Browsing Information Aggregation for Wide-Angle Images

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems for aggregating content browsing information, particularly in real estate and e-commerce, fail to effectively identify areas of interest for users interacting with wide-angle images, limiting the ability to personalize and optimize content presentation.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system and method that acquires and aggregates browsing information from user-operated terminals, using a browsing information reception unit and data aggregation unit to summarize areas of interest based on user interactions with wide-angle images, such as full-view spherical images, by analyzing display states and operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If browsing information is collected from user-operated terminals to identify areas of interest, then user preference insights are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrowsing informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that receives browsing information from multiple user terminals, processes the data to identify areas of interest, and generates aggregated browsing information. This intermediary architecture allows the system to collect and analyze browsing data without requiring complex processing at each terminal device, thereby reducing overall system complexity while improving information gathering capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If detailed browsing information is aggregated to identify specific areas of interest, then measurement precision is improved, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvearea of interest identificationVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the browsing information processing into distinct components: terminal devices that collect local browsing data, a server that aggregates and processes the segmented information from multiple sources, and specific processing modules that analyze different aspects of browsing behavior. This segmentation allows detailed area of interest identification while distributing processing complexity across multiple manageable components rather than requiring one complex centralized system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11914652B2Information processing system, method, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.02.27 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing system includes circuitry configured to acquire browsing information indicating a display state of an image from a browsing terminal displaying the image and operated by a user; and aggregate one or more areas of the image that attract interests of the user based on the browsing information.