Gamified Search Engine Results Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current gaming systems lack integration with search engines, missing an opportunity to enhance promotional value for online companies and user experience by not incorporating gaming sessions into search results.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that conducts searches through a web browser, presenting both standard and incentivized indices in search engine results, where incentivized indices include selectable hyperlinks for playing games, allowing participants to initiate gaming sessions upon selection, interacting with participants through computational devices and networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If gaming sessions are integrated into search engine results, then promotional value for companies and user engagement are improved, but device complexity and system integration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines gaming sessions with search engine results by integrating gaming elements directly into the search results page. The search results are modified to include gaming-specific components such as spin buttons, reward indicators, and game play areas alongside traditional web links, creating a unified interface that serves both search and gaming functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The search engine interface is enhanced to perform multiple functions: it provides traditional search results while simultaneously offering gaming opportunities. The same search results page serves both informational purposes and entertainment purposes, allowing users to access both web content and gaming sessions without leaving the search interface.
2Productivity
If incentivized indices with gaming hyperlinks are presented in search results, then user engagement and promotional value increase, but the complexity of search result processing and presentation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The search results are segmented into different types of indices: standard indices for traditional web links and incentivized indices for gaming opportunities. Each index type has distinct visual characteristics, interaction modes, and processing requirements. The system processes and presents these segmented results differently to maintain clear user understanding while providing targeted gaming promotions.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method in a gaming system includes, in response to a participant's search query, conducting, by one or more processors, a search on a search engine through a web browser; and presenting, by at least one of the one or more processors, search engine results including one or more standard indices and one or more incentivized indices, each of the one or more standard indices including a selectable hyperlink for directing the participant to a third-party website, each of the one or more incentivized indices including a selectable hyperlink for playing a game.