Idle Mode Screen Widget Arrangement for Mobile Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile terminals require laborious key strokes for data access and function execution, limiting user convenience and not fully utilizing advanced display capabilities in idle mode.
Innovation Solution
An onscreen function execution method for mobile terminals that allows users to customize and intuitively execute multiple functions on an idle mode screen by displaying and arranging widget icons, enabling widgets through drag and drop gestures, and providing options for further customization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple key strokes are required for data access and function execution, then device functionality is comprehensive, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-arranging widget icons representing different functions on the idle mode screen. Users can directly access functions by selecting these pre-positioned icons without needing to navigate through multiple menus or input sequences, thus resolving the contradiction between comprehensive functionality and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses copying by creating visual representations (widget icons) of application functions on the idle mode screen. These icons serve as simplified copies or shortcuts to actual applications, allowing users to access full functionality through simple icon selection rather than complex key stroke sequences.
2Ease of operation
If dedicated function keys are added for each function, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by making the idle mode screen serve multiple functions: it displays time, date, and other information while also providing direct access to various applications through widget icons. This eliminates the need for separate dedicated function keys, as the screen itself becomes a multi-functional interface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the information display function and application access function into a single idle mode screen interface. By combining these functions and providing direct application access through widgets on the same screen, the patent avoids adding physical complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If advanced high resolution displays are used, then product capability is enhanced, but ease of operation deteriorates due to fixed image display restrictions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by transforming the static idle mode screen into a dynamic interface where widget icons can be freely arranged and repositioned. This dynamic capability allows the display to adapt to user preferences while maintaining high resolution visual quality, resolving the contradiction between display capability and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the idle mode screen into multiple functional areas including time display, date display, and widget icon areas. This segmentation allows each element to be optimized independently while utilizing the full display capability, and users can rearrange segments to prioritize different functions based on their needs.
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AI summary
An onscreen function execution apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus and method allow for intuitively executing various functions by manipulating function widgets arranged on an idle mode screen. The onscreen function execution method of the present invention includes displaying an idle mode screen having a widget box containing at least one widget icon, arranging at least one widget by moving the at least one widget icon representing the at least one widget out of the widget box and positioning the at least one widget icon at a position on the idle mode screen and enabling, if a widget selection command is detected on the at least one widget, the at least one widget. The execution method enables a user to customize an idle mode screen with functional objects.