Mini App Interface Layout for Clear Usage Status Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems struggle to accurately identify the usage statuses of mini apps, leading to reduced usability.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that displays icons associated with mini apps in a first display area and usage status images in a second display area, based on the usage status of the mini apps, allowing users to readily identify usage information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If icons are displayed to represent mini apps, then user interface completeness is improved, but accurate identification of usage status deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display area is segmented into multiple regions: a first display area for showing icons representing mini apps, and a second display area for showing usage status images. This spatial segmentation allows both icon representation and usage status visualization to coexist without interference, resolving the contradiction between interface completeness and usage status identification accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
Usage status images are introduced as intermediary visual elements that mediate between the icon representation and the actual usage data. These images (such as progress bars, icons with status indicators, or graphical representations) provide an intuitive visual bridge that accurately conveys usage status without replacing the functional icon display.
2Ease of operation
If usage status information is displayed, then usability is improved, but display area requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
Usage status images are displayed locally adjacent to or integrated with their corresponding icons in the first display area, rather than requiring a separate full-screen status display. This local quality approach allows usage information to be presented in a compact manner that enhances usability without significantly increasing the overall display area requirement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes the vertical dimension by arranging icons and their corresponding usage status images in a vertical layout within the display area. This dimensional arrangement allows multiple pieces of information (icon + usage status) to be packed into a compact space, improving usability while minimizing the horizontal display area required.
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AI summary
At least one processor executes displaying an icon associated with at least one function in a first display area of a display area in an app that provides the at least one function, an image being displayable in the display area, acquiring a usage status of the at least one function, and displaying, based on the usage status of the at least one function, a usage status image in a second display area of the display area, the usage status image being related to the usage status of the at least one function, and the icon being not displayed in the second display area.