Web Conference Input Controls for Unauthorized Content Blocking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional web conferencing applications lack an efficient mechanism to prevent the sharing of unsuitable content, such as input from unauthorized users, during web conference sessions.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a web conferencing application with input controller functionality that supports multiple input modes, including a first input mode to restrict and a second input mode to allow unrestricted sharing, activated through user interface elements or detection of unauthorized users/content, using machine vision, voice recognition, and NLP algorithms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If all input devices are enabled for unrestricted sharing, then ease of operation is improved, but security and control are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts the operational state of input devices based on detected conditions. Input devices transition between enabled and disabled states according to real-time analysis of content and user authorization, allowing the system to adapt security measures without requiring manual reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback mechanism where content captured from input devices is analyzed to determine authorization status. Based on this feedback, the system automatically adjusts input device accessibility, creating a closed-loop control system that responds to content characteristics and user identity.
2Reliability
If input devices are disabled to prevent unauthorized content sharing, then security is improved, but ease of operation is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different operational states to different input devices based on their specific content output. Instead of uniformly disabling all input devices, the system selectively controls each device's accessibility based on real-time content analysis, allowing authorized devices to remain functional while restricting unauthorized ones.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of content and user authorization before determining input device accessibility. By pre-evaluating content characteristics and user credentials, the system proactively configures appropriate access restrictions, preventing unauthorized sharing before it occurs rather than reacting after the fact.
3Reliability
If content filtering is applied to remove unauthorized content, then security is improved, but device complexity is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary content analysis layer between input devices and the sharing mechanism. This intermediary component evaluates content characteristics and authorization status, acting as a mediator that determines whether content should be permitted for sharing without requiring complex modifications to the underlying input or sharing systems.
Data Source
AI summary
A method may include detecting, at a first client device engaged in a web conference session with a second client device, a selection of a user interface element associated with a first input mode in which at least a portion of content captured at the first client device is excluded from being shared with the second client device. In response to the selection of the user interface element, the first input mode may be activated at the first client device by disabling multiple input devices associated with the first client device such that at least the portion of the content captured at the first client device is excluded from being shared with the second client device. Meanwhile, when a second input node is activated at the first client device, the content captured at the first client device may be shared with the second client device without restrictions.