Tiered Web Conference System for Contextual Presentation Layering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional web conferencing often fails to provide relevant material to diverse audiences, as presentations may not be tailored to the backgrounds and needs of all attendees, particularly in large multinational corporations.

Innovation Solution

A tiered web conference system allows presenters to add real-time contextual material to existing presentations, enabling simultaneous broadcasting of both original and secondary presentations to targeted groups, allowing attendees to connect to expanded content relevant to their specific needs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a single original presentation is broadcast to all attendees, then network load is reduced and simplicity is maintained, but the relevance and understandability of material to diverse audiences deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverelevance of presentation materialVSAvoidpresentation structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The presentation system is segmented into hierarchical levels: original presentations are divided into topics, and secondary presentations are created as addenda for specific topics. This segmentation allows different audience segments to receive tailored content while maintaining the overall presentation structure, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Secondary presentations are nested within the original presentation structure, with each secondary presentation adding material to a specific topic of the original presentation. This nesting approach allows layered content delivery where attendees can access base content or extended content as needed, improving relevance without requiring completely separate presentation systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Adaptability or versatility

If secondary presentations adding contextual material are integrated into the original presentation, then relevance for diverse audiences is improved, but network load and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetailored content deliveryVSAvoidnetwork load

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges original presentations and secondary presentations into a unified hierarchical structure where secondary presentations are associated with specific topics of original presentations. This merging allows the system to manage multiple presentations efficiently through a single integrated platform, reducing the need for separate network infrastructure while delivering tailored content to different audience segments.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS8091034B2Tiered web conference

Publication Date: 2012.01.03 SERVICENOW INC

AI summary

In a tiered web conference method and system, a presenter is able to add material of the presenter's presentation to the material of another presenter's presentation in real-time and is able to broadcast both presentations to a targeted audience. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a secondary presentation that adds material to an original presentation, wherein the original presentation is provided by a first user, and the secondary presentation is provided by a second user; and displaying the original presentation and the secondary presentation simultaneously to a target group of viewers.