Digital Service Evaluation Using Session Scoring and Metric Weights

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Solution Overview

Problem

Developers lack adequate tools to determine the overall impact of changes made to digital services and identify which changes cause significant changes in user experience, as they do not have comprehensive scoring systems to evaluate performance metrics across multiple client sessions.

Innovation Solution

A digital service evaluation system that collects performance data from client sessions to calculate an overall score and identifies which metrics contribute most to the score, using machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze user feedback and session data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If developers make changes to digital services, then service functionality is improved, but the overall impact on user experience cannot be determined

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveservice functionalityVSAvoidimpact measurement
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements automated feedback loops that collect user interaction data, calculate experience scores, and provide developers with actionable insights about how service changes affect user experience. This enables continuous measurement and adjustment of service improvements.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual impact assessment with automated machine learning models that analyze user behavior data and calculate experience scores. This substitution enables precise, scalable measurement of service change impacts without manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If comprehensive performance metrics are collected from multiple client sessions, then evaluation accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation accuracyVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex evaluation process into distinct components: data collection from client sessions, feature extraction, score calculation, and impact analysis. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while maintaining overall evaluation accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces intermediary processing layers including feature extraction modules and scoring algorithms that transform raw performance metrics into meaningful experience scores. These intermediaries simplify the relationship between complex input data and evaluation results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If automated evaluation systems are implemented, then evaluation efficiency is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service capabilities where the automated evaluation framework independently collects data, processes metrics, and generates insights without requiring complex manual configuration. This reduces operational complexity while maintaining high evaluation efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal evaluation platform that can assess multiple types of digital services across different client sessions using the same core methodology. This multi-functionality reduces system complexity by avoiding the need for separate evaluation systems for each service type.

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

Data Source

PatentEP4264920B1Systems and methods for automated evaluation of digital services
Publication Date: 2026.04.01 SLING TV LLC
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AI summary

A digital service evaluation system evaluates services and user sessions provided by a service, to provide an overall score of the service. The digital service evaluation system detects client sessions associated with one or more devices. The digital service evaluation system obtains a first plurality of scores associated with performance metrics of the client session, and calculates an overall score for the client session. The digital service evaluation system obtains a second plurality of scores and calculates a second overall score. The digital service evaluation system determines a weight for each performance metric based on the first and second plurality of scores and the overall scores. The digital service evaluation system uses the weights to determine which performance metric caused a change in the overall scores. The digital service evaluation system takes an action based on the determination that a performance metric caused a change in the overall scores.