Interactive Group Content Hub for Secure Collaboration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional social networking websites limit user interaction and security concerns due to open information sharing, making users hesitant to participate.

Innovation Solution

An interactive group content system with a content hub subsystem and access devices that enable real-time communication and collaboration across diverse platforms, using interactive graphical objects and tools for secure content sharing and editing within defined user groups.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional web models are used for social networking, then information can be shared openly, but user interaction capability is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interaction capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments user profiles into multiple locations within the social networking website, allowing different aspects of user information to be distributed across various accessible locations. This enables enhanced interaction capabilities while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular organization of user data and access points.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If open information sharing is allowed on social networking websites, then information distribution is improved, but security concerns increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation distribution efficiencyVSAvoidsecurity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements local quality by allowing users to have different levels of access control for different locations within their profile. Each location can have its own security settings and access permissions, enabling selective information sharing that maintains both security and efficient distribution. Users can control which locations are publicly accessible and which require authentication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Ease of operation

If users are given control over individual profile locations, then user autonomy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser control capabilityVSAvoidsystem management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies universality by providing a standardized framework for profile location management that works across different user types and information categories. The same access control mechanisms and location management principles apply universally throughout the system, simplifying implementation while enabling comprehensive user control over multiple profile locations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10261743B2Interactive group content systems and methods
Publication Date: 2019.04.16 VERIZON PATENT & LICENSING INC
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AI summary

In certain examples, a content hub subsystem receives data representative of content from an access device included in a plurality of access devices associated with the predefined group of users, maps the content to the predefined group of users, and provides data representative of the content to one or more other access devices associated with the predefined group of users. In certain examples, the content hub subsystem selects one or more data formats and encodes the content into the one or more data formats for distribution to the one or more other access devices associated with the predefined group of users. Each of the access devices associated with the predefined group of users is configured to generate at least one interactive graphical object representative of the content, and generate and present a graphical user interface including the interactive graphical object.