Collaborative Playlist Suggestion via Metadata Comparison

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional service providers do not adequately organize or share related media content among users, requiring active engagement from users to contribute to playlists, which leads to less participation from non-active contributors.

Innovation Solution

A system that includes a playlist component, social component, and suggestion component to generate and manage collaborative playlists, inviting users to join and contribute media content based on metadata comparisons, allowing for contextual suggestions of relevant media content for addition to the playlist.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional service providers allow users to upload and share media content, then media content delivery is enabled, but adequate organization and sharing of related media content among users is not provided

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemedia content sharing capabilityVSAvoidcontent organization system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments media content into collaborative playlists that group related content together. Each playlist is a separate organizational unit that can be independently managed and shared, breaking down the complex task of organizing all media content into manageable segments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The collaborative playlist system serves multiple functions: it organizes media content, facilitates user collaboration, enables content discovery, and simplifies sharing. This multi-functional approach addresses the need for content organization without requiring separate specialized systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If users are required to actively engage to contribute to playlists, then playlist creation is possible, but participation from non-active contributors decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveplaylist creation activityVSAvoiduser participation barrier
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically suggests media content for addition to collaborative playlists based on user profiles and existing playlist content. This self-service feature reduces the active engagement required from users, as the system performs part of the contribution process automatically while still allowing user oversight and modification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-processes and suggests relevant media content before users need to contribute to playlists. By preparing content suggestions in advance based on metadata analysis and user preferences, the system reduces the effort required from users at the moment of contribution.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Loss of information

If metadata comparison is used to determine uploaded media content, then relevant content suggestions are generated, but system processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent relevance accuracyVSAvoidmetadata processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential metadata elements needed for relevance determination, such as title, artist, genre, and tags, rather than processing all possible metadata fields. This selective extraction maintains content matching accuracy while reducing processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system transforms metadata into standardized parameters that can be efficiently compared and matched. By normalizing metadata formats and creating consistent parameter structures, the system simplifies the comparison process while maintaining the ability to accurately determine content relevance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10198443B2System and method for suggesting media content contributions for a collaborative playlist
Publication Date: 2019.02.05 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

Systems and techniques for suggesting media content contributions for a collaborative playlist are presented. The system can include a playlist component, a social component, and a suggestion component. The playlist component generates a playlist of media content in response to a request from a playlist owner. The social component invites at least one invitee to join a playlist collaboration group comprising the playlist owner and the at least one invitee. The suggestion component displays uploaded media content of the at least one invitee to allow the at least one invitee to add the uploaded media content to the playlist of the media content. The uploaded media content is determined based on a comparison of metadata of the uploaded media content with other metadata of the media content associated with the playlist.