CN107810468B

CN107810468B - Application program switching method and electronic equipment applying same

Info

Publication number: CN107810468B
Application number: CN201680037104.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 涂永峰; 郜文美
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-06-28
Filing date: 2016-06-28
Publication date: 2021-09-07
Anticipated expiration: 2036-06-28
Also published as: CN107810468A; WO2018000201A1

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method for switching an application and an electronic device using the method. The icon of the associated application program is displayed on the interface of the current application program, the displayed icon of the associated application program can be dynamically adjusted according to the use condition, and a user can quickly switch between the current application program and the associated application program by clicking the icon of the associated application program. The associated application program is determined according to the use habit of the user, so that the user can conveniently switch from the current application program to another application program which is used by the user after the current application program, and can also switch back to the current application program from the other application program.

Description

Application program switching method and electronic equipment applying same

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method for switching an application program and an electronic device using the same.

Background

With the rapid development of electronic technology, various electronic devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) and Smart phones (Smart phones), have been developed into multifunctional electronic devices with various additional functions, such as media playing, voice communication, short message sending and receiving, and great convenience for people's life.

Generally, different functions of a multifunctional electronic device are implemented by corresponding application programs (also referred to as applications or apps in the present invention), and when a user wants to use any one of the functions, the application program corresponding to the function needs to be started. In the prior art, when a user switches among application programs, the switching work required is complicated. For example, when a user browses news in a news application, the user may frequently open a browser application to query some keywords (star, political affairs, scientific and technical products, automobile brands, place names, etc.) mentioned in the news to obtain further background information. Therefore, the conventional switching method is not only inconvenient in operation, but also wastes time of a user.

Therefore, how to provide an application switching method for facilitating switching between applications and an electronic device using the method is a technical problem that needs to be solved urgently in the industry.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the foregoing technical problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an application switching method and an electronic device applying the method, in which icons of associated applications are displayed on an interface of a current application, and a user can perform a fast switching between the current application and the associated applications by clicking the icons of the associated applications. The associated application program is determined according to the use habit of the user, so that the user can conveniently switch from the current application program to another application program which is frequently used by the user after the current application program.

The term "electronic device" referred to in the present invention is a portable communication device, such as an electronic paper, an electronic book, a TV, a vehicle-mounted display screen, a tablet computer, a smart phone, etc., which may include other functions, such as a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and/or a Portable Multimedia Player (PMP) function. Exemplary embodiments of the portable electronic device include, but are not limited to, a mount

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Or other operating system. Other portable electronic devices may also be used, such as devices having a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch screen display screen and/or a touch pad)A laptop computer or a tablet computer. It should also be understood that in some embodiments, the electronic device is not a portable communication device, but is a desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch screen display and/or a touch pad).

The term "operation" referred to in the present invention is an operation performed on an application icon, a preset button, an operation option, or a hover button displayed on a display screen, and specific operation modes include, but are not limited to: the electronic device responds to the 'operation' of the user by directly acting on the icon, the option or the button through a finger by tapping, clicking or double clicking and the like, and starts the application corresponding to the application icon or executes the corresponding function according to different button (option) definitions. When the electronic device does not have a touch display screen, the term "operation" referred to in the present invention may also mean an operation performed on an application icon, a preset button, an operation option, or a hover button displayed on the display screen through an input device such as a mouse, a keyboard, or the like.

The term "related" mentioned in the present invention means that there is an association between the applications corresponding to the application icons, and when the application frequently started after the user starts the first application is the second application, the second application is "related" to the first application.

The term "preset button" referred to in the present invention is a button preset on the start interface of the application, and includes, but is not limited to, a skip button, a go-through button, a say-after button, or a not-update-for-time button.

The term "hover button" referred to in this disclosure is a button that can hover displayed over the current user visual interface.

Electronic devices typically support a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a drawing application, a rendering application, a word processing application, a web page creation application, a disc editing application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an email application, an instant messaging application, an exercise support application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.

A first aspect provides a method, applied to an electronic device with a display screen, comprising: detecting a first operation acting on a first application icon, wherein the first application icon is displayed on the display screen; responding to the first operation, starting a first application corresponding to the first application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface comprises a second application icon, and a second application corresponding to the second application icon is related to the first application; detecting a second operation of closing the first application, and closing the first application; detecting a third operation acting on one first application icon; responding to the third operation, starting the first application, and displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the second interactive interface comprises a third application icon, and a third application corresponding to the third application icon is related to the first application. By the method, the application related to the first application can be dynamically adjusted and displayed when the first application is started, so that a user can switch between related applications conveniently.

In one possible design, before displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface, displaying a launch interface of the first application on the display screen; and after a first preset duration or a fourth operation acting on a preset button on the starting interface is detected, displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface on the display screen. The first interactive interface or the second interactive interface of the first application may previously comprise a launch interface.

In one possible design, a fifth operation is detected that acts on one of the second application icons; responding to the fifth operation, starting a second application corresponding to the second application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the second application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface of the second application comprises at least one of the first application icon, a return button and a fourth application icon, and the fourth application corresponding to the fourth application icon is related to the second application. The user may switch to a second application associated with the first application by clicking on the second application icon and switching back to the first application or a fourth application associated with the second application by the second application.

In one possible design, a sixth operation of an operation option on the first interactive interface of the first application is detected; responding to the sixth operation, displaying a third interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the third interactive interface comprises a fifth application icon, and a fifth application corresponding to the fifth application icon is related to the first application. Different related applications can be displayed according to different interactive interfaces of the applications, so that the application switching mode is more in line with the habit of a user.

In one possible design, the second application and the third application are determined based on a size of a probability of starting another application after starting the first application counted within a preset time period.

In one possible design, the fourth application is determined based on a size of a probability of starting another application after starting the second application counted within a preset time period.

In one possible design, the fifth application is determined based on a size of a probability of starting another application when the first application is at the third interactive interface counted within a preset time period.

In one possible design, the fifth application is the same as or different from the second application.

In one possible design, the fifth application is the same as or different from the third application.

A second aspect provides a method, applied to an electronic device having a display screen, comprising: detecting a first operation acting on a first application icon, wherein the first application icon is displayed on the display screen; responding to the first operation, starting a first application corresponding to the first application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface comprises n application icons, the applications corresponding to the n application icons are related to the first application, and n is an integer not less than 1; detecting a second operation of closing the first application, and closing the first application; detecting a third operation acting on a first application icon; responding to the third operation, starting the first application, and displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the second interactive interface comprises n application icons, and the arrangement sequence of the n application icons in the second interactive interface is different from that of the n application icons in the first interactive interface. By the method, the arrangement sequence of the applications related to the first application can be dynamically adjusted and displayed when the first application is started, so that the most related applications can be presented at a more preferable position according to the use condition of a user.

In one possible design, a fourth operation of an operation option acting on the first interactive interface of the first application is detected; responding to the fourth operation, displaying a third interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the third interactive interface comprises m application icons, the applications corresponding to the m application icons are related to the first application, and m is an integer not less than 1. Different related applications can be displayed according to different interactive interfaces of the applications, so that the application switching mode is more in line with the habit of a user.

In one possible design, the m app icons are partially or completely identical to the n app icons.

A third aspect provides a method for an electronic device having a display screen, comprising: detecting a first operation acting on a first application icon, wherein the first application icon is displayed on the display screen; responding to the first operation, starting a first application corresponding to the first application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface comprises a second application icon, and a second application corresponding to the second application icon is related to the first application; detecting a second operation of one operation option acting on the first interactive interface; and responding to the second operation, and displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the second interactive interface comprises an icon of a third application. By the method, the applications related to different interactive interfaces of the first application can be dynamically adjusted and displayed when the first application is started.

In one possible design, before displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface, displaying a launch interface of the first application on the display screen; and after a first preset duration or after detecting a third operation acting on a preset button on the starting interface, displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface on the display screen.

In one possible design, a fourth operation is detected that acts on one of the second application icons; responding to the fourth operation, starting a second application corresponding to the second application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the second application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface of the second application comprises at least one of the first application icon, a return button and a fourth application icon, and the fourth application corresponding to the fourth application icon is related to the second application. Facilitating user switching between multiple applications.

A fourth aspect provides an electronic device comprising means for performing the method provided in any of the first to third aspects or any one of the possible implementations of the first to third aspects.

A fifth aspect provides a computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method provided by any of the possible implementations of the first to third aspects or the first to third aspects.

A sixth aspect provides an electronic device, which may include: one or more processors, a memory, a display screen, a bus system, a transceiver, and one or more programs, the processors, the memory, the display screen, and the transceiver being connected by the bus system;

wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method provided by any one of the possible implementations of the first to third aspects or the first to third aspects.

A seventh aspect provides a graphical user interface on an electronic device comprising a memory, a plurality of application programs, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising user interfaces displayed in accordance with the methods provided in any of the above-described first to third aspects or any of the possible implementations of the first to third aspects.

Alternatively, the following possible designs may be incorporated into the above first to seventh aspects of the present invention:

in one possible design, a seventh operation is detected that acts on one of the third application icons; responding to the seventh operation, starting a third application corresponding to the third application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the third application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface of the third application comprises at least one of the first application icon, a return button and a sixth application icon, and the sixth application corresponding to the sixth application icon is related to the third application. The user may quickly switch between the third application and the first application and may also switch between the third application and the sixth application.

In one possible design, the second application and the first application belong to different categories respectively, and the user can freely switch between the different categories of applications.

In one possible design, at least one of the second application icon, the third application icon, and the fourth application icon is semi-transparent, and the semi-transparent application icon may be used to avoid affecting the user's view.

In one possible design, an edge of the second application icon, the third application icon, or the fourth application icon is displayed, and the icon of the associated application may be automatically hidden to avoid affecting the user's view.

In one possible design, a hover button is displayed that, when clicked, displays an icon of the associated application on the display screen.

By the technical scheme, a more convenient UI interaction means is provided, and a user can switch between related application programs quickly and conveniently.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a first strongly correlated application presentation method of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a plurality of application icons displayed on a display screen of an electronic device according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a first interactive interface of a first application including a second application icon;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of the present invention closing a first application;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating operation of a first application icon in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a third application icon included in a second interactive interface of the first application according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating operation of a second application icon in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a first interactive interface of a second application of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating operation of an operation option on an interactive interface of a first application according to the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a fifth application icon included in the third interactive interface of the first application according to the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a sixth application icon included in a fourth interactive interface of the first application according to the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a second strongly correlated application presentation method of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a first interactive interface of a first application including n application icons according to the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a second interactive interface of a first application including n application icons according to the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating operation of an operation option on an interactive interface of a first application according to the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating a third interactive interface of the first application including m application icons according to the present invention;

FIG. 18 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a third strongly correlated application rendering method of the present invention;

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a hover button included on an interactive interface for a first application of the present invention;

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a click and hover button presenting a relevant application icon in accordance with the present invention;

fig. 21 is a schematic view of an electronic device of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. The following description is of the preferred embodiment of the present invention only, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

When embodiments of the present invention refer to the ordinal numbers "first", "second", etc., it should be understood that the operations are to be performed only for distinguishing between them, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1, the electronic device 100 includes a display unit 102, a detection unit 103, an activation unit 104, a statistics unit 105, a determination unit 106, a storage unit 107, and a shutdown unit 108, which are coupled to a bus 101. Fig. 1 shows electronic device 100 having various components, but it should be understood that the implementation of electronic device 100 need not necessarily require all of the illustrated components, and that electronic device 100 may be implemented with more or fewer components, in the present invention, electronic device 100 has a display screen 110.

Hereinafter, each of the above components will be explained.

The display screen 110 may be implemented by using, for example, an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), an electroluminescent display screen (EL), an electrophoretic display screen (EPD), an electrochromic display screen (ECD), a liquid crystal display screen (LCD), an active matrix LCD (amlcd), a Plasma Display Panel (PDP), or the like.

In addition to the above-described configuration, the display screen 110 may be implemented by using electronic paper (e-paper) that can change pictures or texts using electrophoresis using twist balls or capsules.

The display screen 110 may be implemented in two or more display screens in number according to a configuration of the electronic device 100. For example, a plurality of display screens may be integrally or individually arranged on one surface, or arranged on different surfaces.

The display screen 110 may display information processed in the electronic device 100. For example, when electronic device 100 is in a phone call mode, display screen 110 may display a User Interface (UI) or Graphical User Interface (GUI) associated with the call.

The display unit 102 is configured to display icons of one or more applications, an interactive interface of one or more applications, and the like on the display screen 110.

The detection unit 103 is configured to detect an operation of an application icon displayed on the display screen 110 by a user or an operation of a preset button, an operation option, a hover button, and the like on an application interface displayed on the display screen 110.

An initiating unit 104 for initiating the relevant application in response to the operation detected by the detecting unit 103. For example, the starting unit starts the application a corresponding to the application icon a in response to the operation of the application icon a detected by the detection unit 103.

And the counting unit 105 is used for recording the use conditions of the applications in the electronic equipment according to a time sequence within a preset time length, and recording the starting time and the starting sequence of each application, wherein the application is considered to be started once when the application interface appears in the foreground each time. The statistical result of the statistical unit 105 is saved in the form of an app usage record table. And recording the starting time and the starting sequence of the application in the app use case record table.

It should be understood that the preset time period is a preset time period, and can be measured in days or hours, and the specific value of the time period is not limited, for example, the preset time period is 30 days. In addition, the statistics of the application use condition in the preset time period by the statistics unit described in the present invention refers to the statistics performed before the application is started, that is, the preset time period represents the preset time length before the application is started.

The counting unit 105 may further include parameters of the application interface in the counting process, that is, count the number of times of other applications that are subsequently started when the application is applied to different application interfaces respectively.

A determining unit 106, configured to determine, based on the statistical result of the statistical unit 105 within a preset time period, an application strongly related to the application a, or an application strongly related to an application interface of the application a. The "strongly correlated application" described in the present invention means an application having a strong correlation, and the strongly correlated application of the application a is one or several applications having the highest probability of being started after the application a is started.

The application strongly related to the application a may be determined based on the size of the probability of starting other applications after the application a (App-a) is started, which is counted within a preset time period, or the application strongly related to a certain interface of the application a may be determined based on the size of the probability of starting other applications when the application a is in the certain interface, which is counted within the preset time period. The determining unit 106 determines the respective strongly correlated applications of all applications installed in the system according to the statistical result of the statistical unit 105, or alternatively, the determining unit 106 determines only the strongly correlated applications of a part of the applications. Part of the applications can be common applications customized by a user or common applications preset by a system. The determination result of the determination unit 106 may be implemented in the form of an application association table as shown in table 1.

TABLE 1

It should be understood that the determining unit 106 analyzes the application usage based on a preset rule, and the size of the probability may be a specific threshold value of the probability, or may be an arrangement order of the probabilities. For example, for application a, the number of times application B, application C, application d_x，P_xSelecting probability of occurrence P as the number of times application x is started/total number of times each application is started_xGreater than a certain threshold value P_TApplication of, or probability of occurrence P_xApplication, or probability of occurrence, P, in the first Y bits_xGreater than a certain threshold value P_TAnd the application located in the top Y bit is taken as the relevant application of application a. Wherein a specific threshold value P_TSpecific values of (b) are not limiting, for example as shown in table 1, PT may alternatively be 40%. The specific value of Y is also not limited, for example, Y is 3, and 3 applications with the probability of occurrence ranking in the first 3 bits are related applications.

The determining unit 106 may periodically update the application association table, so that the association between the applications may be periodically adjusted according to the use condition of the user.

The app usage record table and the application association table described in the present invention are stored in the electronic device in the form of a database table, and optionally, stored in an internal or external memory card of the electronic device. The app usage record table and the application association table may use database file formats common in the art, including but not limited to: CSV comma separated value file, DAT data file, WrodPerfect merged data file, Paradox 7 table by DB Borland, DBC Microsoft Visual FoxPro database container file, etc. Particularly, when the operating system installed in the electronic device is Android, the data storage scheme which can be adopted is SQLite; when the operating system installed in the electronic device is iOS, the data storage scheme that can be adopted is SQLite, CoreData, nsuserderfaults, or a personalized data storage scheme customized using a basic object type.

The method for determining the strongly correlated application based on the size of the probability of starting the other application after starting the first application counted within the preset time period is described above, and the manner of determining the strongly correlated application may also be various, for example, the application strongly correlated to the first application may be determined based on the size of the length of the usage time counted within the preset time period after starting the other application, or, alternatively, the application strongly correlated to the first application may be determined based on the size of the number of times of returning to the first application after starting the other application counted within the preset time period.

For example, after the first application is started, the second application, the third application or the fourth application is started, and it is assumed that the user uses the second application, the third application or the fourth application for 1 minute, 3 minutes and 5 minutes, respectively, and it is determined that the fourth application is a strongly relevant application of the first application based on the usage duration.

In another case, after the first application is started, the second application, the third application or the fourth application is respectively started, and it is assumed that the number of times that the user returns to the first application again after using the second application is 8 times, the number of times that the user returns to the first application again after using the third application is 3 times, the number of times that the user returns to the first application again after using the fourth application is 1 time, and the second application is determined to be a strongly-relevant application of the first application based on the number of times of the return.

Moreover, the user may also manually change the strongly related application determined by the determining unit 106, or the user may also change the strongly related application preset when the electronic device leaves the factory. Therefore, when using the electronic device, the user may edit the strongly related application of the application a, for example, the strongly related application of the application a determined by the determining unit is the application B, the user may change the application B to the application C more commonly used by the user, or add the application D on the basis of the application B, and optionally, the user may further adjust the arrangement order of the strongly related applications.

The storage unit 107 is configured to store the statistical result of the statistical unit 105 and the data such as the application association table determined by the determination unit 106. The storage unit 105 may also store software programs for processing and controlling operations performed by a processor described below, or may temporarily store input or output data (e.g., a phonebook, messages, still images, video, etc.).

The storage unit 107 may be implemented using any type of suitable storage medium, including a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card, a memory card (e.g., SD or DX memory, etc.), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a Read Only Memory (ROM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), a Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and so forth. Also, the electronic apparatus 100 may operate in relation to a network storage on the internet that performs the storage function of the storage unit 107.

A closing unit 108 for closing the relevant application in response to the operation detected by the detection unit 103.

The electronic device 100 also includes a processor, which is the control center of the electronic device 100, connects various parts of the entire electronic device 100 using various interfaces and lines, and executes instructions, performs interrupt operations, provides timing functions, and many other functions. Optionally, the processor includes one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs), and optionally, the electronic device 100 includes more than one processor. The processor may be a single core (single CPU) processor or a multi-core (multi-CPU) processor. The term "processor" as used herein refers to one or more devices, circuits, and/or processing cores that process data, such as computer program instructions.

The processor may execute program code stored in the data storage device. Alternatively, the program code stored in the storage medium of the data storage device may be copied into the storage unit for execution by the processor.

The electronic device 100 also includes a communication interface for communicating with another device or system, either directly or through an external network.

Optionally, the electronic device 100 further comprises an input device (not shown). An input device is coupled to the processor and is capable of receiving user input in one or more ways. Examples of input devices include a mouse, keyboard, touch screen device, sensing device, and so forth.

The above-described elements of the electronic device 100 may be coupled to each other by any one or any combination of buses 101, such as a data bus, an address bus, a control bus, an expansion bus, and a local bus.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer-readable medium or the like, for example, using software, hardware, or any combination thereof.

For a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented by using at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a general purpose processor, a microprocessor, and an electronic unit designed to perform the functions described herein. In some cases, this embodiment may be implemented by the processor itself.

For software implementation, embodiments such as programs or functions described herein may be implemented by separate software modules. Each software module may perform one or more functions or operations described herein.

The software code can be implemented by a software application written in any suitable programming language. The software codes may be stored in memory units and executed by processors.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic flow diagram of a first strongly relevant application rendering method of the present invention.

Step S101, a first operation acting on a first application icon is detected, and the first application icon is displayed on a display screen. The first operation may be a tap on the touch screen to which an icon is applied.

As shown in fig. 3 and subsequent figures, the electronic device 100 takes the form of a smart phone, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 100 may have a variety of implementations other than a smart phone.

As shown in fig. 3, a plurality of application icons are displayed on the display screen 110 of the smartphone 100, and a first operation on the camera application icon 111 is detected.

Step S102, responding to the first operation, starting a first application corresponding to the first application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface comprises a second application icon, and a second application corresponding to the second application icon is related to the first application.

As shown in fig. 4, in response to clicking on the camera application icon 111, the smartphone 100 launches the camera application, and displays a first interactive interface of the camera application on the display screen 110, on which a gallery application icon 120 is included, the gallery application being an application related to the camera application.

Step S103, detecting a second operation of closing the first application, and closing the first application. The specific operation of closing the application may be performed in various ways known to those skilled in the art and is not limited herein.

As shown in fig. 5, the user closes the camera application by clicking the menu button 112, and optionally, closes the camera application by cleaning up the progress of the camera application after clicking the menu button 112.

Step S104, a third operation acting on one of the first application icons is detected. The third operation may be a tap of the icon on the touch screen. After a period of time has elapsed after the first application is closed, the user may click the first application icon again to launch the first application. The time interval between the second operation and the third operation may be an arbitrary value, for example, after the first application is closed, the first application is opened again after 72 hours have passed. It should be understood that the above 72 hours are merely illustrative of the interval between the second operation and the third operation. Meanwhile, it is understood that, between the second operation and the third operation, the user may launch the first application a plurality of times and launch other applications after launching the first application.

As shown in fig. 6, after 12 hours have elapsed after the camera application is turned off, the time indicated by reference numeral 113 in fig. 6 is 08 at the time of turning off: 10 to 20: 10. the user clicks the icon 111 of the camera application again to start the camera application.

Step S105, responding to the third operation, starting the first application, and displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the second interactive interface comprises a third application icon, and a third application corresponding to the third application icon is related to the first application.

As shown in fig. 7, in response to clicking the camera application icon 111, the smartphone 100 launches the camera application, displays a second interactive interface of the camera application on the display screen 110, and includes an email application icon 130 on the second interactive interface, where email is an application related to the camera application.

As discussed above, the electronic device may dynamically adjust the application associated with the first application based on the user's usage and display the first application when the first application is launched. When the first application is launched at a different time, the associated applications displayed on the interface of the first application may be different.

Alternatively or additionally, before step S102 or before step S105, i.e. before displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface, a launch interface of the first application is displayed on the display screen; and after a first preset duration or a fourth operation acting on a preset button on the starting interface is detected, displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface on the display screen.

The launch interface of an application is the initial interface displayed when entering the application. One or more of an advertising picture, a skip button, a countdown time prompt, or an application update prompt, among others, may be included in the launch interface. The preset button on the launch interface of the first application may be a skip button, a go-through button, a talk-after button, or a do-not-update button. After a first preset time period or after the fact that a user clicks a skip button is detected, displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface of the first application on a display screen.

It should be understood that the first preset time period is a preset time period, and may be measured in seconds, and a specific value of the time period is not limited, for example, the first preset time period is 10 seconds.

Alternatively or additionally, after step S105, steps S106 and S107 are also included.

Step S106, a fifth operation acting on one of the second application icons is detected.

As shown in fig. 8, the electronic device detects an operation on the gallery application icon 120, and the click on the icon 120 may be a tap of the application icon on the touch screen, and the user may switch to the gallery application associated with the camera application by clicking on the application icon 120.

Step S107, in response to the fifth operation, starting a second application corresponding to the second application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the second application on the display screen, where the first interactive interface of the second application includes at least one of the first application icon, the return button, and a fourth application icon, and a fourth application corresponding to the fourth application icon is related to the second application.

As shown in fig. 9, the electronic device starts a gallery application related to a camera application in response to a user's operation of clicking on a gallery application icon 120, and displays an interactive interface of the gallery application on a display screen 110, including at least one of a camera application icon 140, a return button 150, and a weather application icon 160 on the interactive interface of the gallery application, the weather application being an application related to the gallery application.

After entering the gallery application, the user may return to the previous camera application again by clicking on the camera application icon 140 or the return button 150, or the user may switch to the weather application by clicking on the weather application icon 160.

It should be understood that the camera app icon 140, the return button 150, and the weather app icon 160 may be displayed simultaneously on the display screen, or only at least one of the camera app icon 140, the return button 150, and the weather app icon 160 or any combination thereof may be displayed.

The case of switching from the camera application to the gallery application is described here, and the case of switching from the camera application to the aforementioned email application is similar thereto, and thus will not be described in detail. When entering the email application, at least one of the camera application icon 140, the back button 150, and other application icons may also be displayed on the display screen 110, the other application icons corresponding to applications that are related to the email application.

Alternatively or additionally, steps S108 and S109 are also included after step S105 or after step S107.

Step S108, a sixth operation of an operation option acting on the first interactive interface of the first application is detected.

As shown in fig. 10, the first interactive interface of the camera application has an operation option a114 and an operation option B115, the electronic device detects an operation on one operation option 114 on the interactive interface of the camera application, the click on the operation option 114 may be a tap on the touch screen, and the user may enter a different functional interface of the camera application by clicking on the operation option 114 and the operation option 115.

Optionally, operation option 114 is panoramic and operation option 115 is video.

Step S109, in response to the sixth operation, displaying a third interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, where the third interactive interface includes a fifth application icon, and a fifth application corresponding to the fifth application icon is related to the first application.

When the statistical result of the statistical unit 105 is that the user opens the panorama photographing function interface of the camera application, the next application that is usually used is a setting application. After the user opens the video recording function interface of the camera application, the next commonly used application is the video player application, and the user plays the recorded video through the video player application.

As shown in fig. 11, the user enters the panorama taking function interface of the camera application by clicking the operation option 114, and the panorama taking function interface includes a setting application icon 170, and the setting application is an application related to the camera application.

The user may enter the recorded video interface of the camera application by clicking on the operation option 115 in fig. 10, as shown in fig. 12, and include a video player application icon 180 in the recorded video function interface, where the video player application is an application related to the camera application.

As discussed above, the electronic device may dynamically adjust the application associated with the first application based on applications that are commonly used by the user in different functional interfaces of the same application and display the first application as it enters the different functional interfaces. The related applications presented on different functional interfaces of the first application are different.

As discussed above, the gallery application and the email application are determined based on the size of the probability of launching another application after launching the camera application, counted over a preset time period.

The weather application is determined based on the counted size of the probability of starting another application after starting the gallery application within a preset time period.

The setting application is determined based on the size of the probability of starting another application when the camera application is in the panoramic photographing function interface counted within the preset time length.

The video player application is determined based on the size of the probability of starting another application when the camera application is in the video recording function interface counted in the preset time length.

Fig. 13 shows a schematic flow chart of a second strongly correlated application rendering method of the present invention.

Step S101, a first operation acting on a first application icon is detected, and the first application icon is displayed on a display screen.

Step S102, responding to the first operation, starting a first application corresponding to the first application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface comprises n application icons, the applications corresponding to the n application icons are related to the first application, and n is an integer not less than 1.

Step S103, detecting a second operation of closing the first application, and closing the first application.

Step S104, a third operation acting on one of the first application icons is detected.

Step S105, in response to the third operation, starting the first application, and displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, where the second interactive interface includes n application icons, and an arrangement order of the n application icons included in the second interactive interface is different from an arrangement order of the n application icons included in the first interactive interface.

The second method for presenting a strongly related application of the present invention is different from the first method for presenting a strongly related application in that, in step S102, the first interactive interface includes n application icons. In step S105, the second interactive interface also includes n application icons. The arrangement sequence of the n application icons included in the second interactive interface is different from the arrangement sequence of the n application icons included in the first interactive interface.

As shown in fig. 14, the 3 application icons included in the first interactive interface of the camera application are the gallery application icon 120, the e-mail application icon 130, and the video player application icon 180, respectively, in the order from top to bottom.

When a user starts a video player application after opening a camera application several times over a period of time, the order of application icons included in the interactive interface of the camera application may change according to the user usage.

As shown in fig. 15, the 3 application icons included in the second interactive interface of the camera application are the video player application icon 180, the gallery application icon 120, and the e-mail application icon 130, respectively, in the order from top to bottom.

As shown in fig. 14 and 15, the ranking order of the applications related to the first application may be changed according to the use of the user, so that the strongest related applications of the user in the last period of time may be ranked at an upper position.

Alternatively or additionally, steps S106 and S107 are included after step S105 of the second strongly correlated application presenting method of the present invention.

Step S106, a fourth operation of an operation option acting on the first interactive interface of the first application is detected.

As shown in fig. 16, the first interactive interface of the camera application has an operation option a114 and an operation option B115, the electronic device detects an operation on one operation option 114 on the interactive interface of the camera application, the click on the operation option 114 may be a tap on the touch screen, and the user may enter a different functional interface of the camera application by clicking on the operation option 114 and the operation option 115.

Step S107, in response to the fourth operation, displaying a third interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, where the third interactive interface includes m application icons, applications corresponding to the m application icons are related to the first application, and m is an integer not less than 1.

As shown in fig. 17, the user enters a panorama taking function interface of the camera application by clicking the operation option 114, where the panorama taking function interface includes a setting application icon 170 and a video player application icon 180, and the setting application and the video player application are applications related to the camera application.

Similarly, the electronic device may dynamically adjust the application associated with the first application according to the application that is commonly used by the user in different functional interfaces of the same application, and display the first application when the first application enters the different functional interfaces. For example, the related application video player application icon 180, gallery application icon 120, and email application icon 130 presented by the camera application on the home interface are different from the related application video player application icon 180 and settings application icon 170 presented by the camera application on the panorama function interface.

Next, a process of presenting the related application icon will be described by taking another specific application as an example. The first application is, for example, a payment treasure, the operation option a of the main interface of the first application is "friend", in response to the operation that the user clicks the operation option "friend", the corresponding function interface under the operation option "friend" is displayed on the display screen 110, according to the determination result, when the payment treasure application is in the corresponding function interface under the "friend", the applications frequently started by the user are WeChat and QQ, the icon of the WeChat application and the icon of the QQ application are presented on the corresponding function interface under the operation option "friend", and by clicking the icon or the user, the payment treasure application can be conveniently switched to the WeChat application or the QQ application, so that the contact of the user is notified that "transfer money has been transferred" or "please add a payment treasure friend" in the WeChat or the QQ.

Fig. 18 shows a schematic flow chart of a third strongly relevant application rendering method of the present invention.

Step S103, detecting a second operation of an operation option acting on the first interactive interface.

And step S104, responding to the second operation, and displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the second interactive interface comprises an icon of a third application.

The third method of presenting strongly related applications of the present invention differs from the first two methods of presenting strongly related applications in that the third method is a method of presenting during one use of the first application, i.e. the first application is not closed during execution of the third method.

The specific steps of the presentation method of the third strongly relevant application can be understood with reference to the description of the first two methods, and will not be described in detail here.

In the three methods described above, the application related to the first application may belong to a different kind of application from the first application, for example, the first application is a news application, and the application related to the first application is a browser application.

Alternatively, the application associated with the first application may alternatively be of the same kind of application as the first application, e.g. the first application is a first news application and the second application is a second news application.

Thus, the user can switch between the same type of application or different types of applications.

The number, shape, size and position of the icons 120-180 of the application related to the current application do not limit the present invention, the icons 120-180 may be in the shape of a rectangle, a circle, a square, a triangle, etc., the size of the icons may be adjustable, the icons may be disposed in different areas of the display screen 110, the icons may also adopt a semitransparent effect, the icons may also only display the edges of the icons (i.e., the icons are automatically hidden but can be seen, the user can make the icons completely appear by sliding or dragging, and then click), the icons may display all or only a part of the icons on the display screen, and a plurality of icons may be displayed on the display screen 110.

And when more than one related application icon is to be displayed, one hover button may be displayed on the display screen, and when the hover button is clicked, more than one related application icon is further displayed.

In fig. 19, a hover button 190 is shown displayed on one interactive interface of the camera application, and when the hover button 190 is clicked, as shown in fig. 20, 2

application icons

170 and 180 are displayed on the display screen 110, the

application icons

170 and 180 corresponding to the setup application and the video player application, respectively, associated with the camera application.

It should be understood that the shape, size and location of the hover button 190 are exemplary only and are not limiting of the present invention. The shape, size and location of the hover button 190 may be modified as desired by those skilled in the art. For example, the hover button 190 may be a colored or transparent line displayed at the edge of the screen that, when clicked or dragged, displays 2 application icons 170- "180".

It can be understood that in the three methods described above, the operation of an operation option on an interactive interface of the first application is detected, and the state of the first application may be just started, or may be switched back to the state of the first application after the first application is switched to another application (e.g., the second application).

Fig. 21 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device 300 having a display screen 310 according to the present invention, and the electronic device 300 shown in fig. 21 corresponds to the first strongly relevant application presenting method described above.

The electronic device 300 includes: a display unit 301, a detection unit 302, an activation unit 303, a shutdown unit 308, and a processor 304.

A detection unit 302 for detecting a first operation applied to a first application icon displayed on the display screen 310;

a starting unit 303, configured to start a first application corresponding to the first application icon in response to the first operation detected by the detecting unit;

a display unit 301, configured to display a first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen when the starting unit starts the first application, where the first interactive interface includes a second application icon, and a second application corresponding to the second application icon is related to the first application;

the detecting unit 302 is further configured to detect a second operation of closing the first application;

a closing unit 308 configured to close the first application in response to the second operation detected by the detection unit;

the detecting unit 302 is further configured to detect a third operation applied to one of the first application icons;

the starting unit 303, configured to start the first application in response to the third operation detected by the detecting unit;

the display unit 301 is configured to display a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen when the starting unit starts the first application in response to the third operation, where the second interactive interface includes a third application icon, and a third application corresponding to the third application icon is related to the first application.

Optionally, the display unit 301 is further configured to display a starting interface of the first application on the display screen before displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface, and display the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface on the display screen after a first preset duration or after detecting a fourth operation acting on a preset button on the starting interface.

Optionally, the detecting unit 302 is configured to detect a fifth operation applied to one of the second application icons; the starting unit 303 is configured to start a second application corresponding to the second application icon in response to the fifth operation; the display unit 301 is configured to display a first interactive interface of the second application on the display screen when the starting unit starts the second application, where the first interactive interface of the second application includes at least one of the first application icon, the return button, and a fourth application icon, and a fourth application corresponding to the fourth application icon is related to the second application.

Optionally, the detecting unit 302 is configured to detect a sixth operation of an operation option applied to the first interactive interface of the first application; the display unit 301 is configured to, in response to the sixth operation, display a third interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, where the third interactive interface includes a fifth application icon, and a fifth application corresponding to the fifth application icon is related to the first application.

Optionally, the electronic device further includes a determining unit, configured to determine the second application and the third application based on a magnitude of a probability of starting another application after starting the first application counted within a preset time period, and/or the determining unit is configured to determine the fourth application related to the second application based on a magnitude of a probability of starting another application after starting the second application counted within a preset time period; and/or the determining unit is used for determining the fifth application related to the first application based on the size of the probability of starting another application when the first application is located in the third interactive interface counted in the preset time length.

It can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working process of the apparatus or device described above may refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and is not described herein again.

It should be understood that, in the present invention, in order to display the icon of the relevant application on the interface of the application for switching between applications, a person skilled in the art may know whether to display the icon of the relevant application may be determined by the user, for example, the user may be prompted whether to turn on the "associated application icon" function, and when the user turns on the function, the icon of the relevant application is automatically displayed on the interface of the application a; when the user closes the function, the icon of the relevant application is not displayed on the interface of the application a.

In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the device is merely a logical division, and in actual implementation, there may be other divisions, for example, multiple devices may be combined or may be integrated into another device, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or devices, and the connection manner may be an electrical connection, a mechanical connection or other forms.

In addition, each device in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one device or unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one device or unit.

The steps of the method described in connection with the present disclosure may be embodied in hardware or may be embodied in software instructions executed by a processor. The software instructions may consist of corresponding software modules that may be stored in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, a hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. An exemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such the processor can read information from, and write information to, the storage medium. Of course, the storage medium may also be integral to the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in an ASIC. Additionally, the ASIC may reside in user equipment. Of course, the processor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in user equipment.

The above-mentioned embodiments, objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention are further described in detail, it should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only exemplary embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements and the like made on the basis of the technical solutions of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A switching method of an application program is applied to an electronic device with a display screen, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

detecting a first operation acting on a first application icon, wherein the first application icon is displayed on the display screen;

responding to the first operation, starting a first application corresponding to the first application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface comprises a second application icon, and a second application corresponding to the second application icon is related to the first application;

detecting a second operation of closing the first application, and closing the first application;

detecting a third operation acting on one first application icon;

responding to the third operation, starting the first application, and displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the second interactive interface comprises a third application icon, and a third application corresponding to the third application icon is related to the first application;

detecting a sixth operation of one operation option acting on a second interactive interface of the first application;

responding to the sixth operation, displaying a third interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the third interactive interface comprises a fifth application icon, and a fifth application corresponding to the fifth application icon is related to the operation option.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a launch interface of the first application on the display screen before displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface;

and after a first preset duration or a fourth operation acting on a preset button on the starting interface is detected, displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface on the display screen.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, comprising:

the second application and the third application are determined based on the size of the probability of starting another application after the first application is started, which is counted within a preset time length.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein after displaying the first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, the method further comprises:

detecting a fifth operation on one of the second application icons;

responding to the fifth operation, starting a second application corresponding to the second application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the second application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface of the second application comprises the first application icon, a return button and a fourth application icon, and the fourth application corresponding to the fourth application icon is related to the second application.

5. The method of claim 4, comprising:

the fourth application is determined based on the size of the probability of starting another application after the second application is started counted within the preset time length.

6. An electronic device having a display screen, comprising:

a detection unit configured to detect a first operation applied to a first application icon displayed on the display screen;

the starting unit is used for responding to the first operation detected by the detection unit and starting a first application corresponding to the first application icon;

the display unit is used for displaying a first interactive interface of the first application on the display screen when the starting unit starts the first application, the first interactive interface comprises a second application icon, and a second application corresponding to the second application icon is related to the first application;

the detection unit is further used for detecting a second operation of closing the first application;

a closing unit configured to close the first application in response to the second operation detected by the detection unit;

the detection unit is further used for detecting a third operation acting on one first application icon;

the starting unit is further used for responding to the third operation detected by the detection unit and starting the first application;

the display unit is used for displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen when the starting unit responds to the third operation to start the first application, wherein the second interactive interface comprises a third application icon, and a third application corresponding to the third application icon is related to the first application;

the detection unit is used for detecting a sixth operation of one operation option acting on a second interactive interface of the first application;

the display unit is configured to display a third interactive interface of the first application on the display screen in response to the sixth operation, where the third interactive interface includes a fifth application icon, and a fifth application corresponding to the fifth application icon is related to the operation option.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, comprising:

the display unit is further configured to display a start interface of the first application on the display screen before displaying the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface, and display the first interactive interface or the second interactive interface on the display screen after a first preset duration or after detecting a fourth operation acting on a preset button on the start interface.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 or 7, comprising:

and the determining unit is used for determining the second application and the third application based on the counted probability of starting the first application and then starting the other application within the preset time length.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, comprising:

the detection unit is used for detecting a fifth operation acting on one second application icon;

the starting unit is used for responding to the fifth operation and starting a second application corresponding to the second application icon;

the display unit is configured to display a first interactive interface of the second application on the display screen when the starting unit starts the second application, where the first interactive interface of the second application includes the first application icon, the return button, and a fourth application icon, and a fourth application corresponding to the fourth application icon is related to the second application.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, comprising:

and the determining unit is used for determining the fourth application based on the counted probability of starting another application after the second application is started within the preset time length.

11. A switching method of an application program is applied to an electronic device with a display screen, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

detecting a second operation of one operation option acting on the first interactive interface;

and responding to the second operation, displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the second interactive interface comprises a third application icon, and a third application corresponding to the third application icon is related to the operation option.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

displaying a launch interface of the first application on the display screen before displaying the first interactive interface;

and displaying the first interactive interface on the display screen after a first preset duration or after detecting a third operation acting on a preset button on the starting interface.

13. The method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the method further comprises:

detecting a fourth operation on one of the second application icons;

responding to the fourth operation, starting a second application corresponding to the second application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the second application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface of the second application comprises at least one of the first application icon, a return button and a fourth application icon, and the fourth application corresponding to the fourth application icon is related to the second application.

14. The method according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that the method further comprises:

detecting a fifth operation on one of the third application icons;

responding to the fifth operation, starting a third application corresponding to the third application icon, and displaying a first interactive interface of the third application on the display screen, wherein the first interactive interface of the third application comprises at least one of the first application icon, a return button and a fifth application icon, and the fifth application corresponding to the fifth application icon is related to the third application.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising;

detecting a fifth operation on one of the second application icons;

16. An electronic device having a display screen, comprising:

the detection unit is further used for detecting a second operation of one operation option acting on the first interactive interface;

the display unit is used for responding to the second operation and displaying a second interactive interface of the first application on the display screen, wherein the second interactive interface comprises a third application icon, and a third application corresponding to the third application icon is related to the operation option.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, comprising:

the display unit is further configured to display a starting interface of the first application on the display screen before displaying the first interactive interface, and display the first interactive interface on the display screen after a first preset duration or after detecting a third operation acting on a preset button on the starting interface.

18. The electronic device of claim 16 or 17, comprising:

the detection unit is further configured to detect a fourth operation that acts on one of the second application icons;

the starting unit is further configured to respond to the fourth operation and start a second application corresponding to the second application icon;

the display unit is further configured to display a first interactive interface of the second application on the display screen when the starting unit starts the second application, where the first interactive interface of the second application includes at least one of the first application icon, the return button, and a fourth application icon, and a fourth application corresponding to the fourth application icon is related to the second application.

19. The electronic device of claim 16 or 17, comprising:

the detection unit is further configured to detect a fifth operation that acts on one of the third application icons;

the starting unit is further configured to respond to the fifth operation and start a third application corresponding to the third application icon;

the display unit is further configured to display a first interactive interface of the third application on the display screen when the starting unit starts the third application, where the first interactive interface of the third application includes at least one of the first application icon, the return button, and a fifth application icon, and a fifth application corresponding to the fifth application icon is related to the third application.

20. The electronic device of claim 16, comprising;

21. A computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a display screen, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any of claims 1-5 and 11-15, wherein the electronic device comprises a detection unit, an activation unit, and a display unit.

22. An electronic device comprising one or more processors, memory, a display screen, a bus system, a transceiver, and one or more programs, the processors, the memory, the display screen, and the transceiver being connected by the bus system;

wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method of any of claims 1-5, and 11-15.