Media Guidance Application Aggregating Content Streams via Keyword Extraction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face the challenge of efficiently navigating and identifying specific media content amidst a vast array of available media from various sources, often requiring them to watch entire content streams to find the desired portion, which is time-consuming and inconvenient.

Innovation Solution

A media guidance application that aggregates media assets from different sources by monitoring content streams for specific keywords, extracting relevant portions, and generating aggregated media assets that can be played back in series, allowing users to efficiently access desired content without needing to watch entire streams.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If users watch all available media from all available sources to find specific content, then they can ensure they don't miss any relevant content, but it consumes excessive time and is inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecontent discovery completenessVSAvoidtime to find specific content

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and aggregates specific portions of media content from multiple sources based on user criteria and keywords, presenting only the relevant segments rather than requiring users to view entire media assets. This extraction approach maintains content discovery completeness while eliminating time waste from viewing unrelated content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The media guidance application serves as an intermediary between multiple media sources and the user, automatically monitoring content streams, identifying relevant portions based on keywords and user preferences, and aggregating them into a curated interface. This intermediary function ensures comprehensive content discovery while saving users time by filtering and organizing content before presentation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If users monitor multiple content streams simultaneously to find specific media objects, then they can access diverse content sources, but the complexity of managing and navigating multiple streams increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess to multiple content sourcesVSAvoidinterface complexity for managing streams

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges multiple content streams into a single unified interface that aggregates relevant media portions from diverse sources. Users interact with one consolidated view rather than managing multiple separate streams, maintaining access to diverse content while reducing interface complexity and navigation burden.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The media guidance application provides universal access to multiple content sources through a single platform that automatically monitors and aggregates content across different streams. This multi-functional approach allows users to access diverse content sources without dealing with the complexity of managing each stream individually.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If the media guidance application aggregates portions from multiple streaming media assets, then users can access specific content quickly, but the process of monitoring, extracting, and generating aggregated assets increases system complexity

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespeed of accessing specific contentVSAvoidcomplexity of content processing system

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary monitoring and analysis of content streams to identify potential relevant portions before user requests are made. By pre-processing and organizing content from multiple streams in advance, the system enables rapid content delivery when users search for specific media objects, improving productivity while managing processing complexity through advance preparation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The media guidance application automatically monitors content streams, identifies relevant media objects based on keywords and user preferences, extracts pertinent portions, and generates aggregated media assets without requiring manual intervention. This self-service automation improves content access speed while managing system complexity through automated processes rather than manual operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10523987B2Systems and methods for generating aggregated media assets on related content from different sources

Publication Date: 2019.12.31 ADEIA GUIDES INC

AI summary

Methods and systems for a media guidance application (e.g., implemented on a user device) that generates aggregated media assets on related content from different sources.