Real-time Content Collection Guidance via Machine Learning Models

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing machine learning systems for content collection are inefficient due to the need for manual data entry in rigid forms and unstructured text fields that lack guidance, leading to cumbersome and incomplete data collection processes.

Innovation Solution

A real-time content collection guidance system that uses statistical models, such as data element recognition, task recognition, data element gap recognition, and task prediction models, to provide interactive suggestions to users while they enter unstructured text, ensuring comprehensive data entry without rigid form constraints.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If rigid forms with strict structure are used for data collection, then data completeness and accuracy are improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to tedious and cumbersome data entry

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata completenessVSAvoidease of data entry
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the principle of flexible structures by replacing rigid forms with flexible unstructured text fields that can adapt to user input while still guiding data collection. The system uses natural language processing to extract structured information from flexible unstructured text, achieving both data completeness and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary system (natural language processing and machine learning models) that bridges the gap between unstructured user input and structured data requirements. This intermediary automatically extracts and structures information from free-text input, eliminating the need for rigid forms while ensuring data completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If unstructured text fields are used for content collection, then ease of operation is improved, but data completeness deteriorates due to lack of guidance for required information

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of data entryVSAvoiddata completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system analyzes user input in real-time and provides guidance on missing or incomplete information. The machine learning models monitor the unstructured text and prompt users to add necessary details, ensuring data completeness while maintaining the flexibility of unstructured fields.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-processing and analyzing user input as it is being entered. The system proactively identifies missing data elements and provides real-time suggestions before the user completes their input, ensuring completeness without requiring rigid forms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Manufacturing precision

If manual data entry in rigid forms is used, then data accuracy is improved, but productivity deteriorates due to time-consuming data entry processes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accuracyVSAvoiddata entry efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical process of manual form filling with automated natural language processing and machine learning systems. Users simply type or speak their information in unstructured text, and the system automatically extracts, validates, and structures the data, dramatically improving productivity while maintaining accuracy through automated verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables self-service data processing where the system automatically analyzes, validates, and structures user input without requiring manual form completion. The machine learning models perform data extraction and validation autonomously, improving both productivity and accuracy by eliminating manual data entry errors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Adaptability or versatility

If unstructured text fields without guidance are used, then adaptability is improved, but measurement precision deteriorates due to inability to identify missing data elements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveflexibility of inputVSAvoididentification of missing data
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary analysis layer that processes unstructured text input and identifies missing data elements. The natural language processing system acts as a mediator between the flexible unstructured input and the requirement for complete data, automatically detecting what information is missing and prompting users to provide it.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual verification of data completeness with automated machine learning analysis. The system continuously analyzes unstructured text input to identify missing data elements, replacing the need for users to manually check against rigid form requirements while maintaining adaptability to various input styles.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS10248716B2Real-time guidance for content collection
Publication Date: 2019.04.02 ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LTD
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AI summary

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing real-time guidance for content collection. One of the methods includes receiving user input from a user through a user interface presentation, determining, from the received user input using a first model, one or more provided data elements occurring in the user input, determining, from the one or more provided data elements occurring in the user input using a second model, one or more intended tasks, determining, for each intended task of the one or more intended tasks using a third model, one or more suggested data elements, ranking the one or more suggested data elements, and updating the user interface presentation with a user interface element suggesting that the user provide the one or more needed data elements.