Touch Interface Field Rearrangement and Configuration Management

Solution Overview

Problem

Current user interfaces for applications with multiple fields lack intuitive and efficient methods for users to personalize and configure the display, making it difficult for users to customize their experience according to their preferences.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for configuring a user interface on a touch-sensitive screen that allows users to rearrange and edit fields by selecting, dragging, and dropping them to new positions, with the ability to add or remove fields, using a user interface manager to update and save the configurations, enabling personalized layouts and templates.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If users are provided with extensive configuration options for personalizing the interface, then the adaptability and versatility of the interface is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinterface personalization capabilityVSAvoidconfiguration system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to personally configure and customize their own interface by selecting, adding, removing, and rearranging fields according to their preferences. The configuration is saved and automatically applied, allowing the interface to serve itself by remembering user choices across sessions and devices.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides pre-configured templates that contain commonly used field combinations and layouts. Users can start with these pre-prepared configurations and modify them as needed, rather than building interfaces from scratch, which simplifies the initial setup process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If users are provided with extensive configuration options for personalizing the interface, then the adaptability and versatility of the interface is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinterface personalization capabilityVSAvoidinterface configuration ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables users to personally configure and customize their own interface by selecting, adding, removing, and rearranging fields according to their preferences. The configuration is saved and automatically applied, allowing the interface to serve itself by remembering user choices across sessions and devices.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides pre-configured templates that contain commonly used field combinations and layouts. Users can start with these pre-prepared configurations and modify them as needed, rather than building interfaces from scratch, which simplifies the initial setup process.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Reliability

If the system saves and retrieves user configurations across devices and templates, then the consistency of user experience is improved, but the quantity of data managed increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveuser experience consistencyVSAvoidconfiguration data volume

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The configuration system is designed to be universally applicable across multiple devices and template types. A single configuration set can be stored and automatically applied to different devices (mobile, tablet, desktop) and various template categories (customer information, order information, etc.), making the configuration system multi-functional and reducing the need for separate configurations for each device-template combination.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9250793B2Interface management systems and methods

Publication Date: 2016.02.02 SAP SE

AI summary

Example systems and methods of managing a user interface are described. In one implementation, a method displays a user interface for an application, the application has a plurality of fields is described. A user selection of a field of the plurality of fields is detected via a touch-sensitive screen. A user input indicating a new position of the selected field is received. The other fields affected by the new position are identified and repositioned based on the new position of the selected field. The plurality of fields has a set of data associated with them. A user activation of a field editing operation is detected. An editing command from the user is received via a touch-sensitive screen. The editing command is implemented with respect to at least one field, and the user interface is updated. The updated user interface is displayed with the set of data.