Screen Item Customization via Context Menus and Long-Press Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for adding or deleting menu items on electronic device screens are cumbersome and lack operability, particularly when transitioning to customization screens and requiring multiple operations for simple additions or deletions.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device system that allows users to perform operations for adding or deleting items on a screen through a simplified interface, including a 'customize' button for rearrangement and a guidance mechanism to enhance user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the screen transitions to a customization screen to add or delete menu items, then menu items can be managed, but operation steps increase and user operability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the add/delete functionality from the full customization screen and implements it directly on the main screen through contextual menus. When a user long-presses a menu item, a popup menu appears with add/delete options, allowing these operations to be performed without navigating to a separate customization screen, thus reducing operation steps while maintaining management capability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a popup menu as an intermediary between the main screen and the full customization screen. This popup menu provides quick access to add/delete functions for menu items, serving as a mediator that enables common operations without requiring full screen transitions, thereby improving ease of operation
2Adaptability or versatility
If the customization screen is displayed every time to add a menu item when no items are displayed, then item addition is possible, but operation trouble increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the item addition function from the customization screen and implements it directly on the main screen. When no menu items are displayed, a long-press on the screen triggers a popup menu with an option to add menu items, allowing this operation to be performed without navigating to the customization screen, thus reducing operation trouble
Solution Approach 2:
The main screen becomes self-service capable by directly providing add/delete functionality through contextual menus. The screen itself responds to user gestures (long-press) and presents relevant options without requiring external navigation to customization modes, making the interface more intuitive and easier to operate
3Reliability
If multiple operations are required for simple item addition or deletion, then precise control is achieved, but operability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts commonly used add/delete operations from the multi-step customization process and implements them as single-gesture actions. A long-press gesture directly triggers a popup menu with add/delete options, reducing multiple operations to a single intuitive gesture while maintaining control precision through confirmation dialogs
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring users to navigate to a customization screen to perform operations, the patent inverts the approach by bringing the operations to the user on the main screen. The contextual menu appears where the user is already looking, eliminating the need to switch screens and improving operability while maintaining precise control through the popup menu options
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AI summary
A device includes a memory storing a program and a processor, that when executing the program, causes the processor to receive a first operation in a case where a first screen where a plurality of items is allowed to be placed is displayed, perform control to, in a case where the first screen where a deletable item is placed is displayed and in a case where the first operation is received, display a second screen that receives an instruction to delete an item so that an item placed on the first screen is not displayed on the first screen, and perform control to, in a case where the first screen where the deletable item is not placed is displayed and in a case where the first operation is received, display a third screen that receives an instruction to select an item to be additionally placed on the first screen.