Map-Based Ephemeral Content Interface for Geo-Tagged Relevance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing social media platforms lack an efficient way to provide location-based access to ephemeral content, limiting user interaction and engagement through geographical maps.
Innovation Solution
A map-based graphical user interface (GUI) for social media applications that allows users to access ephemeral content, such as snaps, for a limited time based on geolocation, featuring geo-tagged galleries and icons representing content collections, enabling location-based exploration and interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If social media platforms provide location-based access to ephemeral content, then user engagement and interaction are improved, but device complexity and system requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments content access by location, displaying only relevant ephemeral content (snaps, stories) within a user's geographical vicinity on a map interface. This segmentation filters the overwhelming amount of social media content to show only location-relevant items, improving engagement without requiring complex content processing for all users globally.
Solution Approach 2:
A map-based graphical user interface serves as an intermediary between users and ephemeral content. The map interface visually represents geographical locations and overlays content indicators, mediating the interaction between users and the vast amount of location-tagged content, thereby simplifying access without increasing device complexity.
2Quantity of substance
If the platform displays all geo-tagged content regardless of location, then content accessibility is improved, but information relevance and user interest decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by displaying only content relevant to the user's current geographical location or previously visited locations on the map. Content indicators are overlaid on map locations, and the interface filters content based on spatial proximity, ensuring that users see only locally relevant ephemeral content rather than all geo-tagged content globally.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a geographical dimension to content browsing by using a map-based interface. Instead of linear or grid-based content display, the system organizes content spatially, allowing users to navigate content through geographical exploration. This dimensional change enables location-based filtering while maintaining comprehensive access to geo-tagged content.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If ephemeral content is made permanently accessible, then content availability is improved, but the ephemeral nature and urgency of content are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system maintains dynamic content availability by implementing location-based temporal restrictions. Ephemeral content remains accessible only within specific geographical zones and for limited time periods. The map interface dynamically updates available content based on user location and content expiration times, preserving the ephemeral nature while providing accessible content within the defined parameters.
Data Source
AI summary
A social media platform provides a map-based graphical user interface (GUI) with multiple geographically anchored icons that are selectable to trigger playback of respective galleries of ephemeral messages. Each of the plurality of location-based ephemeral galleries comprises media content contributed by multiple different users. The ephemeral galleries are compiled based on geo-tag data associated with respective ephemeral messages submitted by multiple users to be publicly viewable via the map-based GUI.