Rewarding User Rating Accuracy via Prediction Correlation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current online platforms lack effective mechanisms for determining and rewarding the accuracy of user-provided ratings of content, which can lead to inconsistent and unreliable content rankings.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that utilize hardware processors to store user account information, obtain and present user-provided content, receive ratings, determine ranking metrics, and distribute awards based on correlation with user input, using blockchain technology to record and modify account information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If users provide ratings for content without accuracy verification, then the platform can quickly collect user feedback, but the reliability of content rankings deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of collecting user feedbackVSAvoidreliability of content rankings
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a feedback mechanism where users provide predictions about content ratings, and the system later compares these predictions with actual ratings to determine accuracy. This feedback loop enables the platform to identify and reward accurate predictors, thereby improving the reliability of content rankings while maintaining rapid feedback collection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Users voluntarily participate in the rating accuracy program by providing predictions and receiving rewards based on their accuracy. The system automatically tracks prediction accuracy and distributes rewards without requiring manual verification, allowing users to self-serve in improving overall rating reliability while the platform maintains high productivity in collecting feedback.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If the platform implements accuracy verification and reward distribution, then the credibility of ratings improves, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecredibility of ratingsVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically tracks user prediction accuracy by comparing predictions with actual ratings and distributes rewards based on predetermined accuracy thresholds. This automated self-service approach improves rating credibility through systematic verification while minimizing the need for manual intervention, thereby limiting the increase in system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses parameter changes in user account information (such as accuracy metrics and reward balances) to track and reward prediction accuracy. By modifying and monitoring these parameters automatically, the system enhances rating credibility through structured verification without requiring complex manual processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Productivity

If the system tracks and rewards prediction accuracy through account modifications, then user engagement improves, but the processing overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagementVSAvoidprocessing overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system tracks prediction accuracy and distributes rewards by modifying parameters in user account information (such as accuracy scores and reward balances). This parameter-based approach efficiently manages user engagement by providing tangible rewards for accurate predictions while minimizing processing overhead through automated, standardized account updates rather than complex transactional processes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11886476B2Systems and methods for determining and rewarding accuracy in predicting ratings of user-provided content
Publication Date: 2024.01.30 HEIR APPARENT INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for determining and rewarding accuracy in predicting user-provided ratings of content provided by other users are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: maintain user accounts associated with users including the first providing user and the second rating user; obtain individual items of user-provided content; effectuate presentations of the individual items of user-provided content through user interfaces to the individual users such that a first presentation is presented, through the second client computing platform, to the second rating user; receive rating information based on input received from the individual users through the user interfaces; determine values for ranking metrics of the individual items of user-provided content; compare the first value for the first ranking metric of the first item with the first rating information; determine, based on the comparison, a first correlation of the first rating information; and distribute an award to the second rating user in accordance with the determined first correlation, responsive to the determined first correlation breaching a threshold.