Context-Aware Search Result Correlation for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile computing systems lack personalized and context-aware information delivery, failing to provide users with tailored and location-based information efficiently, especially in terms of deals and advertisements, which limits the user experience and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that correlates visual information with search results based on user preferences, using a content server to transmit location-specific and preference-based information to mobile devices, including deal information and advertisements, and updates these based on the device's current location, distance, and direction of travel, utilizing visual cues like glows and icons to convey relevant data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If mobile devices provide general search results, then information accessibility is improved, but information relevance and personalization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by customizing search results based on user-specific attributes such as location, preferences, and behavior patterns. Different users receive different versions of search results tailored to their individual contexts, transforming generic information delivery into personalized information delivery without compromising accessibility
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-collecting user preference data, location information, and behavior patterns before generating search results. This advance preparation enables the system to quickly deliver personalized results when users perform searches, maintaining both accessibility and relevance
2Quantity of substance
If search results include multiple matches, then information completeness is improved, but information processing complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes parameters by introducing multiple dimensions for evaluating and ranking search results, such as relevance scores, user preference matching, location proximity, and temporal factors. These parameter changes enable the system to handle multiple matches systematically by prioritizing them according to weighted criteria, reducing the perceived complexity for users
3Ease of operation
If visual information is correlated with search results, then user interface intuitiveness is improved, but data processing requirements deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial action by selectively loading and displaying visual information based on user needs, device capabilities, and network conditions. Not all visual elements are loaded simultaneously; instead, the system loads essential visual cues first and provides additional visual information on demand, reducing overall data processing requirements while maintaining interface intuitiveness
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method and system is disclosed for providing enhanced context information on a mobile communication device. The method may include correlating visual information to search results from a preference based search query, and transmitting to the mobile communication device, by a content server, a response to the preference based search query with multiple matches. One or more of the multiple matches may be tagged as preferred based on user brand preferences. The response may include location information correlated to the multiple matches. The response may include visual information correlated to the multiple matches.