Custom Rule Processing Preference Indications in Social Feeds
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional social networking systems lack mechanisms to customize the processing of preference indications based on the content of feed items and associated entities, leading to inefficiencies in endorsing relevant information.
Innovation Solution
Implementing custom rules that process preference indications by considering content types and entity information, such as user roles or profile details, to perform specific actions like updating feed items or sending notifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional database management techniques are used, then users can access and manage data, but users cannot efficiently track or know about the activity of other users in the cloud
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a notification service as an intermediary component that sits between the database system and users. This service subscribes to database events, processes them, and delivers notifications to appropriate users. The intermediary handles the complexity of tracking user activities across the distributed cloud database, making visibility available without requiring users to directly implement complex tracking mechanisms.
2Productivity
If users manually create and send reports about their actions, then information can be shared, but the process is inefficient and not timely
Solution Approach 1:
The notification service operates autonomously by automatically subscribing to database events and generating notifications without requiring manual user intervention. When database events occur (such as data changes or user actions), the system self-service notifies relevant users immediately, eliminating the need for users to manually create and send reports, thus dramatically improving information sharing efficiency and reducing time loss.
Solution Approach 2:
Users can pre-configure their notification preferences and subscriptions in advance. The system sets up event subscriptions and notification rules beforehand, so when events occur, notifications are automatically delivered without requiring any real-time user action. This preliminary configuration enables timely information delivery while reducing ongoing user effort.
3Loss of information
If conventional reporting methods are used, then some information can be shared, but it is incomplete and difficult to identify other users who might benefit
Solution Approach 1:
The notification service implements a feedback mechanism where users can subscribe to specific events and receive targeted notifications. The system continuously monitors database events, matches them against user subscriptions, and delivers relevant information. This feedback loop ensures that users receive complete and accurate information about activities that concern them, while the automated matching process makes information distribution easy and scalable.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for processing a preference indication for a feed item of an information feed. In some implementations, a preference indication associated with a feed item is received. In some instances, it is determined whether the feed item is associated with a custom rule, where the custom rule defines one or more actions to modify information associated with feed items of designated one more content types. In some instances, one or more actions are selected to perform based on an identified content type of the feed item in response to the determination that the feed item is associated with the custom rule.