Persistent Web Page Interaction Objects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current web-page interaction tools, such as bulletin boards and live chats, are static and do not allow for persistent user interactions, making it difficult for future users to access valuable interactions related to specific web-page elements, and often provide unstructured content that is not relevant to most users.
Innovation Solution
A system that captures and stores user interactions as interaction objects associated with specific web-page elements, allowing for a modified version of the web-page to be served to third users, including interaction icons, summaries, and hyperlinks that enable users to view and participate in relevant discussions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If static interaction tools like bulletin boards and blogs are used, then users can exchange messages, but the interactions are not preserved for future users and do not enable easy identification of relevant content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments user interactions into discrete interaction objects that are associated with specific web page elements through unique identifiers. Each interaction object contains structured data including user information, communication content, and element references, allowing fine-grained preservation and retrieval of interactions without requiring a complete redesign of the interaction framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an interaction manager as an intermediary component that mediates between users and web page elements. This manager captures interactions, stores them in a database, and serves them to future users, thereby preserving interactions without adding significant complexity to the core web page structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If live chat is provided to all users, then real-time interaction is enabled, but the content becomes unrestrained and serves no practical interest to many users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by associating interactions with specific web page elements rather than providing a general-purpose chat system. Each interaction object is linked to a particular element through unique identifiers, making the interaction content locally relevant to the element being discussed and automatically filtering out irrelevant interactions from other parts of the web page.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-associating interaction objects with specific web page elements before users engage in communication. The system captures the element context in advance and uses it to filter and present only relevant interactions to users, eliminating the need for post-hoc filtering of unrestrained chat content.
3Loss of information
If blog comments are used to capture discussions, then relevant comments are preserved, but they are located at the bottom of web-pages and associated with the blog article as a whole rather than specific elements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves interactions from the traditional linear document dimension (bottom of web page) to a spatial dimension by associating them with specific web page elements through unique identifiers. This allows interactions to be displayed in proximity to the elements they discuss, making element-specific content easily identifiable without requiring users to scroll to the bottom of the page.
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AI summary
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for tracking user interactions comprising receiving a first request associated with a first user, to exchange a communication with a second user about one of a plurality of elements of a web-page, wherein the plurality of elements includes at least one of graphical elements and textual elements; in response to the first request, exchanging a communication between the first user and the second user; capturing the communication; storing an interaction object comprising the communication, wherein storing includes associating the interaction object with the one of the plurality of elements of the web-page; and serving a modified version of the web-page to a third user; wherein the modified version specifies the interaction object being associated with the one of the plurality of elements of the web-page.