Incentive-Based Peer-to-Peer Visual Information Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for sharing visual information of real-world events, people, and landscapes do not allow consumers to actively participate in the capturing or producing process, as they are driven by the publisher's perspective rather than the viewer's preferences, and fail to utilize potential visual information providers equipped with digital devices.
Innovation Solution
A peer-to-peer system that includes a visual-information-capturing device, an incentive service platform, and a communication network, enabling consumers to request and create visual information based on specific metadata requirements, allowing creators to capture and share content according to viewer-defined parameters and providing incentives for producers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional publisher-driven methods are used to share visual information, then the information can be easily produced and distributed, but the content does not match viewer preferences and consumers cannot participate in the capturing process
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the visual information sharing process into distinct components: incentive plan creation, provider selection, capturing parameter specification, and content delivery. This allows viewers to control specific aspects (what, where, when, how) while the system handles coordination, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
Viewers create incentive plans and specify capturing parameters before the actual visual information is captured. This preliminary action allows the system to pre-configure the capturing process according to viewer preferences, enabling adaptation without real-time complexity.
2Ease of operation
If peer-to-peer visual information capturing is enabled, then viewer preferences can be satisfied, but the system complexity increases due to coordination between multiple peers
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary platform that mediates between viewers and providers. The platform manages incentive plan distribution, provider matching, and parameter coordination, enabling easy consumer participation while centralizing the complex coordination functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback loops where viewers receive updates on captured content status and providers receive incentive notifications. This automated feedback mechanism simplifies the interaction complexity by providing clear, structured communication channels between peers.
3Productivity
If incentive plans are implemented to motivate providers, then content relevance to viewer demands increases, but the system requires complex incentive management and tracking
Solution Approach 1:
The incentive system is designed to be self-managing: incentive plans automatically track completion status, calculate rewards, and distribute payments. This self-service approach increases content production relevance through automated motivation while reducing manual incentive management complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of incentive structure from static to dynamic, allowing incentive plans to automatically adjust based on capturing parameters, completion status, and viewer preferences. This parameter dynamicization enables relevant content production while the system automatically manages the complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and an apparatus for capturing and sharing of visual information on a peer-to-peer basis are disclosed. Examples of visual information captured and shared from one peer to another include real-world events, people, and/or landscapes. In one embodiment of the invention, an incentive plan motivates a peer subject to capture and share desired visual information with other peers. In a preferred embodiment, a peer subject can use an image-capturing device to create visual information associated with specific metadata. In another embodiment of the invention, a peer subject can create an incentive plan for a specific set of desired metadata for visual information to motivate other peer subjects to provide visual information that satisfies the specific set of desired metadata. In one example, a metadata set can include information related to geographical location, time stamp, focal length, aperture value, shutter speed, exposure compensation, lens angle, and/or lens orientation.