Web Request Data Capture for Unified Cross-Site Item Search
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional website search methods for finding specific items, such as vehicles, are time-consuming and error-prone due to varying search capabilities across different websites and the need to repeatedly search multiple sites, often resulting in inefficiencies and failures to find the desired item.
Innovation Solution
A system that captures request data from multiple websites using web-components to generate HTML files, analyzes user search parameters and preferences, and identifies matching items across different inventories, providing a unified search experience through an aggregator website.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a user manually searches for items on multiple different websites, then the user can potentially find the desired item, but the process becomes time-consuming and repetitive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple website search operations into a single unified search interface. The system aggregates inventory data from multiple car dealership websites and presents consolidated search results, eliminating the need for users to manually search each site separately while maintaining comprehensive coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a mediator between the user and multiple car dealership websites. This intermediary automatically captures search criteria from the user, queries multiple websites behind the scenes, and presents consolidated results, thereby reducing user effort and time investment.
2Productivity
If a user repeatedly executes searches on different car dealerships' websites, then the user can find available vehicles, but the process becomes error-prone and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the system learns from user interactions with search results. The system captures user preferences and behavior patterns, then refines subsequent search results to better match user needs, improving both efficiency and accuracy over time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-capturing and storing search criteria and user preferences before the actual search is needed. When a user initiates a search, the system already has their preferences ready, allowing for immediate and accurate search execution without manual re-entry of criteria.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional website search capabilities are used, then users can search within a single website's inventory, but the search is limited to that website's stock and may be futile
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal search system that can query multiple different car dealership websites through a single interface. The system is designed to work with various website formats and inventory structures, providing versatile search coverage across the entire automotive market rather than being limited to individual sites.
Data Source
AI summary
The method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium embodiments described herein capture request data from requests transmitted on websites. In various embodiments, a server receives an HTML file including content of a first website from a web-component configured to extract the content of the first website. The content includes information about a search that was executed on the first website and returned a set of items. The server generates a profile of the user based on the information about the search in the HTML file and identifies a new item that corresponds to the profile. The server further detects authentication details of the user on a second website based on the user identifier and causes display of item data of the new item and the set of items on the second web site in response to detecting the authentication details of the user.