File Loading System with Contextual Preview Icons

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users face challenges in identifying the contents of files due to misleading file names, leading to unnecessary resource consumption when the wrong files are opened, as they must open files to verify their contents.

Innovation Solution

A file loading system generates file-specific icons that provide context beyond file names, including previews or interactive representations of file contents, allowing users to interact with these icons without opening the files, thereby minimizing incorrect file openings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If users open files to verify contents, then they can see what is contained in the file, but computing resources are consumed unnecessarily when the wrong file is opened

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefile content identification accuracyVSAvoidcomputing resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and displays a preview of the file content before the user opens the file. This preliminary action allows users to identify the correct file without actually opening it, preventing unnecessary resource consumption while maintaining accurate file content identification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a visual copy (preview) of the file content that can be displayed without opening the actual file. This copy provides sufficient information for users to identify files correctly while avoiding the resource-intensive operation of fully opening and processing the original file.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Device complexity

If files are identified by name only, then the system remains simple, but file names can be misleading or ambiguous about actual contents

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefile identification system complexityVSAvoidfile content accuracy

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The file identification system is segmented into two components: the file name (which may be misleading) and the file preview (which accurately represents content). This segmentation allows the system to maintain simplicity in name handling while adding accurate content representation through previews.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The file preview acts as an intermediary between the file name and the actual file content. It provides accurate information about file contents without requiring the user to open the file, bridging the gap between simple naming and accurate content identification.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11601481B2Image-based file and media loading

Publication Date: 2023.03.07 SPATIAL SYST INC

AI summary

Disclosed herein are various embodiments for an augmented reality contextual menu system. An embodiment operates by receiving a request to open a file from a user. A social media channel associated with the user is identified, wherein the social media channel includes shared media. A graphical social icon representing the social media channel is generated based on the shared media. A plurality of icons, including the graphical social icon, are displayed responsive to the request. A selection of the graphical social icon causes at least a portion of the social media channel to be rendered with a computing workspace.