Terminal-Side Knowledge Graphs for Personalized Advertisement Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing advertisement placement methods fail to consider individual user preferences, leading to suboptimal advertisement placement effects and potential privacy issues due to the lack of personalized data processing.

Innovation Solution

An advertisement display method that constructs a personal knowledge graph on the terminal side using user data to enhance advertisement selection, incorporating a re-ranking model for personalized advertisement recommendations while protecting user privacy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If advertisement placement is based on group profiling data from servers, then advertisement coverage and delivery efficiency are improved, but individual user preferences are not considered leading to suboptimal placement effects

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertisement delivery efficiencyVSAvoidadvertisement placement accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments advertisement placement into two levels: group-level profiling performed by the server for efficiency, and individual-level refinement performed by the terminal device for precision. The terminal device divides the group-profiled advertisement list into individualized recommendations based on personal knowledge graphs, resolving the contradiction between group-level efficiency and individual-level accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a new dimension of personalization by constructing knowledge graphs that capture temporal patterns and contextual relationships of user behavior. This transforms the flat group-profiling approach into a multi-dimensional individualized recommendation system that considers time, context, and user preferences simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Measurement precision

If individual user data is collected and processed for personalized recommendations, then advertisement placement accuracy is improved, but user privacy security may be compromised

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertisement placement accuracyVSAvoiduser privacy risk
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the necessary minimal personal data required for knowledge graph construction on the terminal device, rather than collecting comprehensive user data on servers. By performing data processing locally and extracting only essential patterns for advertisement selection, the system achieves personalization while minimizing privacy exposure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal device performs self-service by constructing and maintaining its own knowledge graph locally without requiring user data to be uploaded to external servers. The device independently processes its own usage data, generates personalization patterns, and makes advertisement selection decisions, thereby eliminating the need to transmit sensitive personal information externally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Object-affected harmful factors

If comprehensive personal data is processed on the terminal device, then user privacy is protected, but data processing complexity and resource consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser privacy protectionVSAvoidterminal-side processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs partial data processing on the terminal device by focusing only on constructing knowledge graphs for advertisement-related patterns rather than processing all user data comprehensively. This selective approach achieves privacy protection through local processing while avoiding the complexity burden of complete data analysis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12412195B2Advertisement display method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.09.09 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The method includes: An electronic device 100 obtains first personal data (S1001); the electronic device 100 constructs a personal knowledge graph based on the first personal data (S1002); the electronic device 100 obtains parameter information of first advertisement content from an advertisement server 200 (S1003); the electronic device 100 obtains parameter information of second advertisement content from the parameter information of the first advertisement content based on the personal knowledge graph (S1004); the electronic device 100 obtains the second advertisement content based on the parameter information of the second advertisement content (S1005); and the electronic device 100 displays the second advertisement content on a display (S1006).