Native Application Icon Segmentation for Direct State Launch
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile computing devices require users to navigate through multiple selections to access non-default states of native applications, leading to inefficiency and latency in transitioning between states.
Innovation Solution
A mobile computing device that can launch native applications directly into non-default states by modifying icons, overlaying symbols, or replacing them with folder icons, allowing users to select specific states through intuitive user inputs such as presses or long presses, and receiving data objects or state requests to access alternative states.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the application launcher launches native applications only into default states, then the system maintains simplicity and reliability, but user efficiency and access speed to specific states deteriorate due to required navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the application icon into multiple selectable regions, where each region corresponds to a different state of the native application. This allows users to directly access specific states by selecting the appropriate region, eliminating the need to navigate through the application's default state and improving user efficiency without significantly increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent pre-configures the application icon with multiple state indicators and associates each region with a specific state's access mechanism. When the user selects a region, the system has already prepared the corresponding state information, enabling direct launch into that state without requiring navigation steps, thus improving productivity while maintaining reasonable complexity.
2Loss of time
If the application launcher requires navigation through multiple user selections to access non-default states, then the system maintains simplicity, but the time required to access specific states increases
Solution Approach 1:
By dividing the icon into multiple selectable regions, each representing a different state, the system enables users to directly access the desired state in a single selection action. This eliminates the time-consuming navigation through multiple selections and default states, significantly reducing state access time while keeping the interaction model simple and intuitive.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer between the user and the application states, where the segmented icon acts as a mediator. Each region of the icon serves as a direct gateway to a specific state, bypassing the need for navigation through the application's internal structure. This intermediary mechanism reduces access time while maintaining ease of operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the application launcher displays only a single icon per application, then the interface maintains simplicity, but the ability to provide direct access to multiple states deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments a single application icon into multiple functional regions, where each region can be selected to launch a specific state of the application. This approach provides direct access to multiple states without requiring multiple separate icons, thereby enhancing adaptability and state access capability while maintaining interface simplicity and avoiding excessive complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes a single application icon multi-functional by assigning different regions to different states. This universal design allows one icon to serve multiple purposes - launching different states of the same application - thereby improving versatility and state access capability without increasing the number of icons or significantly complicating the interface.
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AI summary
A mobile computing device that is configured to: display an icon for a native application via an application launcher, the icon comprises a first image, the application launcher being configured to launch the native application into a first state upon receiving a user selection of the first image; receive a data object that includes information regarding a second state of the native application, the information comprises: an access mechanism that provides access to the second state; and a second image that corresponds with the second state; display the second image in association with the icon, the second image being displayed in conjunction with the first image; launch the native application into the first state in response to the user selection corresponding with the first image; and launch the native application into the second state in response to the user selection corresponding with the second image.