Quality Scoring System Using Transformer Models for Content Bias Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing search engines do not provide quality assessments or political lean evaluations for search results, leading to users being unaware of the quality and bias of the content they consume.

Innovation Solution

A search engine system that utilizes machine learning techniques to generate quality scores and political lean assessments for each piece of content, providing users with an evaluation of the content's quality and political bias alongside search results.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If machine learning techniques are used to generate quality scores and political lean assessments for search results, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequality assessment accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The quality assessment system is divided into multiple independent machine learning models, each specializing in evaluating specific aspects of content quality (e.g., factual accuracy, bias detection, source reliability). This segmentation allows each model to focus on a narrow task, improving measurement precision while keeping individual model complexity manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediary processing layers between the search engine and final quality scores, including feature extraction modules, data normalization layers, and aggregation mechanisms. These intermediaries simplify the overall system complexity by breaking down the assessment process into manageable stages.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If quality assessments and political lean evaluations are provided for each search result, then loss of information is reduced, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent quality informationVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary quality assessments and political lean evaluations on content during the indexing phase, before the search query is processed. This preliminary action ensures that quality information is already available when search results are generated, reducing information loss without adding complexity to the search execution path.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If multiple machine learning models are used to assess content quality and political lean, then measurement precision is improved, but productivity decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescoring accuracyVSAvoidprocessing speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple machine learning models perform assessments in advance during content ingestion and indexing, so that when search results are generated, the quality scores and political lean evaluations are already computed and stored. This eliminates the need to run multiple models in real-time during search, maintaining high measurement precision while preserving productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Reliability

If quality scores are calculated and displayed with search results, then reliability is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch result reliabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback loops where quality assessments and user interactions with search results are continuously monitored and used to retrain and refine the machine learning models. This feedback mechanism improves the reliability of quality scores over time while managing system complexity through automated learning processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20250139184A1Quality scoring system and method having SAAS architecture and source and industry score factors
Publication Date: 2025.05.01 SEEKR TECHNOLOGIES INC
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AI summary

A quality score system and method for a piece of content. The system and method may use artificial intelligence/machine learning to determine the one or more scores for each piece of content. In one embodiment, the quality scoring system and method may use a SAAS architecture, may incorporate source and industry score factors and use a transformer model to generate the quality score.