Intel Unite is to be the solution to simplify user connections within the conference room. As Intel Unite technology does not have integrated video capture or audio solutions, the expectation is for Cloud Audio/Visual Collaboration Companies to provide those services, both within the corporate firewall and without.
With Intel Unite, the collaboration room can now be made more user friendly, by making it a dongle free environment by the use of connecting to the in room screen over the corporate Wi-Fi network. The individual connections are made by users using the supplied 6 digit pin code that is displayed by the Intel Unite hub to the in room screen.
Audio/Video Conferencing Plugins
Where the Intel Unite plugin comes into play for a Cloud based Audio/Video conferencing solution is by providing a dongle free environment within the collaboration room, while offering their solution of providing screen sharing outside the conference room. This effectively makes the Hub a meeting participant, whom is able to share its own screen or view content shared to those screen external of the collaboration room. The plugin will allow the Intel Unite hub application to control the A/V collaboration tool features, such as session connect/disconnect, volume control and sharing controls.
Suggested Integration
Meeting Invite Handling
Depending on how collaboration software is setup will ultimately affect how this is to be handled. The actual connection to the meeting can be automated or manual.
The invite handling should be as simplified as possible. Such as simply sending a meeting notice to the conference room PC and allowing that PC to connect to the collaboration session as required. This can be app based method or email/calendar based such as the plugin for Skype* for Business uses.
Sharing content in Unite and AV conferencing session
Participants joining the Unite session with 6 digit pin will be seen as a single participant. If someone shares to the Unite Hub, the hub will share out to the AV solution.
AV Control Requirements for plugin
Plugin requirements will include (if applicable) controls for existing room devices, such as:
- Room Camera control off/on
- Room microphones mute
- Room speakers mute
- Session Disconnect
- Auto disconnect from AV Session when last Unite User disconnects
- Audio Controls +, -, mute
- Sharing Controls
- Any Optional AV Control that may be needed
Reactively join conference room to an ad-hoc AV conferencing session (reactive action)
- Ability to "answer" in the room from a connected, Unite-enabled client Toast behavior
- View toast of upcoming meetings scheduled for hub on room display
- Indicate when someone has joined or left the AV conferencing session (not the Intel Unite Session)
Custom screen layouts for multi-screen rooms
- Toggle different visual layouts on displays
- Camera feed(s) on one display, content sharing on another
- Different camera feeds on different displays, content sharing on another
- Mirrored displays - camera feed(s) + content on each display
Support for hardware button behavior
- Ability to work with speaker/mic/hub hardware on meeting room table - support 'Answer' and 'Hang up' button actions to Join and End scheduled meetings with a button press, where the room hub/PC is an invited resource.
Summary
Intel unite allows for a dongle free environment for collaboration room sharing, while the Cloud A/V collaboration tool handles the