Mobile Data Access via 3D Icon Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing complexity of communication data management on mobile devices, leading to difficulties in organizing and backing up valuable data items, especially as users face loss or destruction of their devices without adequate backup solutions.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that allows users to access and manage communication items through a network server, enabling convenient organization and retrieval of data items across multiple devices, utilizing a user-friendly interface with 2D and 3D viewing modes that prioritize recent items and emphasize time-based navigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If data items are stored only on mobile communication device, then device portability and access simplicity are maintained, but data loss occurs when device is lost or destroyed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates backup copies of data items and stores them on remote servers in addition to the local mobile device. This copying approach ensures that data remains accessible even if the original device is lost or destroyed, resolving the contradiction between data security and storage simplicity.
2Reliability
If synchronization software is used to backup data, then data backup capability is provided, but user attention and manual operation are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs data synchronization and backup operations without requiring user intervention. The mobile communication device autonomously communicates with the server to upload and synchronize data items, eliminating the need for users to manually operate synchronization software while ensuring data backup reliability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If data is stored on network server, then data recovery and multi-device access are enabled, but network dependency and access complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal access architecture where data items stored on the server can be accessed by multiple different devices through a standardized interface. This allows users to retrieve and work with their data on any authorized device, achieving multi-device versatility while maintaining consistent access procedures.
4Quantity of substance
If large quantity of communication items are stored, then communication capability is enhanced, but organization and retrieval difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent organizes the large volume of communication items by dividing them into distinct categories or groups (such as contacts, messages, media files). This segmentation allows users to navigate and retrieve specific data types more efficiently, reducing the organizational complexity despite the large total data volume.
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AI summary
A method is suggested for providing access to data items by means of a device provided with a screen. The inventive method comprises the following steps: - generating one icon for each received data item; - controlling the display such that the icon of a newly received data item is shown in the foreground of a 2-dimensional presentation of a plurality of icons on the display; - detecting a predetermined user interaction; and - controlling the display upon the detection of the predetermined user interaction to create a perspective graphical presentation of the icons on the display. In addition to that a system is suggested for executing the method.