OS Taskbar Content Sharing With Flyout Confirmation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing content sharing technologies are complex and arduous to use due to unnecessary drill down and navigation within the application user interface, leading to negative impacts on user experience and human-computer interaction, accuracy of content sharing, computer information security, and excessive computer resource consumption.
Innovation Solution
Enabling users to share content items directly from an operating system component, such as a taskbar, with minimal user interface input requirements, by establishing a connection between the operating system and client application and utilizing flyout windows for content sharing confirmation and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If content sharing is performed through application user interface navigation, then content sharing functionality is achieved, but user experience deteriorates due to complex drill down and navigation steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an operating system-level intermediary component that mediates between the user and the application content sharing functionality. Instead of navigating through the application's complex UI, the user interacts with a simplified OS-level interface (such as a taskbar or system menu) that directly triggers content sharing. This intermediary layer abstracts away the application-specific complexity while maintaining the core sharing functionality, thereby improving ease of operation without requiring users to drill down through multiple application UI layers.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple navigation steps are required for content sharing, then sharing options can be controlled, but time consumption increases due to excessive drilling and navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring content sharing options at the operating system level before the user initiates sharing. The system anticipates the user's intent to share content and pre-presents relevant sharing options through the OS interface (such as a flyout menu or system dialog). This allows users to quickly select from pre-prepared sharing destinations and options without navigating through application menus, thereby reducing time consumption while maintaining adaptability through pre-configured sharing controls.
3Measurement precision
If application-level content sharing is implemented, then content sharing accuracy can be maintained, but computer resource consumption increases due to repetitive user inputs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling the operating system to automatically manage and execute content sharing operations once the user initiates the process through the OS interface. Instead of requiring users to manually navigate through application menus and repeatedly confirm sharing parameters, the OS-level implementation automatically handles the sharing process, including selecting the appropriate application window, configuring sharing settings, and executing the share command. This reduces repetitive user inputs and associated resource consumption while maintaining accuracy through OS-level precision in identifying and sharing the intended content.
Data Source
AI summary
Various embodiments discussed herein are directed to improving existing technologies by enabling users to share content items directly from an operating system component, with little to no user interface input requirements at the underlying communications application. For instance, some embodiments receive an indication that a mouse pointer is hovering over an operating system taskbar icon and automatically produce a flyout window so that a user can share a currently opened application page to other users via a selection of a button within the flyout window. Such application page may be shared via a single selection at the flyout window or an additional “are you sure” or confirmation step. In this way, excessive drilling, navigation, and other user input at the application is reduced and simplified, thereby improving the user experience, content sharing accuracy, and computer resource consumption, among other improvements.