Interactive Timeline for Teleconference Event Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of teleconference systems often face difficulties in efficiently locating and viewing notable events from missed sessions due to the need to navigate through full recordings, especially when they are not present during live sessions or are in different time zones.
Innovation Solution
A system that filters and presents notable events on a timeline associated with teleconference sessions or collaboration environments, allowing users to search for specific types or instances of events, such as @mentions or shared files, and visually accentuate desired activity, enabling quick access to missed content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users navigate through full teleconference recordings to locate notable events, then they can find missed content, but the time required to locate specific events increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts notable events from the full teleconference recording and presents them as discrete, searchable items on a timeline. This allows users to directly access specific events of interest without navigating through the entire recording, thereby reducing the time required to locate missed content while preventing information loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the continuous teleconference recording into discrete notable events that can be individually identified and accessed. By dividing the full recording into meaningful segments (notable events), users can efficiently locate specific content without reviewing the entire recording, thus reducing time loss while maintaining complete information availability.
2Loss of information
If the timeline displays all notable events without filtering, then users can see complete activity, but the complexity of the interface increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic filtering capabilities that allow users to adjust the timeline display based on their needs. Users can filter notable events by type, participant, or other criteria, enabling the interface to adapt between showing all activity or only specific subsets, thus managing complexity while preserving information visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows different portions of the timeline to be displayed with different levels of detail or filtering applied to specific regions. Users can apply filters to specific time periods or event types while maintaining visibility of other events, enabling localized information presentation that reduces overall interface complexity.
3Measurement precision
If the system provides detailed filtering options for notable events, then users can locate specific events more precisely, but the ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent provides pre-configured filter options and default views that allow users to quickly access commonly needed event types without having to configure complex filters. Frequently used filtering criteria are made readily available, enabling precise event location while maintaining operational simplicity through preliminary setup of common filter configurations.
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AI summary
Described herein is a system that enables a user to filter notable events, representations for which are presented on an interactive timeline associated with a teleconference session or a collaboration environment. The filtering can be implemented based on a type of a notable event and/or based on a specific notable event. The system is also configured to enable a user to search for instances of a type of event and instances of a specific notable event. The system is configured to provide results to the search request that list the teleconference sessions that include the located instances. The user can then select a teleconference session from the results to view an interactive timeline that includes representations of the located instances. Consequently, the system provides a tool that enables a user to efficiently and effectively locate events on an interactive timeline that are desirable (e.g., activity the user wants to view).