Semantic Clustering for Deep Learning Documentation Search

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face challenges in finding relevant information in complex software documentation due to its vastness, navigation difficulties, and limited automated searching capabilities, which often result in imprecise keyword searches and time-consuming manual reading.

Innovation Solution

An intelligent assistant system utilizing deep learning architectures to rank passages from a documentation corpus based on relevance, form semantic clusters, and provide contextually enhanced responses, including factoid and non-factoid answers, with the option to embellish answers with images, allowing seamless navigation across different documentation versions and customizations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If automated keyword searching is used to find documentation, then search speed is improved, but search precision deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch speedVSAvoidsearch precision
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces traditional keyword-based mechanical search with a deep learning-based semantic search system. The system uses pre-trained language models to understand the semantic meaning of user questions and retrieve relevant documentation passages based on semantic similarity rather than keyword matching, thereby maintaining fast search speeds while significantly improving search precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the search parameter from keyword matching to semantic similarity scoring. By using deep learning models to compute semantic representations of both queries and documentation passages, the system transforms the search mechanism from exact or partial keyword matches to continuous semantic similarity measurements, improving precision without sacrificing speed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Loss of information

If users manually read through complete documentation to find information, then information completeness is improved, but time consumption deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts only the most relevant information from the documentation corpus by using deep learning-based passage retrieval. Instead of requiring users to read through complete documentation, the system identifies and extracts specific passages that are semantically most relevant to the user's question, providing complete and accurate information while dramatically reducing time consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary indexing and semantic representation of documentation passages before user queries are submitted. The documentation is pre-processed into semantic embeddings and organized for efficient retrieval, so that when users submit questions, the system can quickly retrieve relevant passages without requiring users to manually navigate through complete documentation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple documentation sources and versions are maintained, then documentation coverage is improved, but system complexity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedocumentation coverageVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal deep learning-based search system that can handle multiple documentation sources, versions, and types through a single unified interface. The semantic search approach is version-agnostic and source-agnostic, allowing the system to retrieve relevant information from any documentation source without requiring separate processing pipelines for each source or version, thereby maintaining high documentation coverage while managing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a semantic embedding layer as an intermediary between diverse documentation sources and the user query interface. This intermediary transforms various documentation formats and versions into unified semantic representations, allowing the system to handle multiple documentation sources without increasing interface complexity. The semantic embedding acts as a mediator that standardizes different sources into a common representation space.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Loss of information

If detailed documentation is provided for complex software features, then information completeness is improved, but user comprehension difficulty deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoiduser comprehension difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDifficulty of detecting and measuring

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial action by retrieving and presenting only the specific portions of detailed documentation that are relevant to the user's question, rather than presenting all available information. The deep learning system identifies and extracts only the necessary passages needed to answer the user's query, providing complete information for that specific question while avoiding the overwhelming effect of presenting excessive documentation material.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments detailed documentation into individual passages or sentences that can be independently evaluated for relevance. Instead of presenting complete documentation sections, the system breaks down documentation into smaller semantic units and retrieves only those segments that are most relevant to the user's question, making the information more digestible and easier to comprehend while maintaining completeness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11875585B2Semantic cluster formation in deep learning intelligent assistants
Publication Date: 2024.01.16 ADOBE INC
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AI summary

Enhanced techniques and circuitry are presented herein for providing responses to user questions from among digital documentation sources spanning various documentation formats, versions, and types. One example includes a method comprising receiving a user question directed to subject having a documentation corpus, determining a set of passages of the documentation corpus related to the user question, ranking the set of passages according to relevance to the user question, forming semantic clusters comprising sentences extracted from ranked ones of the set of passages according to sentence similarity, and providing a response to the user question based at least on a selected semantic cluster.