Resource-Identifier Search Field for Multi-Resource Querying
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumers face the challenge of navigating to and querying multiple resources using separate search fields, which is tedious and limits flexibility, as existing search fields are tied to specific resources.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows querying multiple resources based on input in a single search field, including a resource identifier and terms, enabling navigation and content presentation without the need to switch between different search fields.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If consumers use separate search fields for each resource, then each search can be performed on the specific resource, but the number of steps and time required to query multiple resources increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate search fields into a single unified search field that accepts resource identifiers and search terms together. This merging allows users to query multiple resources through one interface rather than navigating to separate search fields for each resource, directly reducing the time and steps required while maintaining search accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified search field serves multiple functions: it identifies resources by resource identifier, processes search terms, and queries multiple resources simultaneously. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate search fields dedicated to specific resources, streamlining the querying process across diverse resource types.
2Adaptability or versatility
If consumers navigate to separate resources to query them, then each resource can be queried with its specific terms, but the complexity of the querying process increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging the resource identification function and search term processing into a single unified search field, the patent reduces process complexity. Users input both the resource identifier and search terms in one place, eliminating the need to navigate to different interfaces for different resources while maintaining the ability to query diverse resource types.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that receives the unified input containing resource identifiers and search terms, then routes the query to the appropriate resources. This mediator handles the complexity of resource identification and term processing internally, presenting a simplified interface to users while maintaining adaptability to query multiple resource types.
3Reliability
If existing search fields are tied to specific resources, then each search field is optimized for its resource, but the flexibility to query multiple resources from a single input is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The unified search field is designed to handle multiple resource types through a single interface. It processes resource identifiers and search terms together, maintaining the reliability of resource-specific search functionality while adding the versatility to query multiple resources without requiring separate dedicated search fields for each resource type.
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AI summary
An approach is provided for providing a querying of one or more resources based on one or more terms from an input within at least one search field. A querying platform determines an input in at least one search field, the input comprising at least one resource identifier and one or more terms. The querying platform further causes, at least in part, a querying of one or more resources associated with the at least one resource identifier for content based, at least in part, on the one or more terms. The querying platform also causes, at least in part, a querying of one or more resources associated with the at least one resource identifier for content based, at least in part, on the one or more terms.