Wellness Scheduling Subsystem for Active Meeting Formats
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional meeting scheduling systems do not effectively promote wellness-related behaviors, such as active meeting formats like walking or standing meetings, which can positively impact users' health and wellness.
Innovation Solution
The system integrates a wellness scheduling subsystem that allows users to select active meeting formats during scheduling, with default designations based on meeting criteria like participant number and duration, and encourages active choices by requiring users to affirmatively select a meeting type, promoting higher activity levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional meeting scheduling systems are used, then scheduling functionality is provided, but wellness-related behaviors are not effectively promoted
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of meeting activity level by introducing active meeting format options (standing, walking, cycling) alongside traditional sitting meetings. Users can select from different activity levels based on their wellness goals, transforming the conventional static meeting format into a variable, health-promoting parameter.
Solution Approach 2:
The scheduling system enables users to self-select their preferred meeting activity level and format during the scheduling process. The system provides default recommendations based on meeting criteria but allows users to make autonomous choices about their wellness preferences, empowering them to take control of their health without external intervention.
2Productivity
If active meeting formats are introduced, then wellness-related behaviors are promoted, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The meeting format options are segmented into distinct categories (sitting, standing, walking, cycling) with each having specific characteristics and requirements. This segmentation allows the system to present simplified, digestible choices to users while maintaining the complexity of offering multiple wellness-oriented formats.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring default meeting format recommendations based on meeting criteria such as duration, participant count, and location. This eliminates the need for users to manually configure complex wellness parameters, reducing the perceived complexity while still promoting healthy behaviors.
3Productivity
If users must affirmatively select meeting type, then active choices are encouraged, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring default meeting format recommendations based on meeting criteria such as duration, participant count, and location. This eliminates the need for users to manually configure complex wellness parameters, reducing the perceived complexity while still promoting healthy behaviors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to users by displaying recommended meeting formats based on their scheduling inputs. This feedback loop guides users toward healthier choices without forcing them, making the selection process feel more intuitive and less burdensome while still encouraging active participation in wellness-related decisions.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for scheduling wellness based meetings are described. In one embodiment, meeting data associated with a meeting is accessed. A meeting type designation is received. The meeting type designation designates the meeting as a walking meeting, a standing meeting, or a sitting meeting. Updated meeting data based on the meeting data and the meeting type designation is stored. Other methods and systems are described.