Dynamic Asset Management for Content Items

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing content management systems fail to dynamically adjust the loading priority, placement, and selection of assets within content items on client computing devices based on real-time user interactions, leading to suboptimal viewer engagement and click-through rates.

Innovation Solution

A server computing device generates and transmits content items with instructions that control loading priority, placement, and selection of assets, and modifies these instructions based on user interactions, such as click-through data and geographic location, to optimize asset display and engagement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If static asset loading instructions are used in content items, then device complexity is reduced, but viewer engagement and click-through rates deteriorate due to inability to adapt to real-time user interactions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to user interactionsVSAvoidcomplexity of asset management system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic asset management by allowing the server to modify asset loading instructions in real-time based on user interactions. The system transitions from static pre-defined asset lists to dynamic instruction generation that adapts to user behavior, enabling the content item to respond to clicks, scrolls, and other interactions by loading different assets at different times

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system establishes a feedback loop where user interactions with content items are tracked and sent back to the server. The server analyzes this interaction data and uses it to generate modified asset loading instructions for subsequent content item deliveries, creating a continuous improvement cycle that enhances engagement over time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Speed

If all assets are loaded simultaneously, then completeness of content is improved, but loading time and user engagement deteriorate due to slower initial display

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveasset loading speedVSAvoidnumber of assets loaded
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-loading only the most critical assets that are essential for initial content display. Less important assets are deferred to background loading or loaded only when triggered by specific user interactions, allowing the main content to appear quickly while still providing access to all assets as needed

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The asset loading process is segmented into priority levels and batches. Critical assets are loaded first to enable immediate content viewing, while secondary and tertiary assets are loaded in subsequent batches based on user engagement metrics, allowing the system to balance loading speed with content completeness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If asset placement is fixed during design, then manufacturing precision is improved, but viewer engagement deteriorates due to inability to optimize based on interaction data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveclick-through rateVSAvoidprecision of asset placement
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements dynamic asset placement where the positions of assets within content items are not fixed but can be adjusted based on interaction data. The server analyzes which asset placements generate the most engagement and uses this information to optimize positioning in subsequently delivered content items, transforming static layout design into an adaptive placement system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS9456058B1Smart asset management for a content item
Publication Date: 2016.09.27 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

A method for managing assets for a content item to be displayed on at least one client computing device having a display is provided. Additionally, a server computing device for managing assets for a content item to be displayed on at least one client computing device having a display is provided. Additionally, a computer-readable storage device having processor-executable instructions embodied thereon is provided. The processor-executable instructions are for managing assets for a content item to be displayed on at least one client computing device having a display.