Navigation Ad Priority Ranking for AR Screen Space Contention

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Solution Overview

Problem

In augmented reality navigation systems, when multiple advertisements are displayed near each other, they can overcrowd the screen, obscuring each other and diminishing the user experience, as existing systems do not prioritize advertisements based on user preferences or location effectively.

Innovation Solution

A system that detects the location of a communication device and determines the priority of advertisements based on user data, social media preferences, and bids, presenting higher-priority advertisements first within the navigation content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If multiple advertisements are displayed simultaneously in augmented reality navigation content, then advertisement visibility and revenue opportunities increase, but advertisement overcrowding occurs which obscures ads and diminishes user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenumber of advertisements displayedVSAvoiduser experience quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by determining advertisement priorities before displaying them. The server device calculates priority scores for each advertisement based on user preferences, location data, and engagement metrics, then uses this pre-computed priority information to resolve contention and determine display order, preventing overcrowding before it occurs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system makes the advertisement display dynamic by allowing priority-based reordering and selective obscuring. Advertisements can change their display state from fully visible to partially obscured based on real-time priority assessments, and the system can respond to user requests to unobscure specific advertisements, creating a flexible and adaptive display mechanism

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Area of stationary object

If multiple advertisements are displayed simultaneously without priority differentiation, then advertisement space utilization increases, but advertisement value diminishes due to mutual obscuration

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertisement space utilizationVSAvoidadvertisement value
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by giving different display treatments to different advertisements based on their specific priorities. High-priority advertisements receive prominent display positions and full visibility, while lower-priority advertisements may be partially obscured or displayed in less prominent locations, ensuring that each advertisement's value is preserved according to its importance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes display parameters (visibility, position, prominence) based on advertisement priority scores. By dynamically adjusting these parameters, the system maximizes the value of high-priority advertisements while still utilizing available screen space, preventing the uniform treatment that leads to mutual obscuration and value diminishment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If advertisements are displayed without considering user preferences, then advertisement display simplicity is maintained, but relevance to user needs decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertisement display system complexityVSAvoidadvertisement relevance to user preferences
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring user interactions with advertisements, navigation behavior, and preference data. This feedback is used to update priority scores and adjust which advertisements are displayed and how they are presented, ensuring that the system adapts to user preferences while maintaining a relatively simple display interface

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-service by automatically determining advertisement priorities and resolving contentions without requiring manual user intervention. The server device autonomously processes user preference data, calculates priorities, and makes display decisions, reducing the complexity burden on the user device while improving advertisement relevance

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS11574341B2Methods, systems, and devices for resolving advertisement space contention
Publication Date: 2023.02.07 AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I L P
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AI summary

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments for detecting a navigation application operating on a first communication device, and identifying a location of the first communication device. Further embodiments can include obtaining a first advertisement and a second advertisement according to the location of the first communication device as well as determining a first priority associated with the first advertisement and a second priority associated with the second advertisement. Additional embodiments can include determining the first priority is higher than the second priority resulting in a determination to present the first advertisement prior to the second advertisement, and providing the first advertisement, the second advertisement, and the determination to the first communication device. The first communication device presents the first advertisement within navigation content utilizing the navigation application prior to presenting the second advertisement within the navigation content based on the determination. Other embodiments are disclosed.