Context-Aware Content Presentation via User Scenario Activation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems struggle to provide a better user experience when delivering services that utilize context information.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that associates context information with content elements, allows users to set activation conditions for this context information, and generates user scenarios. When sensor data matches the activation condition, the system presents the associated content element to the user.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If context information is used to deliver services, then user experience can be improved, but the system complexity increases due to need for context association and activation condition management

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experience qualityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments context information into discrete context elements that can be independently associated with content elements. Each context element can have its own activation conditions set, allowing granular control over when specific content is presented. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by breaking down the complex task of context-aware content delivery into manageable, modular components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary association between context elements and content elements before runtime. Users pre-define activation conditions for each context-element/content-element pair, so that when the system runs, it only needs to evaluate whether current sensor data matches the pre-defined conditions rather than making complex decisions in real-time. This preliminary setup reduces runtime complexity while maintaining high user experience quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If activation conditions are set for each user, then personalization is improved, but the time required for setup increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization capabilityVSAvoidsetup time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates user scenarios that serve multiple functions: they store the association between context elements and content elements, define activation conditions, and enable personalized content delivery. This multi-functionality reduces setup time by consolidating multiple configuration tasks into a single unified process, while still providing comprehensive personalization capabilities for each user.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system allows users to create templates or default activation conditions that can be copied and reused across different context elements. Instead of manually configuring each context-element/content-element pair from scratch, users can replicate proven configurations, significantly reducing setup time while maintaining personalized content delivery through subsequent customization of the copied templates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS12315492B2Information processing system for presenting content based on content information and activitation conditions
Publication Date: 2025.05.27 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

The present technology relates to an information processing system, an information processing method, and a recording medium that make it possible to provide better user experience. An information processing system includes a control unit that performs control such that: context information is associated with a content element in advance; for each of users, an activation condition is settable for at least the context information, and a user scenario including a data set of the context information and the activation condition is generatable; and when sensor data obtained by sensing a user in real time satisfies the activation condition set in the user scenario, the content element associated with the context information depending on the activation condition is presented to the user. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a system that provides a voice service.