Embedded Window Interface for Non-Interruptive App Function Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing methods for using applications on electronic devices require users to navigate through multiple levels of pages to find and use specific functions, leading to complicated operations and a degraded user experience.
Innovation Solution
A window display method that allows an embedded window to be displayed at an upper layer of the interface, enabling the user to access tasks from different applications without interrupting the current task, and includes features like icons, buttons, and notification capsules for seamless navigation and customization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users navigate through multiple levels of pages to access application functions, then they can find and use specific functions, but the operations become complicated and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-displaying task entry icons and task information in the embedded window before the user needs to access them. The system anticipates user needs by showing available tasks and their descriptions in advance, allowing users to quickly identify and select desired functions without navigating through multiple application pages.
Solution Approach 2:
The embedded window serves as an intermediary between the user and the application's full interface. It provides a simplified mediation layer that displays essential task information and entry points, reducing the complexity of direct interaction with the complete application structure while still enabling access to all necessary functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If an embedded window is displayed at the upper layer, then users can access multiple tasks conveniently, but the current application execution might be interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the embedded window configurable and adaptable to user needs. The window can be displayed, hidden, minimized, or maximized based on user interactions, allowing the system to dynamically adjust between providing multi-task access and maintaining application continuity. The window's state changes enable flexible balancing between versatility and reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface is segmented into the main application area and the embedded window area. This segmentation allows independent operation of both components - the main application continues executing while the embedded window provides parallel task management capabilities. Users can interact with tasks in the embedded window without affecting the primary application's execution flow.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the embedded window displays multiple task icons and options, then users can switch between tasks flexibly, but the interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts essential task information and functionality into a separate embedded window, removing complex task management elements from the main application interface. By taking out task icons, descriptions, and switching controls into the embedded window, the main application remains simple while the embedded window handles the complexity of multi-task management independently.
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide a window display method and a related apparatus, and relate to the field of terminal technologies. An electronic device may display an independent embedded window after a preset operation of a user is received. The embedded window may include a function page of a specific application, so that the user can use a function of the application conveniently. The embedded window is independent of any application installed on the electronic device, and therefore display and interaction of the embedded window do not interrupt an application running on the electronic device.