Account Display Bar for Multi-Account Screen Switching

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing application development technologies require users to search for and select specific user accounts among many, leading to a time-consuming process and low viewing efficiency when trying to view a specific user account's screen.

Innovation Solution

A screen display method and apparatus that allows users to quickly view a specific user account's screen by displaying an account display bar with identifiers of multiple user accounts, enabling users to select and view the target user account's screen with minimal operations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If users search for and select specific user accounts among multiple identifiers through multiple operations and interface switching, then the system ensures accurate account selection, but the viewing efficiency is reduced and time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccount selection accuracyVSAvoidviewing efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-loads and displays multiple user account identifiers in the account display bar before the user needs to view any specific account. This preliminary preparation allows users to immediately see and select from available accounts without searching or navigating through multiple interfaces, thus maintaining accurate selection while dramatically improving viewing efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The interface is segmented into distinct functional areas: the account display bar showing multiple account identifiers is separated from the main content area. This segmentation allows the account selection function to be independently optimized with visible identifiers, while the main area displays the selected account's screen, resolving the contradiction by organizing functions spatially

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If users perform multiple operations and interface switching to view a specific user account's screen, then the system ensures correct screen display, but the time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen display accuracyVSAvoidtime consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple user account identifiers are pre-loaded and displayed in the account display bar before any selection is made. This preliminary action eliminates the need for users to search through interfaces or perform multiple operations to find account identifiers, thereby reducing time consumption while ensuring reliable screen display through direct selection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The account display bar acts as an intermediary element between the user and the main content area. It provides a direct access point to selected user accounts, mediating the interaction by presenting identifiers that link directly to their corresponding screens, thus reducing time consumption while maintaining display accuracy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If the system displays multiple user account identifiers in an account display bar, then the viewing efficiency is improved, but the interface complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviewing efficiencyVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The interface is divided into distinct segments: the account display bar is separated from the main content area. This segmentation allows the account display bar to contain multiple identifiers without overwhelming the entire interface, as each segment has a specific function. The main area remains simple by displaying only the selected account's screen, thus improving viewing efficiency while controlling overall interface complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple account identifiers are displayed in a horizontal dimension in the account display bar, rather than requiring vertical navigation through multiple screens or menus. This dimensional change allows users to access multiple accounts in a single view, improving viewing efficiency while maintaining interface simplicity through spatial organization

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS12337242B2Screen display method and apparatus, device, storage medium, and program product
Publication Date: 2025.06.24 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

A screen display method and apparatus, a device, a storage medium, and a program product, in the field of application development technologies are provided. The method includes: displaying a display interface of an application running on a terminal device, the display interface displaying a first application screen of a first user account in the application; displaying an account display bar, the account display bar displaying identifiers of a plurality of user accounts participating in a service related to the application; displaying, in response to an operation on an identifier of a target user account among the identifiers of the plurality of user accounts, the identifier of the target user account in the display interface; and displaying a target screen of the target user account in response to the operation on the identifier of the target user account, the target screen being a screen of the target user account in the application.