Virtual Shared Spaces for Group Content Collaboration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current content management systems face challenges in efficiently sharing and organizing content among large groups of users, particularly due to limitations in network conditions and the complexity of sharing similar content items, which leads to cumbersome processes and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
The creation of virtual shared spaces, or 'rooms,' where users can automatically share content with groups, allowing all members to interact and access the content, with features like notifications, content locking, and seamless local interaction, even with intermittent connectivity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If content is shared individually with each user in traditional account-based systems, then content organization by content type is achieved, but the sharing process becomes cumbersome and inefficient for large groups
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the sharing process by creating distinct virtual spaces (rooms) for different groups and purposes. Instead of sharing content individually with each user across the entire system, content is organized into segmented virtual spaces where groups can share and collaborate. This segmentation reduces the complexity of managing individual sharing relationships and improves efficiency for group-based content distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
Virtual spaces act as intermediaries between content creators and large groups of users. Rather than directly managing individual sharing relationships, the system introduces virtual spaces as mediator layers that facilitate collective sharing. These intermediary spaces handle the complexity of group management, notifications, and content distribution, thereby simplifying the overall sharing process for both individuals and groups.
2Reliability
If multiple users share similar content items independently, then each user maintains control over their content, but network latency and redundant transmissions increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independent sharing operations into a single collective sharing action through virtual spaces. When multiple users want to share similar content with overlapping groups, the system combines these sharing operations at the virtual space level. This merging eliminates redundant network transmissions and ensures consistency across all participants, reducing both time loss and network latency while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing virtual spaces and defining sharing relationships before actual content sharing occurs. Users can set up virtual spaces, invite members, and configure sharing parameters in advance. This preliminary configuration reduces the need for repeated network operations during actual content sharing, thereby minimizing network latency and improving overall sharing efficiency while maintaining consistency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional folder-based organization is used, then content is organized by type, but it does not reflect how people naturally organize their social connections and shared content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic organization through virtual spaces that can be created, modified, and configured based on users' social connections and needs. Unlike static folder structures, virtual spaces are dynamic entities that adapt to group compositions and sharing requirements. Users can dynamically create spaces for different groups, add or remove members, and adjust sharing permissions, making the organization system flexible and aligned with how people naturally manage their social relationships.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a new dimension to content organization by introducing the virtual space layer between traditional folders and users. Instead of organizing content solely by type in hierarchical folders, the patent adds a social/dimensional layer where content is organized around groups and relationships. This additional dimension allows content to be organized both by type (traditional folders) and by social connections (virtual spaces), aligning with users' mental models of how they naturally group and share content with different people.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are provided for creating shared virtual spaces using a client device. For example, the disclosed systems receive a request from a user to share one or more digital content items with other users via a shared virtual space. The disclosed systems queue a request to send data to a content management system to create the shared virtual space. In some instances, the disclosed systems can determine that a connection between a user's client device and the content management system is below a threshold connectivity, and then simulate an online experience for the user despite the poor connection.