Dual Display Mobile Terminal Session Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile communication apparatuses with multiple displays face limitations in optimizing information presentation due to physical constraints, leading to inefficient use of display areas and potential interruptions during active sessions from incoming messages.
Innovation Solution
A mobile communication apparatus with a controller managing two displays, allowing for the distribution of different types of information (image and text) across displays, either within the device or in external devices, to enhance user interface and minimize session interruptions by assigning incoming messages to non-active displays.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple displays are used to show more information, then information presentation capability is improved, but device physical dimensions and display area limitations worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides information presentation across multiple displays (main display and secondary display), segmenting the total information load. The controller selectively assigns different types of information to different displays based on their characteristics - the main display shows primary content while the secondary display shows supplementary information, thereby overcoming the area limitation of a single display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-dimensional display approach to a multi-dimensional display architecture by introducing spatial distribution of displays. Information is organized across multiple display planes and positions, allowing the system to present more information without increasing the area of any single display.
2Ease of operation
If incoming messages are displayed on the active display, then message notification is improved, but active session interruption worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the notification function from the active session display by utilizing the secondary display for incoming message notifications. This allows message alerts to be presented without occupying or interrupting the main display area where the active session is being executed, maintaining both notification capability and session continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The secondary display acts as an intermediary channel for message notifications, mediating between the incoming message and the user without interfering with the primary active session on the main display. This intermediary display provides an alternative pathway for information delivery that does not disrupt the ongoing task.
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AI summary
A telecommunication system comprising a mobile telecommunication network and a mobile communication apparatus arranged to communicate with said mobile telecommunication network is disclosed. The mobile communication apparatus comprises a controller, and is associated with a first and a second display, wherein said controller is arranged to control said first display to view a first set of information and said second display to view a second set of information. A method for providing messages in the telecommunication system is also disclosed. The method comprises sending a message from said mobile telecommunication network to said mobile communication apparatus; receiving said message by said mobile communication apparatus; determining if one of said first and second displays is currently actively used; assigning said message information to the one of said first or second display not currently actively used to avoid interruption of an active session; and viewing said message information on said assigned display. A method for controlling the mobile communication apparatus, comprising viewing on said first display a first set of information, and viewing on said second display a second set of information, is also disclosed.