Notification Adjustment Interfaces with Behavior-Based Mode Suggestions
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current user interfaces for adjusting notifications on electronic devices are cumbersome and inefficient, requiring users to navigate obscure settings, wasting energy and time, particularly in battery-operated devices.
Innovation Solution
Electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces implement methods and interfaces for quickly adjusting notification settings through virtual buttons and modes, allowing users to control alert generation and output based on intensity thresholds and whitelisting criteria, and automatically suggest notification modes based on user behavior.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional settings interfaces are used to adjust notification settings, then comprehensive control over notifications is achieved, but user operation complexity increases and time is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The notification control functionality is segmented from the conventional settings interface and placed directly on the lock screen through dedicated control affordances. This segmentation allows users to access and adjust notification settings without navigating through the entire settings menu, thereby reducing operation complexity and time while maintaining comprehensive control capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
Control affordances serve as intermediary elements between the user and the notification settings system. These affordances, displayed directly on the lock screen, mediate user interactions by providing direct access to notification controls without requiring entry into the settings application, thus eliminating navigation time while preserving full settings functionality.
2Ease of operation
If display remains on to allow quick access to settings, then ease of operation improves, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The notification control affordances are preliminarily positioned and made accessible on the lock screen before the user needs to access them. This preliminary placement eliminates the need to wake the device or navigate through multiple screens, allowing instant access to notification controls while the device remains in a low-power state.
Solution Approach 2:
The essential notification control functionality is extracted from the full settings interface and presented in a condensed form on the lock screen. This extraction allows users to access and adjust notification settings without activating the full display or entering the settings application, thereby maintaining operational speed while minimizing energy consumption.
3Adaptability or versatility
If detailed settings interface is displayed, then comprehensive control is achieved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interface dynamically adapts its complexity based on user needs. The lock screen presents a simplified control affordance that can be interacted with directly, while maintaining the option to access the full detailed settings interface when required. This dynamic approach provides comprehensive control capabilities through a simple initial interface that expands only when necessary.
Solution Approach 2:
The notification controls are moved to a different dimensional space - the lock screen - rather than requiring navigation through the settings application hierarchy. This dimensional change allows comprehensive notification control capabilities to be accessed from the primary user interface layer, reducing the perceived complexity while maintaining full functionality through contextual menus and additional interaction options.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device with a display detects a plurality of manual activations of a first mode on the electronic device. The first mode, while active, prevents output of notifications when communications of a first type are received. After detecting the plurality of manual activations of the first mode, the device automatically determines, based on the plurality of manual activations of the first mode, a set of conditions that correspond to manual activations of the first mode and outputs a suggestion for activation of the first mode at the electronic device. After outputting the suggestion, the device receives a response that accepts the suggestion for activation of the first mode. In response to receiving the response that accepts the suggestion, the device changes settings at the device that are associated with the first mode.