Document Flow Order Verification and Grouping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Document creators face challenges in efficiently verifying and modifying the document flow order in electronic documents, as it is not easily verifiable and often neglected, leading to incorrect reading orders for screen readers, which can be tedious and time-consuming due to the complexity of document structure trees.
Innovation Solution
Analyzing and graphically displaying document content items to identify groupable items, grouping them based on similar types and adjacent reading order, and reordering content groups to ensure correct document flow order, using a process that involves determining structure and layout orders, identifying discontinuities, and assigning indicia to reflect the correct reading order.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If document flow order is verified by traversing the document structure tree and individually identifying item order, then verification accuracy is improved, but the process becomes tedious and time consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple verification tasks into a single automated process that simultaneously traverses the document structure tree, identifies item orders, and verifies flow order correctness. This merging of operations reduces the time required compared to manual individual verification while maintaining accuracy through systematic automated checking.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an automated verification system that acts as an intermediary between the document structure tree and the verification process. This intermediary automatically traverses the tree structure, extracts item order information, and compares it against correct flow order, eliminating the need for manual traversal and identification while ensuring accurate verification.
2Reliability
If document structure tree is traversed to identify and correct item order, then document flow order correctness is improved, but the complexity of the verification and correction process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the verification and correction process into distinct automated steps: traversing the document structure tree, identifying item orders, verifying flow order, and correcting discrepancies. By breaking down the complex process into manageable automated segments, the system maintains high reliability while reducing the perceived complexity for users through systematic automated handling of each segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a self-service automated system that independently traverses the document structure tree, identifies ordering issues, and corrects flow order problems without requiring manual intervention. This self-service approach ensures consistent and reliable correction while simplifying the user experience, as the system handles the complexity internally without requiring users to understand or manage the complex verification and correction processes.
3Reliability
If large number of document items are processed individually, then comprehensive verification is improved, but the time and effort required increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the processing of large numbers of document items into a single automated traversal operation that systematically processes all items in the document structure tree. This combined automated approach ensures comprehensive verification of all items while dramatically improving efficiency compared to manual individual processing, as the system handles multiple items through a unified automated workflow.
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AI summary
Displaying ordered items is disclosed. Ordered items are analyzed to determine at least one set of groupable items. The groupable items are combined into a group. Group order associated with the group is determined. The group, along with an indicia of the group order, is displayed. The group can be reordered to modify the order of the items.