Screen Dockbar Icon Pagination for Mobile Terminals

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing dockbar processing technologies limit the number of icons that can be placed on a screen dockbar, restricting the number of application programs or folders that can be started or switched using the dockbar.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus that detect when the number of icons on a current screen dockbar reaches a preset number, displaying a next screen dockbar with available space and placing the dragged icon on it, allowing for the expansion of the dockbar beyond the initial capacity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If the number of icons on the dockbar is limited to a preset number, then the dockbar layout remains simple and manageable, but the number of application programs that can be started or switched is restricted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of icons on dockbarVSAvoiddockbar management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The dockbar is divided into multiple pages, with each page containing a preset number of icons. Users can switch between pages to access different sets of icons, effectively increasing the total number of icons without making any single page overly complex or cluttered.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The solution transitions from a single-dimensional dockbar to a multi-page structure, adding a pagination dimension. This allows the system to accommodate more icons by organizing them across multiple pages rather than crowding them onto a single bar.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

2Quantity of substance

If multiple screen dockbars are displayed, then more icons can be placed on the dockbar, but the operation complexity and user interaction difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenumber of icons on dockbarVSAvoiddockbar operation ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically switches between different dockbar pages based on user interaction. When users need to access icons beyond the current page, they can swipe or click to transition to the next page, making the multi-page structure feel fluid and responsive rather than static and cumbersome.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

Pagination controls serve as intermediaries between the user and the extended icon set. These controls provide a simple, intuitive interface for navigating between pages, reducing the operational complexity that would otherwise result from displaying all icons simultaneously.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS10268353B2Method and apparatus for processing dockbar and storage medium

Publication Date: 2019.04.23 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO LTD

AI summary

The present disclosure relates to the field of information processing technologies, and discloses a method and an apparatus for processing a screen dockbar, and a storage medium. The method includes: detecting an operation of dragging an icon to a current screen dockbar on the touchscreen, the icon being an icon of an application program or an icon of a folder; determining whether the number of icons placed on the current screen dockbar reaches a preset number; and in accordance with a determination that the number of icons placed on the current screen dockbar reaches a preset number: displaying a next screen dockbar with the number of icons that does not reach a preset number; and placing the dragged icon on the next screen dockbar.