Automatic User Profile Creation via Interaction Data Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users often fail to actively engage with creating or logging into user profiles, resulting in a lack of personalized experiences in video content consumption, as they tend to be passive and do not go through the process of setting up profiles.

Innovation Solution

Automatic identification and creation of user profiles based on user interaction data, where profiles are matched against generic pre-categorized profiles, and settings and preferences are applied without user input, with options for customization and confirmation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If automatic profile identification and creation is implemented, then user experience personalization is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experience personalizationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically identifies users and creates profiles without requiring manual user input. The profile creation process serves itself by collecting interaction data and generating profiles autonomously, eliminating the need for users to actively engage in profile setup while still delivering personalized experiences

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs profile identification and creation in advance before users need personalized content recommendations. By proactively analyzing interaction data and establishing profiles upfront, the system prepares personalized experiences ahead of time, reducing the complexity burden to a one-time setup rather than continuous user effort

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If manual profile creation process is required, then profile accuracy is improved, but user engagement decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprofile accuracyVSAvoiduser engagement
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously collects user interaction data and uses it to refine and update profiles automatically. This feedback loop ensures profiles remain accurate and relevant without requiring users to manually update them, maintaining profile precision while eliminating the need for ongoing user engagement in profile management

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The profile accuracy is maintained through automated processes that continuously learn from user interactions. The system serves itself by autonomously refining profiles based on collected data, achieving high accuracy without requiring users to actively participate in profile creation or maintenance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of time

If automatic profile creation is implemented, then time consumption is reduced, but data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetime consumptionVSAvoiddata processing requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously collects and processes user interaction data in the background without interrupting user activities. By maintaining continuous data collection and processing operations, the system efficiently utilizes available data streams to build profiles over time, reducing the need for intensive batch processing while minimizing user time consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

4Measurement precision

If user interaction data collection is enhanced, then recommendation quality is improved, but user privacy concerns increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecommendation qualityVSAvoiduser privacy concerns
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system processes and analyzes user interaction data locally without requiring centralized collection of sensitive personal information. By maintaining data processing at the local level, the system can generate high-quality personalized recommendations while minimizing privacy risks associated with data transmission and centralized storage

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS10445304B1Automatic identification and creation of user profiles
Publication Date: 2019.10.15 COX COMMUNICATIONS INC
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AI summary

Automatic identification and creation of user profiles is provided. Interaction data for various users within a subscriber account is collected. Unique user profiles are automatically identified and created based on the interaction data. The identified user profiles are then matched against a plurality of available pre-categorized profiles. A unique set of settings and preferences may be applied to the user profile based on the matched pre-categorized profile and the collected interaction data. Personalization may be provided to the user upon establishment of the user profile. After creation of the user profile, additional user actions taken and the user's viewer history may be collected for further use. According to some aspects, when a user accesses a content item, notification is sent to the user to confirm a matched profile as an active profile. Once confirmation is received, associated settings and preferences are set according to the active profile.