Interactive Display Highlight Systems for Data Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Viewing large datasets on a user interface can be tedious and time-consuming due to the need to scroll vertically and horizontally separately, making it difficult to access data near the end of a file efficiently.
Innovation Solution
An interactive user interface with a display window manager and highlight manager module that allows data to be displayed in a tabular format, enabling users to drag and drop information to scroll and shift the data dynamically, while also providing highlighting options to distinguish specific data subsets visually.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If data is displayed in a large table format to show comprehensive schedule information, then the quantity of information displayed is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to the need for separate vertical and horizontal scrolling
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements diagonal scrolling capability that allows users to navigate simultaneously in both vertical and horizontal dimensions through a single scrolling action. This adds a diagonal dimension to the navigation space, enabling users to access data at the far right bottom of the table without requiring sequential scrolling operations, thus resolving the contradiction between displaying comprehensive information and maintaining ease of operation.
2Loss of information
If the display window shows the entire large dataset at once, then the completeness of information is improved, but the device complexity increases due to rendering and performance requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the large dataset into multiple display windows or pages, each showing a manageable portion of the data. Users can navigate between these segments using the diagonal scrolling mechanism, which allows efficient access across segment boundaries. This segmentation reduces the rendering complexity and memory requirements while maintaining access to the complete information set through organized division.
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AI summary
In one example, a user interface is provided for interactively displaying data. The interactive user interface includes: an interactive display window that displays data indicating a schedule of events, wherein the data is displayed according to a first display format; and a highlight selection item that reformats a subset of the displayed data to visually distinguish the subset from the displayed data.