Cross-App Icon Layout Using Operation History Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing applications fail to suitably display icons based on user operation history, leading to inefficient utilization of frequently and infrequently used services.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that acquires and utilizes history data from multiple apps to generate display formats optimizing the arrangement of icons, prioritizing frequently used services for easier access.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If icons are displayed in a fixed format across all apps, then the display format is simple and consistent, but frequently used services cannot be prioritized for easier access

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of access to frequently used servicesVSAvoidcomplexity of display format management
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic icon display formats that automatically adjust based on user operation history. The display format is no longer static but changes dynamically to prioritize frequently used services, resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity by allowing the system to adapt automatically without user intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system collects user operation history as feedback and uses it to automatically adjust icon display formats. This feedback mechanism enables the system to learn from user behavior and optimize the display format accordingly, improving ease of access while managing complexity through automated adaptation rather than manual configuration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Ease of operation

If icon display formats are customized for each app based on user history, then ease of access to frequently used services is improved, but the complexity of managing multiple display formats increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of selection of servicesVSAvoidcomplexity of managing display formats across apps
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a universal icon display management system that can be applied across multiple apps simultaneously. The same mechanism that generates optimized display formats based on user history works universally across different apps, reducing the complexity of managing individual customizations for each app while maintaining the benefits of customized icon arrangements

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges the icon display format management across multiple apps into a unified system. By combining the analysis of user operation history from all apps and generating coordinated display formats, the system reduces the complexity of managing separate customizations while achieving comprehensive optimization of service accessibility across the entire app ecosystem

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS20260010275A1Information processing system, information processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code
Publication Date: 2026.01.08 RAKUTEN GROUP INC
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AI summary

An information processing system includes one or more memories configured to store program code and one or more processors. The program code includes history acquisition code configured to cause at least one of the one or more processors to acquire at least one of first and second history data respectively indicating operation histories of first and second apps and format code configured to cause at least one of the one or more processors to generate first and second format data respectively indicating display formats of a group of icons in first and second display screens based on at least one of the first and second history data. Display data displaying the group of icons includes first and second display data used to respectively display the group of icons on the first and second display screens in the display formats that are based on the first and second format data.