Embedded Secondary Stream Interface for Social Network Content Depth
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of social networks often find the content provided to be limited or superficial, making it difficult to find related information, leading to reduced engagement and usage of the platform.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that generates a primary stream with an embedded secondary stream, using a primary stream generator, secondary stream generator, and user interface engine to provide a user interface that includes both streams, allowing for context-based content determination and embedding of additional information within the primary stream.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single primary stream is provided to users, then the system complexity remains low, but the content depth and comprehensiveness become limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements an embedded stream structure where a secondary stream is nested within the primary stream. The secondary stream provides additional depth and comprehensiveness on specific topics by embedding related content directly within the context of primary stream items, allowing users to access detailed information without leaving the main stream flow.
2Adaptability or versatility
If disparate topics are intermingled in a single stream, then the stream coverage is broad, but the ease of finding related content decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments content organization by creating distinct primary and secondary streams. The primary stream maintains broad topic coverage while the secondary stream segments and organizes related content by specific dimensions (topics, categories, groups, or users). This segmentation allows users to easily find related content by switching between streams without losing overall content diversity.
3Quantity of substance
If the stream content is limited or superficial, then the system resource consumption is low, but the user engagement and platform usage decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-generating and organizing secondary stream content based on user interactions with the primary stream. When users engage with primary stream items, the system proactively prepares and makes available related secondary content, enhancing engagement without requiring users to perform additional search or navigation actions.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for providing or presenting secondary or embedded streams includes a primary stream generator, a secondary stream generator and a user interface engine. The primary stream generator generates the primary stream for the user and is coupled to a content source to extract data and coupled to provide the primary stream. The secondary stream generator generates a secondary stream for the user, is coupled to the content source to retrieve data and is coupled to provide the secondary stream. The user interface engine produces a user interface including a primary stream of content with an embedded secondary stream. The user interface engine is coupled to receive the primary stream from the primary stream generator and the secondary stream from the secondary stream generator. The present disclosure also includes a method for generating a user interface with an embedded stream.