Map Information Display Using Click Probability Recommendations

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current map information display systems lack the ability to actively recommend relevant information beyond a predetermined geographical range, reducing user efficiency in information acquisition.

Innovation Solution

A method that acquires user features and historical click theme information to determine click probabilities using a pre-trained recommendation model, displaying recommended themes with meeting a predetermined requirement on the map, enhancing personalized recommendations and enriching map content.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If map information is limited to predetermined geographical range, then system complexity is reduced, but information completeness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidinformation completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-calculates and stores recommendation strategies offline before user interaction. The offline calculation module pre-processes map information, user preferences, and recommendation rules to generate candidate recommendation strategies, which are then quickly retrieved and applied during online map usage. This preliminary action reduces online computational complexity while maintaining comprehensive information coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The recommendation system is divided into multiple independent modules: offline calculation module, online calculation module, and display module. Each module handles specific tasks separately - offline module does heavy computation, online module handles real-time user interaction, and display module presents results. This segmentation allows comprehensive information processing without overwhelming system complexity at any single point.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Productivity

If personalized recommendation is implemented, then user information acquisition efficiency is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser information acquisition efficiencyVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically analyzes user click behavior, preferences, and historical data without requiring manual user configuration. The recommendation model self-adjusts based on user interactions, automatically generating personalized recommendations. This self-service approach improves user efficiency while avoiding the complexity of manual personalization setup and management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously monitors user click behavior and feedback on recommended themes, using this information to refine and adjust recommendation strategies. The online calculation module receives real-time user interaction data and adjusts recommendations dynamically. This feedback mechanism enables personalized recommendations to adapt to user preferences while maintaining manageable system complexity through iterative improvement rather than complex upfront design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Loss of information

If comprehensive map information is displayed, then information completeness is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidease of operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system displays different information densities in different map regions based on user relevance. Highly relevant themes recommended by the model are displayed with prominent markers and detailed information, while less relevant areas maintain standard display. This local quality approach ensures comprehensive information is available where needed without overwhelming the user in all areas, maintaining ease of operation while improving information completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system displays a curated subset of the most relevant themes from the comprehensive map information, rather than displaying all available information uniformly. The recommendation model identifies and highlights the most valuable themes based on user preferences and behavior, providing partial display of comprehensive data. This approach maintains ease of operation by avoiding information overload while ensuring the most important information is prominently displayed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS11630560B2Map information display method and apparatus, electronic device, and computer storage medium
Publication Date: 2023.04.18 BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCI & TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present application discloses a method for displaying map information and corresponding apparatus, electronic device, and computer storage medium, which relates to the fields of deep learning, knowledge graphs, and artificial intelligence. The method may include: when a user starts a map, acquiring a user feature of the user and historical click theme information of the user; for any to-be-recommended theme, determining a click probability of the to-be-recommended theme by using a pre-trained recommendation model according to the user feature and the historical click theme information respectively; and displaying the to-be-recommended themes with the click probabilities meeting a predetermined requirement on the map. The efficiency of acquiring information through maps by users and the like can be improved by use of the solutions according to the present application.