Real-Time Media Content Filtering via Composite Viewer Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing abundance of media content options makes it difficult for viewers to select suitable content, especially in group settings where individuals have varying ages, social backgrounds, and health issues, as current solutions fail to dynamically adapt to individual preferences and often require multiple versions of content or manual selection.
Innovation Solution
A system that creates media profiles for each viewer, aggregates them to generate a composite profile with content restriction preferences, and analyzes media content in real-time to filter out unsuitable elements, using cognitive systems to dynamically modify content based on viewer preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple versions of media content are created to accommodate different viewer preferences, then content suitability for diverse audiences is improved, but device complexity and resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments media content into distinct elements (video segments, audio tracks, subtitles) that can be independently filtered and modified. This allows the system to create customized content versions dynamically without storing multiple complete versions, resolving the contradiction by enabling content suitability through selective segmentation rather than full duplication.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts content filtering based on real-time viewer profiles and preferences, rather than requiring pre-defined static versions. This dynamic adaptation allows the same content to be suitably modified for different audiences on-demand, reducing the need for multiple pre-prepared versions and thereby lowering system complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual selection of content versions is required, then content suitability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically creates and applies viewer profiles based on observed preferences and behavior, then autonomously filters content according to these profiles without requiring manual user intervention. This self-service approach maintains high content suitability while dramatically improving ease of operation by eliminating the need for users to manually select content versions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously monitors viewer responses and preferences, using this feedback to automatically refine content filtering decisions. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables the system to adapt content suitability dynamically without requiring manual user input, thereby maintaining both high adaptability and ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If media content is analyzed in real-time to filter unsuitable elements, then content suitability is improved, but use of energy and processing resources increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis during content encoding and storage, pre-identifying and tagging content elements that may require filtering. This advance preparation reduces the computational burden during real-time playback, as the system only needs to retrieve and apply pre-computed filtering decisions rather than analyzing all content elements from scratch, thereby maintaining content suitability while reducing processing energy consumption.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for customizing media content being consumed at a location. For each of the viewers in a group consuming the media content at the location, a media profile having a set of media content preferences is created. These media profiles are aggregated to generate a composite profile that has a set of content restriction preferences for the group. As the media content is provided to and being consumed by the group, the media content is analyzed to identify any elements that have attributes that may be unsuitable to some viewers. If an element has a suitability attribute that violates the content restriction preferences for the group, the media content is modified to filter out the element.