Social Interaction Prediction System Using Cognitive Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies fail to effectively monitor and facilitate social interactions by accounting for various psychological and physical barriers that impede communication, such as visual impairments and cultural differences, leading to challenges in perceiving and interpreting social cues.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that utilize processors and input devices to monitor environmental data, analyze social interactions, and generate behavioral recommendations through cognitive analysis and machine learning algorithms, providing users with insights and guidance on initiating contacts based on predicted positive outcomes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If computer vision and machine learning algorithms are used to analyze social interactions, then the ability to recognize and interpret social cues is improved, but the system complexity and computational requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesocial cue recognition accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments social interaction analysis into multiple independent modules: facial expression recognition, body language detection, contextual environment analysis, and cultural norm interpretation. Each module processes specific aspects of social cues separately, then integrates results to provide comprehensive interaction guidance, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high recognition accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary layer of pre-trained machine learning models and databases that store cultural norms, social rules, and interaction patterns. This intermediary layer translates complex raw sensor data into simplified social context interpretations, enabling accurate social cue recognition without requiring the entire system to handle all computational complexity simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If real-time monitoring of multiple individuals and environmental factors is implemented, then the quality of behavioral recommendations is improved, but the data processing load and response time may be adversely affected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebehavioral recommendation qualityVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously pre-processing environmental data, maintaining updated profiles of individuals in the vicinity, and pre-analyzing contextual factors even before specific interaction scenarios arise. This allows the system to rapidly generate high-quality behavioral recommendations by building upon pre-computed information rather than processing everything from scratch in real-time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by focusing computational resources on analyzing only the specific local context relevant to the user's current situation. Instead of uniformly processing all possible social interaction data, the system selectively analyzes environmental factors, individual behaviors, and contextual elements that are immediately relevant to generating actionable behavioral recommendations, thereby reducing processing time while maintaining recommendation quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Object-affected harmful factors

If the system provides detailed behavioral recommendations for social interactions, then the psychological benefit to users is improved, but the complexity of generating and delivering personalized recommendations increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepsychological barrier reductionVSAvoidrecommendation generation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system employs parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the level of detail, tone, and type of behavioral recommendations based on user profiles, interaction contexts, and observed user responses. The recommendation engine modifies parameters such as suggestiveness, specificity, and delivery timing to optimize psychological benefit while managing generation complexity through adaptive parameter tuning rather than fixed complex algorithms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11386804B2Intelligent social interaction recognition and conveyance using computer generated prediction modeling
Publication Date: 2022.07.12 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A method, computer program product, and system include a processor(s) obtaining, environmental data comprising captured audio data and captured image data. The processor(s) generates, based on the environmental data, a user profile for the user, by cognitively analyzing the environmental data to perform a binary valuation of one or more pre-defined core attributes. The processor identifies, based on the environmental data, one or more entities within the vicinity of the user. The processor(s) generates a subject profile for each entity of the one or more entities by cognitively analyzing the environmental data to perform the binary valuation of the one or more pre-defined core attributes. The processor(s) predicts perceived positive or negative outcome of the user initiating a contact with each entity of the one or more entities. The processor(s) generates a recommendation to initiate the contact with the at least one entity and transmits the recommendation.