Digital Platform Incentivizing Social Interaction via Proximity
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a platform that allows social interaction between owners of wearable goods associated with a unique or limited digital identifier, as existing products lack mechanisms for owners to connect.
Innovation Solution
A digital platform and system that includes physical articles associated with unique digital identifiers, which incentivize social interaction by sending notifications when owners are within a certain geographical proximity, and reward owners for completing social connection performance activities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If physical articles are associated with unique digital identifiers, then social interaction between owners can be enabled, but device complexity increases due to the need for digital platform and tracking systems
Solution Approach 1:
A digital platform acts as an intermediary system that manages the complexity of tracking and matching owners of physical articles. The platform receives location data from user devices, determines geographical proximity, and sends notifications without requiring direct complex interactions between individual users' devices
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where location data is continuously monitored, proximity conditions are evaluated, and notifications are automatically sent when thresholds are met. This automated feedback mechanism reduces the need for manual intervention and simplifies the user experience despite the underlying system complexity
2Productivity
If location tracking is implemented to enable proximity notifications, then social connection opportunities increase, but loss of information increases due to continuous data collection and processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system processes location data in a distributed manner where each user device performs local filtering and the central platform only processes relevant proximity determinations. This local quality approach reduces redundant data transmission and processing, minimizing information loss while maintaining high social connection rates
3Measurement precision
If geographical proximity threshold is set low for accurate social matching, then measurement precision improves, but loss of time increases due to more frequent notifications and false positives
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses a tiered notification approach where a first threshold triggers preliminary notifications and a second, lower threshold triggers confirmed social connection notifications. This partial action strategy reduces false positives and unnecessary notification processing while maintaining high measurement precision for actual social connection opportunities
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AI summary
Systems and methods for incentivizing social interaction are disclosed herein. The system includes a plurality of products. The products can include a first product and a second product, each comprising a physical article and an associated digital asset. The system includes a digital platform. The digital platform can include a user interface configured to permit a user to perceive and interact with the platform; a product selection module configured to permit a user to purchase a product; a performance tracking module configured to track whether an owner of a product has completed a performance activity, such as a social connection between an owner of the first product and an owner of the second product; an incentive module configured to reward an owner for completing the performance activity; and a communications module configured to receive performance activity data from the performance tracking module and send such data to the incentive module.