Generative AI Content Categorization via Augmented Training

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional content categorization systems face challenges in achieving consistent categorization due to variations in product descriptions, leading to unsatisfactory user experiences in e-commerce and online platforms.

Innovation Solution

The system generates augmented training data by combining supervised training data with weakly labeled data from unlabeled data clusters, using consistent self-training and generative augmentation to enrich the training data with variations, thereby training robust content categorization models.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional text categorization models are used with predefined taxonomies, then categorization speed is maintained, but categorization consistency deteriorates due to variations in product descriptions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecategorization consistencyVSAvoidtraining data complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by generating augmented training data that includes various descriptions of the same products before the actual categorization task. This pre-processing step creates a more robust model that can handle description variations, thereby improving categorization consistency without affecting speed during deployment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates copies of training data samples by generating multiple variations of product descriptions for the same product. These synthetic copies expose the model to different ways products can be described, improving its ability to maintain consistent categorization across varied inputs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Measurement precision

If more training data with variations is used to improve consistency, then categorization accuracy improves, but data processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecategorization accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs data augmentation in advance during the training phase, creating diverse training samples before model training begins. This preliminary action ensures the model learns from varied descriptions without requiring extensive processing time during actual categorization operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses self-service by implementing automated data augmentation that generates synthetic training samples without manual intervention. This automated process creates diverse product descriptions programmatically, improving accuracy while minimizing the time investment required for data preparation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250124257A1System and method for consistent content categorization via generative ai
Publication Date: 2025.04.17 YAHOO ASSETS LLC
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AI summary

The present teaching relates to content categorization. Supervised training data and unlabeled data clusters are used to generate augmented training data. Each unlabeled data cluster includes data samples with varying features. Weakly labeled training data is created with new data samples generated via generative augmentation based on supervised training data and the unlabeled data clusters. Each new data sample is assigned a label from a corresponding data sample from the supervised training data with generated varying characteristics. Augmented training data is created from the supervised and the weakly labeled training data and is used to train a robust content categorization model via machine learning.