Intermediate Landing Page Rerouting for Social Activity Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing social networking systems isolate user experiences when routing directly from external communication channels like email to webpages, disconnecting users from associated social network activities, which are vital for engagement and interaction.

Innovation Solution

A routing system that reroutes users to an intermediate landing page when social network activities are associated with a linked webpage, presenting vital content and activities at the top, allowing seamless integration with the activity feed and maintaining user engagement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If users are routed directly from external communication channels to webpages, then content delivery speed is improved, but user engagement with social network activities deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent delivery speedVSAvoiduser engagement
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediate landing page as a mediator between external communication channels and the final destination webpage. This intermediate page allows users to access content quickly while simultaneously presenting social network activities, thus maintaining both fast content delivery and user engagement with social features.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the user journey into two distinct phases: first, rapid content delivery through direct routing to an intermediate page; second, enhanced engagement through presentation of social activities on that intermediate page. This segmentation allows optimization of each phase independently - speed for content delivery, engagement for social interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If users are routed directly to webpages from external communication channels, then routing simplicity is improved, but integration with activity feed deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverouting complexityVSAvoidactivity feed integration
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The intermediate landing page serves as an intermediary that bridges simple direct routing and complex activity feed integration. It receives users through straightforward routing from external channels while simultaneously integrating and displaying social network activities, thus maintaining routing simplicity while achieving activity feed integration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Device complexity

If direct routing is used from external channels to webpages, then system complexity is reduced, but user interaction with social network deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoiduser interaction
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The intermediate landing page acts as a low-complexity intermediary that enables enhanced user interaction with social network activities. Rather than implementing complex routing logic, the system uses a simple intermediate page that naturally presents both content and social activities, thereby maintaining low system complexity while improving user interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10726093B2Rerouting to an intermediate landing page
Publication Date: 2020.07.28 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

A system and method for intermediate landing page rerouting are provided. In example embodiments, determine whether a webpage associated with a hyperlink has corresponding social network activities. Extract content from the webpage determined to have corresponding social network activities. In response to a selection of the hyperlink, reroute a web browser to an intermediate landing page. Cause presentation, at a user interface, of the extracted content and the corresponding social network activities.