Home Screen Display During Device Backup Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
As electronic devices support increasingly complex functions and larger data capacities, the time required for data transfer during the backup process from an old device to a new one increases, leading to potential errors and usability issues when the backup function is performed in the background, causing conflicts with installed programs and setting information.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device is designed to display a preconfigured default screen during the backup process, allowing users to continue using the device while the backup is performed in the background, and switch to a home screen based on the completed backup data, ensuring user reliability and improved usability by maintaining functionality and data integrity.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If data transfer during backup process is performed in the background, then user can continue using the device, but errors and conflicts may occur between backup function and installed programs
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays a default home screen before the backup process completes, preparing the interface in advance. This allows the user to immediately use the device when backup starts without waiting for the entire process, while the backup continues in the background with proper error handling to prevent conflicts with user operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a mediator mechanism that manages the interaction between the backup process and user operations. The system monitors both the backup status and user interactions, coordinating them to prevent conflicts while maintaining data integrity. This intermediary layer ensures that backup operations do not interfere with installed programs and that user actions do not corrupt backup data.
2Loss of information
If home screen is changed after backup function completion, then restored data is displayed, but errors and conflicts occur with programs and setting information installed during backup
Solution Approach 1:
The system displays the default home screen in advance before backup completion, so when the backup finishes and the home screen changes to show restored data, the user experience is smooth and error-free. The interface is prepared beforehand to avoid conflicts between program installation and home screen rendering.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of changing the home screen immediately upon backup completion (which causes conflicts), the system inverts the approach by displaying the default home screen first, then smoothly transitioning to the restored home screen after all backup operations are fully complete. This reversal of the timing prevents conflicts between program installation and interface rendering.
3Productivity
If backup function is performed in the background during initial setup, then data transfer can proceed, but usability degrades due to errors and conflicts
Solution Approach 1:
The system prepares and displays the default home screen before the backup process completes, allowing the user to immediately interact with the device during backup. This preliminary display action ensures that usability is maintained throughout the data transfer process, eliminating waiting time while preserving productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables continuous useful action by allowing the user to interact with the device and use installed programs throughout the backup process. The default home screen remains displayed continuously, providing a stable interface while data transfer proceeds in the background without interruption, maintaining both productivity and usability simultaneously.
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AI summary
A first electronic device is provided. The first electronic device includes a display, a communication circuit, memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute an initial setup function for initial setup of the first electronic device, recognize a second electronic device in response to the execution of the initial setup function, request first data from the recognized second electronic device, obtain the first data produced by the second electronic device from the second electronic device, in response to completion of the initial setup function, display a first home screen implemented based on the obtained first data on the display and request second data corresponding to an application stored in the second electronic device from the second electronic device, obtain the second data from the second electronic device, and display a second home screen implemented based on the obtained second data on the display.