Hierarchical Interface for Collaborative Innovation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Collaborative software systems are limited in displaying non-linear revisions of topics, often presenting only the most recent version of an article and failing to effectively manage competing valid opinions, which can lead to incomplete or biased content creation.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that provide an interface for collaborative innovation, allowing users to create, rate, and order primary and secondary responses to an initial idea, displaying these responses in a graphical hierarchical structure and ordering them based on user ratings, enabling multiple concurrent revisions and valuing diverse contributions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If collaborative software displays only the most recent version of an article, then the interface is simple and easy to operate, but it loses information about competing valid opinions and non-linear revisions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a linear, single-dimension view (only the latest version) to a multi-dimensional hierarchical structure that displays the original idea, primary responses, and secondary responses simultaneously. This dimensional expansion allows all competing opinions and revision histories to coexist without overwhelming interface complexity, as the hierarchy organizes information logically across multiple levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the content into distinct hierarchical levels: the original idea, primary responses (first-level revisions), and secondary responses (second-level revisions). This segmentation allows the system to preserve comprehensive information about competing opinions while maintaining interface simplicity through structured organization, where each segment can be independently viewed or expanded.
2Loss of information
If the system allows multiple concurrent revisions and displays them all, then information completeness improves, but the interface becomes more complex and harder to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses hierarchical dimensionality to organize multiple concurrent revisions, placing them in distinct levels (primary responses at one level, secondary responses at another). This dimensional organization allows users to navigate complex revision histories systematically, expanding or collapsing levels as needed, rather than presenting all revisions in a flat, overwhelming list.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic navigation where users can expand or collapse hierarchical levels based on their needs. The interface adapts to user interaction by allowing selective viewing of primary and secondary responses, making the navigation of complex revision histories flexible and user-controlled rather than static and overwhelming.
3Measurement precision
If the system displays a detailed hierarchical structure of all responses, then measurement precision of idea relationships improves, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the detailed hierarchical structure into manageable levels with clear visual distinctions. Each level (original idea, primary responses, secondary responses) is separated and organized, allowing precise representation of idea relationships without presenting the entire complex structure at once. This segmentation maintains measurement precision while reducing perceived interface complexity through structured organization.
Data Source
AI summary
A system is described for providing an interface for collaborative innovation. The system may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store an item, primary responses, secondary responses and ratings. The interface may communicate with users and a content provider and may allow the users to create primary responses associated with the item, create secondary responses associated with the primary responses and rate the primary and secondary responses. The processor may receive the item from the content provider and provide the interface to the users. The processor may receive the primary and secondary responses from the users, and may display a graphical hierarchical representation of the item and the responses. The processor may allow the users to rate the primary and secondary responses through the graphical hierarchical representation. The processor may provide the primary and secondary responses to the content provider, ordered based on the ratings.