Community-Based Content Rating Groups for Personalized Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in determining the appropriateness of content accessed over the internet, as existing systems lack sufficient mechanisms for personalized content filtering, relying on limited and potentially incompatible judgments from others.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to create and join content rating groups, enabling collective voting on content appropriateness, with the ability to select and apply rating groups that align with individual judgments, using a hierarchical system to determine access control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If users rely on existing content rating systems, then content filtering is provided, but the ratings are limited in number and may be incompatible with individual user views
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the content rating function by creating separate rating groups (e.g., parental rating groups, educator rating groups) that can be independently configured and applied. Each group maintains its own rating criteria and database, allowing users to select the group that best matches their specific needs rather than relying on a single monolithic rating system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables local customization by allowing users to create their own rating groups with specific criteria tailored to their individual or family values. This local quality approach ensures that the rating compatibility is optimized for each user's specific needs while still benefiting from the collective wisdom of the broader community through shared rating groups.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users create their own content rating groups, then personalized control is achieved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The network service provider acts as an intermediary that handles the technical complexity of creating, maintaining, and querying multiple rating groups. Users interact with a simplified interface to select or create rating groups, while the provider's systems manage the underlying data structures, voting mechanisms, and content filtering logic, thereby reducing the perceived complexity at the user level.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows users to copy existing rating groups (such as parental or educator groups) as templates for creating their own customized groups. This copying mechanism simplifies the creation process by providing pre-configured frameworks that users can adapt rather than building from scratch, reducing the effective complexity while maintaining high adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple content rating groups are available, then comprehensive content coverage is achieved, but determining which group to apply becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides multiple rating groups with equal status and accessibility, allowing users to switch between different groups (e.g., parental, educator, custom) without hierarchical bias. Each group is presented as an equal option with comparable functionality, enabling users to select the most appropriate group based on their specific needs rather than being forced into a predetermined hierarchy.
Data Source
AI summary
According to a general aspect, a method includes maintaining rating groups, each rating group providing a rating for content compiled based on information received from a user evaluating the content. The method also includes receiving, from a first user, a selection of a first rating group, from among the rating groups, to be applied to a set of users associated with the first user. The method also includes receiving, from a user, a request for a piece of content from the content. The method also includes determining that the user from which the request was received belongs to the set of users associated with the first user. The method also includes, based upon the determination that the user belonged to the set of users associated with the first user, accessing information associated with the first rating group and determining whether the first rating group includes a rating for the requested piece of content. The method also includes determining whether or not to provide information to the requesting user conditioned on the indication or absence of a rating for the requested piece of content within the first rating group.