Guided Web Navigation via Accessibility Matrix
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional web navigation methods require users to manually enter URLs or spend time reviewing search engine results, making it laborious and frustrating to find relevant webpages, especially with the sheer volume of search results.
Innovation Solution
A method for guided website navigation that uses a processor to create a matrix of webpages, sorting them based on incoming links and traffic flow, generating an itinerary that prioritizes webpages likely to meet user needs, and displaying a curated sequence of webpages, reducing the need for manual searching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users manually review search engine results to find relevant webpages, then they can locate desired information, but the process becomes laborious and time-consuming due to the large number of results
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-computes an accessibility matrix that calculates the likelihood of users reaching each webpage from search results before the actual search occurs. This preliminary analysis allows the system to predict which webpages are most accessible and likely to be visited, enabling it to provide pre-ordered sequences of webpages that save users time during the actual search process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary accessibility matrix that mediates between the search engine results and the user's webpage viewing experience. This matrix acts as a guide, transforming the raw search results into a pre-ordered sequence based on calculated accessibility metrics, thereby reducing the manual effort users must expend to find relevant webpages.
2Quantity of substance
If search engines return many pages of results to comprehensively answer user queries, then more relevant information becomes available, but users must spend more time culling through the hits
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary ordering of search results based on the accessibility matrix before users interact with them. By pre-calculating and pre-ordering the sequence of webpages based on accessibility metrics, the system maintains comprehensive result sets while significantly improving ease of navigation, as users are guided through results in an optimal sequence rather than having to manually evaluate each result.
3Reliability
If users visit multiple webpages in search of relevant information, then they increase chances of finding desired content, but the navigation process becomes frustrating and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-determines the optimal sequence of webpages to visit by calculating accessibility metrics before the user begins navigation. This preliminary ordering ensures that users visit webpages in an sequence that maximizes the likelihood of finding relevant content while minimizing navigation friction, as each subsequent webpage is selected based on predicted user behavior and accessibility patterns.
Solution Approach 2:
The accessibility matrix incorporates feedback from historical user navigation patterns to continuously improve the ordering of webpages. By analyzing how users actually navigate between webpages and adjusting the accessibility calculations accordingly, the system becomes increasingly accurate at predicting and guiding users through optimal navigation sequences, thereby improving both reliability and ease of operation over time.
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AI summary
Using a processor, a first N×N matrix is determined based on a plurality of N webpages. Each cell of the first matrix corresponds to a pair of webpages. The first matrix is transformed into a second N×N matrix with each cell being in one of N partitions, the values of the cells within each partition being substantially equal. A sequence of M webpages is determined based on the second matrix and keyword(s) inputted by a user. The sequence is arranged in order from a first webpage to an Mth webpage (M<N), each of the webpages in the sequence being in the plurality of N webpages. A first host webpage, which is not in the plurality of N webpages, is generated including content from the first webpage in the sequence and a hyperlink to a second webpage in the sequence. The first host webpage is displayed at the electronic device.