Dynamic Visual Search Interface for Mobile Data Retrieval
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge in mobile devices is to efficiently search for specific objects among vast quantities of data, as users often lack precise search criteria and struggle to locate relevant information due to the sheer volume of stored objects.
Innovation Solution
A dynamic graphical interface allows users to visually select and adjust the weight of individual search criteria, with distances from the search target determining the weight afforded to each criterion, enabling a more relevant search by recalculating weights based on user interactions and providing real-time updates of search results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If users search for objects in mobile devices with vast quantities of stored data, then the ability to access information is improved, but the difficulty of locating specific objects increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic search interface where search criteria weights are not fixed but can be adjusted by users in real-time. The system dynamically recalculates relevance scores and updates search results as users modify criterion weights, transforming a static search process into an adaptive one that responds to user interactions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a visual spatial dimension to the search interface by displaying search criteria as visual elements positioned at different distances from the search target. This spatial arrangement provides an intuitive visual metaphor where distance corresponds to weight, adding a graphical dimension to the abstract concept of search criterion importance.
2Measurement precision
If users manually adjust search criteria weights to improve search accuracy, then the precision of search results is improved, but the complexity of the search interface increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces visual distance as an intermediary between the user's intent and the search criterion weight. Instead of requiring users to directly manipulate numerical weights or complex parameters, the system uses spatial positioning in the visual interface as a mediator—users simply move criteria closer or farther from the target, and the system translates this spatial relationship into appropriate weight values.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical or numerical adjustment mechanisms with a visual spatial system. Instead of sliders, checkboxes, or numerical inputs, the system uses the graphical position of search criteria relative to the search target to determine weights, substituting a visual-spatial interaction model for conventional control mechanisms.
3Speed
If the search interface provides real-time updates as criteria are adjusted, then the responsiveness of the system is improved, but the computational overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements partial action by updating only the necessary portions of the search interface when criteria are adjusted. Instead of completely re-executing the entire search process, the system recalculates only the affected relevance scores and updates specific result entries, performing just enough computation to maintain responsiveness while avoiding redundant calculations.
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AI summary
Provided herein are a method, apparatus and computer program product for dynamically and visually interfacing with a device to locate information and objects using a dynamic graphical interface to select and adjust the weight afforded to individual search criterion and a search. Example methods may provide for display of a search target, provide for display of a first search criterion disposed at a first distance from the search target where the first distance corresponds to a first search criterion weight, and provide for display of a second search criterion disposed at a second distance from the search target, where the second distance corresponds to a second search criterion weight. Methods may further include providing for searching the search target using the first search criterion afforded the first search criterion weight and the second search criterion afforded the second search criterion weight.