Mobile Browser History Retaining Display Mode Settings

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile communication terminals face challenges in efficiently and user-friendliness displaying web pages due to smaller screens and limited input methods, as web pages are often authored for personal computers, leading to improper display.

Innovation Solution

A method for saving user modifications to content display modes, such as zoom factor, frame display, and page layout, allowing these settings to be retained in the browser history, enabling efficient re-rendering of previously visited pages with preferred display modes.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of moving object

If web pages are displayed on mobile communication terminals with smaller screens, then the terminal size and weight are reduced, but the display efficiency and user experience deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveterminal sizeVSAvoiddisplay efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Volume of moving objectVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by detecting user interactions (clicks, taps, gestures) on the displayed content and dynamically adjusting display parameters such as zoom level, pan position, and rotation angle. This allows the system to optimize the display of PC-authored web pages for mobile screens without changing the physical terminal size, thereby improving display efficiency while maintaining compact terminal dimensions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If web pages authored for personal computers are displayed on mobile communication terminals, then content compatibility is maintained, but display appropriateness and user friendliness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent compatibilityVSAvoiduser friendliness
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamics by making the display parameters adjustable and responsive to user actions. Instead of using fixed display settings, the system dynamically modifies zoom, pan, and rotation parameters based on real-time user interactions, transforming static PC-authored content into an adaptive display experience suited for mobile terminals.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms by detecting user interactions (clicks, taps, gestures) on the displayed content and using this feedback to automatically adjust display parameters. This closed-loop approach allows the system to respond to user needs and improve usability without requiring manual configuration or redesign of web content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Adaptability or versatility

If display parameters are manually adjusted for each page, then display customization is achieved, but time consumption and operational complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay customizationVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies self-service by enabling the system to automatically adjust display parameters based on detected user interactions. Instead of requiring users to manually configure zoom, pan, and rotation settings for each page, the system autonomously optimizes display parameters in response to user actions, thereby achieving customization without time consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS9448711B2Mobile communication terminal and associated methods
Publication Date: 2016.09.20 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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AI summary

It is disclosed a method for displaying previously visited hypermedia pages in a hypermedia browser application executing on a mobile communication terminal comprising a display. The method comprises the steps of: rendering a first hypermedia page on said display, accepting a first input to modify rendering of said first hypermedia page according to a first content display mode, rendering said first hypermedia page according to said first content display mode, accepting a second input to render a second hypermedia page, rendering a second hypermedia page, accepting a third input to again render said first hypermedia page, and rendering said first hypermedia page according to said first content display mode.