Data Inference System for Online Service Profile Accuracy

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Solution Overview

Problem

Online services, such as social networking platforms, face inaccuracies and incompleteness in search results due to a lack of data in member profiles, leading to omitted relevant results and increased electronic resource consumption as users spend more time searching.

Innovation Solution

Employing a data inference system that detects the lack of employment type data in user profiles and generates it using an inference model based on profile data and interaction history, allowing for more accurate and complete search results by inferring employment type data and updating it in real-time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users manually complete profile data, then data accuracy is improved, but user time and effort are increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprofile data accuracyVSAvoiduser time for profile completion
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically infers employment type data by analyzing user interactions with the online service, eliminating the need for users to manually input this information. The inference system processes user behavior patterns, profile characteristics, and interaction history to autonomously generate employment type classifications, thereby improving data accuracy without requiring additional user time or effort.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of users filling out profile forms with an automated computational inference system. This system uses algorithms to analyze user data patterns and automatically determine employment types, substituting human manual input with machine-based automated processing that achieves higher accuracy without user involvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Loss of information

If periodic maintenance is performed to update data, then data completeness is improved, but electronic resource consumption is increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprofile data completenessVSAvoidelectronic resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The inference system operates continuously in the background, automatically updating employment type data as new user interactions are detected. Rather than relying on periodic maintenance cycles that consume electronic resources, the system maintains continuous data freshness by processing user behavior patterns in real-time, thereby improving data completeness without the need for resource-intensive periodic updates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where user interactions continuously inform and update the inference model. As users engage with the service, new data points are fed back into the system, automatically refining employment type classifications. This continuous feedback loop ensures data completeness is maintained through incremental updates rather than large periodic maintenance operations, reducing overall electronic resource consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11138509B2Reducing electronic resource consumption using data inference
Publication Date: 2021.10.05 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC
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AI summary

Techniques for inferring data to improve the accuracy and completeness of information retrieval are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a data inference system detects a lack of employment type data for a profile of a user on an online service, with the employment type data identifying at least one type of employment in which the user is interested. In some embodiments, based on the detecting of the lack of employment type data for the profile of the user, the data inference system generates the employment type data based on an inference model and inference data, with the inference data comprising at least one of profile data of the user and a history of the user's interactions with the online service, and the data inference system performs a function of the online service using the generated employment type data.