Display Control System for Shared Information with Individual Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display control systems for shared information among multiple users often face difficulties in accommodating varying screen sizes, as changes in display settings by one user can negatively impact others, particularly when users have different screen orientations, leading to usability issues.
Innovation Solution
A display control system that allows individual users to specify their own display settings for shared information, such as column widths, which are stored locally and applied only to their device, while maintaining a common setting for the group, preventing interference with other users' settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a common display setting is employed for multiple users, then the system is simple to manage, but the display setting becomes difficult for users with different screen orientations to use
Solution Approach 1:
The display setting is segmented into two independent parts: common display settings that apply to all users and individual display settings that apply to each user. This segmentation allows the system to maintain simplicity in managing common settings while providing customization for individual users, resolving the contradiction between system simplicity and usability.
Solution Approach 2:
Different display settings are applied to different users based on their individual needs and screen characteristics. Each user can have customized column widths and display parameters tailored to their specific device, while the common settings provide a baseline for all users. This local quality approach ensures optimal usability for each user without complicating overall system management.
2Ease of operation
If one user expands column width to view shared information on a horizontally long screen, then the display is improved for that user, but the screen becomes difficult to view for users with narrow-width screens
Solution Approach 1:
The display settings are made dynamic and adjustable for each user rather than fixed for all users. Each user can independently adjust column widths and other display parameters according to their screen size and orientation. This dynamic approach allows User A to expand column widths on a horizontally long screen while User B can maintain narrower columns on a narrow-width screen, resolving the contradiction between optimized display for one user and compatibility across different screens.
3Ease of operation
If individual display settings are allowed for each user, then display usability is improved for each user, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segregates display settings into common and individual components. Common settings are managed centrally and apply to all users, while individual settings are stored and managed separately for each user. This segmentation reduces system complexity by maintaining a clear hierarchy and separation of concerns, allowing individual customization without requiring complete reconfiguration for each user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures common display settings that serve as a baseline for all users. Individual users can then make adjustments to these pre-configured settings according to their needs. This preliminary action approach reduces the complexity of individual configuration while still allowing customization, as users only need to modify specific parameters rather than configure everything from scratch.
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AI summary
A display control system includes at least one processor that obtains shared information shared by a plurality of users, obtains individual setting information specified by a display-request user among the plurality of users, the display-request user being a user who requests display of the shared information, the individual setting information being related to an individual display setting of the display-request user, and displays the shared information on a display of the display-request user based on the individual setting information.