Unified Content and Commentary Interface for Social Media

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional social media platforms require users to switch between different applications to access and communicate about content, making the process cumbersome, especially as communication devices become more sophisticated.

Innovation Solution

A system that integrates content streaming with real-time commentary services, allowing users to comment and share comments directly within the content viewing experience, using a provider network that combines content with commentary in a single package, managed through a message service that processes and prioritizes messages for display alongside the content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users access conventional social media on separate applications, then communication functionality is provided, but user convenience deteriorates due to needing to switch between applications

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidnumber of applications
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines content viewing and social media communication functionalities into a single integrated application interface. Users can view content and access commentary features without switching between separate applications, directly resolving the contradiction by merging previously separate functions into one unified system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Productivity

If content and commentary are provided in separate interfaces, then system simplicity is maintained, but user engagement deteriorates due to fragmented experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidinterface integration
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges content delivery and commentary communication into a single integrated interface where both functionalities coexist. This allows users to engage with content and communicate simultaneously without fragmentation, improving engagement while managing interface complexity through unified design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If multiple applications are used for content and communication, then functional separation is achieved, but time efficiency deteriorates due to switching overhead

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime efficiencyVSAvoidapplication switching time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

By integrating content viewing and social media commentary into one application, the system eliminates the time users would otherwise spend switching between separate applications. The merged interface allows simultaneous access to both functionalities, directly reducing time loss from application switching

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS10827029B2Event management and presentation
Publication Date: 2020.11.03 SHANGHAI BILIBILI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Techniques for managing and presenting violation events in a network community are described herein. The disclosed techniques include receiving a file containing information indicative of a violation by a user account in the network community who violates community guidelines and storing the file into a violation display pool in response to a determination that a corresponding violation score is greater than a predetermined threshold. The violation display pool comprises a plurality of violation events that each comprise information indicative of a source of a corresponding violation event, at least one attribute of content associated with the corresponding violation event, and information relating to content of the corresponding violation event. A storage server sends the plurality of violation events to a plurality of client computing devices for display via an interface.