Search Result Inline Visual Representation Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current search engines lose important visual cues when displaying search results, particularly when images or multimedia elements contain query keywords, as they only show textual extracts, making the results less useful for users.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that incorporate inline visual representations alongside relevant text portions in search results, ensuring these representations are of the same height as the text line, allowing them to be displayed seamlessly with the text, and optionally altering their height or format for better integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If search engines display only textual extracts for search results, then the display is simple and consistent, but important visual cues containing query keywords are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines textual extracts with visual representations (images, icons, graphics) into a unified search result display format. The visual representation module processes and integrates visual content from search results, merging them with text snippets to create enriched display cards that preserve both textual and visual information simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from one-dimensional text-only displays to multi-dimensional displays by incorporating visual elements. Search result cards include images, icons, and graphical representations alongside text, adding visual dimension to the information presentation and enabling users to perceive both textual and visual cues in the search results.
2Ease of operation
If inline visual representations are integrated with text, then user experience is enhanced, but processing and display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the search result processing into distinct functional modules: a text extraction module, a visual representation module, and an integration module. This segmentation allows independent processing of visual and textual content, managing complexity through modular architecture while enabling enhanced user experience through integrated display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary visual representation module that acts as a bridge between raw search result data and the final display. This intermediary processes visual content, converts it into standardized formats, and integrates it with textual extracts, thereby managing processing complexity while enhancing the final user experience.
3Shape
If visual representations are displayed at their original size, then visual fidelity is maintained, but they may not align properly with text line height
Solution Approach 1:
The patent dynamically adjusts visual representation parameters (size, dimensions, scaling) to match the text line height in the display. The visual representation module modifies image dimensions and scaling factors based on the available space and text formatting, ensuring proper alignment while preserving essential visual information through intelligent parameter optimization.
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AI summary
Systems and methods for enhancing user experience in a search environment are provided. The method includes displaying results of a search operation, the display comprising an extract of at least one search result; the extract comprising a combination of a text and at least one inline visual representation.