Graph-Based Search Result Navigation Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional information search devices only allow users to browse information currently displayed in a list, making it impossible to access information not displayed, limiting user navigation and retrieval of relevant data.
Innovation Solution
An information providing device that transmits search results to a terminal device, including graph display information to show the relationship between search result order and presentation number values, along with range indication information, enabling users to easily identify and browse additional information outside the current display range.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If only currently displayed information is transmitted to the terminal device, then data transmission volume is reduced, but user ability to browse information outside current display range is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a graph dimension that maps the relationship between display order and presentation number values, allowing users to visualize and navigate beyond the current display range. This graphical representation adds a new dimension to the traditional linear list view, enabling users to understand the overall search result landscape and access information outside the currently displayed portion without loading all results.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a graph as an intermediary element between the search results and the user interface. This graph serves as a mediator that provides range indication information, helping users understand what information is available beyond the current display without requiring all data to be transmitted or displayed simultaneously.
2Loss of information
If all search results are transmitted to the terminal device, then user can access all information, but network bandwidth and device resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transmits only the necessary portion of search result data - specifically, graph display information showing relationships between display order and presentation number values, along with range indication information. This partial transmission approach provides users with sufficient information to navigate and understand the full result set without transmitting all actual search result data, thereby conserving network bandwidth and device resources.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and transmits only the essential structural information needed for navigation - the graph display information and range indication data - while leaving the actual search result content to be accessed on-demand. This extraction approach minimizes data transmission while maintaining user ability to browse information efficiently.
3Device complexity
If traditional list display is used, then interface simplicity is maintained, but user understanding of result range and navigation capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds a graphical dimension to the traditional list interface, creating a two-dimensional visualization that shows the relationship between display order and presentation number values. This graphical layer provides users with immediate visual feedback about the range of results and navigation options without replacing the simple list structure, thereby enhancing user understanding while maintaining interface simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the traditional list display with a graphical representation layer. The graph display information and range indication information are integrated with the existing list interface, combining the simplicity of list viewing with the navigational benefits of visual range indication in a unified interface.
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AI summary
An information providing device includes a search result information transmission means that transmits search result information, which indicates one or more pieces of information of information that has been searched for by an information search device, to a terminal device, a graph display information transmission means that transmits graph display information for displaying a graph showing a relationship between display order in which the information that has been searched for by the information search device as the search result and a value of a predetermined presentation item related to the information is displayed, and a range indication display information transmission means that transmits range indication display information for displaying predetermined range indication information at a position in the graph, the position indicating a display range being a range of the information indicated by the search result information.