Folder Naming Interface for Multi-App Icon Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing number of applications and icons on portable digital communication devices leads to inconvenience in managing icons, excessive screen switching, and increased device load, making it difficult for users to efficiently navigate and manage their applications.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and method that provides multiple folder names during generation, recommends associated applications, and includes icons in folders to reduce unnecessary screen switching and device load, improving user convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple icons are displayed to provide various applications, then application variety is improved, but device operation load increases and user convenience degrades
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments icons into folders based on their functional categories or relationships. When a folder is generated, the system automatically groups related icons together, reducing the number of individual icons displayed on the main screen. This segmentation maintains application variety while lowering device operation load by managing icons in organized groups rather than as individual items.
2Ease of operation
If folders are generated to classify icons, then icon management is improved, but folder name configuration becomes inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically generating folder names based on the icons contained within each folder. The processor analyzes the icons in a generated folder and creates an appropriate folder name without requiring manual user input. This eliminates the inconvenience of manual folder name configuration while maintaining organized icon management.
3Ease of operation
If icon positions are identified to include applications in folders, then folder organization is improved, but screen switching increases and device load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-fetching and caching icon position information and application data in memory before folder generation is needed. When a folder is generated, the processor can quickly access this pre-prepared information to determine which icons to include and where they are located, eliminating the need for multiple screen switches and reducing device load during the folder creation process.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory storing executable instructions, and at least one processor, wherein, when the instructions stored in the memory are executed, the at least one processor is configured to, the occurrence of an event for generating a folder including at least one icon corresponding to at least one application; control the display to display a folder screen including the at least one icon; control the display to display at least two folder names corresponding to the at least one application, receive a user input for selecting a first folder name from among the displayed at least two folder names, and control the display to display the selected first folder name as the folder name of the folder on the folder screen.