Media Feedback via Passive Sensor Data Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user feedback mechanisms for media content are unreliable and often delayed, relying on subjective inputs and requiring active user initiation, which can lead to inaccurate feedback due to memory issues or lack of engagement.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing sensors on user devices to collect physiological, motion, verbal, and environmental data during media consumption, which is then analyzed to provide automatic and accurate feedback to content providers, including emotional response ratings and segment-specific feedback.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If active feedback mechanisms are used requiring user initiation, then user control over feedback is improved, but feedback reliability deteriorates due to delayed or inaccurate inputs
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service feedback collection by automatically monitoring user physiological responses, motion, verbal reactions, and environmental data during media consumption without requiring active user participation. The sensors and processing system serve themselves to gather and analyze feedback data autonomously, eliminating the need for users to manually provide input while maintaining high feedback reliability.
2Reliability
If passive sensor-based feedback collection is used, then feedback reliability is improved through automatic data gathering, but device complexity increases due to multiple sensors and processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a multi-functional sensor system that simultaneously collects physiological data, motion data, verbal responses, and environmental information through a single integrated platform. This universal approach allows one system to serve multiple feedback collection functions, reducing overall complexity compared to separate specialized systems while maintaining comprehensive and reliable feedback gathering.
3Loss of time
If feedback collection is delayed until after media consumption, then user reflection time is improved, but feedback timeliness deteriorates leading to less accurate responses
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements continuous feedback collection during the entire media consumption process rather than waiting for post-consumption reflection. Sensors continuously monitor physiological responses, motion, and verbal reactions in real-time, maintaining uninterrupted data collection throughout the viewing experience. This continuous action ensures feedback is captured immediately while memories are fresh, eliminating the time delay problem while preserving feedback accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer including a processor programmed to receive audio data from sensors. Based on the audio data, the computer identifies a media content item. The computer is further programmed to detect the end of the media content item based on the audio data. Upon detecting the end of the media content item, the computer is programmed to store data from a user related to the media content item.