Geofeed Ranking System for Spatial Content Prioritization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The vast amount of content from social media and other providers makes it difficult to effectively organize, rank, and display geographically definable location-based content in a meaningful way.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a computer with processors to execute modules for geofeed creation, ranking, communication, and user interface, allowing for the specification of geo-locations, ranking parameters, and content attributes to filter and rank geofeeds and their content, and display them through various user interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If content is aggregated from multiple social media providers without ranking, then the quantity of available content increases, but the organization and meaningful display of content becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by introducing multiple ranking parameters (popularity, recency, relevance, user preferences) to transform the unorganized content aggregation process into a structured ranking system. These parameters enable the system to automatically organize vast amounts of content from multiple providers without manual intervention, resolving the contradiction between content quantity and organizational ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the content organization process into distinct functional modules: content aggregation from multiple providers, parameter-based ranking evaluation, and selective display. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific tasks efficiently, making the overall system manageable despite the large volume of content being processed.
2Loss of information
If all content from geofeeds is displayed without ranking, then completeness of information is maintained, but user experience deteriorates due to inability to identify relevant content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements partial action by displaying only the top-ranked content items that meet certain thresholds, rather than showing all content. The ranking system evaluates multiple parameters and selectively presents content that exceeds predefined criteria, providing users with curated relevant information without losing the underlying completeness of the aggregated content pool.
Solution Approach 2:
The ranking system acts as an intermediary between the complete content pool and the user interface. It processes all aggregated content through parameter-based evaluation and selectively passes only the most relevant items to the display layer, thereby maintaining information completeness while enhancing user experience through intelligent filtering.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple geofeeds are aggregated without ranking parameters, then coverage of geographic locations increases, but the ability to prioritize relevant geofeeds is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces geographic parameters (location relevance, distance weighting, regional popularity) as additional dimensions in the ranking system. These parameters enable the system to maintain versatile coverage of multiple geographic locations while simultaneously prioritizing content based on spatial relevance and user-specific geographic preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different ranking parameters to dominate in different geographic contexts. Content from different regions can be ranked using location-specific parameters, enabling the system to maintain appropriate prioritization across diverse geographic areas while preserving overall system versatility.
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AI summary
A system and method for ranking geofeed results is provided. A geofeed includes a collection of content, aggregated from various content providers, that is relevant to one or more geographically definable locations. The generated content may include, for example, video, audio, images, text, hyperlinks, and/or other content that may be relevant to a geographically definable location. The content providers may include, for example, social media platforms, online knowledge databases, individual content creators, and/or other providers that can distribute content that may be relevant to a geographically definable location. The system may rank a plurality of geofeeds based on attributes of individual geofeeds or content within each geofeed, rank content within a geofeed based on attributes of the content, display the ranked geofeeds, and/or display the ranked content within a geofeed.