Carousel Retail Search Interface for Simultaneous Item Comparison
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital interfaces for retail search results often fail to expedite the time between a user's query and the display of relevant products, lacking a convenient method for users to efficiently compare and purchase multiple items simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A digital interface that allows users to enter multiple retail items into a shopping list, displaying search results in a carousel-like format, enabling simultaneous viewing and comparison of results for each item, with features for easy addition, removal, and purchasing of items, including automatic refresh and one-screen display of multiple products.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If traditional search engines display search results in simple formats (list, table, matrix, icons, chart), then the digital interface is simple and comprehensive, but the time to find and display relevant products is not expedited
Solution Approach 1:
The search results are segmented by displaying multiple items in a carousel format, allowing users to view and compare multiple products simultaneously across different categories or features, thereby reducing the time needed to find relevant products without overwhelming the user with a single complex interface
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional linear or grid-based result displays to a carousel interface that adds rotational and interactive dimensions, enabling users to navigate through multiple search results in a more efficient and engaging manner, thus reducing search time while maintaining interface simplicity
2Productivity
If users search for and purchase multiple items during a single shopping excursion, then purchasing efficiency increases, but existing search interfaces do not provide a convenient way to compare and purchase multiple items simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The carousel interface merges multiple search results and product comparison functions into a single unified display, allowing users to view, compare, and purchase multiple items simultaneously in one interactive interface, thereby enhancing purchasing efficiency and ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The search interface is designed with multi-functionality, incorporating search, comparison, and purchase actions within a single carousel-based system, enabling users to perform multiple operations (searching for different items, comparing features, adding to cart) without switching between different interfaces or steps
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AI summary
A user interface for displaying retail search results is disclosed. The system and methods allow users to search for a plurality of retail items while simultaneously viewing a plurality of search results for each of the plurality of retail items. This interface allows users to easily compare the search results for each retail item, and to purchase a plurality of retail items simultaneously. In one example of the present disclosure, users may enter a plurality of retail items into a shopping list. The system may then display multiple results for each item on the shopping list in a carousel-like user interface, so users may view a plurality of results for a plurality of items simultaneously.