Keyword Suggestion System for Information Processing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems require users to pre-assign keywords for operations, which can be time-consuming and inefficient, especially for users without prior knowledge of the operations or keywords.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and system that acquires input characters and user information, generating and prioritizing suggest keywords from pre-registered document information, allowing users to search without pre-assigning keywords, by using a keyword selection unit to extract and present relevant keywords associated with the user's operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users pre-assign keywords for operations, then search accuracy is improved, but time consumption and operational complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-registering document information and automatically generating keyword associations with operations in advance. When a user performs an operation, the system has already prepared relevant keywords and document associations, eliminating the need for users to manually assign keywords during the operation. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining search accuracy through pre-established keyword-document relationships while eliminating the time-consuming manual keyword assignment process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-service by automatically extracting keywords from document information and associating them with operations without requiring user intervention. The keyword selection unit autonomously analyzes document content, identifies relevant keywords, and establishes associations with operations based on user information and operation contexts. This automation maintains accurate keyword-document matching while eliminating manual keyword assignment, thereby resolving the time consumption issue.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Measurement precision

If users pre-assign keywords for operations, then search accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch accuracyVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing document information, extracting relevant keywords, and associating them with operations without requiring user action. The keyword selection unit autonomously processes document content, identifies meaningful keywords, and establishes associations based on operation types and user profiles. This eliminates the need for users to manually assign keywords, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining search accuracy through the system's automated keyword selection capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary keyword selection unit that acts as a mediator between document information and user operations. This intermediary automatically analyzes document content, selects appropriate keywords, and establishes associations with operations based on user information and operation contexts. By inserting this intelligent intermediary layer, the system maintains accurate keyword-document relationships without requiring direct user involvement in keyword assignment, thereby improving ease of operation while preserving search accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Measurement precision

If the system provides comprehensive suggest information, then search relevance is improved, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch relevanceVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by providing customized suggest information tailored to each user's specific operation and profile. Rather than presenting all possible keywords uniformly, the system analyzes user information and operation contexts to selectively present only the most relevant keywords for that specific user and operation. This personalized approach maintains high search relevance by ensuring the suggested keywords are precisely what each user needs, while reducing overall system complexity by avoiding the presentation of unnecessary information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-processing document information and pre-establishing keyword associations with operations during system initialization and document registration. This advance preparation creates a ready-to-use knowledge base of keyword-document relationships that can be quickly retrieved during operations. By performing this complex processing work in advance rather than in real-time during user operations, the system maintains high search relevance through comprehensive keyword coverage while reducing the complexity of real-time information processing during actual use.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10997182B2Information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing an information processing program
Publication Date: 2021.05.04 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
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AI summary

There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquiring unit and a presenting unit. The acquiring unit acquires at least one character being input and user information. The presenting unit searches among pieces of suggest information for a keyword including the at least one character acquired by the acquiring unit, and the pieces of suggest information are generated or updated by using pieces of document information registered in advance for each operation. The presenting unit prioritizes a piece of suggest information including a keyword that relates to an operation associated in advance with the user information. The presenting unit presents the piece of suggest information thus prioritized.