Content Selection System Matching Device Configuration

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Solution Overview

Problem

The increasing diversity of applications for mobile and desktop devices poses a challenge in selecting appropriate third-party content for presentation, as existing systems struggle to match content installation requirements with device configurations efficiently, leading to irrelevant or undownloadable content being presented to users.

Innovation Solution

A content selection system that receives device configuration data and matches it with the requirements of downloadable applications, ensuring that only compatible content is presented, and includes a mechanism to navigate users to online services for download upon user interaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the system presents diverse third-party content to users, then content variety increases, but the likelihood of presenting irrelevant or undownloadable content increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent varietyVSAvoidcontent relevance

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary matching between device configuration and content requirements before presenting content to users. By pre-filtering content based on hardware/software compatibility and installation requirements, the system ensures that only downloadable and relevant content is presented, resolving the contradiction between content variety and content relevance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses device configuration feedback to dynamically select and filter third-party content. By continuously monitoring device capabilities and matching them against content requirements, the system adapts content presentation to ensure relevance while maintaining diversity, thus resolving the technical contradiction.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Reliability

If the system filters content based on device configuration, then content relevance improves, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent relevanceVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables devices to self-report their configuration parameters (hardware capabilities, software versions, installed applications) to the content selection system. This self-service approach automates the filtering process, reducing manual intervention and system complexity while maintaining high content relevance through automatic compatibility matching.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If the system matches content with device configuration, then content downloadability improves, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent downloadabilityVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs configuration matching and content filtering in advance, before users request content. By pre-processing and pre-filtering content based on device configuration, the system reduces real-time processing requirements and minimizes user-perceived delay, thus resolving the contradiction between downloadability assurance and processing time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8868692B1Device configuration based content selection

Publication Date: 2014.10.21 GOOGLE LLC

AI summary

Systems and methods include receiving an indication of a hardware or software configuration of a client device. Content associated with a downloadable application is identified by matching installation requirements for the application to the hardware or software configuration of the device.