Cloud Voice Search Library for Shared Database Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Service providers face challenges in implementing voice-enabled search functionality due to the complexity and cost of conventional search infrastructure, which they often do not own or have access to, hindering user engagement and service success.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows service providers to upload their databases to a cloud-based server, enabling voice-enabled search through a unique search technology without building infrastructure, using cloud computing to process natural language queries and provide search results, including monetization options via advertising.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If service providers implement conventional voice-enabled search infrastructure, then search functionality is achieved, but infrastructure complexity and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based search service intermediary that mediates between service providers and end users. This intermediary handles all voice-enabled search processing, allowing service providers to offer search functionality without building their own infrastructure. The service provider simply uploads their database to the cloud, and the intermediary system processes all search queries, returning results to users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the complex search infrastructure from the service provider's domain and places it in the cloud. Service providers only need to upload their database content, while the search engine, voice processing, and result delivery mechanisms are extracted and handled by the external cloud-based intermediary system.
2Ease of operation
If service providers build their own search infrastructure, then search capability is obtained, but implementation cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cloud-based intermediary system provides search capability as a shared service, eliminating the need for each service provider to independently build and maintain expensive search infrastructure. Multiple service providers benefit from the same underlying infrastructure, reducing individual implementation costs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal search platform that serves multiple service providers simultaneously. The same voice processing, search engine, and result delivery infrastructure is shared across different databases and service providers, achieving economies of scale that reduce implementation costs for each individual provider.
3Ease of operation
If service providers access conventional search technology, then search functionality is available, but accessibility and licensing become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediary system serves as a universal access point that makes advanced search technology accessible to any service provider without complex licensing arrangements. Service providers simply upload their databases through standardized interfaces, and the intermediary handles all technology access issues.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the search functionality into independent, modular components that can be accessed through simple database upload interfaces. This segmentation allows service providers to access search technology without needing to understand or license the underlying complex systems.
4Productivity
If voice-enabled search is implemented, then user engagement improves, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The intermediary system handles all voice processing complexity, converting spoken queries into searchable terms and processing results. Service providers benefit from improved user engagement through voice interfaces without having to implement or maintain the complex voice processing infrastructure.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for searching databases by sound data input are provided herein. A service provider may have a need to make their database(s) searchable through search technology. However, the service provider may not have the resources to implement such search technology. The search technology may allow for search queries using sound data input. The technology described herein provides a solution addressing the service provider's need, by giving a search technology that furnishes search results in a fast, accurate manner. In further embodiments, systems and methods to monetize those search results are also described herein.