Search Result Subscription Status Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing search systems fail to indicate or utilize subscription status for audiovisual content, leading to inconclusive search results for users who have already subscribed, as they do not integrate subscription information into search queries.
Innovation Solution
A method that involves creating and managing subscription information on a cloud storage service, which is synchronized across devices, and integrates this information into search queries to rank and indicate the status of subscriptions within search results, allowing users to access subscribed content directly from search results.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If search systems do not integrate subscription information, then search simplicity is maintained, but search result usefulness deteriorates for subscribed content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces subscription status information as an intermediary element that bridges the user's subscription state and the search results. This intermediary data layer allows the system to enrich search results with subscription status indicators without fundamentally changing the search query processing mechanism, thus resolving the contradiction between information completeness and system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-fetching and storing subscription status information in the search results before the user needs to access the content. This allows the search system to anticipate user needs and prepare relevant subscription information in advance, improving result usefulness without adding complexity to the actual search query execution.
2Productivity
If search results do not indicate subscription status, then search result generation remains simple, but user access efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by adding subscription status indicators only to specific search results that are relevant to the user's subscription state, rather than transforming the entire search result structure. This selective enrichment approach improves user access efficiency for subscribed content while keeping the overall search result processing simple and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where subscription status information is used to dynamically adjust search result presentation. The search results provide feedback to users about their subscription state, enabling them to quickly identify accessible content without requiring complex additional processing or user input.
3Measurement precision
If subscription information is not integrated into search queries, then search query processing remains simple, but search result relevance deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges subscription status information with search results in a way that does not require merging it into the search query processing itself. The subscription information is combined with result data after retrieval, allowing the search query to remain simple while the final results reflect the user's subscription state with improved relevance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the search process into two independent stages: simple search query processing and subsequent subscription status enrichment. This segmentation allows the query processing to remain computationally simple while the relevance enhancement is achieved through a separate, more targeted process that filters and ranks results based on subscription information.
Data Source
AI summary
Search results are improved, in one embodiment, through the use of subscription information about the status of a subscription to content. The subscription information can be transmitted to a cloud storage service used by a user account of a device; later, a search query from the device causes the receipt of search results from a search using the subscription information and these search results can show the status of the subscription such as whether the content is playable.