Web Conference Participant Subgroup Visualization

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Solution Overview

Problem

In web-based conferences, it is challenging for participants to understand each other's roles, organizations, or purposes due to the large number of individuals involved, leading to an information barrier and reduced collaboration efficiency.

Innovation Solution

A system that analyzes participant data to generate and visualize subgroups based on roles, organizations, or projects, allowing participants to be mapped into subgroups and displayed within the conference interface, facilitating better communication and collaboration.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If web conferencing software displays all participants simultaneously, then all participants can be seen, but it becomes difficult to understand each user's role, organization, or purpose

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of participants displayedVSAvoidinformation about user role, organization, or purpose
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the large group of participants into multiple subgroups based on their roles, organizations, or purposes. Each subgroup is displayed separately with visual indicators, allowing participants to understand the structure and relationships within the conference while still seeing all participants across the different subgroups.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If participant data is collected and analyzed to create subgroups, then collaboration efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecollaboration efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity for data analysis and subgroup management
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically collects participant data from available sources, analyzes it using algorithms, and creates subgroups without requiring manual intervention. The system self-manages the entire process from data collection to subgroup visualization, reducing the complexity burden on users while maintaining high collaboration efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11711226B2Visualizing web conference participants in subgroups
Publication Date: 2023.07.25 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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  • US11711226B2 patent drawing
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AI summary

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to generating and visualizing subgroups of participants within web-based conferences. Participant data for each of a plurality of participants attending a web-based conference can be obtained. The participant data can be analyzed for each of the plurality of participants. Each of the participants can be mapped to a subgroup of two or more subgroups based on the analysis. The two or more subgroups can then be visualized within the web-based conference to the participants.