Hierarchical Folder Navigation for Mobile Learning Content
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Online learning content is often not optimized for mobile devices, leading to inefficient display and navigation due to limited screen space and varying formats across different devices.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that utilizes a hierarchical file structure with nested folders to organize learning courses on mobile devices, allowing users to navigate through a catalog efficiently by displaying nested folders and courses, and providing options for sequential or random back navigation to conserve display space and enhance user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If online learning content is displayed on mobile devices using standard web formats, then content accessibility is achieved, but display efficiency and navigation effectiveness deteriorate due to limited screen space
Solution Approach 1:
The learning content catalog is segmented into a hierarchical folder structure with multiple levels of nesting. Each folder represents a category or subcategory of courses, allowing the system to divide the large amount of content into manageable segments that can be displayed efficiently on mobile screens without overwhelming the user interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from displaying all content in a single flat dimension to organizing content across multiple hierarchical dimensions (folders within folders). This dimensional organization allows efficient navigation through content by drilling down through levels, optimizing the use of limited mobile screen space while maintaining comprehensive content accessibility.
2Productivity
If a hierarchical folder structure with nested folders is implemented, then navigation efficiency and screen space utilization improve, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a nested folder structure where folders can contain sub-folders, creating a hierarchy of nested containers. This nesting approach efficiently organizes learning content into progressive levels of detail, allowing users to navigate from broad categories to specific courses while maintaining a clean, organized system that scales without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If all learning courses are displayed at once, then user selection flexibility is maximized, but screen space consumption and interface clutter increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the complete learning catalog into hierarchical folder groups and sub-groups, displaying only relevant portions at each navigation level. This segmentation maintains user flexibility by preserving access to all courses through the folder hierarchy while avoiding screen clutter by showing content in manageable, organized portions rather than all at once.
Data Source
AI summary
A method of providing learning content on a mobile device. The method comprises receiving a user selection, through an interface on the mobile device, of a folder in a catalog of learning courses, wherein the catalog comprises a number of nested folders within a hierarchical file structure. It is determined if the selected folder contains nested folders. If the selected folder contains nested folders, the nested folders are displayed in the interface. If the selected folder does not contain nested folders, a number of learning courses in the selected folder are displayed in the interface. In response to receiving a user selection of a learning course in the selected folder, the contents of the selected learning course are displayed in the interface.