Live Broadcast Matching via Multiuser Participation Rooms

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing live broadcast systems face challenges in providing a satisfactory experience due to gender imbalance and user dissatisfaction, necessitating a method to improve user engagement and reduce traffic load by guiding users to live broadcast services with lower traffic load.

Innovation Solution

A terminal and server system that checks user preferences and history to provide live broadcast participation services, offering information about available rooms and content to users and hosts, while managing participation and interaction based on filter conditions and priorities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If a matching service is provided to connect users with another person, then user engagement is improved, but gender imbalance and user dissatisfaction occur leading to users leaving the service

Engineering Contradiction:
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a live broadcast participation service as an intermediary mechanism between users. Instead of direct one-on-one matching that causes gender imbalance issues, the system mediates interactions through live broadcast rooms where multiple users can participate simultaneously. This intermediary structure allows users to engage with content and hosts without the constraints of direct pairing, thereby maintaining user satisfaction while improving engagement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from a one-dimensional direct matching model to a multi-dimensional live broadcast participation model. Users can engage with hosts and other participants in a shared space with multiple interaction dimensions (chatting, viewing content, participating in activities). This dimensional shift resolves the gender imbalance problem by allowing diverse user groups to coexist and interact in the same environment without requiring direct one-on-one connections.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Reliability

If live broadcast participation service is provided to users, then user dissatisfaction is reduced and engagement is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal service architecture where the live broadcast participation service handles multiple functions simultaneously. The same service infrastructure supports user registration, matching coordination, content delivery, and interaction management. This multi-functionality approach consolidates what could be multiple separate complex systems into a single unified service, thereby improving user satisfaction without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Loss of energy

If users are directed to live broadcast services, then traffic load is distributed and reduced, but information management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements self-service mechanisms where users autonomously select and join live broadcast rooms based on their interests and preferences. The system provides recommendation algorithms and search functionality that enable users to find appropriate content without extensive manual management. This self-service approach distributes information management tasks to users themselves, reducing the traffic load on centralized information distribution systems while managing complexity through user empowerment rather than system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentEP4592936A1Device for providing information related to live broadcast and method therefor
Publication Date: 2025.07.30
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AI summary

The present invention discloses a method of providing information in a terminal of a user, comprising: a step in which an input is obtained requesting to use a matching service for matching with another person; a step in which it is checked whether to provide a live broadcast participation service to the user in response to the input requesting to use the matching service; and a step in which, if it is confirmed to provide the live broadcast participation service to the user, information is provided to the user related to participation in a live broadcast; and a step in which one or more items of content associated with the user are provided to a viewer of a live broadcast room in which the user participates.