Content-Driven UI Orchestration for Cross-Platform Rendering
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Solution Overview
Problem
As variations in electronic device form factors, platforms, and technologies increase, applications face challenges in adapting to support execution on different processors, input/output devices, operating systems, screen sizes, and web browsers, requiring flexible and dynamic configuration of user interface rendering components to maintain a seamless user experience.
Innovation Solution
An orchestrator coordinates the operation of multiple rendering components by obtaining content from a server, identifying the appropriate rendering component based on the current usage context, and providing it with the necessary content to render views of the user interface, decoupling the content and navigation flow to enable flexible configuration and seamless user experience across different platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If applications are updated to support new features, functionality, platforms, form factors, or technologies, then the application's adaptability improves, but the complexity of coordinating multiple rendering components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the rendering system into separate rendering components (e.g., web view rendering component, native rendering component) that can be independently selected and coordinated. This segmentation allows the application to adapt to different platforms and form factors by choosing appropriate components without increasing overall system complexity, as each component operates independently under the orchestrator's coordination.
Solution Approach 2:
The orchestrator acts as an intermediary between the content source and multiple rendering components. It receives content, identifies the appropriate rendering component based on usage context, and provides the content to that component. This intermediary role simplifies coordination by centralizing the selection and distribution logic, allowing adaptability without proportional complexity increase.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple rendering components are used to support different platforms and form factors, then the application's versatility improves, but the difficulty of coordinating their operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The orchestrator serves multiple functions: it coordinates rendering components, retrieves content from servers, identifies appropriate components based on usage context, and manages content distribution. This multi-functionality consolidates coordination complexity into a single universal component, allowing the system to support multiple platforms and form factors without proportionally increasing coordination difficulty.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the orchestrator operates independently of content and navigation flow, then the flexibility of configuration improves, but the complexity of maintaining seamless user experience increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects rendering components based on usage context rather than using a fixed configuration. The orchestrator identifies which rendering component to use based on current application state, platform, and form factor, allowing flexible configuration while maintaining seamless user experience through context-aware adaptation rather than rigid predetermined arrangements.
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AI summary
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of an application on an electronic device. During operation, the system executes an orchestrator that coordinates the operation of a set of rendering components for rendering different views of a user interface for the application. The orchestrator is used to provide the user interface on the electronic device. First, the orchestrator obtains content for rendering the user interface. Next, the orchestrator identifies, from the content, a first rendering component from the set of rendering components for use in rendering a first view of the user interface. The system then provides the content to the first rendering component, wherein the content is used by the first rendering component to render the first view of the user interface.