Dynamic Content Filtering for Cluttered User Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Dynamic environments like social networks and software applications become cluttered with multiple types of content and functions, making it difficult for users to find relevant information, which negatively impacts user experience and limits the popularity and revenue of these platforms.
Innovation Solution
A computer system that monitors user activity and selectively modifies displayed content by filtering and formatting it based on user interactions, allowing users to access additional content through icons, and dynamically updates this content as user behavior evolves.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of content and functions are added to dynamic environments like social networks and software applications, then the functionality and content variety are improved, but the user interface becomes visually cluttered and difficult to navigate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the user interface by displaying only a subset of available content and functions based on user activity monitoring. The full content is divided into displayed portions and hidden portions, with icons providing access to the remainder. This segmentation reduces visual clutter while preserving access to all functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic content display that adapts based on monitored user activity. The displayed subset of content changes dynamically as user behavior evolves, allowing the interface to become less cluttered over time while maintaining access to all functions through icons and links.
2Loss of information
If all content is displayed initially, then users have access to all information, but the display becomes cluttered and users cannot easily find relevant information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and displays only the most relevant subset of content based on user activity monitoring. Less relevant content is removed from the main display but remains accessible through icons and links, preventing information loss while improving retrieval ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces icons and links as intermediary elements that provide access to hidden content. These intermediaries allow users to access the remainder of content without displaying it all at once, maintaining information accessibility while reducing visual clutter.
3Ease of operation
If the displayed content is filtered to show only a subset, then the user interface becomes less cluttered, but users may lose access to relevant content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses icons and links as intermediaries to bridge the gap between filtered displayed content and the full content set. These intermediaries ensure that no relevant content is lost, as users can access the remainder through the provided icons and links.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where user interactions with icons and links provide information about content relevance. This feedback is used to dynamically adjust the displayed subset, ensuring that relevant content is not lost while maintaining interface clarity.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of a computer system, a method, and a computer-program product (e.g., software) for use with the computer system are described. These embodiments may be used to customize displayed content in a document, such as a web page or a user interface in a software application. In particular, by monitoring user activities while one or more users view the document during multiple sessions, the computer system can identify the most relevant content at a particular time. Then, the computer system selectively modifies the displayed content in the document based on the monitored user activity. For example, the computer system may selectively filter the content in the document so that a subset of the content is displayed. Moreover, the displayed content may be dynamically revised based on subsequent user actions.