Event Viewing Interfaces With Organization-Based Prioritization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing electronic devices lack efficient ways to view and search for events associated with user-designated organizations, requiring excessive user inputs and consuming power and computing resources.

Innovation Solution

Electronic devices prioritize displaying representations of events associated with user-designated organizations over those not associated with such organizations, allowing users to quickly navigate to relevant events, and provide selectable interfaces for additional event information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If events are displayed in chronological order without prioritization, then all events are visible, but user inputs increase and navigation efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent viewing efficiencyVSAvoidtime to locate relevant events
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically organizing and prioritizing events before display, sorting them according to user-defined criteria such as organization importance and event type. This pre-arrangement eliminates the need for users to manually search through chronological lists, directly reducing navigation time and inputs while ensuring relevant events are immediately visible

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Loss of information

If detailed information about all events is displayed simultaneously, then complete information is available, but power consumption and computing resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevent information completenessVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies segmentation by dividing event information into hierarchical levels: summary views showing key details of prioritized events, and expanded views providing comprehensive information. Users can access complete event details on-demand through selective expansion, rather than loading all information simultaneously. This segmented approach maintains information completeness while significantly reducing power consumption by only processing and displaying essential data in the default state

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements partial action by displaying only the most relevant event information initially - focusing on prioritized events from user-designated organizations with key details. Full event details are available but not loaded or processed unless specifically requested. This partial display strategy provides sufficient information for most user needs while conserving computing resources and power, allowing users to access complete information only when necessary

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20250265100A1User interfaces for viewing representations of events on electronic devices
Publication Date: 2025.08.21 APPLE INC
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AI summary

In some embodiments, an electronic device displays a content user interface for viewing representations of events. In some embodiments, the electronic device displays representation of events associated with an organization in list of organizations with higher priority than representations of events not associated with an organization in the list of organizations. In some embodiments, the representation of events is selectable to view a user interface including additional information about the respective event including a representation of a progression of the event. In some embodiments, while displaying a user interface including additional information about a respective event, the electronic device detects an input, and as a result, the electronic device displays a second user interface including additional information about a second respective event.