AI Trust Analysis for Online Media Reliability Scoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing trust analysis of online media relies heavily on manual efforts, is slow, and does not provide reliable results, often failing to integrate multiple factors or dimensions such as community feedback and trusted sources.

Innovation Solution

A computerized method using a contextually-trained AI model to analyze online media articles, determining trust factors like factual accuracy, emotional/sensational content, readability, and user reviews, and outputting a content reliability score through a browser extension.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual analysis is used for trust evaluation, then reliability of analysis is improved, but productivity decreases and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrust analysis reliabilityVSAvoidanalysis speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical analysis with an automated AI-based system that uses machine learning models to evaluate trust factors. The system automatically processes articles, extracts features, and generates reliability scores without human intervention, thereby maintaining high reliability while dramatically improving productivity and reducing time consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing articles and generating trust evaluations without requiring human analysts. The AI model independently processes content, compares it against trusted sources, and produces reliability scores, enabling the system to serve itself rather than relying on manual human analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If manual analysis is used, then measurement precision of trust factors is improved, but loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrust factor measurement accuracyVSAvoidanalysis time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces time-consuming manual measurement of trust factors with automated AI-based measurement. The system uses machine learning models to precisely measure multiple trust factors including factual accuracy, emotional content, readability, and source credibility, achieving high measurement precision while dramatically reducing the time required for analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing articles, extracting features, and preparing data for analysis before generating final trust evaluations. This preliminary processing enables rapid and precise measurement of trust factors without requiring time-consuming manual review during the actual analysis phase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If existing trust analysis solutions are used, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability decreases due to lack of integration with trusted sources

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interface accessibilityVSAvoidcontent reliability assessment accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple trust analysis dimensions including factual accuracy checking against trusted sources, emotional content analysis, readability assessment, and source credibility evaluation into a unified system. This integration combines the ease of operation of automated systems with the reliability of multi-factor analysis, producing accurate content reliability assessments that consider multiple perspectives simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system achieves universality by performing multiple functions within a single integrated platform: it analyzes factual accuracy, evaluates emotional content, assesses readability, checks source credibility, and generates comprehensive reliability scores. This multi-functional approach maintains ease of operation while significantly improving reliability through comprehensive multi-factor evaluation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20260056935A1Computer systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage devices for trust analysis of online media
Publication Date: 2026.02.26 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
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AI summary

Computer systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage devices for trust analysis and content reliability of online media are disclosed. A computerized method comprises: receiving an article that a user is viewing on a user device; analyzing the article to determine one or more trust factors related to the article; determining a content reliability score of the article using a contextually-trained trust analysis artificial intelligence (AI) model based on the one or more trust factors; and outputting the content reliability score of the article for display in a user interface of the user device.