Search Tidbit Highlighting for Mobile Viewport Constraints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often have to manually search through search results to find relevant content, even if the search snippet includes the desired information, due to the content not being immediately visible within the viewport of their client device, especially on mobile devices with limited screen real estate.
Innovation Solution
The system identifies and marks 'resource search tidbits' – query-relevant text extracted from search results that are eligible for a resource search operation, allowing users to quickly navigate to specific sections of interest within a resource by highlighting and making them easily accessible through a selection environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the search results page displays complete resource content, then users can access all information, but the viewport area on mobile devices is insufficient to display all content at once
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and highlights only the most relevant tidbits from search results that match the user's query terms. Instead of displaying the entire resource content, the system extracts and presents only the essential information snippets (tidbits) that are most likely to satisfy the user's search intent, thereby reducing the amount of content that needs to be displayed while maintaining information accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary processing of search results by pre-identifying and marking relevant tidbits before the user needs to access the full content. The system pre-processes the search results to highlight and organize the most relevant information segments, so that when the user views the search results page, the valuable information is already prepared and easily accessible, eliminating the need for manual scrolling through entire pages.
2Loss of information
If users manually scroll through search results to find relevant content, then they can access all information, but the time required to locate desired information increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification and marking of relevant tidbits during the search results generation process. By pre-processing and organizing the most relevant information segments before the user needs to access them, the system eliminates the need for users to manually scroll through entire pages, significantly reducing the time required to locate desired information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the system monitors user interactions with search results and adjusts the highlighting and organization of tidbits accordingly. The system learns from user behavior patterns to improve its identification of relevant content, creating a feedback loop that continuously optimizes the presentation of search results to match user needs and reduce search time.
3Ease of operation
If the search system extracts and highlights relevant tidbits, then content accessibility is improved, but the complexity of processing search results increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the search results into discrete, manageable units called tidbits. Instead of processing and presenting entire resources as a single block, the system divides the content into smaller, relevant segments that can be independently identified, highlighted, and presented. This segmentation approach simplifies the processing complexity by breaking down the task into manageable steps while improving content accessibility through targeted highlighting of specific segments.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying query-relevant content in a resource identified by a search result in response to the query. In one aspect, a method includes identifying resource search tidbits for a resource, each resource search tidbit being eligible for a resource search operation for the resource. The resource search tidbits are provided with search results to a client device. In response to a user selecting a resource identified by a search result, the client device identifies text in the resource matching the query-relevant text of the resource search tidbit and performs a resource search operation on the resource if the identified text meets a search operation threshold condition.