Personal Media Database Rating Standard Conversion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face the loss of media consumption information, ratings, and reviews when switching between media services or if a service is shut down, as each service maintains its own independent data, leading to a fragmented media consumption history.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system for maintaining a personal media database that receives and converts media-related information from various media services into a uniform rating standard, allowing for centralized storage and cross-media recommendations, while enabling sharing and transfer of media-related information across different services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If each media service maintains independent data storage, then each service can manage its own media consumption information, but users lose their media history when switching services or if a service shuts down
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the media ecosystem into two independent but interconnected storage components: (1) service-specific media databases that store media consumption information locally at each media service, and (2) a personal media database that stores aggregated media consumption information across multiple services. This segmentation allows each service to maintain its own data while users can access their complete media history through the personal database, resolving the contradiction between data preservation and storage complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a personal media database as an intermediary layer between users and multiple media services. This intermediary aggregates media consumption information from various services and provides a unified access point, ensuring that users can retrieve their complete media history regardless of service changes. The intermediary resolves the contradiction by decoupling user data access from individual service availability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a personal media database aggregates data from multiple services with different rating standards, then users can access unified media history, but data standardization becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by introducing a rating standard conversion mechanism that transforms rating values from different media services into a unified rating scale. The system detects the rating standard of incoming media consumption information and automatically converts it to match the personal media database's standard, enabling seamless aggregation of data from services with different rating systems while maintaining data consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal data aggregation framework that can handle multiple rating standards, media types, and service providers through a single personal media database interface. The system is designed to be multi-functional, supporting various rating scales (e.g., 5-star, 10-star, thumbs up/down) and automatically adapting to different data formats, thereby resolving the contradiction between multi-service integration and standardization complexity.
3Ease of operation
If media consumption information is stored centrally at one service, then data access is simplified, but users lose control when that service shuts down or changes policies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the advantages of centralized access with the benefits of distributed storage by combining service-specific media databases with a personal media database. The personal database consolidates media consumption information from multiple services, providing simplified unified access while ensuring data availability even if individual services change or shut down. This merging resolves the contradiction between ease of access and data reliability.
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AI summary
A system and computer-implemented method for maintaining a personal media database associated with a user account including media-related information, the method including receiving media-related information regarding a media item from a remote media service, wherein the media-related information comprises rating information regarding the media item, the rating information representing an assessment of the quality of the media item by the user, and the rating information being provided according to a first rating standard, the first rating standard indicating a manner by which media items are rated, converting the rating information according to a second rating standard used at a personal media database, the second rating standard indicating a manner by which media items are rated wherein the second standard is different than the first standard and storing the media-related information including the converted rating information at the personal media database.