Private Conversation Widget for Web Content Context
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tools for engaging users with online content often lack privacy and context, as they either require offline navigation or public sharing, failing to provide a private and inline conversation experience within the context of the content.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows users to initiate and participate in private conversations within the context of webpage content, enabling selective participation from various social networks, with comments updated in real-time, and accessible only to invited users.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If offline conversation mode is used, then user privacy is protected, but conversation context is lost and navigation is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds the conversation interface within the content display page, creating a nested structure where the conversation widget is contained within the article view. This allows users to have private conversations without leaving the content context, resolving the contradiction between privacy (offline mode) and accessibility (inline context). The conversation interface is nested within the webpage layout, enabling both privacy and context retention simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism that bridges offline privacy and online context. The conversation system acts as an intermediary layer that maintains private communication while linking it to the public content context through embedded identifiers and contextual references, allowing users to benefit from both privacy protection and context availability.
2Ease of operation
If public conversation tools are used, then conversation context is maintained, but privacy is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the conversation space private while the content context remains public. The conversation widget displays contextual information from the article locally within the interface, but the actual conversation content is restricted to invited participants only. This resolves the contradiction by providing context access locally without compromising overall privacy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the conversation system into public and private components. The content context and conversation interface are publicly accessible, but the actual conversation content is privately segmented and restricted to specific users through invitation-based access control, allowing context maintenance without privacy loss.
3Ease of operation
If circle of friends is created beforehand, then user selection is simplified, but conversation flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic user selection where the conversation participant list can be flexibly modified during the conversation process. Users can invite additional participants or remove existing ones dynamically, rather than being constrained by pre-defined circles. This resolves the contradiction by providing both ease of initial selection and ongoing flexibility through dynamic adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal invitation system that works across different user relationships and contexts. The same interface and mechanism can be used to invite users from various social connections, replacing the need for pre-configured circles while maintaining ease of operation through a standardized, multi-functional invitation process.
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AI summary
Methods, system and computer readable medium for allowing a user to participate in an online private conversation for a head content includes detecting a selection of the content published on a website hosted by a host. A conversation interface is provided for initiating a private conversation within a context of the content. A comment related to the content is provided and one or more users are selected, using the conversation interface. The selected users are socially related to the user and are selected from one or more social networking sites. A link to the private conversation for the content is generated and the generated link is forwarded to the selected users in a notification inviting the users to participate in the private conversation. The link provides access to the content and the private conversation initiated for the content at the website.