Social Network Event Feedback Animation Layout

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional social networking systems struggle to effectively present aggregate feedback from a large audience during online events, often limiting feedback to binary options and making it difficult for both audience members and broadcasters to discern combined emotional responses in real-time.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize a user interface to display a layout animation reflecting aggregate responses across a spectrum of approval levels, with distinct emojis and dynamic visual representations, such as bar graphs or projectile animations, to show emotional feedback in real-time, allowing users to interact and provide responses that update the animation continuously.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If aggregate feedback from a large audience is presented during online events, then the quantity of information is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to the complexity of presenting and interpreting the data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of feedback informationVSAvoidease of presenting and interpreting feedback
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies color changes to represent different approval levels in the feedback spectrum. Each approval level is associated with a distinct color, and the layout animation changes colors dynamically to reflect the aggregate count of responses. This allows large quantities of feedback data to be presented in an easily interpretable visual format, resolving the contradiction between information quantity and ease of interpretation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms feedback data into visual parameters including animation layout, bar lengths, and color intensities. The layout animation modifies its parameters (position, size, color) based on the aggregate count of responses at each approval level. This parameter transformation enables complex feedback data to be presented through simple visual changes that are easy to interpret.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If binary feedback options are used, then the ease of operation is improved, but the measurement precision deteriorates due to limited feedback granularity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of providing feedbackVSAvoidprecision of emotional response measurement
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the feedback spectrum into multiple approval levels rather than using binary options. The spectrum includes several distinct approval levels, each associated with different visual representations (emojis, bar lengths, colors). This segmentation maintains ease of operation by providing clear, distinct options while significantly improving measurement precision by capturing nuanced emotional responses across the spectrum.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Speed

If real-time aggregate feedback is displayed, then the speed of information delivery is improved, but the device complexity increases due to continuous data processing and animation updates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of feedback presentationVSAvoidcomplexity of processing and display system
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic action by updating the layout animation at predetermined time intervals rather than continuously. The system processes feedback data and updates the visual representation periodically, which maintains real-time information delivery speed while reducing computational complexity compared to continuous updates. This periodic refresh approach balances speed and complexity effectively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS10491644B2Systems and methods to present responses to an event in a social network
Publication Date: 2019.11.26 META PLATFORMS INC
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AI summary

Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are configured to receive responses from users over a spectrum of approval levels. The users can be participating in an event broadcasted by a social networking system. The responses can be processed to generate an aggregate count of responses at each approval level in the spectrum. A layout animation can be presented in a user interface reflecting the aggregate count of responses at each approval level in the spectrum.