Listing Superiority Filtering for Mobile Display Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face overwhelming numbers of listings when searching for items online, especially when seeking tickets for events, which can be exacerbated by limited display capabilities of devices like mobile phones or tablets, making it difficult to find relevant listings among thousands of options.
Innovation Solution
A system that compares multiple listings within the same row and displays only the superior listing to the user, determined by factors such as price, seat preference, or view, while removing inferior listings, thereby reducing the number of options and optimizing display for limited devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all listings are displayed to users, then complete information is provided, but users become overwhelmed and cannot efficiently find relevant listings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes inferior listings from the display, keeping only superior listings that meet predefined criteria. This extraction process eliminates unnecessary information while preserving the most relevant options, directly resolving the contradiction between providing complete information and enabling efficient user decision-making
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different quality standards to different listings based on their attributes. Each listing is evaluated against specific criteria (price, condition, location, etc.), and only those meeting the highest local quality standards are displayed. This ensures that the displayed listings are locally optimized for relevance without sacrificing overall information completeness
2Adaptability or versatility
If thousands of listings are presented, then comprehensive search results are provided, but users experience difficulty in selecting among options
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the most relevant listings from the comprehensive search results, removing redundant options. This extraction maintains the versatility of search results while dramatically reducing the complexity users face when making selections
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of displaying all possible listings (excessive action), the system displays a partial set of superior listings that are most likely to meet user needs. This partial action approach provides sufficient comprehensiveness for effective shopping while avoiding the paralysis of choice
3Loss of information
If all listings are transmitted to user devices, then complete data is available, but bandwidth and storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and transmits only superior listings to user devices, removing inferior ones before transmission. This extraction significantly reduces bandwidth consumption and storage requirements while maintaining information completeness for the most relevant listings
Solution Approach 2:
The system transmits a partial set of listing data rather than all available data. This partial transmission approach consumes less bandwidth and storage energy while providing sufficient information for effective user decision-making
4Adaptability or versatility
If multiple listings per row are displayed, then all options are visible, but limited display capabilities of mobile devices are exceeded
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and displays only one superior listing per row, removing other listings that would compete for limited display space. This extraction ensures that mobile device display area is sufficient while maintaining visibility of the best options
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies local quality filtering to display only the highest-quality listing in each row, optimized for mobile display constraints. This ensures that the displayed listing meets local quality standards while fitting within the limited display area of mobile devices
Data Source
AI summary
A method of generating a user-interface to be displayed at a remote location may include receiving a search request for an item listing receiving a search request for an event at a venue with multiple rows. The method may also include retrieving a first listing and a second listing in a same row of the multiple rows based on the search request, and determining which of the first listing and the second listing is a listing selected for display and which is a listing selected to not be displayed. The method may additionally include generating instructions to be transmitted to a remote location to generate a user interface to be displayed at the remote location, the user interface including the listing selected for display and excluding the listing selected to not be displayed, and transmitting the instructions to the remote location.