AR Icon Overlay for Real-Time Social Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional online social networking services are inefficient in facilitating in-person meetings and managing personal information, often leading to disappointment due to misrepresentation and lack of control over who receives personal information.
Innovation Solution
A computing system and method that uses Augmented Reality (AR) icons to identify and display potential interested users in real-time based on location and preferences, allowing users to meet in person without sharing personal contact information, utilizing a QR code system for profile sharing and connection establishment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users manually peruse profiles or wait for system matches, then matches can be found, but considerable time is spent in the process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual profile scrolling and traditional matching algorithms with Augmented Reality visual overlays that automatically display potential matches in the user's physical environment. The system uses camera feeds and AR technology to substitute mechanical browsing actions with automated visual recognition and display, dramatically reducing the time required to identify potential matches.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions matching from a two-dimensional screen-based profile browsing experience to a three-dimensional real-world environment overlay. By projecting match information directly onto the physical space through AR, the system adds a spatial dimension to the matching process, allowing users to identify potential matches naturally in their environment without time-consuming scrolling.
2Ease of operation
If users share personal information online, then connections can be established, but control over who receives personal information is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an AR-based intermediary layer that displays match information and facilitates connections without requiring direct sharing of personal contact information. The system acts as a mediator by providing in-app communication channels and controlled information disclosure, allowing users to establish connections while maintaining privacy through the AR interface rather than exposing personal details directly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates virtual representations of user profiles and match information through AR overlays instead of requiring direct sharing of personal information. By copying and displaying essential match data in the AR interface, the system enables connection establishment while keeping actual personal information protected and controlled through the platform's permission system.
3Loss of information
If users rely on online profiles, then matches can be identified, but misrepresentation leads to disappointment in person
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to have preliminary in-person encounters facilitated by AR before committing to full connections. By allowing users to see and interact with potential matches in real-world settings through AR overlays first, the system provides an opportunity to verify authenticity and compatibility before exchanging personal information, thereby reducing misrepresentation issues.
4Adaptability or versatility
If conventional dating apps use filters, then specific preferences can be matched, but rejection fears and social pressure increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional dating app approach by displaying all nearby users through AR overlays without requiring users to actively swipe or filter through profiles. Instead of users initiating selective engagement through filters, the system presents options naturally in the environment, allowing users to organically engage with those they notice, thereby reducing the pressure and rejection fears associated with traditional filtering mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for facilitating social networking among users is disclosed. The method includes a user data and one or more preferences from each of a plurality electronic devices associated with a plurality of users and receiving a request from a registered user associated with a registered plurality of users to find a potential interested user. The method further includes identifying one or more potential interested users at real-time based on a location of the user, the received user data, the received one or more preferences and the received request and generating one or more AR icons at real-time. Further, the method includes superimposing the generated one or more AR icons on one or more images and one or more videos at real-time and outputting the one or more images and one or more videos to the user upon superimposing the one or more AR icons.