Auxiliary Content Delivery Control via Engagement Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users are subjected to unwanted auxiliary content on their devices, which can be intrusive and not aligned with their preferences, and existing systems lack effective mechanisms to control or reward user engagement with such content.
Innovation Solution
A content delivery system that includes a communications network, media and auxiliary content components, engagement monitoring, and a content control module to selectively deliver auxiliary content based on user engagement data and reward points, allowing users to request reduced auxiliary content during constrained resource conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If auxiliary content is delivered to users, then content providers can generate revenue and users may receive relevant information, but users experience intrusive advertising and unwanted content that degrades user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by monitoring user engagement with auxiliary content and using this data to control future delivery. The engagement monitoring component tracks whether users interact with auxiliary content, and this information feeds back to the content control module which adjusts delivery decisions accordingly, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to user preferences.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of auxiliary content delivery from static to dynamic by introducing engagement-based control. Instead of delivering auxiliary content uniformly to all users, the system modifies delivery parameters based on individual user engagement history and reward point balances, allowing selective delivery to different user segments.
2Productivity
If users are forced to engage with auxiliary content, then content providers can maximize ad exposure, but users lose autonomy and may skip or avoid content
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to voluntarily engage with auxiliary content in exchange for reward points. Users can choose to watch or interact with auxiliary content when they wish to earn points for redeeming desired content, transforming a forced consumption model into a voluntary exchange where users serve their own interests.
Solution Approach 2:
The system inverts the traditional advertising model by reversing the value flow: instead of users receiving auxiliary content passively with no benefit, users actively engage with auxiliary content to earn reward points that they can redeem for desired content, making the auxiliary content valuable to users rather than merely intrusive.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the system monitors user engagement with auxiliary content, then delivery can be optimized, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system achieves multi-functionality by combining engagement monitoring, reward point management, and content delivery control into a unified platform. The same infrastructure used to track user engagement for optimization purposes also serves to allocate reward points and control content delivery, reducing the need for separate specialized systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer (the content control module and reward point system) that mediates between users and auxiliary content delivery. This intermediary manages the complexity of engagement tracking and delivery optimization, shielding users from system complexity while enabling sophisticated content delivery strategies.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If users can request reduced auxiliary content during constrained resource conditions, then user experience improves, but content provider revenue opportunities are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by providing users with reward points in advance through engagement with auxiliary content. When users later request reduced auxiliary content during constrained resource conditions, the system can honor these requests because the revenue opportunity was already captured when users earned their reward points through previous engagement.
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In one embodiment there is disclosed a content delivery system comprising: a communications network; a media component connected to the communications network, the media component configured to deliver media content for playout at a user device; an auxiliary content component connected to the communications network for providing auxiliary content for playout at a user device; an engagement monitoring component configured to monitor user engagement with auxiliary content played out at the user device; a storage component which holds engagement monitoring data in association with user identifiers; a content control module configured to receive, from a user device, a request for auxiliary content to be inserted in a playout session for playout at the user device, and selectively control delivery of the auxiliary content based on the engagement monitoring data associated with a user identifier for the user device.