Touchscreen Notification Overlay for Seamless Multitasking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic devices interrupt user tasks when receiving events like calls or messages, as they only display the event notification on top of the screen, preventing continuous use of the previous application.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device with a touchscreen display and processor that overlays a notification on the current application, allowing users to interact with both the original application and the notification simultaneously by adjusting the notification's size and location, enabling seamless multitasking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the electronic device displays a notification on the top layer of the screen when an event is received, then the event can be acknowledged, but the previously displayed application is obstructed and users cannot continue their task
Solution Approach 1:
The notification is transformed from a full-screen overlay (2D plane occupation) into a floating widget that occupies a small portion of the screen. This dimensional change allows the notification to coexist with the background application without blocking it, enabling users to both acknowledge the event and continue their task simultaneously
2Loss of information
If the electronic device displays a full-screen notification for the received event, then the event information is clearly presented, but the original application screen is completely blocked
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of uniformly blocking the entire screen with a full-screen notification, the invention applies local quality by creating a concentrated notification widget with essential information (caller ID, answer/reject buttons) that occupies only a localized area. This allows the rest of the screen to remain accessible for the original application while still presenting the event information clearly
3Ease of operation
If the electronic device switches to a dedicated event handling screen, then the incoming call can be managed properly, but the user must leave the current application and lose their workflow context
Solution Approach 1:
The invention enables continuity of useful action by allowing the original application to remain active in the background while the notification widget provides event handling capabilities. Users can answer or reject calls without leaving their current application, maintaining workflow continuity and eliminating task interruption time
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AI summary
Disclosed is an electronic device including a touchscreen display, and at least one processor configured to display, on the touchscreen display, an execution screen of a first application, in response to an occurrence of an incoming call, display a first notification indicating the occurrence of the incoming call, the first notification overlapping a part of the execution screen of the first application, receive a first user input with respect to the first notification, in response to the reception of the first user input, display a second notification replacing the first notification, wherein the second notification has a size less than a size of the first notification, receive a second user input with respect to the second notification, and in response to the reception of the second user input, display a screen indicating the occurrence of the incoming call, the screen indicating the occurrence of the incoming call being configured to receive a user input corresponding to the incoming call.