Lexicon-Based Content Correlation for Search Refinement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Keyword searching in search engines is inefficient due to users' uncertainty about relevant keywords and search engine analysis methods, leading to extensive time spent refining searches and navigating through non-relevant content.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of lexicons to identify and correlate content based on key words, visually indicating these keywords and providing links to related content, allowing users to refine searches and access additional relevant information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If keyword searching is used to find relevant content, then users can access information about various subjects, but users must spend extensive time refining search criteria and scrolling through non-relevant content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetime spent on search refinementVSAvoidease of content retrieval

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of content during the indexing process, identifying and storing lexicon keywords and their correlations before user searches are executed. This pre-processing enables the system to quickly retrieve and display relevant lexicon information without requiring users to spend time refining search criteria manually.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces lexicons as an intermediary layer between user queries and content results. Lexicons contain pre-identified keywords and correlations that mediate the search process, allowing users to navigate content through structured keyword relationships rather than relying on manual search refinement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If users perform multiple search attempts to refine criteria, then they can improve search accuracy, but the complexity of the search process increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesearch accuracyVSAvoidsearch process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-identifies and stores lexicon keywords and their correlations during content indexing, so that when users search, the accurate keyword relationships are already prepared and available for immediate retrieval, eliminating the need for multiple iterative search attempts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically performs lexicon identification, keyword extraction, and correlation establishment without requiring user intervention. The search process becomes simpler because the system self-services by providing pre-processed lexicon information that guides users directly to relevant content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of information

If users scroll through non-relevant content to find relevant information, then they can locate desired content, but the quantity of content they must review increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverelevance of content foundVSAvoidvolume of content reviewed

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and highlights only the lexicon keywords that are relevant to the user's search within the content, separating the essential relevant information from the bulk of non-relevant content. This allows users to focus on extracted keywords rather than scrolling through entire documents or pages.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs visual highlighting (color changes) to mark lexicon keywords within content displays. This visual differentiation enables users to quickly identify relevant keywords and their correlations without manually scanning through large volumes of text, reducing the quantity of content that must be reviewed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

4Adaptability or versatility

If search engines index all content from around the world, then comprehensive information is available, but the complexity of content analysis increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecoverage of contentVSAvoidcontent analysis complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary lexicon identification and keyword extraction during the content indexing phase, analyzing and structuring content data in advance. This pre-processing reduces the complexity of real-time content analysis while maintaining comprehensive coverage, as the heavy analytical work is completed beforehand during indexing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS7860704B2Lexicon-based content correlation and navigation

Publication Date: 2010.12.28 MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING LLC

AI summary

Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that use lexicons in content searching and browsing. Lexicons for a particular subject matter are identified. Groups of content are correlated together based upon the lexicons for the particular subject matter. Upon request, a particular portion of content, such as a web page, is displayed. The lexicon(s) for the particular content are retrieved and the key words of the lexicon(s) contained in the particular content are displayed in some manner. For example, the key words of the lexicon(s) that are present in the particular content can be visually indicated. As another example, the correlations to other content can be displayed upon selecting a particular key word of a lexicon that is present in the particular content.