Contextual Linking in Time-Dependent Media for Sentiment Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Text mining techniques fail to accurately extract information from time-dependent media due to the lack of contextual information such as intonation and facial expressions, leading to incomplete or inaccurate results in sentiment analysis and search queries.

Innovation Solution

A system that extracts text and non-text features from time-dependent media, maps them based on temporal positions, and supplements text with contextual information by identifying patterns in non-text features like intonation and facial expressions, linking them to context elements, and modifying the content accordingly.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If text mining is performed on time-dependent media without contextual information, then the processing speed is fast, but the accuracy of sentiment analysis and information extraction is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of sentiment analysisVSAvoidcomplexity of processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The TDM content is divided into multiple documents based on temporal positions and contextual boundaries. This segmentation allows the system to process manageable chunks of content while preserving temporal relationships, enabling accurate sentiment analysis without overwhelming system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Context elements serve as intermediaries that link non-text features (intonation, facial expressions) with text features. These context elements capture contextual information and facilitate accurate interpretation of text in time-dependent media without requiring direct complex analysis of all raw features

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If all non-text features are analyzed for pattern matching, then the contextual accuracy is improved, but the time and computational resources required increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontextual accuracyVSAvoidprocessing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the relevant non-text features (intonation patterns, facial expressions) that are temporally aligned with text features. By selectively extracting and analyzing only the necessary contextual features rather than all possible features, the system maintains high contextual accuracy while reducing computational overhead and processing time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

Context elements are pre-defined and prepared before pattern matching occurs. This preliminary preparation of context patterns allows for faster matching during actual processing, as the system doesn't need to create and analyze all possible context combinations in real-time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11176332B2Linking contextual information to text in time dependent media
Publication Date: 2021.11.16 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

Time dependent media (TDM) content is received, and text features and non-text features are extracted from the TDM content. The TDM content is split into two or more documents. A document, which includes non-text features from the extracted non-text features, is selected. Non-text features in the document are compared to context patterns. When a context pattern matches a non-text feature in the document, a context element linked to the context pattern is linked to the non-text feature as well. The TDM content is modified based on the context element.