CN111405112B

CN111405112B - Message prompting method and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111405112B
Application number: CN202010177505.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩翔远
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-03-13
Filing date: 2020-03-13
Publication date: 2021-07-30
Anticipated expiration: 2040-03-13
Also published as: CN111405112A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a message prompting method and electronic equipment, relates to the technical field of communication, and can solve the problem that a user knows that an unread message exists while the user is not interfered. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a target unread message through a target application program, wherein the target application program is at least one application program preset in the electronic equipment by a user; outputting prompt information under the condition that the unread messages received by the target application program meet prompt conditions, wherein the prompt conditions comprise at least one of the following items: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length; wherein N is an integer greater than 1. The method can be applied to a scene for prompting the user of unread messages.

Description

Message prompting method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a message prompting method and electronic equipment.

Background

With the development of communication technology, electronic devices such as smart phones play an important role in the life of modern people. Because the electronic equipment receives a large amount of messages sent by other equipment every day, in order to enable the user to know the messages in time, the electronic equipment can prompt the user in a mode of sound or vibration and the like whenever the electronic equipment receives new messages such as short message messages, push messages, consumption information and the like.

However, in some cases a message aggregation storm may occur, i.e. the electronic device may receive a large number of new messages in a short time. In order to avoid the interference caused by frequent prompts to the user, the message shielding function of the electronic equipment can be started, but the prompt messages of all messages can be shielded, so that the user misses some important messages. Therefore, how to make the user know that there is an unread message without interfering with the user becomes an urgent technical problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a message prompting method and electronic equipment, which can solve the problem that a user is informed of unread messages while the user is not interfered.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a message prompting method. The method is applied to the electronic equipment. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a target unread message through a target application program, wherein the target application program is at least one application program preset in the electronic equipment by a user; outputting prompt information under the condition that the unread messages received by the target application program meet prompt conditions, wherein the prompt conditions comprise at least one of the following items: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length; wherein N is an integer greater than 1.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a transmission module and a processing module. The transmission module is used for receiving the target unread message through a target application program, wherein the target application program is at least one application program preset in the electronic equipment by a user; the processing module is used for outputting prompt information under the condition that the unread messages received by the transmission module through the target application program meet prompt conditions, wherein the prompt conditions comprise at least one of the following items: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length; wherein N is an integer greater than 1.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the message prompting method provided in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the message prompting method provided in the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, the target unread message can be received through the target application program, wherein the target application program is at least one application program preset in the electronic equipment by a user; and outputting prompt information under the condition that the unread message received by the target application program meets prompt conditions, wherein the prompt conditions comprise at least one of the following items: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length; wherein N is an integer greater than 1. According to the scheme, after the new message is received, the electronic equipment does not prompt the user immediately, and the electronic equipment outputs the prompt message only when the condition that the number of the unread messages received by the target application program preset by the user is larger than or equal to N and/or the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program preset by the user and the target unread message is larger than or equal to the preset time length is met, so that the user knows that the unread message exists, and even if the electronic equipment receives a large number of new messages in a short time, the electronic equipment does not frequently prompt the user to cause interference. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can enable the user to know that the unread message exists while not interfering the user.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a message prompting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the switching between the scraping mode and the non-scraping mode according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a second schematic diagram illustrating a message prompting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of setting scraping parameters according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a scraping mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a second schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 9 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment 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 some, not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The term "and/or" herein is an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The symbol "/" herein denotes a relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, a/B denotes a or B.

The terms "first" and "second," and the like, in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first unread message and the second unread message, etc. are used to distinguish different unread messages, rather than to describe a particular order of the unread messages.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality" means two or more, for example, a plurality of elements means two or more elements, and the like.

The embodiment of the invention provides a message prompting method and electronic equipment, which can receive a target unread message through a target application program, wherein the target application program is at least one application program preset in the electronic equipment by a user; and outputting prompt information under the condition that the unread message received by the target application program meets prompt conditions, wherein the prompt conditions comprise at least one of the following items: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length; wherein N is an integer greater than 1. According to the scheme, after the new message is received, the electronic equipment does not prompt the user immediately, and the electronic equipment outputs the prompt message only when the condition that the number of the unread messages received by the target application program preset by the user is larger than or equal to N and/or the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program preset by the user and the target unread message is larger than or equal to the preset time length is met, so that the user knows that the unread message exists, and even if the electronic equipment receives a large number of new messages in a short time, the electronic equipment does not frequently prompt the user to cause interference. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can enable the user to know that the unread message exists while not interfering the user.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited in particular.

An android operating system is taken as an example, and a software environment applied to the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention is introduced.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of an android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 1, the architecture of the android operating system includes 4 layers, which are respectively: an application layer, an application framework layer, a system runtime layer, and a kernel layer (specifically, a Linux kernel layer).

The application program layer comprises various application programs (including system application programs and third-party application programs) in an android operating system.

The application framework layer is a framework of the application, and a developer can develop some applications based on the application framework layer under the condition of complying with the development principle of the framework of the application.

The system runtime layer includes libraries (also called system libraries) and android operating system runtime environments. The library mainly provides various resources required by the android operating system. The android operating system running environment is used for providing a software environment for the android operating system.

The kernel layer is an operating system layer of an android operating system and belongs to the bottommost layer of an android operating system software layer. The kernel layer provides kernel system services and hardware-related drivers for the android operating system based on the Linux kernel.

Taking an android operating system as an example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a developer may develop a software program for implementing the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the android operating system shown in fig. 1, so that the message prompting method may operate based on the android operating system shown in fig. 1. Namely, the processor or the electronic device can implement the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention by running the software program in the android operating system.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the invention can be a terminal device. The terminal device may be a mobile terminal device or a non-mobile terminal device. For example, the mobile terminal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and the non-mobile terminal device may be a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

The execution subject of the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be the electronic device, or may also be a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the message prompting method in the electronic device, which may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The following takes an electronic device as an example to exemplarily describe the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

Generally, when the electronic device receives a new message sent by another device, such as a short message, a push message, consumption information, and the like, the electronic device may prompt the user by sound or vibration, and the like. However, a message aggregation storm occurs in some cases, that is, a large number of messages are received in a short time, and if the electronic device frequently transmits sound or frequently vibrates, it may cause inconvenience to the user. For example, if the user is resting at this time, frequent prompts may affect the user's rest; for another example, if the user is in a meeting, etc., frequent prompts may affect the user's work; as another example, if a user is playing a game or watching a video, etc. using an electronic device, frequent prompts may affect the user's operational experience.

Therefore, the embodiment of the invention provides a message prompting method, which can be applied to various scenes that a new message is received through a target application program preset by a user and the message is prompted to the user under the condition that the new message meets the prompting condition. The following scenarios will be exemplified.

In a first scenario, when the electronic device is in a silent mode, for example, when a user is in a meeting, the mobile phone may be set to the silent mode, if a target application program preset in the electronic device by the user receives an unread message sent by another device, the electronic device may first determine whether the unread message satisfies a prompt condition, and when the unread message received by the target application program satisfies the prompt condition, the electronic device may prompt in a bright screen or vibration manner.

And in a second scenario, when the system time of the electronic device is within a preset time period, for example, the preset time period is 22:00 to 6:00, if a target application program preset in the electronic device by a user receives an unread message sent by other devices, the electronic device may first determine whether the unread message meets a prompt condition, and in a case that the unread message received by the target application program meets the prompt condition, the electronic device may prompt in a vibration manner.

And a third scenario, when the electronic device runs a preset application program, for example, a game application program or a video application program, and if a target application program preset in the electronic device by a user receives an unread message sent by other devices, the electronic device may first determine whether the unread message meets a prompt condition, and under the condition that the unread message received by the target application program meets the prompt condition, the electronic device may prompt in a ring mode.

And a fourth scenario, when the screen of the electronic device is in a screen locking state, for example, a user is inconvenient to frequently operate the mobile phone during working and can set the mobile phone to be in a screen locking state, if a target application program preset in the electronic device by the user receives unread messages sent by other devices, the electronic device can first judge whether the unread messages meet prompt conditions, and under the condition that the unread messages received by the target application program meet the prompt conditions, the electronic device can prompt in a screen lightening or ringing mode.

The following describes an exemplary message prompting method and an exemplary electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a message prompting method. The method can be applied to electronic devices. The method may include S101 and S102 described below.

S101, the electronic equipment receives a target unread message through a target application program.

The target application program may be at least one application program preset in the electronic device by the user.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the invention can comprise two states: a first mode and a second mode. The first mode may be a mode for temporarily not prompting the received unread message, and specifically, when the electronic device is in the first mode, the electronic device does not prompt the unread message received through the target application program immediately, but prompts the unread message only when the unread message received through the target application program meets a prompt condition; the second mode may be a mode for immediately prompting the received unread message, and specifically, when the electronic device is in the second mode, after receiving any unread message, the electronic device may prompt the unread message immediately without determining whether a prompt condition is satisfied.

In the embodiment of the invention, the first mode can also be called a scraping mode, and the second mode can also be called a non-scraping mode. Specifically, after the electronic device receives a new unread message, it may be determined that the electronic device is currently in a scraping mode or a non-scraping mode. When the electronic equipment is in the scraping mode, the electronic equipment can firstly judge whether the unread message meets the prompt condition, and under the condition that the prompt condition is met, the electronic equipment can send out the message prompt, and under the condition that the prompt condition is not met, the electronic equipment can not send out the message prompt, namely, the scraping mode is the message prompt state newly provided by the embodiment of the invention. When the electronic equipment is in the non-scraping mode, the electronic equipment does not need to judge whether the unread message meets the prompt condition, and can immediately send out message prompt, namely, the message prompt is carried out according to the prompt method in the prior art.

Optionally, the manner in which the electronic device switches between the scraping mode and the non-scraping mode includes: first, the user may set the electronic device to a scraping mode or a non-scraping mode via a preset input; second, the electronic device may automatically switch between the scraping mode and the non-scraping mode depending on whether the switching condition is satisfied.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, when the electronic device is in the scraping mode, if the electronic device satisfies "condition 1: after the target unread message received by the target application satisfies the prompt condition and the prompt information is input, an input of an unread message received by the target application is received, or "condition 2: and after the target unread message received by the target application program does not meet the prompt condition and the prompt information is not input, receiving input of the unread message received by the target application program, and automatically switching the electronic device from the scraping mode to the non-scraping mode. When the electronic device is in the non-scraping mode, if the electronic device satisfies "condition 3: after prompting the target unread message, not receiving the input of the user to the target unread message within the preset time, and automatically switching the electronic equipment from the non-scraping mode to the scraping mode. For these 3 conditions, reference may be made to the detailed description in the following examples, which are not repeated herein.

Optionally, the target application may be an application preset in the electronic device by a user, or a set of applications preset in the electronic device, or all applications in the electronic device.

Optionally, when the target application is a set of application preset in the electronic device, the set of application may have the same or similar attributes, for example, the set of application may be all applications used in a user working process, or all applications developed by the same developer, or all communication applications, and the like.

For example, for a user, if the application 1, the application 2, and the application 3 in the electronic device are important applications, for example, all the applications are applications used in a working process of the user, the user may set the application 1, the application 2, and the application 3 in the electronic device as target applications in advance. After the electronic device receives an unread message each time through an application of the applications 1, 2, and 3, the electronic device may determine whether the unread message received through the target applications satisfies the prompt condition. In the case that the unread messages received by the target applications satisfy the prompt conditions, the electronic device may output prompt information; and under the condition that the unread message does not meet the prompt condition, the electronic equipment does not need to output prompt information.

It is understood that, if the user sets the target application program in advance, the electronic device may output the prompt message only for the unread message received through the target application program, and may not output the prompt message to other application programs except the target application program, so that the user may be prompted with the screened important message, and the user may not be prompted with the non-important message. Of course, if the user does not preset the application program, the target application program may be defaulted to any application program in the electronic device, that is, the prompt message may be output for unread messages received by all application programs.

Optionally, the target unread message may include any one of a short message, a push message, consumption information, a chat message, an email message, and the like. Of course, the target unread message may also include any other possible messages, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention and may be determined according to actual usage requirements.

Optionally, in a first possible implementation manner, the target unread message may be an unread message. After the electronic device receives an unread message through the target application program each time, the electronic device needs to determine whether all the unread messages received by the target application program meet the prompt condition. It will be appreciated that this approach may more timely alert the user to the presence of unread messages.

In a second possible implementation manner, the target unread message may be M unread messages, where M is an integer greater than 1. After the electronic device receives one unread message through the target application program every time, the electronic device may determine whether all the unread messages received by the target application program meet the prompt condition without immediately determining whether all the unread messages received by the target application program meet the prompt condition every time the unread messages received by the target application program reach M pieces. It can be understood that this way can reduce the number of times of determination of the electronic device and reduce the power consumption of the electronic device, compared with the first way.

And S102, under the condition that the unread message received by the target application program meets the prompt condition, the electronic equipment outputs prompt information.

Wherein, the prompt condition may include at least one of the following: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is larger than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is larger than or equal to the preset time length. N is an integer greater than 1.

Optionally, the prompt condition may further include: the unread messages received by the target application are messages of a preset type. Wherein the preset type may include at least one of: short message messages, push messages, consumption messages, chat messages, mail messages, or other types of messages.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned "unread message received by the target application" includes not only the target unread message, but also an unread message received before the target unread message is received. For example, a scraping queue may be provided in the electronic device, and each time an unread message is newly received by the electronic device, an unread message may be added to the scraping queue. Assuming that the target unread message is the ith unread message, the scraping queue may store … … the ith unread message, a second unread message, and a third unread message in sequence. Wherein i is a positive integer.

Optionally, the manner of outputting the prompt information by the electronic device may include: ringing, vibrating, displaying preset content in a screen, flashing a mobile phone light at preset time intervals, and the like. Reference may be made to related descriptions for prompting an unread message in the existing manner, and embodiments of the present invention are not specifically limited.

Optionally, the step S102 may be specifically implemented by (1) or (2) below:

(1) and in the case that the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, the electronic equipment outputs prompt information.

(2) And under the condition that the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is less than N and the time interval between the first unread message and the target unread message received by the target application program is greater than or equal to the preset time length, the electronic equipment outputs prompt information.

In the embodiment of the invention, after the electronic device receives the target unread message through the target application program in the scraping mode, the electronic device is subjected to the following two layers of judgment to determine whether the prompt message needs to be output.

The electronic equipment judges whether the number of the unread messages received by the target application program reaches N, and can output prompt information under the condition that the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N; and in the case that the number of unread messages received by the target application does not reach N, the electronic device may perform a second layer determination to determine whether a message prompt needs to be issued.

And on the second layer, the electronic equipment judges whether the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length. Under the condition that the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to the preset time length, the unread message received earliest by the target application program exceeds the scraping timeout time from the current time, so that the electronic equipment can output prompt information; and under the condition that the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is less than the preset time length, the unread message received earliest by the target application program does not exceed the scraping timeout time from the current time, so that the electronic equipment does not need to output prompt information.

Optionally, the electronic device may start a timer after the electronic device is in the scraping mode and a first unread message is received by the target application. Therefore, after the electronic device enters the second layer for judgment, the electronic device can acquire the time interval between the first unread message and the target unread message received by the target application program according to the timing time; then, the electronic device may determine whether the time interval is greater than or equal to a preset time length to determine whether to output the prompt message.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the unread messages received by the target application may only include one type of messages, for example, only include chat messages; the unread messages received by the target application may also include various types of messages, including short messages, consumption information, and chat messages, for example. The determination may be preset according to a user, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

On one hand, because the electronic device does not prompt the user immediately after receiving the new message, but outputs the prompt message only when the number of unread messages received by the target application program preset by the user is greater than or equal to N and/or the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program preset by the user and the target unread message is greater than or equal to the preset time length, the user knows that the unread message exists, and therefore even if the electronic device receives a large number of new messages in a short time, the electronic device does not frequently prompt the user to cause interference. Therefore, the embodiment of the invention can enable the user to know that the unread message exists while not interfering the user. On the other hand, the electronic equipment does not frequently prompt the user, so that the energy consumption of the electronic equipment can be reduced, and the endurance time of the electronic equipment is prolonged. On the other hand, if the user is watching audio and video, video call, playing games and the like when receiving the new message, the playing experience or the operation experience of the user can be improved by reducing the number of times of reminding the user.

Optionally, since the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include the first mode and the second mode, namely, the scraping mode and the non-scraping mode, after the electronic device receives the target unread message through the target application, the electronic device may determine which state the electronic device is in first, and then determine the prompting method for the unread message.

For example, referring to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 4, after the above S101 and before the above S102, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S103 and S104; after S104, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S105; after S103, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include S106 described below.

S103, judging whether the electronic equipment is in the first mode or the second mode.

The first mode may be a mode of temporarily not prompting the received unread message; the second mode may be a mode in which an immediate prompt is given to a received unread message. For the specific description of the first mode and the second mode, reference may be made to the related description in the foregoing embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the target unread message through the target application, the electronic device may determine whether the electronic device is in the first mode or the second mode. If the electronic device is in the first mode, the electronic device may perform S104 described below; and if the electronic device is in the second mode, the electronic device may perform S106 described below.

And S104, under the condition that the electronic equipment is in the first mode, judging whether the unread messages received by the target application program meet prompt conditions.

In the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the electronic equipment is in the first mode, the electronic equipment can judge whether the unread message received by the target application program meets the prompt condition. If the unread message received through the target application satisfies the prompt condition, the electronic device may perform S102 described below; and if the unread message received through the target application does not satisfy the prompt condition, the electronic device may perform S105 described below.

For the specific description of the prompting condition, reference may be made to the related description in the foregoing embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

S105, under the condition that the unread messages received through the target application program do not meet the prompt conditions, if a second input of a second unread message received through the target application program is received, responding to the second input, displaying the second unread message, switching from the first mode to the second mode, and clearing the number of the unread messages received through the target application program.

The second input may be an input of a user viewing an unread message received through the target application.

Optionally, the second unread message may be any unread message received by the target application. The second unread message and the target application program may be the same application program or different application programs, and may be determined according to the actual use requirement of the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

For example, the unread messages received by the electronic device through the target application include unread message 1, unread message 2, unread message 3, and unread message 4. And if the unread messages do not meet the prompt condition, the electronic equipment does not need to input prompt information. If the user is actively viewing some of these unread messages, such as unread message 1, the electronic device may display the details of unread message 1, switch the electronic device from the first mode to the second mode, and clear the number of unread messages received by the target application, i.e., empty the scratch queue.

It will be appreciated that the user may be deemed not busy after the user has viewed any one of the unread messages received by the target application, and thus the electronic device may be switched from the save mode to the non-save mode, so that the user may be prompted more promptly for an unread message after the electronic device receives a new message.

And S106, under the condition that the electronic equipment is in the second mode, prompting the target unread message.

Optionally, the manner in which the electronic device prompts the target unread message may include: ringing, vibrating, displaying preset content in a screen, flashing a mobile phone light at preset time intervals, and the like. Reference may be made to related descriptions for prompting an unread message in the existing manner, and embodiments of the present invention are not specifically limited.

It will be appreciated that when the electronic device is in the non-scraping mode, the electronic device may immediately alert the user by ringing or vibrating whenever the electronic device receives a new message, thereby making it more timely for the user to know that there is an unread message.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 4, after the step S102, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following step S107 or S108.

S107, under the condition that no input of the unread messages received by the target application program is received, keeping in the first mode, and clearing the number of the unread messages received by the target application program.

After the electronic device is in the scraping mode and the prompt is output, the electronic device may start a timer. If the electronic device does not receive input for any unread messages received by the target application within a preset time, the user may be considered busy and therefore may continue to remain in the scraping mode and clear the number of unread messages received by the target application, thereby avoiding annoying the user.

And S108, under the condition that a first input of a first unread message received by the target application program is received, responding to the first input, displaying the first unread message, switching from the first mode to the second mode, and clearing the number of the unread messages received by the target application program.

Wherein the first input may be an input by the user to view the first unread message.

Optionally, the first unread message may be any unread message received by the target application. The first unread message and the target application may be the same application or different applications, and may be determined according to the actual use requirement of the user, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

After the electronic device is in the scraping mode and the prompt is output, the electronic device may start a timer. If the electronic device receives a first input of a first unread message received by the target application for a preset time, the user may be deemed not busy and thus the scraping mode may be switched to the non-scraping mode. Therefore, when the electronic equipment receives a new message, the electronic equipment can prompt the user immediately in a ringing or vibrating mode, so that the user can know that the unread message exists in time.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 4, after the step S106, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the step S109 described below.

And S109, under the condition that the input of the target unread message by the user is not received within the preset time, switching from the second mode to the first mode.

In the case where the electronic device is in the non-scraping mode, the electronic device may prompt for a target unread message and start a timer. If the input of the target unread message by the user is received within the preset time, the user can be considered not to be busy, so that the non-scraping mode can be maintained, and the unread message can be prompted to the user in time after the electronic device receives a new message. However, when the preset time is reached, if the input of the target unread message by the user is not received, the user is considered to be busy, the electronic device can be switched from the non-scraping mode to the scraping mode, so that the electronic device does not prompt the user in the case that the unread message received by the target application program does not meet the prompt condition, and the user is prevented from being disturbed.

Optionally, before receiving the target unread message through the target application, the user may set parameters of the message scraping, that is, set a preset condition corresponding to the first mode. For example, before the foregoing S101, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S110 and S111.

And S110, the electronic equipment receives a third input of the scraping parameters set by the user.

And S111, the electronic device responds to the third input, and various scraping parameters are stored in the electronic device.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the scraping parameter is a parameter corresponding to a scraping mode, and may be used for the electronic device to determine whether an unread message received by the target application satisfies a preset condition.

Optionally, the scraping parameters may include at least one of:

(a) and the application program for accumulating the messages, namely the target application program.

Because the unread message is received through the application program in the electronic device, the electronic device can determine whether the application program receiving the unread message is a target application program preset by the user in the electronic device while the electronic device receives the unread message. If the application program receiving the unread message is the target application program and other prompt conditions exist, the electronic device can judge whether the other prompt conditions are met.

(b) The maximum number of messages N is accumulated.

Take the example where the scraping parameters include the application of the scraping message and the maximum number of scraping messages, N. A scraping queue may be provided in the electronic device. When the electronic device is in the scraping mode, if the electronic device receives a first unread message through the target application, the electronic device may start a timer and record the value as 1. Whenever the electronic device newly receives an unread message, the electronic device may add an unread message to the scratch up queue and repeat the steps with a numeric accumulation of 1 … …. when the number of scratch up messages in the scratch up queue reaches the maximum number of N, the electronic device may output a prompt if the user has not yet viewed the unread message received by the target application.

(c) The maximum time for accumulating the message, i.e. the preset time duration.

Take the example of the scraping parameters including the application of the scraping message and the maximum time to scrap the message. When the electronic device is in the scraping mode, the electronic device may start a timer if the electronic device receives a first unread message via the target application. When the timing time reaches the preset time, if the user still does not check the unread message received by the target application program, the electronic equipment can output prompt information.

The scraping parameters include an application of the scraping message, a maximum number of scraping messages N, and a maximum time for scraping messages. A scraping queue may be provided in the electronic device. When the electronic device is in the scraping mode, if the electronic device receives a first unread message through the target application, the electronic device may start a timer and record the value as 1. Whenever the electronic device newly receives an unread message, the electronic device may add an unread message to the scraping queue and repeat the steps with the numerical value accumulated to 1 … …, and in the case that the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application and the newly received unread message (i.e., the target unread message) is greater than or equal to the preset time length and the number of scraped messages in the scraping queue reaches the maximum number of scraped messages N, if the user still does not view the unread message received by the target application, the electronic device may output a prompt message.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 5 (a), wireless and network options, account options, application options, notification options, storage options, device connection options, smart assistance options, system selections, and the like may be included in the setting interface of the electronic device. If the user clicks on the notification option as shown in (a) of FIG. 5, the electronic device may toggle to display as a scraping parameter setting interface as shown in (b) of FIG. 5. In the scraping parameter setting interface, the user may set the maximum number N of scraping messages, for example, the user may set the scraping entries to 10; the user may also set the maximum time for the scraping message, e.g., the user may set the maximum length of time to 30 seconds; the user may also set the application for scraping messages, for example the user may set APP1, APP2, and APP3 as the target application. After the user completes the settings, the user may click on the storage control so that the electronic device may store the various scraping parameters in the electronic device.

It should be noted that, the application program of the scraped message, the maximum number N of scraped messages, and the maximum time of scraped messages are not particularly limited, and the user may set the application program according to actual use requirements.

According to the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the user presets various parameters of message scraping, so that the electronic equipment judges whether the prompting condition is met or not after receiving the target unread message sent by the target application program, and further judges whether the message prompting is carried out on the user or not.

Optionally, the user may trigger the electronic device to initiate the message scraping mode, i.e., trigger the electronic device to be in the first mode, before receiving the targeted unread message through the targeted application. For example, before the foregoing S101, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S112 and S113.

And S112, the electronic equipment receives a fourth input of the user.

S113, the electronic equipment responds to the fourth input and starts the first mode.

A first possible scenario is that the user may trigger the electronic device to start the first mode in advance.

Optionally, the interface of the setting application of the electronic device may include a preset option, where the preset option may be used to start the message scraping mode, and the user may trigger the electronic device to start the message scraping mode, i.e., the first mode, through an input to the preset option. Alternatively, the user may quickly initiate the message scraping mode, i.e., wake up the scraping function, via a voice assistant in the electronic device.

A second possible scenario is that the user may temporarily initiate the first mode at the message prompt interface.

Optionally, the message prompt interface may be a notification bar or other possible interfaces.

Optionally, the user may set a maximum length of time for the scraping mode before triggering the electronic device to initiate the first mode.

For example, as shown in fig. 6 (a), after the electronic device receives a new message, the electronic device may display a notification bar in the current interface, where the notification bar may include an unread message received through an e-book application, an unread message received through a short message, an unread message received through a server, an unread message received through a video application, and the like, and the notification bar further includes a "scraping" control. After the user clicks the "scraping" control, the electronic device may display a floating window superimposed on the notification bar, as shown in fig. 6 (b). The floating window may include a plurality of time options, such as "10 minutes", "30 minutes", and "always", each of which may be used to set an on duration of the message scraping mode. For example, assuming that the user selects the time option of "30 minutes", after initiating the first mode, the electronic device may output a prompt if the unread message received by the target application satisfies the prompt condition within 30 minutes; and after 30 minutes, the electronic device can automatically turn off the first mode, namely, the electronic device is switched from the first mode to the second mode. For example, assuming that the user selects the "always" time option, after the first mode is started, the electronic device may determine whether the unread message received by the target application satisfies the prompt condition without being limited by time. After the user completes the time setting, the user may click on the "ok" control as shown in (b) of fig. 6, so that the electronic device may store the parameters set by the user and determine whether the user needs to be prompted according to the set parameters.

According to the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the user can trigger the electronic equipment to start the message scraping mode, so that the electronic equipment does not prompt the user immediately after receiving the new message, but only outputs the prompt message under the condition that the communication prompt condition is met, so that the user knows that the unread message exists, and therefore, even if the electronic equipment receives a large amount of new messages in a short time, the electronic equipment does not frequently prompt the user to cause interference.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the message prompting method shown in each of the above figures is exemplarily described by referring to one of the figures in the embodiment of the present invention as an example. In specific implementation, the message prompting method shown in each of the above figures may also be implemented in combination with any other figure that may be combined, which is illustrated in the above embodiments, and is not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 7, an embodiment of the invention provides an electronic device 700. The electronic device may comprise a transmission module 701 and a processing module 702. The transmission module 701 may be configured to receive the target unread message through a target application, where the target application may be at least one application preset in the electronic device by a user. The processing module 702 may be configured to output the prompt information when the unread message received by the transmission module 701 through the target application satisfies the prompt condition. The prompting condition may include at least one of: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length. Wherein N is an integer greater than 1.

Optionally, the processing module 702 may be specifically configured to output a prompt message when the number of unread messages received by the target application is greater than or equal to N; or outputting the prompt information under the condition that the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is less than N and the time interval between the first unread message and the target unread message received by the target application program is greater than or equal to the preset time length.

Optionally, the processing module 702 may be specifically configured to output the prompt information when the electronic device is in the first mode and the unread message received by the target application satisfies the prompt condition. The first mode may be a mode in which a received unread message is not prompted for.

Optionally, the processing module 702 may be further configured to, after the prompt information is output, keep in the first mode and clear the number of the unread messages received by the target application program when no input of the unread messages received by the target application program is received; or, in the case of receiving a first input of a first unread message received by the target application, in response to the first input, displaying the first unread message, switching from the first mode to the second mode, and clearing the number of unread messages received by the target application. Wherein the second mode may be a mode in which an immediate prompt for a received unread message is provided.

Optionally, the processing module 702 may be further configured to prompt the target unread message when the electronic device is in the second mode after the transmission module 701 receives the target unread message through the target application program; and under the condition that the input of the target unread message by the user is not received within the preset time, switching from the second mode to the first mode. Wherein the second mode may be a mode in which an immediate prompt for a received unread message is provided.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 8 in conjunction with fig. 7. The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include a display module 703. The processing module 702 may be further configured to, after receiving the target unread message through the target application, if the electronic device is in the first mode and the unread message received by the target application does not satisfy the prompt condition, receive a second input of a second unread message received by the target application, in response to the second input, control the display module 703 to display the second unread message, switch from the first mode to the second mode, and clear the number of the unread messages received by the target application. The first mode may be a mode in which the received unread message is temporarily not prompted, and the second mode may be a mode in which the received unread message is prompted immediately.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the electronic device in the above method embodiments, and is not described herein again to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the invention provides electronic equipment, which does not prompt a user immediately after receiving a new message, but outputs prompt information only when the number of unread messages received by a target application program preset by the user is greater than or equal to N and/or the time interval between a first unread message received by the target application program preset by the user and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length, so that the user knows that the unread message exists, and even if the electronic equipment receives a large number of new messages in a short time, the electronic equipment does not frequently prompt the user to cause interference. Therefore, the electronic equipment provided by the embodiment of the invention can enable the user to know that the unread message exists while not interfering the user.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 9, the electronic device 200 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 201, network module 202, audio output unit 203, input unit 204, sensor 205, display unit 206, user input unit 207, interface unit 208, memory 209, processor 210, and power supply 211. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device configuration shown in fig. 9 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and that the electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The processor 210 may be configured to control the radio frequency unit 201 to receive the target unread message through a target application, where the target application may be at least one application preset in the electronic device by a user.

The processor 210 may be further configured to output a prompt message in case that the unread message received by the target application satisfies the prompt condition. The prompting condition may include at least one of: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length. N is an integer greater than 1.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 201 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission and reception process or a call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to the processor 210; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general, radio frequency unit 201 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 201 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The electronic device provides wireless broadband internet access to the user via the network module 202, such as assisting the user in sending and receiving e-mails, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

The audio output unit 203 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 201 or the network module 202 or stored in the memory 209 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 203 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the electronic apparatus 200 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 203 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 204 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit 204 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 2041 and a microphone 2042, and the graphics processor 2041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 206. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 2041 may be stored in the memory 209 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 201 or the network module 202. The microphone 2042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 201 in case of a phone call mode.

The electronic device 200 also includes at least one sensor 205, such as light sensors, motion sensors, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 2061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 2061 and/or the backlight when the electronic device 200 is moved to the ear. As one type of motion sensor, an accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of an electronic device (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); the sensors 205 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 206 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 206 may include a display panel 2061, and the display panel 2061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 207 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the electronic device. Specifically, the user input unit 207 includes a touch panel 2071 and other input devices 2072. Touch panel 2071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 2071 (e.g., user operation on or near the touch panel 2071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 2071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 210, and receives and executes commands sent by the processor 210. In addition, the touch panel 2071 may be implemented by using various types such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. The user input unit 207 may include other input devices 2072 in addition to the touch panel 2071. In particular, the other input devices 2072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not further described herein.

Further, a touch panel 2071 may be overlaid on the display panel 2061, and when the touch panel 2071 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 2071, the touch panel is transmitted to the processor 210 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 210 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 2061 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 2071 and the display panel 2061 are shown as two separate components in fig. 9 to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 2071 and the display panel 2061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, and are not limited herein.

The interface unit 208 is an interface for connecting an external device to the electronic apparatus 200. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 208 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the electronic apparatus 200 or may be used to transmit data between the electronic apparatus 200 and the external device.

The memory 209 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 209 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 209 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 210 is a control center of the electronic device, connects various parts of the entire electronic device using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the electronic device and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 209 and calling data stored in the memory 209, thereby performing overall monitoring of the electronic device. Processor 210 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 210 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, and the like, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 210.

The electronic device 200 may further include a power source 211 (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and optionally, the power source 211 may be logically connected to the processor 210 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

In addition, the electronic device 200 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and thus are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, which includes a processor 210 as shown in fig. 9, a memory 209, and a computer program that is stored in the memory 209 and is executable on the processor 210, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 210, the processes of the foregoing method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements the processes of the method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated here. Examples of the computer-readable storage medium include a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk and an optical disk.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling an electronic device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method described in the embodiments of the present invention.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A message prompting method is applied to electronic equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a target unread message through a target application program, wherein the target application program is at least one application program preset in the electronic equipment by a user;

outputting prompt information under the condition that the unread messages received by the target application program meet prompt conditions, wherein the prompt conditions comprise at least one of the following items: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length;

wherein N is an integer greater than 1;

after receiving the target unread message by the target application, the method further includes:

under the condition that the electronic equipment is in a first mode and unread messages received by the target application program do not meet prompt conditions, if second input of second unread messages received by the target application program is received, responding to the second input, displaying the second unread messages, switching from the first mode to a second mode, and clearing the number of the unread messages received by the target application program;

the first mode is a mode of temporarily not prompting the received unread messages, and the second mode is a mode of immediately prompting the received unread messages.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein outputting prompt information in case that the unread message received by the target application satisfies a prompt condition comprises:

outputting the prompt information under the condition that the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and outputting the prompt message under the condition that the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is less than N and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to the preset time length.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein in the case that the unread message received by the target application satisfies a prompt condition, outputting prompt information comprises:

and outputting the prompt information under the condition that the electronic equipment is in a first mode and the unread messages received by the target application program meet the prompt condition, wherein the first mode is a mode of temporarily not prompting the received unread messages.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein after outputting the prompt message, the method further comprises:

maintaining in the first mode and zeroing the number of unread messages received by the target application program without receiving any input for unread messages received by the target application program;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

under the condition that a first input of a first unread message received by the target application program is received, responding to the first input, displaying the first unread message, switching from a first mode to a second mode, and clearing the number of the unread messages received by the target application program;

and the second mode is a mode for immediately prompting the received unread message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein after receiving the target unread message by the target application, the method further comprises:

prompting the target unread message under the condition that the electronic equipment is in a second mode;

under the condition that the input of the target unread message by the user is not received within the preset time, switching the second mode to the first mode;

6. An electronic device, comprising a transmission module and a processing module;

the transmission module is used for receiving a target unread message through a target application program, wherein the target application program is at least one application program preset in the electronic equipment by a user;

the processing module is configured to output a prompt message when the unread message received by the transmission module through the target application satisfies a prompt condition, where the prompt condition includes at least one of: the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is greater than or equal to N, and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to a preset time length;

wherein N is an integer greater than 1;

the electronic equipment further comprises a display module;

the processing module is further configured to, after the target unread message is received by the target application, control the display module to display a second unread message received by the target application, switch from the first mode to the second mode, and clear the number of the unread messages received by the target application if a second input to the second unread message received by the target application is received under the condition that the electronic device is in the first mode and the unread message received by the target application does not satisfy the prompt condition;

7. The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to output the prompt message when the number of unread messages received by the target application is greater than or equal to N; or, outputting the prompt information when the number of the unread messages received by the target application program is less than N and the time interval between the first unread message received by the target application program and the target unread message is greater than or equal to the preset time length.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the processing module is specifically configured to output the prompt information when the electronic device is in the first mode and an unread message received by the target application satisfies the prompt condition;

the first mode is a mode of temporarily not prompting the received unread message.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processing module is further configured to remain in the first mode and clear the number of unread messages received by the target application after the prompt message is output without receiving any input for the unread messages received by the target application; or, in the case of receiving a first input of a first unread message received by the target application, responding to the first input, displaying the first unread message, switching from a first mode to a second mode, and clearing the number of the unread messages received by the target application;

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the processing module is further configured to prompt the target unread message if the electronic device is in the second mode after the transmission module receives the target unread message through the target application; under the condition that the input of the target unread message by the user is not received within the preset time, switching the second mode to the first mode;