Dynamic Threshold Data Acquisition for Search Relevance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional data acquisition methods for promotional platforms are static and inflexible, leading to poor-quality search results and a worse correlation between displayed products and search terms, impacting user experience and click-through rates due to the use of uniform threshold scores that fail to adapt to dynamic changes in correlation threshold scores.

Innovation Solution

A dynamic data acquisition system that uses a threshold value dictionary to assign dynamic threshold scores based on real-time textual and data analysis characteristic factors, allowing for flexible and accurate filtering of product data information, which adapts to changes in click-through rates and user behavior.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If fixed threshold values are used for filtering product data information, then the filtering process is simple and fast, but the search result quality and correlation with search terms deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefiltering speedVSAvoidsearch result quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic threshold values that automatically adjust based on real-time correlation scores between search terms and product data information. Instead of using fixed thresholds, the system calculates correlation scores dynamically and sets thresholds adaptively, allowing the filtering mechanism to respond to changing data relationships while maintaining operational efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the threshold parameter from a static fixed value to a dynamic value that varies based on correlation analysis. The threshold is no longer a constant but is derived from real-time calculations of the relationship between search terms and product information, enabling the filtering criteria to adapt to different search contexts and data patterns

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of manufacture

If uniform threshold scores are applied to all search terms, then the filtering method is simple to implement, but the adaptability to dynamic changes in correlation scores deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimplementation simplicityVSAvoidadaptability to dynamic changes
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms the static uniform threshold score into a dynamic threshold that automatically adapts to changing correlation relationships. The system continuously calculates correlation scores between search terms and product data, then adjusts thresholds accordingly, enabling the filtering mechanism to respond to dynamic changes without requiring complex manual reconfiguration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-adjusting thresholds that automatically respond to changes in data correlations without external intervention. The threshold values are derived from the system's own correlation analysis, allowing the filtering mechanism to self-optimize based on the actual relationships between search terms and product information

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If ad search results are displayed before natural search results, then promotional products are highlighted, but user experience and click-through rates deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepromotional effectivenessVSAvoiduser experience quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies different display strategies to different types of search results based on their quality and relevance. High-quality, highly correlated product information is prioritized in prominent positions, while less relevant promotional content is displayed in secondary positions. This local differentiation of display quality ensures that the most relevant information receives the most attention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Measurement precision

If correlation threshold scores are calculated and stored in a database, then the correlation between keywords and product information is captured, but the system complexity and data processing overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecorrelation accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-calculates and stores correlation threshold scores in a database for efficient retrieval during search operations. By performing the correlation analysis in advance and caching the results, the system avoids repeating complex calculations for every search query, thereby reducing real-time processing overhead while maintaining accurate correlation measurements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10025807B2Dynamic data acquisition method and system
Publication Date: 2018.07.17 ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD
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AI summary

Acquiring dynamic data is disclosed including extracting a search term from a search request string that is received, looking up the search term in a threshold value dictionary to acquire a dynamic threshold score corresponding to the search term, using the search term as a query condition and the dynamic threshold score corresponding to the search term as a filter condition to acquire, in an index data table, one or more corresponding pieces of index information, acquiring data information corresponding to the search term based on the index information in the index data table, and sending the data information to be displayed in a page of a website. The dynamic threshold score varies based on a characteristic factor.