Keyword-Keyskin Hotkey System for Simplified Web Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users, particularly those over 40, face difficulties in easily accessing and navigating the internet and earning mileage points due to complex procedures involved in surfing and utilizing web services, leading to a gap in information access between the rich and the poor.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing a Keyword-Keyskin (KK) that covers a computer's keyboard, allowing users to input commands via Hotkeys to access internet services and earn mileage points by communicating with a network of servers, simplifying the process of retrieving and displaying relevant web pages and tracking mileage points.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional mouse-click procedures are used to access web services, then users can access information on the Internet, but the procedures become complex and time-consuming, especially for users over 40
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-assigning keywords to specific keyboard keys and pre-configuring hotkey software to recognize these keyword combinations. This allows users to access web services directly through predefined keyboard shortcuts without undergoing complex navigation procedures, thereby reducing both operational complexity and time requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces hotkey software as an intermediary between the user's keyboard input and the web browser. This software detects keyword combinations on the keyboard, translates them into corresponding web service access commands, and automatically executes the appropriate actions. This intermediary layer simplifies the user interface by replacing complex mouse-click sequences with simple keyboard inputs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users join multiple membership programs to earn mileage points, then they can accumulate points through Internet activities, but the joining and login procedures become complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by designing a unified hotkey system that can access multiple web services and membership programs through a single interface. The keyword-based keyboard shortcuts provide universal access to various Internet services and mileage point programs, eliminating the need for users to separately manage multiple memberships and login procedures for different platforms.
3Ease of operation
If the keyboard is covered with a Keyword-Keyskin, then users can easily input commands via Hotkeys, but the keyboard structure becomes modified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a flexible keyskin as a thin film overlay that conforms to the keyboard surface. This keyskin displays keywords on each key without permanently altering the keyboard's internal structure. The flexible material allows the keyskin to be easily applied and removed, providing the benefits of keyword-based input while maintaining the original keyboard structure and allowing for future modifications or updates.
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AI summary
This invention is about a Method of providing information on the Internet, like web page, and mileage-points by Keywords of Keyword-Keyskin. Keyword means newspaper, mobile phone, movie, or useful word(s), and Keyword-Keyskin means imprinted dust cover on the computer's keyboard. Specifically, Internet users can simplify the procedures of inputting commands to display web page information on their computer output device by shortcut commands (Hotkey) through computer connected to Internet network, and can easily earn mileage-points from using WWW surfing by one-time-Hotkey.