Multimedia Sharing With Triggered Update Indicators in Social Media

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users on social platforms cannot see multimedia information shared by their associated users in real-time, leading to a poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for displaying a first identification on a user page to indicate users who have updated and released multimedia information, allowing for the display of user identifications and multimedia content upon trigger operations, enhancing real-time visibility of shared content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If users share multimedia information on social platforms, then the quantity of shared content increases, but the associated users cannot see the multimedia information in time, resulting in poor user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of shared multimedia informationVSAvoidtime delay in viewing shared content
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-displaying the first identification on the user page before the associated user actually views the multimedia information. This identification serves as a notification that multimedia content has been shared, enabling the user to be alerted in advance and access the content promptly when ready.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The first identification acts as an intermediary element between the shared multimedia information and the associated user. Instead of directly displaying all multimedia content to all users simultaneously, the system uses this intermediate notification mechanism to bridge the gap, allowing users to be informed about available content without overwhelming them with all details at once.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If the system displays all multimedia information immediately, then user experience improves through real-time access, but the device complexity and information processing load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time access to multimedia contentVSAvoidcomplexity of information processing and display
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the multimedia information display into two distinct parts: the first identification (notification) and the actual multimedia content. This segmentation allows the system to handle information in manageable chunks - first notifying users through the simple identification, then displaying full content only when needed, thereby reducing processing complexity while maintaining real-time accessibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies local quality by providing different levels of information display at different locations or states. The first identification provides a simple, localized notification at the user page, while the full multimedia content is displayed only when the user interacts with the identification. This creates a graduated information hierarchy that reduces overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS12386500B2Method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a storage medium for sharing multimedia information in social media
Publication Date: 2025.08.12 DOUYIN VISION CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium for multimedia information processing. The present disclosure enables users to discover in time that themselves and/or their associated users have updated and released first multimedia information by displaying on a first page a first identification used to identify that one or more users have updated and released the first multimedia information. Further, when a trigger operation for the first identification is detected, user identifications corresponding to one or more users who have updated and released the first multimedia information respectively are displayed. When a trigger operation for a user identification of a target user among one or more users is detected, first multimedia information that the target user has updated and released is displayed.