Hierarchical Hashtag Tree Generation for Social Media Discoverability

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users often miss adding relevant hashtags to social media content, both directly and indirectly related to the content's subject matter, limiting the content's discoverability on social media platforms.

Innovation Solution

A system that analyzes content to identify its subject matter and generates a hierarchical hashtag tree, including both direct and indirect related words or phrases, which are then automatically added to the content for posting, allowing for enhanced discoverability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users manually add hashtags to social media content, then the user has control over the tags added, but the user often misses adding relevant hashtags both directly and indirectly related to the content's subject matter

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of hashtag coverageVSAvoiduser effort in adding hashtags
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic hashtag generation and selection without requiring user input beyond the initial content submission. The computer system analyzes the content, generates multiple hashtag options, and automatically selects and adds the most relevant hashtags to the social media content, making the system serve itself rather than requiring continuous user intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The manual mechanical process of users selecting and adding hashtags is replaced by an automated computer-based system that uses content analysis and hierarchical hashtag tree generation. This substitution eliminates the need for users to manually research and add hashtags while ensuring comprehensive coverage of both direct and indirect relevant topics.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If users add only a few hashtags manually, then the ease of operation is maintained, but the content's discoverability on social media platforms is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent discoverabilityVSAvoidtime for user to research and add hashtags
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary content analysis and generates a hierarchical hashtag tree before the user needs to post the content. By pre-generating multiple hashtag options organized in a hierarchical structure and automatically selecting the most relevant ones, the system ensures comprehensive hashtag coverage is ready in advance, maximizing discoverability without requiring the user to spend time on research during the posting process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If a hierarchical hashtag tree with multiple levels is generated, then both direct and indirect related hashtags are captured, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of hashtag relationshipsVSAvoidcomplexity of hashtag generation system
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The hashtag generation system is segmented into distinct functional modules: content analysis module, hierarchical hashtag tree generation module, hashtag selection module, and automatic addition module. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, making the overall complex system more manageable and maintainable while ensuring comprehensive capture of both direct and indirect hashtag relationships through the hierarchical structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11514113B2Structural geographic based cultural group tagging hierarchy and sequencing for hashtags
Publication Date: 2022.11.29 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating hashtags. The method comprises receiving content to be posted on a social media service and analyzing the content to identify at least one item included in the content. Generating a first hashtag tree, wherein the content of the first hashtag tree contains information that indirectly relates to the identified at least one item, wherein the first hierarchical hashtag tree is comprised of multiple levels, wherein the first hierarchical hashtag tree includes words or phrases indirectly relates to the identified at least one item. Generating at least one hashtag from the first hierarchical hashtag tree and adding the at least one hashtag to the content and posting the content and the added at least one hashtag to the social media service, wherein the at least one hashtag is automatically added.