Dynamic Content Mapping Spatial Arrangement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional content retrieval systems are inadequate in situations where users are unsure of their intent or cannot express it clearly, particularly when dealing with multi-dimensional or multi-modal queries, and struggle with subjective opinions and unsolved technical challenges.

Innovation Solution

A system that allows users to interactively control the discovery of digital content through a spatial arrangement based on semantically-meaningful attributes, using techniques like query-by-example, query-by-sketch, and social connections, allowing for dynamic rearrangement and filtering of content items in response to user input.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional content retrieval systems are used, then content can be displayed to users, but the systems are inadequate when users are unsure of their intent or cannot express it clearly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to user intentVSAvoidease of content discovery

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the spatial arrangement and filtering of content items based on real-time user interactions, allowing the interface to adapt its behavior and presentation as the user explores content, rather than requiring fixed user intent from the start

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces intermediate filtering and arrangement mechanisms that mediate between the user's initial ambiguous query and the final content results, using spatial organization and progressive refinement to bridge the gap

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If multi-dimensional or multi-modal queries are handled, then content discovery capability is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvequery handling capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system adds spatial dimension to content presentation by arranging items in multi-dimensional space based on their attributes, allowing users to navigate and filter content along multiple dimensions simultaneously without increasing textual or procedural complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The spatial arrangement system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it visualizes content relationships, enables filtering by multiple attributes, supports navigation, and provides contextual information, replacing what would otherwise require separate system components

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Measurement precision

If dynamic rearrangement and filtering of content items is implemented, then content relevance is improved, but computational requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent relevanceVSAvoidcomputational power

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSPower

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs partial rearrangement and filtering operations by updating only the portions of the spatial arrangement that are affected by user interactions, rather than completely recomputing and redrawing the entire content set, reducing computational overhead while maintaining relevance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS10540423B2Dynamic content mapping

Publication Date: 2020.01.21 VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC

AI summary

A representation of a collection of content items is generated for display by a computing device. The representation includes a two-or-more-dimensional arrangement including representations of the content items. The representations of the content items are positioned relative to one another based, at least in part, on values of one or more attributes of the digital content items. The representation is dynamically adjusted based, at least in part, on a user interaction with a representation of one of the content items.