Link List Display Control for Informed Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems, such as those described in Patent Literature 1, only transmit link information like URLs or titles to mobile devices, leaving users without useful information to select link destinations unless they actively select the links, thus lacking context for informed selection.
Innovation Solution
An information processing terminal and method that request and display layout information including multiple link destinations correlated with object information, generating a link list image and acquiring additional information from each link destination to control the display form, providing users with context for selecting links.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If only link information (URL, title) is transmitted to the mobile device, then the device complexity is reduced and transmission efficiency is improved, but the user cannot obtain useful information about the link destination without actually selecting the link
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by acquiring information from link destinations before the user selects any link. The information processing terminal proactively retrieves data from multiple link destinations and prepares layout information including this acquired data, so that when the user views the link list, they already have context about what each link contains without needing to click through.
Solution Approach 2:
The information processing terminal acts as an intermediary between the link destinations and the user's mobile device. It acquires information from various link destinations, processes this information into layout information, and transmits this processed layout information to the mobile device. This intermediary role allows the system to provide rich link information while keeping the mobile device relatively simple.
2Ease of operation
If information is acquired from all link destinations and displayed to the user, then the user can make informed selections, but the information processing complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing terminal extracts only the necessary and useful information from link destinations rather than transmitting all available data. It acquires specific information elements that are relevant for user decision-making and incorporates these into the layout information, filtering out unnecessary data to reduce processing time while still providing sufficient context for informed selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies local quality by providing different types and amounts of information for different link destinations based on their characteristics. Rather than uniformly processing all links with the same depth, it tailors the information acquisition and presentation to each specific link's nature and relevance, optimizing the balance between information quality and processing efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If layout information including multiple link destinations is transmitted, then the user can see multiple options, but the amount of data transmission and processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The information processing terminal performs preliminary processing of link information before transmission. It acquires information from link destinations, organizes this data into structured layout information, and pre-processes content summaries or metadata. This preliminary action reduces the volume of data that needs to be transmitted to mobile devices while still providing multiple link options and sufficient information for comparison.
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AI summary
To provide an information processing terminal and information processing method capable of supplying a user with information useful for selecting link information, there is provided an information processing terminal including: a request unit configured to request an information processing device to supply layout information including a plurality of pieces of link information indicating link destinations and correlated with information regarding an object based on acquisition of the information regarding the object from the object; and a display control unit configured to generate a link list image based on the layout information acquired from the information processing device and display the generated link list image on a display screen. The display control unit acquires information from a link destination corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of link information included in the layout information and controls a display form of the link list image displayed on the display screen based on the acquired information.