Animated Avatar Media Reaction Interface

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for determining media reactions to television shows, movies, and similar content are time-consuming, incomplete, or inaccurate, as they rely on asking friends or searching reviews, which may not reflect individual tastes.

Innovation Solution

A user interface that presents media reactions through a time-based graph, allowing users to view reactions and select portions of media programs based on others' engagement and interest levels, using passive sensor data to determine states and interest levels of audience members.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a person contacts friends to ask about their opinions on a media program, then the person can obtain personal reactions, but the process becomes time consuming and may yield incomplete or inaccurate information

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccuracy of media reaction informationVSAvoidtime required to obtain media reaction information

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically capturing and storing media reaction data from multiple sources (friends, critics, consumers) before the user needs to query it. The data is pre-processed, organized by time stamps and program segments, and made ready for immediate retrieval through the graphical interface, eliminating the need for real-time data collection and reducing query time while maintaining accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates copies of media reaction data from multiple sources and presents them through a standardized graphical interface. Instead of contacting each friend individually to obtain their reactions, the system copies their pre-recorded reaction data (facial expressions, physiological responses) and displays them alongside critic reviews and consumer ratings, allowing simultaneous comparison without time loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Productivity

If a person searches for published critical reviews or online ratings, then the person can obtain aggregated opinions, but the information may not reflect the user's personal tastes and the search process is time consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of obtaining media reaction informationVSAvoidrelevance of media reaction information to user's personal tastes

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments media reaction information into distinct categories (friends' reactions, critic reviews, consumer ratings) and further segments each category by time stamps and program segments. This segmentation allows users to quickly navigate to specific types of reactions relevant to their tastes while maintaining the ability to compare all categories simultaneously through the graphical interface, improving both speed and relevance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where user interactions with the graphical interface (selecting specific program segments, filtering by reaction type) provide feedback that refines the displayed information. The system learns from user preferences and adjusts the presentation of media reactions to better match the user's personal tastes over time, while maintaining fast access through the pre-organized graphical display.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If detailed media reaction data is collected and presented, then the information becomes more comprehensive and accurate, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecompleteness of media reaction informationVSAvoidcomplexity of the system presenting media reactions

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The graphical interface acts as an intermediary that simplifies the presentation of complex media reaction data. It translates detailed physiological data, facial expressions, and reaction timestamps into intuitive visual representations (graphs, icons, color-coded segments) that users can easily interpret. This intermediary layer maintains data completeness and reliability while hiding the underlying system complexity from the user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms complex multi-dimensional data (time, program segment, reaction type, intensity) into a visual graphical interface that presents information along multiple dimensions simultaneously. The graphical display maps reaction data across time and program segments with visual indicators for different reaction types, allowing comprehensive information presentation in an intuitive two-dimensional space that reduces perceived complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS9154837B2User interface presenting an animated avatar performing a media reaction

Publication Date: 2015.10.06 ZHIGU HLDG

AI summary

This document describes techniques and apparatuses enabling a user interface for presenting a media reaction. The techniques receive media reactions of a person to a media program, such as the person laughing at one point of a comedy show, then smiling at another point, and then departing at a third point. The techniques may present these and other media reactions in a user interface through which a user may interact.