Screen Layout Template Editing for Selective Icon Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatuses and systems struggle with flexible configuration changes of screen contents, as applying template information to change the display status of icons often results in unintended changes to other icons, limiting user flexibility in customizing the screen layout.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and system that acquires configuration and layout information from a connected device, edits the layout template information to change the display state of specific icons, and updates the screen configuration accordingly, allowing for flexible customization of screen contents without affecting other icons.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If template information is applied to change the display status of icons, then the configuration of screen contents can be changed easily, but the configuration of screen contents cannot be changed flexibly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the template information into individual icon-level settings. Instead of applying a template that affects all icons collectively, the system allows users to selectively apply template information to specific icons by icon identification information. This segmentation enables easy changes through templates while maintaining flexibility by allowing selective application to individual icons, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of configuration and flexibility.
2Ease of operation
If one template information defining the non-display status of one icon is applied, then the configuration change is simple, but selective change of display status of specific icons cannot be performed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements local quality by allowing template information to be applied selectively to specific icons rather than uniformly to all icons. The system uses icon identification information to determine which icons receive the template application, enabling different display statuses for different icons based on local needs. This maintains operational simplicity through template-based control while achieving selective customization of individual icons.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the application of template information based on icon identification information. Instead of a static all-or-nothing template application, the system dynamically determines which icons should have their display status changed by matching icon identification information from the template with actual icons on the screen. This dynamic approach enables both simple template-based operation and flexible selective control.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to acquire configuration information of a screen displayable on a partner apparatus connectable with the information processing apparatus via a network, acquire layout information indicating a layout state of one or more display elements arrangeable on the screen from the acquired configuration information, acquire layout template information defining the layout state of one or more display elements, edit the layout state of at least a part of the one or more display elements defined in the acquired layout template information to generate edited layout template information, and change the acquired layout information based on the edited layout template information.