Multiple Dashboard Widget Organization via Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional graphical user interfaces become cluttered and disorganized due to the large number of widgets available, making it difficult for users to efficiently navigate and access desired elements, leading to 'information overload'.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of multiple dashboard environments with a dashboard manager that allows users to organize, manage, and present widgets in display areas, enabling the creation of separate dashboard layers, widget installation, and dynamic tiling schemes to optimize widget placement and accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple widgets are displayed on a single dashboard, then information availability increases, but display organization deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the dashboard system into multiple separate dashboards (first dashboard, second dashboard, etc.), each containing a subset of widgets. This segmentation allows widgets to be distributed across multiple organized displays rather than cluttering a single dashboard, thereby maintaining organization while preserving access to all widgets through navigation between dashboards.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users can position elements freely, then customization flexibility improves, but display clutter increases
Solution Approach 1:
By creating multiple dashboards with predefined or user-configurable layouts, the system provides flexibility in organizing widgets across different displays. Each dashboard can be customized independently, allowing users to position elements freely within each dashboard context while preventing overall clutter through the separation of widgets across multiple organized dashboards.
3Ease of operation
If a single dashboard displays all widgets, then access completeness improves, but navigation efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent organizes widgets across multiple dashboards that can be navigated between, providing a structured approach to widget accessibility. Users can quickly access frequently used widgets on their current dashboard and navigate to other dashboards when needed, reducing navigation time compared to searching through a single cluttered dashboard while maintaining complete widget accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, computer-readable mediums, user interfaces and other implementations are disclosed for organizing, managing and presenting widgets in display areas associated with multiple dashboard environments. In some implementations, a first display area associated with a first dashboard environment is configured for displaying at least one widget from a first set of widgets. A second display area associated with a second dashboard environment is configured for displaying at least one widget from a second set of widgets.