Document Bias Context Rendering System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face challenges in identifying biased content in documents without sufficient knowledge of the source, as determining bias requires substantial computational and network resources and can lead to subjective variations among users.

Innovation Solution

Implement a system that identifies biased portions of a document and related additional content by processing the document to determine biased sections, searching for additional resources related to the source, and generating relatedness scores using machine learning models, which are then used to render additional context to the user.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users manually search for additional information about the source to determine bias, then they can identify biased content, but substantial computational and network resources are consumed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebias identification accuracyVSAvoidcomputational and network resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically searching for and analyzing additional documents related to the source before the user views the target document. The bias determination is pre-computed and stored, so when the user accesses the document, the bias information is already available without requiring the user's device to perform resource-intensive searches or computations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary component that acts as a bias analysis service between the user and the document. This intermediary automatically performs the resource-intensive tasks of searching for additional information, analyzing source credibility, and determining bias, then provides the results to the user's device in a condensed format that requires minimal local processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If multiple users perform manual searches to determine bias, then each user can identify biased content, but resource consumption is exacerbated for each additional user

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebias identification consistencyVSAvoidresource consumption per user
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a universal bias determination service that serves multiple users simultaneously. The bias analysis for a given source is performed once and the results are cached and reused for all users who access documents from that source, eliminating the need for each user to perform separate resource-intensive analyses.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of bias determination from a user-specific operation to a source-specific operation. By associating bias information with the source rather than with individual user queries, the system enables the results to be reused across multiple users and queries, dramatically reducing total resource consumption while maintaining consistent bias identification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If users perform different searches and review different information, then users can find additional source information, but different users reach different conclusions about bias

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation search flexibilityVSAvoidbias determination uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies homogeneity by using a standardized, uniform process for determining bias that all users receive. Instead of allowing users to perform different searches and arrive at different conclusions, the system implements a consistent algorithm that analyzes the same set of additional documents using the same criteria, ensuring that all users receive the same uniform bias determination regardless of their individual search approaches.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #33Homogeneity

Data Source

PatentUS10521655B1Generating and provisioning of additional content for biased portion(s) of a document
Publication Date: 2019.12.31 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

Implementations described herein determine, for a given document generated by a given source, one or more portions of content (e.g., phrase(s), image(s), paragraph(s), etc.) of the given document that may be influenced by bias of the given source. Further, implementations determine one or more additional resources that are related to the given source and that are related to the portion(s) of content of the given document. Yet further, implementations utilize the additional resource(s) to determine additional content that provides context for the portion(s) that may be influenced by bias. A relationship, between the additional resource(s) and the portions of the given document, can be defined. Based on the relationship being defined, the additional content can be caused to be rendered at a client device in response to the client device accessing the given document.