Template-Based Content Preparation for Diverse Conference Spaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
The proliferation of diverse conference space vessel arrangements and interface configurations complicates the task of optimally using these spaces, as users lack tools to identify and prepare content for varying vessel and interface setups, leading to underutilization of advanced affordances and suboptimal experiences.
Innovation Solution
A software system that provides templates for each conference space type, specifying vessel arrangements, activities, and content types, allowing users to select space types, activities, and input content, which are then automatically populated into a session database for optimal content presentation and vessel control, enabling pre-session previews and adaptation to different spaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple diverse conference space vessel arrangements and interface configurations are provided, then the versatility and adaptability of the system is improved, but the device complexity and difficulty of operation increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the complex variety of space types and vessel arrangements into discrete, manageable template categories. Each template represents a specific space type with predefined vessel arrangements and interface configurations, allowing users to select from organized segments rather than navigating unstructured complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring templates with specific vessel arrangements, interface settings, and content type associations before user interaction. Users inherit these pre-prepared configurations when selecting a template, eliminating the need to manually configure complex parameters from scratch.
2Manufacturing precision
If templates specify detailed vessel arrangements and content types for each space type, then the manufacturing precision and reliability of content presentation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses templates as reusable copies of successful space configurations. Instead of manually configuring each space from scratch, users copy proven vessel arrangements and content type associations from template definitions, ensuring consistent precision across different space types without repeatedly solving the same configuration problems.
Solution Approach 2:
Templates serve as universal configurations that can be applied across multiple different space types. A single template definition can specify vessel arrangements and content types that work across various conference room configurations, reducing the need for space-type-specific customizations while maintaining precision.
3Ease of operation
If users must manually identify and prepare content for each specific space type, then the ease of operation is improved, but the loss of time and productivity decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-associating content types with specific vessel arrangements in template definitions. When users select a template, the content preparation guidance is already prepared and contextualized for that space type, eliminating the need for users to research or figure out appropriate content configurations from scratch.
Solution Approach 2:
Templates act as intermediaries between users and the complex space configuration details. Instead of users directly navigating complex vessel arrangement specifications, the template intermediary translates user intent into appropriate content preparations and vessel configurations, simplifying the user interaction while maintaining system complexity where needed.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for use with different space types, each space type including emissive surfaces, each emissive surface controllable to present content within the space, the system comprising a database that includes a separate template for each space type, each template indicating surfaces associated with the space type, relative juxtapositions of the surfaces in the space and content types to be presented in each surface, a processor programmed to allow a user to select a space type, identify an associated space type template, identifying content types for each surface and storing the received content in a session specification for subsequent access.