Semantic Navigation for Dynamic Content Complexity Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content navigation methods, such as traditional catalogs and electronic searches, fail to provide users with appropriate detail levels and interrelationships between documents, leading to inefficiencies in locating desired information, especially on small consumer electronic devices.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method for semantic navigation that determines a user's content complexity level and adjusts the presentation of content accordingly, allowing users to navigate between different detail levels using navigation commands, such as zoom-in and zoom-out gestures, to optimize content consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional catalogs, indexes, and tables of contents are used for navigation, then users can discover interrelationships between documents, but users are presented with lengthy lists that are daunting and time-consuming to review
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the content into multiple complexity levels (e.g., summary level, detailed level, expert level). Users can navigate between these segmented levels to find desired information without reviewing entire lengthy catalogs. Each segment presents information at an appropriate detail level, reducing cognitive load while maintaining access to interrelationships.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a complexity level dimension to traditional navigation structures. Instead of only navigating through linear catalogs and indexes, users can navigate across multiple dimensions including complexity levels, document types, and hierarchical structures. This multi-dimensional navigation allows users to quickly locate information at the appropriate detail level without reviewing lengthy lists.
2Loss of time
If electronic queries and searches are used to find desired documents, then users can quickly locate specific documents, but users cannot discover interrelationships between documents and potentially relevant documents may not be located
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a navigation system that performs multiple functions simultaneously: it provides quick search capabilities like electronic queries while also presenting contextual information and interrelationships between documents. The system adapts to user needs by providing both direct search results and related document discoveries, making it universally applicable for different types of information seeking tasks.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary navigation layer between simple search queries and comprehensive document catalogs. This intermediary presents results at multiple complexity levels and includes contextual information about document relationships, serving as a mediator that combines the speed of electronic search with the relationship-discovery benefits of traditional catalogs.
3Loss of information
If detailed content is presented on small consumer electronic devices, then users can access comprehensive information, but the small display area limits the amount of detail that can be presented at any given time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic content presentation that adapts to the available display area. Users can dynamically adjust the complexity level and detail density of displayed content. The system provides dynamic navigation between different levels of detail, allowing users to expand or contract the amount of information displayed at any given time based on their needs and the device's display capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a nested structure where content is organized in concentric levels of detail. The outer layer presents high-level summaries that fit within small display areas, while inner layers contain progressively more detailed information. Users can navigate inward to access more detail when needed, similar to nested dolls, maximizing the use of limited display space while maintaining access to comprehensive information.
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AI summary
A computer-implemented method may be used for semantic navigation of content. The method may include determining a first content complexity level for a user, and presenting a first content to a user device operated by the user. The first content may be presented at the first content complexity level of the user. Additionally, the method may include receiving a navigation command from the user on a portion of the first content via the user device; and determining a second content at a second content complexity level based on the navigation command. The second content may convey the same information as the first content. Additionally, the method may include replacing the first content with the second content on the user device. The second content may be presented at the second content complexity level, and the second content complexity level may be different than the first content complexity level.