Desktop Notification Card Stacking for Faster Multi-Card Viewing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices display notification information with low human-computer interaction efficiency, requiring tedious user operations to view multiple cards with similar priorities, leading to poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

The electronic device simultaneously displays two cards in parallel or subordinate association in the same area, allowing for efficient viewing of multiple notification information without excessive user interaction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the electronic device displays multiple notification cards sequentially in different scenarios based on importance degrees, then the display can maintain simplicity and avoid information overload, but the user needs to perform tedious operations to find and view required notification information, reducing human-computer interaction efficiency

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehuman-computer interaction efficiencyVSAvoidtime to find required notification information
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dimensionality change by transitioning from sequential single-card display to simultaneous multi-card display. When multiple notification cards are generated, the system displays them in parallel within the same target area using a card stack structure, allowing users to view multiple notifications at once without navigating through multiple screens or performing tedious operations. This spatial arrangement in the same area resolves the contradiction by providing quick access to multiple notifications while maintaining display organization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements nesting by creating a card stack structure where multiple notification cards are nested within the same target area. The cards are arranged in a hierarchical stack with the first card at the top layer and subsequent cards below it, all contained within the target area. This nesting approach allows users to access multiple notifications efficiently while maintaining a compact and organized display layout.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

2Productivity

If the electronic device displays a single card in the target area at a time, then the display layout remains simple and manageable, but the user cannot view multiple required notification information simultaneously, requiring multiple card switching operations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation viewing efficiencyVSAvoidcard display management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves this contradiction by utilizing the vertical dimension within the target area to display multiple cards simultaneously. Instead of switching cards horizontally or sequentially, the system stacks cards vertically within the same target area, with the first card at the top layer and subsequent cards below. This allows users to view multiple notifications at once without increasing horizontal layout complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies dynamics by making the card stack structure adaptable and interactive. The system dynamically adjusts the card stack based on the number of notifications generated, allowing users to interact with the stack to view different cards. This dynamic approach enables efficient information viewing while maintaining manageable display complexity through user-friendly interaction mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Ease of operation

If the electronic device displays multiple cards in parallel association or subordinate association in the same area, then the user can view more required notification information in time with reduced operations, but the display area management and card arrangement become more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser operations to view notificationsVSAvoidcard arrangement and area management
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies nesting by organizing multiple notification cards within a unified card stack structure contained in the target area. Each card is nested within the stack hierarchy, with clear positional relationships (first card at top layer, subsequent cards below). This nesting approach enables efficient parallel display of multiple notifications while managing spatial arrangement through a standardized hierarchical structure, reducing the complexity of individual card positioning.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements segmentation by dividing the target area into distinct layers within the card stack. Each notification card occupies a specific layer position, with the first card at the top layer and subsequent cards in lower layers. This segmentation allows multiple cards to coexist in the same target area with clear spatial boundaries, simplifying the management of card arrangements while enabling efficient parallel viewing of multiple notifications.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250348334A1Information display method, electronic device, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.11.13 HONOR DEVICE CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides an information display method, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: The electronic device displays a first desktop, where a first basic card is displayed in a first sub-area of a target area of the first desktop, and a second basic card is displayed in a second sub-area of the target area; and when the first basic card and the second basic card are displayed in the target area, if the electronic device newly generates a third card and a fourth card, and the third card and the fourth card are in a parallel association or a subordinate association, the electronic device displays the third card and the fourth card in the target area, where the parallel association means that priorities are the same, and the subordinate association means that there is an association between the displayed notification information.