Context-Aware Browser Menus for Related Content Controls
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in navigating complex browser settings and interacting efficiently with browser applications, leading to inefficient user experiences and increased power consumption in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
Implementing improved methods and interfaces for interacting with browser applications, including intelligent content display and tactile feedback, to reduce the number of user inputs and enhance efficiency, while conserving power.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional browser settings navigation is used, then users can access all browser functions, but the interface complexity and number of steps increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a search bar as an intermediary element that mediates between the user and the complex browser settings. Instead of navigating through deep menu hierarchies, users can directly search for desired settings or features using natural language queries. This search intermediary translates user intent into actionable commands, bypassing the need to understand or navigate the complex underlying menu structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service by automatically interpreting search queries and presenting relevant settings or features without requiring users to manually navigate through menus. The browser application autonomously analyzes the search input, identifies the user's intent, and displays the appropriate controls or settings, thereby serving itself to resolve the complexity issue.
2Adaptability or versatility
If more controls and options are provided in the browser interface, then user functionality increases, but the time and effort required to interact with the interface increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-processing and categorizing all browser settings and features before the user needs them. When a user submits a search query, the system has already organized the underlying settings structure, making it possible to quickly retrieve and display only the relevant options. This preliminary organization dramatically reduces the time needed to present functional options to the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by analyzing user search queries and dynamically adjusting the displayed controls based on the specific intent detected. The interface provides immediate feedback by showing only the most relevant settings and features for the current search context, rather than presenting all possible browser functions. This feedback mechanism reduces interaction time by filtering out irrelevant options.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional menu navigation is used, then all browser options are accessible, but power consumption increases due to extended interaction time
Solution Approach 1:
The search functionality performs preliminary action by pre-organizing all browser settings and features into a searchable index before user interaction. This allows the system to quickly retrieve and display relevant options without requiring users to navigate through extensive menu hierarchies, thereby reducing the duration of screen display and processor activity, which in turn reduces power consumption during browser configuration tasks.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer system displays a first user interface for a web browser application that includes a user-selectable option and detects a user input selecting the user-selectable option. The computer system, in response to detecting the user input: in accordance with a determination that content of the first user interface is not associated with related content, displays a first menu for the web browser application that includes a first plurality of options for interacting with the web browser application. The computer system, in accordance with a determination that content of the first user interface is associated with related content, displays a second menu for the web browser application that includes concurrent display of: a second plurality of options for interacting with the web browser application; and a first user interface element for a first type of related content that is related to the content of the first user interface.