Integrated Search Navigation History Graph
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in tracking and reviewing their non-linear search and navigation histories on the web, as existing tools lack context and integration of search and navigation data, making it difficult to revisit previous searches and understand the relationships between search terms and webpages.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that capture and represent search and navigation histories in an integrated graphical format, using semantic and navigational relationships to provide context, allowing users to review their search paths and revisit relevant webpages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users manually track and review their search and navigation histories using existing tools, then they can access basic search and navigation data, but they cannot understand the relationships between search terms and webpages due to lack of integration and context
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines search history data and web browsing navigation history data into a single integrated graphical representation. This merging allows users to view both types of data together with their relationships, resolving the contradiction by integrating previously separate data sources into one unified view that preserves context while maintaining manageable complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms linear search and navigation histories into a multi-dimensional graphical representation that displays relationships between search terms, webpages, and navigation paths. This dimensional transformation enables users to perceive contextual relationships that would be lost in traditional linear representations, addressing the information loss problem
2Adaptability or versatility
If users access multiple websites and perform multiple searches, then they can find diverse information, but they cannot reconstruct their search paths from memory due to the convoluted and non-linear nature of their browsing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent captures and stores search and navigation data in real-time as users perform their browsing activities, creating a pre-processed graphical representation that is ready for immediate review. This preliminary capture and organization eliminates the need for users to manually reconstruct search paths later, saving time while maintaining the ability to revisit any part of their browsing journey
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying the complete search and navigation path in graphical form, allowing users to see their browsing journey and make informed decisions about which paths to revisit. This feedback mechanism enables efficient navigation recovery without requiring users to rely on memory
3Loss of information
If existing tools provide basic search and navigation history, then users can access individual search queries or visited webpages, but they cannot discern relationships between search terms and webpages due to lack of integration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms flat, separate lists of search queries and visited webpages into a multi-dimensional graphical representation that shows relationships between them. This dimensional change enables users to easily perceive connections between search terms and the webpages they led to, resolving both the information loss and ease of operation issues simultaneously
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AI summary
An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided for creating and displaying an integrated search and web browser history to a user. In particular, the apparatus includes a processor and a memory including computer program code, and the memory and computer program code are configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to receive search data provided to a website and navigational data relating to a webpage. The apparatus may determine a relationship between the search data and the navigational data and may further provide for a graphical representation of the search data, the navigational data, and the relationship between the search and navigational data to be displayed to the user. Thus, the user can have not only a record of the webpages accessed or search terms used in the previous search, but also a meaningful organization and contextual representation of the search.