Contextual Indicator System for Web-Native Data Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern wireless devices face challenges in providing a seamless user experience for browsing web content and interacting with native applications, as users struggle to share data between web browsers and native apps, and web developers find it laborious to update webpages with new marketing content without rewriting the entire webpage.
Innovation Solution
The QTags system allows for the re-rendering of existing web-based content, enabling users to browse any webpage while presenting relevant advertising and facilitating seamless data sharing between web browsers and native apps, and allows for updating webpages with new content without server updates by using indicators and contextual actions that can be updated from a maintainer server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If web developers want to update webpages with new marketing content, then the content can be refreshed, but it requires rewriting the entire webpage which is laborious
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the webpage into two independent parts: the static webpage structure (HTML) and the dynamic marketing content (indicators). The indicator layer can be updated separately from the webpage structure, allowing marketers to refresh content without rewriting the entire page. This is achieved through the indicator processing module that overlays dynamic content onto the static webpage framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-defining the webpage structure and indicator templates in advance. The indicator processing module is pre-configured with rules for interpreting and displaying indicators. When new marketing content is needed, only the indicator data needs to be updated rather than the entire webpage, saving time and effort.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users want to share data between web browsers and native applications, then data integration is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an indicator processing module as an intermediary layer between the web browser and native applications. This module intercepts indicator data from web content, processes it according to predefined rules, and automatically passes relevant data to appropriate native applications. The intermediary handles the complexity of data format conversion and application routing, making the data sharing mechanism transparent to both users and developers.
3Speed
If the system preloads contextual actions on the wireless device, then user response time is improved, but device memory usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selectively preloading only the most frequently used or most relevant contextual actions based on the specific webpage content and user context. Rather than uniformly preloading all possible actions, the system analyzes the current webpage indicators and preloads only the contextual actions that are likely to be needed, optimizing the balance between response time and memory usage.
Data Source
AI summary
A method and apparatus are presented for the presentation and activation of contextual actions for interpreted content. In one aspect, keywords are recognized from an existing webpage, re-processed into a second webpage, and presented via a browser. The indicators are selectable and may invoke functionality resident on the wireless device within one or more native applications.