Multi-System Interface History Panels for Faster UI Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing interface display methods in applications require multiple steps and operations, leading to low human-computer interaction efficiency and increased complexity, particularly in applications with multiple systems, resulting in time-consuming navigation and potential for user errors.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that records historical user interfaces and systems, allowing quick access through a first and second information region, enabling one-step switching and comparison using a picture-in-picture mode, enhancing interaction efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional step-by-step navigation through main interface and subordinate interfaces is used, then system hierarchy is maintained, but human-computer interaction efficiency deteriorates due to multiple required steps and operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by displaying thumbnails of subordinate interfaces in advance within the main interface. Users can directly click on these pre-displayed thumbnails to jump to target interfaces without navigating through multiple hierarchical levels, thus reducing interface switching time while maintaining system structure.
2Reliability
If multiple subordinate interfaces are displayed in hierarchy from main interface, then complete interface structure is preserved, but operational complexity increases and user errors occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts subordinate interface thumbnails from the traditional hierarchical navigation structure and displays them directly within the main interface. This extraction allows users to access subordinate interfaces directly without navigating through multiple levels, reducing navigation complexity and user errors while preserving the complete interface structure through the thumbnail representation.
3Productivity
If traditional interface switching is implemented, then system structure is maintained, but interaction speed decreases due to multiple required operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dimensionality change by transitioning from traditional linear hierarchical navigation to a two-dimensional thumbnail-based interface where multiple subordinate interfaces are visually arranged and accessible from the main interface. This allows users to switch between interfaces in a single operation by clicking thumbnails, dramatically increasing interface switching speed while reducing the number of required operations.
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AI summary
An interface display method includes displaying a first user interface provided by a first system in an application, the application including a plurality of systems each providing at least one user interface; displaying a first information region and a second information region in response to an operation of closing the first user interface, each sub-region in the first information region representing a historical user interface that is a user interface displayed by the system before closing, and each sub-region in the second information region representing a system; displaying, in response to an operation of selecting a first sub-region in the first information region, a historical user interface represented by the first sub-region; and displaying, in response to an operation of selecting a second sub-region in the second information region, a historical user interface or a home page of a system represented by the second sub-region.