Ad Blocking via Financial Health Rating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current ad blocking technologies primarily focus on removing ads based on file formats or URLs, failing to consider user-specific financial health or preferences, which may lead to irrelevant or undesirable ads being displayed.
Innovation Solution
A system that determines a user's financial health rating based on their transaction history and preferences, comparing this rating to the ad content to decide whether to block or allow ads, using a combination of transaction database information, user input, and ad detection algorithms to categorize and evaluate ads accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If ad blocking is based on file formats or URLs, then ads can be removed from webpages, but user-specific financial health or preferences are not considered leading to irrelevant ads being displayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by determining a financial health rating for the user before evaluating advertisements. The processor obtains financial information, determines a financial health rating based on this information, and then uses this pre-established rating to evaluate whether subsequent advertisements are appropriate, ensuring user-specific criteria are applied before ad display decisions are made
Solution Approach 2:
The advertisement evaluation process is segmented into distinct steps: obtaining financial information, determining a financial health rating, detecting advertisement content, comparing the advertisement to the rating, and making a block/allow decision. This segmentation allows the system to systematically apply user-specific financial criteria to each advertisement independently
2Reliability
If all advertisements are blocked based on strict financial criteria, then user financial goals are protected, but potentially relevant and beneficial ads are also blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameter of ad evaluation from binary block/allow based on file formats to a nuanced assessment based on financial health rating comparison. By comparing advertisement content against the user's specific financial health rating, the system dynamically adjusts which ads are blocked versus allowed, ensuring that ads consistent with the user's financial situation are displayed while blocking those that are not
3Loss of energy
If traditional ad blocking methods are used, then resource waste is reduced, but user experience is degraded due to lack of personalized content
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously comparing advertisement content against the user's established financial health rating. This feedback mechanism ensures that only advertisements aligned with the user's financial situation are allowed to load, reducing wasted bandwidth and CPU resources on irrelevant content while simultaneously improving user experience through personalized, relevant ad display
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AI summary
A computer system determines a financial health rating for a user based on financial information associated with the user. The computer system detects receipt of digital content that includes an advertisement. Responsive to the detecting receipt of digital content, the computer system compares the content of the advertisement to the determined financial health rating of the user to determine whether the advertisement is appropriate for the user. Responsive to determining that the advertisement is not appropriate for the user, the computer system disallows display of the digital content.