Vertical Service Search System with Auto-Complete and Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current search systems face challenges in accurately determining user intent from search words and ensuring the reliability of search results due to the rapid increase in online information, including unverified content, making it difficult for providers to guarantee the quality of search results.
Innovation Solution
A search system and method that provides a vertical service connection by using a search word completing unit to determine auto-complete search words, a search word matching unit to match these words with vertical services, and a display unit to show auto-complete search words and icons, prioritizing results based on search frequency and manager registration content for improved user experience and reliability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a search system provides comprehensive search results from multiple sources, then the quantity of information is increased, but the reliability and accuracy of search results deteriorates due to unverified content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the search system into multiple specialized vertical search services, each focusing on a specific domain (e.g., news, shopping, travel, local information). By dividing the comprehensive search into domain-specific segments, the system maintains quantity of results while improving reliability through specialized verification and curation in each vertical area.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces vertical service platforms as intermediary layers between the user and raw search results. These intermediaries (specialized service providers) filter, verify, and curate information within their respective domains, acting as mediators that maintain result quantity while ensuring reliability through domain expertise and verification mechanisms.
2Measurement precision
If a search system requires users to input search words manually, then the precision of search intent is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to repeated data input
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements auto-complete functionality that performs preliminary action by automatically suggesting and completing search words based on user input patterns and historical data. This preliminary completion action reduces the effort required for manual input while maintaining search precision, as the system proactively provides likely search intents before the user finishes typing.
Solution Approach 2:
The search system employs self-service mechanisms where the system automatically generates, completes, and refines search queries based on partial user input. The auto-complete feature allows the system to serve itself by predicting and completing search terms, reducing the burden on users while maintaining accurate search intent capture.
3Loss of information
If a search system displays detailed search results, then the information completeness is improved, but the device complexity increases due to multiple display elements and management systems
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display system into specialized vertical service interfaces, each optimized for its domain. Instead of a single complex display handling all information types, the system divides display responsibilities across multiple vertical service modules (news feed, shopping results, travel options, local business listings), reducing overall system complexity while maintaining information completeness through specialized presentation in each segment.
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AI summary
A search system for providing a vertical service connection includes a search word completing unit configured to determine, upon receiving a search word from a user terminal, at least one auto-complete search word corresponding to a currently input search word; a search word matching unit configured to match the at least one auto-complete search word with a vertical service; a display unit configured to cause the display of the at least one auto-complete search word and a vertical service icon; and a vertical service searching unit configured to provide, upon receiving a selection signal indicating selection of the vertical service icon, results of searching content included in the matched vertical service for the at least one auto-complete search word.