Search Answer Extraction System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Search engines often require users to navigate through multiple links to find the desired information, as they do not provide concise answers directly related to the search query.
Innovation Solution
A system that analyzes search results for structured data, such as schema.org markup, to identify consistent properties across multiple resources and provides a concise representation of the answer, including the text and speaker of a quote, directly on the search results page, allowing users to access the relevant information without further navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If search engines provide detailed search results through multiple links, then the completeness of information is improved, but the time required for users to find the desired answer increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential answer from multiple search result pages and presents it directly in the search results. The system identifies key information (such as quotes, facts, or direct answers) from referenced resources and displays them as a consolidated representation, allowing users to obtain the desired information without navigating through multiple links.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of search results to identify and extract consistent structured data before the user views the results. By pre-processing the search results to consolidate relevant information and identify consistent answers across multiple sources, the system prepares the answer in advance, reducing the user's time to find the information.
2Ease of operation
If search engines provide concise answers directly, then the user experience is improved, but the complexity of the search system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that analyzes search results and extracts structured data. This intermediary system acts as a mediator between the search engine and the user, consolidating information from multiple sources and presenting it in a user-friendly format without requiring the user to interact with the complex backend processing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates simplified representations (copies) of the essential information from multiple search result pages. Instead of requiring users to navigate through the original complex sources, the system generates condensed representations that capture the key information, making it easily accessible while the full detailed information remains available in the original sources.
3Measurement precision
If the system analyzes multiple resources for structured data, then the accuracy of the answer is improved, but the processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by focusing the analysis on specific structured data elements within search results rather than processing entire pages. The system identifies and extracts only the relevant structured data (such as specific properties like speaker, quote text, or factual information) from resources that contain it, rather than analyzing all content uniformly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters by setting thresholds for consistency (e.g., requiring a minimum number of resources to agree on a value) and by prioritizing structured data from higher-ranked sources. This allows the system to balance accuracy with processing efficiency by adjusting the stringency of its analysis based on the confidence level required.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing a representation based on structured data in resources. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining search results for a search query. Each search result references a respective resource, the respective resources including a first resource and a second resource. Additional actions include determining a consistent value, that is consistent with both a value for a particular property as indicated by structured data in the first resource and a value for the particular property as indicated by structured data in the second resource. Further actions include in response to determining a consistent value, providing (i) a representation of the consistent value as a possible answer to the search query, and (ii) the search results.