Search Engine Result Aggregation for Information Completeness

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current search engines provide fragmented information, requiring users to compare and analyze multiple results to meet their overall and individual requirements, leading to a poor user experience and high search costs.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that receive a search term, obtain and transmit both overall and individual search results, where the overall result provides aggregated information and the individual result offers specific details, such as price ranges and purchase channels, facilitating richer information access and reducing user effort.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If the search engine displays only fragmented information, then the device complexity is reduced, but the information completeness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch engine structureVSAvoidinformation completeness
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments search results into two distinct types: overall search results (aggregated information) and individual search results (detailed information). This segmentation allows the system to manage information complexity by organizing data hierarchically, where users first see summarized results and can then access detailed information only when needed, thus maintaining information completeness while managing device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent merges multiple information sources and data types into a unified search result presentation. By combining overall aggregated information with individual detailed results in a single interface, the system provides comprehensive information without requiring users to switch between multiple systems or devices, thereby maintaining information completeness while controlling device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Speed

If the search engine displays only fragmented information, then the processing speed is improved, but the user experience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch processing speedVSAvoiduser experience
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary aggregation of search results to generate overall search results before presenting them to users. This preliminary action prepares summarized information in advance, allowing users to quickly see key findings without waiting for detailed processing. Users can then access individual detailed results only when needed, maintaining fast initial response while providing comprehensive information when required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a dynamic search result presentation where the level of detail displayed adapts based on user interaction. Initially, users see concise overall results for quick understanding. When users show interest in specific results, the system dynamically provides detailed individual results. This dynamic approach optimizes processing speed for common cases while maintaining user experience for in-depth exploration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Measurement precision

If the search engine requires users to compare and analyze massive amounts of information, then the measurement precision is improved, but the loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation analysis accuracyVSAvoidsearch time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and presents key information in overall search results, pulling out the most important findings from numerous individual results. This extraction allows users to quickly grasp essential information without analyzing every individual result. Users can then selectively examine detailed individual results only for items of specific interest, maintaining analysis accuracy while dramatically reducing the time required to process massive amounts of information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS10073914B2Method and apparatus for transmitting search result
Publication Date: 2018.09.11 BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECH (BEIJIBG) CO LTD
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AI summary

A method for displaying a search result and an apparatus for displaying a search result are provided. The method comprises: receiving a search term; obtaining a first search result and a second search result according to the search term, in which the first search result comprises overall information corresponding to the search term and the second search result comprises individual information corresponding to the search term; and displaying the first search result and the second search result.