Unified Search Result Structure for Answer and Recommendation Integration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current search technologies scatter answer and recommended content, limiting user information acquisition due to restricted display areas, requiring users to perform multiple operations for additional information retrieval.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that analyze search intent to determine answer requirements, retrieve corresponding answer content, acquire associated recommended content, and combine them to generate search results, improving information efficiency by presenting relevant information in a single search.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If answer content and recommended content are displayed separately at fixed positions, then the page layout is simple and easy to implement, but the user information acquisition efficiency is reduced and multiple operations are required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser information acquisition efficiencyVSAvoidsearch result page structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges answer content and recommended content into a unified search result item structure. Each search result item contains both the answer portion and recommended content portion, allowing users to access both types of information in a single view without requiring separate display areas or additional operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments each search result item into distinct functional portions: an answer content area and a recommended content area. This segmentation allows the system to present different types of information within a single integrated structure, improving user efficiency while maintaining organizational clarity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If more information is provided in search results, then user information needs are better fulfilled, but the display area restriction requires additional operations such as page switching or filtering

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoiduser operations required
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic content loading within search result items. The system determines whether to display recommended content based on available display space, automatically adjusting the amount of information shown without requiring user-initiated page switching or filtering operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a new dimension to search result presentation by incorporating recommended content as an additional layer within each search result item. This allows the system to provide more comprehensive information without increasing the number of separate pages or requiring additional user operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Productivity

If answer content and recommended content are integrated in search results, then information efficiency is improved, but the processing complexity of generating search results increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation provision efficiencyVSAvoidsearch result generation process
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary classification of search results into answer content and recommended content categories during the search processing stage. By pre-organizing content into these distinct types, the system simplifies the subsequent integration process and enables efficient assembly of unified search result items.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal search result item template that can accommodate both answer content and recommended content. This multi-functional structure allows the same data format to serve multiple purposes, simplifying the generation process despite the increased information integration.

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

Data Source

PatentUS11669579B2Method and apparatus for providing search results
Publication Date: 2023.06.06 BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECH (BEIJIBG) CO LTD
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AI summary

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for providing search results. The method may include: carrying out search intention analysis on an input search term so as to determine whether the search term includes an answer requirement; if so, using the search term to retrieve answer content corresponding to the answer requirement; obtaining content to be recommended associated with the answer content; and combining the answer content with the content to be recommended so as to generate at least one search result. Abundant search results can be efficiently provided.