Social Network Event Invitation Generation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current social networking platforms lack the ability to effectively identify and share information about upcoming events among members, limiting the quality and context of shared information and making it difficult for users to discover and participate in relevant events.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that uses text analytics to determine if a social networking post refers to an upcoming event, generating an invitation for other members to join, by parsing the post for relevant details such as date, location, and participants, and allowing users to select specific friends to invite, thereby enhancing event discovery and participation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If social networks allow members to share information through posts and messages, then information sharing capability is improved, but the ability to automatically identify and share upcoming events among members deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveevent information sharingVSAvoidautomatic event identification

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically analyzes social networking posts to identify upcoming events without requiring manual intervention from users. The event program autonomously determines event details from post content and generates invitations, allowing the system to serve itself in identifying and propagating event information throughout the network.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical processes of event identification and invitation distribution with automated text analytics and algorithmic event determination. The system uses computational analysis to parse posts, identify event characteristics, and automatically generate invitations, substituting human effort with automated digital processing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Loss of information

If members manually share event information through posts, then information sharing is enabled, but the quality and context of shared event information deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveevent information qualityVSAvoidevent information sharing ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically extracts and structures event information from posts, including event characteristics, date, location, and participant details. This self-service approach ensures consistent quality and completeness of event information without requiring members to manually format or structure their posts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The event program performs preliminary analysis of posts to identify and extract event information before the post is fully processed. By pre-identifying event characteristics and structuring the data in advance, the system ensures high-quality event information is ready for distribution without requiring post-processing manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If social networks track member connections and content links, then connection management is improved, but the ability to discover and participate in relevant events deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveevent discovery capabilityVSAvoidevent participation information

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses the social network's existing connection data and member profiles as feedback to determine which members should receive invitations to identified events. By analyzing connections, interests, and compatibility, the system provides feedback-driven event distribution that increases the likelihood of relevant event discovery and participation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The event program leverages the existing social network infrastructure for multiple functions: using connection data for event distribution, using member profiles for compatibility matching, and using the post system for event information dissemination. This multi-functional approach enables comprehensive event discovery and participation without requiring separate specialized systems.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9858591B2Event determination and invitation generation

Publication Date: 2018.01.02 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD

AI summary

An invitation is created on a social network. To create the invitation, a computer receives, from a social networking program operating on a first computer system by an event program operating on a second computer system, data from a social networking post. The computer identifies, by the event program, information from the data associated with a first member of a social network. The computer determines whether the information includes information about a future event that the first member intends to participate in. The computer generates an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event. The computer transmits the invitation for the social networking post for sending by the social networking program to a user device of the second member of the social network.