Fine-Grained Digital Experience Controls for Parental Content Filtering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional parental control features in wireless communication networks lack fidelity, often blocking permissible content, such as internet browsing for school work, and require frequent overrides to allow access to unintended blocked features.
Innovation Solution
A server-side parental control module and pattern recognition module that enable fine-grained digital experience controls by blocking content on a per-screen and per-content basis, using machine learning techniques to identify usage patterns and inform content blocking decisions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If conventional parental control features block content on a per-browser or per-application basis, then content blocking is simplified to implement, but content blocking precision deteriorates causing over-blocking of permissible content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments content blocking control from application/browser level to individual content item level. Each content item can be independently evaluated and blocked or allowed, enabling fine-grained control that prevents over-blocking while maintaining manageable implementation through automated classification systems
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical control (parent manually selecting what to block) with automated intelligent classification systems that use machine learning and content analysis to automatically determine what to block, improving precision while reducing the operational burden on parents
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional parental controls block content broadly, then content safety is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates requiring frequent parental overrides
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically evaluating content items and making blocking decisions without requiring continuous parental intervention. The automated classification system monitors and manages content safety independently, freeing parents from frequent manual overrides while maintaining safety standards
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system continuously learns from usage patterns and adjusts its blocking decisions accordingly. This feedback loop allows the system to distinguish between harmful content and permissible content that may have been incorrectly blocked, reducing the need for parental overrides
3Device complexity
If time locks are set on a per-browser or per-application basis, then control simplicity is maintained, but content access accuracy deteriorates blocking permissible content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing control authority from the application/browser level down to the individual content item level. This allows time locks and other controls to be applied precisely to specific content items rather than entire applications, improving accuracy while the system manages the complexity of this fine-grained control automatically
Data Source
AI summary
An example method of fine grained digital experience controls is performed by an application server. The application server receives telemetry data that indicates a usage of a user device. The telemetry data is stored to one or more databases and analyzed to determine one or more usage patterns that are clustered by an identity of a user of the user device. The application server then monitors content accessed by the user and determines whether a rule violation has occurred by applying one or more rules to the accessed content. In response to determining that the rule violation has occurred, the application server sends a content blocking trigger to the user device to trigger the user device to block the content.