Information Processing Apparatus for Video Conferencing and Electronic Blackboard Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face challenges in effectively utilizing network resources when introducing a function of a second information processing system, such as an electronic blackboard, into a first information processing system, like a TV conference system, leading to potential network resource compression.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that sets a communication path by adding a communication port to transmit content data between information processing systems, allowing seamless integration of an electronic blackboard into a TV conference system using an electronic conference system, thereby managing network resources efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate software is operated for TV conference system and electronic blackboard, then both systems can coexist, but network resources become compressed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines TV conference system software and electronic blackboard software into a single integrated application. The electronic blackboard function is implemented as a module within the TV conference system, allowing both functionalities to operate simultaneously through shared software architecture and common communication ports, thereby avoiding network resource compression.
Solution Approach 2:
The TV conference system software is designed to perform multiple functions including both video conferencing and electronic blackboard operations. The system uses universal communication ports and shared data structures to handle different types of content (video data and blackboard content data) through the same software platform, eliminating the need for separate software installations and reducing network resource consumption.
2Adaptability or versatility
If communication port is added to transmit content data, then electronic blackboard integration is enabled, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication port is designed as a universal interface that handles multiple types of data transmission including video conference data and electronic blackboard content data. The same communication port and protocol are used for different functionalities, avoiding the need to add separate communication ports for each function and thereby reducing device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent reuses existing communication port configurations and data transmission protocols from the TV conference system for the electronic blackboard function. Instead of creating new communication pathways, the system copies and adapts existing communication infrastructure to handle additional content types, minimizing increases in device complexity.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus connected via a communication network, the information processing apparatus including a setter configured to set a communication path by adding a communication port between the information processing apparatus and another information processing apparatus to transmit first content data of a first content; and a transmitter configured to transmit, to the other information processing apparatus, second content data of a second content created with respect to the first content according to a communication system using an electronic blackboard that is a second information processing system, from the communication port added to set the communication path between the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus to transmit the first content data of the first content according to an electronic conference system that is a first information processing system.