Newsfeed Interface Non-Chronological Ordering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for creating graphical user interfaces from dynamic data, such as databases, lack flexibility in arranging content, often requiring items to be displayed in chronological order, which restricts user control and customization.

Innovation Solution

A computer system that allows users to generate and customize the order of items in a newsfeed interface by creating a server that receives and processes debrief-objects, generates post-objects, and associates them with newsfeed-objects, enabling display in a non-chronological order, with user devices configured to transmit and display these objects according to user-defined ordering.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If items are displayed in chronological order in a newsfeed interface, then the system maintains simplicity and automatic ordering, but user control and customization flexibility are restricted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser control and customization flexibilityVSAvoidsystem complexity for managing content order

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system allows users to pre-assign importance values and ordering preferences to content items during the content creation or configuration phase. This preliminary action enables the newsfeed to automatically display items in the desired non-chronological order without requiring complex real-time reordering operations, thus achieving user control while maintaining system efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces new parameters (importance values, custom ordering attributes) to content items alongside the traditional timestamp parameter. By changing from a single chronological sorting parameter to multiple parameters including user-defined importance metrics, the system achieves flexible non-chronological ordering while keeping the underlying architecture relatively simple

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If users are provided with tools to manually arrange and edit posts in the feed, then customization flexibility is improved, but the ease of operation and efficiency of content management deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent arrangement flexibilityVSAvoidease of content management

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically applies the ordering rules and importance values that users configure, eliminating the need for users to manually drag-and-drop or reposition each post. The newsfeed generation process serves itself by automatically sorting content according to user-defined criteria, thus maintaining ease of operation while achieving content arrangement flexibility

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The content management tool serves multiple functions: it allows users to create content, configure ordering preferences, set importance values, and simultaneously generates the newsfeed with automatic sorting. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require separate manual operations into a single integrated system

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If the system automatically generates newsfeeds from dynamic data, then productivity and speed of content delivery are improved, but user control over content ordering is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of newsfeed generationVSAvoiduser control over content order

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Users configure their ordering preferences and importance criteria in advance, before the automatic newsfeed generation process begins. This preliminary configuration allows the automated system to efficiently sort and deliver content according to user-specific ordering rules, thus maintaining both high productivity and user control

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the newsfeed ordering based on user-defined importance values and preferences while maintaining automatic generation. The ordering criteria are flexible and can be modified by users, allowing the automated system to adapt its behavior to user needs without sacrificing generation speed or efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11079905B2Computer system for assembling graphical user interfaces from dynamic data

Publication Date: 2021.08.03 MARKETING ARCHITECTS INC

AI summary

A server is configured to receive, from a first user device, information for a debrief-object. The server is further configured to generate a debrief-object from the information for a debrief-object. The server is further configured to generate a post-object containing the debrief-object. The server is further configured to associate the generated post-object with a newsfeed-object that contains a plurality of other post-objects. The server is further configured to generate an interface to render the newsfeed-object such that the generated post-object and the other post-objects are displayed in an order other than the chronological order created. The server is further configured to serve, to a second user device, the interface. The first user device is configured to transmit, to the server, the information for the debrief-object. The second user device is configured to display the newsfeed-object such that the generated post-object and the other post-objects are displayed in another order.