Personal TV Ad Insertion via User Profile Matching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional TV broadcasting lacks the ability to deliver targeted advertising based on individual viewer preferences, as it typically broadcasts advertisements to a general audience without considering personal profiles or content metadata.

Innovation Solution

A method for dynamically distributing advertising content within a personal TV system's playlist by matching user profiles and metadata, using a set-top-box to select and insert advertising items based on various distribution schemes, such as fixed number, count-per-count ratio, time-per-time ratio, and count-per-time ratio, ensuring relevance and optimal placement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traditional TV broadcasting is used to deliver advertising, then the advertising can be broadcast to a general audience, but the advertising cannot be targeted to individual viewers based on their preferences

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertising targeting capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The advertising delivery system is segmented into multiple components: user profile storage, content metadata storage, matching mechanism, and distribution schemes. This segmentation allows the system to handle personalized advertising targeting while maintaining manageable complexity through modular architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts advertising placement based on user profiles, content metadata, and distribution schemes. The matching process is dynamic, adapting to different users and content items in real-time, enabling personalized advertising without requiring a completely new system architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Adaptability or versatility

If advertising items are dynamically distributed within a playlist, then personalized advertising delivery is enabled, but the playlist management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalized advertising deliveryVSAvoidplaylist management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-storing user profiles and content metadata before the actual advertising distribution. This pre-processing allows the matching mechanism to operate efficiently during playback without adding significant complexity to the playlist management process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

An intermediary matching mechanism is introduced between the user profile/content metadata and the advertising distribution. This intermediary layer handles the complex matching logic separately, simplifying the overall playlist management while enabling personalized advertising delivery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If multiple distribution schemes are implemented for advertising placement, then advertising relevance and engagement are improved, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadvertising relevanceVSAvoiddistribution scheme complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements a universal matching mechanism that can handle multiple distribution schemes (fixed number, count-per-count ratio, time-per-time ratio, count-per-time ratio) through a single unified approach. This multi-functionality allows the system to provide relevant advertising while avoiding the complexity of managing separate systems for each distribution method.

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

Data Source

PatentEP2364547B1Method for distributing second multi-media content items in a list of first multi-media content items
Publication Date: 2016.12.21 FUNKE DIGITAL TV GUIDE
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AI summary

A method of distributing second multi-media content items into a list having at least one first multi-media content item is provided. The list of the first multi-media content item is to be reproduced on a personal TV system. A playlist of first multi-media content items is selected from a plurality of first multi-media content items available on different TV channels. Potential second multi-media content items from a plurality of available second multi-media content items are determined by matching information from the first and second multi-media content items. At least one of the determined second multi-media content items are selected based on a user profile, metadata of the first and second multi- media content items and/or a distribution scheme for distributing the second multi-media content items into the playlist of the first multi-media content items.