Search Result Order Maintenance via Category Icon Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional techniques fail to effectively control the number of search results displayed on a digital page and maintain a user-friendly arrangement, making it difficult for users to efficiently browse and review search results.
Innovation Solution
A method that allows users to select and categorize search results using icons, automatically moving them to separate pages while maintaining the original order of the remaining results on the main page, allowing for efficient review and classification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If search results are displayed in a list format on a digital page, then users can browse and review results, but the number of results displayed cannot be effectively controlled and the arrangement order cannot be maintained after exclusion
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically maintains the arrangement order of remaining search results when objects are excluded from the list. The processor detects exclusions and autonomously repositions remaining objects without requiring user intervention to manually reorder items, making the system self-servicing while preserving the original arrangement sequence
Solution Approach 2:
The patent divides search results into multiple pages with a specified number of results per page. By segmenting the total results into discrete pages, the system enables effective control over the number of displayed results while maintaining browsing functionality, addressing the limitation of conventional single-page displays
2Quantity of substance
If the number of search results displayed is increased, then more results are visible, but the page becomes cluttered and user-friendly browsing is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements pagination by dividing search results into multiple pages, each displaying a controlled number of results. This segmentation allows the system to display a large total quantity of results while maintaining a limited, non-cluttered view on each individual page, preserving user-friendly browsing experience
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces the dimension of pagination by creating multiple pages (first digital page, second digital page) to organize search results. Instead of displaying all results on a single cluttered page, the system distributes results across multiple pages, adding a navigational dimension that resolves the clutter problem while maintaining access to all results
3Adaptability or versatility
If objects are excluded from the object list, then the list is modified, but the arrangement order of remaining objects becomes disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects when an object is excluded from the list and autonomously repositions remaining objects to maintain the original arrangement order. This self-servicing mechanism preserves the stable composition and ordering of the list without requiring user intervention, resolving the contradiction between list adaptability and order stability
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of allowing exclusion to disrupt the order, the system inverts the conventional approach by actively maintaining the order after exclusion. When an object is removed, the system automatically adjusts remaining objects' positions to preserve the original sequence, turning the disruptive effect of exclusion into a non-disruptive process
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AI summary
A method and system for maintaining the order of arrangement of a modified object list is provided. The method includes receiving selection of an object from a first plurality of objects of an object list, wherein the object list has an order of arrangement and is included on a first digital page displayed on a user interface of a device, receiving selection of a category icon from a plurality of category icons corresponding, to a plurality of categories, wherein the plurality of category icons are included on the first digital page, modifying the object list to exclude the object from the first digital page, and maintaining the order of arrangement of the object list that is modified, wherein the maintaining includes displaying a second plurality of objects included in the object list that is modified on the first digital page in accordance with the order of arrangement.