Insight Recommendation Sampling for Clickstream UI Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems face challenges in efficiently and automatically discovering high-quality insights for improving user experiences on travel-related services, as they require significant computing resources and time to process large volumes of clickstream data, and manual adjustments often fail to optimize metrics like conversion rates and click-through rates.

Innovation Solution

An insight recommendation system that samples and stores a representative portion of clickstream data in a small data store, generates insights based on comparisons between display options, and validates these insights using larger datasets to recommend optimal adjustments for user interfaces.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the system processes all consumer data to generate insights, then the quality and accuracy of recommendations improve, but the computing resources and time required increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinsight qualityVSAvoidcomputing resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial action by processing only a sampled subset of consumer data rather than the complete dataset. The sampling module selects representative portions of clickstream data, allowing the system to generate sufficiently accurate insights while consuming significantly fewer computing resources. This resolves the contradiction by accepting that processing all data would be excessive for the actual insight generation needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system extracts only the necessary portion of data needed for insight generation. By implementing a sampling mechanism that pulls representative data points from the larger consumer data pool, the system separates the essential information from the redundant data, thereby reducing computational burden while maintaining insight quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Reliability

If the system processes large volumes of consumer data in real-time, then the insights remain up-to-date with current consumer patterns, but the processing time and computational load increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata currencyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements periodic action by sampling consumer data at regular intervals rather than continuously processing all incoming data in real-time. The sampling module periodically selects representative data points, which maintains the currency of insights while dramatically reducing the computational load and processing time required. This periodic sampling approach balances data freshness with resource efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system manually tests different advertising strategies to improve CTR, then the insights are tailored to specific business needs, but the time and resources required for manual experimentation increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestrategy customizationVSAvoidexperimentation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies self-service by automatically generating and testing advertising strategies based on sampled consumer data, eliminating the need for manual experimentation. The insight generation module autonomously analyzes data patterns and produces customized advertising recommendations, thereby maintaining strategy adaptability while dramatically improving productivity by removing manual intervention from the experimentation process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS20260111930A1Automated actionable insight recommendations
Publication Date: 2026.04.23 EXPEDIA INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods of recommending insights to optimize an experience. In some implementations, a request is received to optimize an experience based on a display option of a plurality of display options, one or more filters, and/or one or more metrics. Based on the request, the systems and methods can access (e.g., from a sampled data set) metric data associated with each of the display options. Metric data corresponding to each display options can be compared to generate insights based on each comparison. The systems and methods can determine whether an insight corresponds to a positive improvement and rank the insights based on preconfigured criteria. In addition, insights can be implemented automatically and/or recommended to a user in order to optimize the experience (e.g., based on the one or more metrics).