Dynamically Resizable UI Views for Lock Screen Data Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face inefficiencies in accessing and monitoring dynamic data from applications on electronic devices, as they require unlocking and navigating through multiple screens, which is time-consuming and resource-intensive, while maintaining privacy and security.
Innovation Solution
Implementing dynamically resizable user interface views that can transition between states without requiring the underlying application to be active, using system processes to animate and update UI views based on state definitions, trigger definitions, and transition definitions provided by the application before the device is locked, allowing data display on the lock screen or home screen efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users unlock the device and launch the application to access information, then the information can be displayed, but the process is time-consuming and resource-intensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-loading and pre-processing information in the background before the user needs it. Applications can prepare data sets and update information in advance, so when the user requests information, it is already available for immediate display without requiring full application launch or device unlocking.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts only the essential information needed for the user from the full application context. Instead of requiring the user to access the complete application interface, the system pulls out and displays specific data elements (such as notifications, updates, or key information) in a simplified format that can be viewed without full application activation.
2Reliability
If the application remains inactive to maintain privacy and security, then security is improved, but the user cannot monitor dynamic data
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary layer between the application and the user interface. This intermediary (such as a notification service or background process) can access application data with limited permissions and present selected information to the user without requiring the application to be fully active or the user to unlock the device. This maintains security while enabling data monitoring.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service mechanisms where applications can autonomously update and display their own information through background services. Applications register for specific data types and automatically push updates when changes occur, allowing the system to monitor and display dynamic data without user intervention or full application activation.
3Loss of information
If the application is launched to update UI views, then dynamic data can be displayed, but resource usage increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuously launching applications to update displays, the system uses periodic action by implementing event-driven updates. Applications register for specific data change events, and the system only activates display updates when actual changes occur. This periodic, event-based approach minimizes power consumption by keeping applications inactive during stable states and activating only when necessary.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates simplified copies or representations of application data that can be displayed without requiring the full application to run. Background services maintain lightweight data structures and visual representations that can be updated and displayed independently, reducing the computational resources needed compared to full application execution.
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AI summary
Dynamically resizable UI views for electronic devices are disclosed. The dynamically resizable UI views may be UI views for widgets. In one or more implementations, an application provides, to a system process, multiple states for a user interface (UI) view for the application, and one or more transition definitions each defining a transition between two of the multiple states. When a user, or content of the UI view, triggers a change from one of the multiples states to another of the multiple states of the UI view, the system process may animate the change according to the one or more transition definitions. In one or more implementations, an application provides system animated transitions between application UI States, and provides application data to be displayed in the rendered UI view.