Web Page Answer Box Gadget for Trigger Term Enrichment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of web pages often face difficulty in accessing additional details about specific terms presented on the page, such as time or weather information, as they need to resort to search engines or specialized services, rather than having this information readily available.

Innovation Solution

The method involves identifying and highlighting 'trigger terms' on a web page, which, when selected, display a pop-up window with relevant information, such as current time or weather, by embedding an answer box gadget within the page, allowing direct manipulation and easy access to parametric values.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users want to access additional details about terms on a web page, then they can obtain comprehensive information, but they must resort to search engines or specialized services which increases operation complexity and time loss

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess to additional detailsVSAvoidoperation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the web page content with answer box gadgets directly, allowing users to access additional information about terms without leaving the current page. The answer box gadgets are embedded within the web page structure, combining the information display function with the existing page layout, thus eliminating the need to use separate search engines or services.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary identification of trigger terms and embedding of answer box gadgets before the user requests information. The system pre-processes the web page content to identify terms that should have associated answer boxes, and these answer box gadgets are already in place when the user views the page, ready to provide information instantly upon interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If users want to access additional details about terms on a web page, then they can obtain comprehensive information, but they must use separate search engines which increases time loss

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccess to additional detailsVSAvoidtime loss
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines the answer box functionality directly within the web page, eliminating the need for users to navigate to separate search engine pages. The answer box gadgets are integrated into the page structure, allowing users to access additional information about terms instantly without time loss for page transitions or separate searches.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-identifies trigger terms and prepares answer box gadgets in advance, so that when users interact with terms on the page, the information is already ready to display. This preliminary preparation eliminates the time delay associated with real-time search queries and page loading.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If the web page includes interaction points for direct manipulation of trigger terms, then users can easily access information, but the device complexity increases due to embedded answer box gadgets

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of access to informationVSAvoidstructure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the web page into distinct functional components, with answer box gadgets as separate, modular elements that can be independently managed. Each answer box gadget is a self-contained unit that can be added or removed without affecting the overall page structure, making the complexity manageable through modular design.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The answer box gadget serves multiple functions: it identifies trigger terms, retrieves relevant information, and displays answers within the page context. This multi-functional component reduces the need for separate systems for term identification, information retrieval, and display, thereby managing complexity through consolidation of functions into a universal gadget.

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

Data Source

PatentUS9146992B2Enriching web resources
Publication Date: 2015.09.29 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enriching web resources In one aspect, a method includes: sending a request for a web resource to a web server, receiving the requested document from the web server, sending an identifier of the received web resource to a search engine server, retrieving from a cached storage of the search engine server one or more trigger terms associated with the web resource, extracting the parametric values of each trigger term associated with the web resource, modifying the web resource by embedding an answer box gadget for each trigger term in the web resource using the parametric values of the each trigger term, and rendering the modified web resource in the requesting client device.