Context-Aware Digital Assistant Search for App Intent Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing digital assistants often provide generic search results that do not align with a user's intent when the input is given while browsing a specific application, leading to inefficiencies in battery and processing power usage.
Innovation Solution
The system determines if the user interface includes a search user interface and, if not, performs a search using a digital assistant to provide relevant results, conserving battery and processing power by aligning with the user's application intent.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If generic digital assistant search is performed regardless of current application context, then search coverage is comprehensive, but user intent alignment deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system determines whether the current user interface is a search user interface and applies different search strategies accordingly: using the application's native search when available, and using digital assistant search when not available. This localized adaptation ensures each search type is used in its most appropriate context, improving both coverage and intent alignment.
2Device complexity
If digital assistant search is always used, then search functionality is unified, but battery power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs a preliminary check to determine whether the current interface is a search user interface before initiating a search. This preliminary action allows the system to select the most energy-efficient search path in advance, avoiding unnecessary digital assistant search operations that would consume additional battery power.
Solution Approach 2:
When the current interface is a search user interface, the system allows that application's native search functionality to handle the search request independently. This self-service approach eliminates the need for digital assistant search to perform the same function, thereby conserving battery power while maintaining search capability.
3Reliability
If digital assistant search is always used, then search capability is comprehensive, but processing power usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs a preliminary determination of whether the current interface is a search user interface before executing a search. This preliminary check enables the system to select the appropriate search implementation, using the application's native search when available to reduce processing power consumption while maintaining comprehensive search capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows search user interfaces to handle search requests using their own native search capabilities, eliminating the need for digital assistant search to process the same requests. This self-service mechanism reduces redundant processing and optimizes processing power usage while preserving search reliability.
4Measurement precision
If multiple search paths are available, then user intent alignment can be improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs a preliminary determination of whether the current interface is a search user interface before selecting a search path. This preliminary classification simplifies the decision-making process by creating two distinct categories (search UI vs. non-search UI), allowing the system to apply the appropriate search strategy without complex analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the search functionality into two distinct paths: one for search user interfaces and another for non-search user interfaces. This segmentation allows each path to be optimized independently, improving user intent alignment while managing system complexity through clear separation of search handling logic.
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AI summary
This relates generally to providing search results using a digital assistant based on a displayed application. An example method includes: while displaying a user interface corresponding to an application, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a user input corresponding to a request to initiate a process to perform a search; in accordance with a determination that the user interface includes a search user interface: performing a first search based on the user input using the application; and providing, via the display generation component, a first set of results corresponding to the first search; and in accordance with a determination that the user interface does not include the search user interface: performing a second search based on the user input using a digital assistant of the computer system; and providing, via the display generation component, a second set of results corresponding to the second search.