Content Suggestion Interface with Dual Viewing Windows

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users often face challenges while viewing content items like web pages, as they may only read or view a small portion of the information, which can be outdated or unreliable, and they may struggle to find additional relevant information or perform actions related to the content.

Innovation Solution

A computing system that obtains content data, determines additional content associated with the displayed content, and provides an interface for viewing data associated with both the displayed and additional content. This system uses machine-learned models to process content data and generate additional content, such as summaries, purchase links, or augmented reality experiences, and presents it to the user through a user-friendly interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users manually search for additional information or perform additional actions related to displayed content, then they can obtain more comprehensive information, but this consumes additional time and effort

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of informationVSAvoidtime for searching
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically determining additional content and actions associated with the displayed content before the user needs them. The computing system analyzes the displayed content, identifies relevant additional information, and prepares action suggestions in advance, so when the user views the content, the supplementary information and possible actions are already available without requiring the user to manually search or wait for results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If users read through the entire displayed content, then they can obtain complete information, but this increases the time required to consume the content

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of informationVSAvoidtime for reading
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and separates key additional content and actionable information from the full displayed content, presenting only the most relevant portions to the user. Instead of requiring users to read through entire articles or documents, the computing system identifies and extracts essential supplementary information, summaries, and key actions, presenting them in a condensed format that maintains information completeness while significantly reducing reading time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Ease of operation

If the system provides comprehensive additional content and action suggestions, then user experience is enhanced, but the interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser experienceVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the interface into distinct functional regions: the displayed content area, the additional content determination area, and the actions suggestion area. Each segment serves a specific purpose and can be independently controlled or collapsed. The additional content and action suggestions are presented as separate, optional elements that do not interfere with the primary content display, allowing users to engage with only the portions they need while maintaining a clean, organized interface structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250156491A1Presenting Related Content while Browsing and Searching Content
Publication Date: 2025.05.15 GOOGLE LLC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for presenting an interface for additional content suggestion can include obtaining data descriptive of the displayed content and determining additional content associated with the displayed content. An interface can then be provided that displays data associated with the displayed content and the additional content. The interface can include a first viewing window for displaying a portion of the displayed content and a second viewing window for displaying a snippet associated with the additional content.