Home Screen Notification Cards for Faster Message Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices require users to unlock and navigate to a notification bar to view notification messages, which is inefficient in terms of man-machine interaction.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for displaying notification messages as cards on the home screen, allowing users to view them directly without unlocking, using a card stack system managed by a home screen application that receives and sequences notification messages based on user interactions and time-based display periods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If notification messages are displayed in the notification bar, then notification messages can be displayed, but users need to unlock the device and navigate to the notification bar to view messages, which reduces interaction efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by displaying notification message cards directly on the home screen before the user needs to view them. The card stack is prepared and positioned on the home screen in advance, so when users want to view notifications, the messages are already visible and accessible without requiring device unlocking or navigation to the notification bar.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the notification message display function from the traditional notification bar location and places it directly on the home screen. By taking out the notification messages from the notification bar context and presenting them as standalone cards on the home screen, users can view messages immediately without accessing the notification bar interface.
2Productivity
If notification messages are displayed on the home screen, then user interaction efficiency improves, but the device requires a card stack management system with multiple applications coordinating
Solution Approach 1:
The home screen widget serves multiple functions: it acts as a display area for notification cards, a container for the card stack, and an interface for user interactions. The card stack management system is designed to be universal, handling different types of notification cards from various applications through a unified structure and set of operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements nesting by placing multiple notification cards within a card stack container, which itself is nested within the home screen widget. This hierarchical nesting structure allows complex notification information to be organized in manageable layers, with the card stack managing multiple individual cards through a unified interface.
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AI summary
This application provides a notification message display method and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a home screen application, a first application, and a second application. The home screen application includes a home screen widget. The method includes: the home screen widget receives an operation performed by a user on the control configured to create a card stack; the home screen widget sends indication information to the first application, where the indication information is used to indicate the first application to provide display information; the home screen application receives the display information sent by the first application; the home screen application generates a first card corresponding to the display information; the home screen application creates a sequence list based on the first card; the home screen application creates a card stack corresponding to the sequence list; and the home screen application displays the first card.