Cross-Platform Login Interface via Dynamic OS Detection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current technologies face challenges in enabling users to perform application login operations more easily, particularly in supporting multiple operating systems.

Innovation Solution

A data processing method and apparatus that allow users to select login entries corresponding to different operating systems for application login, by obtaining an environment identification parameter, retrieving login entry information from an application server, rendering login options, and displaying them on a user interface.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the application login system supports only a single operating system, then the system complexity is reduced, but the adaptability and user base are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecross-platform login capabilityVSAvoidlogin system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The login system is designed to support multiple operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS) through a universal login interface and unified account management mechanism. The system obtains environment identification parameters to detect the current OS type and dynamically adapts the login process, allowing a single login system to serve multiple platforms without requiring separate login implementations for each OS.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes operational parameters based on the detected environment by obtaining environment identification parameters and using them to dynamically select and render appropriate login entries. The login interface adapts its behavior and displayed options based on the OS type, enabling the same system to function differently across platforms while maintaining a unified underlying architecture.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Productivity

If multiple login platforms for different operating systems are provided, then user viscosity and service functionality are improved, but the ease of operation and interface complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelogin service functionalityVSAvoidlogin operation simplicity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The login interface displays different login entries and options tailored to each operating system's characteristics and user expectations. Based on the environment identification parameter, the system renders specific login platforms relevant to the current OS (e.g., App Store login for iOS, Google Play login for Android), making the interface locally optimized for each platform while maintaining overall system unity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The login interface dynamically adapts its content and structure based on the detected operating system environment. The system automatically adjusts which login entries are displayed and how they are presented, transforming from a static single-platform interface to a dynamic multi-platform interface that responds to environmental conditions without requiring manual configuration.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If environment identification and dynamic rendering are implemented, then cross-platform adaptability is improved, but the processing time and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemulti-os login adaptationVSAvoidlogin initialization time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs environment identification and login entry selection in advance during the login initialization phase, before the user interacts with the login interface. By detecting the OS type early and pre-rendering the appropriate login entries, the system avoids time-consuming runtime adjustments and ensures quick adaptation to the user's platform, minimizing perceptible delay.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS12292957B2Data processing method and apparatus, computer device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.05.06 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of this application provide a data processing method performed by a computer device, where the method includes: obtaining, in response to a login trigger event for a target application at a terminal device, an environment identification parameter used for identifying a running environment of the target application at the terminal device; obtaining, according to the environment identification parameter, a login entry information set related to the target application from an application server, the login entry information set including login entry information of login platforms of at least two operating systems; rendering login entry options of the login platforms of the at least two operating systems according to login entry information in the login entry information set; and returning the rendered login entry options to the terminal device for display in a user interface at the terminal device.