Book Search Results With Topic Content for Faster Relevance Judgments

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing search systems provide limited information on book relevance, requiring users to click through multiple books to determine interest, leading to low search efficiency and difficulty in engaging with interactive content.

Innovation Solution

Presenting target topic content associated with a book keyword on the search result page, allowing users to select books based on both book information and topic content, enhancing search efficiency and engagement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If only book information is presented on the search result page, then the search result page structure is simple, but the user cannot determine whether to read the book without clicking through multiple books, leading to low search efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch efficiencyVSAvoidbook relevance information
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-fetching and displaying topic contents (such as book introductions, reviews, and excerpts) associated with each book on the search result page before the user clicks on the book. This allows users to evaluate book relevance in advance without needing to click through multiple books, thereby improving search efficiency while providing comprehensive book relevance information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces another dimension by adding topic content information to the traditional book information display. Instead of only showing basic book metadata, the system displays multi-dimensional information including book introductions, user reviews, and content excerpts, enabling users to assess book relevance from multiple perspectives without additional clicks.

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

2Ease of operation

If topic content is displayed for all books, then user engagement with interactive content improves, but the search result page complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagement with interactive contentVSAvoidsearch result page structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by selectively displaying topic content for specific books on the search result page based on their relevance to the search query and user preferences. Instead of uniformly displaying topic content for all books, the system tailors the information display to each book's characteristics and its relevance to the user's search intent, thereby improving user engagement while managing page complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements partial action by displaying topic content for only a subset of books on the search result page—specifically, those books that are most relevant to the search query or have high-quality topic content available. This selective approach enhances user engagement for relevant books while avoiding the complexity of managing topic content displays for all books in the database.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12493625B2Method and apparatus for search result presentation
Publication Date: 2025.12.09 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for search result presentation. Herein, the method of search result presentation includes: in response to a trigger, sending a search request carrying a book keyword; and receiving a search result corresponding to the search request, and presenting the search result on a search result page, wherein the search result comprises book information of a first book indicated by the book keyword, and a target topic content associated with the book keyword, the book keyword corresponding to a plurality of topic contents, the target topic content being obtained by filtering the plurality of topic contents based on an attribute feature of a second book indicated by the book keyword.