Content Sharing Interface with Annotation-Based Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for sharing content, such as text or images, are inconvenient as they often require sharing the entire content, leading to issues like loss of selected areas during scrolling and difficulties in accurately recognizing shared map locations.
Innovation Solution
A method and device for providing an information sharing interface that allows users to select and share only a desired part of content, regardless of type, by switching to a selection mode upon gesture input, displaying selected items in a panel area, and sharing them with targets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the entire content URL is shared in a chat window, then the complete information is transmitted, but the user cannot quickly recognize the shared part without switching to the URL window
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the shared content by embedding annotation information that highlights specific portions within the URL. This allows the receiver to see only the relevant segmented part (e.g., selected text, image region, map location) without needing to view the entire content, thus reducing time loss while preserving complete information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary annotation mechanism that acts as a mediator between the shared URL and the receiver. This annotation layer provides preview information about the shared content without requiring navigation to the original URL, enabling quick recognition of shared parts while maintaining access to complete information.
2Quantity of substance
If a user selects a specific paragraph or line from a long text to share, then only the desired part is shared, but scrolling causes the selected area to be lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by anchoring the selected area to the URL before sharing. The annotation information is embedded in advance, recording the position and content of selected portions. This ensures that even if scrolling occurs, the selected area remains reliably identified through the pre-established annotation markers.
3Loss of information
If the entire content is shared, then complete information is provided, but the recipient cannot quickly identify the relevant part
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual differentiation (analogous to color changes) through annotation markers that highlight specific portions of shared content. These annotations visually distinguish relevant parts from the rest of the content, making it easy for recipients to identify and focus on the shared portions without losing access to complete information.
4Quantity of substance
If a user wants to share only a part of content in a chat window, then the sharing is more precise, but the URL of the entire content is still shared
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the relevant portion information from the entire content by embedding annotation data in the shared URL. This extraction mechanism allows precise sharing of specific parts (selected text, image regions, map locations) while still providing access to the complete content through the original URL, thus achieving both precision and completeness.
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AI summary
A method of providing an information sharing interface according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, when a gesture input for content displayed on a screen is received, switching to a selection mode, receiving a user input for selecting some items of the content in the selection mode, displaying the selected items in a panel area of the screen, and selectively sharing the items displayed in the panel area with at least one target.