Character Selection Element for Multi-Language List Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for navigating lists of content identifiers across multiple languages on touch-sensitive devices are cumbersome and inefficient, leading to a significant cognitive burden and increased energy consumption, particularly in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a graphical user interface with a character selection element that includes sub-elements representing different languages, where the size of each sub-element is proportional to the number of content items in that language, allowing users to quickly navigate through lists by interacting with the touch-sensitive surface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional list navigation methods are used, then users can access content identifiers, but the cognitive burden increases and navigation efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The character selection element is segmented into multiple sub-elements, each corresponding to a different language. This segmentation allows users to quickly navigate to their preferred language section without scanning through the entire list, thereby reducing navigation time and cognitive burden.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface performs preliminary action by automatically detecting and highlighting the user's preferred language in the character selection element before navigation begins. This pre-positioning of the selection point eliminates the need for users to manually search through language options, improving navigation efficiency.
2Use of energy by moving object
If conventional list navigation methods are used, then all content identifiers can be accessed, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts only the essential navigation information (language identifiers and character selections) from the full content list and presents them in a condensed character selection element. This extraction allows users to perform navigation decisions with minimal information display, reducing the time the display and processor remain active, thereby conserving battery power while maintaining navigation speed.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple languages are supported in the list, then content accessibility improves, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges multiple language navigation functions into a single integrated character selection element. Instead of providing separate navigation interfaces for each language, the system combines them into one unified component where users can select their preferred language and navigate accordingly, thereby supporting multiple languages without proportionally increasing interface complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically detecting the user's preferred language and adjusting the character selection element accordingly. This automation reduces the complexity of manual language configuration and simplifies the user interface while maintaining support for multiple languages.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a portion of a list of identifiers. The list of identifiers are associated with: a first number of first content items associated with a first language, and a second number of second content items associated with a second language. The device concurrently displays a character selection element that includes: a first sub-element associated with the first content items and having a first size, and a second sub-element associated with the second content items and having a second size, the first size relative to the second size being based on the first number relative to the second number. In response to detecting an input on the second sub-element, the device displays a portion of the list of identifiers with identifiers associated with second content items.