Audio Variant Assembly for Duration-Limited Regional Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing multiple variants of content items with multiple audio components, such as advertisements for different geographic regions, is difficult due to the complexity of validating and filtering based on target signals.
Innovation Solution
A system with a content item assembly engine and audit engine provides an interface for editing and managing variants, including automatic duration checking, speech-to-text processing, and filtering based on targeting signals, allowing operators to preview, play, and edit audio components efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple audio components are used in content items for different geographic regions, then the content can be customized for specific audiences, but the complexity of managing and validating variants increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments audio content into separate reusable components (voiceovers, music, sound effects) that can be independently managed and combined to create multiple geographic variants. This allows the system to handle complexity by breaking down complete audio tracks into modular elements that can be validated and assembled systematically.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal audio component library that serves multiple geographic regions simultaneously. Each audio component is designed to be reusable across different variants, allowing the same music track or sound effect to be used in multiple geographic versions of an advertisement, reducing overall management complexity.
2Reliability
If audio variants are validated against threshold values and filtered based on target signals, then content quality is ensured, but the number of operations required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs validation operations on individual audio components before they are assembled into complete variants. By validating voiceovers, music, and sound effects separately in advance, the system ensures quality requirements are met earlier in the workflow, reducing the need for rework during final assembly and improving overall validation efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automated validation that operates independently on each audio component and variant assembly. The validation engine automatically checks duration thresholds, audio quality metrics, and compliance requirements without manual intervention, allowing the system to self-validate content while maintaining high productivity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient management and validation of audio content variants across different regions by automatically identifying and correcting duration issues and targeting signal compliance, reducing operational complexity.
Implementation Method 1
determine whether the combined duration of the set of audio components exceeds a duration limit
Implementation Method 2
invoke speech-to-text functionality to preview voice assets without the need to play the audio
Data Source
AI summary
A method for managing audio assets includes selecting a content item for display at multiple geographic locations, including selecting a plurality of variants corresponding to the respective geographic locations. The variants include a shared component of the content item. The method also includes determining a set of audio components, where each of the variants includes two or more audio components of the set of audio components, and determining whether any of the variants exceeds a duration limit. The method also includes, in response to determining that a particular one of the variants exceeds the duration limit, generating (i) an indication that the particular one of the variants exceeds the duration limit, and (ii) an indication of an audio component that likely causes the particular one of the variants to exceed the duration limit.