Desktop Folder Icon Addition for Simpler File Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current desktop management methods on electronic devices require cumbersome user operations for adding files to desktop folders, leading to poor user experience.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device can add a first icon corresponding to target data to a desktop folder in response to a user operation, such as dragging or indicating to save the data, without the need for additional operations on the desktop folder, and can automatically arrange and classify icons based on data type.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If the user operates on the desktop folder to add files, then the file can be added to the desktop folder, but the user operation becomes cumbersome and complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser operation simplicityVSAvoidoperation process complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of requiring the user to operate on the desktop folder to add files, the patent inverts the operation target to the file itself. When the user performs an operation on the file (such as long-pressing or selecting), the system automatically adds the file to the desktop folder without requiring any additional operation on the folder itself. This inversion of the operation target significantly simplifies the user interaction process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs the file addition action automatically based on the user's operation on the file, without requiring the user to manually navigate to or operate on the desktop folder. The system self-completes the file addition process by detecting the user's operation on the file and automatically executing the add-to-desktop-folder action, reducing the operational steps required from the user.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If the user performs multiple operations to add a file to the desktop folder, then the file management is accurate, but the time consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefile management efficiencyVSAvoidtime consumption for file addition

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system prepares and executes the file addition action automatically in response to the user's initial operation on the file. By detecting the user's operation (such as long-pressing or selection) and immediately triggering the automatic addition to the desktop folder, the system eliminates the need for subsequent manual operations, thereby reducing time consumption and improving file management efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of operation

If the desktop folder requires specific path operations, then the file can be accurately added, but the operation process becomes complex

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperation process simplicityVSAvoidpath operation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the essential function of adding a file to the desktop folder from the complex path-based operation process. Instead of requiring the user to navigate through specific paths and perform multiple operations on the folder, the system extracts the core functionality and implements it through a simplified operation on the file itself, eliminating the need for complex path manipulations while maintaining accurate file addition.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS20260030209A1Desktop management method, system, and electronic device

Publication Date: 2026.01.29 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

AI summary

Embodiments of this application provide a desktop management method, a system, and an electronic device. The method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: The electronic device displays a desktop folder on a desktop, where the desktop folder is used to display at least one icon; and the electronic device adds, to the desktop folder in response to a user operation on target data, a first icon corresponding to the target data.