Predictive Sharing Model for Guided User Actions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face cumbersome processes when sharing content, as they must manually select recipients and methods for sharing, which is inefficient and time-consuming, especially when sharing frequently with specific groups like family or friends.

Innovation Solution

A system that uses machine learning to analyze user behavior and generate predictive models to suggest appropriate sharing actions, such as who to share content with and how, based on past actions, allowing users to select or modify these suggestions within a user interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If users manually select recipients and sharing methods for each content item, then sharing can be performed with full user control and customization, but the sharing process becomes time-consuming and inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharing efficiencyVSAvoidtime spent on manual selection
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user behavior patterns and pre-generates sharing recommendations before the user actually needs to share content. By continuously learning from past actions and pre-computing likely sharing scenarios, the system has predictions ready when the user initiates a sharing action, eliminating the need for manual selection and significantly reducing time spent on the sharing process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Ease of operation

If the system provides detailed manual selection interfaces for sharing, then users have complete control over sharing decisions, but the interface complexity and number of steps increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of sharingVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables self-service by automatically analyzing user behavior patterns and generating sharing recommendations without requiring users to navigate complex interfaces or make multiple selections. The system serves itself by learning from user actions and autonomously providing personalized sharing suggestions, reducing interface complexity while maintaining ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If the system uses predictive models to suggest sharing actions, then sharing efficiency improves and manual input is reduced, but the system must accurately analyze and process user behavior data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesharing efficiencyVSAvoidbehavior pattern analysis complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring user responses to sharing recommendations and using this information to refine its predictive models. User actions (whether they accept, modify, or reject suggestions) are fed back into the learning system, which adjusts its behavior pattern analysis accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism improves prediction accuracy over time while managing the complexity of behavior analysis through iterative refinement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentEP3633524B1Systems and methods for guided user actions
Publication Date: 2024.08.28 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for guided user actions are described, including detecting a first action performed by a user; gathering information associated with the first action; retrieving a predictive model based on the information; determining an applicability level of the predictive model to the first action, the predictive model suggests a second action; providing the second action in a user interface when the applicability level meets a threshold level; and receiving input from the user selecting the second action or a third action.