Adaptive GUI Widget Layouts for Interest-Aligned Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) do not effectively align widget arrangements with user interests, leading to inefficient navigation and increased resource consumption due to redundant menu interactions.
Innovation Solution
A GUI system that determines user interests based on profile information to customize widget arrangements, allowing for template selection, editing, and dynamic updates, reducing navigation redundancy and improving user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If widgets are arranged according to a predefined arrangement, then the GUI structure is simple and easy to implement, but the navigation efficiency is poor and user interests are not aligned
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary analysis of user profile information, interests, and historical interactions before generating widget arrangements. Templates are pre-configured with different widget arrangements that can be automatically selected based on user characteristics, allowing the system to prepare optimized layouts in advance rather than computing them in real-time during navigation
Solution Approach 2:
The widget arrangement transitions from static predefined layouts to dynamic, user-adaptive configurations. The system automatically selects and switches between different templates based on user profile matching, making the GUI structure flexible and responsive to individual user needs while maintaining implementation simplicity through template-based design
2Loss of time
If multiple navigation interactions are required to reach desired widgets, then the GUI maintains a comprehensive widget set, but the time consumption and resource usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different arrangement strategies to different users based on their local characteristics (profile information, interests, interaction history). Each user receives a customized widget arrangement that prioritizes their frequently accessed or relevant widgets, reducing their specific navigation time and resource consumption without affecting other users
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the arrangement parameters (widget positions, groupings, visibility) based on user profile parameters. By analyzing user interests and interaction patterns, the system adjusts widget placement to minimize navigation steps, directly reducing both time consumption and the computational resources required for navigation operations
3Ease of operation
If the GUI uses a standardized widget arrangement, then the implementation is straightforward, but the user engagement and experience are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses universal templates that can serve multiple user types and scenarios. Each template represents a reusable arrangement pattern that can be applied to different users with similar profiles, maintaining implementation simplicity while providing adaptable, interest-aligned widget arrangements through template selection and combination
Solution Approach 2:
User profiles and interest patterns are analyzed in advance to pre-determine the most suitable template for each user. This preliminary matching process enables the system to automatically select appropriate standardized templates without requiring complex real-time customization, thus maintaining ease of implementation while achieving good user interest alignment
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AI summary
A computer system and method for presenting interactive graphical user interface (GUI) widgets are provided. Profile information associated with a user of the computer system is determined and a page is presented in a GUI. Based on the profile information associated with the user, a first template is determined that indicates a first arrangement of interactive GUI widgets to be presented in the page, whereby the first arrangement is different from that of a second template of a plurality of templates, each indicating an arrangement of a plurality of interactive GUI widgets. Based on the first template, the interactive GUI widgets are presented in the page arranged according to the first arrangement.