POI Alias Determination via Query Behavior Log Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for acquiring Point of Interest (POI) aliases, such as user-generated content, professionally-generated content, and web crawlers, face issues of low efficiency, high costs, and low coverage rates due to unreliable data quality and high manpower requirements.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that generate a candidate alias list based on query behavior-associated logs, screening out target aliases through association relationships, improving the accuracy and efficiency of POI alias determination without manual intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If user-generated content method is used to acquire POI alias, then coverage rate is improved, but data quality becomes poor and manpower requirement increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoverage rateVSAvoiddata quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses query behavior logs as feedback to automatically identify and verify POI aliases. By analyzing user query patterns and matching them with POI information, the system continuously refines the alias list without requiring manual review, thus maintaining high data quality while preserving broad coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs self-verification of POI aliases through automated query behavior analysis. Instead of relying on manual review or professional content creation, the system uses its own operational data (query logs) to validate and confirm aliases, eliminating the need for high-cost manual verification while ensuring data reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If professionally-generated content method is used to acquire POI alias, then data quality is improved, but cost increases and coverage rate decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata qualityVSAvoidcoverage rate
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system replaces expensive professional content creation with self-service automated extraction from query behavior logs. By using its own operational data, the system achieves both high data quality and broad coverage without requiring external professional resources, effectively eliminating the trade-off between quality and coverage.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of creating new professional content, the system copies and analyzes existing query behavior data from user interactions. This approach leverages readily available operational logs to generate aliases, avoiding the high costs of professional content production while maintaining comprehensive coverage across all POIs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Ease of manufacture

If web crawler method is used to acquire POI alias, then cost is reduced, but coverage rate remains low due to sparse network presence

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovecostVSAvoidcoverage rate
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system uses query behavior logs as an intermediary between user interactions and POI alias generation. Instead of directly crawling the web where POI information is sparse, the system analyzes the intermediate layer of query logs that contain rich alias information, thereby achieving high coverage without the costs and limitations of web crawling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from the traditional web crawling dimension to the query behavior log dimension. By analyzing data from a different dimension (user query patterns rather than web pages), the system discovers POI aliases that would be invisible to conventional web crawlers, significantly improving coverage while maintaining low cost.

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

4Reliability

If manual review method is used to verify POI alias, then data quality is improved, but manpower requirement increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata qualityVSAvoidmanpower requirement
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-verification of POI aliases through automated query behavior analysis. By using its own operational data to validate and confirm aliases, the system eliminates the need for manual review while maintaining high data quality, thus reducing manpower requirements without sacrificing reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system continuously refines alias verification through feedback from query behavior patterns. By analyzing how users actually query and interact with POI information, the system automatically validates alias accuracy without human intervention, achieving both high data quality and reduced manpower requirements simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11698261B2Method, apparatus, computer device and storage medium for determining POI alias
Publication Date: 2023.07.11 BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCI & TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus, computer device, and storage medium for determining a POI alias. The method may include: acquiring a to-be-processed target POI, and generating a candidate alias list corresponding to the target POI based on a query behavior-associated log matching the target POI; and screening out at least one target alias corresponding to the target POI in the candidate alias list, according to an association relationship between each candidate alias in the candidate alias list and the target POI.