Mobile UI Calling Feature Icon Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
In mobile device user interfaces, it is challenging for users to easily determine the status of calling features across multiple communication lines, leading to user confusion and inefficiency, especially when the number of features and lines increases, as existing systems often overwhelm users with information or fail to provide sufficient detail.
Innovation Solution
A method is implemented to provide calling feature icons in a user interface that allows users to easily identify the status of calling features for each communication line by displaying general and line-specific icons, facilitating user selection of a communication line for outgoing calls, while conserving screen space.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If detailed calling feature information for multiple communication lines is provided within a single display field, then users can see all calling features and their associated line numbers, but the user interface becomes cluttered and difficult to interpret as the number of features and lines increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the display of calling feature information into separate visual groups, with each communication line's features displayed in distinct sections. This segmentation allows users to easily distinguish which features belong to which line, preventing information overload while maintaining complete visibility of all calling features across multiple lines.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent organizes calling feature information by adding a dimensional structure to the display, where features are arranged in hierarchical or spatial groups corresponding to different communication lines. This dimensional organization transforms a potentially flat, cluttered list into a structured, multi-level presentation that improves readability without losing information.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple instances of the same icon are displayed together in a single field, then all calling features are visible, but users experience confusion and inefficiency when determining the status of features across multiple lines
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display of multiple icon instances by associating each icon with its specific communication line through visual grouping or labeling. This segmentation enables users to quickly identify which features are enabled on which lines, reducing detection difficulty while maintaining high information density.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by providing distinctive visual characteristics (such as line-specific identifiers or grouped arrangements) to different instances of the same icon type. This allows users to differentiate between feature instances on different lines, making status identification easier without reducing the quantity of information presented.
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AI summary
A system and method for providing calling feature icons in a user interface that allow users to determine with ease the status of different calling features, and in respect of at least one embodiment, to identify with ease the communication lines associated with calling features that have been enabled (and/or disabled) on the mobile device. In example embodiments, for each calling feature, at most one general calling feature icon associated with the respective calling feature is displayed in a general calling feature icon display field of a call screen if the respective calling feature applies to at least one of a plurality of communication lines accessible at the mobile device. In some embodiments, line-specific calling feature icons may also be displayed in an active line data display field and/or a line selection menu.