Dynamic Search Result Insertion via Blank Space Creation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Search engines face challenges in updating search results dynamically without disrupting the user experience, making it difficult for users to distinguish new results from pre-existing ones and maintain track of viewed results.
Innovation Solution
Implementing animation techniques to insert new search results between existing ones in a way that creates a blank space, allowing users to intuitively understand the updates, and integrating results from multiple repositories without requiring user input, ensuring continuous and efficient use of the search results display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If search results are dynamically updated by replacing the existing display with an updated display that integrates additional results, then the search results are kept current and comprehensive, but the user experience becomes disruptive and confusing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the search result display continuously updateable without full replacement. New results are dynamically inserted into the existing display at appropriate positions, allowing the display to adapt to new information while preserving the user's viewing context and making it clear which results are new versus previously viewed.
2Loss of information
If additional search results are integrated into the existing display in rank order, then the results remain organized and relevant, but users cannot easily determine which results are new or where they have been inserted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies color changes by visually distinguishing new search results from existing ones in the display. New results can be highlighted with different colors, backgrounds, or visual indicators, allowing users to immediately identify which results are new while maintaining the overall ranked organization of all results.
3Productivity
If the display is abruptly replaced with an updated display, then all results are current, but users lose track of which results have already been viewed and considered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by maintaining the existing display structure and pre-positioning new results within it, rather than performing a complete replacement. This allows users to retain their viewing context and understand which results are new, while still receiving updated information without losing their place in the search results.
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AI summary
A system for moving search results visibly comprises an interface, a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to a) determine an ordering of one or more results in a subsequent set of search results as merged into a displayed set of search results; b) determine one or more interleaving positions for the subsequent set of search results in the displayed set of search results; c) cause the creation of one or more blank spaces in the one or more interleaving positions; and d) cause a display of one or more results in the subsequent set of search results in the one or more blank spaces. The memory causes a display of one or more results in the subsequent set of search results in the one or more blank spaces.