Automatic Profile Sharing for Contact Initialization
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Solution Overview
Problem
People often miss opportunities for business and interpersonal relationships due to unawareness of commonalities with nearby individuals, as existing technologies lack the ability to automatically detect and alert individuals of shared interests or connections.
Innovation Solution
A system that enables automatic profile sharing between computing devices within a configurable range, using Bluetooth-based communications, to alert users of potential contact opportunities based on shared interests, allowing for notification and initiation of contact through predefined rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If automatic profile sharing is implemented to detect commonalities, then awareness of commonalities and contact opportunities is improved, but device complexity and information security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system consisting of profile handling agents and contact rules that mediate between users and the profile sharing process. These agents automatically manage profile exchange, comparison, and contact opportunity detection, reducing the complexity burden on individual devices while improving awareness of commonalities through automated information processing.
2Productivity
If profile information is broadcasted to all devices within range, then contact opportunities are detected, but information security and user privacy are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by implementing configurable range limitations and selective profile sharing. Instead of universal broadcasting, the system allows users to define specific geographic or contextual boundaries within which profile information is shared, and to select which profile attributes are exposed. This localized approach maintains security while enabling contact detection within acceptable parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing contact rules and profile sharing preferences before actual profile exchange occurs. Users pre-configure which types of commonalities trigger contact opportunities, what information is shared, and under what conditions. This preliminary configuration ensures that subsequent profile broadcasting and comparison operations maintain security while efficiently detecting relevant contact opportunities.
3Extent of automation
If contact rules are automatically processed to initiate contact, then contact initialization is improved, but user control and customization options are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making contact rules configurable and adaptable rather than fixed. Users can dynamically create, modify, and adjust contact rules based on their preferences, allowing the system to automate contact initialization while maintaining user control. The rules can be tailored to different contexts, relationships, and types of commonalities, providing versatility alongside automation.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of initiating contact based upon automatically shared profile data can include a step of automatically and wirelessly exchanging profile information between at least two computing devices. A determination can be made as to whether a contact opportunity exists by comparing received profile information with a set of previously established contact rules. A notification of a contract opportunity can be automatically presented upon one of the computing devices, depending upon whether the profile information favorably compares with the contact rules.