Circular Search Result Display with Embedded Attribute Bars
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Solution Overview
Problem
Search engines face challenges in displaying comprehensive search results on small devices due to limited screen space, requiring users to scroll through text-based vertical lists, which limits visibility and comparison of results.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of circular objects displaying search results with embedded information and a compact circular bar containing attribute fragments, allowing users to visualize matches through colors, shadings, and markings, enabling quick comparison without text-based descriptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If text-based vertical lists are used to display search results, then comprehensive information can be provided, but the display area required increases and scrolling is needed on small screens
Solution Approach 1:
The search result information is segmented into distinct attribute components (e.g., title, price, rating, location) that are arranged radially around a central image. This segmentation allows comprehensive information to be distributed around the circular object rather than requiring a vertical text list, enabling more results to fit on a single screen while maintaining information completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a one-dimensional vertical text list to a two-dimensional circular radial layout. Attributes are arranged around the circumference of the circle, utilizing the radial dimension to display multiple pieces of information simultaneously without requiring vertical scrolling, thus reducing the display area needed while preserving information completeness.
2Loss of information
If detailed text descriptions are provided for each search result, then users can understand attributes thoroughly, but the number of visible results decreases on small screens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color-coded fragments or indicators within the circular bar to represent different attributes of search results. For example, colored segments can indicate price range, rating levels, or other attributes, allowing users to quickly comprehend multiple attributes at a glance without reading detailed text descriptions, thereby increasing the number of visible results while maintaining attribute understanding.
Solution Approach 2:
The circular radial layout naturally accommodates multiple attributes around the circle's perimeter. By curving the information display around the circular object rather than using linear text, the design maximizes the use of available screen space in a compact format, allowing more search results to be displayed simultaneously while preserving attribute information through the curved radial arrangement.
3Loss of information
If traditional text-based search results are displayed, then comprehensive attributes can be shown, but comparison between results becomes time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color-coded fragments to represent different attributes across multiple search results. Users can quickly compare attributes by visually scanning the colored segments across different circular objects, rather than reading and mentally comparing text descriptions. This visual encoding significantly reduces comparison time while maintaining comprehensive attribute information display.
Solution Approach 2:
By arranging attributes radially around the circular objects, the patent creates a consistent spatial mapping where the same attribute positions correspond to the same attribute types across different results. This standardized radial layout enables rapid visual comparison, as users can scan around the circles at the same angular positions to compare corresponding attributes without the time-consuming process of reading and parsing text descriptions.
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AI summary
Provided is a system and method which provides visually-compacted search results with attribute information embedded therein. In one example, the method may include receiving, via a user interface, a search request based on a set of attributes, identifying search results that match the search request based on attributes of the search results with respect to the set of attributes, and displaying, via the user interface, a plurality of circular objects corresponding to the plurality of search results, respectively, each circular object comprising a round-shaped outer bar arranged around an outer boundary of the circular object which includes attribute information of a search result corresponding to the circular object embedded therein.