Clipboard-Based Quick Access Portal for Mobile App Interaction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional methods for quick access to application pages between different mobile applications are hindered by interaction barriers, leading to limited functionality and reduced efficiency when the original App shields or does not support URL links, resulting in blocked interactions and slow page access.

Innovation Solution

A method and mobile terminal implementation that reads clipboard content to detect jump links, checks if they satisfy a preset domain name rule, and generates an access trigger control for users to quickly load target pages by clicking on the trigger, ensuring efficient access even when interaction barriers exist between applications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the original App shields URL links or does not support processing URLs through preset URL scheme, then interaction between applications is blocked, but using conventional URL-based quick access methods cannot resolve this barrier

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinteraction reliabilityVSAvoidapp interaction compatibility
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a clipboard-based intermediary mechanism that acts as a mediator between the original App and target App. Instead of direct URL interaction, the system captures clipboard content containing jump links, processes them through a intermediary service that parses the clipboard data, identifies target applications, and establishes connections without requiring direct App-to-App URL support. This intermediary layer bypasses the interaction barriers created by App shielding mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system copies the link information from the clipboard content and creates a processed version that can be universally recognized. Rather than relying on the original URL scheme that may be blocked, the system extracts and copies the essential link data, reformats it into a standardized structure, and uses this copied information to establish the target application connection, thereby avoiding the blocking mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Adaptability or versatility

If the target page is loaded in the webpage browse control built in the original App, then functions are limited, but loading in target App requires smooth interaction which may not exist

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefunctionality accessVSAvoidinteraction stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The clipboard-based intermediary system serves as a bridge that determines the appropriate loading environment. It analyzes the jump link characteristics and clipboard content to decide whether to launch the target App or use embedded browsing, based on availability and compatibility rather than rigid rules, thus optimizing both functionality and reliability dynamically.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the page loading strategy based on real-time conditions. It monitors whether the target App is available, whether interaction mechanisms are functional, and adjusts the loading method accordingly - switching between target App loading and embedded webview loading based on the current system state, ensuring optimal functionality while maintaining interaction stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Productivity

If manual starting of target App and searching for target page is required, then page access efficiency is seriously affected, but automated detection may increase system complexity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepage access efficiencyVSAvoidsystem automation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by continuously monitoring and pre-processing clipboard content in the background. It captures jump links as they are copied, pre-identifies potential target applications, and prepares the quick access mechanism before the user actually needs to access the target page. This preliminary preparation eliminates the need for manual searching while keeping the automation logic relatively simple and focused.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides self-service functionality by automatically detecting jump links in the clipboard, identifying target applications, and generating quick access controls without requiring user intervention. The automation is achieved through self-contained logic that monitors system events, processes clipboard data, and executes access operations autonomously, balancing productivity improvement with acceptable system complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10699061B2Application page quick access
Publication Date: 2020.06.30 ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD
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AI summary

When an interaction barrier exists between an application A and an application B, if a jump link corresponding to the application B exists in a page of the application A, selection and replication operations are performed in the page of the application A, such that the content containing the above jump link is replicated into a clipboard of the system. Further when the user starts the application B, operations are executed to perform extraction and analysis on clipboard content to obtain the jump link, and generate a corresponding access trigger control. The access trigger control serves as a quick access portal, and it is only necessary for a user to click the access trigger control to implement jumping from a display page to a target page in the application B. Thus, the access efficiency is ensured, and the user is guaranteed to experience the relevant functions of the target page.