Terminal Message Prompt Handling Without App Interruption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users are inconvenienced when message notifications interrupt their current operations on terminals, such as playing games or watching videos, as they cannot easily process the messages without pausing their activities.
Innovation Solution
A method and terminal implementation that allows users to process or view messages by inputting gestures or actions, such as shaking the device, without interrupting the current operation, by displaying prompts on the screen and allowing users to continue using the application interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the terminal displays a message prompt on the application interface, then the user can be notified of the message, but the user cannot continue operating the current application without interruption
Solution Approach 1:
The message prompt is segmented into a separate draggable layer that can be moved to a designated notification area, separating it from the main application interface. This allows the application to remain fully accessible while the message prompt occupies a separate, non-intrusive space that the user can interact with independently.
Solution Approach 2:
The message prompt is transformed from a blocking overlay into a draggable element that can be moved across the screen to a notification area. This spatial repositioning in another dimension (from center-screen blocking to edge-area notification) resolves the conflict between notification visibility and operation continuity.
2Reliability
If the user stops to process the message, then the message can be handled properly, but the current operation (e.g., online game) is interrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The message prompt is pre-positioned in a draggable format that allows the user to quickly move it to the notification area without requiring full attention or stopping the current operation. This preliminary preparation of the prompt interface enables rapid message acknowledgment while maintaining operation continuity.
Solution Approach 2:
The message prompt transitions from a static blocking overlay to a dynamic draggable element that the user can quickly reposition. This dynamic behavior allows the user to interact with the message prompt in a fluid motion without interrupting the current application, reducing the time loss associated with message processing.
3Reliability
If the terminal requires screen operation to process the message, then the message can be processed accurately, but the operation becomes inconvenient during activities like playing games
Solution Approach 1:
The message prompt is extracted from the main application interface and repositioned to a separate notification area. This extraction allows the user to process messages through simple drag operations in the notification area rather than requiring detailed screen interactions within the application, improving ease of operation while maintaining processing accuracy.
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AI summary
This application relates to the field of terminals, and discloses a message processing method, message viewing method, and terminal, configured to implement quick message processing and viewing without affecting a current operation. The message processing method is applied to a terminal including a display screen, and the method includes: displaying, by the terminal, an application interface on the display screen; receiving, by the terminal, a message; displaying, by the terminal, a prompt of the message on the application interface; receiving, by the terminal, an input of a user; and continuing displaying, by the terminal, the application interface, responding to the input, terminating displaying the prompt, and processing the message. Embodiments of this application are applied for processing the message.