Skim Preview System for Dynamic Content Browsing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current applications do not allow users to quickly preview the contents of items such as presentations, documents, videos, and images without opening the respective application, leading to inefficiencies in browsing, searching, and managing information.
Innovation Solution
A 'skim preview' system that tracks cursor movement across an item to dynamically render preview images and a progress indicator, enabling users to quickly view contents by sliding across the item, with applications in browsing, searching, discovery, organizing, and analyzing information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If users open the full application to view contents, then they can access complete information, but it takes more time and reduces efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the full application interface into a simplified preview interface. The preview interface displays only essential information (title, author, thumbnail) while separating the full content viewing function. This segmentation allows users to quickly preview without loading the complete application, reducing time while maintaining ease of access.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a preview interface as an intermediary layer between the user and the full application. This intermediary displays condensed information and enables quick previewing without requiring the user to open the complete application, thus reducing time loss while maintaining operational ease through the intermediate preview layer.
2Loss of information
If users open the full application to view contents, then they can access complete information, but it increases complexity of the system
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the system into a simple preview interface and a separate full application. The preview interface handles only basic display functions, while the full application contains the complete functionality. This segmentation reduces the complexity of the preview interface while maintaining access to complete information through the full application when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the preview functionality from the full application and creates a separate, simplified interface. This extraction removes complex application logic from the preview view, reducing system complexity at the preview level while maintaining the ability to access complete information by opening the full application when necessary.
3Loss of time
If users open the full application to view contents, then they can access complete information, but it reduces productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by displaying preview information before the user needs to access complete content. The preview interface shows titles, authors, and thumbnails in advance, allowing users to quickly identify and select relevant items without opening the full application first. This preliminary display of information significantly reduces access time and boosts productivity in browsing and searching tasks.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for identifying and viewing information items within an organization comprising a plurality of users each having one or more roles within the organization is disclosed. The disclosed techniques provide systems and methods for implementing and using a “skim preview” technique for previewing information items. This technique can be applied to a wide variety of information, such as presentations, documents, video, images, and so on and can be used for a variety of applications, including browsing, searching, discovery, and so on. The system can compute sequences that represent interesting visual aspects of the item being viewed. This can be applied to items that do not have a natural set of preview images, or it might be used as an alternative to the natural previews. The preview images may be sequenced chronologically, by importance, or based on any other metric.