Synchronized Data Pane Scrolling for Interrelated Records
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in viewing and navigating interrelated data records across multiple data collections in a computer system, as existing methods require separate searches and scrolling through multiple windows, making it hard to ascertain the relationships between records from different collections.
Innovation Solution
A system that displays data collections in separate panes, allowing simultaneous scrolling, where the scrolling pace varies based on the interrelationship of the data, with a rule set determining the number of records displayed in each pane and associating scroll bar positions with specific points in a sort category, enabling synchronized scrolling of closely related records.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If separate searches are performed for each data collection, then matching records can be found, but the user cannot readily ascertain the context of the returned records and the interrelationship between records of different collections is not immediately apparent
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple data collections into a single unified display structure where records from different collections are shown together in synchronized panes. This merging allows users to view records from multiple collections simultaneously while maintaining the ability to see contextual information and interrelationships between records that would otherwise be lost in separate searches.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional organization by sorting and displaying records across multiple collections along a common sorting dimension (such as time or category) rather than keeping them in separate collections. This dimensional transformation allows records from different collections to be aligned and compared directly, making interrelationships immediately apparent while preserving contextual information.
2Ease of operation
If all records are combined into a single list, then the user can view data from all collections, but it is difficult to keep track of the particular data collections to which each displayed record belongs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the combined record list into separate synchronized panes, with each pane dedicated to displaying records from a specific data collection. This segmentation allows users to view all records across collections in a unified interface while clearly identifying which collection each record belongs to through dedicated panes. The segmentation is maintained through synchronized scrolling that keeps corresponding records aligned across panes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces synchronized panes as an intermediary structure between the user and the combined record list. Each pane acts as a mediator that displays records from a specific collection while participating in a coordinated scrolling mechanism. This intermediary structure preserves collection identification information while enabling unified viewing of all records across collections.
3Loss of information
If multiple windows are provided for different data collections, then data from each collection can be displayed, but the user must separately scroll through each window making it hard to ascertain interrelationships
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate window interfaces into a single unified interface containing synchronized panes. Each pane represents a data collection, but all panes are coordinated through a single scrolling mechanism. This merging reduces the number of independent windows from multiple separate windows to one unified window with multiple coordinated panes, making interrelationships immediately apparent while maintaining collection-specific display.
4Ease of operation
If records are sorted by a common sorting algorithm, then records can be organized systematically, but the user cannot easily view records from different collections that relate to the same event or object
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies sorting along a common dimension (such as time or category) across multiple data collections simultaneously, then displays the sorted records in synchronized panes arranged in another dimension (spatial arrangement of panes). This dual-dimensional organization allows records from different collections that relate to the same event or object to be easily viewed together while maintaining systematic organization and preserving collection source information through dedicated panes.
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AI summary
In a system and method for displaying data, a processor may simultaneously scroll at different paces through a first data and through a second data in response to a single scroll instruction.