Field Attribute Detection for Adaptive Input Content

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional electronic devices cannot provide differentiated content based on field attributes, leading to increased user interactions and inconvenience.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device and method that select and confirm field attributes to provide corresponding content, allowing auto-scrolling of the input field area in a set direction using a visual guide, thereby reducing user interactions and enhancing convenience.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional electronic devices provide uniform content for all input fields, then device complexity is reduced, but user convenience deteriorates due to increased interactions required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different attributes (text, number, date, etc.) to different input fields based on their specific requirements. The processor identifies the field attribute and provides differentiated content suggestions, keyboard layouts, and input methods tailored to each field type, making the device adapt to local field characteristics rather than applying a uniform approach across all fields.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts its behavior based on the detected field attribute. When a user interacts with an input field, the processor identifies the field type and dynamically changes the content provision, keyboard layout, and interaction mode to match the specific field requirements, creating a flexible and adaptive input system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of operation

If the device provides differentiated content based on field attributes, then user convenience is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser convenienceVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes system parameters dynamically based on field attributes. The processor detects the field type and changes parameters such as keyboard layout, content suggestions, input validation rules, and interaction modes to match the specific field requirements. This parameter-based adaptation allows differentiated content provision without requiring fundamentally different system architectures.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If manual scrolling is required to view all input fields, then device complexity is reduced, but user interactions increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser interactionsVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically detecting when content exceeds the display area and initiating scrolling operations without user intervention. The processor monitors the input field content and automatically scrolls to keep the relevant field in view, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user control for navigation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system takes preliminary action by pre-scrolling to position the input field in the optimal viewing location before the user needs to interact with it. When the processor detects that a field is about to become relevant or when content overflow is anticipated, it proactively scrolls to prepare the display, reducing the need for reactive user scrolling operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10088977B2Electronic device and method for providing content according to field attribute
Publication Date: 2018.10.02 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting an area corresponding to at least one field of a page displayed through a display of the electronic device on the basis of an input; confirming an attribute corresponding to the at least one field among a plurality of attributes including a first attribute and a second attribute; and selectively providing a content corresponding to the attribute among at least one content including a first content and a second content according to the confirmed attribute.