Scripted Content Delivery With Context-Aware Comment Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing content providing systems fail to appropriately integrate comments with content, lacking context-aware control over their provision.

Innovation Solution

A content providing system that includes a script with content and comment information, allowing user-controlled reading and provision based on context, utilizing existing user rights and context-aware control.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If comments are provided together with content, then user engagement and information value are improved, but user concentration and content quality are deteriorated due to distractions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation valueVSAvoiduser concentration
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts comment provision based on detected user context. When the user is determined to be concentrating on the content, comment provision is suspended or reduced. When the user is not concentrating, comments are provided to enhance engagement. This dynamic adaptation resolves the contradiction by making the system flexible rather than static.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the parameter of comment provision (from always provided to conditionally provided) based on user context parameters. By monitoring user behavior and context, the system adjusts whether comments are displayed, thereby changing the information delivery parameter to optimize both concentration and engagement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Loss of information

If comments are provided before or after content, then user understanding is improved, but user time and content flow are deteriorated due to interruptions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser understandingVSAvoiduser time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary assessment of user context before providing comments. By evaluating whether the user is concentrating or not before delivering comments, the system avoids unnecessary time loss while ensuring understanding is enhanced when appropriate.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback from user behavior monitoring to determine when to provide comments. This feedback mechanism ensures comments are provided at optimal moments when they enhance understanding without causing time loss through interruptions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If context-aware control is implemented, then user experience is improved, but system complexity and processing requirements are deteriorated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The control unit performs multiple functions: it monitors user context, determines concentration states, decides on comment provision timing, and actually provides comments. By consolidating these functions in a single control unit, the system achieves adaptability without proportionally increasing overall system complexity.

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

Data Source

PatentUS12455922B2Content providing system, content providing method, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.10.28 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

There is provided a content providing system in which a script that is generated by a creator and includes identification information of content and comment information is stored in a predetermined storage medium to be browsable by a user, the content providing system including a control unit that performs control to execute reading, according to a script selected by the user, content indicated by content identification information included in the script by using a right that the user has already obtained by a contract with a specific service, and provide the content to the user, and control to read a comment according to the comment information included in the script and provide the comment to the user at least one of before or after the provision of the content, in which the control unit controls the provision of the content or the comment according to a context of the user.