Unified Setting Screen for Multi-Application Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing systems face challenges in accepting settings for both already installed and newly installed applications using a uniform user interface, leading to inconsistent and inconvenient user experiences.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus is designed with an installer for additional applications, a setter for aggregating setting items by category, and a displayer that presents these items on a unified setting screen, allowing users to manage settings for both types of applications through a consistent interface.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If setting items for multiple applications are displayed separately in individual setting screens, then each application can have its own dedicated setting interface, but users cannot manage settings for both installed and newly installed applications using a uniform interface
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges setting items from multiple applications into a single unified setting screen. Setting items belonging to the same category across different applications (first application and second application) are aggregated and displayed together in one screen, allowing users to manage all settings through a uniform interface rather than navigating multiple separate screens.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified setting screen serves as a universal interface that handles settings for both already-installed applications and newly-installed applications. This multi-functional design allows the same setting screen structure to accommodate different application types and states, providing consistent user experience across diverse scenarios.
2Adaptability or versatility
If setting items are displayed in predetermined order for each application, then the setting process follows a consistent sequence, but newly installed applications cannot be integrated into the existing setting framework without updates
Solution Approach 1:
The setting screen structure is designed to be dynamic rather than static. When a new application is installed, the setting screen automatically adapts by aggregating the new application's setting items into the existing unified structure. This dynamic behavior allows the system to accommodate new applications without requiring program updates, as the structure flexibly reorganizes to include new elements.
Solution Approach 2:
Setting items are segmented by category rather than by application. This categorical segmentation allows setting items from different applications to be grouped together based on their functional category, enabling the unified screen to organize diverse settings in a logical manner that maintains consistency while accommodating new applications.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes an installer configured to install a second application in addition to a first application; a setter configured to set a first setting item of the first application and a second setting item of the second application, the first setting item and the second setting item respectively belonging to one or more categories; and a displayer configured to display, in an aggregated manner, setting items belonging to a same category, among the first setting item of the first application and the second setting item of the second application.