Web Element Appearance Customization via Browsing History Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Users without experience in setting operations for Web applications face difficulties in customizing the appearance of Web page elements, making the process cumbersome and inefficient.

Innovation Solution

An information generation device that generates and transmits display information to customize the appearance of Web page elements based on user browsing history, allowing elements associated with explanatory information to be displayed differently, thereby simplifying user interaction without requiring explicit setting operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a customization function is provided allowing users to set appearance of Web page elements, then the user interface can be tailored to user preferences, but the setting operation becomes troublesome for users not experienced in such operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomization capabilityVSAvoidsetting operation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically analyzing user browsing behavior and pre-determining preferred appearance settings based on observed patterns, so that customization is applied without requiring explicit user setting operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service customization by automatically observing user browsing history and autonomously adjusting element appearances based on inferred user preferences, eliminating the need for manual configuration while maintaining adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Manufacturing precision

If manual setting operations are required to customize element appearances, then precise user preferences can be configured, but the process becomes time-consuming and cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveappearance customization precisionVSAvoidsetting operation time
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring user browsing behavior and using this information to automatically adjust and refine appearance settings, achieving precise customization through observed user patterns rather than manual configuration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system automatically changes appearance parameters based on browsing history analysis, dynamically adjusting element appearances according to inferred user preferences without requiring manual parameter setting, thus reducing time loss while maintaining precision

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If automatic customization based on browsing history is implemented, then setting operations are eliminated, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser operation simplicityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary component that automatically analyzes browsing history and translates it into appearance settings, serving as a mediator between user behavior and customization output, thereby simplifying user operations while managing system complexity through modular design

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS8819537B2Information generation device, information generation method, information generation program, and recording medium
Publication Date: 2014.08.26 RAKUTEN GROUP INC
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AI summary

An information generation device includes a storage means that stores association information, the association information indicating explanatory information and an element associated with the explanatory information in association with each other, the explanatory information being displayed as an explanation related to a service provided through a Web page in a certain Web page, a recording means that records history information indicating the explanatory information browsed by a user, a generation means that, on the basis of the association information, generates display information so that an appearance of the element associated with the explanatory information indicated by the recorded history information among the elements included in a Web page displayed on a terminal device used by the user is different from an appearance in an initial state, and a transmission means that transmits the generated display information to the terminal device.