Interaction Strength Scoring via Mobile Sensor Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Online social networks fail to capture and represent real-world interactions between users, such as physical and wireless interactions, which are essential for accurately determining interaction strengths and improving user relationship analysis.
Innovation Solution
The technology calculates interaction strengths by capturing physical and wireless interactions between users' mobile communication devices, using user identity tokens, calendar entries, and observer software to create connection events and determine connectedness scores, which are then used to modify social profiles and enhance relationship representation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If online social networks only capture interactions within the social network platform, then the system complexity remains low and data privacy is easier to manage, but the accuracy and completeness of user relationship analysis deteriorates because real-world interactions are not captured
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces mobile devices as intermediary components that capture real-world interactions through sensors (GPS, accelerometer, microphone) and communicate this data to the social network platform. This intermediary layer enables accurate capture of physical interactions without requiring direct integration into the core social network system, thus improving measurement precision while managing system complexity through modular architecture
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional manual interaction tracking (mechanical/system-based logging within the platform) with automated sensor-based detection systems in mobile devices. These sensors automatically detect and report physical interactions, replacing the need for explicit user input or platform-based tracking mechanisms, thereby improving accuracy without proportionally increasing system complexity
2Loss of information
If the system captures and processes all real-world interactions between users, then the completeness of connection data improves, but the loss of time for data processing and analysis increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by having mobile devices continuously capture and pre-process interaction data in the background before it needs to be analyzed by the social network platform. The devices maintain local records of physical interactions, aggregating data over time intervals, so that when data is synchronized with the platform, it is already organized and ready for analysis, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining complete data capture
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the data processing workload by distributing capture and initial processing functions to individual mobile devices rather than centralizing all processing on the server. Each device independently processes its own interaction data locally, filtering and aggregating information before transmission to the platform, which divides the overall processing burden and reduces time loss
3Reliability
If user identity tokens and calendar entries are integrated to determine connectedness scores, then the reliability of interaction strength calculation improves, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a multi-functional data collection system where mobile devices perform multiple functions: capturing physical interactions through sensors, accessing calendar entries, verifying user identity through tokens, and calculating interaction strengths. This consolidated multi-functional approach integrates multiple data sources into a unified framework, improving reliability through cross-validation while reducing the overall difficulty compared to implementing separate detection systems for each function
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are database systems and related methods, apparatus, systems, and computer program products for displaying aggregated connection data. A database storing data objects identifying connection events may be maintained. An indication of a first connection event between first and second users may be processed. A record of the first connection event may be stored in the database. The record of the first connection event may be one of a plurality of records of connection events between the first and second users. The plurality of records may be processed to determine a plurality of levels of interaction strength between the first and second users. An interaction strength presentation may be displayed in a user interface on a display of a first device associated with the first user.