Automated Engagement Recommendations for Content Creators

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Solution Overview

Problem

Content creators on subscription-based platforms face challenges in maximizing subscribership and revenue, as they lack effective recommendations on how to engage with subscribers and secure support for their content creation.

Innovation Solution

A recommendation generation system that analyzes campaign information, including subscribership and creation data, to generate engagement and support recommendations for content creators. This system identifies factors and triggers impacting subscribership and revenue, providing actionable insights on how to enhance interactions with subscribers and secure support.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If content creators manually analyze subscriber data and create engagement strategies, then they can understand subscriber needs, but they lack effective recommendations and spend excessive time analyzing data

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesubscriber engagement insightsVSAvoidtime spent analyzing campaign data
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an automated recommendation system as an intermediary between raw campaign data and content creators. This system processes subscriber demographics, interaction patterns, and performance metrics to generate actionable engagement recommendations, saving creators time while providing structured insights.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables content creators to automatically receive personalized engagement recommendations without manual data analysis. The automated generation of recommendations based on campaign information allows creators to leverage AI-driven insights for subscriber engagement without investing significant time in data interpretation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If content creators increase interaction frequency with subscribers, then subscriber engagement may improve, but it may lead to subscriber fatigue and decreased retention

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesubscriber engagement rateVSAvoidsubscriber retention rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent dynamically adjusts engagement recommendations based on real-time campaign data and subscriber responses. The system monitors interaction patterns and automatically modulates engagement frequency and type to optimize engagement while preventing subscriber fatigue, thereby maintaining retention rates.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback loops where subscriber responses to engagement actions are analyzed and fed back into the recommendation engine. This allows the system to learn from past interactions and adjust future engagement strategies to maintain optimal engagement levels without causing fatigue.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If content creators focus on maximizing subscription revenue, then revenue increases, but subscriber satisfaction and support may decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesubscription revenueVSAvoidsubscriber satisfaction
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the parameters of engagement recommendations to balance revenue generation with subscriber satisfaction. The system optimizes multiple parameters simultaneously, including engagement timing, content type, and personalization level, to achieve both revenue goals and maintain positive subscriber relationships.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The recommendation system serves multiple functions simultaneously: it maximizes subscription revenue while also enhancing subscriber satisfaction and engagement. By providing balanced recommendations that consider both commercial and relational aspects, the system achieves multi-objective optimization.

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

Data Source

PatentUS12333472B2Generation of engagement and support recommendations for content creators
Publication Date: 2025.06.17 PATREON INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods are provided for generating engagement recommendations suggesting ways that one or more creators of content may maximize subscribership and/or subscription-based revenue, as well as support recommendations suggesting ways that the one or more creators of content may realize successful support of their content creation. Engagement recommendations can involve suggestions regarding when and/or how to engage one or more subscribers that results in a positive impact to subscribership and/or subscription-based revenue. Support recommendations can involve suggestions regarding when and/or how to elicit support in line with preferred indicia of success set forth by the one or more creators.