Mobile Terminal Group Sharing via Phone Book Intermediation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users without smartphones or familiarity with smartphones face difficulties in using Social Networking Services (SNS) and may be isolated from friends who use these services, with concerns about private information becoming public.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for sharing group activity information between group members through a mobile terminal using a phone book, allowing users to select and share content such as messages, photos, and links within social groups, external SNS groups, and instant groups, facilitating social interactions while maintaining privacy controls.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users without smartphones or familiarity with smartphones try to use SNS, then they can access social networking services, but they face great difficulties in familiarizing themselves with SNS and may be easily cut off from their friends
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a smartphone user as an intermediary who manages SNS groups on behalf of non-smartphone users. The smartphone user acts as a mediator between the SNS platform and non-smartphone users, enabling them to participate in social networking without directly interacting with complex SNS interfaces. This resolves the contradiction by providing accessibility through intermediation while maintaining ease of operation for non-technical users.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users share private information through SNS, then they can build social relationships, but private information may inadvertently become public which makes users feel anxious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements differentiated privacy control where different levels of information visibility are assigned to different groups. The smartphone user can set specific SNS groups to be visible only to certain circles of contacts, creating local quality variations in information disclosure. This allows users to build social relationships while maintaining privacy security through localized information sharing rather than universal exposure.
3Productivity
If a system provides comprehensive SNS functionality, then users can enjoy increased levels of enjoyment and communicate more easily, but the system complexity increases making it harder for non-smartphone users to use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments SNS functionality into two distinct layers: complex backend management functions handled by the smartphone user, and simplified front-end access provided to non-smartphone users. This segmentation allows comprehensive SNS functionality to be maintained while presenting a simplified interface to non-technical users, resolving the contradiction between productivity and device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of sharing content performed by a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes providing a list of social groups that share group activity information of a group member by executing a phone book, receiving a selection of at least one social group from the list of social groups, transmitting at least one piece of content selected by a first user of the mobile terminal to a device of a group member included in the selected at least one social group, and adding the transmitted at least one piece of content to a group share space corresponding to the selected at least one social group.