Floating Window Interface Switching for Split-Screen Status Visibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

When multiple application interfaces are displayed in a split-screen manner, users cannot view the real-time status of closed application interfaces as they need to close the existing interfaces to open new ones.

Innovation Solution

An interface operation method that allows at least two application interfaces displayed in a split-screen manner to be switched to a floating-window display state in response to a first operation on the screen, enabling the real-time status of these interfaces to be maintained while opening new interfaces.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If multiple application interfaces are displayed in a split-screen manner, then the user can view multiple interfaces simultaneously, but the user cannot view the real-time status of closed application interfaces when opening new interfaces

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereal-time status of application interfacesVSAvoidoperation complexity when switching interfaces

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the display into multiple independent regions, each showing a different application interface. When a user closes an interface, it transitions to a mini-program form that occupies a separate display region, allowing the original interface to be closed while its status remains visible in the segmented display layout.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces mini-programs as intermediary elements between closed application interfaces and the user. These mini-programs serve as mediators that preserve the status information of closed interfaces while allowing new interfaces to be opened, thus maintaining information continuity without blocking new operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the user closes existing application interfaces to open new ones, then new interfaces can be opened, but the real-time status of closed interfaces is lost

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinterface switching capabilityVSAvoidstatus information of closed interfaces

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary action by converting application interfaces to mini-program forms before they are fully closed. This preliminary conversion preserves the interface status information in a condensed form, ensuring that when users switch to new interfaces, the status of previously viewed interfaces remains accessible through the mini-programs.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent adds a new dimensional layer to the display system by introducing mini-programs that occupy a different display dimension (overlay or sidebar region). This dimensional change allows status information to coexist with new application interfaces without blocking or being blocked by them, enabling simultaneous visibility of multiple interface states.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS20250110602A1Interface operation method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium

Publication Date: 2025.04.03 GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD

AI summary

An interface operation method and an apparatus, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method is applied to an electronic device and includes: displaying a plurality of application interfaces in a split-screen manner; and switching at least two of the plurality of application interfaces to a floating-window display state in response to a first operation acted on a screen of the electronic device.