Dynamic Price Bracketing for Product Search Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing online search engines display irrelevant product information due to fixed faceted price ranges that do not adapt to varying product prices, leading to cluttered and confusing interfaces and reduced conversion rates.
Innovation Solution
A system that dynamically adjusts faceted price ranges and multiples based on search results data, including product prices and access numbers, to provide a selectable list of relevant price ranges that include the majority of search results, thereby optimizing product display and user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If fixed price ranges are used for all product searches, then the system structure is simple and easy to implement, but the product information becomes irrelevant and the interface becomes cluttered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic price ranges that automatically adjust based on the search results data. Instead of using fixed price ranges for all searches, the system calculates and displays price ranges specific to each search query, ensuring that the displayed information is always relevant to the products being searched. This resolves the contradiction by making the system adaptive rather than static.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the price range parameters dynamically based on the search results. By calculating the minimum and maximum prices from the search results and creating price ranges accordingly, the system ensures that the price information displayed is always relevant to the actual products available, eliminating the loss of information relevance while maintaining reasonable system complexity.
2Ease of manufacture
If fixed price ranges are used across all searches, then the implementation is straightforward, but valuable display space is wasted on irrelevant information
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts price ranges to match the actual product prices in each search result. This ensures that display space is used efficiently by showing only relevant price ranges, eliminating wasted space on price ranges that contain no products. The implementation remains relatively simple by using automated calculations based on search results.
3Device complexity
If fixed faceted price ranges are displayed, then the system is easy to implement, but the interface becomes cluttered and confusing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic price range display that adapts to each search query. By calculating price ranges based on actual search results, the system ensures that only relevant price ranges are displayed, eliminating clutter and confusion. The interface remains clear and user-friendly while the implementation is maintained at reasonable complexity through automated calculations.
4Loss of information
If dynamic price ranges are implemented, then the relevance of product information improves, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes price range parameters dynamically based on search results data. By automatically calculating minimum and maximum prices from search results and generating appropriate price ranges, the system maintains high information relevance while keeping implementation complexity manageable through algorithmic approaches rather than complex manual configurations.
5Area of stationary object
If dynamic price ranges are used, then display space efficiency improves, but the computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts price range parameters based on search results to optimize display space efficiency. While this requires computational resources to calculate appropriate ranges, the approach is efficient by using straightforward algorithms that analyze search results and generate price ranges, balancing display efficiency with reasonable computational requirements.
Data Source
AI summary
A system, method and computer product for displaying product information is described herein. The system, for example, includes a memory device, a price bracketing module, and a price display module. The search engine module receives a product search request and search results data from the memory device associated with the product search request. The search results data include a plurality of product records. Each of the product records includes a price assigned with the associated product and an access number associated with the product. The access number being related to a number of times the product has been accessed by customers. The price bracketing module receives establishes a dynamic search result price range and a dynamic price multiple as a function of the search results data. The price display module responsively establishes a selectable list of price ranges associated with the product search request.