Collaborative Social Media Collage via Configuration File
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Solution Overview
Problem
The flexibility of picture combining in existing technologies is low, resulting in monotonous collage effects, as users can only locally download and recombine images without collaborative editing capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for creating collages within a chat group of a social networking application, where a user selects a collage template, adds pictures, generates a configuration file, and submits it to the social networking application, allowing other group members to update the collage by adding pictures to blank sections until no sections are left blank.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a user downloads a collage locally and uses an image processing application to select a new collage template to combine again, then the user can recombine the collage, but the flexibility of picture combining is relatively low and the effect of a collage formed through picture combining is monotonous
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the collage creation process into independent components: template selection, picture selection, and configuration file generation. Each component can be independently modified or reused, allowing users to segment and recombine collage elements flexibly across different applications without starting from scratch.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal configuration file format that can be used across different image processing applications and social networking platforms. This configuration file serves multiple functions: storing collage structure, picture information, and template data, enabling the same collage to be opened and modified in different applications without losing its structural integrity.
2Ease of operation
If a user shares a collage to a social-networking-information sharing platform, then the collage can be shared with others, but another user can only download and locally recombine it without collaborative editing capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a configuration file as an intermediary that bridges the gap between different users and applications. This configuration file acts as a mediator that carries all the necessary information about the collage structure, pictures, and template, allowing it to be exchanged and opened across different platforms while preserving the original collage's editable properties.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-generating a configuration file that contains all the necessary metadata, picture information, and template structure before sharing. This preliminary preparation ensures that when the collage is opened by another user, all the editing capabilities and structural information are already in place, eliminating the need for manual recreation or loss of editing functionality.
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AI summary
A method for creating a collage among members of a chat group of a social networking application is performed at a terminal, comprising: generating a first collage using a user-selected collage template after receiving a user-selected picture for a predefined location in the user-selected collage template; generating a configuration file used for describing the first collage; and submitting the first collage and the configuration file to the social networking application, wherein the social networking application is configured to forward the first collage and the configuration file to another member of the chat group when there are one or more blank sections in the first collage and the other member of the chat group is configured to update the first collage by adding at least one picture to one of the one or more blank sections until there is no blank section in the first collage.