Consolidated Search Result Display System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information retrieval systems often present search results in inefficient formats, leading to redundancy and burden on users, as they fail to effectively consolidate related data points.
Innovation Solution
A computer system ranks and scores search results based on correlation with the query, consolidates results by removing redundancy, and displays them in a more efficient format, using weighted values for different data elements and types, and allowing multiple consolidated results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If search results are displayed in traditional separate formats, then each data point is individually presented, but redundancy increases and user burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple search result records that refer to the same entity into a single consolidated result. The system identifies records representing the same entity through entity resolution techniques, then combines their data fields, removing duplicates and presenting unified information. This directly reduces redundancy (improving parameter 24) and makes results easier to process (improving parameter 33).
Solution Approach 2:
The consolidated search result structure is designed to handle multiple data types and sources universally. The system can consolidate various kinds of information (text, images, metadata) from different record formats into a single standardized output format, making the solution applicable across diverse search scenarios while reducing redundancy and improving usability.
2Ease of operation
If search results are clustered as lists of related data, then organization improves, but redundant data points still appear
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of merely clustering related data points into lists, the patent merges records representing the same entity into unified consolidated results. This combination process inherently removes redundant data points while maintaining organization, addressing both the organization benefit and the redundancy problem simultaneously.
3Loss of information
If all search results are displayed individually, then complete information is provided, but display efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual search result records into consolidated results that preserve complete information while improving display efficiency. By combining records for the same entity into single unified results, the system reduces the total number of displayed items (improving parameter 39) while maintaining information completeness through careful data integration (preserving parameter 24).
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts and removes redundant data during the consolidation process, keeping only unique and relevant information from multiple source records. This extraction of redundancies maintains information completeness while reducing display volume, thereby improving display efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for consolidating information retrieval results. According to some embodiments of the invention, a computer system can be used to create a result set in response to a query. Results in the result set can then be compared with each other to determine whether they contain information regarding a single object or entity, in which case the records are consolidated and redundant data is removed. The computer system can then present the consolidated result on a display.