Visual Content Filtering via Dynamic Graphical Representation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods for searching media content on the web are inefficient, as they require users to sift through numerous irrelevant options and engage in time-consuming analytical processes, making it difficult to quickly identify and locate desired content.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for visual filtering of content, utilizing graphical representations and metadata, allowing users to intuitively and enjoyably select desired content by dynamically filtering and displaying graphical representations based on user input, prioritizing relevant items and de-emphasizing irrelevant ones.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If conventional search methods are used to provide comprehensive content options, then the quantity of available content increases, but the time and effort required to locate desired content increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of content optionsVSAvoidtime to locate desired content
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and displays only the most relevant content items based on user preferences and search criteria, removing irrelevant options from the user's view. This allows the system to provide comprehensive content options while presenting only a filtered subset to the user, reducing search time without sacrificing content availability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically changes parameters such as relevance scoring, user preference weights, and content filtering criteria to optimize the presentation of content. By adjusting these parameters based on user behavior and context, the system can efficiently navigate large content volumes and present relevant results faster.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Measurement precision

If conventional analytical processes are required to evaluate content items, then content discrimination capability improves, but user burden and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent discrimination accuracyVSAvoiduser burden during search
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs the analytical evaluation and discrimination of content items automatically without requiring user intervention. The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system autonomously analyzes content metadata, user preferences, and relevance criteria to rank and filter results, eliminating the need for users to manually evaluate each content item.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual user analysis with automated computational systems. Instead of requiring users to read and evaluate content summaries, the system uses algorithms to perform the analytical work, substituting mechanical user effort with automated information processing while maintaining discrimination accuracy.

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

3Device complexity

If standard information management tools are used to organize content, then content categorization is achieved, but user engagement and enjoyment decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent organization structureVSAvoiduser engagement and enjoyment
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from traditional text-based content organization to visual graphical representations. By displaying content as visual elements with spatial relationships, the system adds a visual dimension to content organization that makes navigation more engaging and intuitive while maintaining the underlying organizational structure.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses visual attributes such as color, size, and positioning of graphical representations to encode content information and relevance. This visual encoding makes content organization more engaging and easier to interpret at a glance, replacing枯燥 text-based categorization with visually appealing and intuitive displays.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #32Color changes

Data Source

PatentUS9817915B2System and method enabling visual filtering of content
Publication Date: 2017.11.14 DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC
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AI summary

There is presented a system and method enabling visual filtering of content. The system comprises a server, a content database storing content units and accessible through the server, and a filtering and display application. The filtering and display application is configured to enable visual filtering of the content units by filtering a plurality of graphical representations corresponding to a plurality of content units stored by the system, to extract a first plurality of graphical representations for displaying to a user, displaying the first plurality of graphical representations as active graphical representations selectable by the user in a first featured display, and dynamically filtering the first plurality of graphical representations and replacing the first featured display with another featured display of a first subset of active graphical representations selectable by the user according to an input received from the user.