Context-Aware App and Service Card Display for Faster Discovery

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Solution Overview

Problem

The current display interfaces of electronic devices, such as mobile phones and tablets, are monotonous and inefficient, leading to users wasting time searching for applications due to their complexity and richness of functions, which negatively impacts user experience.

Innovation Solution

The electronic device dynamically adjusts its display based on the user's scenario, such as time and location, by changing the layout and content of application icons and service cards to prioritize relevant applications, allowing users to quickly locate needed applications.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If the desktop displays all application icons to provide complete access to applications, then the user can find any application, but the user needs to spend a large amount of time searching for the needed application

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesearch time for applicationVSAvoidease of locating application
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by predicting which applications the user is likely to need based on historical usage data, time of day, location, and current context. The desktop interface proactively displays these predicted applications before the user actually needs them, eliminating the need for the user to search through all applications. This resolves the contradiction by pre-organizing information based on probabilistic user needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The desktop interface applies local quality by customizing the display of application icons and service cards based on specific local conditions such as time of day, geographic location, and user behavior patterns. Different regions or sections of the desktop can be optimized for different contexts, making the most relevant applications more visible and accessible in the current local scenario.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Adaptability or versatility

If the desktop interface is customized for each user to improve relevance, then user experience improves, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to user scenarioVSAvoidcomplexity of desktop system
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service by automatically learning user preferences, usage patterns, and contextual information without requiring manual configuration. The desktop interface autonomously adjusts its content based on time, location, and historical data, eliminating the need for complex manual customization while still achieving high adaptability to user scenarios.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses parameter changes by dynamically modifying desktop interface parameters such as displayed application icons, service card content, and layout based on changing conditions like time of day, location, and user behavior. This allows the interface to adapt to different scenarios through parameter adjustment rather than requiring complex reconfiguration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Adaptability or versatility

If the desktop displays static content to maintain simplicity, then the interface is easy to understand, but the interface cannot adapt to changing user needs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to changing scenarioVSAvoidsimplicity of interface
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The desktop interface applies dynamics by transitioning from static to dynamic content display. The interface automatically updates its content based on real-time conditions such as time of day, location, and user behavior patterns. This allows the interface to adapt to changing user needs while maintaining simplicity through automated, intuitive updates rather than complex user interactions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS20250224850A1Display method and electronic device
Publication Date: 2025.07.10 HONOR DEVICE CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides a display method and an electronic device. The electronic device may dynamically display, according to an actual requirement of a user in a current scenario, an application and a service card that may be used by the user in the current scenario, to help the user more quickly locate an application that the user needs to browse.