Communication Device Content Recommendation Ranking System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content recommendation systems tend to limit the range of content viewed by users, as they rely on viewing history and do not provide sufficient information for selecting introducers or content quality, leading to one-sided content introductions and a lack of diversity in content exposure.
Innovation Solution
A communication device that calculates and ranks evaluation values for content and introducers based on factors like introduction authorizations, views, and re-introductions, allowing users to select content and introducers based on these rankings, and includes features for introduction authorization to control content sources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If content introduction is based on viewer's past viewing history, then content recommendations reflect viewer preferences, but the range of introduced content becomes constrained and narrow
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the evaluation of content introducers into multiple independent dimensions (number of introduction authorizations received, number of content introductions performed, number of views of introduced content). This segmentation allows the system to evaluate different aspects separately and combine them, preventing over-reliance on any single metric like viewing history while maintaining comprehensive assessment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the evaluation parameters from traditional viewing history-based metrics to a multi-dimensional evaluation system that includes introduction authorizations, introduction counts, and view counts. This parameter transformation enables the system to balance recommendation accuracy with content diversity by weighting different factors appropriately.
2Loss of information
If content introduction relies on viewer switching history between contents, then personalized recommendations are provided, but the system lacks information for selecting introducers and evaluating content quality
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal evaluation mechanism that serves multiple functions: evaluating introducer quality, assessing content quality, and guiding both content selection and introducer selection. The evaluation value calculation unit computes metrics that can be applied across different scenarios (selecting what content to view, selecting which introducer to trust), reducing information loss without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback loops where evaluation results are used to improve future content introduction decisions. The system continuously gathers data on introduction authorizations, content views, and introduction performance, then uses this feedback to refine evaluation values and recommendations, progressively reducing information loss through learning.
3Ease of operation
If one-sided content introductions occur without selection capability, then content is provided from other people, but the viewer has no choice regarding introducer selection and lacks useful selection information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to actively select introducers based on evaluation information provided by the system. Instead of passive one-sided introduction, the system empowers users to make informed choices about which introducers to trust and which content to accept, combining simplicity with user autonomy through self-directed selection based on objective evaluation metrics.
Data Source
AI summary
A communication device sends content or content identification information to another communication device and receives content or content identification information from another communication device. The communication device includes an evaluation value calculation unit that calculates an evaluation value; an evaluation value data receiving unit that receives the evaluation value from each of other communication devices aside from the terminal itself; a ranking processing portion that ranks the evaluation values of the terminal itself and the other communication devices, and generates an evaluation value ranking; and a user input/output accepting portion that presents the evaluation value ranking to the user of the terminal itself.