Content Recommendation System for Diverse Discovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in finding content that interests them among recommended lists generated by recording and reproducing apparatuses, as these lists often focus on familiar content rather than new or diverse interests, and require manual input using a soft keyboard for searching.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus that acquires focused content information, including descriptions, genres, titles, and casts, to retrieve related content with a high degree of relation, generating specification information for display and allowing users to easily find interested content through a user-friendly interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a recording and reproducing apparatus generates a list of contents recommended for a user based on viewing history and cooperative filtering, then contents thought as user's favorites can be recommended, but it becomes difficult for the user to find new or diverse content that interests them
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content recommendation process into two distinct modes: a first mode that provides recommendations based on viewing history and cooperative filtering for familiar content, and a second mode that displays content not yet viewed by the user for new discoveries. This segmentation allows the system to serve both reliability (through history-based recommendations) and versatility (through novel content discovery) without compromise.
2Ease of operation
If the apparatus displays a list of recommended contents, then users can find familiar content they may like, but users cannot easily find new content that attracts their current interest
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic switching between two display modes based on user interaction. The system transitions from a static recommendation list based on historical data to a dynamic mode that adapts to user needs by displaying novel content. This dynamic behavior allows the system to respond to changing user interests and prevent information loss about new content that may attract current attention.
3Measurement precision
If the apparatus uses a soft keyboard for content search, then users can input search words, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the search function from the manual input process by implementing automatic content acquisition and display. Instead of requiring users to input search words through a soft keyboard, the system automatically acquires content information and displays it, thereby eliminating the complex and time-consuming manual input operation while maintaining accurate content retrieval.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes: an acquiring means for acquiring focused content information that is information relating to a predetermined content and includes at least any one of descriptions of the predetermined content having information displayed on a display means, a word related to the descriptions, a genre, a title, and cast of the predetermined content; a retrieving means for using content information about the other content that includes at least any one of descriptions of the other content different from the predetermined content, a genre, a title, and cast of the other content and the acquired focused content information to retrieve a content having a high degree of relation to focused content information in the other contents; and a specification information generating means for generating specification information that specifies the resulted content of retrieval based on the result of retrieval done by the retrieving means.