Mobile Terminal Search System Using Timeline History

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mobile terminals limit search functionality by only considering the user's current state when providing search results, failing to account for historical context and user intentions.

Innovation Solution

A mobile terminal that receives a search word via voice or touch input, calculates search results based on historical information, and outputs them in a timeline format, allowing for user context-based recommendations and prioritization of results.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If search results are provided based only on current user state, then search functionality is simple and fast, but user intention recognition is inaccurate and context-awareness is limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser intention recognition accuracyVSAvoidsearch system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing history information (user behavior patterns, search preferences, contextual data) before the actual search occurs. This pre-processing enables the system to quickly retrieve relevant context during search operations, improving intention recognition accuracy without significantly increasing real-time computational complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a temporal dimension to search results by providing multiple results corresponding to different time points (past, present, future). This transforms the traditional single-dimension search into a multi-dimensional system that considers historical context, current state, and predicted future states, thereby improving intention recognition while maintaining manageable system complexity through structured time-based organization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Ease of operation

If multiple search results corresponding to different times are provided, then user convenience is improved through context-awareness, but information processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidinformation processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments search results into distinct time-based categories (past history results, current state results, future predicted results). Each segment is processed and presented separately, allowing the system to manage complex information processing by dividing it into manageable temporal segments rather than handling all results simultaneously as a monolithic structure

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the temporal parameter of search results to provide diverse time perspectives. By varying the time parameter (past, present, future) while maintaining consistent processing frameworks for each time point, the system improves user convenience through comprehensive context-awareness while controlling processing complexity through parameter-based organization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If history information is analyzed to determine user intention, then search accuracy improves, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch result accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of history information during idle periods or in the background, pre-processing user behavior patterns and contextual data before they are needed for actual search operations. This reduces the processing time required during real-time searches while maintaining high accuracy through pre-computed historical insights

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11170060B2Mobile terminal and control method thereof
Publication Date: 2021.11.09 LG ELECTRONICS INC
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AI summary

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of voice recognition and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal, according to the present invention, comprises: a user input unit for receiving an input of a search word from a user; a control unit for calculating at least one search result corresponding to a time lapse on the basis of history information related to the search word; and a display unit for outputting the calculated at least one search result corresponding to a time lapse.