Unified Wi-Fi Interface for Native and App-Based Connection Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users experience poor connectivity when switching between native Wi-Fi and application-based methods to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, requiring frequent interface changes and affecting user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and terminal configuration that display both native Wi-Fi and application-based connection options for a single hotspot in a unified interface, allowing users to select between password-free and native connections based on preference, using a first application for password-free connections and native logic for encrypted connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users switch between native Wi-Fi interface and application-based interface to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, then connection flexibility is improved, but operation complexity increases and user experience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the native Wi-Fi interface and the application-based Wi-Fi interface into a unified interface. Both connection methods are displayed together in a single list, allowing users to select either password-free connection (first link identifier) or native connection (second link identifier) without switching between different interfaces. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining connection flexibility while reducing operation complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified Wi-Fi setting interface serves multiple functions by accommodating both native Wi-Fi connection logic and application-based connection logic. The interface can handle both password-free connections through the first application and traditional password-based connections through native logic, making the interface universal and eliminating the need for separate interfaces for different connection methods.
2Adaptability or versatility
If users frequently switch between different interfaces to connect to Wi-Fi hotspots, then connection method diversity is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging both connection methods into a single unified interface, the patent eliminates the time-consuming process of switching between different interfaces. Users can directly select their preferred connection method (password-free or native) within the same interface, significantly reducing the time required to establish a Wi-Fi connection while maintaining access to diverse connection methods.
3Ease of operation
If the terminal displays both password-free and native connection options in a unified interface, then ease of operation is improved, but interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the connection options into distinct link identifiers within the unified interface. The first link identifier represents password-free connection options, while the second link identifier represents native connection options. This segmentation allows users to easily distinguish and select between different connection methods without creating visual clutter or excessive complexity in the interface.
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AI summary
This application provides a method for establishing a wireless local area network connection, an apparatus, and a terminal that are applied to the field of communications technologies, so as to improve user experience when a user controls a terminal to connect to a Wi-Fi hotspot. A specific solution includes: in response to first input of a user, displaying a first setting interface that includes at least two identifiers pointing to a first hotspot, where a first identifier in the at least two identifiers indicates a password-free connection that is established to the first hotspot by using a first application, and a second identifier indicates a connection that is established to the first hotspot by using a native wireless local area network of the terminal; in response to an operation of selecting the first identifier by the user, establishing a wireless local area network connection to the first hotspot by using the first application; and in response to an operation of selecting the second identifier by the user, establishing a wireless local area network connection to the first hotspot by using native wireless local area network connection logic of the terminal.