Search Result Text Translation for User Comprehension

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Solution Overview

Problem

Search results often use terminology unfamiliar to users, making it difficult for them to determine relevance to their queries.

Innovation Solution

Utilize artificial intelligence and natural language processing to modify search result text based on user queries, replacing terms with contextually related alternatives to align with user understanding.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If search results use technical terminology to accurately describe content, then information precision is improved, but user comprehension deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation precisionVSAvoiduser comprehension
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary translation layer that converts technical terminology in search results into user-friendly language. The system identifies technical terms in search result titles and descriptions, translates them into simpler alternatives based on user profile analysis, and presents the translated results to users. This mediator approach maintains information precision while improving user comprehension by bridging the gap between technical content and user understanding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent dynamically changes the language parameter of search results based on user characteristics. By analyzing user profiles, search history, and expertise levels, the system adjusts the complexity and terminology of search result presentations. This parameter change allows the same search result to be presented in different linguistic forms suitable for different user groups, thereby improving comprehension without losing information precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Ease of operation

If search results are modified to match user query terms, then user comprehension is improved, but information accuracy may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser comprehensionVSAvoidinformation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The translation intermediary preserves the original technical terms in the background while providing simplified alternatives to users. The system maintains a mapping between original terms and translated terms, ensuring that the underlying information accuracy is preserved even though the presentation is adapted to user comprehension levels. This allows users to understand results better while the original accurate terminology remains intact in the data layer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a copied version of search results with translated terminology while keeping the original results intact. The translation layer generates alternative presentations of the same search results using different terminology, allowing users to interact with comprehensible copies while the original accurate information remains preserved in the system for verification and further processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Ease of operation

If AI processing is applied to modify search results, then user comprehension is improved, but computational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser comprehensionVSAvoidcomputational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the AI processing into distinct modular components: user profile analysis module, technical term identification module, translation module, and result assembly module. Each component performs a specific function independently, making the overall complex process more manageable and efficient. This segmentation allows the system to process only relevant portions of search results (technical terms) rather than entire documents, reducing computational overhead while maintaining comprehension benefits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250278416A1Methods and systems for modifying a search result
Publication Date: 2025.09.04 COMCAST CABLE COMM LLC
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AI summary

Methods and systems for modifying a search result are described. A computing device may receive a query. A search result based on the query may be determined. The computing device may modify the search result based on a term of the query.