Content Editing State Control for Protecting Outputted Content
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content creation applications lack the ability to distinguish and prevent inadvertent editing of outputted content, leading to reduced user convenience in content management.
Innovation Solution
The system categorizes content data as 'under editing' or 'outputted' and restricts direct editing of outputted content, prompting duplication and editing of a copy instead, with separate display regions for each state, and optional preflight checks to ensure proper arrangement before editing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If content data is allowed to be edited freely after outputting, then user convenience in editing is improved, but inadvertent editing of outputted content occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments content data into distinct categories: content data that has not been outputted yet and content data that has been outputted. This segmentation allows different editing behaviors to be applied to each category, preventing inadvertent editing of outputted content while maintaining editing convenience for non-outputted content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different quality characteristics to different parts of the content data. Outputted content data is marked with a specific attribute that restricts editing operations, while non-outputted content data maintains full editing capabilities. This local differentiation resolves the contradiction by providing appropriate editing freedom only where needed.
2Reliability
If outputted content data is restricted from editing, then inadvertent editing is prevented, but user convenience in modifying content is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a copying mechanism that allows users to create a copy of outputted content data when modification is needed. The copy inherits the outputted status and its associated protections, while the original remains unchanged. This resolves the contradiction by providing a way to modify content without compromising the stability of the original outputted version.
3Device complexity
If content data is displayed in a single list, then interface simplicity is maintained, but content management clarity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the content data list into multiple separate lists based on output status: one list for non-outputted content and another for outputted content. This segmentation provides clear visual differentiation of content states while maintaining a simple and organized interface structure for content management.
Data Source
AI summary
A control method of an information processing apparatus includes: performing control to maintain a state in which second content data is included in a second list indicated by a second region displayed after a second editing screen is displayed even in a case where the second content data is selected from the second list; and performing control to newly add third content data to a first list displayed after an operation to save the third content data without outputting is performed on the second editing screen.