Social Network Connection Management via Natural Language Fingerprinting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Managing online social network connections is a challenging task, as existing methods require manual addition and removal of followers to optimize post and conversation results, lacking an efficient mechanism for fine-tuning audience engagement.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that utilize natural language processing to analyze user interactions, create a fingerprint based on communication styles, and recommend online communities by comparing this fingerprint with community information, thereby automating the management of social network connections.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual methods are used to add and remove followers, then users can control their social network connections, but the process is arduous and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of managing social network connectionsVSAvoidtime required for managing followers
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically analyzes user posts and conversations to identify and add relevant followers without manual intervention. The algorithm self-manages the follower management process by extracting user preferences from natural language content and autonomously expanding the social network based on inferred interests.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical actions of adding and removing followers with an automated natural language processing system. The system substitutes human effort with computational analysis of user content to automatically determine appropriate social network connections.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If the social network is expanded to increase engagement, then more people can read discussions, but managing the audience becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveengagement and reach of social networkVSAvoidcomplexity of managing audience
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors user posts, comments, and conversation patterns to dynamically adjust the social network composition. By analyzing feedback from user interactions and preferences expressed in natural language, the system refines follower recommendations and maintains optimal engagement while simplifying management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameters of social network management by transitioning from static, manually-defined follower lists to dynamic, algorithmically-generated networks based on natural language analysis. The system adjusts network parameters automatically by extracting user preferences from content and transforming them into connection recommendations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If natural language analysis is used to create user fingerprints, then connection recommendations become more precise, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprecision of connection recommendationsVSAvoidsystem complexity for analysis
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts key features and preferences from user natural language content to create simplified fingerprints for matching. By taking out only the most relevant linguistic features from complex user posts and conversations, the system achieves precise recommendations without requiring analysis of every detail of user content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS9894138B2Natural language management of online social network connections
Publication Date: 2018.02.13 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

Natural language management of online social network connections may comprise receiving natural language data associated with a user's social network interactions. The natural language data associated with a user's social network interactions is analyzed and features used in the user's social network interactions are determined based on the analysis. The contexts in which the features are used in the user's social network interactions may be also determined. Point values to the features used in the user's social network interactions are assigned. A fingerprint of the user is created at least based on the features and the point values. The created fingerprint may be compared with information associated with online communities, and based on the comparison, one or more of the online communities may be recommended as user's potential social network connections.