Media Consumer Data Exchange for User Group Ranking

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a lack of systems that effectively allow users to share and compare data related to media creators and participants, such as actors, directors, and producers, within a structured framework that evaluates user-submitted content and assigns priorities for group membership based on user interest and knowledge.

Innovation Solution

A network-based computer application that allows users to select group members based on user-submitted video and audio recordings, evaluates these submissions for knowledge and interest, and assigns scores to determine priority for group membership, with a server system that collects data on media content creators and participants to rank groups within leagues.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a system is implemented to receive and evaluate user input for group member selection, then user engagement and knowledge sharing about media creators is improved, but device complexity and system infrastructure requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidsystem infrastructure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that mediates between users and the group member selection process. The server receives user input, evaluates submissions, determines priorities, and manages group member assignments. This intermediary architecture allows the system to provide complex evaluation and ranking functionality without requiring complex client-side devices, thus maintaining ease of operation for users while managing system complexity centrally on the server infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If user-submitted data is evaluated and scored to assign priority for group membership, then selection accuracy and fairness are improved, but loss of time for data processing and evaluation increases

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

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing evaluation criteria, scoring rubrics, and priority determination algorithms before user submissions are received. The server is pre-configured with the knowledge and rules needed to evaluate user input about media creators. This preliminary setup allows for accurate and consistent evaluation of submissions without requiring time-consuming ad-hoc analysis, thus maintaining measurement precision while reducing actual processing time when evaluations are needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If groups are ranked based on success ratings of group members and media content, then competition structure and user motivation are improved, but device complexity for data collection and ranking calculation increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser motivationVSAvoidranking system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The server is designed as a universal platform that performs multiple functions: collecting user submissions, evaluating individual user input, tracking group member compositions, gathering media content success data, calculating group rankings, and managing league structures. By consolidating all these diverse functions into a single multi-functional server system, the patent avoids the need for separate complex systems for each function, thus maintaining productivity and user motivation through comprehensive ranking while managing overall system complexity through functional integration.

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

Data Source

PatentUS10343065B2Media consumer data exchange
Publication Date: 2019.07.09 DISH TECHNOLOGIES LLC
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AI summary

A computing device includes a processor is programmed to determine that communications from users relate to the same subject included in a stored list of subjects. Each of the communications includes an audio portion. The computing device is further programmed to determine a score for each of the communications based at least in part on one or more of tone data, speed data, duration data, and volume data extracted from the respective audio portion, and allow one of the users, based on a respective user score, to assign the subject to a group.