Video Conferencing Call Data Management via Transcript Regeneration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing video conferencing systems face issues with video and audio quality degradation due to intermittent network connectivity and low bandwidth, leading to disrupted user experiences, as current solutions like playback speed tweaking and manual reconnection often result in lost data and poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of call maintenance circuitry and avatar controller circuitry that regenerate video conferencing data by generating a transcript of the call data, allowing for its representation as a smaller file size, which can be transmitted even at low bandwidths, and resuming live streaming when network conditions improve.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If video and audio data are transmitted during video conferencing, then communication quality is improved, but network bandwidth consumption increases and connection stability deteriorates under low bandwidth conditions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnection stabilityVSAvoiddata transmission volume

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments video conferencing data into two distinct representation formats: full video/audio data for high bandwidth conditions and condensed transcript data for low bandwidth conditions. This segmentation allows the system to adaptively switch between data types based on network capacity, maintaining connection stability while preserving essential information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes data representation parameters by monitoring network bandwidth conditions. When bandwidth drops below thresholds, the system transitions from transmitting high-volume video/audio streams to transmitting compact transcript representations, thereby adapting data quantity to network capacity and preventing connection failures.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Loss of information

If playback speed is increased to recover lost data, then data recovery is improved, but user experience deteriorates due to rushed and hasty playback

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata recoveryVSAvoiduser experience

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of replaying original video/audio data at accelerated speeds, the system generates and transmits transcript copies of the conferencing content. These transcripts provide a readable, paced representation that users can consume at their own speed, eliminating the rushed experience of fast-forwarded video while still recovering lost information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical playback system (video player with speed control) with an information extraction and representation system (transcript generation). This substitution transforms the data recovery mechanism from time-based replay to content-based transcription, allowing information recovery without compromising user experience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Reliability

If manual reconnection is implemented when network interruptions occur, then connection recovery is attempted, but data loss increases and user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnection recoveryVSAvoiddata loss

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously generating and maintaining transcript representations of conferencing data even before network interruptions occur. When disconnections happen, these pre-generated transcripts are already available for immediate transmission, eliminating data loss gaps that would otherwise occur during manual reconnection attempts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The transcript representation serves as an intermediary data format between video conferencing systems and network transmission channels. This intermediary form buffers against network interruptions by providing a stable, compact representation that can be transmitted reliably even when direct video/audio transmission fails, preventing information loss during reconnection events.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240205372A1Methods, systems, articles of manufacture and apparatus to manage video conferencing call data

Publication Date: 2024.06.20 INTEL CORP

AI summary

Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed to manage video conferencing call data. An example apparatus comprises interface circuitry, machine-readable instructions, and at least one processor circuit to be programmed by the machine-readable instructions to access input data associated with a first video conferencing device, the first video conferencing device communicatively coupled to a second video conferencing device via a network, generate a representation of the input data when a performance metric corresponding to the network satisfies a threshold value, and transmit the representation to the second video conferencing device via the network.