Notification Tray Prioritization for Mobile Terminals
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing message notification systems on mobile devices often bury important notifications due to chronological ordering, leading to missed important information and user inconvenience, as well as unnecessary clutter from low-frequency applications.
Innovation Solution
A method and device that prioritize notifications from preset applications at the head of the tray interface, with optional frequency-based filtering and customizable ordering rules to ensure important messages are prominently displayed and less frequent notifications are suppressed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If message notifications are displayed in chronological order on the tray interface, then all notifications are displayed systematically, but important notifications may be arranged at the bottom and missed by users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating the display treatment of notifications based on their source applications. Notifications from preset applications (e.g., calls, messages, alarms) are displayed with higher priority at the top of the tray interface, while notifications from other applications are displayed below. This localized differentiation ensures that important notifications receive enhanced visibility without completely disrupting the systematic display of all notifications.
2Ease of operation
If a full scale clearance function is used after viewing too many notifications, then the tray interface is cleared, but some important notifications may be eliminated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements parameter changes by introducing a frequency threshold parameter for notification filtering. Notifications from applications are evaluated based on their frequency of occurrence, and only notifications from applications exceeding the threshold are displayed or cleared. This parameter-based approach allows the system to automatically distinguish between important frequent notifications and less important infrequent ones, preventing important notifications from being eliminated during clearance operations.
3Loss of information
If notifications from all applications are displayed on the tray interface, then comprehensive information is provided, but the interface becomes cluttered with low-frequency application notifications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the extraction principle by separating notifications into two distinct groups: those from preset applications and those from other applications. By extracting and prioritizing notifications from preset applications (such as call logs, SMS, and alarm applications), the system ensures these important notifications are always visible at the top of the tray interface. Notifications from other applications are extracted and displayed separately below, reducing visual clutter while maintaining information completeness.
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AI summary
The present invention provides a message prompting method and a message prompting device. The message prompting method includes: displaying new notification messages of preset applications at a head of a message queue on a tray interface of a terminal. Through a technical solution of the present invention, notification messages of the preset applications are displayed on the head of the tray interface of the terminal for convenience of viewing, thereby not only ensuring no important notification message being missed, but also satisfying needs of individual users for personalized settings of tray notification.