Cross-App Transmission Interface for Drag-and-Drop Sharing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information transmission methods across applications on intelligent devices require complex and cumbersome operations, leading to inefficient user interaction and degraded experience.
Innovation Solution
An information transmission method that displays multiple application service icons in a smart multi-window interface, allowing users to directly drag and drop information to desired applications without copying or switching, using a 'cross-application transmission interface' that enables seamless information transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the user copies or saves information in one application and then switches to another application to share or upload, then the information can be transmitted across applications, but the operation steps become complex and cumbersome, reducing interaction efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the information transmission function directly into the source application interface. When a user long-presses information in the first application, a popup menu appears within the same interface showing target applications where the information can be directly sent. This eliminates the need to switch between applications manually, combining the selection and transmission steps into a single operation within the source application.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent displays a popup menu in advance that pre-shows all available target applications for information transmission. The user can directly select the destination application from this pre-displayed menu without needing to navigate to different applications first. This preliminary display of options streamlines the transmission process by preparing all choices before the user makes a selection.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple application interfaces are displayed in split-screen to enable information transmission, then information can be shared between applications, but the device complexity and operation steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the target application selection interface from the traditional split-screen multi-window structure. Instead of requiring the system to display and manage multiple application interfaces simultaneously, the solution extracts only the necessary element - a popup menu showing target applications - and presents it within the source application's interface. This simplifies the overall interface structure while maintaining cross-application transmission capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a popup menu as an intermediary element between the source application and target applications. This mediator displays all available destinations and allows the user to select the target application without actually opening or switching to that application's interface. The intermediary simplifies the interaction by providing a centralized selection point rather than requiring complex multi-window management.
3Productivity
If the user manually switches between applications to complete information transmission, then the information can be shared, but the interaction efficiency and user experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the information selection, target application selection, and transmission execution steps into a single continuous operation within the source application. The user long-presses the information, sees the popup menu with target applications, and completes the transmission by selecting a destination - all without leaving the source application interface. This merging of steps significantly improves both efficiency and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent allows the user to skip the intermediate step of manually opening or switching to the target application. By displaying the target applications in a popup menu within the source application, the system enables the user to rush through the transmission process by directly selecting the destination from the list, bypassing the need to navigate to each application individually.
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AI summary
This application provides an information transmission method and an electronic device. Through implementation of this method, the electronic device may directly display a plurality of application service icons in an interface in response to an operation performed by a user on information, so as to help the user place the information into a target application service, so that the electronic device can efficiently and quickly complete information transmission between applications, thereby effectively reducing an operation step required by the user to complete information transmission across applications, improving interaction efficiency between the user and the electronic device, and further improving user experience.