Desktop Navigation Tool for Multi-Window Web Browsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current web browsers lack efficient navigation tools to manage multiple open windows, leading to user inconvenience when switching between them.
Innovation Solution
A Desktop Navigation Tool (DNT) with 'UP' and 'DOWN' buttons is introduced, allowing users to navigate across multiple web pages by enabling the user to move between windows more freely and efficiently, distinct from the standard 'FORWARD' and 'BACK' navigation buttons.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a new browser window is opened to access a link, then the user can view the new web page, but the original web page becomes obscured and difficult to access
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary navigation system consisting of UP and DOWN buttons that mediate between the current window and previously opened windows. These buttons allow users to traverse the window hierarchy without manually searching for or restoring obscured original pages, thus resolving the contradiction between opening new windows and maintaining access to original content.
2Adaptability or versatility
If standard FORWARD and BACK buttons are used, then users can navigate through web pages within a single window, but users cannot efficiently switch between multiple open windows
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the navigation functionality by making the UP and DOWN buttons universal controls that work across multiple windows. Instead of being limited to single-window navigation, these buttons provide multi-functional window switching capability, allowing users to efficiently navigate both within pages and between different open windows, thereby improving both adaptability and ease of operation.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a desktop navigation tool (DNT) for navigation across multiple web pages, including the original and the second web page described in the paragraph above. An “UP” button enables a user to navigate from the new web page back to a different window, opened from a particular window. A “DOWN” (DN) button enables the user to navigate back to a window from which a particular window was spawned. This functionality differs from that found in standard “FORWARD” and “BACK” navigation buttons, typically found in a browser window, which only enable a user to navigate through web pages within a particular window. The claimed subject matter enables a user to navigate more freely and efficiently among multiple windows.