Media Search Query Analyzer for Category Inference
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current search engines fail to efficiently provide users with relevant media program information due to their inability to infer the proper data category from search queries, leading to unwanted results and cumbersome interfaces for categorizing searches.
Innovation Solution
A method that accepts a general search query, identifies synonyms, and performs a categorical search within a media program database to provide accurate results, using previous user queries to determine synonyms and associate them with specific media programs, thus reducing irrelevant search results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a general search query is processed by traditional search engines, then the search interface remains simple, but the search results become irrelevant and unwanted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component (search query analyzer) that sits between the user's general search query and the media program database. This analyzer infers the proper data category from the search query and acts as a mediator to guide the search process, thereby maintaining interface simplicity while improving result relevance through automated category identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-identifying the data category from the general search query before executing the actual search. This preliminary categorization step ensures that the subsequent search is focused and relevant, solving the contradiction between simple interface and precise results.
2Measurement precision
If users are required to manually categorize search queries, then search result accuracy improves, but the operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically inferring and identifying the data category from the user's search query without requiring manual user input. The search query analyzer autonomously performs category identification, eliminating the need for users to navigate complex categorization interfaces while maintaining high search accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual categorization process with an automated computational system (search query analyzer). This substitution eliminates the need for users to manually select categories, reducing interface complexity while preserving or improving search accuracy through automated category inference.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional search engines process search queries, then all possible results are returned, but unwanted results increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by tailoring the search process to the specific inferred data category. Once the search query analyzer identifies the proper category, the search is focused on that specific domain within the media program database. This localized approach maintains comprehensive coverage within the relevant category while filtering out unwanted results from unrelated categories.
Solution Approach 2:
By performing preliminary category identification before executing the search, the system pre-filters the search space to only relevant categories. This preliminary action ensures that the search maintains adaptability within the correct domain while eliminating unwanted results from unrelated domains, improving the signal-to-noise ratio.
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AI summary
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying a category for the general search query according to the identified synonym, performing a categorical search of a media program database using the identified synonym and the identified category to obtain a search result, and transmitting the search result to the user computer for presentation on a display communicatively coupled to the user computer.