Ordered Array Token Processing Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for processing and replacing tokens in arrays are often unintuitive and inefficient, particularly with large or complex arrays, as users struggle to identify and select processable tokens due to information overload and sparse distribution, leading to user frustration and decreased processing efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An improved system automatically identifies and lists all selectable tokens by determining a unique vector or angle to each token from a predetermined position, allowing users to select or navigate through an ordered list, and modifies the vector or angle to highlight corresponding tokens, providing an intuitive interface for token selection and replacement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If users manually identify and select tokens for processing in large arrays, then user control and flexibility are maintained, but user frustration increases and processing efficiency decreases due to information overload and difficulty locating sparse tokens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the array processing system with automated token identification and angle-based selection interface) that mediates between the user and the complex array data. This intermediary automatically identifies processable tokens, calculates angles from a reference point, and presents ordered selection options to the user, eliminating the need for users to manually search through large arrays and reducing both information overload and processing time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual searching and selection process with an automated computational system. Instead of users visually scanning and manually selecting tokens from large arrays, the system automatically identifies processable tokens, calculates their angular positions relative to a reference point, and presents them in an ordered list, substituting computational automation for manual mechanical selection
2Ease of operation
If all selectable tokens are highlighted in the array interface, then users can easily identify processable tokens, but information overload occurs and user confusion increases with large or sparse arrays
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the set of processable tokens and presents them in a structured angular order from a reference point. Instead of displaying all selectable tokens simultaneously in the array (which causes information overload), the system divides them into an ordered sequence based on their angular position, allowing users to navigate through segments of tokens systematically without being overwhelmed by the complete set at once
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by highlighting or indicating only the currently selected or relevant token in the array interface, rather than uniformly highlighting all processable tokens. The angle-based ordering system allows the interface to focus attention on specific local regions of interest while maintaining awareness of the complete set through the ordered presentation, reducing visual clutter and user confusion
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AI summary
The present disclosure is directed to methods and systems for processing replacements to a target array according to an ordered list. A system may provide automatic and intuitive identification of selectable tokens by iteratively identifying all selectable tokens for processing or replacement in an array, and, for each selectable token, determining a unique vector or angle to the selectable token from a predetermined position. The selectable tokens may be placed in a list ordered by the vector or angle. A user interface may indicate a candidate selectable token and allow the user to either select the token for processing or replacement, or navigate through the ordered list to a different candidate selectable token. In one such implementation, the user may modify the vector or angle, and the user interface may highlight another candidate selectable token corresponding to the modified vector or angle.