Dynamic Electronic File Sequencing for Slideshow Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for sequencing electronic files, such as images in a slideshow, lack dynamic ordering and user-centric customization, limiting user engagement and flexibility in navigating through multiple sequences based on file characteristics.
Innovation Solution
A computerized method and system that generates multiple sequences of electronic files based on user-defined or inferred characteristics, allowing seamless switching between sequences, with a focus image displayed prominently and GUI inputs for navigating between sequences, using processing circuits to determine and provide display data for dynamic presentation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed-order slideshow is used, then the system is simple to implement, but user engagement and flexibility are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the slideshow into multiple sequences, each representing a different characteristic or category of images. Instead of a single fixed sequence, the system creates multiple segmented sequences that can be independently navigated, allowing users to explore images based on different characteristics while maintaining manageable system complexity through modular sequence structure
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the static fixed-order slideshow into a dynamic multi-sequence system where the presentation order and content can change based on user selection and image characteristics. The system dynamically generates and switches between multiple sequences, enabling adaptability and user engagement while using computational algorithms to manage the complexity of sequence generation and navigation
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple sequences are generated based on file characteristics, then user-centric customization is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-analyzing image characteristics and pre-generating multiple sequences based on these characteristics before user interaction. The system performs upfront processing to categorize images and create sequences, so that when users interact with the slideshow, the complex processing has already been completed, reducing real-time processing complexity while maintaining high customization capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses parameter changes by varying the characteristics used to generate sequences (such as color, subject, date, location). By changing the parameters or criteria for sequence generation, the system can create diverse customized sequences without fundamentally changing the underlying processing architecture, thus managing complexity while providing user-centric customization
3Ease of operation
If a focus image is displayed in larger area, then user attention is improved, but navigation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces graphical user interface inputs as intermediaries that mediate between the focus image display and sequence navigation. These GUI elements serve as simple, intuitive controls that users interact with to change focus images or switch sequences, masking the underlying navigation complexity while maintaining clear user focus through the prominent display of the focus image
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for sequencing electronic files include generating a first file sequence and one or more alternative file sequences. An alternative file sequence may be generated based in part on a characteristic of a file in the first sequence. The first and alternative sequences may be used in an electronic slideshow that allows a user to switch between file sequences. In some implementations, which alternative file sequences are generated may be determined based in part on a prediction of characteristics that may be of interest to a user.