Webcast Room Display System Using Anchor Activity Weights

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing webcast room recommendation systems are not updated in real time and often fail to match user needs due to preset recommendations by server-side administrative staff, leading to inefficient use of network and server resources.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that determine and display webcast rooms based on pre-stored weights for both rooms and anchor accounts, allowing for timely updates and improved matching of user needs by sorting and prioritizing webcast rooms with higher weights and active anchor accounts.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If webcast rooms are preset by server-side administrative staff, then the recommendation system is simple to operate, but the recommendations are not updated in real time and fail to match user needs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time updating capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic webcast room recommendations by continuously updating the recommendation list based on real-time anchor activity status. The system transitions from static preset recommendations to dynamic recommendations that automatically adjust when anchors go online or offline, ensuring real-time adaptability without requiring complex manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service functionality where the recommendation system automatically manages itself by detecting anchor online/offline status and updating recommendations accordingly. This eliminates the need for server-side administrative staff to manually update recommendations, achieving real-time adaptability through automated self-management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If webcast room recommendations are not updated in real time, then the system is easier to maintain, but users frequently enter and exit webcast rooms causing network and server resource waste

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagement efficiencyVSAvoidnetwork and server resource waste
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system continuously monitors anchor online/offline status and uses this information to update webcast room recommendations in real time. This feedback loop ensures that users are always presented with currently active webcast rooms, preventing them from entering inactive rooms and thereby reducing network and server resource waste from repeated user churn.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If preset webcast room recommendations are used, then the system requires minimal computational resources, but the recommendations only match the needs of a small number of users

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser preference matchingVSAvoidrecommendation effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically determines which webcast rooms to recommend based on real-time anchor activity status without requiring manual configuration. This self-service approach enables the system to dynamically adapt recommendations to match user needs by presenting only currently active webcast rooms, significantly improving recommendation effectiveness and user preference matching.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS9686329B2Method and apparatus for displaying webcast rooms
Publication Date: 2017.06.20 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

Methods and apparatus for displaying webcast rooms are provided therein. An exemplary method can be implemented by a computer system. A weight corresponding to each webcast room of a plurality of webcast rooms and an anchor-account weight corresponding to an anchor account of the each webcast room of the plurality of webcast rooms can be obtained. The weight corresponding to the each webcast room and the anchor-account weight can be pre-stored. A webcast room to be displayed can be determined from the plurality of webcast rooms, according to the weight corresponding to the each webcast room and the anchor-account weight. The webcast room to be displayed can be displayed.