Reservation Listing Search With Conditional Amenity Highlights

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems face challenges in efficiently handling complex queries for network site content, particularly for accommodations listings, leading to inaccurate results, high computational resource consumption, and user frustration due to repetitive manual adjustments of search parameters.

Innovation Solution

A network site that highlights amenities conditionally in graphical objects based on search criteria satisfaction, reducing the need for additional searches and computational resources by visually distinguishing listings that meet user needs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If complex search queries are processed to provide accurate reservation results, then measurement precision is improved, but computational resource consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesearch result accuracyVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary filtering of listings based on hard constraints (dates, location, property type) before executing complex search algorithms. By pre-processing and eliminating clearly non-matching listings, the system reduces the computational burden of subsequent complex queries while maintaining accurate results.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The search process is divided into multiple stages: initial filtering based on hard constraints, intermediate ranking based on soft constraints, and final presentation. This segmentation allows each stage to focus on specific criteria, improving overall efficiency while maintaining precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If complex search queries are processed to return valid results, then measurement precision is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesearch result accuracyVSAvoidcomputation delay

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements caching mechanisms that store and reuse search results for commonly queried parameters. When similar search queries are detected, the system retrieves cached results instead of re-processing, significantly reducing computation time while maintaining result accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

3Adaptability or versatility

If comprehensive search parameters are used to satisfy user needs, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesearch parameter flexibilityVSAvoidquery processing complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses a unified search framework that handles both simple and complex queries through the same multi-stage processing pipeline. This universal approach allows the system to adapt to different query complexities without requiring separate processing logic, managing complexity while maintaining versatility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

4Measurement precision

If manual adjustments of search parameters are required to find suitable results, then ease of operation deteriorates, but measurement precision can be improved

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesearch result accuracyVSAvoiduser convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides feedback to users about their search results, including information about why certain listings match or don't match their criteria. This feedback helps users understand the search process and make informed decisions about parameter adjustments, reducing the need for repetitive manual tuning while maintaining accurate results.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12456078B2Searching listings for reservations

Publication Date: 2025.10.28 AIRBNB INC

AI summary

A system that enables searching for listings for accommodation reservations is described. The system receives, by a network site of a listing network platform, input comprising search criteria and identifies a plurality of listings matching the search criteria. The system generates a graphical user interface comprising a plurality of graphical objects each associated with a respective one of the identified plurality of listings. The system determines that the search criteria satisfies an amenity criterion and, in response, causes one or more amenities associated with an individual listing of the identified plurality of listings to be presented in an individual graphical object of the plurality of graphical objects associated with the individual listing.