Interactive Content Translation for Metadata Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing amount of content available on computing devices poses a challenge in effectively displaying and managing user interfaces, as existing technologies lack efficient methods to seamlessly transition between different content areas in response to user inputs, limiting user access to additional information.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves a processor and memory configuration that displays first content on a screen, allowing it to be translated to a second area upon user input, thereby removing it from a portion of the first area and selecting and displaying second content, which may include metadata or related information, with the option to return the first content after a predetermined time or user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If additional content is displayed to provide more information, then information accessibility is improved, but interface clutter increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third spatial dimension (z-axis) by displaying content in multiple layers. Primary content occupies the foreground layer while secondary content is displayed in the background layer, accessible through translucency. This dimensional approach allows both types of content to coexist without horizontal clutter, as users can selectively view background content while maintaining access to primary content.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by making specific regions of the display translucent rather than opaque. The background content area is rendered with partial transparency, allowing users to view secondary information (such as metadata or related content) without completely obscuring the primary content. This localized application of translucency enables information layering while maintaining visual hierarchy.
2Loss of information
If content is translated to a second area to reveal additional information, then user access to information is improved, but user interaction complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic content display where the display state transitions between showing primary content, background content, or both simultaneously based on user interaction. The interface dynamically adjusts translucency levels and content visibility in response to user gestures, automatically managing the complexity of information access without requiring users to navigate multiple screens or complex menus.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (translucency control) that mediates between primary and secondary content visibility. Instead of requiring users to completely switch between content views, the translucency intermediary allows simultaneous viewing of both content types at different opacity levels, simplifying the interaction required to access additional information.
3Area of stationary object
If primary content occupies the entire display area, then content visibility is improved, but access to additional content is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested content structure where background content is embedded within the same display space as primary content. The background layer acts as a container for secondary information that can be viewed simultaneously with or behind the primary content layer, allowing both content types to occupy the same physical display area without excluding each other.
Data Source
AI summary
First content displayed on screen may be translated by the user, for example by dragging. Second content may then be displayed in the area of the screen that is exposed by the translation of the first content. In some embodiments there is a conceptual link between the first and second content, for example the second content may be metadata relating to the first content. In effect, a multi-layered user interface is provided. The translation may be performed in response to a special user input, for example a multi-touch drag.