Terminal Folder Naming via Application Type Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for naming folders on terminals are inefficient and provide poor user experience, as they often require manual input or unsatisfactory naming conventions, especially when dealing with multiple applications of different types.

Innovation Solution

A terminal-based method that recommends folder names based on the application types of the applications within the folder, using static and dynamic features such as sensor data and cloud-pushed information to accurately identify application types, allowing users to select a suitable name or manually define it.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If manual input method is used to name a folder, then user can enter any desired name, but naming efficiency is low and user experience is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenaming flexibilityVSAvoidnaming efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary analysis of the applications in the folder to generate recommended names before the user needs to name the folder. By pre-processing the application information and preparing naming suggestions in advance, the system eliminates the need for users to manually think about and type folder names, thus improving naming efficiency while maintaining flexibility through multiple recommended options.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables the folder naming function to serve itself by automatically analyzing the contained applications and generating appropriate name recommendations without requiring manual user input. The system extracts application types, icons, and other attributes autonomously to create meaningful folder names, making the naming process self-driven rather than user-driven.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If folder naming uses application information from a first application in the folder, then naming process is simplified, but the method is unreasonable when the folder includes multiple applications of different types

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenaming efficiencyVSAvoidnaming appropriateness
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates a universal naming mechanism that can handle multiple application types within a single folder. Instead of relying on just the first application, the system analyzes all applications in the folder, identifies their types, and generates a recommended name that represents the collective content. This multi-functional approach ensures the naming method works appropriately whether the folder contains one application or many different types of applications.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback by analyzing the composition of applications in the folder and adjusting the recommended name based on the actual content. The system continuously monitors the folder's application types and uses this information to generate accurate recommendations, ensuring the folder name appropriately reflects its contents regardless of how many different application types are present.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If folder naming uses a form of 'folder n' convention, then naming process is automated, but the naming rule cannot satisfy user requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvenaming efficiencyVSAvoidnaming satisfaction
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from a static, fixed naming convention ('folder n') to a dynamic, adaptive naming system. The recommended folder name changes based on the actual applications contained in the folder, making the naming process both automated and context-aware. This dynamic approach allows the system to automatically generate meaningful names that satisfy user requirements while maintaining high naming efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11636066B2Terminal and method for naming folder
Publication Date: 2023.04.25 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A terminal and a method for naming a folder include receiving, by the terminal, indication information concerning creating or updating a folder, where the folder includes at least one application, displaying, by the terminal, at least one recommended name for the folder based on an application type of each of the at least one application, and selecting, by the terminal, one of the at least one recommended names as a name of the folder based on confirmation information from a user.