Webpage Update Summary Widget for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for monitoring updated content on webpages require users to frequently load entire webpages, consuming power and data bandwidth, especially on mobile devices with limited battery life, and do not provide timely notifications of updates.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that monitor webpages by receiving user input to request summary information at a predetermined frequency, determining if the content has updated based on this information, and presenting an indication of updates, using less power and bandwidth by analyzing only a portion of the webpage's source code.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If users frequently load entire webpages to check for updates, then update detection is thorough, but power consumption and data bandwidth usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the webpage into multiple regions and selectively monitors only those regions that are likely to contain updates (such as content regions) rather than loading and analyzing the entire webpage. This segmentation allows the system to detect updates with sufficient accuracy while significantly reducing the computational and energy resources required.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial action by downloading and analyzing only a portion of the webpage content (specifically, regions suspected to contain updates) rather than the complete webpage. This partial monitoring approach maintains adequate update detection capability while reducing power consumption and data bandwidth usage associated with full webpage loading.
2Measurement precision
If users frequently load entire webpages to check for updates, then update detection is thorough, but data bandwidth consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the webpage into multiple regions and selectively downloads only the segments that are likely to contain updates. This segmentation strategy reduces data bandwidth consumption by avoiding the transfer of unchanged content while maintaining sufficient update detection accuracy through targeted monitoring of content regions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and monitors only the essential portions of the webpage that are likely to contain updates, such as content regions, rather than downloading the entire webpage. This extraction approach reduces data bandwidth usage by eliminating unnecessary data transfer of static or unchanged elements.
3Loss of information
If entire webpages are loaded to determine updates, then complete content is available, but processing time and energy increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the webpage into multiple regions and selectively processes only those segments that are likely to contain updates. This segmentation reduces processing time and energy consumption by avoiding the analysis of unchanged content while maintaining sufficient information completeness for update detection through targeted region monitoring.
4Use of energy by moving object
If summary information is used instead of entire webpage, then power and bandwidth are reduced, but update detection accuracy may decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the webpage into multiple regions and selectively monitors content regions that are most likely to contain updates. This segmentation approach maintains update detection accuracy by focusing monitoring resources on critical content areas while reducing overall power consumption compared to full webpage monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating between various regions of the webpage and applying different monitoring strategies to each. Content regions that are more likely to contain updates receive more intensive monitoring, while less critical regions receive reduced monitoring, thereby maintaining detection accuracy for important updates while reducing overall power consumption.
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AI summary
An electronic device with one or more processors, a screen and memory displays, using a web browser application, a webpage on the screen. After receiving, at the web browser application, a user request for receiving updated content of the webpage, the device generates a webpage update summary widget and displays the webpage update summary widget on the screen. The electronic device obtains, using the webpage update summary widget, current summary information corresponding to the webpage in accordance with a predetermined monitoring frequency and then displays, in the webpage update summary widget, the current summary information corresponding to the webpage.