Desktop Icon Progress Mask for App Download Status
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inconvenience in tracking the download progress and installing status of applications as this information is only displayed within the app store's download interface, requiring multiple steps to access again after exiting the app store.
Innovation Solution
The method and device display the download progress and installing status of applications on the system desktop by creating a task, acquiring relevant information, and displaying a translucent mask representing the progress and status alongside the application icon.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the download progress and installing status are displayed only within the app store's download interface, then the app store can focus on its core function, but users must return to the app store to check the status, increasing operation time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy of the download progress and status information by displaying a translucent mask overlaying the application icon on the desktop. This copy allows users to view download status without entering the app store, resolving the time loss issue while maintaining app store functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces the desktop as an intermediary interface between the user and the download status. By displaying the icon with overlay information on the desktop, it serves as a mediator that provides status access without requiring users to navigate back to the app store
2Ease of operation
If the download progress is displayed using a translucent mask overlaying the icon, then the icon remains visible and users can identify the application, but the display space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent embeds the download progress information within the boundaries of the application icon by using a translucent mask that overlays the icon. This nesting approach ensures the information is contained within the icon's visual space, maintaining identification while providing status information
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses color and transparency changes in the mask overlay to convey different states of download progress. The translucent mask with varying opacity and color indicates different progress levels, allowing clear communication within the limited icon space
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AI summary
The embodiment of the disclosure discloses an information display method, device and terminal. The method includes: a system application process creating a task of downloading or updating an application, acquiring relevant information of the application, and transmitting the relevant information of the application to a desktop process, wherein the relevant information of the application comprises a package name, an icon storage path, a downloading progress, and a downloading/installing status of the application; the desktop process acquiring an icon of the application based on the icon storage path, and displaying the icon of the application on a system desktop, displaying a translucent mask corresponding to the download progress of the application on an upper layer of the icon of the application; and displaying the downloading/installing status of the application around the icon of the application.