Mobile UI Parent-Child Interface Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile device user interfaces are not optimized for easy and rapid access to diverse services on smaller screens, leading to user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that display a first user interface related to a parent element, along with multiple second user interfaces for child elements on neighboring zones, allowing users to easily access and navigate through various services by unfolding or sliding the first interface to reveal related content from multiple providers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple services are provided on a mobile device, then service diversity is improved, but user interface complexity increases making it harder to access services quickly
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface is segmented into a first user interface for parent elements and multiple second user interfaces for child elements. Each second user interface is displayed on a neighboring zone of the first user interface, allowing users to access multiple services simultaneously without increasing overall interface complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-dimensional interface to a multi-dimensional layout by displaying second user interfaces on neighboring zones (different spatial dimensions) around the first user interface. This allows multiple services to be accessed in parallel without increasing the depth of navigation.
2Area of moving object
If the screen size is reduced, then portability is improved, but the ease of accessing diverse services deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple second user interfaces are merged with the first user interface by displaying them on neighboring zones. This combining approach allows users to access multiple services simultaneously on a small screen without requiring multiple separate interfaces or complex navigation.
Solution Approach 2:
The first user interface acts as an intermediary that connects to multiple second user interfaces through neighboring zones. This intermediary structure allows efficient navigation between parent and child elements, making service access easier despite the limited screen area.
3Device complexity
If traditional user interface navigation is used, then interface simplicity is maintained, but access time to desired services increases
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple second user interfaces are pre-displayed on neighboring zones of the first user interface before the user needs to access them. This preliminary action allows users to quickly navigate to desired services without having to traverse multiple levels of interface hierarchy, reducing access time while maintaining simplicity.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for providing a user interface in which user interfaces related to child elements are displayed on neighboring zones of a user interface related to a parent element. In the method, a first user interface related to a parent element that is associated with a plurality of child elements is displayed on a display screen. A plurality of second user interfaces related to the plurality of child elements are then displayed on neighboring zones of the first user interface.