Mobile Terminal Background Screen Abbreviated Dial Ranking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users of mobile communication terminals face inconvenience in managing and recalling abbreviated dialing numbers without clear indication of associated information, making it difficult to utilize the preset abbreviated dialing function effectively.
Innovation Solution
A mobile communication terminal and method that display supplementary information corresponding to phone numbers on a background screen, ranking them based on cumulative transmissions and receptions, allowing users to visualize and easily select specific numbers for calls and messages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If abbreviated dial information is displayed on the initial screen, then users can access abbreviated dial numbers, but the screen becomes cluttered and information is not organized by user
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into multiple screens: the initial screen remains clean while a separate background screen displays the organized map of abbreviated dial information. This segmentation allows users to access dial numbers without cluttering the primary interface, resolving the contradiction between ease of access and screen organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent moves the abbreviated dial information from the two-dimensional initial screen to a separate background screen layer. This dimensional transition allows both the clean initial screen and the comprehensive dial information map to coexist, enabling users to access information without visual clutter.
2Loss of information
If all abbreviated dial information is displayed at once, then users have complete information, but users cannot easily identify important or frequently used numbers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the visual presentation of different abbreviated dial entries based on their cumulative transmission/reception counts. Frequently used numbers receive prominent display positions and visual emphasis, while less frequently used numbers are displayed with reduced prominence. This allows complete information to be displayed while making important numbers easily identifiable through localized visual qualities.
3Device complexity
If abbreviated dial numbers are stored without cumulative usage tracking, then storage is simple, but users cannot prioritize frequently used numbers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by continuously tracking cumulative transmission and reception counts for each abbreviated dial number and using this data to dynamically organize the map display. This feedback mechanism automatically prioritizes frequently used numbers in the display without requiring complex user intervention, resolving the contradiction between simple storage and intelligent prioritization.
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AI summary
A mobile communication terminal for displaying supplementary information on a background screen includes a communication unit, a storage unit for storing cumulative transmissions and receptions of calls and messages corresponding to supplementary information, a cumulative number rank determiner for comparing the cumulative transmissions and receptions of calls and messages and determining a cumulative number rank for the phone number, a controller for creating a map consisting of the supplementary information arranged from the highest to the lowest cumulative number rank of the phone number, and a display unit for displaying the supplementary information together with the cumulative number rank. The terminal allows a user to easily visualize supplementary information corresponding to a phone number by display on the background screen.