Task Suggestion System Using Query Analysis and User Data

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face challenges in efficiently identifying and associating tasks with their queries, as existing systems fail to provide relevant task suggestions based on user data and query context, leading to incomplete task management.

Innovation Solution

A method that identifies user queries and provides task suggestions, associating tasks with users by analyzing query terms and user data, including navigation history and emails, and offering additional information for task completion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the system provides task suggestions based on user data and query context, then task management completeness is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetask management completenessVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex task of providing task suggestions into distinct modules: a query analysis module that processes user queries, a user data retrieval module that accesses user profiles and preferences, and a task suggestion generation module that combines these inputs. This segmentation allows each module to handle specific aspects independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive task management functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary component that acts as a bridge between the query processing system and the user data storage system. This intermediary manages the integration of query context and user data, coordinating information flow between different system components. By centralizing this coordination function, the system achieves improved task management completeness without proportionally increasing complexity across the entire system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If the system analyzes query terms and user data to provide relevant suggestions, then suggestion accuracy is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesuggestion accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and indexing user data during off-peak periods, organizing information into structured formats that can be quickly accessed during query processing. User profiles, preferences, and historical data are pre-analyzed and stored in optimized structures, allowing the suggestion generation module to retrieve relevant information rapidly without performing complex analysis in real-time, thus maintaining high accuracy while reducing processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements partial action by selectively analyzing only the most relevant portions of user data and query terms based on initial filtering. Rather than processing all available user data uniformly, the system identifies and focuses on key elements that most significantly impact suggestion accuracy. This selective approach maintains high precision while substantially reducing the computational burden and processing time required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS12164546B2Associating a task with a user based on user selection of a query suggestion
Publication Date: 2024.12.10 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

Methods and apparatus related to associating a task with a user based on the user selecting a task suggestion that is provided to the user in response to a user query. In some implementations, the task may be identified based on similarities between the words and/or phrases of the user query and a task suggestion that is associated with a task. In some implementations, the task may be identified based on user data associated with the user. In some implementations, the task may be associated with additional information related to completing the task.