Multi-Window Display for Cross-Application Operation on Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile electronic equipment typically uses single-window displays, making it inconvenient for users to perform associated operations between multiple applications, as they require frequent switching and lack interaction or connection between open applications.
Innovation Solution
A multi-window displaying apparatus and method that allows mobile electronic equipment to determine a second application based on user input and operate it in association with the first application, displaying both in a multi-window manner, enabling improved user experience by reducing redundant operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If single-window display is used, then application operation simplicity is maintained, but user convenience for associated operations between applications deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from single-window (one-dimensional) display to multi-window (two-dimensional) display, allowing multiple applications to be displayed simultaneously in different spatial regions. This dimensional change enables users to access multiple applications without switching, resolving the contradiction between operational simplicity and time efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The display screen is segmented into multiple independent window regions, each capable of displaying a different application. This segmentation allows multiple applications to coexist and be operated simultaneously, eliminating the need for frequent switching while maintaining individual application functionality.
2Ease of operation
If multi-window display is implemented, then user convenience for associated operations is improved, but application interaction capability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where operations in one application can trigger corresponding responses in another application. For example, selecting content in a first application can automatically copy it to a second application's clipboard, providing intelligent feedback that enhances application interaction capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system layer that mediates between multiple applications. This intermediary enables cross-application operations by translating and coordinating commands between different applications, allowing users to perform associated operations across application boundaries without direct integration between the applications themselves.
3Reliability
If frequent application switching is required, then application independence is maintained, but operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple independent application instances into a unified multi-window display environment. While applications remain independently developed and operated, they are combined in the display space, allowing simultaneous access and cross-application operations that improve productivity without compromising application independence.
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AI summary
A multi-window displaying apparatus and method and mobile electronic equipment. The method includes: mobile electronic equipment determines a second application from one or more applications and operates the second application in association with an operation by a user on a content of a first application after receiving the operation; wherein the second application makes a response to the operation on the first application, and the first application and the second application are displayed in a multi-window manner. Hence, the second application may associatedly be opened and multi-window display may be performed, with no need of frequent switching between multiple applications. Also, redundant operations on the second application may be reduced, thereby improving experiences of users.