PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS

By transitioning between normal and assistant modes in response to user interactions, the method enhances usability by providing explanatory content for icons, addressing the challenge of understanding numerous functions within a single application.

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Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
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Filing Date
2024-12-23
Publication Date
2026-03-11

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

The increasing number of services and mini-applications within a single application makes it difficult for users to understand the functions and services provided, leading to usability issues.

Method used

A method that allows applications to transition between normal and assistant modes in response to user interactions, where normal mode executes functions and assistant mode displays explanatory content for icons, enhancing user understanding.

Benefits of technology

Improves usability by allowing users to grasp the functions of icons more easily, especially when many icons are displayed, through the provision of explanatory content.

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Abstract

This can improve the usability of the application. [Solution] A program for an application executed by an information processing device is provided, which causes the information processing device to function as a reception unit capable of receiving a first operation on an application screen that displays an icon and a second operation different from the first operation, and a control unit that executes the function of the first icon in response to receiving a first operation on a first icon displayed on the screen by the reception unit in the first mode, and controls the transition to a second mode that displays explanatory content corresponding to the icon displayed on the screen in response to receiving a second operation by the reception unit in the first mode.
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