Automated Image-Content Mapping for Content Delivery Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional content delivery systems require active human intervention for updating image databases and content repositories, leading to delays, labor inefficiencies, and potential errors in maintaining the accuracy of image-content mappings.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that enables content providers to automatically create, modify, and update image databases, content repositories, and rules mapping images to content without human intervention, using a recognition system and database interface to match images and deliver corresponding content to communication devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual updating of image database and content repository is used, then system reliability is maintained through human review, but productivity is reduced due to labor-intensive processes and delays
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables content providers to automatically update the image database and content repository without requiring manual intervention from system administrators. Content providers can directly upload new images, modify existing content, and update mappings through self-service interfaces, thereby eliminating labor-intensive manual processes while maintaining data accuracy through provider-controlled updates
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows content providers to pre-upload and pre-process content in advance before it needs to be delivered. Images and content can be staged in the database beforehand, and mappings can be established in advance, enabling faster real-time delivery without the need for manual processing at the moment of user request
2Loss of time
If manual updating processes are used, then error detection is possible through human review, but loss of time occurs due to delays in updating the image database
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces manual mechanical processes of human administrators with automated electronic interfaces and algorithms. Content providers can directly upload images and update content through automated file transfer protocols and database interfaces, eliminating the time-consuming manual steps of file transfer, database access, and manual updating while reducing errors through structured validation rules
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides automated feedback mechanisms that validate uploaded content and mappings in real-time. The database interface can verify image formats, check content integrity, and confirm mapping accuracy automatically, providing immediate feedback to content providers about any errors or issues with their uploads without requiring manual review delays
3Productivity
If automated updates are implemented, then productivity is improved by eliminating manual labor, but device complexity increases due to additional database interfaces and automation mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The database interface is designed to serve multiple functions: it accepts content uploads from content providers, performs validation and processing, stores images and content, manages mappings between images and content, and delivers content to users. This multi-functional interface consolidates what could be separate complex systems into a single unified component, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The database interface acts as an intermediary layer between content providers and the content delivery system. It abstracts the complexity of database operations, file processing, and content management from both the content providers and the end users, providing a simplified interface for content updates while handling the complex automation processes in the background
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a method, system, and a computer program product for delivering content to a communication device, in response to an image sent by the communication device. The received image is matched with a plurality of images, and, when a match is found for the received image, content corresponding to the image is delivered to the communication device. The plurality of images is stored in an image database, and the corresponding content is stored in a content repository. The present invention enables a content provider to automatically update the image database and the content repository without any human intervention.