Relevancy Radar for Search Result Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current search engines do not adequately consider a user's context or intent when displaying search results, relying on single score rankings that fail to provide intuitive navigation and clarity on the relevance of search results.
Innovation Solution
The use of radar charts, known as relevancy radars, to visually represent search results with multiple criteria such as score, popularity, accuracy, and freshness, allowing users to customize and understand the context of search results more effectively by displaying these criteria graphically and using color to convey quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional search engines use single score rankings to display search results, then the display is simple and easy to implement, but the user cannot understand the context or intent behind the search results
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the traditional one-dimensional ranked list into a two-dimensional radar chart display. Each axis of the radar chart represents a different relevancy criterion (e.g., keyword match, authority, freshness), allowing users to visually assess multiple dimensions of search result quality simultaneously. This dimensional transformation preserves comprehensive information while maintaining visual accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the display parameters from a single scalar rank value to multiple dimensional parameters represented as axes in the radar chart. By visualizing search results through multiple parameters (relevancy, authority, freshness, etc.), the system conveys richer context information without significantly increasing operational complexity for the user.
2Measurement precision
If search engines display multiple criteria for search results, then the relevance information is more comprehensive, but the display becomes less intuitive and harder to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs color coding in the radar chart display to enhance intuitiveness. Different color schemes can represent different levels of relevancy or highlight specific criteria, allowing users to quickly grasp the quality and relevance of search results at a glance. This visual encoding makes multi-criteria assessment as intuitive as traditional ranked lists.
3Loss of information
If search engines provide detailed information about search results, then users can make better informed decisions, but the initial display becomes more complex and less accessible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the comprehensive search result information into distinct dimensional criteria, each represented as a separate axis in the radar chart. This segmentation allows detailed quality information to be presented in an organized, structured manner that is easier to process than a single complex score or a wall of text, thereby reducing perceived display complexity while maintaining information completeness.
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AI summary
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for displaying search results are disclosed. In an embodiment, this may comprise receiving search results, for a search result, receiving information about search result scores according to a plurality of criteria, allowing a user to select criteria, using the selected criteria to create spokes in a radar chart, associating the search result scores with the spokes in the radar chart, creating a star in the radar chart based on the association of search result scores with the spokes, and displaying the radar chart. Different weight may be given to each search result score. Multiple search results may be displayed in one radar chart, or multiple radar charts may be used.