Cross-Service Connection Recommendation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the inconvenience of maintaining separate social networks across multiple online social services, leading to fragmented connections and time-consuming efforts in managing relationships, as each service requires individual login credentials and information entry.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for generating recommended connections between users across different online services by identifying existing connections on one service and presenting them as recommendations on another, utilizing a processor and memory to store instructions for identifying users and generating recommendations based on connections in other services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users maintain separate social networks on multiple online services, then each service can provide specialized features and content, but users face fragmented connections and time-consuming management efforts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges connection data from multiple online services into a unified social network. The system collects connection information from various services, identifies corresponding users across services, and integrates these connections into a single unified network, eliminating the need to manage separate social networks on each service.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified social network system provides universal connection management across multiple services. A single system performs the function of managing connections on multiple different online services, allowing users to access and manage all their social connections from one place rather than needing separate management for each service.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users create separate accounts on multiple services, then each service can have unique login credentials and features, but users must remember multiple usernames and passwords
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple service accounts into a unified social network account. Instead of maintaining separate accounts on each service, the system consolidates user identities and connections into a single unified account that spans multiple services, reducing the number of credentials users must manage.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified social network acts as an intermediary layer between users and multiple online services. This intermediary system handles the complexity of multiple service accounts by providing a single point of access and management, shielding users from the underlying complexity of multiple separate accounts.
3Measurement precision
If users manually look up friends on different services, then accurate connections can be found, but the process requires remembering or searching for specific service names
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the friend-finding functionality of multiple services into a unified system. By integrating connection data from all services and identifying corresponding users across services, the system provides a single friend lookup function that searches across all connected services simultaneously, eliminating the need to manually search each service separately.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified social network system automatically performs the friend lookup process across multiple services. Instead of requiring users to manually search each service, the system autonomously queries connected services, identifies matching users, and presents unified results, making the process transparent and effortless for users.
Data Source
AI summary
Potential connections from a first user of a first online service to other users of the online service may be recommended by identifying a second online service from a plurality of online services, wherein the first user is a member of the second online service, identifying a second user of the second online service, wherein a connection exists in the second online service between the first user and the second user, and recommending that a connection be established in the first online service between the first user and the second user. Such recommendations may also be generated by identifying a second user and a third user, where the second user and the third user are members of a second online service, a connection exists in the first online service between the first user and the second user, and a connection exists in the second online service between the second user and the third user, and recommending that a connection be established in the first online service between the first user and the third user.