Unified Search Navigation Bar Mixing Screening Items

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current search page designs consume excessive page resources and are inconvenient for users when presenting recommended search terms and vertical category tags in separate areas, making it difficult to view and use them effectively.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that mix and sort recommended search terms and vertical category tags based on association relations and priority orders, presenting them in a unified sequence within the navigation bar to conserve resources and enhance usability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If recommended search terms and vertical category tags are presented in separate areas, then each area can be optimized independently, but page resources are consumed excessively and user convenience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoidpage resources
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges recommended search terms and vertical category tags into a unified navigation bar, eliminating the need for separate presentation areas. This integration consolidates page resources while maintaining the functional independence of both elements through mixed sorting based on association relations and priority orders.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies segmentation by creating distinct presentation sequences for different types of screening items (recommended search terms vs. vertical category tags) through mixed sorting. This allows organized arrangement in the unified navigation bar while preserving the distinct characteristics and optimization of each item type.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If recommended search terms and vertical category tags are presented separately, then classification is clear, but it becomes difficult to view and use them effectively

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveusabilityVSAvoidpresentation structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines recommended search terms and vertical category tags into a single navigation bar structure, simplifying the overall presentation architecture. The mixed sorting mechanism ensures that while the structure is unified, the functional clarity between different item types is maintained through their respective presentation sequences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Area of stationary object

If mixing and sorting recommended search terms with vertical category tags, then page resources are saved and usability is improved, but the sorting mechanism becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepage resourcesVSAvoidsorting mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs parameter changes by using association relations and priority orders as sorting criteria. The system dynamically adjusts the presentation sequence based on these parameters, enabling efficient resource utilization and improved usability while managing the complexity through structured sorting logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-determining association relations between recommended search terms and vertical category tags before presentation. This preliminary sorting preparation simplifies the overall mechanism by establishing clear sorting rules in advance, making the mixed presentation more manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20240221056A1Method and apparatus for presenting search screening items, electronic device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2024.07.04 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for presenting search screening items, an electronic device, and a storage medium; and the method includes: in response to receiving search information, acquiring a plurality of recommended search terms matched with the search information; determining a sequence of screening items obtained after mixing and sorting the plurality of recommended search terms and vertical category tags; and presenting the sequence of screening items obtained after the mixing and sorting in a navigation bar of a search page.