Media Content Voting System for Party Settings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current media distribution platforms lack a mechanism to intelligently select music or media content items based on criteria relevant to both the host and voters, leading to inefficient processing and resource usage, as well as a lack of personalized content selection in group settings, especially in party environments where communication is limited.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that generates a queue of media content items by receiving votes from multiple devices, determining related items based on a seed media content item, displaying options, tallying votes, and selecting items for playback, using vector models and neural networks to recommend media items based on similarity and user interaction history.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If existing techniques wait for user requests and filter out unwanted media content items, then the system can process media content requests, but it uses too many processing resources and time to filter rather than select appropriate items

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemedia content selection efficiencyVSAvoidprocessing time for filtering media items

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of starting with all media content items and filtering out unwanted ones, the system inverts the approach by starting with a seed media content item and proactively selecting only the relevant related items that should be included. This inversion transforms an inefficient filtering process into an efficient selection process, reducing both processing time and resource consumption while improving productivity in media content selection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

2Ease of operation

If a host or one guest selects all songs to be played in a party setting, then the music selection process is simple, but other guests cannot express their opinions and may disagree with the selections

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemusic selection simplicityVSAvoidgroup preference accommodation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the music selection process into distinct phases: initial seed item selection by the host, followed by automated generation of related items, and then group voting on the presented options. This segmentation allows the host to maintain control over the selection simplicity while enabling guests to participate in deciding among pre-filtered options, thus accommodating group preferences without overwhelming complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically generating and pre-filtering a set of related media content items based on the seed item before presenting them to the group for voting. This preliminary filtering step reduces the number of options guests need to evaluate, maintaining ease of operation while still allowing group input and adaptability to collective preferences.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If voters are not all physically located in the same location or communication is limited, then group music selection becomes difficult, but no existing platform provides intelligent selection based on host and voter criteria

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedistributed group coordinationVSAvoidplatform functionality requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system acts as an intermediary by receiving the seed media content item from the host, automatically generating related items, and presenting them to all voters regardless of their physical location. This intermediary role eliminates the need for complex real-time communication between distributed participants, as the system handles the coordination, item generation, and vote collection centrally, achieving adaptability for distributed groups without excessive device complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Reliability

If media content items are tagged with metadata, then items can be organized and retrieved, but nothing in the metadata relates to user activity related to such media content items

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemedia content organizationVSAvoiduser interaction data

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges traditional metadata (such as genre, artist, album) with user activity data (such as voting patterns, playback history, and preference information) to create a comprehensive selection framework. This merging enriches the metadata structure with behavioral information, allowing the system to make more reliable and personalized media content selections while preserving both organizational reliability and user interaction insights.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11475060B2System and method for voting on media content items

Publication Date: 2022.10.18 SPOTIFY

AI summary

Methods, systems, and computer programs for generating a queue of media content items to be played in a party setting are described. A first seed track is identified and is used to create a plurality of related media content items that are presented to a plurality of voters. The media content item receiving the most votes is placed in the queue and subsequently played.