Resizable Lockable User Interface Sections for Primary Content

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing graphical user interfaces (GUIs) often compromise the user experience by allowing secondary content to distract from primary content, as both share the same display area, making it difficult to separate and prioritize primary content.

Innovation Solution

A resizable and lockable user interface (UI) is introduced, allowing users to resize and lock sections to prioritize primary content by separating it from secondary content, using UI controls to define and adjust the display areas based on user input, ensuring primary content is displayed prominently.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If secondary content is displayed alongside primary content in the same browser window, then information density is improved, but user experience deteriorates due to distraction and diminished visibility of primary content

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation densityVSAvoiddistraction from primary content

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The user interface is divided into multiple independent sections or panes within the browser window. Each section can display different content (primary or secondary) and be independently resized, scrolled, and positioned. This segmentation allows primary and secondary content to coexist without interfering with each other, as users can adjust the size and position of each section to prioritize primary content while maintaining access to secondary content.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Area of stationary object

If secondary content shares display area with primary content, then space utilization is improved, but primary content visibility deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay area utilizationVSAvoidprimary content visibility

Core Design Contradiction:

Area of stationary objectVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The interface sections are made dynamic and resizable, allowing users to adjust the display area allocated to primary versus secondary content based on their current needs. Users can resize sections to give primary content more screen real estate when needed, while still maintaining the option to display secondary content in smaller adjacent sections. This dynamic adjustment capability resolves the contradiction by allowing flexible optimization of both space utilization and primary content visibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If primary and secondary content are navigated together in one interface, then navigation efficiency is improved, but user focus deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenavigation efficiencyVSAvoiduser focus

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the interface into separate navigable sections for primary and secondary content, users can focus on one type of content at a time while maintaining efficient access to both. Each section can be independently navigated, scrolled, and manipulated, allowing users to maintain focus on primary content while having secondary content readily available in a separate, non-intrusive section.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS9946431B2Resizable and lockable user interfaces

Publication Date: 2018.04.17 DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC

AI summary

Resizable and lockable user interfaces (UI) are provided. Systems and methods described herein allow a user to resize and/or lock a section of the user interface. Interference and distraction caused by secondary content when primary content is traversed may be minimized. In addition, UI controls are provided to allow traversing primary content and secondary content separately.