Context-Aware Folder Widget Layout for Simpler Home Screens
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in effectively utilizing diverse services from various service providers and efficiently executing operations on communication terminal devices due to the complexity of user interfaces.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device and method that allows for the display of a designated folder page above the home screen, where widgets and icons are arranged and displayed based on user input, environmental data, and user activity, enabling efficient management and operation of services.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If diverse services from multiple service providers are provided, then service variety increases, but user interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into multiple home screens, each dedicated to a specific service provider or service category. This allows diverse services to be organized into separate, manageable sections rather than presenting all services in a single complex interface, thereby maintaining service variety while reducing perceived complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimension for organizing services by creating multiple home screens that can be navigated laterally. Instead of adding more services to a single screen (which increases complexity), services are distributed across multiple screens, adding a spatial dimension to service organization and reducing interface clutter.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple services and operations are provided on the home screen, then service functionality increases, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
Each home screen is designed with local quality by tailoring its content and layout to specific service categories or user preferences. This allows frequently used services to be prominently displayed on the current home screen while less frequently used services are available on other screens, optimizing ease of operation for common tasks while maintaining comprehensive service functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-organizing services into logical groups across multiple home screens based on service type, frequency of use, or user preferences. This pre-organization reduces the cognitive load on users and makes operations simpler by presenting only relevant services on each screen rather than requiring users to search through all services.
3Device complexity
If widgets and icons are statically arranged on the home screen, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to user needs decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The arrangement of widgets and icons on each home screen is made dynamic rather than static. The system can automatically adjust the layout, size, and position of elements based on user interaction patterns, service importance, and available screen space. This allows the interface to adapt to user needs while maintaining a relatively simple underlying structure managed by the operating system.
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AI summary
An electronic device according to an embodiment may comprise: a display; a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor. The instructions may cause the electronic device to, when executed by the at least one processor: obtain an input corresponding to a designated object arranged in a home screen; display, on a display, a designated folder page in which at least one first widget is arranged, on the basis of the input corresponding to the designated object; identify an attribute of the designated folder page on the basis of the at least one first widget or at least one icon included in the designated folder page; and change at least one of display or arrangement of the at least one first widget on the basis of the attribute of the designated folder page, environment data of the electronic device, or activity data of the user.