Interactive Document Context Indexing for Size Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Interactive documents with numerous hypertext links and dynamic content face challenges in efficient storage and retrieval, leading to document bloat and increased complexity, making distribution inefficient.
Innovation Solution
Indexing the context of interactive points within interactive documents and storing this information on a server, allowing for centralized management and retrieval of context data upon user interaction, reducing the need to store context data within the document itself.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If all context information is stored within the interactive document itself, then the document contains all needed information for interactivity, but the document size bloats making distribution undesirable
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts context information from the interactive document and stores it externally on a server. The document retains only minimal references (URIs) to the context information, separating the heavy context data from the lightweight document structure. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining information completeness while dramatically reducing document size for efficient distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the interactive document and the context information. The server stores the context information and provides it to clients upon request using URIs from the document. This mediator approach allows the document to remain small while still providing access to all necessary context information through the server infrastructure.
2Weight of stationary object
If context information is stored externally on a server, then document size is reduced for efficient distribution, but the system complexity increases with server management
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the server perform multiple functions: storing context information, receiving URI requests from clients, retrieving appropriate context data, and sending it back to clients. This multi-functional server approach consolidates complexity into a single infrastructure component that handles all context management tasks, reducing the complexity burden on individual document distribution systems.
3Adaptability or versatility
If more context information is included in interactive documents, then interactivity is enhanced, but the document becomes larger and harder to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the interactive document into two distinct parts: the document itself containing only lightweight URIs, and the context information stored separately on the server. This segmentation allows the document to remain simple and easy to manage while still supporting rich interactivity through the externally stored context information that can be retrieved as needed.
Data Source
AI summary
Indexing and storage of context of a plurality of interactive points within an interactive document is provided. The context of the interactive points within the document is stored in a server such that it can be located by the server via the index. Furthermore, information may be received at the server identifying context data for an interactive point stored in the server upon a user activating the interactive point within the document. The server may then transmit to a client the context data stored by the server identified by the information received.