Stylus-Initiated Application Launch in Standby Mode
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for awakening electronic devices from standby mode using a stylus do not consistently meet user needs across various application settings, as they often require users to locate and open applications manually after switching to active mode.
Innovation Solution
The method involves pre-associating a specific application with a predetermined stylus action, allowing the device to automatically open that application when the stylus action is detected while in standby mode, thereby switching to active mode and providing direct access to the selected application without manual searching.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If the device switches to standby mode to reduce power consumption, then energy efficiency is improved, but user access to applications becomes slower and less direct
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-associates specific applications with predetermined stylus actions before the device enters standby mode. When the stylus action is detected during standby, the pre-associated application is immediately launched, eliminating the need for manual searching and reducing access time while maintaining energy efficiency
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (the pre-association mechanism) between the stylus action and application launching. This intermediary stores and retrieves application associations, enabling rapid application access from standby mode without requiring full system activation or manual user navigation
2Device complexity
If the device requires manual location and opening of applications after awakening from standby, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary association of applications with stylus actions in advance, so that when the user wakes the device with a stylus action, the desired application is automatically launched without requiring manual navigation or selection, greatly improving ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system serves itself by automatically launching the pre-associated application in response to the stylus action, eliminating the need for manual user intervention to locate and open applications, thereby improving operational convenience while maintaining acceptable system complexity
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AI summary
A particular application is pre-associated with the detection of a predetermined stylus action that occurs while a given electronic device is in a standby mode of operation. Upon then detecting that predetermined stylus action these teachings provide for responsively opening that particular application. By one approach this opening of the particular application occurs in conjunction with switching the electronic device from the standby mode of operation to the active mode of operation. The pre-association can be based, at least in part, upon an automatic association based upon identifying the most-used application for the electronic device. As another example, the pre-association can be based, at least in part, upon a specific user-based selection.