Desktop Object Sorting via Thumbnail Swapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing method for sorting desktop objects on a multi-screen desktop is complex, time-consuming, and prone to locating errors, requiring users to drag objects across multiple screens, making it inefficient and inaccurate.
Innovation Solution
A method and system that collectively displays desktop thumbnails on a home screen, allowing users to tap and swap the locations of desktop objects directly, eliminating the need for dragging objects across screens, and using an odd-even matching rule to group tapping operations for efficient location exchange.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the existing dragging method is used to sort desktop objects across multiple screens, then the desktop objects can be moved between screens, but the operation becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a thumbnail copy of the target desktop screen and displays it on the current screen. Users interact with this thumbnail copy rather than the actual remote screen, enabling direct tapping operations on the thumbnail to achieve object sorting without complex cross-screen dragging. This copying approach simplifies the operation and reduces time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The thumbnail acts as an intermediary between the current desktop screen and the target desktop screen. Instead of directly dragging objects across multiple screens, users tap on the thumbnail (intermediary) to initiate and complete the sorting operation, which then reflects on the actual target screen. This intermediary mechanism eliminates the need for complex multi-step dragging operations.
2Measurement precision
If the existing dragging method is used to sort desktop objects, then objects can be moved between screens, but the locating accuracy decreases due to multiple screen transitions
Solution Approach 1:
By creating and displaying a thumbnail copy of the target screen with its desktop objects, the system enables users to locate and interact with objects on the thumbnail with the same precision as on the actual screen. The thumbnail preserves the spatial arrangement and visual characteristics of the target screen, ensuring locating accuracy while avoiding the complexity of multiple screen transitions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension by displaying the target screen as a thumbnail overlay on the current screen. This allows users to access and sort objects on a remote screen without physically navigating to that screen, effectively adding a spatial dimension that eliminates the need for multi-screen transitions while maintaining locating precision.
3Ease of operation
If multiple times of desktop screen switching are performed to drag an object to the correct screen, then the object can be moved, but the operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The thumbnail serves as an intermediary that consolidates the target screen's interface elements into a single accessible location on the current screen. Users perform all necessary tapping operations on the thumbnail without needing to switch screens multiple times. The system handles the screen switching automatically in the background, simplifying the user's interaction to just tapping on the thumbnail.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-loading and displaying the thumbnail of the target screen before the user needs to sort objects. This allows users to immediately interact with the thumbnail and initiate sorting operations without first navigating through multiple screens to reach the target screen, thereby reducing operational complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A method includes acquiring a desktop thumbnail of each desktop screen in a desktop screen set, and collectively displaying all the acquired desktop thumbnails on a desktop home screen; listening to a sequence of tapping operations performed on the desktop thumbnails displayed on the desktop home screen, and determining a tapping location of each tapping operation in the sequence of tapping operations; and sorting and displaying, according to the tapping location of each tapping operation in the sequence of tapping operations, desktop objects that are on each desktop screen on a multi-screen desktop. Desktop thumbnails of desktop screens in a desktop screen set are collectively displayed on a desktop home screen such that desktop objects on each desktop screen on a multi-screen desktop can be sorted and displayed by performing a tapping operation on the desktop home screen.