Responsive UI Panel Assembly for Cross-Device Layout Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional web page delivery systems face inefficiencies in presenting content across devices with varying screen sizes, orientations, and aspect ratios, leading to reduced user experience and increased development costs due to the need for multiple versions of web pages.
Innovation Solution
A system that divides web content into standard-sized panels, selecting and combining them based on user device characteristics to create slides, which are then sent to the device, allowing for dynamic presentation across different screen sizes and orientations, while maintaining a high-quality user experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple versions of web pages are created for different devices, then user experience is improved, but development and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal web page structure using standardized panels that can be dynamically assembled for different devices. Instead of creating separate versions for each device type, a single page template with multiple reusable panels serves all devices, reducing development and maintenance costs while maintaining device-specific optimization through dynamic panel selection and arrangement.
2Ease of operation
If web pages are optimized for specific screen sizes, then visual appeal is improved, but adaptability to other devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides web page content into discrete, standardized panels of fixed dimensions. These segmented panels can be independently selected and arranged based on the target device's screen characteristics, allowing the page to be visually optimized for each device type while using the same underlying content structure, thus maintaining both visual appeal and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs dynamic panel selection and arrangement based on device characteristics such as screen size, orientation, and aspect ratio. The system dynamically determines which panels to display and how to arrange them, enabling the same web page content to be visually optimized for different devices without requiring separate static versions for each device type.
3Ease of operation
If panels are dynamically selected based on device characteristics, then content presentation quality is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-defines a fixed set of standardized panels with predetermined dimensions and content. During runtime, the system only needs to select from this predefined set based on simple device characteristic matching, rather than dynamically generating or transforming content. This preliminary structuring significantly reduces processing complexity while maintaining high content presentation quality.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a responsive user interface. One of the methods includes receiving a page for a user device, the page including a panels. The method includes receiving a layout for the page, the layout defining a visual relationship between the panels. The method includes generating, by a computer system, a slide including a subset of panels to display on the user device, the subset of panels selected based on characteristics of the user device and the layout. The method includes sending the slide to the user device.