Multi-Window Display Spaces for Mobile Application Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Mobile terminals face difficulties in presenting and managing multiple applications due to their limited display size and user interface constraints, making it inconvenient for users to run and arrange multiple windows simultaneously.
Innovation Solution
A method and display device that establish multiple window display spaces on a touch screen, allowing users to run and control applications by displaying a launcher application, receiving new application commands, and rearranging windows through a touch-based interface, including the use of a 'ghost view' to preview window placement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications are run simultaneously on a mobile terminal, then application functionality is improved, but display space and user interface complexity deteriorate due to limited screen size
Solution Approach 1:
The screen is divided into multiple independent window display spaces, each capable of displaying a separate application. This segmentation allows multiple applications to run simultaneously in distinct regions without interfering with each other, effectively resolving the conflict between running multiple applications and maintaining adequate display space.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension for window arrangement by allowing windows to be positioned at different locations and sizes on the screen. This dimensional approach enables multiple applications to coexist by utilizing different spatial regions rather than competing for the same linear space.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple window display spaces are established, then application arrangement flexibility is improved, but user interface complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically manages window arrangement by detecting empty display spaces and autonomously placing new windows in appropriate locations. This self-service mechanism reduces the burden on users to manually manage complex window arrangements while maintaining high flexibility in application positioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes multiple window display spaces and prepares the interface structure in advance, so that when applications are launched, they can be immediately placed in prepared spaces without requiring complex real-time arrangement decisions from the user.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual window arrangement is required, then display customization is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to limited input methods
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects empty window display spaces and autonomously assigns new windows to appropriate spaces, eliminating the need for users to manually drag and drop windows. This self-service approach maintains display customization capabilities while significantly improving ease of operation through automatic space management.
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AI summary
A method for controlling a display device that includes a touch screen is provided. The method includes establishing a plurality of window display spaces in the touch screen, wherein each of the plurality of window display spaces displays a window for running an application, displaying a launcher application in one of the plurality of window display spaces, the launcher application presenting at least one icon to run at least one application, receiving in the launcher application a new application run command to run a new application, and displaying a new window for running the new application in one of the other window display spaces than the window display space where the launcher application is displayed, in response to the new application run command.