Time Series Model for Automated Search Quality Monitoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manual evaluation of search engine quality is laborious and time-consuming, limiting the ability to monitor trends and identify issues in search result quality effectively.

Innovation Solution

A method using a time series model to predict user behavior and determine the quality of search results or items based on recorded user actions, allowing for automatic and quick assessment without manual intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual evaluation of search quality is performed, then measurement precision of search quality is improved, but productivity and time consumption are worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch quality measurement precisionVSAvoidquality monitoring productivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical evaluation with an automated computer-based system that uses machine learning models and algorithms to evaluate search quality. The system automatically processes search queries, retrieves results, and evaluates quality metrics without human intervention, thereby maintaining measurement precision while dramatically improving productivity.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary automated evaluation system that acts as a mediator between search queries and quality assessment. This intermediary system uses trained models to predict quality scores and identify issues, enabling scalable quality monitoring without requiring direct manual evaluation of each search result.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If manual evaluation of search quality is performed, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time is worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch quality measurement precisionVSAvoidquality evaluation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-training evaluation models using historical search data and quality annotations before deployment. These pre-trained models can then rapidly evaluate new search results without requiring time-consuming manual evaluation, achieving both precision and speed through advance preparation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces time-consuming manual evaluation mechanics with automated computational processes that can assess thousands of search results in minutes, dramatically reducing the time loss while maintaining or improving measurement precision through consistent algorithmic application.

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

3Productivity

If automated quality monitoring is implemented, then productivity is improved, but device complexity is worsened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequality monitoring productivityVSAvoidautomated system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal automated evaluation system that handles multiple quality metrics, search types, and evaluation criteria through a single integrated platform. This multi-functional approach improves productivity by consolidating various evaluation tasks while managing complexity through unified architecture rather than separate systems for each function.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where evaluation results are continuously fed back into the model training process, allowing the system to self-improve and adapt. This feedback loop manages complexity by creating a self-regulating system that automatically adjusts to changing search patterns and quality standards without requiring proportional increases in system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS8065296B1Systems and methods for determining a quality of provided items
Publication Date: 2011.11.22 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

A system may provide items during a time period and determine a quality of the items provided during the time period using a time series model.