Electronic Device Input Field Identification and Content Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices face inconvenience in copying and pasting content across multiple screens due to cumbersome user input processes and difficulties in accurately identifying input fields, especially when switching between screens.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a processor and display that identifies input fields based on specified conditions, copies content from one screen, and provides a user interface to easily enter the copied content into the appropriate input field on another screen, reducing the need for iterative screen switching and user inputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user manually copies and pastes content across screens by repeatedly switching screens and performing multiple user inputs, then content can be transferred between screens, but the operation process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary identification of input fields and their properties before the user needs to paste content. When a screen is switched to, the system proactively analyzes the new screen for input fields that match previously copied content, preparing the paste operation in advance so users don't need to manually search for appropriate fields
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically identifies matching input fields and provides paste options without requiring users to manually specify where to paste. The electronic device serves itself by autonomously analyzing screen content, matching copied data with appropriate input fields based on property compatibility, and presenting paste opportunities to the user
2Adaptability or versatility
If users switch between screens to copy and paste content, then content can be entered in different applications, but it becomes difficult to identify details of both the previous and current screens simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses the clipboard as an intermediary that stores not only copied content but also contextual information about the source. When switching screens, this intermediary helps bridge the gap between the previous screen's content and the current screen's input fields, allowing the system to match and suggest paste locations without the user needing to remember or visually compare both screens
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user by identifying and highlighting potential input fields that match the copied content after a screen switch. This feedback mechanism informs the user about where the copied content can be pasted, eliminating the need for the user to manually search through the new screen while retaining awareness of the copying context
3Productivity
If the system provides automatic identification of input fields, then content entry becomes more efficient, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system identifies input fields by analyzing their properties (such as data type, format requirements, and content compatibility) rather than using complex visual recognition or AI-based field detection. By changing the approach to parameter-based identification, the system achieves automatic field matching with relatively simple processing logic
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device includes: a display; a memory storing instructions; and a processor operatively connected with the display and the memory, and configured to execute the instructions to: control the display to display a first screen, based on a first user input, control the display to switch the first screen to a second screen, identify whether at least one input field in the first screen meets a specified condition, based on identifying the at least one input field meets the specified condition, identify a property of the at least one input field, based on a second user input, copy content included in the second screen, identify whether at least a portion of the copied content is applicable to the at least one input field based on the property of the at least one input field, and based on identifying the at least the portion of the copied content is applicable to the at least one input field, control the display to display a user interface for entering the at least the portion of the copied content in the at least one input field.