CN112169319A

CN112169319A - Application program starting method, device, equipment and storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN112169319A
Application number: CN202011011824.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张云
Original assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-23
Filing date: 2020-09-23
Publication date: 2021-01-05
Anticipated expiration: 2040-09-23
Also published as: CN112169319B

Abstract

The application discloses a method, a device, equipment and a storage medium for starting and archiving an application program, and belongs to the technical field of cloud computing and cloud games. The method comprises the following steps: playing a game video corresponding to the cloud game application program; receiving a progress adjusting instruction aiming at the game video, wherein the progress adjusting instruction is used for adjusting the picture frame to which the game video is played; responding to a starting instruction aiming at the cloud game application program, starting and running the cloud game application program, and displaying a display interface of the cloud game application program; the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface of the cloud game application program after being started is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received. According to the method and the device, the user can accurately select the initial game progress of the cloud game application program. Moreover, the cloud game application program can be conveniently started in the playing process of the game video, and the effect of 'what you see is what you play' is achieved.

Description

Application program starting method, device, equipment and storage medium

Technical Field

The embodiment of the application relates to the technical field of computers and internet, in particular to a method, a device, equipment and a storage medium for starting an application program.

Background

Cloud gaming (Cloud gaming) is an online gaming technology based on Cloud computing technology, and has the advantage of light weight compared with a traditional game running mode. The cloud game gets rid of the dependence on hardware resources, and because the cloud game runs on the server, the user side does not need to have strong graphic operation and data processing capacity, and only needs to have basic streaming media playing capacity, input instruction acquisition capacity and data transmission capacity.

Just because cloud games have advantages that cannot be achieved by traditional game running modes, more and more cloud games are developed and oriented to users one after another. In the related technology, in the process of operating the cloud game by a certain user, a cloud game video is formed by recording the process of operating the cloud game by the user, the cloud game video is launched to a specific webpage or a specific client, and then the process of operating the cloud game by the user can be watched by clicking the cloud game video on a launching platform. However, in the process of watching the cloud game video, a user may have a demand for operating the cloud game, and at this time, the user needs to determine the cloud game corresponding to the cloud game video, then search for a launch platform corresponding to the cloud game, click the cloud game from the launch platform to load the cloud game, and then achieve the purpose of operating the cloud game.

In the related art, the starting process of the cloud game is complex and inefficient, and a user is likely to be unable to accurately judge the cloud game corresponding to the cloud game video, so that the related art cannot meet the requirement of the user for operating the cloud game.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a method, a device, equipment and a storage medium for starting and archiving an application program, and can be used for conveniently starting a cloud game application program. The technical scheme is as follows:

in one aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for starting an application program, where the method includes:

playing a game video corresponding to the cloud game application program;

receiving a progress adjusting instruction aiming at the game video, wherein the progress adjusting instruction is used for adjusting the picture frame to which the game video is played;

responding to a starting instruction aiming at the cloud game application program, starting and running the cloud game application program, and displaying a display interface of the cloud game application program;

the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface after the cloud game application program is started is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus for starting an application, where the apparatus includes:

the video playing module is used for playing a game video corresponding to the cloud game application program;

the progress adjusting module is used for receiving a progress adjusting instruction aiming at the game video, and the progress adjusting instruction is used for adjusting the picture frame to which the game video is played;

the program starting module is used for responding to a starting instruction aiming at the cloud game application program, starting and operating the cloud game application program and displaying a display interface of the cloud game application program;

In yet another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a terminal, where the terminal includes a processor and a memory, where the memory stores at least one instruction, at least one program, a code set, or an instruction set, and the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the code set, or the instruction set is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the starting method of the application program.

In yet another aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium, in which at least one instruction, at least one program, a set of codes, or a set of instructions is stored, and the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the set of codes, or the set of instructions is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the starting method of the application program.

In yet another aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product or a computer program, where the computer program product or the computer program includes computer instructions, and the computer instructions are stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The processor of the terminal reads the computer instructions from the computer-readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instructions, so that the terminal executes the starting method of the application program.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application can bring the following beneficial effects:

by receiving the progress adjusting instruction aiming at the game video in the process of playing the game video corresponding to the cloud game application program and responding to the progress adjusting instruction to adjust the picture frame to which the game video is played, the requirement of a user for adjusting the playing progress of the game video in the process of watching the game video is met, and the user can be ensured to select the interesting game picture content to watch by himself. In addition, in the process of playing the game video, the starting instruction for the cloud game application program is received, and the cloud game application program is started and operated in response to the starting instruction, so that the cloud game application program is conveniently started in the playing process of the game video, the starting process of the cloud game application program is simplified, and the starting efficiency of the cloud game application program is improved. In addition, in the embodiment of the application, the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface after the cloud game application is started is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received, so that on one hand, the deviation between the game progress of the cloud game application and the game progress displayed by the game video can be avoided, the cloud game application is ensured to be operated by the user from the game starting point selected by the user or from the game starting point interested by the user, and the effect of 'what you see is what you play' is achieved; on the other hand, the user adjusts the initial game progress of the cloud game application program after the cloud game application program is started by adjusting the playing progress of the game video, so that the user can accurately select the initial game progress of the cloud game application program

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a cloud game management system provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a start-up process of a cloud game application provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for starting an application according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a game video playing interface provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method for archiving applications according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a method for launching and archiving an application according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an apparatus for launching an application provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an application launch apparatus according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear, embodiments of the present application will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, description will be given of cloud computing and cloud games related to the embodiments of the present application.

1. Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing).

Cloud computing is a computing model that distributes computing tasks over a resource pool of large numbers of computers, enabling various application systems to obtain computing power, storage space, and information services as needed. The network that provides the resources is referred to as the "cloud". Resources in the "cloud" appear to the user to be infinitely expandable and to be available at any time, available on demand, expandable at any time, and pay per use.

As a basic capability provider of cloud computing, a cloud computing resource pool (called as "cloud platform" for short, and generally referred to as IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) platform) is established, and multiple types of virtual resources are deployed in the resource pool and are selectively used by external clients. The cloud computing resource pool mainly comprises: computing devices (which are virtualized machines, including operating systems), storage devices, and network devices.

According to the logic function division, a Platform as a Service (PaaS) layer can be deployed on the IaaS layer, a Software as a Service (SaaS) layer is deployed on the PaaS layer, and the SaaS layer can be directly deployed on the IaaS layer. PaaS is a platform on which software runs, such as databases, Web containers, etc. SaaS is a variety of business software, such as Web portal, sms group sender, etc. Generally speaking, SaaS and PaaS are upper layers relative to IaaS.

2. Cloud gaming (Cloud gaming).

Cloud games, which may also be referred to as game on demand (game), are an online game technology based on cloud computing technology. Cloud game technology enables light-end devices (thin clients) with relatively limited graphics processing and data computing capabilities to run high-quality games. In a cloud game scene, a game is not operated in a user game terminal but in a cloud server, and the cloud server renders the game scene into a video and audio stream which is transmitted to the user game terminal through a network. The user game terminal does not need to have strong graphic operation and data processing capacity, and only needs to have basic streaming media playing capacity and capacity of acquiring user input instructions and sending the instructions to the cloud server.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic diagram of a cloud game management system according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The cloud game management system includes: a first terminal 10, a second terminal 20, and a cloud game server 30.

The first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 may be electronic devices such as a mobile phone, a tablet Computer, a game console, an e-book reader, a multimedia playing device, a wearable device, a PC (Personal Computer), and the like. Optionally, the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 have a client 50 running a cloud game application (i.e., the cloud game) installed therein; alternatively, the client 50 running the cloud game application is not installed in the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20, and after receiving a start instruction for the cloud game application, data of the cloud game application is acquired from the cloud game server 30 to load the cloud game application. The attachment relationship of the cloud game Application program is not limited in the embodiment of the Application, and optionally, the cloud game Application program is an independent Application program and can be directly operated in an operating system without depending on other Application programs, for example, the cloud game Application program is an APP (Application, mobile phone software); alternatively, the cloud game application is a sub-application of the target application and needs to be executed by the target application, for example, the cloud game application is an applet.

When the cloud game application is a sub-application of the target application, the user can directly open the cloud game application by scanning a two-dimensional code corresponding to the cloud game application or searching the name of the cloud game application, and the cloud game application can be conveniently acquired and transmitted in the target application. The target application program is an application program used for bearing the cloud game application program, and provides an environment for realizing the cloud game application program. The target application is a native application that may run directly on the operating system. The specific type of the target application is not limited in the embodiment of the present application, and optionally, the target application may be a social application, a dedicated application specifically supporting a sub-application, a file management application, an email application, a game application, or the like. The Social application program includes an instant messaging application, an SNS (Social Network Service) application, or a live application.

The first terminal 10 refers to a terminal held by a user who records or edits a cloud game video. A user who records or edits the cloud game video may start the cloud game application through a client installed in the first terminal 10 and operate the cloud game application, and control the first terminal 10 to record a game screen of the cloud game application in an operation process of the cloud game application, so as to form the cloud game video. In addition, the first terminal 10 may also record data involved in the running of the cloud game application and form a cloud game archive. Thereafter, the first terminal 10 may transmit the cloud game video and game archive to the cloud game server 30 for storage or the like.

The second terminal 20 is a terminal held by a user who views the cloud game video. Optionally, the user may view the cloud game video in the cloud game application, may also view the cloud game video in other applications, such as a live application, a social application, a video application, and the like, and may also view the cloud game video in a web page, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application. In addition, the second terminal 20 may also receive a game screen rendered from the cloud game server 30, and may then load the game screen according to the game screen, and may receive an operation instruction input by a user.

In one example, the first terminal 10 may also be used to play a cloud game video, and the second terminal 20 may also be used to record or edit the cloud game video, that is, the first terminal 10 or the second terminal 20 may be used to both record or edit the cloud game video and play the cloud game video. Fig. 1 is only for convenience of description, and is to distinguish the first terminal 10 for recording or editing a cloud game video and the second terminal 20 for playing the cloud game video, which should be understood not to limit the technical solution of the present application.

The cloud game server 30 is configured to provide a background service for a client installed with a running cloud game application in the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20. For example, cloud gaming server 30 may be a backend server of the cloud gaming application described above. The cloud game server 30 may be one server, a server cluster composed of a plurality of servers, or a cloud computing service center. Optionally, the cloud game server 30 provides background services for cloud game applications in multiple terminals simultaneously.

Alternatively, the first terminal 10 and the cloud game server 30, and the second terminal 20 and the cloud game server 30 communicate with each other through the network 40. The network may be a wired network or a wireless network, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present application. In one example, the first terminal 10 transmits a recorded cloud game video and/or recorded cloud game data and the like during the operation of the cloud game application to the cloud game server 30; the cloud game server 30 renders a game screen of the cloud game according to the cloud game data, and transmits the rendered game screen to the second terminal 20; the second terminal 20 starts a cloud game application, loads a rendered game screen, and receives an operation of a user or the like.

As can be seen from the above description, in the process of watching the cloud game video, a user is likely to have a demand for operating the cloud game application program, and in the related art, the user needs to determine the cloud game application program corresponding to the cloud game video, then search for a launch platform corresponding to the cloud game application program, click the cloud game application program from the launch platform to load the cloud game application program, and then achieve the purpose of operating the cloud game application program. However, in the related art, the starting process of the cloud game application is complex and inefficient, and the user may not be able to accurately determine the cloud game application corresponding to the cloud game video, and the related art may not meet the requirement of the user for operating the cloud game application. In order to simplify the starting process of the cloud game application program and ensure that the requirement of a user for operating the cloud game application program is met, the following solutions are provided:

as shown in fig. 2, a playing interface 22 of the cloud game video is displayed in the second terminal, and the playing interface 22 of the cloud game video includes an option 24 of at least one game segment corresponding to the cloud game application. The user clicks the option 24 of any one game segment to trigger the second terminal to load the cloud game application program. Then, the user can start operating the cloud game application from the starting time of the game segment.

For the above scheme: when the user clicks the option 24 of the game segment, the second terminal is triggered to load the cloud game application program, and the initial display interface 26 after the cloud game application program is started is a game picture corresponding to the starting time of the game segment. However, when the user clicks the option 24 of the game segment, the cloud game video is not necessarily played to the game frame corresponding to the starting time of the game segment, and the display content of the playing interface 22 of the cloud game video is not necessarily corresponding to the game frame corresponding to the starting time of the game segment, that is, the display content of the initial display interface 26 and the display content of the playing interface 24 of the cloud game video may be in and out, which affects the operation experience of the user. Moreover, since the user clicks the option 24 of the game segment to directly enter the cloud game application program, but cannot preview the content of the game segment, so as to determine whether the user is interested in the content of the game segment before entering the cloud game application program, the user can only continuously "click the option of the game segment-enter the cloud game application program-exit the cloud game application program-click the option of the game segment" to circularly try to find the game segment which is interested in the user, and the time cost is high. In addition, since the starting entry of the cloud game application is merged with the option 24 of the game segment, the user has difficulty in recognizing that the option 24 of the game segment in the playing interface 22 of the cloud game video is the starting entry of the cloud game application. Further, the user can operate the cloud game application only from the start time of the game segment, and cannot freely select the start time of operating the cloud game application.

Based on this, the embodiment of the application provides a method for starting a cloud game application program, which can be used for conveniently starting the cloud game application program, accurately selecting a starting point for operating the cloud game application program, and in addition, ensuring that a playing interface of a cloud game video is matched with an initial display interface of the cloud game application program after the cloud game application program is started. In the following, the technical solution of the present application will be described with reference to several embodiments.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a method for starting an application according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The method can be applied to terminals, such as the first terminal 10 and the second terminal 20 in the cloud game management system shown in fig. 1. The method comprises the following steps (steps 310-330):

and step 310, playing the game video corresponding to the cloud game application program.

The game video corresponding to the cloud game application refers to a game video related to the cloud game application, for example, a game video recorded in a process that a user operates the cloud game application, a game video for introducing the cloud game application (for example, a game video for introducing an operation mode of the cloud game application (such as automatic running, jumping, and the like), a game video for introducing various operation controls (such as buttons, sliders, and the like) in the cloud game application, a game video for introducing a use method of a game operation (such as release skills and the like), a virtual article (such as a virtual missile, a virtual aircraft, and the like) and the like in the cloud game application, and a game video for introducing a figure of a virtual figure (such as dressing of the virtual figure and the like) and the like in the cloud game application).

The terminal can play a game video corresponding to the cloud game application program, the method for playing the game video by the terminal is not limited in the embodiment of the application, optionally, the terminal plays the game video in a webpage, for example, a user uploads the game video recorded in the process of operating the cloud game application program to a website, and then the terminal can play the game video in the webpage by opening the website; or, the terminal plays the game video in the cloud game application, for example, the cloud game application may provide a video playing function, and the user may view the game video in the cloud game application through the video playing function; alternatively, the terminal plays the game video in other applications that can provide video playing functions, such as a live application, a social application, a video application, and the like.

In order to meet the requirement of a user for controlling playing of a game video and the like in the process of watching the game video, in the embodiment of the application, an operation control and indication information, for example, one or more of an exit control, a start control, a pause control, an acceleration control, a zoom control, a progress adjustment control, start time and end time indication information, playing progress indication information and the like, may be displayed in a playing interface of the game video of the cloud game application. The display styles of the operation control and the indication information are not limited in the embodiment of the application, and optionally, the operation control comprises one or more of a button, a slider, a text box and the like; optionally, the indication information comprises one or more of text indication information, color indication information, shape indication information, and the like. Of course, the user may also trigger the terminal to execute the functions that can be achieved by the operation control in other ways, for example, trigger the terminal to start, pause, accelerate, exit, zoom a game video, and the like by gestures, voice, and the like.

Step 320, receiving a progress adjustment instruction for the game video, where the progress adjustment instruction is used to adjust a frame to which the game video is played.

In the process of watching the game video, the user may not be interested in the game picture content displayed by the current picture frame of the game video, and the like, so that a requirement for skipping the current picture frame of the game video may be generated. Under the condition that the user adjusts the picture frame to which the game video is played, the terminal can receive a progress adjustment instruction aiming at the game video, further adjust the current picture frame of the game video to the picture frame after the user adjusts, and continue playing the game video from the picture frame after the user adjusts.

Optionally, a playing interface of the game video includes a progress adjustment control, and a user touches the progress adjustment control to trigger the terminal to receive the progress adjustment instruction, for example, as shown in fig. 4, a playing interface 410 of the game video includes a progress adjustment control 420, and a user drags the progress adjustment control 420 to adjust a frame of the game video at will; or, the playing interface of the game video comprises an input field, and the user can input a timestamp corresponding to a picture frame of the game video which the user needs to adjust to in the input field, so that the terminal is triggered to receive a progress adjusting instruction for the game video; or, the user triggers the terminal to receive the progress adjustment instruction through operations such as voice, gesture, AI (Artificial Intelligence), and the like.

Step 330, responding to a starting instruction aiming at the cloud game application program, starting and operating the cloud game application program, and displaying a display interface of the cloud game application program; the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface of the cloud game application program after being started is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received.

In the process of playing the game video corresponding to the cloud game application, the terminal may receive a start instruction for the cloud game application. In the embodiment of the application, a manner of triggering the start instruction is not limited, optionally, a play interface of the game video includes a start control of the cloud game application, and a user touches the start control to trigger the terminal to receive the start instruction for the cloud game application, so that the terminal can start the cloud game application, for example, as shown in fig. 4, a play interface 410 of the game video includes a start control 430, and a user clicks the start control 430 to trigger the terminal to receive the start instruction for the cloud game application; or in the process of playing the game video, the user touches a playing interface of the game video to trigger the terminal to display a starting control of the cloud game application program, and the user touches the starting control to trigger the terminal to receive a starting instruction for the cloud game application program; or in the process of playing the game video, the user triggers the terminal to receive a starting instruction for the cloud game application program through operations such as voice, gesture and AI.

The terminal can start and run the cloud game application program and display a display interface of the cloud game application program under the condition that the terminal receives a starting instruction for the cloud game application program. In the embodiment of the application, the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface after the cloud game application program is started is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received. For example, as shown in fig. 4, the terminal receives the game screen content shown in the screen frame of the game video when the start instruction is received, such as the game screen content shown in the play area 440, and after the terminal starts the cloud game application, the game screen content shown in the initial display interface of the cloud game application is the same as the game screen content shown in the play area 440.

According to the method and the device, the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface of the cloud game application program is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the terminal receives the starting instruction, so that the deviation between the game progress of the cloud game application program and the game progress displayed on the game video can be avoided, the cloud game application program is operated from the game starting point selected by the user, and the effect of 'what you see is what you play' is achieved. For an explanation on how to start and run the cloud game application and how to display the initial display interface of the cloud game application after being started, please refer to the following embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

To sum up, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, in the process of playing the game video corresponding to the cloud game application program, the progress adjustment instruction for the game video is received, and the picture frame to which the game video is played is adjusted in response to the progress adjustment instruction, so that the requirement of a user for adjusting the playing progress of the game video in the process of watching the game video is met, and the user can be ensured to select the game picture content interested by the user for watching. In addition, in the process of playing the game video, the starting instruction for the cloud game application program is received, and the cloud game application program is started and operated in response to the starting instruction, so that the cloud game application program is conveniently started in the playing process of the game video, the starting process of the cloud game application program is simplified, and the starting efficiency of the cloud game application program is improved. In addition, in the embodiment of the application, the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface after the cloud game application is started is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received, so that on one hand, the deviation between the game progress of the cloud game application and the game progress displayed by the game video can be avoided, the cloud game application is ensured to be operated by the user from the game starting point selected by the user or from the game starting point interested by the user, and the effect of 'what you see is what you play' is achieved; on the other hand, the user adjusts the starting game progress after the cloud game application program is started by adjusting the playing progress of the game video, so that the user can accurately select the starting game progress of the cloud game application program.

According to the embodiment, the operation control and the indication information can be displayed in the playing interface of the game video. Next, description will be given of display of operation controls and instruction information in a game video playback interface.

In one example, after the step 310, the method further includes: acquiring a second time stamp; determining the operation state of a starting control contained in a playing interface of the game video at the second time stamp; and when the game video is played to the second timestamp, displaying the starting control according to the operation state.

The playing interface of the game video comprises a starting control, and a user triggers the terminal to receive a starting instruction aiming at the cloud game application program by touching the starting control. However, in some cases, the terminal may not be able to start running the cloud game application, for example, the number of users trying to play the cloud game application is too large currently, picture frames in some playing intervals of the game video have no associated cloud game archive, the current network condition of the terminal is too poor, and the like. In order to avoid the situation that the terminal does not respond to a starting instruction for the cloud game application program when the terminal cannot start running the cloud game application program and to prompt the user whether the terminal can start running the cloud game application program at the current moment when the user also touches the starting control, in the embodiment of the application, different operation states are set for the starting control, and the terminal displays the starting control according to the different operation states. Optionally, the operation state of the start control includes an operable state and an inoperable state, and when the start control is in the operable state, the user touches the start control to trigger the terminal to receive a start instruction for the cloud game application; when the starting control is in the inoperable state, the user touch starting control cannot trigger the terminal to receive a starting instruction for the cloud game application program, or the user touch starting control can trigger the terminal to receive the starting instruction for the cloud game application program, but the terminal does not respond to the starting instruction.

In order to ensure that the display of the starting control is matched with the operation state of the starting control, in the embodiment of the application, the terminal acquires the second timestamp, determines the operation state of the starting control when the second timestamp is reached, and then displays the starting control according to the determined operation state when the game video is played to the second timestamp. The second timestamp is a timestamp corresponding to a current picture frame of the game video or a picture frame after the current picture frame. In the playing process of the game video, on one hand, the terminal can determine the operation state of the starting control in real time, for example, when the game video is played to a certain picture frame, the terminal acquires the time stamp corresponding to the picture frame in real time, and then determines the operation state of the starting control when the time stamp is determined; on the other hand, the terminal may also determine the operation state of the start control in advance, for example, in the playing process of the game video, a timestamp corresponding to a frame after the current frame of the game video is obtained in advance, and the operation state of the start control at the timestamp is determined.

The number of the timestamps of the second timestamp is not limited in the embodiment of the application, optionally, the second timestamp is one timestamp, for example, when the terminal determines the operation state of the start control in real time, the second timestamp acquired by the terminal each time is the current timestamp of the game video; alternatively, the second timestamp may be a plurality of timestamps, for example, when the terminal determines the operation state of the start control in advance, the terminal may determine the operation state of the start control in advance when the timestamp corresponding to one or more screen frames after the current screen frame of the game video corresponds to the start control.

The operational state of the launch control may include an operable state and an inoperable state. Optionally, the determining an operation state of a start control included in the playing interface of the game video at the second timestamp includes: acquiring a time stamp interval corresponding to at least one archive segment in a cloud game archive associated with the game video; determining that the starting control is in an operable state under the condition that the time stamp interval corresponding to at least one archiving segment comprises a second time stamp; and under the condition that the time stamp intervals respectively corresponding to the at least one archiving segment do not comprise the second time stamp, determining that the starting control is in the inoperable state.

In the embodiment of the application, in order to realize quick start of the cloud game application program in the process of watching the game video, the game video corresponding to the cloud game application program is associated with the cloud game archive corresponding to the cloud game application program, so that a subsequent terminal can quickly acquire the cloud game archive. A cloud game archive is an archive for recording game data and timestamps involved in the user's operation of the cloud game application. In the embodiment of the present application, the cloud game archive includes at least one archive segment therein, that is, the cloud game archive is divided into at least one archive segment. Each archive segment comprises archive data of at least one game progress node, the archive data comprises a timestamp corresponding to the game progress node and game data, and the game data refers to data related to the cloud game application program in the game progress process, for example, the game data comprises one or more of operation data, path data of a virtual object controlled by a user, data of virtual resources (such as virtual dress, virtual articles and the like) owned by the virtual object controlled by the user, and the like.

In the embodiment of the application, the game video is associated with at least one archive segment in the cloud game archive, and two adjacent archive segments may not be continuous in the timestamp, that is, a part of playing interval of the game video may not have a corresponding archive segment, and for the timestamp in the part of playing interval, the terminal cannot acquire the game data corresponding to the timestamp, and thus cannot start to run the cloud game application program according to the game data. Based on this, the terminal may first determine the timestamp intervals corresponding to the at least one archiving segment, where the timestamp intervals of the archiving segments include timestamps in the archived data of the archiving segments, and then determine whether the timestamp intervals corresponding to the at least one archiving segment include second timestamps. Under the condition that the time stamp interval corresponding to each of the at least one archived segment includes the second time stamp, determining that the starting control is in an operable state, and at the moment, a user touches the starting control to trigger the terminal to receive a starting instruction; and under the condition that the time stamp intervals respectively corresponding to at least one archiving segment do not comprise the second time stamp, determining that the starting control is in an inoperable state, and at the moment, the user touches the starting control to not trigger the terminal to receive a starting instruction or the terminal does not respond to the starting instruction.

In one example, the playing interface of the game video comprises interval prompt information, and the interval prompt information is used for indicating the playing interval of the game video; the interval prompt information comprises state indication information, and the state indication information is used for indicating a playing interval capable of receiving a starting instruction in the playing interval of the game video.

In order to prompt a user terminal to receive a start instruction or respond to a timestamp of the start instruction in advance, and avoid that a user starts a control to be in an inoperable state after selecting the timestamp corresponding to a certain picture frame of a game video, in an embodiment of the present application, a play interface of the game video includes interval prompt information and state indication information, the interval prompt information is used for indicating a play interval of the game video, and the state indication information is used for indicating the play interval capable of receiving the start instruction in the play interval of the game video.

Optionally, the interval prompt information is displayed as a playing progress bar, and the playing progress bar is in a first display style; the status indication information is displayed in a second display style in the play progress bar. In the embodiment of the present application, the relationship between the first display style and the second display style is not limited, and optionally, the first display style and the second display style are different display colors, for example, the first display style is gray, and the second display style is blue; or the second display style is highlighted of the first display style; alternatively, the second display style is displayed in bold on the basis of the first display style, and the like.

Based on the section prompt information and the state indication information, the method further comprises the following steps: acquiring a time stamp interval corresponding to at least one archiving segment in a cloud game archive associated with the game video, wherein the time stamp interval of the archiving segment comprises a time stamp in archived data of the archiving segment; determining the display position of the state indication information in the interval prompt information according to the position of the timestamp interval corresponding to at least one archived fragment in the playing interval of the game video; and displaying the state indication information according to the display position. For an explanation on the cloud game archive, the archive segments, the time stamp intervals, and the like, please refer to the explanation of the above embodiments, which is not repeated herein. In the embodiment of the application, at least one archiving segment is associated with the game video, and the at least one archiving segment and the game video can be associated through the timestamp, so that the terminal can determine the position of the timestamp corresponding to the at least one archiving segment in the playing interval of the game video, and further determine the display position of the state indicating information in the interval prompt information according to the position. For example, if the time stamp interval of a certain archive section is 04:06 to 05:13, the terminal may determine that the display position of the status indication information in the interval prompt information is also 04:06 to 05:13, and display the status indication information between the time stamps in the interval prompt information of 04:06 to 05: 13.

To sum up, the technical scheme that this application embodiment provided sets up different operating condition through the start control for in the video broadcast interface of recreation to show the start control according to different operating condition, thereby avoid under the unable circumstances of starting operation cloud game application at the terminal, the user still goes touch-control start control and leads to appearing the terminal and does not respond the situation to the start instruction of cloud game application, and realize the purpose that whether suggestion user current moment terminal can start operation cloud game application, the demonstration pattern of start control has been enriched, human-computer interaction experience has been promoted. In addition, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the interval prompt information and the state indication information are displayed, the interval prompt information is used for indicating the playing interval of the game video, and the state indication information is used for indicating the playing interval capable of receiving the starting instruction in the playing interval of the game video, so that a timestamp that the user terminal can receive the starting instruction or can respond to the starting instruction can be prompted in advance, and the condition that the user starts the control to be in an inoperable state after selecting the timestamp corresponding to a certain frame of the game video is avoided.

Next, description will be given of an initial display interface for the terminal to start and run the cloud game application and display the cloud game application.

In one example, the step 330 includes the following steps:

at step 332, a first timestamp is determined.

The first time stamp is a time stamp corresponding to a frame of the game video when the start instruction is received. The terminal may determine the first timestamp upon determining that the start-up instruction is received. It should be noted that, because a certain processing duration is required for the terminal to determine whether the start instruction is received, when the user inputs a trigger operation to trigger the terminal to determine whether the start instruction of the cloud game application is received, a certain time delay may exist between a timestamp (a third timestamp) corresponding to a picture frame of the game video and a timestamp (a first timestamp) corresponding to a picture frame of the game video when the terminal determines that the start instruction is received, where the time delay is greater than or equal to the processing duration of the terminal. In the embodiment of the application, the terminal determines the timestamp corresponding to the picture frame of the game video when the start instruction is received, but in practical application, the processing duration of the terminal may be short and may be ignored, so that the timestamp corresponding to the picture frame of the game video when the start instruction is received may be considered to be the same as the timestamp corresponding to the picture frame of the game video when the user inputs a trigger operation to trigger the terminal to determine whether the start instruction is received.

And 334, starting to run the cloud game application program from the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp, and displaying a display interface of the cloud game application program.

The first time stamp is determined, namely the game progress of the cloud game application program after the cloud game application program is started is determined. And then, the user can operate the cloud game application program from the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp. That is, in the embodiment of the present application, for a game video corresponding to a cloud game application, a game progress node before a first timestamp is operated by a user a who records the game video, and a game progress node after the first timestamp is operated by a user B who watches the game video. Optionally, the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp may be operated by the user a or the user B, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Optionally, step 334 includes: acquiring a cloud game archive associated with the game video; determining a game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp; and displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application program according to the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp. Just because the cloud game archive comprises the time stamp and the game data corresponding to at least one game progress node, the terminal can acquire the game progress node corresponding to the first time stamp from the cloud game archive after determining the first time stamp. The archived data of the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp comprises the first timestamp. After the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp is obtained, the terminal can display an initial display interface of the cloud game application program according to the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp. For other descriptions of the cloud game archive, the archived data, the game data, etc., please refer to the above embodiments, which are not repeated herein.

Since a user recording a game video may edit the cloud game archive to obtain at least one archive segment after generating the cloud game archive, in this embodiment of the application, the cloud game archive associated with the game video may include at least one archive segment including archive data of at least one game progress node. Based on this, the above cloud game archive for acquiring game video association includes: acquiring time stamp intervals corresponding to at least one archiving segment respectively, wherein the time stamp intervals of the archiving segments comprise time stamps in archiving data of the archiving segments; determining an archiving segment of which the time stamp interval comprises a first time stamp as a first archiving segment, wherein the first archiving segment comprises the archiving data of the game progress node corresponding to the first time stamp, and the archiving data of the game progress node corresponding to the first time stamp comprises the first time stamp; a first archive segment is obtained. Just because the cloud game archive is divided into at least one archive segment, the terminal can directly acquire the archive segment of which the time stamp interval contains the first time stamp from the at least one archive segment, and does not need to acquire the archive data of all the archive segments, so that the processing overhead of the terminal is saved.

For example, as shown in fig. 5, cloud game application-corresponding game video 510 is associated with cloud game archive 520, where cloud game archive 520 is divided into at least one archive segment 530, where the at least one archive segment 530 is associated with game video 510. When the terminal receives the start instruction, the timestamp corresponding to the picture frame of the game video is 06:16, and the timestamp is located in the timestamp interval of the first archiving segment 530, the terminal can acquire the archived data of the first archiving segment. It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present application, the cloud game archive 520 may not be associated with the game video 510, that is, the game video 510 may be associated with at least one archive segment 530.

Optionally, the displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application according to the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp includes: acquiring game data corresponding to the first timestamp; loading a cloud game application program according to the game data corresponding to the first timestamp; and displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application program. In the embodiment of the application, the terminal loads the cloud game application program according to the game data corresponding to the timestamp corresponding to the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received and displays the initial display interface of the cloud game application program, so that the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface of the cloud game application program is ensured to be consistent with the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received.

To sum up, according to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the time stamp corresponding to the picture frame of the game video when the start instruction is received is determined, and the cloud game application program is started and operated from the game progress node corresponding to the time stamp, so that the game progress after the cloud game application program is started is the game progress viewed by the user when the user views the game video, and the technical effect of 'what you see is what you play' is achieved. In addition, in the embodiment of the application, the cloud game archive associated with the game video corresponding to the cloud game application program is obtained, and the game data of the game progress node is obtained from the cloud game archive, so that the cloud game application program is loaded according to the game data, and therefore sufficient technical support is provided for 'what you see is what you play'.

In the following, a technical solution of the present application will be described by taking an example in which a starting method of an application is applied to a client of a video playing application, and an archiving process of the application is applied to the client of a cloud game application. Referring to fig. 6, a schematic diagram of a method for starting and archiving an application according to an embodiment of the present application is shown.

As shown in fig. 6, in the process of operating the cloud game application by the user a, the client of the cloud game application records, on one hand, a game picture of the cloud game application in the game progress process to obtain a game video, and on the other hand, records game data to obtain a cloud game archive corresponding to the cloud game application. The game data refers to data involved in the progress of the game, and for example, the game data includes one or more of operation data, path data of a virtual object controlled by a user, data of a virtual resource (such as virtual makeup, virtual article, and the like) possessed by the virtual object controlled by the user, and the like.

After the game video and the cloud game archive are obtained respectively, the client of the cloud game application program associates the cloud game archive with the game video through the timestamp to obtain playing data corresponding to the cloud game application program. Through the playing data, the game video can be played, and the cloud game segment corresponding to the cloud game archive can be tried to be played. Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after obtaining the cloud game archive, the user a may also edit the cloud game archive to divide the cloud game archive into at least one archive segment. The client of the cloud game application program responds to the editing operation of the user A, intercepts the corresponding game data in the cloud game archive, and obtains at least one archive segment. And then, the client of the cloud game application program associates at least one archived segment with the game video through the timestamp to obtain the playing data corresponding to the cloud game application program. Fig. 6 is only an example in which the user a does not edit the cloud game archive, but this does not limit the present application.

As shown in fig. 6, the client of the video playing application obtains playing data from the client of the cloud game application under the operation of the user B, and plays the game video corresponding to the cloud game application. Optionally, the client of the cloud game application may upload the play data to the cloud game server, and then the cloud game server sends the play data to the server of the video play application, and then the server of the video play application sends the play data to the client of the video play application.

And a progress adjusting control is displayed in the playing interface of the game video, and in the process of playing the game video, the user B can adjust the playing progress of the game video through the progress adjusting control, namely adjust the frame of the game video. The game video playing interface further comprises a starting control, and in the game video playing process, the user B can click the starting control to trigger the client of the cloud game application program to receive a starting instruction for the cloud game application program.

As shown in fig. 6, after receiving the start instruction, the client of the video playing application starts to run the cloud game application. After the cloud game application program is loaded, an initial display interface of the cloud game application program is displayed, and the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received.

The following are embodiments of the apparatus of the present application that may be used to perform embodiments of the method of the present application. For details which are not disclosed in the embodiments of the apparatus of the present application, reference is made to the embodiments of the method of the present application.

Referring to fig. 7, a block diagram of an application startup device according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The device has the function of realizing the example of the starting method of the application program, and the function can be realized by hardware or by hardware executing corresponding software. The device may be a terminal or may be provided in a terminal. The apparatus 700 may include: a video playing module 710, a progress adjusting module 720 and a program starting module 730.

The video playing module 710 is configured to play a game video corresponding to the cloud game application.

The progress adjusting module 720 is configured to receive a progress adjusting instruction for the game video, where the progress adjusting instruction is used to adjust a frame to which the game video is played.

A program starting module 730, configured to start and run the cloud game application program in response to a starting instruction for the cloud game application program, and display a display interface of the cloud game application program; the game picture content displayed on the initial display interface after the cloud game application program is started is the same as the game picture content displayed on the picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received.

In one example, as shown in fig. 8, the program start module 730 includes:

a timestamp determination sub-module 732, configured to determine a first timestamp, where the first timestamp is a timestamp corresponding to a picture frame of the game video when the start instruction is received;

the program starting sub-module 734 is configured to start running the cloud game application from the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp, and display a display interface of the cloud game application.

In one example, the program promoter module 734 is configured to: acquiring a cloud game archive associated with the game video, wherein the cloud game archive comprises archive data of at least one game progress node, the archive data comprises a timestamp and game data corresponding to the game progress node, and the game data refers to data related to the cloud game application program in a game progress process; determining a game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp, wherein archived data of the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp comprises the first timestamp; and displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application program according to the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp.

In one example, the game video associated cloud game archive comprises at least one archive segment comprising archive data for at least one game progress node; the above-mentioned cloud game archive that obtains the video association of said game includes: acquiring time stamp intervals corresponding to the at least one archiving segment respectively, wherein the time stamp intervals of the archiving segments comprise time stamps in archiving data of the archiving segments; determining an archiving segment of the timestamp interval including the first timestamp as a first archiving segment, wherein the first archiving segment includes archived data of a game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp, and the archived data of the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp includes the first timestamp; and acquiring the first archiving segment.

In an example, the displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application according to the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp includes: acquiring game data corresponding to the first timestamp; loading the cloud game application program according to the game data corresponding to the first time stamp; and displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application program.

In one example, as shown in fig. 8, the apparatus 700 further comprises:

a timestamp obtaining module 740, configured to obtain a second timestamp, where the second timestamp is a timestamp corresponding to a current picture frame of the game video or a picture frame after the current picture frame;

a state determining module 750, configured to determine an operation state of a start control included in a playing interface of the game video at the second timestamp;

and the interface display module 760 is configured to display the start control according to the operation state when the game video is played to the second timestamp.

In one example, the operational state includes an operable state and a non-operable state; as shown in fig. 8, the status determining module 750 is configured to: acquiring a timestamp interval corresponding to at least one archiving segment in a cloud game archive associated with the game video, wherein the timestamp interval of the archiving segment comprises a timestamp in archived data of the archiving segment; determining that the starting control is in the operable state under the condition that the time stamp intervals respectively corresponding to the at least one archiving segment comprise the second time stamps; and under the condition that the time stamp intervals respectively corresponding to the at least one archiving segment do not comprise the second time stamp, determining that the starting control is in the inoperable state.

In one example, the playing interface of the game video comprises interval prompt information, and the interval prompt information is used for indicating the playing interval of the game video; the interval prompt information comprises state indication information, and the state indication information is used for indicating a playing interval capable of receiving the starting instruction in the playing interval of the game video.

In one example, as shown in fig. 8, the method further comprises: an interval obtaining module 770, configured to obtain timestamp intervals corresponding to at least one archive segment in a cloud game archive associated with the game video, where the timestamp intervals of the archive segments include timestamps in archive data of the archive segments; a position determining module 780, configured to determine, according to positions of timestamp intervals respectively corresponding to the at least one archived segment in a playing interval of the game video, display positions of the state indication information in the interval prompt information; and an information display module 790, configured to display the status indication information according to the display position.

It should be noted that, when the apparatus provided in the foregoing embodiment implements the functions thereof, only the division of the functional modules is illustrated, and in practical applications, the functions may be distributed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the apparatus may be divided into different functional modules to implement all or part of the functions described above. In addition, the apparatus and method embodiments provided by the above embodiments belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes thereof are described in the method embodiments for details, which are not described herein again.

Referring to fig. 9, a block diagram of a terminal 900 according to an embodiment of the present application is shown. The terminal 900 may be an electronic device such as a cell phone, a tablet, a multimedia player device, a television, a projector, a display, a wearable device, a PC, etc. The terminal may be configured to implement the method for starting an application program provided in the above-described embodiment. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

in general, terminal 900 includes: a processor 901 and a memory 902.

Processor 901 may include one or more processing cores, such as a 4-core processor, an 8-core processor, and so forth. The processor 901 may be implemented in at least one hardware form of a DSP (Digital Signal Processing), an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), and a PLA (Programmable Logic Array). The processor 901 may also include a main processor and a coprocessor, where the main processor is a processor for Processing data in an awake state, and is also called a Central Processing Unit (CPU); a coprocessor is a low power processor for processing data in a standby state. In some embodiments, the processor 901 may be integrated with a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), which is responsible for rendering and drawing the content required to be displayed on the display screen. In some embodiments, the processor 901 may further include an AI (Artificial Intelligence) processor for processing computing operations related to machine learning.

Memory 902 may include one or more computer-readable storage media, which may be non-transitory. The memory 902 may also include high-speed random access memory, as well as non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory storage devices. In some embodiments, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium in the memory 902 is used to store at least one instruction, at least one program, set of codes, or set of instructions configured to be executed by one or more processors to implement the launch method of the application described above.

In some embodiments, terminal 900 can also optionally include: a peripheral interface 903 and at least one peripheral. The processor 901, memory 902, and peripheral interface 903 may be connected by buses or signal lines. Various peripheral devices may be connected to the peripheral interface 903 via a bus, signal line, or circuit board. Specifically, the peripheral device includes: at least one of a radio frequency circuit 904, a display screen 905, a camera assembly 906, an audio circuit 907, a positioning assembly 908, and a power supply 909.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the configuration shown in fig. 9 does not constitute a limitation of terminal 900, and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or may combine certain components, or may employ a different arrangement of components.

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein at least one instruction, at least one program, a set of codes, or a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor of a terminal, implement the method for launching an application program as described above.

Optionally, the computer-readable storage medium may include: a Read Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Solid State Drive (SSD), or an optical disc. The Random Access Memory may include a resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) and a Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM).

In an exemplary embodiment, a computer program product or computer program is also provided, the computer program product or computer program comprising computer instructions stored in a computer readable storage medium. The processor of the terminal reads the computer instruction from the computer readable storage medium, and the processor executes the computer instruction, so that the terminal executes the starting method of the application program.

It should be understood that reference to "a plurality" herein means two or more. "and/or" describes the association relationship of the associated objects, meaning that there may be three relationships, e.g., a and/or B, which may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The character "/" generally indicates that the former and latter associated objects are in an "or" relationship. In addition, the step numbers described herein only exemplarily show one possible execution sequence among the steps, and in some other embodiments, the steps may also be executed out of the numbering sequence, for example, two steps with different numbers are executed simultaneously, or two steps with different numbers are executed in a reverse order to the order shown in the figure, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present application.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that are made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for starting an application, the method comprising:

playing a game video corresponding to the cloud game application program;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the initiating running the cloud gaming application and displaying a display interface of the cloud gaming application comprises:

determining a first time stamp, wherein the first time stamp is a time stamp corresponding to a picture frame of the game video when the starting instruction is received;

starting to operate the cloud game application program from the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp, and displaying a display interface of the cloud game application program.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein starting to run the cloud game application from the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp and displaying a display interface of the cloud game application comprises:

acquiring a cloud game archive associated with the game video, wherein the cloud game archive comprises archive data of at least one game progress node, the archive data comprises a timestamp and game data corresponding to the game progress node, and the game data refers to data related to the cloud game application program in a game progress process;

determining a game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp, wherein archived data of the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp comprises the first timestamp;

and displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application program according to the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the game video associated cloud game archive comprises at least one archive segment comprising archive data for at least one game progress node;

the obtaining of the cloud game archive associated with the game video comprises:

acquiring time stamp intervals corresponding to the at least one archiving segment respectively, wherein the time stamp intervals of the archiving segments comprise time stamps in archiving data of the archiving segments;

determining an archiving segment of the timestamp interval including the first timestamp as a first archiving segment, wherein the first archiving segment includes archived data of a game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp, and the archived data of the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp includes the first timestamp;

and acquiring the first archiving segment.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application according to the game progress node corresponding to the first timestamp comprises:

acquiring game data corresponding to the first timestamp;

loading the cloud game application program according to the game data corresponding to the first time stamp;

and displaying an initial display interface of the cloud game application program.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein after playing the game video corresponding to the cloud game application, further comprising:

acquiring a second timestamp, wherein the second timestamp is a timestamp corresponding to a current picture frame of the game video or a picture frame after the current picture frame;

determining the operation state of a starting control contained in the playing interface of the game video at the second time stamp;

and when the game video is played to the second timestamp, displaying the starting control according to the operation state.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the operational state comprises an operational state and an inoperable state;

the determining the operation state of the starting control contained in the playing interface of the game video at the second timestamp comprises:

acquiring a timestamp interval corresponding to at least one archiving segment in a cloud game archive associated with the game video, wherein the timestamp interval of the archiving segment comprises a timestamp in archived data of the archiving segment;

determining that the starting control is in the operable state under the condition that the time stamp intervals respectively corresponding to the at least one archiving segment comprise the second time stamps;

and under the condition that the time stamp intervals respectively corresponding to the at least one archiving segment do not comprise the second time stamp, determining that the starting control is in the inoperable state.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein an interval prompt message is included in the playing interface of the game video, and the interval prompt message is used for indicating a playing interval of the game video;

the interval prompt information comprises state indication information, and the state indication information is used for indicating a playing interval capable of receiving the starting instruction in the playing interval of the game video.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining the display position of the state indication information in the interval prompt information according to the position of the timestamp interval corresponding to the at least one archived segment in the playing interval of the game video;

and displaying the state indication information according to the display position.

10. An apparatus for starting an application, the apparatus comprising:

11. A terminal, characterized in that it comprises a processor and a memory in which at least one instruction, at least one program, set of codes or set of instructions is stored, which is loaded and executed by the processor to implement the method for launching an application program according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

12. A computer-readable storage medium, having stored therein at least one instruction, at least one program, a set of codes, or a set of instructions, which is loaded and executed by a processor to implement the method of launching an application program according to any one of claims 1 to 9.