Dynamic User Image Motion for Social Network Engagement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing social networking services fail to engage users beyond their own interactions, as they do not consider the responses of other users when displaying content, leading to a lack of interest in the service.
Innovation Solution
A message-browsing system that allows users to browse and respond to posts and responses from multiple users, using user images with associated motions and patterns that change based on the type of response, enhancing user engagement by incorporating the interactions and responses of others.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If user images are displayed with static expressions in existing SNS services, then the system is simple to operate, but other users do not feel interested in the service
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by transforming static user images into dynamic images that automatically change expressions based on response types. The setting unit selects motion information from storage based on the response type, causing the user image to display different expressions (e.g., smiling for praise, frowning for criticism) without requiring manual user input. This dynamic transformation maintains ease of operation while significantly improving user engagement and interest.
2Device complexity
If the system displays only the user's own posts without considering other users' responses, then the device complexity is low, but the service becomes less interesting for users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by automatically analyzing the type of response received (praise, criticism, neutral) and using this feedback to dynamically change the user image's expression. The setting unit receives response information, determines the response type, and selects appropriate motion information to reflect the feedback in the displayed image. This feedback mechanism increases user interest by making the service responsive to interactions while maintaining relatively low system complexity.
3Productivity
If multiple response forms with different motions are implemented, then user engagement improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-storing multiple types of motion information in the motion information storage unit before runtime. Each motion type (smiling, frowning, neutral expressions) is prepared in advance and associated with different response types. When a response is received, the setting unit simply retrieves the pre-prepared motion information corresponding to the response type, avoiding complex real-time generation of expressions. This approach enables rich user engagement while keeping system complexity manageable through advance preparation.
Data Source
AI summary
A message-browsing system includes an image storage unit storing user images to be displayed on a screen, each user image corresponding to respective ones of the multiple users, an input instruction unit providing a response in multiple response forms to a post, the response forms corresponding to multiple fixed response sentences that are different from one another, a motion storage unit storing pieces of motion information defining motions of the user images, each in association with respective ones of the multiple response forms, and a setting unit selecting a piece of motion information that corresponds to a response form of a response provided to a post, and setting a motion of a user image corresponding to a user who has contributed the post, the user image being displayed on a screen of another user who has provided the response.