Task Support System Reaction-Based Search Sorting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing task support systems do not adequately enhance user convenience by considering reaction data when displaying search results, leading to inefficient data retrieval and usage experience.

Innovation Solution

A task support system that includes a processor to receive reactions on data, acquire the number of reactions for each piece of data, and display search results based on these reactions, allowing users to sort and filter data by reaction count, thereby prioritizing relevant information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the search result screen is merely displayed by retrieving messages containing a specific emoji reaction, then the system maintains simple retrieval logic, but the user convenience cannot be sufficiently increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidsearch result processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameter used for search result processing from simple emoji-based filtering to a more sophisticated system that incorporates reaction counts, user profiles, and importance scoring. This allows the system to prioritize and sort search results based on multiple parameters, significantly improving user convenience by presenting the most relevant information first.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the search result processing into multiple independent components: reaction counting, user profile analysis, importance scoring, and result sorting. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall system functionality, resolving the contradiction between enhanced user convenience and system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If the system processes and displays search results based on the number of reactions to each piece of data, then user convenience is significantly improved, but the data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by pre-calculating and storing reaction counts for each piece of data in the database. This allows the search function to quickly retrieve and sort results based on pre-computed reaction metrics without performing complex calculations in real-time, thereby improving user convenience while minimizing the processing complexity during actual search operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary component (the reaction counting and storage mechanism) that bridges the gap between user interactions and search result display. This intermediary pre-processes reaction data and makes it readily available for sorting, reducing the complexity of the main search processing while enhancing the quality of search results presented to users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20230394088A1Task support system, task support method, and information storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.12.07 CYBOZU
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AI summary

Provided is an information sharing system including at least one processor configured to: acquire a use status of use by each of a plurality of users for each of a plurality of functions relating to an information sharing service for sharing information; and execute, for each of the functions, predetermined processing relating to the function based on the use status of the function.