Error Prompt Popup with Automatic Page Positioning for Input Correction

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Solution Overview

Problem

In existing page positioning technologies, users face difficulties in identifying and correcting erroneous input information on long pages, as they need to manually scroll through the page, making the process tedious and prone to missing errors.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that submit input information to a back end for error checking, generate a fixed error prompt popup with anchor links for erroneous input areas, and automatically position the page based on these anchors, allowing users to easily locate and correct errors without manual scrolling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If text remarks or symbolic remarks are displayed beside the page input area to prompt erroneous input information, then the user can identify that the input information is erroneous, but the user needs to manually scroll up or down the long page to locate the erroneous input information, making the operation complex and error-prone

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveerror information deliveryVSAvoidpage navigation operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by automatically positioning the page to display the erroneous input area before the user needs to view it. The system pre-calculates and executes the page positioning based on the error location, so when the user views the error message, the corresponding input area is already visible without requiring manual scrolling.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (automatic page positioning function) that acts as a mediator between the error message display and the user's view. This intermediary automatically adjusts the page display position based on the error location, eliminating the need for users to manually navigate to the error area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If the front end provides a prompt of the erroneous input information on the long page, then the user can know that the input information needs correction, but the erroneous input information can be easily missed due to manual scrolling requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveerror identification reliabilityVSAvoidtime to locate error
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically positioning the page to the error location before the user needs to view it. This pre-positioning ensures that when the error message is displayed, the corresponding input area is already visible, eliminating the time users would otherwise spend manually scrolling to locate the error.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies self-service by enabling the system to automatically locate and display the erroneous input area without requiring user intervention for navigation. The system serves itself by automatically adjusting the page position based on error location information, freeing the user from manual scrolling operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Area of stationary object

If manual scrolling is required to identify erroneous input information on long pages, then the page can display all input areas, but the operations become complex and the erroneous input information can be easily missed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepage display areaVSAvoiderror correction operation
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-positioning the page display to show the erroneous input area before the user needs to view it. This automatic positioning ensures that the relevant portion of the long page is already visible in the display area, eliminating the need for users to manually scroll through the page to find errors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary automatic page positioning function that mediates between the full page display and the user's view. This intermediary automatically adjusts which portion of the long page is visible in the display area based on the error location, making error correction operations simple and reliable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentEP3401778B1Method and device for positioning page with respect to incorrectly entered information
Publication Date: 2022.08.10 ADVANCED NEW TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
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AI summary

The present application discloses a page positioning method for erroneous input information and a page positioning apparatus for erroneous input information, and the method includes the following: submitting input information on a page to a back end for error check; determining erroneous input information on the page based on an error check result returned by the back end; based on the determined erroneous input information, generating and displaying an error prompt popup that includes prompt information for the erroneous input information; and positioning a page based on an anchor that corresponds to a page input area including the erroneous input information. Based on the present application, the user can learn that there is erroneous input information on the page by using the error prompt popup. Also, the page can be positioned at the page input area including the erroneous input information based on the anchor, so as to help the user correct the erroneous input information. As such, operations of the user can be simplified, and the erroneous input information cannot be easily missed.