Quizbot in IMS Chat Rooms for Engagement and Ads
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current instant message service (IMS) chat rooms lack a fun and entertaining feature that allows chat participants to engage with quizzes and advertisements, limiting user interaction and advertising effectiveness.
Innovation Solution
A method and system where a quizbot, operating on a quiz server, is registered as a chat participant in an IMS chat room to provide quizzes and advertisements simultaneously, allowing participants to earn points for correct answers and redeem them in various ways.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional instant message service (IMS) chat rooms are used for private conversations only, then user privacy is maintained, but user engagement and advertising effectiveness are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The chat room system is transformed from a single-function private conversation platform to a multi-functional platform that simultaneously supports private chatting, quiz participation, and advertisement display. The quizbot serves multiple roles: as a chat participant, quiz provider, and advertisement delivery mechanism, enabling the system to achieve versatility without proportionally increasing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The quizbot acts as an intermediary component that bridges the chat room environment and the quiz/advertisement delivery mechanism. By introducing this intermediate entity, the system can provide quizzes and advertisements through natural chat interactions without requiring direct integration between the chat server and quiz management systems, thus managing complexity while enhancing functionality
2Ease of operation
If quizzes and advertisements are provided through dedicated applications or web browsers, then quiz functionality is comprehensive, but real-time interaction and user engagement are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The quiz functionality and advertisement delivery are merged into the existing chat room environment. Instead of requiring users to switch to separate applications or web browsers, the quizbot delivers quizzes and advertisements directly within the chat interface, maintaining service stability while dramatically improving ease of operation and real-time interaction
Solution Approach 2:
The quizbot autonomously manages quiz delivery, question presentation, answer collection, and result notification within the chat room. Participants can engage with quizzes by simply replying to chat messages without needing to configure settings or navigate complex interfaces, making the service both reliable and easy to use
3Adaptability or versatility
If chat participants interact with quizzes through formal quiz interfaces, then answer accuracy is high, but user fun and entertainment value are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of requiring users to adapt to formal quiz interfaces, the system inverts the approach by bringing the quiz functionality to the users within their familiar chat environment. The quizbot presents questions as chat messages and accepts answers as chat replies, transforming the quiz experience from a formal task into an entertaining conversation that maintains high answer accuracy while maximizing fun and engagement
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AI summary
A method, system, and quiz server for providing a quiz and an advertisement simultaneously in an IMS chat is provided. The method includes creating a chat room from a mobile terminal while inviting a pre-registered quizbot as a chat participant, displaying a quiz and an advertisement within the chat room on the mobile terminal in the form of a chat message composed by the quizbot, and displaying, within the chat room, an answer of a certain chat participant with respect to the quiz, and inputting a result of determination of whether the answer is correct into the chat room by using the quizbot, displaying, within the chat room, the answer of the certain chat participant with respect to the quiz, and inputting a result of determination of whether the answer is correct into the chat room by using the quizbot.