User Profile Video Generation for Social Proximity Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems for enabling communications between compatible users to move into proximity are suboptimal, failing to effectively facilitate interactions between users who share interests and preferences.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that allows users to create and edit videos using photos and videos from their social networks and smart devices, enabling users to view potential matches based on shared interests and location, with a scoring system to prioritize compatible users, and automatically enabling communications when mutual interest is indicated.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users manually select and edit photos and videos from social networks to create profile videos, then the quality and personalization of user profiles improve, but the time and effort required for setup increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprofile personalizationVSAvoidsetup time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs preliminary actions by selecting and organizing photos and videos from users' social networks before the user needs to view profiles. Profile videos are pre-generated and ready for display, eliminating the need for users to manually create them at the moment of interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables itself to automatically curate and create profile videos by accessing users' existing social network content. The algorithm autonomously selects appropriate photos and videos, arranges them in containers, and generates the final video without requiring user intervention, making the system self-sufficient in profile creation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Loss of information

If the system displays multiple video containers with looping playback for each user profile, then the information presented about users becomes more comprehensive and engaging, but the complexity of the display system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser information completenessVSAvoidvideo display system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The user profile video content is divided into multiple discrete containers, each representing a different aspect or category of the user (e.g., different time periods, different types of activities). This segmentation allows the system to present comprehensive information in manageable, organized units that can be independently controlled and displayed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The video containers play in a looping manner, periodically repeating the same sequence of photos and videos. This periodic playback ensures that all user information is continuously presented without requiring complex one-time navigation, simplifying the display mechanism while maintaining information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

3Productivity

If the system automatically enables communications between users when mutual interest is detected, then the speed of connecting compatible users improves, but the level of user control over communication initiation changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser matching speedVSAvoiduser control
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors user interactions and detects mutual interest through feedback signals (such as both users indicating interest in each other's profiles). When this feedback condition is met, the system automatically triggers communication enablement, creating a responsive system that adapts to user preferences in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system acts as an intermediary that mediates between users who have expressed mutual interest. Rather than requiring direct user initiation of communication, the system automatically facilitates the connection, serving as a neutral mediator that streamlines the interaction process while respecting user preferences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS9905266B1Method and computer program product for building and displaying videos of users and forwarding communications to move users into proximity to one another
Publication Date: 2018.02.27 ZOOSK INC
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AI summary

A system and method allows users to provide, edit and order photos or videos that other users can use to determine interest in that user. If both users indicate interest in one another, communications between such users are enabled.