Multidimensional Data Grid Display on Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional presentation of multidimensional data sets is not applicable on form-constrained mobile devices like smartphones or tablets due to repetitive axis labeling and limited display area, making it difficult to effectively display complex data objects with multiple dimensions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for managing data content on mobile devices that identifies specific dimensions from a multidimensional data object, generates a display grid, and allows users to interact with a context interface to adjust the display, ensuring that a complete set of data is displayed without being constrained by the device's limited size, using a touchscreen interface for user commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional multidimensional data sets are displayed in a traditional grid format, then complete data information is preserved, but the display area requirement increases significantly and becomes incompatible with mobile device constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the multidimensional data display into multiple pages or views, allowing the complete data set to be divided into manageable portions that fit within the limited mobile display area. Users can navigate between segments to access different portions of the data without requiring all data to be visible simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces additional navigation dimensions beyond the traditional two-dimensional grid, such as time-based pagination, hierarchical drilling-down, or interactive filtering dimensions. This allows users to access complete multidimensional data through sequential navigation in these additional dimensions rather than requiring all data to be displayed at once in the spatial dimension.
2Loss of information
If traditional grid display with multiple dimensions is used, then comprehensive data coverage is achieved, but axis labeling becomes highly repetitive and reduces readability
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts repetitive axis labels from the main data grid display and places them in separate navigation controls or header/footer sections. This removes the visual clutter of repeated labels from the data viewing area while preserving the dimensional context through dedicated control elements that users can interact with to change the displayed data perspective.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary elements such as collapsible dimension headers, interactive filter controls, or hierarchical navigation menus that mediate between the user and the multidimensional data. These intermediaries provide dimensional context and labeling information without requiring repetitive labels throughout the data grid, improving readability while maintaining data coverage.
3Stability of the object's composition
If fixed grid format is used for data display, then data structure is maintained, but adaptability to different mobile device screen sizes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic display grid that automatically adjusts its configuration based on the detected screen size, orientation, and available display area. The grid can dynamically change the number of rows and columns, adjust cell sizes, or switch between different viewing modes (e.g., condensed view, expanded view, card view) to optimize the presentation of structured data across various mobile device form factors while maintaining the underlying data structure integrity.
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AI summary
Techniques for managing content on a computing device include identifying a data object including business data values defined in a structured format, the structured format including the business data values defined by two or more first dimensions and one or more second dimensions; determining a particular first dimension of the two or more first dimensions and a particular second dimension of the one or more second dimensions; generating a display grid that is displayable on a computing device, the display grid including a portion of the business data values corresponding to the particular first dimension and the particular second dimension; and preparing the display grid for display on the computing device.