Video Conference Participant List Sorting With Fixed Speaking Order

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing video conferencing systems require significant manual moderation due to unpredictable participant order changes, leading to increased effort and duration of conferences.

Innovation Solution

A sorting method that detects participant attributes to create a fixed participant list, which remains unchanged for a specified duration, allowing participants to follow a predetermined order and reducing the need for manual moderation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual moderation is used to maintain participant order in video conferences, then participant speaking order can be controlled, but moderation effort and conference duration increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveparticipant order controlVSAvoidconference duration

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-determines and displays the participant speaking order before the conference begins, using attributes such as seating arrangements or participant roles. This preliminary establishment of order eliminates the need for continuous manual moderation during the conference, allowing participants to follow the predetermined sequence without interruption or additional time consumption.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If participant list is dynamically sorted during video conference, then participant attributes can be updated, but visual order stability is lost and moderation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveparticipant attribute updatesVSAvoidparticipant list order stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The participant list is sorted and fixed at the beginning of the conference based on predetermined attributes. This initial sorting establishes a stable visual order that remains unchanged throughout the conference, providing participants with a clear, consistent reference for speaking sequence without requiring dynamic re-sorting or updates during the meeting.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of manufacture

If alphabetical sorting is used for participant list, then sorting is simple and automatic, but no meaningful speaking order is established for structured conferences

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesorting simplicityVSAvoidspeaking order organization

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of using simple alphabetical sorting, the system changes the sorting parameters to use meaningful attributes such as seating arrangements, participant roles, or pre-assigned speaking orders. This parameter change maintains automatic sorting functionality while establishing a structurally meaningful order that facilitates organized speaking sequences in structured conferences.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12537707B2Sorting method for sorting a participant list comprising participants of a video conference

Publication Date: 2026.01.27 HEINLEIN SUPPORT GMBH

AI summary

The present invention relates to a sorting method for sorting a participant list (PL) comprising participants (P) of a video conference (VC), having the following steps:detecting all of the participants (P) of the video conference (VC),detecting at least one participant attribute (PAT) for each detected participant (P),generating a participant list (PL) of all of the detected participants (P),sorting the participant list (PL) on the basis of the detected participant attributes (PAT),fixing the sorted participant list (PL) at least for a fixing duration (FD) over the further course of the video conference (VC).