Web Browser Decision Assistant for Tab Grouping and Comparison
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in managing multiple browser tabs for decision-making tasks, such as comparing options for travel bookings or product purchases, due to tab clutter and the risk of losing open tabs unexpectedly.
Innovation Solution
A web browser decision task assistant that parses and analyzes web content across multiple browser tabs to identify groups related to a common decision task, generating a summary with comparative parameters and allowing users to interact with and organize options within a single interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users open multiple browser tabs for decision-making tasks, then they can access and compare multiple options simultaneously, but the tab bar becomes cluttered and difficult to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple browser tabs into a unified decision-making interface. Instead of managing separate tabs individually, the system combines their content into a consolidated view with comparative parameters, reducing the visual clutter of multiple tab headers while preserving access to all options.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the decision-making process into organized groups of tabs based on common decision tasks. By categorizing tabs into logical groups and presenting them with summary information, the system reduces the complexity of navigating through many individual tabs while maintaining access to each option.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If users keep multiple browser tabs open for extended periods, then they can continue researching options, but the risk of losing tabs due to unexpected browser closure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a persistent decision-making summary that acts as a copy of the essential information from all tabs. This summary maintains the decision task context even after tabs are closed or the browser restarts, ensuring that users don't lose their research progress while allowing tabs to be managed more flexibly.
3Ease of operation
If users manually manage bookmarks and tabs, then they can organize their research, but the process is time-consuming and onerous
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service organization by automatically detecting decision tasks, grouping tabs accordingly, and generating structured summaries with comparative parameters. The system performs the organization work autonomously based on the content of the tabs, eliminating the need for users to manually create folders, tags, or organizational structures.
4Adaptability or versatility
If users compare options across multiple browser tabs, then they can evaluate different parameters, but the process becomes complicated and non-sequential
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the comparison functionality into a unified interface that presents all options side-by-side with standardized comparative parameters. This consolidated view allows users to evaluate multiple parameters across different options simultaneously without switching between tabs, simplifying the comparison process while maintaining comprehensive analytical capability.
Data Source
AI summary
A web browser includes a decision task assistant that parses and analyzes web content of multiple browser tabs concurrently open within a browser session. The decision task assistant creates a decision task tab group that includes the subset of the multiple browser tabs that references webpage subjects pertaining to a common decision task. The decision task assistant discovers attributes of the webpage subjects and displays a decision task summary for the decision task tab group. The decision task summary includes task-specific comparative parameters referencing one or more of the discovered attributes of website subjects in association with content cards summarizing information pertaining to each of the website subjects.