Cross-Device Notification Interface for Unified Touch Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for interacting with multiple electronic devices using touch-sensitive surfaces are cumbersome and inefficient, particularly when accessing applications or notifications across different devices, and they do not conserve power effectively.
Innovation Solution
Implementing electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces that include sensors to detect contact intensities, tactile output generators, and processors to execute methods that enhance interactions by reducing user inputs, providing visual, audio, and tactile feedback, and enabling efficient data transfer and control between devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional methods are used to interact with multiple electronic devices, then device functionality is accessible, but user interaction becomes cumbersome and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple device interfaces into a single unified touch-sensitive display interface. The first device's display shows notifications and interfaces from both the first device and the second device, allowing the user to interact with multiple devices through one consolidated interface rather than switching between separate devices or applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch-sensitive display of the first device serves multiple functions: it displays native notifications, shows remote device notifications, provides controls for both devices, and enables interaction with applications on either device. This multi-functional interface eliminates the need for separate interaction channels for each device.
2Productivity
If users manually navigate between devices to access notifications and applications, then all functions are accessible, but time and efficiency are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system proactively presents a consolidated view of notifications and interfaces from multiple devices before the user needs to act. By pre-organizing and displaying all relevant information in one location, the user can immediately see and access needed content without time-consuming navigation or device switching.
Solution Approach 2:
The first device's display system acts as an intermediary that aggregates and presents information from multiple devices. Instead of the user directly interacting with each device separately, the intermediary interface consolidates notifications and controls, allowing efficient access to all device functions through a single point of interaction.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple devices are used simultaneously, then functionality and notifications are expanded, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the power-intensive display and processing functions from the second device and consolidates them in the first device. The second device can maintain a lower power state while its notifications and interfaces are displayed and controlled through the first device's display, reducing overall power consumption while maintaining cross-device functionality.
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AI summary
A first computer system with a display generation component and one or more input devices is in communication with a second computer system. The first computer system displays, via the display generation component of the first computer system, a first notification generated by a first application installed on the first computer system and a second notification generated by a second application installed on the second computer system. While the first computer system displays the second notification, the computer system detects an input selecting the second notification. In response to detecting the input, the computer system displays, via the display generation component of the first computer system, a user interface that is generated by the second computer system.