Content Processing Device for Dynamic Library Ranking

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users often fail to consume content stored in their online libraries, such as music, movies, or books, due to lack of engagement or awareness about available content.

Innovation Solution

A content processing device analyzes user activity information and collects data from various sources to determine update information for content items, ranking them based on factors like time, entity identification, interest level, and library activity, and adds this information to a customized list for the user account.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If users are provided with a large number of content items in their online library, then the quantity of available content increases, but user engagement and consumption of content decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of content itemsVSAvoidcontent consumption rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically changes the parameters of content presentation by generating updated information about content items (such as new episodes, sequels, or related content) and adjusting the display based on user activity patterns. This transforms the static content library into a dynamic interface that adapts to user behavior, thereby increasing engagement without requiring users to manually search through large quantities of content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically analyzes user activity information and generates personalized content recommendations without requiring user input or manual curation. The content processing device self-adjusts the displayed content based on observed user patterns, eliminating the need for users to actively manage or search their libraries, thus increasing consumption of available content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Loss of information

If the content interface displays all available content items, then completeness of information is improved, but ease of operation and user engagement deteriorates due to information overload

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of content informationVSAvoidease of content selection
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by providing detailed updated information specifically for content items that are most relevant to each individual user based on their activity patterns. Rather than uniformly displaying information for all content items, the interface concentrates detailed information locally on high-priority items while maintaining a simplified overall view, making the interface easier to navigate while preserving important information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts and highlights only the most relevant updated information about content items based on user activity analysis. Instead of displaying all available information equally, the interface separates and prioritizes key updates (such as new episodes or highly relevant content) from less important information, reducing cognitive load while maintaining information completeness for interested users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system provides personalized content recommendations based on detailed activity analysis, then relevance of recommendations improves, but device complexity and processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization of content recommendationsVSAvoidcomplexity of content processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user activity information in advance to identify patterns and preferences before generating content recommendations. By pre-processing user data and maintaining activity profiles, the system reduces the computational complexity required at the time of recommendation generation, enabling personalized recommendations without excessive real-time processing demands.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9092531B2Customized content consumption interface
Publication Date: 2015.07.28 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

A content processing device may be operable to analyze activity information associated with particular content identified in a content library associated with a user account. One or more entities associated with the particular content may be identified by the content processing device. The content processing device may collect, from various sources, information related to each of the identified one or more entities. The content processing device may determine, based on one or both of a result of the analysis and the collected information, update information for the particular content. The content processing device may then add, based on one or more ranking factors, item information comprising the particular content along with the determined update information to a list of items associated with the user account. Upon receiving an indication from a data processing device, the content processing device may communicate the list of items to the data processing device.