Machine Model Training with Feedback Deduplication

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Solution Overview

Problem

The analysis of consumer feedback is challenging due to its diverse sources and unstructured nature, making it difficult to automatically categorize and identify common topics in a commercially reasonable time.

Innovation Solution

A method is introduced that defines model attributes for an organizational machine model to organize feedback data into topic groups based on similarities in concepts. The model attributes include a topic model number, hyperparameter optimization alpha and beta values, which determine the number of topic groups, the likelihood of feedback data inclusion, and the breadth of topic group definitions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional manual analysis methods are used to categorize consumer feedback, then analysis precision can be maintained, but productivity is severely limited and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefeedback analysis speedVSAvoidautomated categorization system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical analysis with automated machine learning models. Specifically, it uses supervised learning classifiers trained on labeled feedback data to automatically categorize new feedback items, substituting human analysts with algorithmic systems that can process vast quantities of feedback simultaneously without proportional increases in time or resources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent transforms the feedback analysis problem by changing parameters from manual feature extraction to automated feature engineering. It employs techniques like text normalization, tokenization, and dimensionality reduction (e.g., LDA topic modeling) to convert unstructured text into structured numerical representations that machine learning algorithms can efficiently process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If automated categorization systems are implemented to increase productivity, then feedback analysis speed improves, but measurement precision deteriorates due to difficulty in accurately categorizing diverse feedback

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefeedback analysis throughputVSAvoidcategorization accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-training machine learning models on large corpora of labeled feedback data before deployment. This pre-training phase allows the system to learn patterns, semantics, and categorization rules in advance, so when actual feedback arrives, the models are already equipped with the knowledge needed for accurate classification without requiring real-time human intervention for training.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback mechanisms where model predictions are continuously evaluated against ground truth labels, and performance metrics are used to refine and retrain models. This closed-loop approach allows the system to learn from its mistakes and improve categorization accuracy over time, maintaining high precision even as throughput increases.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Loss of information

If comprehensive feedback data from multiple sources is collected to improve analysis completeness, then information quality increases, but data processing complexity and time requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefeedback information completenessVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and separates different components of the feedback processing pipeline: data collection from multiple sources, preprocessing (cleaning, normalization), feature extraction, model inference, and result aggregation. By extracting these as distinct modular stages, the system can process different types of feedback through appropriate pipelines simultaneously, reducing overall processing time while maintaining completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments feedback data into different categories and processing streams based on source, type, and urgency. This segmentation allows parallel processing of different feedback subsets through specialized models optimized for their specific characteristics, thereby reducing total processing time while preserving all information from diverse sources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12243645B2Iterated training of machine models with deduplication
Publication Date: 2025.03.04 EXPRESS SCRIPTS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INC
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AI summary

A computer-implemented method includes defining model attributes including a training iteration value that defines a set of training iterations to be used in machine learning to associate portions of feedback data with a set of topic groups based on similarities in concepts conveyed in the feedback data. The method includes removing at least some of the confidential information from the feedback data. The method includes receiving a topic model number selection that indicates a subset of the set of topic groups. The method includes using machine learning to train a machine model based on the model attributes and the topic model number selection. The method includes generating a display showing at least one of a topic cluster graph or a word cloud based on the machine model.