Virtual Space Subscriber Matching via Security Profile Icons
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing matching systems primarily focus on providing information exchange in physical spaces, lacking a solution for facilitating connections in virtual spaces, where visual and physiological cues are essential for user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A virtual meeting space system over a network allows subscribers to create profiles, with matching criteria and communication preferences, using subscriber identifiers, icons, and an information processor to determine matches and provide relevant information, enabling visual and physiological cues in a virtual environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If matching systems use RFID, GPS, and Bluetooth technology to identify individuals in physical space, then location-based matching is improved, but the system cannot provide visual and physiological cues essential for virtual space interaction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an information processor as an intermediary that receives presence information from multiple sources (RFID, GPS, Bluetooth, and virtual space systems), processes this data, and generates matching results that include visual and physiological cues. This mediator enables the system to bridge physical and virtual spaces, providing comprehensive matching capabilities that neither system could achieve alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The matching system is designed to be universal by accepting presence information from various technologies (RFID, GPS, Bluetooth, and virtual space presence data) and processing them through a common matching algorithm. This multi-functional approach allows the same system to operate effectively in both physical and virtual spaces, providing visual and physiological cues in virtual environments while maintaining compatibility with traditional location-based matching.
2Measurement precision
If the system provides comprehensive profile information and matching criteria to all subscribers, then matching accuracy is improved, but information security and privacy protection are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by providing different levels of profile information to different subscribers based on their matching status and authorization. Matching criteria and profile details are selectively disclosed only to subscribers who meet specific matching conditions, ensuring that sensitive information is not universally accessible. This localized information disclosure maintains matching accuracy for authorized users while protecting security for the broader system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the information processor monitors subscriber interactions and adjusts information disclosure dynamically. When a match is identified, the system provides relevant profile information to facilitate connection; when no match exists or security concerns arise, information disclosure is restricted. This feedback-driven approach balances matching accuracy with security by adapting information availability based on real-time matching outcomes and subscriber behavior.
3Productivity
If the information processor monitors all subscriber identifiers and processes matching for all present subscribers, then connection facilitation is improved, but system complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the matching process by dividing present subscribers into groups based on their presence information and matching criteria. The information processor handles matching operations in segments rather than processing all subscriber combinations simultaneously, reducing computational complexity while maintaining comprehensive matching coverage. This segmented approach allows efficient connection facilitation without overwhelming system resources.
Data Source
AI summary
Secure networking in a virtual space over a network. Subscriber computing devices each operated by a subscriber are associated with a subscriber identifier. Each computing device is connected to the network. A subscriber security profile is created in a security profile datastore, wherein the subscriber security profile comprises information indicative of a security status and wherein the subscriber security profile is associated with the subscriber's subscriber identifier. Subscriber identifiers associated with subscribers who are logged in to a website are monitored. The website defines a virtual space and the logged-in subscribers are characterized as present in the virtual space. A web page is served to the computing devices of the present subscribers via the network. The web page of a first subscriber comprises a first subscriber icon associated with the first subscriber and subscriber icons of other present subscribers. A determination is made whether the first subscriber security profile matches the subscriber security profile of one or more of the other present subscribers according to security matching criteria. An attribute is assigned to the icons of the other present subscribers having security profiles that match the security profile of the first subscriber according to security matching criteria. Selected security profile information is provided to the first subscriber of a selected one of any of the other present matching subscribers.