Cross-App Drag-and-Drop Interaction for Shared Content Processing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for processing content across multiple applications on electronic devices require complex operations, leading to poor user experience and low efficiency due to the need for multiple steps and application switching.
Innovation Solution
A multi-application interaction method that allows simultaneous dragging and dropping of content between two applications, with interactive processing options displayed on a touchscreen, enabling direct sharing, combining, comparing, and editing of content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If content is shared between multiple applications using traditional methods, then content can be transferred between applications, but the operation process becomes complex and efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate operations (selecting content, switching applications, navigating to share function, selecting recipient application) into a single unified drag-and-drop gesture. Users can directly drag content from one application window to another application window displayed on the same screen, combining what were previously distinct sequential steps into one continuous action.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a shared area or drop zone as an intermediary element between source and target applications. This intermediary provides visual feedback during the drag operation and automatically initiates the content transfer when the drag gesture is completed, mediating the interaction between applications without requiring users to navigate through complex menus.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications are displayed simultaneously on the touchscreen, then users can access multiple applications without switching, but the interface layout becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the touchscreen display into multiple independent application windows that can be positioned and resized independently. Each application window maintains its own interface elements and functionality, allowing users to access multiple applications simultaneously without interference. The screen is divided into functional zones (source application area, target application area, optional shared area) that simplify the overall layout.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the spatial dimension of the touchscreen by displaying multiple application windows in a two-dimensional layout rather than requiring sequential navigation. Applications are arranged side-by-side or in overlapping configurations, transforming the traditional single-application-at-a-time paradigm into a multi-window spatial arrangement that leverages the screen's dimensional capacity.
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AI summary
A method includes a first electronic device that displays an interface of a first application and an interface of a second application and obtains first content in the interface of the first application and second content in the interface of the second application; receives a drag operation on both the first content and the second content and displays a first window after the first content and the second content are dragged to a first area on a touchscreen of the first electronic device, where the first window includes third content related to the first content and the second content and an option for sharing.