Event Page Permission Segmentation for Spam Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Large public events broadcasted through various mediums face challenges in managing real-time contributions from participants, leading to unwanted comments and spam, which can overwhelm the system and detract from the event experience.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method generates an event page associated with a social network, allowing a subset of members to edit the page with permissions to add photos, videos, and comments while restricting others, providing real-time updates and indicating the event's occurrence, thus controlling participation and preventing abuse.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If access to the event page is allowed to all members of the social network, then the event experience is enhanced through diverse contributions, but the system becomes overwhelmed by unwanted comments and spam

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent participationVSAvoidspam and unwanted comments
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating permission levels for different user groups on the same event page. Selected members receive full editing permissions while other members have restricted access. This allows the system to provide tailored access rights to different portions of the user base, enabling valuable contributions from selected users while preventing spam from the broader community.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Productivity

If editing permissions are granted to multiple members, then real-time updates and diverse content are achieved, but control over content quality and relevance is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time updatesVSAvoidcontent quality control
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the user base into distinct groups with different permission levels. A selected subset of members is granted full editing permissions to add photos, videos, and comments, while other members have restricted access. This segmentation maintains content quality by limiting editing capabilities to trusted individuals while still enabling real-time updates from multiple sources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If access is restricted to a subset of members, then spam and unwanted participation are prevented, but the diversity of contributions and community engagement is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent authenticityVSAvoidcontent diversity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism in the form of selected member accounts that act as intermediaries between the broader community and the event page. These selected members are trusted to filter and curate contributions, maintaining content authenticity while still allowing diverse inputs from the larger community through their moderated participation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP2864956B1System and method for hosting and sharing a live event
Publication Date: 2020.04.08 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

A computer-implemented method and computing system for generating, using one or more computing devices, an event page corresponding to a particular event, the event page associated with a social network. The method further configured to allow access to the event page to one or more members of the social network and to determine a subset of the one or more members of the social network. The method further configured to provide the subset of the one or more members of the social network with permission to edit the event page and receive real-time updates to the event page from the subset of the one or more members of the social network.