Integrated Icon for Simultaneous Application Execution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile terminals require users to run multiple applications sequentially and adjust the layout of running windows each time, making it inconvenient to manage multiple applications simultaneously in window mode.
Innovation Solution
A mobile terminal with a touchscreen and controller that allows creating an integrated icon for selected applications, enabling them to run simultaneously in a formation corresponding to the icon, eliminating the need to adjust window layouts individually.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple applications are run simultaneously in window mode, then application concurrency is improved, but layout adjustment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-defining layout configurations in the integrated icon before launching applications. The icon is designed with a specific arrangement of application symbols that corresponds to a predetermined window layout. When the integrated icon is activated, the system automatically generates the window layout based on this pre-defined configuration, eliminating the need for users to adjust layouts manually after applications are launched.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges multiple application launch functions and layout configuration functions into a single integrated icon. Instead of requiring separate operations for launching each application and adjusting its window layout, the integrated icon combines these functions, allowing users to launch multiple applications with a predetermined layout through a single unified interface element.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications are launched individually, then application functionality is maintained, but operation convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual application launch operations into a single integrated icon activation. The integrated icon contains symbols representing multiple applications, and activating this single icon launches all contained applications simultaneously, thereby maintaining full application functionality while dramatically improving operation convenience by reducing the number of user actions required.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated icon serves multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a launcher for multiple applications, a configuration template for window layouts, and a unified access point for application groups. This multi-functionality allows the system to maintain individual application capabilities while providing a simplified universal interface for managing groups of applications.
3Manufacturing precision
If window layouts are adjusted manually for each application, then layout precision is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring the desired layout arrangement in the integrated icon's design before application launch. The spatial arrangement of application symbols within the icon corresponds to a predetermined window layout configuration. When the icon is activated, the system automatically generates windows with positions and sizes matching this pre-configured layout, achieving precise layout placement without requiring manual adjustment time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the layout configuration task from the application launch task by encoding the layout information in the integrated icon's structure. The icon's internal arrangement of symbols represents a segmented, pre-processed layout specification that the system can automatically interpret and apply, separating the complex layout design work from the user's interaction moment.
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AI summary
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes selecting at least first and second applications to be simultaneously run together; displaying, via a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, an integrated icon corresponding to the selected first and second applications; and simultaneously running, via a controller of the mobile terminal, the first and second applications and displaying execution screens of the first and second applications in a formation corresponding to a layout of the created integrated icon, in response to a selection of the integrated icon.