Virtual Workspace Canvases for Breakout Collaboration Control

Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional video conferencing systems do not allow participants to interact with shared content, limiting collaboration and preventing simultaneous work on different digital assets within a virtual workspace.

Innovation Solution

A collaboration and video conferencing system that enables multiple participants to actively interact with a shared virtual workspace by assigning non-overlapping canvases within the workspace, allowing groups to collaborate on specific digital assets while restricting access to others.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional video conferencing systems are used, then participants can view shared content, but they cannot interact with or edit the shared content simultaneously

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent interaction capabilityVSAvoidcollaboration effectiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The virtual workspace is divided into multiple canvases, each accessible to specific groups of participants. This segmentation allows different groups to work on different portions of the workspace simultaneously without interference, enabling multiple participants to interact with content at the same time while maintaining organization and access control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If the entire virtual workspace is made accessible to all participants, then collaboration is enabled, but participants cannot work on different digital assets simultaneously without interference

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetask completion efficiencyVSAvoidworkspace access management

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The virtual workspace is divided into multiple canvases, each accessible to specific groups of participants. This segmentation allows different groups to work on different portions of the workspace simultaneously without interference, enabling multiple participants to interact with content at the same time while maintaining organization and access control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different portions of the virtual workspace (canvases) have different access qualities based on participant group assignments. Each canvas can be configured with specific access permissions and characteristics tailored to the needs of particular participant groups, allowing customized collaboration experiences without affecting other portions of the workspace.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

3Adaptability or versatility

If access restrictions are imposed on portions of the virtual workspace, then specific groups can work independently, but other groups cannot access those portions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegroup-specific access controlVSAvoidoverall collaboration efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The virtual workspace is divided into multiple canvases, each accessible to specific groups of participants. This segmentation allows different groups to work on different portions of the workspace simultaneously without interference, enabling multiple participants to interact with content at the same time while maintaining organization and access control.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Access permissions for different canvases can be dynamically adjusted based on participant group assignments. The system can flexibly modify which groups can access which portions of the workspace without requiring system reconfiguration, enabling adaptable access control that responds to changing collaboration needs while maintaining overall productivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250365330A1Systems and methods for establishing virtual breakout meetings in a video conference by utilizing various canvases of a virtual workspace

Publication Date: 2025.11.27 BLUESCAPE BUYER LLC

AI summary

Systems and methods are provided for operating a network node to implement a collaborative breakout session in a video conference or in a content collaboration session between other network nodes hosted in part by a collaboration system. The system includes logic to initiate a collaboration server of the collaboration system to provide a first group of network nodes access to a first canvas of a virtual workspace to commence collaboration on the first canvas of the virtual workspace by the first group of network nodes. The system includes logic to initiate the collaboration server of the collaboration system to provide the first group of network nodes access to the entire virtual workspace to commence collaboration on the virtual workspace upon conclusion of the collaborative breakout session.