Browser Intent-URL Mapping for Voice-Based Web Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing browser technologies require users to directly input URLs, which can be cumbersome and inefficient, especially as the range and demographics of network services increase, necessitating improved facilitation of browser operations.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that utilizes an intent-URL database to associate user intents with corresponding URLs, allowing browsers to provide URLs based on user input audio or text, without requiring direct URL input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users directly input URLs to access services, then the browser operation is straightforward, but the operation becomes cumbersome and inefficient as the range and demographics of network services increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (intent-URL database and URL provision mechanism) that mediates between user intent expressions and actual URL inputs. Instead of requiring direct URL input, the system translates user intents into corresponding URLs through the intermediary database, thereby simplifying user operations while managing the complexity of numerous services internally.
Solution Approach 2:
The browser system performs self-service by automatically providing URLs based on detected user intents. The system monitors user behavior and service usage patterns to autonomously determine and supply appropriate URLs without requiring manual input, thus improving ease of operation while the complexity is contained within the system's automated mechanisms.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the range of network services is increased to meet diverse user needs, then service versatility improves, but the complexity of facilitating browser operations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal intent-URL database that serves multiple functions: it maps various user intents to URLs, tracks service usage patterns, and provides adaptive URL suggestions. This multi-functional database handles diverse service requirements through a single unified mechanism, thereby increasing service versatility while avoiding the complexity of separate facilitation systems for each service type.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing the intent-URL database with mappings between user intents and service URLs. It also proactively monitors and learns from user behavior patterns in advance, enabling the system to anticipate and prepare appropriate URL provisions before users explicitly request services, thus managing complexity through proactive organization of service access.
3Ease of operation
If the system automatically provides URLs based on user intent, then ease of operation improves, but the complexity of the URL provision process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The URL provision system operates autonomously by self-monitoring user interactions with services and automatically determining which URLs to provide. The system uses its own internal mechanisms to track user behavior patterns and service usage, eliminating the need for external complex configuration or manual setup, thereby improving ease of operation while containing complexity within the self-service automated framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors user behavior patterns and service usage data, using this feedback to refine and improve URL provision accuracy. The intent-URL database is dynamically updated based on observed user interactions, allowing the system to learn from actual usage patterns and adapt its URL suggestions, thereby managing complexity through iterative improvement driven by user feedback.
Data Source
AI summary
As audio (1) is input to an extension of a browser, the extension transmits the audio (1) to a language processing server. A speech recognition unit obtains a text (1) corresponding to the audio (1), and transmits the text (1) to a natural language understanding unit. In the natural language understanding unit, an information processing unit identifies a URL (1) corresponding to the text (1), and transmits the URL (1) to the browser. The extension passes the URL (1) to a browsing function. The browsing function uses the URL (1) to access a web server. The web server transmits a web page (1) corresponding to the URL (1) to the browser. The browsing function shows a screen corresponding to the web page (1) on a display.