Position-of-Interest Comparison for Media Items
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current social media platforms are limited in their ability to allow for enhanced comparison of user interests on media items such as digital photographs and videos, hindering interactive engagement between users.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that enables users to select and share positions of interest on media items across different computing devices, generating an area-of-interest surrounding the selected position and comparing it with other users' positions to determine intersections, facilitating interactive comparison and engagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current social media platforms are used for sharing media items, then users can share information and engage each other, but the platforms are limited in their ability to allow for enhanced comparison of user interests on media items
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the media item by identifying specific positions of interest within it. Each position represents a discrete point of user interest that can be independently tracked and compared across multiple users, enabling enhanced comparison functionality without requiring complete platform redesign
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that processes and compares position data from multiple users. This intermediary layer handles the complex comparison operations, allowing existing social media platforms to gain enhanced comparison capabilities without direct modification to their core architecture
2Ease of operation
If users select and share positions of interest on media items across different computing devices, then interactive engagement is enhanced, but the system requires generating and comparing area-of-interest data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by generating area-of-interest data and normalizing coordinate systems before user interaction occurs. This preprocessing enables faster, simpler real-time comparisons during user engagement, reducing the computational burden during active use
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms position data into normalized coordinate systems and converts individual positions into area-of-interest representations. This parameter transformation simplifies the comparison operation by establishing a common reference frame and using area intersections rather than point-to-point comparisons
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention includes systems, methods, and devices for interactive media sharing including a non-transient computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions for accessing a media item from a first computing device, identifying a first position-of-interest on the media item from a memory component of the first computing device, displaying the media item on a second computing device, identifying a second position-of-interest on the media item from a memory component of the second computing device; generating an area-of-interest surrounding the first position-of-interest; comparing the second position-of-interest with the area-of-interest to determine whether the second position-of-interest intersects with the area-of-interest.