Opt-Out Interstitial Navigation for Media Collection Sequencing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing media presentation systems are inefficient and time-consuming, particularly in the modern Internet era, as they rely heavily on professional curation and delay the dissemination of news and content, failing to provide timely and user-centric navigation of content collections.

Innovation Solution

Implementing an opt-out interstitial feature that allows users to manually control the navigation of media collections, combined with automated content collection generation and curation based on user preferences, location, and system trends, enabling efficient and user-driven presentation of content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If automated content collection and opt-out interstitial navigation are implemented, then user engagement and navigation efficiency are improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenavigation efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-generates content collections and prepares opt-out interstitials in advance before users need them. Content is curated and organized into collections beforehand, and interstitial navigation options are pre-configured, allowing rapid delivery without real-time processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Users are empowered to manually control navigation by selecting content collections themselves through the opt-out interstitial interface. This self-service approach reduces the need for complex automated recommendation algorithms while improving user engagement and navigation efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If professional curation is used, then content quality is improved, but time delay increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent qualityVSAvoidtime delay
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Content is curated and organized into collections in advance by professionals before users access it. This preliminary curation ensures quality while eliminating real-time processing delays, as the content is ready for immediate delivery when users navigate through the opt-out interstitial.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Curated content is divided into discrete, manageable collections that can be independently prepared and delivered. This segmentation allows parallel processing of multiple content collections, reducing overall time delay while maintaining quality through specialized curation of each segment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20260057420A1Media collection navigation with opt-out interstitial
Publication Date: 2026.02.26 SNAP INC
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AI summary

Embodiments for communicating and displaying collections of image and video clip content with an opt-out interstitial are described. In one example embodiment, a device receives interface information about a group of content collections from a server computer system. When a user inputs a selection of a first content collection, the device displays images and video clips in a sequence defined by the content collection. Each piece of content is displayed for less than a threshold display time. When the device finishes playing the first content collection, the device presents an opt-out interstitial. Additional content collections generated from content submitted by other client devices can be received from the server computer system, and are presented based on a response input, or a lack of response input, to the opt-out interstitial. Some embodiments include content collections generated by the server computer system, as well as advertising elements presented between content collections.