Web Document Frame Arrangement for Limited Screens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Devices with limited screens, such as mobile phones, struggle to effectively display web documents due to their small size, leading to user difficulties in navigating and accessing multiple content items within these documents.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method that generate frames from web documents, arrange them using modes like cascade, thumbnail, or tree, and group excess frames into tabs to prevent title overlap and optimize display on limited screens, allowing users to easily access and view content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If web documents are displayed on limited screens, then more content items can be accessed, but the screen size limitation causes difficulty in viewing and navigating the documents
Solution Approach 1:
The web document is divided into multiple frames, each containing specific content items. This segmentation allows the document to be organized into manageable sections that can be independently displayed and navigated on limited screens, resolving the contradiction between content accessibility and screen area constraints.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces multiple arrangement modes (cascade, thumbnail, tree) that organize frames in different spatial dimensions and hierarchical levels. This dimensional transformation allows users to access more content items by navigating through different arrangement perspectives, effectively overcoming the screen area limitation while maintaining content accessibility.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple frames are arranged on limited screens, then more content can be displayed, but titles of frames may overlap causing confusion
Solution Approach 1:
The arrangement modes are designed to dynamically adjust frame positioning and title display based on the number of frames and screen space available. The system automatically switches between cascade, thumbnail, and tree arrangements to prevent title overlap while accommodating the maximum number of frames, thus maintaining both frame quantity and title readability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the arrangement parameters (positioning, sizing, orientation) of frames and titles based on the selected arrangement mode and screen conditions. By adjusting these parameters dynamically, the system prevents title overlap while displaying multiple frames, resolving the contradiction between frame quantity and title readability.
3Quantity of substance
If the number of frames exceeds screen capacity, then more content is available, but users cannot view all frames simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
Frames exceeding screen capacity are organized into separate tabs, dividing the large number of frames into manageable groups. This segmentation allows users to navigate through different tab groups systematically, making it easier to access and view all frames even when the total number exceeds screen capacity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces tabs as an additional organizational dimension beyond the screen display. Frames are arranged not only in spatial positions on the screen but also in hierarchical tab groups, providing users with multiple navigation dimensions to access all frames conveniently, thus resolving the contradiction between total frame quantity and navigation convenience.
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AI summary
An apparatus and method of composing a web document and an apparatus to set a web document arrangement are provided. The apparatus to compose a web document includes a generation module which generates a plurality of frames by analyzing a source of a web document, a composition module which arranges the generated frames using a predetermined frame arrangement mode, and an output module which displays the arranged frames on a screen.