Cross-App Drag-and-Drop Transfer Using Hot Zone App Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for cross-application data transmission require users to manually select and paste data between applications, leading to a poor user experience.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device detects a user's drag of a control into a preset hot zone, triggering a smart transfer service to display icons of compatible applications, allowing seamless data transfer by releasing the control over the target icon.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual selection and pasting operations are used for cross-application data transmission, then data can be transferred between applications, but the operation complexity increases and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate operations (selecting data, exiting application, opening target application, pasting data) into a single drag-and-drop gesture. The selection control combines the selected data and source application context, allowing users to complete cross-application data transmission through one continuous motion rather than multiple discrete steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a selection control as an intermediary element that carries data and context between applications. This control acts as a mediator that encapsulates the selected content and enables direct transfer to the target application without requiring manual copy-paste operations or application switching.
2Productivity
If traditional copy-paste method is used, then data transmission between applications is achieved, but transmission time and user effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-selecting data and generating a selection control before the user initiates the transfer. The system prepares the data package with source application context in advance, so that when the user drags the control to the target application, the transmission can occur immediately without additional selection or preparation steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables skipping intermediate steps in the data transmission process. By using the selection control and drag-and-drop mechanism, users can directly transfer data from source to target application, bypassing the traditional sequence of copying, switching applications, and pasting. This rushes through the transmission process in a single continuous action.
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AI summary
This application provides a cross-application data transmission method and a related device. An electronic device that implements the cross-application data transmission method, such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer, may obtain data such as a picture or a text from a currently displayed interface. After detecting that a user drags the data into a preset hot zone, the electronic device determines one or more applications capable of receiving the data. After detecting an operation of continuing dragging, by the user, the data into a region in which any application icon is located and releasing the data, the electronic device may send the data to a corresponding application, thereby providing the user with a quick and convenient cross-application data transmission service.