Social Network Owner Profile Filtering Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Social networking sites lack owner control over what users post on their pages, allowing inappropriate content to be published without prior approval, with owners only able to take remedial action after the fact.

Innovation Solution

Implementing an owner profile with filtering mechanisms, including security, relationship, and posting order settings, to manage and approve requests from third-party users before content is posted, ensuring only compliant information is published on the owner's social networking site.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users are allowed to post freely on social networking sites, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to inappropriate content being published without control

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of postingVSAvoidcontent control

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary approval mechanism where posting requests from third-party users are submitted to the page owner for review before being published. This intermediary step allows free posting while maintaining content control, as the owner can approve or reject each posting request based on their discretion.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If owner control is implemented over user posts, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional control mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent controlVSAvoidcontrol mechanism complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the posting control process into distinct components: posting request submission, owner profile retrieval, approval determination based on owner-defined criteria, and selective posting. This segmentation allows for systematic implementation of control mechanisms while maintaining clarity and manageability of the overall system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of operation

If remedial action is taken after inappropriate posts are published, then ease of operation is maintained, but loss of time increases due to inability to prevent harmful content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperational simplicityVSAvoidresponse time

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements preliminary action by requiring owner approval before posts are published. This preemptive control mechanism prevents inappropriate content from being posted in the first place, eliminating the need for subsequent remedial actions and the associated time loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10110698B2Method and apparatus for providing control of social networking sites

Publication Date: 2018.10.23 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P

AI summary

A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for providing control of social networking sites are disclosed. For example, the method establishes an owner profile, receives a request from a third party user to post information on a social networking site associated with an owner, determines if the request should be granted in accordance with the owner profile and posts the information on the social networking site associated with the owner if the request is granted.