Dynamic View Element Resizing for Web Portal Data Density

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users of web portals face productivity issues due to the need for continuous manual adjustment of browser window sizes and improper sizing of multiple view elements, which can hinder clear display of dynamically retrieved data.

Innovation Solution

The View Element Adjuster (VEA) is a web page rewrite program that optimizes view element sizes based on user-configured preferences, priorities, and dynamically retrieved data, utilizing a set of files and programs to monitor and adjust window, portlet, and priority settings to ensure optimal data access.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If multiple view elements are combined in a single screen view, then information density is improved, but the ability to clearly display all view elements deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation densityVSAvoiddisplay clarity

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic resizing of view elements based on their data content and user priorities. The system automatically adjusts the size of each view element portlet to optimize display clarity while maintaining high information density, eliminating the need for fixed static layouts.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the size parameter of view elements dynamically based on the amount of data they contain and user-defined priorities. This allows the interface to adapt its layout parameters automatically, ensuring that view elements with more data receive more space while maintaining overall screen efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Quantity of substance

If users manually adjust browser window size to display all view elements, then display completeness is improved, but productivity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedisplay completenessVSAvoiduser productivity

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically monitoring and adjusting view element sizes based on their data content. This eliminates the need for users to manually resize windows or adjust layouts, as the system autonomously optimizes the display to show all necessary information clearly.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring the data content in each view element and automatically adjusting sizes accordingly. User preferences and priorities are fed back into the sizing algorithm, creating a responsive system that adapts to both data changes and user needs without manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If view elements are resized to accommodate large data sets, then data accessibility is improved, but screen space utilization deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata accessibilityVSAvoidscreen space utilization

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different sizes to different view elements based on their specific data content and user-defined priorities. Rather than uniformly resizing all elements, the system selectively enlarges only those view elements that contain large data sets or are marked as high priority, while keeping others compact to maintain screen space utilization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

4Productivity

If automatic view element resizing is implemented, then user productivity is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser productivityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by pre-defining user preferences and priorities for each view element before data loading occurs. This allows the automatic resizing algorithm to work with predetermined parameters, reducing the computational complexity of real-time adjustments while maintaining high user productivity through automated optimization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS9495471B2Optimize view elements sizes to maximize most data viewed in a multiple view elements GUI

Publication Date: 2016.11.15 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

AI summary

Embodiments of the invention provide a computer implemented method, apparatus and computer readable storage medium to automatically resize view elements in a graphical user interface. The method includes monitoring the graphical user interface. The method also includes responsive to a triggering event, invoking a view optimization program. The method further includes responsive to an invocation of the view optimization program, invoking a window preference program for checking window preferences, a portlet preference program for checking portlet preferences for each portlet, and a portlet priority program for checking portlet priority settings. The method additionally includes invoking an apply program for resizing view elements in the graphical user interface based on the window preferences, the portlet preferences, and the portlet priority settings.