Social Networking Picture Album Navigation Paths
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Solution Overview
Problem
Social networking websites lack the ability for users to specify the order in which their friends view uploaded pictures, with albums typically displayed in the order they were uploaded, offering no flexibility in navigation or personalization for viewers.
Innovation Solution
Implementing navigation paths within albums that users can create, allowing for customizable sequences of pictures, and enabling the social networking site to generate paths based on viewer profiles, interests, and interaction history, ensuring different viewers can have tailored viewing experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If pictures are displayed in upload order, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but the viewing experience lacks personalization and flexibility
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the album viewing experience by introducing multiple navigation paths, each representing a different sequence for viewing pictures. Instead of a single linear upload order, the system divides the viewing experience into multiple customizable paths that can be created by users or automatically generated based on viewer profiles, thereby achieving personalization without overwhelming complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic navigation paths that can adapt to different viewers. The system allows navigation sequences to change based on viewer characteristics, making the viewing experience flexible and personalized rather than static and uniform, thus improving adaptability while managing complexity through automated generation
2Ease of operation
If multiple navigation paths are created for different viewers, then viewing experience is personalized, but the system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically generates navigation paths based on viewer profiles and interaction history without requiring manual configuration for each viewer. This automation reduces the operational burden on users while maintaining personalized experiences, thereby improving ease of operation without proportionally increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-generating navigation paths based on viewer characteristics before the actual viewing occurs. The system analyzes viewer profiles and interaction history in advance to create personalized navigation sequences, which simplifies the actual viewing experience while managing complexity through automated preprocessing
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AI summary
A creator can specify one or more navigation paths through an album of pictures on a social networking web site. Each navigation path has a name and specifies a sequence in which a number of the pictures are to be viewed by a viewer. The viewer can select by name the desired navigation path through the album. A navigation path through the album can also be determined from content in which the viewer is interested from a profile of the viewer on the social networking web site. A navigation path can be determined from users on the social networking web site that are associated with the viewer on the web site. A navigation path can be determined from analysis of an interaction history of the viewer on the social networking web site, apart from the viewer's profile and the viewer's associated users on the web site.