GUI Mode-Based Notification Display to Reduce User Confusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Information processing apparatuses display unnecessary information that cannot be used in basic modes, causing user confusion and inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
Implement a system where notification information is displayed based on the set display mode, allowing the apparatus to selectively show or hide notification images depending on the GUI mode, using a service management server to aggregate and control notification information from multiple service providing servers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If notification information is displayed in all display modes, then information completeness is improved, but user confusion increases due to displaying unnecessary information in basic modes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the display content adaptive to different display modes. The control unit determines whether to display notification information based on the currently active display mode (first display mode or second display mode), ensuring that only relevant information is shown to each user context. This resolves the contradiction by providing complete information when needed (first mode) while filtering out unnecessary information in basic modes (second mode), thus maintaining information completeness without causing user confusion.
2Productivity
If all notification information is displayed regardless of mode, then information delivery is comprehensive, but interface clarity deteriorates due to unnecessary information in basic mode
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the interface configuration changeable based on the display mode. The control unit dynamically adjusts the interface by displaying or hiding notification information according to whether the first or second display mode is active. This allows the interface to adapt its complexity level - comprehensive in first mode, simplified in second mode - thereby maintaining effective information delivery while preventing interface complexity from deteriorating.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first obtaining unit that obtains mode information indicating a set display mode and a second obtaining unit that performs a notification information obtaining process of obtaining notification information provided by a server system. The information processing apparatus further includes a display unit that displays a screen depending on the display mode and a notification image based on the notification information, a save unit that saves the notification information obtained by the second obtaining unit, and a control unit that controls the display unit. The control unit allows the display unit to display the notification image if the notification information saved in the save unit corresponds to the set display mode, and cause the display unit not to display the notification image if the notification information does not correspond to the display mode indicated by the mode information.