Private Content Screen Separation for Authenticated Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing mobile terminals with large screens mix all content from installed applications, making it inconvenient for users to find private content, risking privacy exposure when shared with others.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a method and apparatus that separates private and non-private content across different screen areas, requiring authentication for accessing private content, and allowing users to add content to a private set.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If all content from installed applications is mixed together on a large screen, then more content can be displayed, but it becomes inconvenient for users to find private content and risks privacy exposure when shared with others

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent display capacityVSAvoidcontent search convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the screen into multiple display areas, with at least one first display area for non-private content and one second display area for private content. This segmentation allows users to efficiently locate private content without searching through all content, while maintaining the ability to display large quantities of content across the entire screen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Quantity of substance

If all content from installed applications is mixed together on a large screen, then more content can be displayed, but privacy exposure risk increases when shared with others

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontent display capacityVSAvoidprivacy protection
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the screen into multiple display areas, with at least one first display area for non-private content and one second display area for private content. This segmentation allows users to efficiently locate private content without searching through all content, while maintaining the ability to display large quantities of content across the entire screen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different display areas are assigned different security attributes - the first display area displays non-private content that can be shared, while the second display area displays private content that requires authentication. This local quality differentiation ensures privacy protection for sensitive content while allowing free sharing of non-sensitive content.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Reliability

If private content is separated into a dedicated display area, then privacy protection is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprivacy protectionVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal device uses its existing multi-functional capabilities (authentication mechanisms, touch interface, display control) to implement private content protection. Rather than adding dedicated hardware for privacy protection, the system leverages universal functions already present in modern terminals, keeping the device structure relatively simple while achieving strong privacy protection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP4276595B1Content display method and apparatus, and device and storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.09.17 GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE INC OF ZHUHAI
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to the technical field of computers. Provided are a method and apparatus for displaying content, and a computer device and a computer storage medium, which are used for effectively improving the safety of private content. The method includes: receiving a private content display operation for a terminal device, wherein private content is the content, which is added into a set private content set; and in response to the private content display operation, displaying non-private content in a first screen area of the terminal device, and displaying the private content in a second screen area of the terminal device.