Electronic Sticky Note Organization via Linking Arrows
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems lack an efficient method to organize and display electronic sticky notes across multiple notebooks in a user-friendly manner, making it difficult to manage and identify related notes across different display areas.
Innovation Solution
An information generation apparatus and method that allows users to classify and organize electronic sticky notes using linking conditions, such as types and attributes, and displays them using linking arrows to visually represent relationships between notes across notebooks, enabling easy identification and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If electronic sticky notes are displayed across multiple notebooks in a display area, then the quantity of information that can be managed increases, but it becomes difficult to identify and organize related notes across different notebooks
Solution Approach 1:
Linking arrows are introduced as intermediary visual elements that connect related electronic sticky notes across different notebooks. These arrows serve as mediators that explicitly indicate relationships between notes, making it easy to identify and organize scattered information without increasing system complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses visual differentiation through linking arrows to highlight relationships between electronic sticky notes. By introducing distinct visual markers (arrows) that can be displayed in various states, the system enables users to quickly identify related notes across multiple notebooks through visual cues rather than manual searching
2Loss of information
If users manually organize electronic sticky notes across multiple notebooks, then note relationships can be identified, but the time and operational complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates linking arrows between electronic sticky notes based on their relationships, eliminating the need for manual organization by users. The notes self-organize through automated relationship detection and visual connection, reducing both time and operational complexity while maintaining information clarity
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary organization by automatically establishing linking arrows between related electronic sticky notes before users need to view or interact with them. This pre-organization ensures that when users access the display area, the notes are already visually connected and ready for immediate identification without requiring subsequent manual arrangement
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AI summary
A control unit of an information generation apparatus performs: correlating a plurality of electronic sticky notes that satisfy a designated condition to each other among a plurality of electronic sticky notes displayed in a display area of a designated group and displaying the correlated electronic sticky notes; and in a case where the correlating process is performed on a first group of a plurality of groups, if an electronic sticky note that satisfies the designated condition is included in a second group differing from the first group, a control process of causing a duplicate electronic sticky note obtained by duplicating an electronic sticky note that satisfies the designated condition included in the second group to be displayed in a display area of the first group, and correlating the plurality of electronic sticky notes that satisfy the designated condition that includes the duplicate electronic sticky note to each other.