Contextual Anchor Points for Digital Content Layout
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Solution Overview
Problem
E-books and digital content often appear differently across various devices due to differing screen sizes, leading to inconvenient pagination and separation of associated elements like images and captions, making it difficult for users to view them in proximity.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for establishing contextual anchor points in digital content, where a content authoring device identifies and associates elements that should be rendered together, using visual UI controls and processing servers to convert the content into a format that ensures these elements are displayed in close proximity across different devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If e-books are rendered on devices with different screen sizes, then the content can be viewed on various devices, but the pagination and element positioning become inconsistent and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the e-book content into fixed-width columns with defined anchor points. Each column is treated as an independent unit with specific width measurements, allowing the content to be divided into manageable segments that can be consistently rendered across different devices while maintaining logical page breaks and element associations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the rendering parameter from fluid/adaptive layout to fixed-width column layout. By specifying exact column widths and using anchor points with fixed positional relationships, the system transforms the layout parameters to ensure consistent pagination and element positioning regardless of the displaying device's screen size.
2Adaptability or versatility
If images and captions are separated across different pages due to screen size variations, then content fits the device, but the association between elements is lost and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining anchor points in the content markup and establishing fixed positional relationships between elements before rendering. Authors can specify anchor points and associate them with images, captions, and other elements, ensuring these associations are preserved during rendering on any device without requiring runtime detection or adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces anchor points as intermediary elements that mediate between the content structure and the rendering process. These anchor points serve as fixed reference points that maintain the association between related elements (images, captions, figures) across different devices, acting as a bridge that preserves semantic relationships despite varying screen dimensions.
3Ease of operation
If the content layout is dynamically adjusted for each device, then optimal display is achieved, but the author's intended structure and element relationships are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing different parts of the content to have fixed structural characteristics while the overall layout adapts to device constraints. Specific regions (columns, anchor points, associated elements) maintain their defined properties and relationships, while the rendering engine adjusts the global presentation to fit different screen sizes, preserving local content integrity throughout.
Data Source
AI summary
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to contextual anchor points in content. In some embodiments, processed content may be received from a server. Contextual anchor parameters may be received from a user. A selection of an anchor target in the processed content may be received from a user. One or more contextual anchor candidates may be identified in the processed content based at least in part on the anchor target and the one or more contextual anchor parameters. The one or more contextual anchor candidates and at least a portion of the processed content may be displayed to the user. A selection of at least one contextual anchor from the one or more contextual anchor candidates may be received from the user. An association may be established between the anchor target and the contextual anchor. The processed content, anchor target, and the association may be transmitted.