User Navigation Interface for Large-Scale Virtual Event Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Remote communication platforms face challenges in managing large-scale user networks and providing hosts or participants with the ability to easily identify and assess user behaviors or reactions, especially in virtual events like MOOCs, due to limitations in current systems for displaying and managing multiple users and their interactions.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to navigate and manage large-scale networks by displaying indicators representing other users, enabling users to manipulate the display and communication modes, and categorizing participants based on their behaviors or reactions through evaluating communication streams, facilitating easier identification and interaction within the platform.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the number of users on the platform increases, then the platform's capability and features grow, but the difficulty of managing the large scale network increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the large network of users into smaller virtual groups or chatrooms. Each group is managed independently with its own host and settings, allowing the overall large-scale network to be divided into manageable units. This segmentation enables efficient management of thousands of users by organizing them into smaller, controllable communities rather than attempting to manage all users in a single large group.
2Quantity of substance
If the number of users increases, then the platform's capability grows, but the ease with which users can identify and view other participants decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Users are divided into discrete virtual groups where each group displays its members separately. This segmentation allows users to focus on identifying participants within their own group context rather than searching through a overwhelming list of all platform users. The group structure provides natural organization that makes participant identification easier even as total platform user count grows.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an additional organizational dimension by creating virtual groups as an intermediate layer between individual users and the overall platform. Instead of a flat one-dimensional list of all users, the system adds a group dimension that organizes users into nested hierarchies, making it easier to locate and identify specific participants within the larger network.
3Quantity of substance
If the number of users increases, then the platform's capability grows, but the ability of hosts to assess participant behavior and reactions decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting users into smaller virtual groups with individual hosts, the system enables hosts to assess participant behavior and reactions within manageable subsets rather than attempting to monitor the entire large-scale network. Each host can focus on their own group's participants, making behavior assessment practical even as the overall platform scales to thousands of users across multiple groups.
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AI summary
A system can be provided that allows a user of a device to easily navigate through other users connected on a network. More particularly, the system can present or otherwise display indicators representing other users, and can allow a user of the device to manipulate (e.g., via scrolling, panning, gesturing, and the like) the display to traverse through the various indicators. In at least one embodiment, a level or a mode of communication between on the device and the devices represented by the indicators can be modified (e.g., upgraded or downgraded) depending on whether those indicators are currently being displayed in a display area of the device. This can simplify and maintain stability in the management of a large scale system of users.