Context-Aware Ad Selection in Personal TV Channels

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems for presenting marketing content in personal television channels lack the ability to effectively contextualize advertisements based on monitored media content, leading to inefficient targeting and consumer engagement.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that monitor media content in personal TV channels, detect contextual patterns, and select relevant advertisements for presentation, allowing for dynamic and contextually relevant marketing content delivery.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional advertisement presentation methods are used in personal TV channels, then device complexity is reduced, but consumer engagement and marketing effectiveness deteriorate due to lack of contextual relevance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontextual relevance of advertisementsVSAvoidsystem complexity for monitoring and selecting ads
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by monitoring and analyzing media content in advance to detect contextual patterns before advertisements are selected. This allows the system to pre-process and understand the content context, enabling more relevant ad selection without increasing real-time processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary component that acts as a bridge between the media content and advertisement selection process. This intermediary analyzes contextual patterns in the content and mediates the selection of appropriate advertisements, decoupling the complexity of content analysis from the ad delivery mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If generic advertisements are presented without contextual analysis, then ease of operation is improved, but consumer engagement and user experience deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetargeting precision of marketing contentVSAvoidsimplicity of advertisement delivery system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by automatically monitoring media content, detecting contextual patterns, and selecting relevant advertisements without requiring manual intervention. This maintains ease of operation while achieving precise contextual targeting through automated content analysis and ad selection processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs feedback mechanisms where the monitored media content provides information about viewing context, which is then used to adjust and optimize advertisement selection. This feedback loop enables the system to continuously improve targeting precision while operating autonomously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If no contextual pattern detection is performed, then productivity is maintained at higher levels, but advertising effectiveness and consumer engagement decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertisement delivery speedVSAvoideffectiveness of marketing content delivery
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary content monitoring and contextual pattern detection in advance, storing analyzed context information for rapid advertisement matching. This preliminary processing maintains high advertisement delivery speed while ensuring reliable and effective marketing content delivery through pre-analyzed contextual data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9552594B2System for presenting marketing content in a personal television channel
Publication Date: 2017.01.24 LYFT INC
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AI summary

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller that receives media content from a subscriber of a media communication system, receive marketing content from a marketing information source, and present the media content and the marketing content in a personal TV channel. The media content is presented in a first region of a two-dimensional, segmented display configuration, with the media content presented in a first region and the marketing content presented in a second region of the segmented display configuration. Other embodiments are disclosed.