Notification Message Preview States for Faster Group Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing notification message management system on electronic devices requires users to swipe through multiple messages and perform multiple taps to view and manage notifications, leading to poor user experience and inefficient management.
Innovation Solution
A method that allows users to switch a message group between a collapsed state displaying one notification, a preview state showing multiple notifications on a single card, and an expanded state with individual notifications, using touch and hold gestures to transition between these states.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the message group is displayed in the collapsed state showing only one notification message, then the display space occupied by notification messages is reduced, but the user cannot quickly preview multiple notification messages without expanding each card individually
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dynamic preview state that allows the message group to transition between collapsed and expanded representations. When the user swipes upward on the card in collapsed state, the system dynamically transforms it into an expanded state showing multiple notification messages. This dynamic state change enables space-efficient display while providing quick access to multiple messages through gesture-based expansion, resolving the contradiction between minimizing display space and enabling easy preview of multiple notifications.
2Ease of operation
If the message group is displayed in the expanded state showing each notification message on a separate card, then the user can view all notification messages individually, but the display space occupied by notification messages increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the message group into a collapsible card structure that can be dynamically expanded or collapsed. Instead of permanently displaying all notification messages as separate cards, the system segments them into a compact group that only expands when needed. This segmentation allows the message group to occupy minimal space in collapsed state while providing full visibility of individual messages when expanded through user gesture, thus resolving the space-efficiency versus accessibility contradiction.
3Area of stationary object
If the user swipes up and down on the notification panel to preview each notification message in the collapsed state, then the display space is saved, but the time required to browse and manage notification messages increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables preliminary expansion of the message group card through a single upward swipe gesture, allowing the user to preview all notification messages in the group before deciding which one to interact with. This preliminary action eliminates the need for multiple sequential swipes to expand individual cards, significantly reducing the time required to browse notification messages while maintaining space-efficient collapsed display as the default state.
4Area of stationary object
If the user taps the collapse button to return the message group to collapsed state after expansion, then the notification messages are consolidated, but the number of operations required to manage the message group increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the traditional expand/collapse interaction model by making the collapsed state the default and enabling direct upward swipe-to-expand behavior. Instead of requiring users to tap expand buttons and then tap collapse buttons, the system allows users to swipe upward to expand and automatically collapses when the user swipes downward or releases the gesture. This inverted interaction reduces the number of explicit tap operations needed to manage the message group state.
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AI summary
This application provides a notification message preview method and an electronic device, relates to the field of terminal technologies, and may provide a user with a function of quickly previewing a plurality of notification messages in a message group in a notification panel. This improves management efficiency and usage experience of the user on the message group. The method includes: An electronic device displays one notification message in the message group on a first card, where the message group includes N notification messages, and other notification messages in the message group are hidden; the electronic device receives a preset operation that is entered by the user to the first card; and in response to the preset operation, the electronic device displays M notification messages in the message group on a second card, where the M notification messages are M of the N notification messages, and the M notification messages include the one notification message.