Matrix File Management Interface Drag-and-Drop Upload
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional file management systems using a tree structure require complex operations to navigate deep folder hierarchies, making it difficult for users to intuitively manage files and understand relationships between folders, and often necessitate launching special-purpose software for file uploading, which can interfere with other tasks.
Innovation Solution
A file management system that includes client terminals connected via a network, featuring a display control unit for showing files in a matrix arrangement, a file-information acquiring unit for grabbing and transmitting files and associated information, and a transmitting unit for uploading files without the need for a place map screen, allowing users to drag and drop files for uploading.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If files are managed using a tree-structured folder hierarchy, then files can be organized systematically, but the operation complexity increases and intuitiveness decreases when navigating deep folder levels
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the traditional tree-structured folder hierarchy (one-dimensional depth navigation) into a matrix arrangement with rows and columns (two-dimensional spatial organization). Files and folders are displayed as symbols in a grid format where both horizontal and vertical positions carry meaning, enabling users to navigate and understand relationships through spatial arrangement rather than deep hierarchical traversal.
2Reliability
If special-purpose software is launched for file uploading, then file upload functionality is provided, but user workflow is interrupted and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the file upload function directly into the existing file management interface. The drag-and-drop upload capability is integrated into the matrix display area, allowing users to upload files without leaving the current context or launching separate software applications. This combines multiple functions (file management and file upload) into a single unified interface.
3Reliability
If a place map screen is required for file uploading, then file upload is enabled, but the interface complexity increases and ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential file upload capability from the complex place map screen context and makes it available directly in the matrix arrangement interface. By separating the upload function from the requirement of displaying a complete place map, the system provides upload functionality in a simplified interface that shows only the necessary file symbols and matrix structure.
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AI summary
On a display unit of a client terminal, a to-be-uploaded folder and a to-be-uploaded file, a display area associated with computer program that provides uploading function, and the like are displayed. When a user operates a mouse and the like such that a pointer is placed on the to-be-uploaded file and performs a drag-and-drop operation into the display area, the to-be-uploaded file is uploaded to a file management server via a network.