Content Categorization Negotiation Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional content categorization systems lack an explicit and efficient mechanism for categorization ability negotiation between content categorization request entities and providing entities, leading to failures in content categorization or association.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for content categorization that involves a content categorization request entity transmitting a categorization ability negotiation request to a content categorization providing entity, with both entities exchanging and subscribing to categorization abilities, enabling detailed, clear, and timely mutual content categorization ability information exchange.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If content categorization interfaces are enriched with multiple parameters and choices, then the categorization processing capability is improved, but the complexity of negotiation between request entities and providing entities increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecategorization processing capabilityVSAvoidnegotiation mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by establishing a categorization ability negotiation mechanism before actual content categorization operations. The request entity and providing entity exchange and subscribe to their respective categorization abilities in advance, creating a clear understanding of capabilities before processing begins. This prevents failures during actual categorization operations by ensuring both parties are aware of supported parameters and choices beforehand.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple categorization parameters and choices are supported, then the categorization ability is improved, but the success rate of content categorization requests decreases due to lack of explicit negotiation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecategorization abilityVSAvoidcategorization request success rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback through the subscription mechanism where the request entity subscribes to the providing entity's categorization ability information, and the providing entity subscribes to the request entity's capabilities. This bidirectional feedback loop ensures both parties have accurate, up-to-date information about each other's categorization abilities, enabling successful matching and execution of categorization requests without failures due to mismatched capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If categorization processing involves multiple parameters with plural choices, then the processing capability is improved, but the efficiency of content categorization operations decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecategorization processing capabilityVSAvoidcontent categorization efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by resolving capability mismatches before actual categorization processing begins. Through the negotiation and subscription mechanism, both entities clarify their supported parameters and choices in advance, eliminating the need for time-consuming trial-and-error during processing. This pre-establishment of compatible capabilities significantly speeds up subsequent categorization operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9195737B2Method and system for content categorization
Publication Date: 2015.11.24 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for content categorization, where the method comprises transmitting, by a content categorization request entity, a categorization ability negotiation request to a content categorization providing entity to request the categorization ability of the content categorization providing entity; receiving the categorization capability of the content categorization providing entity returned by the content categorization providing entity. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention disclose a system for content categorization, content categorization request entity and content categorization providing entity. Categorization ability negotiation or subscription helps to learn the content categorization ability so that the content categorization request entity or content categorization providing entity may mutually and accurately acquire content categorization capability information without delay.