Configurable Pop-up Information Display Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users have limited control over the information displayed by pop-ups, such as tooltips, which may provide unnecessary or insufficient information.

Innovation Solution

A graphical user interface and user configuration system that allows users to select from a list of information types to be displayed by pop-ups, enabling customizable content based on user preferences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If pop-ups display all available information types, then information completeness is improved, but information relevance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidinformation relevance

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the information display by creating a configurable list of information types (such as file name, size, date modified, etc.) that can be individually selected. This segmentation allows the system to divide the complete information set into discrete, selectable units, enabling users to choose only the relevant information types they need, thus resolving the contradiction between displaying all information and displaying only relevant information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If pop-ups display comprehensive information, then information sufficiency is improved, but user control deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation sufficiencyVSAvoiduser control

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamics by making the pop-up configuration adjustable and changeable by users at any time. The system transitions from a static, fixed information display to a dynamic, user-configurable display where users can add or remove information types according to their needs. This dynamic approach maintains information sufficiency while significantly improving user control over the displayed content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Loss of information

If pop-ups display detailed information, then information quality is improved, but display efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation qualityVSAvoiddisplay efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by allowing different information types to be selectively displayed based on user preferences and specific contexts. Instead of uniformly displaying all information types in all situations, the system enables users to configure which information types (local aspects) should be displayed, optimizing the balance between information quality and display efficiency for different usage scenarios.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS8127249B2Method and apparatus providing configurable pop-ups

Publication Date: 2012.02.28 SAP SE

AI summary

A method for configuring a pop-up that displays various types of information on a computer screen, includes providing a graphic user interface that displays a list of types of information capable of being displayed by the pop-up and providing a user configuration system that allows a user to configure the pop-up by selecting from the list of the types of information to be displayed by the pop-up.