Nested Search Result Display for Secondary Document Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional search engines fail to efficiently display and navigate users to contextually relevant 'secondary documents' referenced within primary documents, often requiring users to manually construct additional search queries or navigate through lengthy lists of results.
Innovation Solution
A method that incorporates specified content from linked documents into a structured display of search result document summaries, allowing users to directly access secondary documents by presenting them as nested links under primary documents, utilizing techniques like DHTML, CSS, and AJAX for dynamic displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional search engines display only primary document links in ranked lists, then the search result structure remains simple and easy to generate, but users cannot efficiently access secondary documents referenced within primary documents
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested display structure where secondary document links are embedded within the context of primary document results. Each primary document link contains a nested section displaying secondary documents referenced within it, creating a hierarchical view that allows users to access both primary and secondary documents without leaving the search results page.
Solution Approach 2:
The search result is segmented into distinct components: primary document links and nested secondary document links. This segmentation allows the system to present different types of document references in an organized manner, with secondary documents grouped under their corresponding primary documents, making it easier for users to navigate and access relevant content.
2Productivity
If users manually construct additional search queries to locate secondary documents, then comprehensive document retrieval is possible, but the time and effort required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically extracting and organizing secondary document links from primary documents during the initial search process. Instead of requiring users to manually search for secondary documents, the system pre-processes the information and presents it in an accessible nested format within the search results, significantly reducing the time and effort users need to spend locating relevant documents.
3Loss of information
If secondary documents are ranked separately from primary documents, then the search algorithm maintains simplicity, but contextually relevant secondary documents become scattered and difficult to locate
Solution Approach 1:
By nesting secondary document links within their corresponding primary document contexts, the patent preserves the contextual relationships between documents. This nested structure ensures that secondary documents remain associated with their source primary documents, preventing the loss of contextual information while organizing results in a user-friendly hierarchical format.
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AI summary
In one aspect, methods for presenting an enhanced search result including, for at least one search result document link, the steps of 1) compiling a list of secondary document references appearing in the linked document, 2) identifying links to the secondary documents referenced in the list of secondary document references, and 3) constructing a list of search result document secondary links. The methods subsequently display the list of search result document secondary links as a nested display under an associated search result document link. In another aspect, methods for populating a search database where, for each document in a document collection, the methods a) compile a list of secondary document references appearing in the document, b) identify a link to each secondary document referenced in the list of secondary document references, and c) store at least the identified links as metadata associated with a search database copy of the document.