Context-Aware Search Using Tolerance Limits for Relevant Results

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing AI-based search systems fail to provide search results that accurately match a user's context and intentions, leading to suboptimal user experiences.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that determine a user's search context based on input and context information, set a tolerance limit, and provide search results according to this condition, utilizing a personal knowledge graph to enhance relevance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If AI-based search systems use general search algorithms, then search speed and coverage are improved, but search result relevance to user context deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch speedVSAvoidsearch result relevance
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The search system is segmented into multiple independent modules: a context analysis module that processes user input and contextual information separately, a tolerance limit determination module that calculates acceptable deviation thresholds, and a search execution module that applies these parameters. This segmentation allows each module to specialize in its function, improving overall search relevance without sacrificing speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of user context and determines tolerance limits before executing the actual search. By pre-processing contextual information and establishing acceptance criteria in advance, the system avoids reprocessing during search execution, thereby maintaining high search speed while improving result relevance through context-aware filtering.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If search systems consider detailed user context and intentions, then search result accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch result accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system transforms complex contextual analysis into a simplified parameter representation by determining a tolerance limit value that quantifies acceptable deviation from user intent. This parameter transformation reduces the complexity of handling detailed contextual information while maintaining search result accuracy through the tolerance threshold mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The tolerance limit determination module acts as an intermediary between context analysis and search execution. It translates complex user context and intentions into a simplified tolerance parameter that guides the search process, thereby reducing system complexity while preserving search accuracy through this mediating layer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Device complexity

If existing AI search systems provide generic search results, then system simplicity is maintained, but user experience quality deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem simplicityVSAvoiduser experience quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically performs context analysis and tolerance limit determination without requiring user intervention. It self-adjusts search parameters based on analyzed context, providing personalized search results while maintaining system simplicity. This self-service approach improves user experience quality without adding operational complexity for users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20250371058A1Method of providing search results based on user's search context and user device using the method
Publication Date: 2025.12.04 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A method of providing search results based on a user's search context is provided. The method includes determining a user's search context based on a user input and context information for a search, determining a tolerance limit representing a degree to which a user is tolerable from the determined user's search context, obtaining a search condition for the search, based on the determined tolerance limit, and providing search results according to the obtained search condition.