Interactive Search Recommendation System for Dynamic Information Retrieval

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current search engine recommending methods fail to satisfy users' needs by not providing sufficient additional information related to search results, requiring users to perform additional searches, leading to a poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

An interactive searching and recommending method that analyzes search results to provide recommended items and content, allowing users to access expanded information dynamically within the search webpage, reducing the need for additional searches and improving relevance and accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the search engine provides only basic search results associated with the current query, then the search result page remains simple and fast to load, but the user cannot obtain sufficient additional information and must perform multiple search operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidsearch system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the search result presentation into multiple hierarchical levels: basic search results, recommended items derived from search results, and detailed recommended content. This segmentation allows the system to provide comprehensive information while maintaining a simple initial interface and enabling users to access detailed information on-demand through triggering operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of search results to generate recommended items and their associated content before the user requests them. This preliminary action prepares the information in advance, so when users trigger a recommended item, the content is already processed and ready for immediate display, reducing the need for additional search operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If the search engine recommends content only associated with the current query, then the recommendation system remains simple, but it cannot satisfy users who want further information about specific search results

Engineering Contradiction:
Improverecommendation flexibilityVSAvoiduser operation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a dynamic recommendation system where recommended items and their content adapt based on user interaction. The system dynamically generates recommendations from search results and allows users to trigger specific items to obtain detailed content, creating a flexible and adaptive information delivery mechanism that responds to user needs in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces recommended items as an intermediary between search results and detailed content. These recommended items serve as mediators that users can trigger to obtain additional information about specific search results, simplifying the user operation while providing versatile information access.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If users must click search results and re-enter queries to obtain further information, then the search system remains simple, but the user experience deteriorates with more operations and time required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation retrieval efficiencyVSAvoidtime to obtain information
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis to generate recommended content from search results before users need it. This advance preparation eliminates the need for users to re-enter queries, as the content is already processed and ready for immediate display upon triggering a recommended item.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system monitors user interactions with recommended items and dynamically provides relevant content. This feedback loop allows the system to learn from user behavior and improve information delivery efficiency, reducing the time and operations required for users to obtain desired information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10051030B2Interactive searching and recommanding method and apparatus
Publication Date: 2018.08.14 BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECH (BEIJIBG) CO LTD
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AI summary

An interactive searching and recommending method and apparatus are provided. The method includes following steps. A search query is received, a plurality of search results associated with the search query are obtained, the plurality of search results are analyzed so as to obtain at least one recommended item and a recommended content corresponding to the recommended item, a search webpage is provided and the plurality of search results and the at least one recommended item are displayed in the search webpage, and a triggering operation on the recommended item is received and the recommended content corresponding to the triggered recommended item is displayed within the search webpage according to the triggering operation.