Trust-Based Content Control Mechanism for Digital Media
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing and authorizing access to digital content for children is time-consuming and error-prone, as curated collections cannot keep pace with the rapid upload of new content and may inadvertently include inappropriate material, requiring significant parental supervision.
Innovation Solution
A content control mechanism that utilizes social graphs and trust relationships to enable users to create and maintain relationships, allowing explicit approval of digital content access for minors, with trust layers and authorization logic ensuring only approved content is accessible, extending trust to friends of friends and content providers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If curated collections of digital content are manually managed by parents or external organizations, then content appropriateness can be controlled, but the system cannot keep pace with the rapid upload of new content and requires significant time and effort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an automated content control mechanism that acts as an intermediary between content providers and users. This mechanism uses trust relationships and social graphs to automatically evaluate and control content access without requiring manual parental review of each item, thereby maintaining reliability while dramatically improving productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to define their own trust relationships and content preferences, which then automatically control what content is accessible to them and their dependents. The automated mechanism continuously evaluates content against these user-defined criteria without requiring ongoing manual intervention
2Reliability
If manual management of approved content lists is implemented by parents, then access control can be maintained, but the task becomes time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The automated content control mechanism serves as an intermediary that handles the time-consuming task of content evaluation and access control. It uses trust relationships and social graph analysis to automatically determine content appropriateness, eliminating manual errors and freeing parental time while maintaining or improving access control accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where user interactions, content ratings, and trust relationship outcomes continuously refine the content control decisions. This automated feedback loop improves accuracy over time without requiring additional parental time investment
3Reliability
If direct parental supervision is used during content consumption, then content appropriateness can be ensured, but user autonomy and convenience are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by enabling users to configure their own trust relationships, content preferences, and access controls once. The automated mechanism then continuously manages content safety without requiring ongoing parental supervision, thereby ensuring content safety while maximizing user convenience and autonomy
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing trust relationships and content criteria before content consumption occurs. This advance configuration allows the automated system to make real-time content safety decisions without requiring parental presence or intervention during actual content use
Data Source
AI summary
A method to facilitate control of media content access is disclosed. The method includes acquiring relationship information from one or more external sources, generating trust relationship information based on the relationship information and authorizing access to media content upon a determination that the content has been provided an approval rating by one or more individuals included in the trust relationship information.