Tag Relationship Definition System for Search Effectiveness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing tagging techniques face challenges in establishing standardized relationships between data items described using different but synonymous tags, limiting the effectiveness of search operations and making it difficult to find related data items.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows users to define relationships between tags using a user interface, expressing the strength of these relationships on a percentage scale, and tracks user inputs to manage and visualize these relationships, facilitating the association of additional descriptive terms with data items.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If standardized tagging is implemented, then search effectiveness improves, but system complexity increases due to relationship management
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to autonomously define and manage tag relationships without requiring complex centralized configuration. Users can directly input relationships between tags through a simple interface, and the system automatically processes these inputs to build the relationship graph, eliminating the need for complex manual setup while improving search effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary relationship graph that mediates between tags and search queries. This graph structure acts as a intermediate layer that automatically resolves relationships between synonymous or related tags, improving search effectiveness without requiring direct complex management of all tag relationships by users
2Measurement precision
If user input tracking is implemented, then relationship accuracy improves, but processing overhead increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary aggregation of user inputs by maintaining a graph of tag relationships where multiple user inputs are accumulated and processed together. This preliminary action allows the system to evaluate relationships based on multiple data points before finalizing the relationship graph, improving accuracy without requiring intensive processing of each individual input separately
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AI summary
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates defining relationships between tags. During operation, the system receives a user-specified tag that describes a data item. Next, the system displays this tag to a user via a user interface that gives the user the option to suggest additional relationships for the tag. Based on user input, the system may define a relationships between the two tags, thereby facilitating the definition of a set of related tags for an organization.