Content Page Region Expansion for Unified Hidden-Content Interaction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing interaction methods for content presentation pages are complex and non-unified, affecting user experience, particularly in the presentation and interaction of hidden or partially hidden content.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that present a first and second region in a content presenting page, where the first region expands in response to a preconfigured operation, hiding or reducing the second region, allowing complete presentation of content and interactive interface elements in the first expanded region, enhancing interaction depth and user experience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If multiple regions are presented simultaneously in a content presentation page, then more information can be displayed, but the interaction method becomes complex and non-unified

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent visibilityVSAvoidinteraction complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The first region is designed to be dynamically expandable from its initial state to a first expanded state, transforming the static multi-region layout into a dynamic single-region layout. This dynamic transformation allows the system to maintain information completeness while simplifying interaction, as the expansion animation and unified interaction method replace the complexity of managing multiple simultaneous regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The content presentation is segmented into distinct states: an initial state with multiple regions for information display, and an expanded state with a single focused region for interaction. The expansion process segments the transition into manageable phases, allowing the system to preserve information while providing a simplified interaction interface at any given moment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If the first region is expanded to show complete content, then content visibility improves, but the second region is hidden or reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent completenessVSAvoidsecond region area
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The expansion of the first region is achieved through dimensionality change in the interface layout, where the region transitions from a smaller initial dimension to a larger expanded dimension. This dimensional transformation allows complete content presentation while managing the spatial relationship with the second region, which is naturally reduced or hidden as a consequence of the expansion rather than being forcibly removed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS20260023479A1Interaction method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2026.01.22 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, apparatus and device, and storage medium for interaction. The method includes: presenting a first region and a second region in a content presenting page associated with a user, the first region presenting at least a portion of content; in response to a first preconfigured operation in a content presenting page, expanding the first region as a first expanded region, to cause at least a portion of the second region to be hidden or reduced; and presenting the content and at least one interactive interface element associated with the content in the first expanded region. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, an interaction manner in a content presenting page can be simplified and unified, thereby enhancing the interaction depth, and improving user experience.