Terminal Remark Information Auto-Selection for Input Efficiency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current information input methods on terminals, such as smartphones and tablets, require users to enter information word by word, leading to low efficiency when searching for specific data across different applications, as users need to manually input search terms for each application.

Innovation Solution

The method involves displaying and automatically selecting relevant remark information stored in the terminal's nonvolatile storage medium that matches the attribute of the current application's input field, allowing users to select and input information directly without manual typing, by utilizing the terminal's ability to recognize and prompt matching data from stored information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If users manually input search terms word by word for each application, then the terminal can maintain simplicity in operation, but information input efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation input efficiencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal stores remark information in advance in nonvolatile storage medium and automatically selects matching information when a user performs an operation on an interface, eliminating the need for manual input during actual use

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal automatically selects and prompts remark information based on the current application and user operation without requiring manual input from the user, making the system serve itself

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Loss of time

If users manually enter search information for each application, then the terminal structure remains simple, but the time required for information input increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation input timeVSAvoidoperation convenience
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

Remark information is pre-stored in the nonvolatile storage medium, and the terminal automatically selects matching information when needed, significantly reducing the time required for information input compared to manual typing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal acts as an intermediary between the user's operation and the information input process, automatically selecting and presenting relevant remark information to reduce both time and effort required

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11461152B2Information input method and terminal
Publication Date: 2022.10.04 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information input method and a terminal, related to the field of electronic technologies, to improve information input efficiency of the terminal. When a user launches a first application on a terminal, the terminal displays a first interface of the first application, and in response to a first operation performed by a user on the first interface, the terminal automatically selects at least one piece of first remark information that matches an attribute of the first application, and prompts the user with the at least one piece of first remark information in the first interface. In this way, the user can choose the first remark information as the input content, and the user does not need to type any words.