Automatic Media Asset Update Across Social Networks
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inefficiencies in sharing their media consumption habits with friends across different social networking platforms, as existing methods require manual updates and are not easily compatible across various networks.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to automatically post information about their media consumption to social networking websites, using metadata and content managers to format and transmit this information, enabling seamless sharing and access to media assets across multiple platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually update social networks to inform friends about media consumption, then friends can be notified about media assets, but the process becomes very difficult and inefficient for multiple friends
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple social network accounts and friends lists into a unified interface. Users can select multiple friends across different social networks and send a single media consumption update to all selected friends simultaneously, eliminating the need to contact each friend individually through separate manual processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automated status updates that are generated and transmitted without requiring manual intervention for each friend. The user simply selects the media asset and friends, and the system automatically handles the distribution of consumption information across multiple social networks and to multiple friends at once.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users manually input text status updates for each social network, then friends can receive notifications, but the complexity of communicating across different platforms increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides a universal interface that works across multiple social network platforms. A single media consumption update can be distributed to friends on different social networks through this unified system, eliminating the need to manually adapt the same information for each platform's specific format and requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system acts as an intermediary layer between the user and multiple social network platforms. It handles the complexity of cross-platform communication by receiving a single update request from the user and automatically distributing it to the appropriate social networks and friends, shielding the user from platform-specific complexities.
3Productivity
If non-consuming users can access media assets shared through social networks, then media discovery is enhanced, but content privileges and permissions must be managed
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different access privileges to different users based on their relationship to the consuming user and the specific media asset. Non-consuming users can receive appropriate content such as trailers, previews, or full assets depending on their permissions and the consuming user's preferences, rather than applying a single uniform access level to all users.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic program guide is displayed where the program guide indicates the various media being consumed by a plurality of users. Such users can be linked together via a relationship from a social networking website. In addition, the grid can display broadcast channel listings. The grid optionally provides the feature of adding and removing corresponding user and channel listings.