Multi-Domain Search Object Card with Linked Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing search engines fail to accurately determine user intent and provide relevant information for search queries that involve objects belonging to multiple domains, leading to inadequate presentation of search results.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that determine user intent and associate search queries with multiple object components, organizing them into an object card with a specific order and including an object badge, using vertical search results and past user interactions to enhance search result relevance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a search engine provides general search results for multi-domain queries, then it can return a broad range of information, but it fails to accurately determine user intent and provide relevant information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments multi-domain search queries into distinct object components, each associated with a specific domain. The system identifies and separates different objects mentioned in the query (e.g., separating 'Paris' as a city from 'Louvre' as a museum), allowing targeted retrieval and organization of domain-specific information while maintaining overall query context.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension to search results by organizing them in a spatial layout that reflects the semantic relationships between objects. Related objects are positioned closer together in the displayed results, creating a visual representation of conceptual proximity that helps users understand connections between different domains in the query.
2Ease of operation
If a search engine presents all search results in a traditional list format, then it can display comprehensive information, but it creates additional navigation steps and reduces user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple related search results into a single integrated visual card that displays information about multiple objects simultaneously. Instead of requiring users to click through separate result pages, the system combines related information (images, descriptions, links) for multiple objects into one comprehensive display unit that users can interact with directly.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary organization and grouping of search results before presentation to the user. The system pre-processes the results to identify relationships between objects, determines their spatial arrangement, and structures the information in advance, so that users receive already-organized, contextually-grouped information without needing to perform additional navigation or filtering actions.
3Loss of information
If a search engine provides detailed information for each search result, then it can ensure completeness, but it increases the complexity of the search results page
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested structure where multiple levels of information are organized hierarchically within the visual card. The card contains embedded elements (images, descriptions, links) that are themselves structured with nested components, allowing comprehensive information to be packaged in a compact, organized format that maintains detail while reducing visual complexity through systematic nesting.
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AI summary
A method of processing a search query from a user associated with an electronic device and generating a search result set responsive to the search query. The method is executable at a search server coupled to the electronic device via a communication network, the method comprising: receiving from the electronic device, via the communication network, the search query; determining a search object associated with the search query; generating an object component for inclusion into a search engine results page; generating a linked object component associated with the search object by executing: determining a first object domain associated with the search object and a second object domain associated with the search object; determining a first linked object from the first object domain and a second linked object from the second object domain, the first linked object and the second linked objects being semantically linked to the search object.