Social Network Feedback Effect Apparatus Using Tag-Based Dynamic Rendering

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Solution Overview

Problem

Social network services lack effective mechanisms to provide diverse and dynamic feedback effects for posts based on user interactions, limiting the visual engagement and user experience.

Innovation Solution

An apparatus and method that collect feedback from multiple user devices and apply predetermined feedback effects to SNS posts based on tags, including conditions such as feedback type and quantity, to provide visual effects like graphics, overlays, or background modifications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If feedback effects are provided for all posts, then user engagement is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different feedback effects to different posts based on their specific characteristics, tags, and engagement conditions. Instead of a uniform feedback mechanism, the system tailors feedback effects locally to each post's context, improving engagement while managing complexity through targeted application rather than blanket implementation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The feedback effects are dynamically adjusted based on real-time conditions such as feedback quantity thresholds, post tags, and user interactions. The system transitions from static feedback to dynamic feedback that adapts to changing engagement patterns, allowing the system to maintain simplicity by only activating complex feedback mechanisms when necessary.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple feedback effects are applied to posts, then visual engagement is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual engagementVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-defines multiple feedback effects and their associated conditions before user interactions occur. By preparing feedback effect libraries and condition thresholds in advance, the system can quickly match and apply appropriate feedback effects during real-time user interactions without performing complex calculations or processing lengthy sequences of operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The feedback effect application process is segmented into independent modules, each handling specific feedback types (e.g., likes, comments, shares). This segmentation allows the system to process and apply different feedback effects in parallel or independently, reducing overall processing time while maintaining rich visual engagement through multiple effect types.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If feedback effects are customized per post, then user experience is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a universal feedback effect framework that can be applied across different post types, platforms, and user scenarios through a common set of principles and mechanisms. This multi-functional approach allows customized feedback effects to be achieved without requiring separate complex systems for each customization scenario, thereby improving user experience while limiting the increase in device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10789317B2Apparatus and user device for providing feedback effect about posts on social network services
Publication Date: 2020.09.29 KAKAO CORP
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AI summary

An apparatus that provides a feedback effect regarding on a social network service includes a post generation unit configured to receive a post that has a tag associated with a feedback effect from a user device and post the post on the social network service, a feedback collection unit configured to collect feedback in response to the post from another user device that accesses the post, and an effect providing unit configured to apply a predetermined feedback effect corresponding to the tag included in the post according to predetermined condition, wherein the predetermined feedback effect is selected from among multiple feedback effects preset for one or more of tags, and the predetermined condition includes at least one of a type of the feedback and a quantity of the feedback.