Web Conference Link Access via Coordinate Scaling
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Solution Overview
Problem
In web conferencing, attendees cannot directly access resource links shared during a session as the shared content is typically displayed as an image, requiring manual sharing of links by the presenter, which is inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A system and method where a web conference server detects selection events on client devices and determines if they correspond to resource links, sending associated information to enable direct access to resources, such as webpages or multimedia files, by invoking UI automation APIs and scaling coordinates to reconcile screen resolution differences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If shared content is displayed as an image during web conference session, then content can be transmitted to all attendees, but attendees cannot directly access resource links requiring manual sharing by presenter
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system comprising a web conference server and client device components that detect selection events on shared content images, identify resource links through coordinate mapping and UI automation APIs, and automatically provide access information to attendees. This intermediary mechanism bridges the gap between static image display and interactive link access, eliminating the need for manual presenter intervention while maintaining image-based content transmission.
2Adaptability or versatility
If screen resolutions differ between client devices, then attendees can use various devices, but coordinate positions of resource links must be scaled and reconciled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by dynamically scaling coordinate positions based on the ratio between reference screen resolution and actual device screen resolution. The system calculates scaled coordinates using the formula: scaled_coordinate = original_coordinate × (actual_resolution / reference_resolution), allowing the same shared content to be accurately interacted with across devices with different screen resolutions, resolutions, and aspect ratios.
Data Source
AI summary
A method may include receiving, from a first client device, a first position of a selection event at the first client device. The first client device being engaged in a web conference session with a second client device. The second client device sharing a content displayed at the second client device such that the content is also displayed at the first client device. If the first position of the selection event is determined to correspond to a second position of a resource link included in the content being shared by the second client device, information associated with the resource link may be sent to the first client device. The information may enable the first client device to access a resource associated with the resource link by launching a corresponding application such as a browser, a media player, and/or a text editor. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.