Application Notification Layout Using Adjacent Icon Space
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing application notification systems on electronic devices only display a badge indicating the number of notifications, requiring users to tap the application icon to view the content, which is cumbersome when multiple applications receive notifications.
Innovation Solution
Display a first icon in a first region and a second icon in a second region, updating or canceling the second icon's display to show the first notification in a third region that includes both, allowing direct viewing of notification content on the desktop.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a badge is displayed on the application icon to indicate the number of notifications, then the notification count is displayed, but the notification content cannot be displayed and users must tap the icon to view details
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extends the notification display from a single icon location to multiple dimensions by utilizing adjacent icon regions. When a notification is detected, the system borrows display space from neighboring icons to create an expanded notification area, allowing content display without requiring users to tap the icon.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the display region of the application icon with adjacent icon regions to form a combined notification display area. This merging allows the notification content to be displayed directly on the desktop by combining multiple icon spaces into a larger display region.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple applications receive notification messages, then more notifications are displayed, but it becomes troublesome for users to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses spatial expansion by incorporating adjacent icon regions to display multiple notification messages. Instead of requiring users to navigate through multiple icons or screens, the system creates an expanded display area that can accommodate multiple notification contents directly on the desktop.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the notification display by using different adjacent regions for different notification messages. Each notification can be displayed in a separate segment of the expanded area, allowing users to view multiple notifications simultaneously without complex operations.
3Loss of information
If the notification content is displayed directly on the desktop, then users can read content without additional taps, but the display space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the display space of the application icon with adjacent icon regions to create the notification display area. This merging allows the system to use existing icon spaces rather than allocating additional dedicated space, thus displaying notification content without significantly increasing the overall display area.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the spatial dimension by extending the notification display into adjacent regions that would otherwise be occupied by other icons. This approach allows content display by repurposing existing space in a different dimensional configuration rather than expanding the total display area.
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AI summary
This application discloses an application notification display method and apparatus, and an electronic device, and belongs to the field of communication technologies. The method includes: displaying a first icon in a first region; and displaying a second icon in a second region, where the first region is close to the second region; and the display position of the second icon is updated or display of the second icon is canceled in a case of receiving the first notification corresponding to the first application, the first notification is displayed in the third region, where the third region includes the first region and the second region, where the first icon corresponds to the first application.