Cloud Calendar Content Recommendation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic programming guides primarily focus on channel-specific listings, lacking an efficient method for users to discover and interact with available content beyond traditional scheduling, and do not effectively utilize user preferences or personal recommendations.
Innovation Solution
A method for adding content events to a cloud-based calendar, synchronizing with user preferences and metadata, allowing for personalized content recommendations and integration with television receivers for recording or playback, using a cloud-based calendar system that includes features like personal video invitations and user-specific scheduling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional electronic programming guides focus on channel-specific listings, then users can access current and future channel schedules, but users lack efficient methods to discover and interact with available content beyond traditional scheduling
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of organizing content by traditional channel listings, the patent inverts the approach by organizing content around user calendars and personal schedules. The system integrates with cloud-based calendars to identify unscheduled time periods and recommends content based on available slots, transforming the user experience from passive browsing to active personalization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a cloud-based calendar system as an intermediary between users and content delivery. This calendar mediator synchronizes user preferences, identifies available time slots, and facilitates content recommendation, enabling more efficient content discovery and interaction than traditional direct channel listings.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system integrates cloud-based calendar synchronization, then personalized content recommendations can be provided, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud-based calendar system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it stores user preferences, identifies available time slots, generates content recommendations, and synchronizes across devices. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized systems while achieving comprehensive personalization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically synchronizes with cloud calendars, identifies unscheduled time periods, and generates content recommendations without requiring manual user configuration. This self-service approach reduces the operational complexity for users while maintaining high personalization capabilities.
3Productivity
If the system identifies content based on unscheduled time periods, then content scheduling efficiency improves, but the quantity of content that can be recommended is limited by available slots
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of unscheduled time periods in advance, allowing content recommendations to be prepared and delivered efficiently. By pre-processing calendar data to identify available slots, the system maximizes scheduling efficiency while maintaining the ability to recommend multiple content items across different time periods.
Data Source
AI summary
A customized content calendar may include reminders or invitations to access particular media content, where the reminders or invitations may be pushed to the content calendar based on user-specific preferences.