Location-Based Mobile Search Result Prioritization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile device users face difficulties with search technologies designed for conventional online use, as they struggle to display appropriate content, enter queries, and navigate in environments adapted for full screen displays and high-speed network connections, and existing search engines are not optimized for mobile communication facilities.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that receive search requests from mobile communication facilities, prioritize search results based on relevance, using location information, and integrate explicit and implicit queries, user characteristics, and carrier business rules to provide tailored search results, including voice recognition and sponsored content recommendations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If search engines are designed for conventional online use with full screen displays and high-speed network connections, then search functionality and content display are optimized for desktop environments, but mobile device users cannot display appropriate content or navigate effectively in mobile environments
Solution Approach 1:
The search system dynamically adapts its behavior based on the user's environment. It detects whether the user is mobile or desktop and adjusts search result formatting, navigation options, and content delivery accordingly. This allows a single search engine to effectively serve both mobile and desktop users with optimized experiences for each environment.
2Manufacturing precision
If search results are prioritized based on location information, then relevance of search outcomes is improved for mobile users, but complexity of search processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by obtaining and storing location information about the user before processing the search query. This pre-acquired location data is then readily available when search results need to be ranked, eliminating the need for complex real-time location determination during search processing and reducing overall system complexity.
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AI summary
Improved mobile content presentation capabilities are disclosed for mobile communications facilities, such as cell phones. Information relating to the location of mobile communication facilities and other capabilities are employed to improve the presentation and relevance of mobile content to appropriate or desirable mobile communication facilities.