File Source Identification via Thumbnail and Icon Interface
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of electronic devices face difficulties in identifying the sources of various files stored on the device due to the lack of an intuitive graphical user interface, leading to increased operational burden and complexity in file management as the number of files grows.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and operation method that provide a graphical user interface displaying thumbnails and icons associated with files and their sources, allowing users to intuitively identify file sources, with the ability to execute specific applications and display execution screens based on file information, thereby simplifying file management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple files are stored in memory without source information display, then storage capacity is improved, but user ability to identify file sources deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary graphical user interface that displays source information icons between the user and the actual files. This intermediary layer provides source identification without requiring users to directly access or analyze file metadata, thus maintaining storage capacity while improving source identifiability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates visual copies of source information in the form of icons and thumbnails in the graphical user interface. These visual copies represent the actual files and their sources, allowing users to identify file origins through simplified visual representations rather than dealing with the complexity of raw file data.
2Ease of operation
If intuitive graphical user interface for file sources is provided, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the file management interface into distinct components: file thumbnails, source information icons, and application launchers. This segmentation allows each element to perform its specific function independently, improving ease of operation while managing complexity through modular design rather than creating a monolithic complex interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent displays source information icons and thumbnails selectively based on user context and file types. Rather than overwhelming users with complete source information for all files simultaneously, the interface provides partial information as needed, improving ease of operation while controlling interface complexity through conditional display.
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AI summary
According to various embodiments, an electronic device including a memory, and at least one processor may be provided, wherein the at least one processor stores, in the memory, multiple files acquired based on execution of multiple applications and information on the multiple files including first information on the multiple applications and second information associated with the multiple files, executes a first application including at least one of an authority or a function for acquiring the information on the multiple files, and displays a first execution screen of the executed first application having a partial area including multiple thumbnails associated with at least some of the multiple files and multiple icons corresponding to applications, based on at least a part of the first information included in the information on the multiple files. Various other embodiments are possible.