Personalized Content Recommendation System Using Seed Identifier Sorting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face challenges in discovering new content due to the vast array of choices available from various content sources, leading to dissatisfaction as they often stick to familiar content rather than exploring new options.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that provides personalized content item recommendations by retrieving a seed content item identifier from user data, generating initial recommendations, sorting them based on user profiles, and delivering them to user devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users are provided with a large choice of content from multiple sources, then content variety and accessibility are improved, but users tend to stick to familiar content and fail to explore new options

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent varietyVSAvoiduser content exploration
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system continuously monitors user viewing behavior and feedback to dynamically adjust recommendations. By analyzing what users watch, how long they watch, and their interaction patterns, the system refines its understanding of user preferences and adapts recommendations accordingly, creating a feedback loop that improves personalization over time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The recommendation system operates autonomously by automatically analyzing user behavior patterns and generating personalized content suggestions without requiring manual input from users. The system self-adjusts based on viewing history and preferences, eliminating the need for users to manually search or filter content

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Ease of operation

If users use search functions or electronic program guides to access content, then content accessibility is improved, but users continue to view familiar content rather than discovering new options

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent accessibilityVSAvoidcontent discovery
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user preferences and content characteristics before the user makes a selection. By pre-processing viewing history, content metadata, and user behavior patterns, the system prepares personalized recommendations in advance, so when the user needs content suggestions, they are already optimized to introduce variety while maintaining ease of access

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If personalized content recommendations are provided to users, then content relevance to user preferences is improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent relevanceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The recommendation system is divided into distinct functional modules: data collection module for gathering user behavior information, analysis module for processing and interpreting patterns, recommendation generation module for creating personalized suggestions, and delivery module for presenting content. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together to achieve high relevance with manageable complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12267558B2Method and system for personalized content recommendation
Publication Date: 2025.04.01 THINKANALYTICS
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AI summary

A method and system for providing, to a user device configured for providing content to a user, one or more personalized content item recommendations. The method comprising: retrieving a seed content item identifier from user data stored in a user profile; using the seed content item identifier to generate a plurality of initial content item recommendations; sorting the plurality of initial content item recommendations based on the user profile; and providing one or more of the sorted content item recommendations as personalized content item recommendations to the user device.