Dynamic Objectionable Content Filtering via User Profile Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing multimedia content rating systems fail to effectively cater to individual user preferences regarding objectionable content, as they rely on age-based categorizations that do not account for personal sensitivities, leading to content that may be objectionable to some viewers despite being suitable for their age group.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize user profiles to identify objectionable content types, generate filter files with corresponding filter images, and transmit these images to obscure specific portions of multimedia content, allowing users to customize their viewing experience by obscuring content they find objectionable, regardless of societal norms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If age-based rating systems are used to categorize multimedia content, then content can be broadly classified as suitable for certain age groups, but the system fails to account for individual user sensitivities and personal preferences regarding objectionable content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the filtering system into multiple independent components: user profiles storing individual preferences, content databases with tagged objectionable content, and filtering algorithms that process content against user-specific criteria. This segmentation allows the system to handle diverse user sensitivities without requiring a monolithic complex system, as each component operates independently but coordinates through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamic filtering where the filtering criteria are not fixed but adapt based on user-selected preferences and sensitivities. Users can dynamically adjust their tolerance levels for different types of objectionable content, and the system dynamically applies appropriate filter强度 (filter intensity) based on real-time user input rather than static age-based categorization.
2Measurement precision
If general content ratings are provided for multimedia programs, then an overview of content types is available, but most of the program may contain content that is not objectionable while some programs may contain content objectionable to some viewers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by implementing frame-level or scene-level filtering instead of program-wide filtering. The system identifies specific objectionable portions within the multimedia content and applies filters only to those localized segments, leaving the rest of the content unobscured. This precision allows the system to maintain high measurement precision for detecting objectionable content while minimizing information loss by preserving non-objectionable portions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements partial action by applying filtering only to the extent necessary - only to specific frames or segments containing objectionable content rather than filtering the entire program. The filter intensity and scope are adjusted to match the actual presence of objectionable material, avoiding excessive filtering that would unnecessarily obscure acceptable content.
3Adaptability or versatility
If filter images are generated and transmitted to obscure objectionable content portions, then users can selectively filter content based on personal preferences, but the system requires multiple user profiles and customized filter files
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-generating filter files for different types of objectionable content and pre-configuring user profiles with default preference settings. This preparation work is done in advance, allowing the filtering system to operate efficiently during content playback without requiring complex real-time decision-making or user intervention for each filtering decision.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating standardized filter file templates that can be replicated and applied across multiple user profiles. Instead of manually configuring each user profile from scratch, the system copies and adapts template profiles, reducing the complexity of profile management while maintaining personalized filtering capabilities.
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AI summary
A system for obscuring portions of multimedia content, includes: a processor; and memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: identify obscuring preferences from a user profile; determine one or more objectionable content types from the obscuring preferences; retrieve one or more filter files corresponding to the objectionable content types, each of the filter files including at least one filter image corresponding to a portion of a frame; and transmit the filter image to obscure the portion of the frame.