Dynamic Product Placement in Digital Content via User Profile Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional digital content advertising often annoys viewers with non-targeted, distracting advertisements that disrupt the viewing experience, as they are not integrated into the content and do not appeal to individual user interests.

Innovation Solution

A system that dynamically places product information within digital content based on user profile data, selecting and inserting brand names, products, or services at relevant locations within the content, ensuring the advertisements align with user interests and preferences, allowing seamless integration and user interaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If conventional non-targeted advertisements are placed in digital content, then advertising reach is improved, but viewer experience deteriorates due to annoyance and disruption

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertising reachVSAvoidviewer annoyance and disruption
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by customizing advertisements based on individual user profiles, interests, and viewing context. Instead of uniform advertising placement, the system dynamically selects and places ads tailored to each user's preferences, thereby maintaining broad reach while reducing annoyance through relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-analyzing user profiles, viewing history, and content context before placing advertisements. This advance preparation enables the system to select ads that are likely to be relevant and non-disruptive, improving both reach and viewer experience.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If targeted advertising based on user profile data is implemented, then advertising effectiveness is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertising effectivenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements universality by creating a multi-functional system that simultaneously performs user profile analysis, content context analysis, advertisement selection, and dynamic placement. This integrated approach manages complexity by consolidating multiple functions into a unified advertising delivery system.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring user interactions with placed advertisements and using this information to refine future ad selections. This feedback loop improves advertising effectiveness while managing complexity through iterative optimization rather than overly complex initial designs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If advertisements are dynamically placed based on user interests, then user engagement is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system reduces processing time by performing preliminary analysis of user profiles and content contexts in advance. User profiles are pre-processed and stored in an optimized format, and content is analyzed for advertising opportunities before the actual ad placement occurs, enabling fast dynamic selection without significant delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies dynamics by implementing a flexible, adaptive ad selection process that can quickly respond to different user contexts. The system dynamically adjusts advertisement placement based on real-time user data while using optimized algorithms to maintain fast processing speeds, balancing engagement improvement with time efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS8910201B1Product placement in digital content
Publication Date: 2014.12.09 AMAZON TECH INC
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AI summary

The techniques and systems described herein place product information at a location in digital content where an existing object occurs. The techniques may select the product information based on profile data indicative of interests of a user viewing the digital content. Accordingly, the techniques may identify existing objects in the digital content before the user begins viewing the digital content. The techniques may also receive or access product information to be placed in the digital content. The product information may include identifiable brands, products, or services. Then, while rendering the digital content before the user begins viewing the digital content or while the user is viewing the digital content, the techniques may select product information to dynamically place into a scene of the digital content at a location where the existing objects occur.