Fingerprint-Based Application Option Display for User Terminals

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current user terminals, such as smartphones, require complex and time-consuming processes to search for frequently contacted buddy options when the screen is off, as users need to manually search and select applications.

Innovation Solution

A human-computer interaction method that collects fingerprint information to determine and display pre-bound application options, allowing users to navigate and select applications through sliding instructions or touch inputs, reducing the need for manual searching.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If users manually search for buddy options after lighting up the screen with fingerprint, then they can contact buddies, but the process becomes complex and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebuddy contact processVSAvoidsearch time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by binding specific fingerprint information to specific buddy options in advance. When a user provides fingerprint information, the system directly retrieves and displays the corresponding buddy option without requiring manual search, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and search time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

Fingerprint information serves as an intermediary that directly links the user to the target buddy option. Instead of manual searching, the fingerprint acts as a key that automatically retrieves and presents the corresponding buddy, simplifying the interaction process and eliminating search time

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the system displays multiple application options, then users have more choices, but the interface becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveapplication option selectionVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by displaying different numbers of application options based on the specific context and user needs. For frequently used applications, multiple options are displayed to provide versatility, while for less frequent uses, fewer options are shown to maintain interface simplicity, thus resolving the contradiction between adaptability and interface complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11314386B2Human-computer interaction method of user terminal, apparatus, and user terminal
Publication Date: 2022.04.26 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a human-computer interaction method of a user terminal, an apparatus, and a user terminal. The method includes: collecting entered fingerprint information; if target fingerprint information that matches the fingerprint information exists in stored preset fingerprint information, determining an application bound to the target fingerprint information; and displaying at least one application option included in the application. In the embodiments of the present invention, application option search efficiency can be improved.