Dynamic Website Reconfiguration for Collaborative Idea Ranking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional feedback mechanisms for software services are cumbersome for collaborative use, especially in web-based environments where multiple users need to share input effectively, leading to unsatisfactory problem reporting and quality surveys.
Innovation Solution
A website-based system that allows sponsoring organizations to maintain sites for displaying articles, enabling users to vote on ideas based on Qualitative Management Criteria, with votes weighted by time and style, and the website reconfigured according to a Total Qualitative Management Criterion, promoting better-ranked content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional feedback mechanisms (problem reports, quality surveys) are used for software services, then feedback collection is possible, but the mechanisms are cumbersome and unsatisfactory for collaborative use by multiple users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses web pages as copies or representations of ideas, allowing users to submit feedback in the form of web pages rather than filling out complex survey forms. This simplifies the feedback submission process while maintaining the ability to collect detailed information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system combines multiple feedback functions (idea submission, voting, ranking, display) into a single web-based platform. Users can submit ideas, vote on them, and view ranked results all through the same interface, eliminating the need for separate problem reports and quality surveys.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple users share input in web-based environments, then collaborative feedback is enabled, but effective sharing and organization of ideas becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback loop where users submit ideas, receive votes from other users, and see their ideas re-ranked based on vote totals. This continuous feedback mechanism helps organize and prioritize ideas effectively in a collaborative environment.
Solution Approach 2:
The web page display is dynamically reorganized based on vote totals. As users vote on ideas, the ranking and positioning of web pages automatically update, providing real-time organization of collaborative input without manual intervention.
3Productivity
If votes are tallied without time weighting, then simple counting is possible, but older votes retain equal importance with newer votes which may not reflect current preferences
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of vote weight by introducing time as a variable. Votes are weighted based on how recently they were cast, with newer votes having greater influence. This transforms the simple counting process into a more precise measurement of current user preferences.
4Ease of manufacture
If the website structure is fixed, then implementation is simple, but the website cannot adapt to prioritize and promote better-ranked content based on user feedback
Solution Approach 1:
The website structure is made dynamic rather than fixed. Web pages can be repositioned and reorganized automatically based on vote totals and ranking algorithms. This allows the site to adapt and promote high-ranking content while maintaining a relatively simple underlying implementation structure.
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AI summary
A method for automatically reconfiguring a webpage is provided. The web page may include a plurality of sections, and each section may include at least one aspect related to a particular topic, such as customer support and an option for casting a vote for a topic posted. A vote may be received vote for at least one of the plurality of sections. A Total Qualitative Management Criterion (TQMC) may be determined for each section of the website. An increasing function of time may be applied to newer votes to enable relative weightings of older votes to diminish over time without requiring computing a decaying time function to determine weightings for each vote. The webpage may be reconfigured based on ranking the sections according to the TQMC for each section.