Media Content Performance Prediction via Feature Vector Extraction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for evaluating media content performance require manual feedback or emotional data collection, which is time-consuming and costly, and do not allow for efficient comparison of different types and durations of media content.

Innovation Solution

A technique that extracts a content-based parameter from media content to predict performance data without collecting user feedback, using a two-stage process involving classifiers to generate a feature vector that can be used in a prediction engine to compare with known performance data, enabling prediction of media content performance across various types and durations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual feedback collection methods are used to evaluate media content performance, then evaluation accuracy can be maintained, but time consumption and cost increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a virtual copy of the human evaluation process by training an artificial intelligence model on existing manual feedback data. This model then automatically predicts performance metrics for new media content, replicating human evaluation capabilities without requiring actual human participants. The system copies the evaluation function itself rather than copying individual responses, enabling scalable automated assessment that maintains accuracy while eliminating time delays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of manual human feedback collection with an automated AI-based prediction system. Instead of relying on human participants to watch and rate content sequentially, the system uses machine learning models to automatically analyze media content features and predict performance metrics. This substitution eliminates the bottleneck of human availability and processing time while maintaining evaluation quality through sophisticated algorithms.

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

2Quantity of substance

If emotional data collection through facial tracking is implemented, then user response data can be gathered, but system complexity and resource requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser response dataVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and isolates the essential evaluation function from the complex data collection infrastructure. Instead of requiring full emotional tracking systems with facial recognition, the model extracts only the necessary performance prediction capability from training data. This extraction allows the system to obtain user response predictions without implementing the entire complex emotional data collection pipeline, reducing system requirements while maintaining core functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs lightweight, computationally efficient models that can be rapidly deployed and discarded rather than maintaining complex permanent infrastructure. The AI models process media content through simplified feature extraction and prediction pipelines that require minimal computational resources compared to full emotional tracking systems. This approach enables gathering user response data without investing in expensive, complex permanent measurement infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Loss of information

If comprehensive manual evaluation processes are used, then detailed performance metrics can be obtained, but human resource investment increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveperformance metricsVSAvoidevaluation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables the evaluation system to serve itself by automatically training and updating prediction models using historical performance data. The system performs its own model training, feature extraction, and performance prediction without requiring human evaluators to manually assess each piece of content. The AI model continuously learns from accumulated data, improving its own capabilities while eliminating the need for ongoing human resource investment in the evaluation process itself.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary model training and validation using historical data before deploying the system for actual performance prediction. By pre-training the AI models on comprehensive datasets and pre-validating their accuracy, the system prepares all necessary evaluation capabilities in advance. This preliminary action ensures that when the system operates, it can immediately provide detailed performance metrics without requiring human resources during the actual evaluation phase, thereby maximizing evaluation efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11481791B2Method and apparatus for immediate prediction of performance of media content
Publication Date: 2022.10.25 REALEYES OU
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AI summary

A computer-implement method of predicting commercial effectiveness of a piece of media content without collecting data from potential consumers. The method comprises extracting an information-rich content-based parameter from the media content. The parameter may be a vector having a predetermined, e.g. fixed, dimensionality that is designed as an input in a performance data prediction engine. By enabling the same type of parameter to be extracted from media content of different types and durations, the technique proposed allows media content for which performance data has already been gathered to be used to predict performance data for new media content. The prediction can be done based on a comparison of the content-based parameters extracted from media content. Alternatively, machine learning techniques may be used to generate a model using known performance data, whereby the model can use the content-based parameter from new media content to predict performance data.