Unified Discussion Thread View for Search Queries
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Solution Overview
Problem
Search engines fail to provide an integrated view of relevant discussion threads scattered across multiple web pages, making it difficult for users to navigate and access comprehensive information from discussion forums.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that identifies discussion thread web pages and extracts information about authors, post timestamps, and thread relevance, presenting this information alongside links to discussion forums in a user-friendly manner, prioritizing results by relevance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If search engines present search results as a list of links to multiple separate web pages, then users can access individual resources, but users cannot obtain an integrated view of discussion threads scattered across multiple pages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate discussion thread web pages into a unified presentation by identifying posts that belong to the same discussion thread across different pages and consolidating them into a single integrated view, allowing users to see the complete thread context without navigating multiple pages
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing system that acts as a mediator between the search engine results and the user interface. This intermediary identifies discussion thread web pages, extracts relevant post information, determines thread relationships, and presents integrated thread views, thereby resolving the complexity of handling scattered threads across multiple pages
2Quantity of substance
If search engines provide detailed information about multiple discussion posts, then users can access comprehensive information, but the information becomes scattered and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple scattered discussion posts into integrated thread views by identifying posts that belong to the same thread and presenting them together in a unified structure, making it easier for users to navigate and understand the complete discussion context
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the large quantity of discussion information into organized thread groups, where each thread represents a coherent unit of discussion. This segmentation allows users to navigate through organized thread blocks rather than scattered individual posts, improving ease of operation while preserving the complete information
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AI summary
Systems, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, to provide posts to discussion threads in response to a search query. The methods include receiving information identifying multiple resources that have been identified by a search engine as satisfying a search query, identifying a first resource in the multiple resources as including a post to a discussion forum, and identifying one or more second resources that are each distinct from the first resource. Each second resource is linked directly or indirectly to the first resource and includes one or more other posts to the discussion forum. Further, the method includes extracting information from the first resource and the one or more second resources about the discussion forum, and providing the extracted information together with a link to the first resource to a user device for display to a user as part of a response to the search query.