Contextual Search System Using Household Profiles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional content search systems are limited by relying solely on user-inputted search terms, failing to provide tailored results due to a lack of contextual information, which can lead to inefficiencies in identifying relevant information.
Innovation Solution
A contextual search system that utilizes user profile information, account information, and dynamic contextual data to enhance search results, allowing users to interact with a specialized interface that updates search results and content in real-time, incorporating household profiles and advisor input to refine searches.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional content search systems rely solely on user-inputted search terms, then the search interface remains simple, but the search results lack relevance and tailoring
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-building user profiles, household profiles, and content taxonomies before the search occurs. User profiles store preferences and behaviors, household profiles capture family member information, and content is pre-tagged with metadata. This preliminary data collection enables the search algorithm to generate relevant results without requiring complex real-time analysis during the search query itself.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary data structures including user profiles, household profiles, and content taxonomies that mediate between the search query and the actual content retrieval. These profiles act as intermediaries that translate simple search terms into targeted content selections by filtering and ranking based on stored user preferences, household characteristics, and content metadata, thereby improving relevance without directly complicating the search interface.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system collects and processes user profile information, household profiles, and dynamic contextual data, then search results become more tailored and relevant, but the amount of information processing and system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex information processing into distinct, manageable components: user profiles for individual preferences, household profiles for family context, and dynamic contextual data for situational information. Each profile type is processed and stored separately, allowing the search system to retrieve and combine only the necessary information for each specific search query, thereby reducing overall processing complexity while maintaining high adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamics by making the search results adaptive to changing user needs through dynamic contextual data that updates in real-time. The search algorithm dynamically adjusts results based on current user behavior, session context, and profile information, allowing the system to adapt to evolving preferences without requiring a complete system redesign, thus managing complexity through flexible, incremental adjustments.
3Speed
If the system provides dynamic contextual information and updates search results in real-time, then the search becomes more responsive and user-specific, but the processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary computation by pre-processing and storing user profiles, household profiles, and content metadata before the search occurs. This preliminary action eliminates the need for complex real-time analysis during the actual search query, allowing the system to retrieve and combine pre-computed information quickly, thereby achieving fast response speeds with reduced computational resource consumption during the critical search moment.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the invention comprise systems, computer program products, and methods for generating a response to a user search. User input is received to create a household profile, wherein the household profile comprises information related to the members of the household. The user also provides a search for information in which the user may be interested. The household profiles may be utilized along with the search, and with other information, such as user profile information, account information, or dynamic contextual questions to provide search results or updated search results, and dynamic contextual information or updated dynamic contextual information for tailoring the search results to the user. The user may select which households, which individuals in the households, and/or information about the individuals to use in the search. As such, the search results for the user may be more tailored to the results in which the user is interested.