Automated Social Network Information Propagation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing online information dissemination methods fail to efficiently utilize social structures and automated, computer-driven propagation methods, leading to inefficiencies in communicating needs and resources between individuals.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a server-based interface to automatically propagate information through established social communication methods like email, instant messaging, and social networks, utilizing a message propagation module, friend module, and economic module to optimize message dissemination based on social relationships and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If automated computer-driven message propagation methods are used, then information dissemination efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that mediates between users and external communication services. The server receives messages from users, determines appropriate propagation paths using social network data, and automatically disseminates messages through multiple communication channels (email, instant messaging, SMS). This intermediary architecture enables automated propagation without requiring complex client-side implementations on user devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by tracking message delivery status, user responses, and propagation effectiveness. The server monitors whether messages are successfully delivered to recipients and uses this feedback information to optimize future message routing decisions. This feedback loop allows the system to learn from past propagation attempts and improve efficiency over time without increasing operational complexity.
2Measurement precision
If social network structures are utilized for message propagation, then message targeting accuracy is improved, but data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and storing social network relationship data in advance. The server maintains pre-computed propagation paths and recipient lists based on existing social network structures. When a message needs to be disseminated, the server queries these pre-prepared data structures rather than performing complex real-time analysis, significantly reducing processing requirements during actual message propagation while maintaining high targeting accuracy.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple external communication services are integrated, then information dissemination coverage is improved, but system reliability requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the message propagation function across multiple independent external communication services (email service, instant messaging service, SMS service). Each service operates as an independent module that the server can selectively invoke. If one communication service fails or is unavailable, the server can automatically route messages through alternative services, ensuring continued operation and maintaining system reliability while achieving broad dissemination coverage through multiple channels.
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AI summary
A method automatically and efficiently propagates information using previously established social methods of communication (e.g., email, instant messaging (IM), social network message posting, and short message services). In conjunction with the method, a system collects and disseminates information on a social network. The system includes: (a) a server for providing a user interface (e.g., a user facing web site) which allows a user to exchange information with one or more external services, wherein the information exchange includes receiving a message from the user that the user intends to disseminate through the external services; (b) a message module which prepares the message received from the user for dissemination; and (c) a communication module coupled to the user interface, the message module and the external services to mediate the information exchange between the user and the external services.