Browser Tab Grouping by URL Content Similarity
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulty in managing multiple open browser tabs, as they need to search through titles to find relevant tabs, which is inconvenient and time-consuming, especially when dealing with a large number of tabs related to different tasks or topics.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that analyze uniform resource locators and content of open browser tabs to calculate a similarity score, grouping them into visual containers, allowing users to view tiles representing each group, making it easier to navigate and manage tabs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users leave multiple browser tabs open to access different information, then information accessibility is improved, but tab management complexity increases and time to find specific tabs increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments browser tabs into distinct visual containers based on their content similarity. Each visual container groups related tabs together, allowing users to quickly locate specific tabs by visually scanning containers rather than individually examining each tab title. This segmentation directly reduces the time to find specific tabs while maintaining access to all open information.
2Ease of operation
If users manually organize browser tabs into groups, then tab management ease is improved, but user effort and time investment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically analyzes tab content, calculates similarity scores, and performs grouping without requiring user intervention. The automated content analysis and grouping mechanism eliminates manual sorting efforts while providing organized tab management, thus improving ease of operation without consuming user time or effort.
3Loss of information
If visual containers display detailed information about each tab, then information visibility is improved, but screen space consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple tabs into consolidated visual containers, displaying grouped tabs in a compact format that preserves essential information while minimizing screen space usage. By combining related tabs into single visual units rather than displaying each tab individually, the system maintains information visibility while efficiently utilizing available screen real estate.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention includes systems and methods for grouping into a visual container open browser tabs based on an analysis of uniform resource locators, content, or other information relating to the plurality of open browser tabs. The analysis may include calculating a similarity score. Based on a comparison of the similarity score to one or more thresholds, a visual container is provided displaying groups of tiles corresponding to each of the pages open in the browser tabs. The visual container may be formatted as a set of browser tabs, each containing active tiles for each web page of a particular group. The visual container may be a screen showing piles of tiles, each pile corresponding to a particular group.