Swipe-Based Portal Interface with Shortcut Icons
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current portal sites face challenges in providing an efficient interface for users to quickly access desired information without leaving the portal page, as they offer a wide range of diverse content, necessitating an innovative solution for improved user experience and interface technology.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for an information providing interface that includes a home board with a search box as the initial interface, allowing users to navigate to first and second content boards via swipe inputs, with visually displayed shortcut icons for immediate redirection and user-configurable subpage ordering, enabling three-dimensional connectivity and various interactions between screens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If portal sites provide a wide range of diverse content, then content variety is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interface is segmented into multiple boards (home board, content boards, subpages) that can be independently navigated. Each board contains specific content categories, allowing users to access diverse content through organized segments rather than a single complex page.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a three-dimensional board connection structure where boards are arranged in multiple dimensions with shortcut icons providing direct navigation paths. This dimensional organization allows diverse content to be accessed efficiently without increasing perceived interface complexity.
2Loss of information
If portal sites provide comprehensive information, then information completeness is improved, but user navigation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
Shortcut icons are pre-configured on each board to provide direct navigation paths to frequently accessed content. This preliminary arrangement of navigation elements allows users to quickly access desired information without traversing through multiple intermediate pages.
Solution Approach 2:
The shortcut icons act as intermediaries between the user and the comprehensive content repository. Instead of directly navigating through the entire content structure, users interact with shortcut icons that mediate and accelerate the access process while maintaining access to all information.
3Adaptability or versatility
If portal sites offer multiple content categories, then content diversity is improved, but interface usability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The board structure serves multiple functions: it organizes diverse content categories, provides navigation through shortcut icons, displays current location information, and enables both linear and direct navigation modes. This multi-functionality maintains ease of operation while supporting content diversity.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface provides visual feedback by displaying shortcut icons and current board information, helping users understand their location and available navigation options. This feedback mechanism improves usability by making the complex multi-category interface more transparent and controllable.
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AI summary
Provided is a method and system for an information providing interface based on new user experience. An information providing interface method includes providing a home board including a search box as an initial interface screen for providing information; providing a first content board according to movement from the home board in a first direction or a second content board according to movement in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction in response to an input event on the home board; and visually displaying a shortcut icon for each board and a currently staying board through a partial area of a screen in response to movement from the first content board or the second content board. Each of the first and the second content boards includes a plurality of subpages and each of the subpages includes a different type of content and movement between subpages is allowed.