Digital Pin Board for Gaming Content Sharing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional network gaming platforms lack a convenient and efficient way for users to share and access digital content, limiting user engagement and content distribution.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a digital pin board system within the gaming platform that allows users to create, customize, and share personalized digital boards, enabling the pinning of informational items, automated analysis of user interests, and periodic updates with relevant content, as well as monetization options.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional network gaming platforms are used, then users can access digital content, but users lack a convenient and efficient way to share and access content

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent sharing and accessingVSAvoidcontent management functionality
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The digital pin board system serves multiple functions: it allows users to pin content items, organize them into collections, share boards with other users, subscribe to others' boards, and enables automated content curation based on user interests. This multi-functional approach resolves the contradiction by providing both ease of operation through unified interface and adaptability through diverse content management capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system segments content into discrete pinnable items that can be individually selected and organized into different digital boards. Users can create multiple specialized boards for different content categories, enabling efficient organization and sharing while maintaining ease of access to specific content types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If digital pin board system is implemented, then user engagement and content sharing are enhanced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent distribution efficiencyVSAvoidsystem architecture
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements automated analysis of content pinned to user pin boards to determine user interests without requiring manual user input. The system automatically updates pin boards with new relevant content and enables automated subscription matching, reducing the need for complex manual configuration while improving content distribution efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The digital pin board acts as an intermediary layer between users and the vast amount of available content. It simplifies the interaction model by providing a familiar pinning interface while handling complex tasks like content analysis, interest determination, and automated content curation in the background.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If automated analysis of pinned content is performed, then user interests are accurately determined, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interest determination accuracyVSAvoidcontent analysis time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automated analysis of content items when they are first pinned to user boards, pre-determining user interests and pre-curating relevant content. This preliminary processing avoids repeated analysis and enables faster content matching and board updates in the future.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors and updates pin boards with new content relevant to determined user interests, maintaining accurate interest profiles over time without requiring re-analysis of all pinned content. This continuous operation improves precision while minimizing redundant processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Data Source

PatentUS11247120B2Digital pin board for a gaming platform
Publication Date: 2022.02.15 SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
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AI summary

The disclosure provides methods and systems for storing and sharing information through a digital pin board within a network gaming platform. An example method comprises maintaining at least one personalized digital board associated with the digital pin board of a user. Furthermore, a selection of an informational item is received from the user. The informational item is associated with at least one personalized digital board of the user. The method further includes presenting, to the user, a graphical user interface of the network gaming platform. The graphical user interface includes a graphical representation of the digital pin board, where the digital pin board includes a graphical representation of at least one personalized digital board of the user.