Real-Time News Topic Granularity Control for Content Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users are limited to viewing a fixed news topic, leading to poor user experience in news applications.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device allows users to adjust the granularity of news topics through controls like '+' and '-' buttons, an edit box, or a slider bar, sending requests to a server to change the displayed topic, which then returns relevant content based on user adjustments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a preset level is used to display news topic content, then the system structure is simple and easy to implement, but the user can view only a fixed news topic leading to poor user experience
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic topic granularity adjustment by introducing a granularity adjustment control that allows users to switch between different topic granularities (e.g., from specific sports events to broader sports categories). The system dynamically changes the displayed content based on user input, transforming a static preset display into a dynamic adaptive interface that responds to user needs without requiring complete system redesign
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of topic granularity from a fixed preset value to an adjustable variable. By introducing granularity parameters that can be modified through user interaction with the adjustment control, the system enables flexible switching between different levels of topic specificity while maintaining the underlying content structure, thus improving adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity
2Ease of operation
If multiple granularity levels are implemented for topic display, then user experience is improved with more flexible content viewing, but the device complexity increases due to additional controls and processing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the topic display functionality into distinct granularity levels (e.g., fine-grained specific events, medium-grained categories, coarse-grained broad topics). Each granularity level is handled as a separate configurable parameter, allowing the system to manage complexity through modular segmentation while providing users with simplified granular control over their viewing preferences
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a granularity adjustment control as an intermediary interface between the user and the complex topic hierarchy. This mediator component abstracts the complexity of multiple granularity levels into a simple user interaction mechanism, enabling ease of operation while the backend systematically manages the complex multi-level topic structure through standardized processing routines
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AI summary
This application provides a topic content display method and an electronic device. The method may be applied to an application like a news application, a browser application, or a social application. In the method, a user may define a granularity magnitude of a topic in real time by using a granularity adjustment control displayed in an interface, and then a server generates the corresponding topic based on the granularity magnitude of the topic defined by the user and returns the corresponding topic to the user. In this way, the user customizes the granularity magnitude of the topic, and can adjust the granularity magnitude of the topic in real time, so that user experience can be better.