Notification Icon Clearing via Application List API
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Solution Overview
Problem
Excessive notification icons on mobile terminals cause clutter and distraction, and existing methods for removing them are complex and cumbersome, requiring users to execute updates for each notification icon.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for clearing notification icons by acquiring a list of applications corresponding to notification icons based on preset rules, allowing for the selective removal of icons without requiring users to execute updates, using an API to stop displaying notification icons when a clearing command is received.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users execute each update represented by notification icons to remove them, then notification icons can be removed, but the operation process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the notification icon removal process into two independent parts: (1) the notification icon display on the desktop, and (2) the actual application update execution. By providing a dedicated clearing command that directly removes notification icons without requiring update execution, the patent separates the visual cleanup function from the update installation function, enabling users to quickly remove cluttering icons without being forced to execute time-consuming updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the notification icon removal function from the application update execution process. Instead of requiring users to execute updates as a prerequisite for removing notification icons, the system extracts the icon removal capability as an independent operation through the clearing command, allowing users to remove icons without executing the underlying updates.
2Loss of information
If all notification icons are displayed on the user desktop, then users can see all application updates, but the notification interface becomes cluttered and causes distraction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic control over notification icon visibility through the clearing command mechanism. Instead of statically displaying all notification icons indefinitely, the system dynamically responds to user commands, allowing icons to be cleared when no longer needed or when users wish to reduce clutter. This dynamic approach balances information visibility with interface cleanliness, enabling users to adjust the notification display state based on their current needs.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables users to discard notification icons from the desktop interface through the clearing command when they are no longer immediately needed for visual notification purposes. The update information itself is preserved and can be recovered or accessed later through the application, separating the visual notification function from the actual update data storage.
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AI summary
The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for clearing a notification icon, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a list of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons, the application list including application identifiers of the applications corresponding to the to-be-cleared notification icons; and stop displaying a notification icon corresponding to the application identifier, when a clearing command is received and according to each application identifier included in the application list. By determining application identifiers of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons, displaying of notification icons corresponding to the application identifiers can be stopped at once according to the application identifiers of the applications of the to-be-cleared notification icons when a clearing command is received. Hence, notification message prompts which a user does not care about are cleared quickly, and unwanted distraction is avoided when messages are reduced, and the operation is simple and convenient.