Toggle Button for Switching Navigation and Media Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Consumer devices with multiple functions, such as navigation and media capabilities, often have disparate user interfaces that confuse users due to their complexity and lack of integration, making it difficult for users to navigate and utilize their multifunctional features effectively.
Innovation Solution
A graphical user interface for multifunction devices that includes a navigation interface and a media interface with a toggle button allowing users to seamlessly switch between navigation and media screens, providing a unified and intuitive interaction experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple consumer functions (navigation and media) are integrated into a single device, then device versatility is improved, but user interface complexity increases making the device difficult to master
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal user interface framework that can display multiple different applications (navigation, media player, etc.) using the same set of standardized interface elements and interaction patterns. This allows a single device to perform multiple consumer functions while maintaining consistent, learnable interface behavior across all applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The user interface is segmented into distinct application-specific display areas while maintaining a unified control structure. Each application (navigation, media) has its own display screen but shares common interface elements like buttons and navigation patterns, allowing users to master one interface paradigm for multiple functions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate user interfaces are provided for different functions (navigation and media), then each function can be optimized for its specific needs, but the overall device becomes difficult to comprehend and use
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control mechanisms of separate applications into a unified interface framework. Instead of providing completely separate control systems for navigation and media functions, the invention combines them into a single set of interface elements that work consistently across all applications, making the device easier to comprehend while maintaining functional optimization.
3Ease of operation
If a unified user interface is used for all functions, then ease of operation is improved, but the interface may not be optimized for specific functions like navigation or media playback
Solution Approach 1:
The user interface employs local quality by allowing different visual displays and layout arrangements for different applications while maintaining the same fundamental interaction paradigm. Each application can optimize its specific display elements (e.g., map views for navigation, track information for media) while using consistent button layouts and navigation patterns throughout the device.
Data Source
AI summary
A graphical user interface for use in connection with a device having navigation and media functionality includes a navigation interface and a media interface that each have having a plurality of screens adapted to facilitate interaction between a user and a navigation application and a media application, respectively. An application interface toggle button it is actuatable on at least one of the plurality of navigation interface screens and on at least one of the plurality of media interface screens. Actuation of the application interface toggle button from a navigation interface screen invokes display of a media interface screen, and actuation of the application interface toggle button from a media interface screen invokes display of a navigation interface screen.