Dynamic Overlapping Content Display for Secondary Media Enlargement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional information display technologies fail to effectively distribute and display secondary content, such as moving images, in a way that captures user attention and enhances the appeal of primary content during user interactions like scrolling, leading to missed opportunities in information delivery.

Innovation Solution

An information display apparatus and method that overlays and dynamically changes the display area of secondary moving image content in conjunction with primary content, allowing the secondary content to be reproduced and enlarged when the primary content's area is selected by the user, using a terminal apparatus with a display unit and control information to manage the overlapping and enlargement of content areas.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If the area for displaying primary content is increased during scrolling, then the visibility of primary content is improved, but the opportunity to distribute secondary content information to the user is lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay area of primary contentVSAvoiddistribution of secondary content information
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent embeds the secondary content display area within the primary content display area, creating a nested structure where the secondary content (such as moving images or advertisements) is displayed inside the primary content region. This allows both content types to coexist in the same spatial area, resolving the contradiction between maximizing primary content visibility and distributing secondary content information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a temporal dimension to the display strategy by changing the display area of secondary content based on user interaction events (scrolling actions). When the user scrolls, the system dynamically adjusts the secondary content display area, transforming a static 2D display problem into a dynamic multi-dimensional solution that considers both space and time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Ease of operation

If secondary content is displayed in an overlapping manner with primary content, then user attention is captured, but the complexity of display management increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser engagement with contentVSAvoiddisplay control mechanism
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic display area adjustment for secondary content based on user scrolling behavior. The display area is not fixed but changes dynamically in response to user interactions, allowing the system to capture user attention at appropriate moments while managing complexity through event-driven control rather than continuous complex rendering.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the display parameters (area size, position) of secondary content based on user interaction states. By modifying these parameters dynamically in response to scrolling events, the system enhances user engagement while keeping the control mechanism relatively simple—changing parameters based on clear user action triggers rather than complex algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10121154B2Information display apparatus, distribution apparatus, information display method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium
Publication Date: 2018.11.06 YAHOO JAPAN CORP
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AI summary

An information display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display first content and a part of second content that is a moving image in an overlapping manner. The information display apparatus includes a change unit configured to change a displayed area of the second content while reproducing the second content in a case where an area in which the first content is displayed is selected by a user.