Webpage Overlay Platform Using Segmented Structural Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current online content platforms lack a cohesive framework for cross-website communication and collaboration, with individual websites operating independently and requiring SDKs or APIs for interoperability, leading to a fragmented user experience and increased processing time due to dynamic and static web content.
Innovation Solution
A digital communications platform that generates a 'layer or skin' over original web content, using computer technology to create a hybrid webpage with user-generated visualizations, allowing annotations and comments without disrupting the host website's 'look and feel, and maintaining visual anchor points despite changes in web content, without requiring SDKs or APIs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a digital communications platform overlay is generated over original web content, then cross-website collaboration and annotation are enabled, but processing time and memory usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments web content into stable structural elements (layout, navigation, containers) and dynamic content elements (text, images, data). By analyzing and tagging only the stable structural framework rather than processing entire webpages, the system reduces processing time while maintaining the ability to generate persistent visual anchor points that enable cross-website collaboration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis of webpage source code to identify and tag stable structural elements before content is displayed. This pre-processing creates a reusable framework that allows the digital communications platform to be overlaid without reprocessing entire pages during user interactions, thereby reducing real-time processing time.
2Stability of the object's composition
If visual anchor points are maintained despite changes in web content, then annotation persistence is improved, but processing complexity increases due to dynamic and static code
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides webpage structure into stable containers (layout elements, navigation frameworks, fixed-position divs) and variable content. Visual anchor points are attached to stable containers using hierarchical relationships in the Document Object Model (DOM), allowing the system to maintain anchor point persistence without processing entire dynamic pages, thus reducing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary layer of stable structural tags that bridge between dynamic web content and persistent visual anchor points. These intermediary structural elements remain constant even when content changes, providing a stable reference framework that simplifies the maintenance of visual anchor points across content updates.
3Adaptability or versatility
If SDKs or APIs are required for website integration, then interoperability is achieved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to technical requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing webpage source code structure to identify stable elements and generate appropriate integration points. Rather than requiring website operators to manually integrate SDKs or configure APIs, the system autonomously adapts to the target website's structure, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining interoperability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a universal integration approach that works across different website structures by identifying common stable structural patterns (HTML containers, navigation elements, layout frameworks). This universal method eliminates the need for website-specific SDKs or APIs, allowing the digital communications platform to be deployed on any website without technical integration barriers.
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AI summary
A digital communications or content platform is provided in some embodiments that is configured to provide a useful tool for generating visualizations or other user content that is operable to create a layer or skin that acts as a pane of glass over original web content. The digital communications or content platform is configured to maintain, in a data structure, a set of data linkages representative of a set of visual components whose visual locations and website locations are dynamically maintained despite changes to the underlying webpage. The digital communications or content platform is configured to cause a display to render a hybrid webpage including both the underlying webpage and the overlay.