Auto-aligning Website Elements by Contextual Grouping

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems for designing and launching a website are complex, time-consuming, and costly, requiring users to register domain names, design websites, and configure services, which can be daunting for businesses, leading to hesitation in establishing an online presence.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that automatically retrieves data to enhance social media engagement and content presentation, including calculating contact importance scores, generating engagement scores, recommending content, and aligning website elements, to simplify the creation and management of a website's web presence.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users manually design and configure website elements, then customization and control are improved, but time consumption and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvewebsite customizationVSAvoidtime to launch website
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically analyzing page elements, determining their contextual relationships, and pre-calculating alignment requirements before the user finalizes the design. This allows the website to be ready for launch without manual alignment work, reducing time consumption while maintaining customization options.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service by allowing the website design platform to automatically align elements based on contextual indicators without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by detecting misaligned elements and correcting their positioning autonomously, significantly reducing the time users would otherwise spend on manual alignment tasks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If users manually align each website element, then alignment precision is improved, but labor intensity and time consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelement alignment precisionVSAvoidease of website design
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically detecting misaligned elements through contextual indicators and correcting their positioning without user intervention. This maintains high alignment precision while dramatically improving ease of operation, as users no longer need to manually adjust each element's position.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the mechanical manual dragging and dropping of elements with an automated computational system. The computer identifies contextual relationships between elements and automatically calculates optimal positions, substituting manual mechanical operations with intelligent automation that achieves superior precision and ease of use.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Manufacturing precision

If comprehensive alignment checks are performed on all website elements, then alignment quality is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoverall alignment qualityVSAvoidwebsite design speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies segmentation by dividing the website page into contextual groups or sections based on relationships between elements. Instead of checking every element against every other element, the system segments the analysis into manageable groups, maintaining comprehensive alignment quality while reducing the computational complexity and processing time required.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9659103B2Auto-aligning website elements by grouping elements based on a plurality of contextual indicators
Publication Date: 2017.05.23 GO DADDY OPERATING CO LLC
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AI summary

Systems and methods provide online tools for helping a business improve its online presence. A contact importance score rates a contact's engagement with business via purchases and online contact, and may further gauge the contact's engagement with other contacts and potential contacts. An engagement score rates a business' engagement with online visitors with respect to industry best practices. A method of generating the engagement score may include providing recommendations to the business for improving the engagement score. A method for recommending online content can identify public and privately-created content that is likely to engage a business' users. A website builder can include a tool for aligning content on the website. The website builder can further include a tool for creating a video for promoting the business.