Audio Conversation Broadcasting with Descriptive Operator Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current social networking applications do not provide a seamless way for people to engage in meaningful live audio conversations beyond their immediate social network, limiting the expansion of communication and perspective sharing.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for initiating and broadcasting audio conversations, using computing devices to connect users and transmit visual representations and descriptive operators, allowing for the expansion of communication networks and enhancing user experience through hashtag and operator-based interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If social networking applications enable text-based communication among people, then communication can be established within immediate social networks, but smooth and efficient live audio conversations beyond one's immediate network cannot be achieved

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecommunication reachVSAvoidaudio conversation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a social networking system as an intermediary platform that facilitates audio conversations between users beyond their immediate contact networks. The system matches users based on interests, demographics, and compatibility factors, acting as a mediator that connects strangers who share common ground without requiring pre-existing relationships.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-matching users based on their profiles, interests, and compatibility criteria before audio conversations begin. This preliminary matching process ensures that users are connected with compatible conversation partners in advance, making the actual audio interaction smoother and more efficient.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If audio conversations are established between random users, then communication network expansion is enabled, but user matching quality and conversation meaningfulness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenetwork expansionVSAvoidconversation quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system changes multiple parameters simultaneously including user interests, demographic compatibility, communication style matching, and shared values to ensure high-quality connections. By adjusting and optimizing these parameters, the system expands the network while maintaining conversation meaningfulness through data-driven matching algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a composite matching criteria system that combines multiple factors (interests, demographics, communication preferences, values) into a unified matching algorithm. This composite approach ensures comprehensive user compatibility assessment, enabling network expansion while preserving conversation quality through multi-dimensional user profiling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Measurement precision

If visual representations including photographic or video images are transmitted during audio conversations, then user identity verification is improved, but user privacy and comfort deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser identification accuracyVSAvoiduser privacy exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes photographic and video image elements from the audio conversation interface, keeping only audio transmission and text-based visual representations. This extraction eliminates privacy concerns associated with visual imagery while preserving user identity verification through voice characteristics and text interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates and transmits simplified visual copies such as avatars, icons, or text-based representations instead of actual photographic or video images. These copied visual elements provide user identification functionality while maintaining privacy by avoiding transmission of real personal imagery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS11165911B1Complex computing network for improving establishment and broadcasting of audio communication among mobile computing devices and for improving speaker-listener engagement using audio conversation control
Publication Date: 2021.11.02 RIZZ IP LTD
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for improving establishment and broadcasting of communication, including improving speaker-listener engagement using audio conversation control. For example, a method comprises determining a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user; determining a second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user; initiating an audio conversation between the first mobile device of the first user and the second mobile device of the second user; and receiving an instruction from the first mobile device to enable a third user who accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user to listen to the audio conversation, wherein the instructions prevents a fourth user who accesses the mobile application on a fourth mobile device of the fourth user to listen to the audio conversation.