E-book Reading Page Comment Integration via Relative Positioning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current e-book applications and websites present comments in a way that requires users to manually navigate to specific positions or click buttons, leading to low efficiency and poor user experience in accessing comment contents.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for presenting text content that includes acquiring a text to be presented with multiple pieces of text content and a target reading auxiliary text. The target reading auxiliary text is then presented in a designated area on the reading page, determined by typography information, to enhance user access and engagement.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If comment contents are placed at a specific comment position or provided through a separate comment interface, then the reading page layout is simple and easy to implement, but users need to manually slide to the comment position or click buttons to view comments, resulting in low efficiency and poor user experience

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveUser efficiency in accessing comment contentsVSAvoidReading page layout complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the comment interface with the reading page by embedding comment contents directly into the reading flow. The comment area is integrated within the reading page layout, allowing users to view comments without navigating to separate pages or positions, thus improving accessibility while maintaining layout simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a new spatial dimension for comment presentation by displaying comment contents in a first area that is positioned relative to the second area containing the target text content. This dimensional arrangement allows comments to be accessed intuitively without manual navigation, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and layout complexity

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

2Adaptability or versatility

If comment contents are displayed in a separate interface or fixed position, then the reading interface remains clean and uncluttered, but users experience poor immersion and must interrupt their reading flow to access comments

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveReading experience immersionVSAvoidTime for users to access comment contents
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary action by pre-positioning the comment area within the reading page layout, so that comments are already accessible in the visual field when users are reading the corresponding text content. This eliminates the need for users to navigate or search for comments, reducing time loss and maintaining reading immersion

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

By merging the comment display area with the reading page, the patent allows users to access comments without interrupting their reading flow. The integrated layout enables seamless switching between text content and comments, enhancing reading immersion while reducing access time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS12299377B2Text content presentation method and apparatus, and computing device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.05.13 DOUYIN VISION CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided are text content presentation method and apparatus, computing device and storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring a text to be presented that comprises multiple pieces of text contents, and a target reading auxiliary text corresponding to at least one piece of target text content among the multiple pieces of text content; and in response to presenting the target text content on a reading page, presenting, in a first area of the reading page, the target reading auxiliary text corresponding to the target text content, wherein the position of the first area in the reading page is related to the position of the target text content in the reading page.