Search Result Property Correlation for Query Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computing devices face inconsistencies and inaccuracies in query result presentation due to varying search criteria, such as language differences and mismatching techniques, leading to a poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
A system that correlates properties of search result items with their corresponding search terms, allowing for accurate representation and filtering of results, and includes presentation templates to enhance user interface display, enabling users to understand why specific items are returned in query results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional search techniques are used without standardized criteria, then search speed is maintained, but search result accuracy and consistency deteriorate due to varying matching techniques and language differences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the parameters of search criteria by introducing standardized property categories (e.g., language, format, matching technique) that can be uniformly applied across different search operations. This allows the system to maintain accuracy by using consistent evaluation parameters while avoiding the complexity of handling every possible variation in search behavior manually.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal search result property framework that can be applied across multiple search scenarios, languages, and matching techniques. By defining properties that are common to all search results (such as language, format, and match type), the system achieves multi-functionality that improves accuracy without requiring separate handling for each search case.
2Loss of information
If applications attempt to determine why query results are returned, then result relevance can be highlighted, but inconsistency and inaccuracy increase due to varying search criteria
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by having the search system automatically provide property information about why results were returned. Instead of relying on applications to guess relevance, the search system feeds back structured property data (language, format, match type) that explains the reasoning, improving both information availability and reliability simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces search result properties as an intermediary layer between the search query and the application display. This intermediary framework standardizes the information flow, ensuring that relevance information is consistently provided without requiring applications to implement their own complex determination logic that would vary in reliability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple search matching techniques are implemented, then search coverage is improved, but result consistency deteriorates due to different matching approaches for different languages and formats
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different matching techniques to be used for different languages and formats while maintaining overall consistency through standardized property representation. Each search result item can have properties specific to its language or format (e.g., phonetic matching for Japanese, prefix matching for English), but all results are then unified through common property categories that ensure consistent presentation and evaluation.
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AI summary
In embodiments of identifying search matches and altered search results, a query is received from a device application, and a data search is initiated based on the query that specifies search terms. A search result set of search result items is then received, and properties of a search result item are correlated with the search result item, where the properties indicate why the search result item was returned as part of the search result set. Search terms of the query are also associated with respective properties of the search result item to indicate a correspondence of a search term with a property of the search result item. The search result set of the search result items can then be returned to the device application along with the properties of each search result item and the associated search terms of the query.