Peer Ranking by Association Degree for P2P Service Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack the ability to identify and connect peers for the delivery of online services/goods in the physical world using Internet-enabled and GPS-enabled mobile devices, failing to combine user profiles with real-time geographical positions and specific queries, and do not effectively rank results based on degrees of association and geographical proximity.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that processes user profiles and geographical data to match peers for service/goods delivery, ranking results by degrees of association and geographical proximity, combining existing online services into a single mobile platform for real-time peer-to-peer connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the system searches for peers based on queries without ranking by degrees of association, then all matching peers are identified, but the results become overwhelming and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the peer search results into hierarchical groups based on degrees of association (first-degree peers, second-degree peers, etc.). This segmentation organizes the large quantity of results into manageable categories, allowing users to navigate through structured groups rather than a flat overwhelming list, thus resolving the contradiction between result quantity and navigability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of result presentation by introducing a ranking mechanism based on degrees of association. Instead of displaying all peers uniformly, peers are ranked and displayed according to their association degree with the querying user, transforming the unranked list into a hierarchically organized structure that improves ease of operation while maintaining comprehensive result coverage.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system combines multiple online services into a single mobile platform, then service integration and convenience are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple online services (social networking, peer matching, location-based services, query processing) into a single integrated mobile platform. This combining of services allows users to access diverse functionalities through one system, improving adaptability and versatility while the system manages the inherent complexity through unified architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The mobile platform is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple service types including peer identification, service matching, location tracking, and query processing. This multi-functional design allows a single system to perform diverse operations, achieving service integration while maintaining a coherent system structure that manages complexity through standardized interfaces and protocols.
3Loss of information
If the system displays all peer search results without ranking, then complete information is provided, but relevance and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary ranking of peer results based on degrees of association before presenting them to users. By pre-calculating and organizing peers according to their association degree with the querying user, the system maintains complete information availability while improving result relevance. Users can access all peers if needed, but the preliminary ranking ensures the most relevant peers appear first, enhancing user experience without losing information completeness.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for providing a list of peers that satisfy a query are disclosed. A plurality of peer profiles are obtained from a data repository, each having a degree of association with the query originating peer. A first and second group of peers, respectively having a first and second degree of association with the query originating peer are determined. A third group of peers that satisfy the query are determined. A fourth group of peers is determined from the third group based on an assigned score to each of the peers in the first and second group, the assigned score reflecting a degree of association between the query originating peer and each of the peers in the first and second group. Results are ranked based on the assigned score.