interaction information for storage and analysis, rather than storing all raw data. The server selectively captures relevant metrics and interaction patterns that can be used for optimization, reducing storage requirements while maintaining the ability to analyze and improve future presentations
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AI summary
A system and method for controlling and modifying a live presentation are disclosed. A server system transmits presentation data to a presentation device for display. While transmitting the presentation data to the presentation device for display, the system receives one or more presentation interactions. The system then transmits each interaction stored in the interaction queue to the presentation device.