Selective Object Exchange System for Bandwidth Conservation in Social Gaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
In social or casual gaming networks, ensuring secure and privacy-respecting communication between trusted devices while optimizing bandwidth usage and user incentives is challenging, as existing systems often lead to unnecessary bandwidth consumption and mistrust due to untargeted transactions.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and device configuration that selectively transmits objects between devices based on identifiers and predetermined rules, allowing for targeted user-to-user transactions, monitoring game states, and transforming objects according to user preferences and game criteria, thereby conserving bandwidth and enhancing trust.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If untargeted transactions are used in social gaming networks, then user engagement and communication occur, but bandwidth is wasted and trust is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and storing compatibility scores between user profiles before transactions occur. When a transaction is initiated, the system checks pre-computed compatibility data to quickly determine if the transaction should proceed, avoiding unnecessary bandwidth consumption while maintaining high user engagement with compatible users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary matching system that acts as a mediator between users. This intermediary component analyzes user profiles, calculates compatibility scores, and filters transactions before they occur on the network. By placing this intelligent intermediary layer, the system enables targeted transactions that engage users effectively while minimizing wasted bandwidth on incompatible pairings.
2Ease of operation
If untargeted transactions are used in social gaming networks, then communication between users occurs, but trust is reduced due to lack of targeting
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring transaction outcomes and updating user profiles based on interaction history. Compatibility scores are dynamically adjusted based on past successful transactions, creating a feedback loop that improves trust over time. Users receive feedback about why certain transactions are recommended, increasing transparency and trust in the system's targeting capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The intermediary matching system builds trust by acting as a verified mediator that guarantees transaction compatibility. It provides users with confidence that transactions are targeted appropriately by displaying compatibility scores and matching criteria. This intermediary layer ensures that communication occurs only between compatible users, thereby maintaining high trust levels while preserving ease of operation.
3Loss of energy
If selective transmission based on identifiers and rules is implemented, then bandwidth is conserved and trust is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the transaction control system into distinct modular components: profile analysis modules, compatibility calculation modules, rule evaluation modules, and transaction filtering modules. Each component handles a specific aspect of the selective transmission process independently. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by making each module manageable and reusable, while still achieving bandwidth conservation and trust enhancement through their coordinated operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements self-service mechanisms by automatically calculating compatibility scores, evaluating rules, and making transmission decisions without requiring manual intervention. The matching system autonomously manages the complexity of selective transmission by using pre-stored user profile data and predetermined rules to automatically determine which transactions should be transmitted, thereby conserving bandwidth and enhancing trust without proportionally increasing operational complexity.
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AI summary
A computer device includes at least one processor in communication with a database storing at least one first object having one or more characteristics and at least one second object having at least one different characteristic to the characteristics of the first object, the at least one processor being configured to control an exchange of the at least one first object or the second object between a first device and a second device, the control comprising the steps of retrieving an identifier associated with the second device, selecting the first object having one or more characteristics or the second object having at least one different characteristic in dependence on the identifier associated with the second device and at least one predetermined rule, and transmit the selected first object or the selected second object to said first device.