Concealed Search Interface for Structured Presentations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies face challenges in effectively accessing and presenting information from unstructured electronic document collections, where documents lack a common structure, making it difficult to extract and display information coherently.
Innovation Solution
The system extracts information from unstructured electronic document collections and presents it in a structured format, allowing users to interact with the data by specifying instances and attributes, and displays a concealed search interface to locate and update values, enabling the presentation of information in a systematic and organized manner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If information is extracted from unstructured electronic document collections, then the quantity and diversity of information available is increased, but the coherence and structure of the presented information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the extraction and presentation process into distinct stages: (1) extracting information from unstructured documents, (2) mapping extracted data to a predefined structured schema, and (3) presenting the mapped information in a coherent structured format. This segmentation allows the system to handle diverse unstructured information while producing consistent structured output.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a structured schema as an intermediary between the unstructured document collection and the final structured presentation. The schema acts as a mediator that defines the target structure and guides the mapping process, enabling transformation from unstructured to structured format without losing information coherence.
2Shape
If a structured schema is imposed on unstructured documents, then the coherence of the presented information is improved, but the flexibility and adaptability to diverse document formats deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent designs a universal structured schema that can accommodate multiple types of unstructured documents through a single consistent framework. The schema serves multiple functions: it defines the target structure, guides the extraction process, and ensures coherent presentation across diverse document types, thereby achieving both coherence and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic mapping mechanisms that adapt the structured schema to accommodate variations in unstructured document formats. The system can dynamically interpret and map different document structures to the target schema, maintaining flexibility while ensuring coherent presentation of the structured information.
3Ease of operation
If user interaction is added to specify instances and attributes, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically extracts and maps information from unstructured documents to the structured schema without requiring extensive user intervention. Users can specify instances and attributes through simple interactions, while the system handles the complex extraction and mapping processes automatically, reducing the operational burden.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for accessing a search interface from a structured presentation. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of displaying a structured presentation on a display device, receiving data characterizing a user interaction with the displayed structured presentation, the data including a specification of a first instance and a first attribute of the structured presentation, and displaying a formerly concealed search interface on the display device in response to receiving the data.