Native Mobile Browser Outline Navigation for Large Documents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current collaboration tools face challenges in adapting content display for smaller mobile device screens, requiring users to manually scroll through extensive documents or use linked content, leading to delays and inefficient resource usage.
Innovation Solution
A system generates an outline for mobile applications that includes platform-specific content, allowing users to navigate large documents efficiently by selecting entries that automatically redirect to relevant sections, reducing the need for manual scrolling and network communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If content is displayed in its original format on mobile devices, then the look and feel of the original content is preserved, but the display becomes difficult to navigate on small screens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the document into an outline structure with hierarchical entries (main sections, subsections, paragraphs) that can be independently navigated. This segmentation allows users to access specific portions without scrolling through the entire document, resolving the contradiction between preserving original content format and enabling easy navigation on small screens.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary outline navigation interface that mediates between the original content and the mobile display. This intermediary layer provides a simplified navigation structure that maps to the original content, allowing users to navigate efficiently while the original content remains intact and preserved.
2Loss of time
If users manually scroll through large documents on mobile devices, then all content can be accessed, but navigation time and communication resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-generating an outline structure from the document content before the user needs to navigate. The outline is prepared in advance with hierarchical entries that map to specific content locations, allowing users to immediately access any section without scrolling or waiting for content to load during navigation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the navigation functionality from the main content display by separating it into an independent outline structure. This extraction allows navigation to occur through the outline entries rather than scrolling through the entire document, significantly reducing navigation time and communication resource consumption.
3Ease of operation
If linked content is used for navigation on mobile devices, then content accessibility is improved, but additional communication resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the navigation process into two parts: the outline structure (which can be cached and navigated locally) and the actual content (which is loaded only when needed). This segmentation reduces communication resource consumption by allowing users to navigate the outline without continuously loading content, while still providing easy access to all content sections.
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes receiving a document for displaying on a display of the client device. The method includes identifying a first portion and a second portion of the document having a first level of content hierarchy, and determining a first text corresponding to the first portion and a second text corresponding to the second portion of the document. The method includes generating a first outline entry including the first text and a second outline entry including the second text, and displaying a selectable entry point on a graphical user interface. The method includes, in response to a selection of the selectable entry point, displaying an outline window, including the first outline entry and the second outline entry, and navigating to the first portion of the received document or the second portion of the document in response to a selection of the first outline entry or the second outline entry.