Virtual Space Experience Sharing System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing social network services (SNS) platforms limit interactive communication and content authoring between users, as opinions on shared content are typically exchanged on separate web pages or comment sections, hindering active experiences and passive sharing of content.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that support experience sharing by acquiring spatial information on shared content, providing users with the content in a virtual space, and allowing users to create and share authored content in a location-matched manner within the virtual space.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If opinions on shared content are exchanged on separate web pages or comment sections, then content sharing is achieved, but interactive communication between users is hindered

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent sharingVSAvoidinteractive communication
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the content sharing function with the communication function into a single integrated virtual space. Users can view shared content and interact with other users simultaneously within the same immersive environment, eliminating the need to switch between separate web pages or comment sections. This integration allows users to express opinions and communicate interactively while experiencing the shared content, thereby resolving the contradiction between content sharing and interactive communication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transitions from traditional two-dimensional interface interactions (web pages, comment sections) to a three-dimensional virtual space environment. This dimensional change enables users to interact with content and each other in a more immersive and natural manner, enhancing both content sharing and interactive communication capabilities simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Adaptability or versatility

If users want to author additional contents on the basis of contents created by other users, then content creation capability is needed, but professional knowledge about content editing is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent creation capabilityVSAvoidprofessional knowledge requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables users to author additional content directly within the virtual space using simplified tools and interfaces. Users can interact with the shared content and create new content elements without requiring professional editing knowledge. The system provides intuitive mechanisms for content authoring that automatically handle complex editing operations, allowing users to serve themselves in content creation without needing specialized expertise.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The virtual space acts as an intermediary between the shared content and the user's creative output. It provides a simplified interface that mediates the complex content creation process, translating user intentions into authored content without requiring users to understand underlying editing complexities. This intermediary layer enables content authoring while hiding the professional knowledge requirements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If shared content is provided in traditional interfaces, then content delivery is achieved, but vivid experience of shared content is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent deliveryVSAvoidvivid experience
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent delivers shared content within an immersive three-dimensional virtual space rather than traditional two-dimensional interfaces. This dimensional enhancement provides users with a more vivid and engaging experience while maintaining efficient content delivery. Users can explore and interact with shared content from multiple angles and perspectives, significantly enhancing the experiential quality without compromising delivery efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS12238151B2Method and system for supporting sharing of experiences between users, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
Publication Date: 2025.02.25 ANIPEN CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for supporting experience sharing between users is provided. The method includes the steps of: acquiring spatial information on a shared content for experience sharing; providing a user with the shared content in a virtual space created with reference to the spatial information on the shared content; and in response to the user creating an authored content in the virtual space, sharing the authored content with respect to a location matched with a location where the authored content is created in the virtual space.