Adaptive Document Display Timing via User Interaction Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional scrolling and paging methods require user input and often rely on additional hardware, failing to adapt to individual reading speeds and preferences, leading to inconsistent and inefficient document viewing experiences.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system that manages document display on a GUI by identifying document properties and user preferences, determining display time based on correlations and feedback, allowing for adaptive scrolling and paging without additional hardware, integrating user feedback to personalize the display speed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If conventional scrolling and paging methods are used, then user control over document viewing is maintained, but user input is required and the process is not automated
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages document display by analyzing document properties and user preferences without requiring continuous user input. The auto-scrolling and auto-paging functions operate autonomously based on extracted document characteristics and determined display timing, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring ongoing user manipulation of sliders or buttons.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional hardware components are used for personalized speed adaptation, then reading speed adaptation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces mechanical/electronic sensing systems (such as eye-tracking cameras) with a software-based approach that extracts document properties and analyzes user preferences through computational methods. The system uses algorithms to determine optimal display timing and scrolling speed based on processed data from the document itself and user interaction patterns, eliminating the need for additional physical sensors.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary processing layer that extracts document properties and analyzes user preferences before determining display parameters. This intermediary software layer mediates between the raw document data and the display output, enabling personalized adaptation through computational analysis rather than direct hardware sensing.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a constant speed for auto paging is used, then implementation is simplified, but it does not adapt to different user reading speeds and content types
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts display timing and scrolling speed based on extracted document properties and user preferences rather than using a fixed constant. The determination of display time varies according to document characteristics such as length, complexity, and user-defined preferences, allowing the system to adapt its behavior to different reading scenarios and content types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of display time from a fixed constant to a variable value determined by analyzing document properties and user preferences. The system adjusts timing parameters dynamically based on the specific document being displayed and the user's reading preferences, enabling adaptation to different reading speeds and content types without requiring complex hardware.
4Adaptability or versatility
If frequent adjustments of auto paging speed are required, then user reading preferences can be accommodated, but user effort and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of document properties and user preferences before displaying the document, determining the optimal display timing and scrolling speed in advance. By extracting document characteristics and analyzing user preferences upfront, the system pre-configures the display parameters to match user reading habits, eliminating the need for frequent adjustments during the reading process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that analyze user interaction patterns and document properties to continuously refine display parameters. By monitoring user behavior and document characteristics, the system automatically adjusts display timing and scrolling speed to better match user preferences, reducing the need for manual intervention and saving user time while maintaining high adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for managing display of content include identifying a document to present to a user on a graphical user interface (GUI); extracting at least one property of the document, the property including metadata associated with the document; determining a correlation between the document and one or more document topics associated with the user; determining an amount of time to display a portion of the document to the user through the GUI based at least in part on the property and the correlation; and displaying the portion of the document to the user through the GUI for the determined amount of time.