Custom Share Sheet Shortcut Controls for Content Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current content sharing methods are inefficient, as users must select and input contact information for each recipient individually across different applications, limiting the ability to share content items with multiple recipients through their preferred channels.
Innovation Solution
A custom share sheet is generated with shortcut controls for contact-avenue pairs, allowing users to select multiple contacts and sharing avenues in a single screen, based on historical sharing data, enabling efficient sharing across various platforms and applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users share content items with multiple recipients through individual application selection, then each recipient receives content through their preferred channel, but the time and effort required for sharing increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates share sheets with multiple recipient applications already listed and configured before the user initiates sharing. When a user wants to share content, the share sheet is already prepared with all potential recipients' applications (messaging, email, social media, etc.), eliminating the need to manually navigate to each application individually. This preliminary preparation of sharing options directly reduces the time and effort required for multi-recipient sharing while maintaining versatility across multiple channels.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users manually input contact information for each recipient individually, then sharing can be done through different applications, but the complexity of the sharing process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple application interfaces and contact input fields into a single unified share sheet. Instead of requiring users to open separate applications and manually enter contact information for each recipient, the share sheet merges all these functions into one interface where multiple recipients can be selected and content shared simultaneously across different applications. This consolidation reduces process complexity while maintaining the ability to share through multiple applications.
3Productivity
If users select group sharing options, then sharing with multiple recipients becomes faster, but the ability to target specific individuals through their preferred applications is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The share sheet segments the sharing process into individual recipient options rather than forcing a single group selection. Each recipient is listed as a separate selectable option with their preferred application clearly identified. Users can selectively choose which specific recipients to share with by tapping individual options, rather than being limited to broad group categories. This segmentation maintains productivity by presenting options in a clear, organized list while preserving versatility by allowing precise targeting of individual recipients through their preferred channels.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques are described herein to generate a custom share sheet. The custom share sheet comprises one or more shortcut controls to share a content item using one or more corresponding contact-avenue pairs. A contact-avenue pair includes a link sharing mechanism and contact information for one or more recipients within the application or application protocol that uses the link sharing mechanism. The contact-avenue pairs are generated based on the share history of the particular user sharing the content item. Shortcut controls to sharing a Content Item Are primarily generated based on local share history. These shortcut controls are ordered based on contact-avenue pairs that were most recently used to share a content item. Shortcut controls to sharing a Content Item Are secondarily generated based on cross-platform share history derived from content items stored in cloud storage. These shortcut controls are ordered based on contact-avenue pairs that were used to share the most content items.