Content Presentation Control via Operation Log Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing content presentation technologies fail to automatically adjust volume levels and playback speeds in response to changes in image and sound content during playback, requiring manual user intervention and not accounting for user preferences over time.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus that analyzes operation logs to identify trends in user interactions with content, generating control information for adjusting volume levels, playback speeds, and presentation timing to match user preferences, and provides this information for automatic content control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual volume adjustment is used during content playback, then the user can control presentation quality, but the user experience deteriorates due to repeated manual operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of content presentation controlVSAvoidtime spent on manual adjustments
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically adjusts volume levels during content playback based on operation logs and identified user preferences, eliminating the need for manual user intervention. The content presentation apparatus serves itself by autonomously controlling volume changes according to learned patterns from historical operation data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system collects operation logs from user interactions with content playback controls, analyzes these logs to identify volume adjustment patterns and preferences, and uses this feedback to automatically control future volume adjustments during content presentation, creating a closed-loop system that continuously improves user experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Extent of automation

If automatic volume control based on operation logs is implemented, then the user experience improves through automated adjustments, but the device complexity increases due to logging and analysis mechanisms

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomation of content presentation controlVSAvoidcomplexity of logging and analysis system
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The operation log storage mechanism serves multiple functions: it records user preferences for future automatic control, provides data for analyzing content characteristics, and enables identification of user-specific playback patterns. This multi-functional approach consolidates what could be separate complex systems into a unified logging and analysis framework.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of operation logs to identify user preferences and content characteristics before actual content playback begins. By pre-processing and storing analyzed preference data, the system reduces the computational complexity required during actual playback, as the heavy analysis work is completed in advance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Stability of the object's composition

If volume levels are resumed from previous settings, then playback continuity is maintained, but the system fails to adapt to changes in content characteristics over time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconsistency of playback settingsVSAvoidadaptability to content changes
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of statically resuming fixed volume settings from previous playback sessions, the system dynamically adjusts volume levels during content playback based on real-time analysis of operation logs and identified user preferences. The volume control transitions from a static resume function to a dynamic adaptive control system that responds to content characteristics and user behavior patterns.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the volume parameter dynamically during content playback based on analyzed operation logs and identified patterns. Rather than maintaining a fixed volume setting or simply resuming the last setting, the system continuously adjusts the volume parameter to match user preferences and content characteristics, transforming volume control from a static parameter to a dynamically optimized one.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10341727B2Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program
Publication Date: 2019.07.02 RAKUTEN GROUP INC
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AI summary

It is an object of the present invention to allow for appropriate control of how to present content during presentation of the content. An information processing apparatus obtains content identification information. Storage means stores operation logs each of which includes both the time at which an operation to control presentation of content was performed during presentation of the content and details of the operation. The information processing apparatus retrieves operation logs corresponding to the obtained content identification information from the storage means. Based on the retrieved operation logs, a tendency of operation changes is identified. In accordance with the tendency, the information processing apparatus generates control information for controlling how to present content. The control information includes details of control and a timing of the control. The information processing apparatus provides the control information.