Browser Travel Log Gesture Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current web browser paradigms are inefficient, as navigation through visited web pages can be counter-intuitive, causing users to focus away from content to locate navigation buttons, thereby degrading the user experience.
Innovation Solution
A travel log is introduced as a visual element within the web browser, allowing users to navigate through visited content using touch-based and/or touchless gestures, represented as a scrollable timeline, enabling direct manipulation of content without relying solely on gesture-based input.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional navigation buttons are used, then navigation functionality is provided, but user focus shifts away from content to locate and actuate buttons
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the navigation functionality with the content display area by implementing gesture-based navigation directly on the web page content. Users can swipe or gesture on the content itself to navigate through the browser history, eliminating the need for separate navigation buttons and keeping focus on the content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces gesture recognition as an intermediary mechanism between the user and navigation functionality. Instead of directly interacting with navigation buttons, users perform gestures on the content, and the system mediates this input to trigger navigation actions, thereby maintaining content focus while enabling navigation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If navigation buttons are placed in the interface, then backward and forward navigation is enabled, but the interface complexity increases and user attention is diverted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the navigation functionality from the traditional button-based interface and repositions it within the content area through gesture recognition. This removes visual clutter from the interface while preserving full navigation capabilities, as gestures can be performed anywhere on the content without requiring dedicated button space.
3Ease of operation
If touch-based gestures are implemented, then direct manipulation of content is enabled, but the system must recognize and process gesture inputs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service by allowing the content itself to serve as the interaction surface. The web page content responds directly to user gestures performed on it, with the browser's gesture recognition system automatically processing these inputs to trigger appropriate navigation actions, eliminating the need for additional control mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments provide a travel log for manipulation of content. In at least some embodiments, the travel log can be presented as a visual element of a web browser and can enable a user to navigate through visited content (e.g., web pages) via manipulation of the content using touch-based and/or touchless gestures. Implementations can facilitate navigation through content by representing the travel log as a visual “time line” of visited content that can be scrolled via manipulation through a web browser user interface. For example, a user can navigate the travel log to older content by manipulating the travel log in one direction, and can navigate the travel log to newer content by manipulating the travel log in a different direction.