Always On Display Theme Control Architecture for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Always On Display (AOD) themes on mobile devices lack refined settings, leading to poor user experience due to inconsistency with screen-on themes and high storage occupancy, as developers must create multiple themes and manage extensive settings, resulting in increased development costs and storage usage.
Innovation Solution
An AOD theme display method that allows users to customize settings based on the current screen-on theme, using a multi-layer control architecture to select and filter controls, ensuring the AOD theme is consistent with or similar to the screen-on theme, reducing the need for developers to create separate AOD themes and minimizing storage requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If developers create separate AOD themes and controls, then AOD theme functionality is achieved, but development cost and storage space increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges AOD theme controls with screen-on theme controls into a unified control set. The same control resources are shared between both themes, eliminating the need for separate control development and storage. The system dynamically configures which controls are visible in AOD mode versus screen-on mode from the same underlying control structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The control structure is designed to serve multiple functions - the same controls are used for both AOD theme and screen-on theme display modes. This universal control set can be dynamically configured to provide different functionalities depending on the display state, reducing overall system complexity and storage requirements.
2Reliability
If developers create separate AOD themes and controls, then AOD theme functionality is achieved, but development cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges AOD theme controls with screen-on theme controls into a unified control set. The same control resources are shared between both themes, eliminating the need for separate control development and storage. The system dynamically configures which controls are visible in AOD mode versus screen-on mode from the same underlying control structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The control structure is designed to serve multiple functions - the same controls are used for both AOD theme and screen-on theme display modes. This universal control set can be dynamically configured to provide different functionalities depending on the display state, reducing overall system complexity and storage requirements.
3Quantity of substance
If AOD theme settings are simplified, then storage space is reduced, but user experience deteriorates due to lack of refined settings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control configuration into two levels: a unified control set definition (shared between themes) and a display mode-specific configuration (AOD vs screen-on). This segmentation allows users to refine settings for each display mode independently while maintaining a compact unified control structure, balancing storage efficiency with detailed customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a dimension of display mode configuration to the control structure. Instead of simply having separate controls for AOD and screen-on themes, the system introduces a configuration dimension that allows selective visibility and customization of controls based on display mode, enabling refined user experience without proportional increase in storage.
4Adaptability or versatility
If AOD theme independently varies from screen-on theme, then AOD theme customization is achieved, but consistency between themes deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control configuration into two levels: a unified control set definition (shared between themes) and a display mode-specific configuration (AOD vs screen-on). This segmentation allows users to refine settings for each display mode independently while maintaining a compact unified control structure, balancing storage efficiency with detailed customization capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent adds a dimension of display mode configuration to the control structure. Instead of simply having separate controls for AOD and screen-on themes, the system introduces a configuration dimension that allows selective visibility and customization of controls based on display mode, enabling refined user experience without proportional increase in storage.
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AI summary
An Always On Display (AOD) theme display method is provided. In the method, when a mobile device is under a screen-on theme, one or more first controls included in the screen-on theme are separately selected on an AOD settings interface based on a detected operation, and one or more second controls are selected on a second control settings interface, where the second control is a lower-level control of the first control, and at least one first control includes the second control. When the mobile device is switched from a screen-on state to an AOD state, a control displayed in an AOD theme is a part of the first controls included in the screen-on theme and/or a part of the second controls. The method meets a user requirement for more refined or personalized settings, so that the AOD theme is consistent with or close to the screen-on theme in style. This improves user experience.