Expandable Homepage Modules for Mobile Content Delivery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile devices face limitations in content delivery due to their smaller screens and lack of support for certain technologies like Flash animations and JavaScript, making it difficult to provide rich experiences similar to desktop computers, and users have different content needs depending on their context, such as immediate information or entertainment, which existing systems fail to address effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows users to select and customize content for their personalized home pages without navigating to a configuration page, offering content in both contracted and expanded forms, and using HTTP requests to add web-based content dynamically, with controls that can be selected from various web pages to enhance mobile device functionality and user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If content is displayed in expanded form to provide rich information, then information completeness is improved, but screen space utilization deteriorates on mobile devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments content into modular units that can be independently displayed. Each module can be expanded or contracted based on user interaction, allowing the screen to display multiple content areas simultaneously without requiring the entire screen space for a single expanded view.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic content display where modules can transition between expanded and contracted states. This dynamic adjustment allows the interface to adapt to available screen space while maintaining access to complete information through expansion when needed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users navigate to a configuration page to customize content, then content personalization is improved, but user operation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to add content modules directly from search results pages by selecting controls associated with desired content. The system automatically integrates these modules into the user's personalized homepage without requiring manual configuration or navigation to separate setup pages.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent prepares content modules in advance with associated controls that users can select during normal browsing. This preliminary preparation of modular content allows users to personalize their experience during regular search and browsing activities rather than requiring a separate configuration session.
3Adaptability or versatility
If mobile devices support rich content formats like Flash and JavaScript, then content richness is improved, but device compatibility deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal content delivery system where web-based modules can be displayed across different device types including mobile phones, PDAs, and desktop computers. The same modular content structure and web technologies work across multiple platforms without requiring device-specific implementations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adapts content display parameters based on device capabilities. Content modules are delivered in web-compatible formats that can be rendered on various devices, with display characteristics adjusted according to screen size and device features rather than requiring separate content versions for each device type.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a command generated by selection of a control on a web page displayed on a user device, identifying a registered account associated with the user device, and adding display content associated with the control to a personalized page associated with the registered account based on the selection of the control, without requiring the user device to navigate to a configuration screen.