Multiple-Face Interface Structure for Parallel Task Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current interface presentation methods become cumbersome when handling parallel tasks, as users need to frequently switch between function menus, leading to complex and inconvenient operations.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for interface presentation and interaction that constructs a multiple-face structure based on logic relationships between main and sub-interfaces, allowing for intuitive and adjacent presentation of sub-interfaces, reducing the need for frequent menu switching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If all function interfaces are aggregated into one fixed framework with a default home page, then the interface structure is simple and unified, but users need to frequently switch function menus to handle parallel tasks, resulting in cumbersome operations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the interface system into multiple independent sub-interfaces that can be simultaneously displayed. Each sub-interface represents a specific function or task, allowing users to access multiple functions without switching menus. The interface is segmented into a main interface and multiple sub-interfaces, with the main interface serving as a container that can display sub-interfaces in adjacent regions, thereby resolving the contradiction between structural simplicity and operational convenience.
2Device complexity
If multiple function interfaces are presented solely by switching function menus, then the interface structure remains simple, but the complexity of operations increases when handling parallel tasks
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple function interfaces into a single main interface by displaying sub-interfaces in adjacent regions within the same screen. Instead of requiring users to switch between separate menus, multiple sub-interfaces are combined and presented simultaneously in the main interface, allowing users to access multiple functions without time-consuming menu switching operations.
3Stability of the object's composition
If sub-interfaces are presented by switching menus, then the interface framework remains unified, but user operations become cumbersome and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from a one-dimensional sequential menu switching model to a two-dimensional spatial arrangement model. Sub-interfaces are arranged in adjacent regions within the main interface, creating a spatial dimension for interface access. This dimensional change allows users to navigate between functions by visual selection rather than sequential menu switching, maintaining framework stability while dramatically improving operational convenience.
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AI summary
A method and apparatus for interface presentation, a method and apparatus for user interface interaction, and a computer readable storage medium are proposed. The method for interface presentation includes determining a logic relationship between a main interface to be presented and respective sub-interfaces according to functionality; constructing a multiple-face structure according to the logic relationship, wherein each face of the multiple-face structure corresponds to an interface, and, when an interface has a sub-interface, the interface is adjacent to each sub-interface thereof; presenting the main interface in the multiple-face structure; and, after detecting that function of one sub-interface is triggered, determining every sub-interface from the one sub-interface to the main interface according to the logic relationship in the multiple-face structure and presenting the every sub-interface. The present disclosure achieves an effect of the associated presentation of multiple interfaces, reduces the complexity of interface operations, and enhances the usability.