Rating-Based Item Prioritization for Social Interaction Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current technologies, such as email and instant messaging, lack the personal interaction and depth of conversation that can occur in face-to-face discussions, making it difficult to discern colleagues' interests and stay current on work topics effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows users to rate items from a web browser, which are then prioritized and organized into a queued list based on ratings, scores, and other factors, enabling preferred items to be sent to recipients via instant messaging or email systems, promoting personalized and relevant information sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If items are shared through email or instant messaging, then information can be transmitted efficiently, but the personal interaction and depth of conversation are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a rating system as an intermediary mechanism that mediates between automated information transmission and personal interaction. By allowing senders to rate items and recipients to prioritize based on ratings, the system recreates elements of personal judgment and preference that would otherwise be lost in automated communication, thus recovering conversational depth while maintaining transmission efficiency
2Quantity of substance
If all items are presented to recipients without prioritization, then all information is accessible, but important content becomes difficult to discern among less relevant items
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by introducing a rating parameter that transforms the presentation of items. Instead of displaying all items uniformly, the system uses rating values to change the priority parameter of each item, allowing important content to be easily detected through sorting and prioritization while maintaining access to the full quantity of information
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If a rating system is implemented to prioritize items, then important content becomes more visible, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a relatively simple rating parameter system that adds minimal complexity. The rating mechanism uses basic numerical parameters that can be easily processed and sorted, avoiding complex algorithms while still achieving effective prioritization of important content
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AI summary
A system and method for providing items to users and, more particularly, a system and method for rating items and placing such items into a queued list. The method includes providing an item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and placing the item into a queued list with respect to other items based on a rating. The system includes a computer infrastructure being operable to provide a rated item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and place the rated item in a queued list with respect to other items.