Input Search Hotkey Packaging for Faster Search Initiation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional search methods through search engines are inefficient and lack a streamlined mechanism for quickly initiating a search using input devices, particularly in computer systems.
Innovation Solution
An input device equipped with a controller, memory, and transmission circuit that includes identifiers for search engines, allowing a search hotkey or key combination to trigger a search method, combining a search target and description to form a package that is transmitted to a search engine for rapid processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional search methods are used, then search functionality is provided, but search initiation is inefficient and lacks streamlined mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The input device pre-stores search engine identifiers in its memory, allowing the system to immediately initiate search operations without requiring users to manually input search engine URLs or configurations. This preliminary preparation enables rapid search initiation by eliminating setup time and manual configuration steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The input device acts as an intermediary between the user and the search engine, automatically packaging search targets with stored identifiers and transmitting them to the appropriate search engine. This intermediary function streamlines the search initiation process by handling the complex packaging and transmission operations automatically, improving both efficiency and ease of operation.
2Productivity
If search packages are transmitted to search engines, then search results are obtained, but computational complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The input device extracts and stores only the essential search engine identifiers in its memory, separating this critical information from the main search processing system. This extraction allows the search package to be efficiently transmitted to the search engine without including unnecessary complex processing logic, thereby reducing computational complexity while maintaining search result generation efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The input device creates a simplified copy of the search package containing only the search target and stored identifier, eliminating redundant information and complex processing steps. This copied package can be efficiently transmitted and processed by the search engine, reducing computational resources required while maintaining search functionality.
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AI summary
An input device and a search method performed through the input device are provided. The method is performed in a computer system connected with the input device. The input device is used to select a search target. A search description is generated by the computer system. An identifier corresponding to a search engine can be retrieved from a memory of the input device. After that, the search target, the search description and the identifier are packaged into a search package. The search package is transmitted to the search engine via a network. The search engine relies on the search target and the search description retrieved from the search package to conduct search so as to generate a search result.