Cross-Media Ad Frequency Control via ACR Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users experience repeated exposure to the same advertisements across different media platforms, leading to a degraded user experience due to the inability of existing technologies to effectively implement cross-media advertisement frequency limits.
Innovation Solution
Implementing Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) in a streaming media operating system to detect advertisements across multiple media channels, combined with frequency caps and audience modeling, to optimize advertisement exposure and prevent over-exposure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If frequency caps are implemented to limit advertisement repetition, then user experience is improved, but advertisement delivery compliance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The frequency cap mechanism segments advertisement delivery into controlled frequency limits across different media channels. The system divides the advertisement delivery process into manageable frequency thresholds (e.g., maximum number of times an ad can be shown across cable, streaming, and mobile platforms) to prevent over-exposure while maintaining compliance through structured control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where the frequency cap module continuously monitors and reports advertisement exposure data across multiple media channels. This feedback loop allows the system to adjust advertisement delivery decisions based on real-time data about what ads have been shown and to whom, ensuring both user experience improvement and delivery compliance.
2Ease of operation
If cross-media advertisement tracking is implemented, then advertisement repetition is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The frequency cap module is designed as a universal component that handles advertisement frequency control across multiple media channels (cable television, streaming services, mobile applications). This multi-functional module consolidates tracking and control logic into a single system component, reducing overall system complexity while enabling cross-media advertisement repetition reduction.
Solution Approach 2:
The frequency cap module serves as an intermediary between advertisement delivery systems and frequency control mechanisms. It acts as a mediator that receives advertisement delivery data, applies frequency cap rules, and returns controlled delivery decisions, simplifying the integration of cross-media tracking across different platforms without requiring complex direct connections between each system.
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AI summary
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for managing advertisement exposure. The method may include receiving, by a first device, from a second device, an audio fingerprint based on presentation of first media content using a first media channel at a first time; determining, using automatic content recognition, that the audio fingerprint represents a portion of a first advertisement; determining that the first advertisement was presented at a second time using a second media channel and the second device; determining that a first number of times that the first advertisement has been presented to the user exceeds a first threshold number and that a second number of times that the first advertisement has been presented to the user does not exceed a second threshold number; refraining from selecting the first advertisement at a third time; and selecting the first advertisement for presentation at a fourth time.