Indirect Information Graph Presentation for Search Precision
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional technologies for searching human network information and related information often fail to present unanticipated results, leading to low availability of relevant information, as they are constrained by predefined search scopes and cannot dynamically link irrelevant content via shared relevant information.
Innovation Solution
A related information presentation device and method that stores indirectly related content information, receives user search expressions, specifies content information, extracts correlated content, and generates display data to connect nodes via edges, presenting users with dynamically linked relevant information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional search systems use predefined search scopes and univocal search expressions, then search precision is improved, but information availability deteriorates because unanticipated relevant information is excluded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static, predefined search scope into a dynamic structure that automatically expands based on search results. The system dynamically determines additional search scopes based on extracted search words and automatically executes secondary searches, allowing the search to adapt and grow during the process rather than being constrained by initial fixed parameters
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (the automatic search scope expansion system) that bridges the gap between precise univocal search expressions and comprehensive information retrieval. This intermediary automatically extracts search words from results and uses them to expand the search scope, mediating between the need for precision and the need for information availability
2Measurement precision
If search systems present only directly related information, then search precision is improved, but information availability deteriorates because indirectly relevant information is overlooked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds another dimension to information relevance by distinguishing between directly related information (first dimension) and indirectly related information (second dimension). The system presents both dimensions of information to users, expanding the conceptual space of what constitutes relevant search results beyond direct associations
3Ease of operation
If conventional systems rely on univocal search expressions, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability deteriorates because the system cannot handle diverse information connections
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service mechanism where the search system automatically performs scope expansion without requiring user intervention. The system extracts search words from results and automatically executes additional searches, making the complex adaptive behavior transparent and easy to use while maintaining high adaptability to diverse information connections
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AI summary
A related information presentation device is designed to communicate client terminals so as to search and present users with useful content information unanticipated by users with reference to a plurality of indirectly related content information which is not directly related to each other but which is assumed to be indirectly related to each other through the same relevant content information. Upon receiving a search expression input by each user of a client terminal, the related information presentation device searches specific content information so as to automatically extract indirectly related content information, correlated to the specific content information, from among a plurality of indirectly related content information. Subsequently, the related information presentation device generates display data representing a graph connecting between a node representing the specific content information and a node representing the indirectly related content information via an edge, thus transmitting the display data to the client terminal.