CN112748972A

CN112748972A - Multitask interface management method and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112748972A
Application number: CN201911056392.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐小龙; 董程凤; 勾军委
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-31
Filing date: 2019-10-31
Publication date: 2021-05-04
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-31
Also published as: WO2021082739A1; CN112748972B

Abstract

The application provides a multitask interface management method and electronic equipment, relates to the technical field of terminals, can be used for an Artificial Intelligence (AI) terminal, can realize rapid switching of application programs, and simplifies user operation. The method comprises the following steps: a task area is arranged on a display interface of the electronic equipment; in response to a preset operation, the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more applications; wherein the one or more applications include an application currently running by the electronic device; the preset operation comprises the following steps: unlocking operation, switching to desktop operation or clicking a task area starting button; the electronic equipment displays icons of the one or more application programs in the task area according to the priority order of the one or more application programs and the preset rule.

Description

Multitask interface management method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of terminals, in particular to a multitask interface management method and electronic equipment.

Background

With the development of electronic technology, electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and vehicle-mounted terminals (also described as car machines) have increasingly powerful functions, and the number of applications installed in the electronic devices is increasing. Users need to frequently switch between different applications to use different services and functions provided by the different applications.

At present, a multitasking interface is arranged in an electronic device to realize switching among a plurality of application programs. The cards corresponding to a plurality of application programs (tasks) started by the electronic equipment are displayed in the multitask interface in an arrangement mode of stacking, stacking or side-by-side arrangement. And the card interface in the multi-task interface corresponds to the interface when the user exits the application program. And the user clicks the card on the multi-task interface, and the foreground runs the application program corresponding to the card. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 1, cards corresponding to a plurality of applications are arranged side by side on a display screen of the electronic device in a manner of side by side display and are distributed horizontally and evenly. Due to the limitation of the size of the display screen of the electronic device, only the card corresponding to one application program can be completely displayed in fig. 1, and only partial contents can be displayed on the cards corresponding to the other application programs. Therefore, when the number of applications that have been started and run is too large, the user can only search for the application that is desired to be started by sliding left and right on the display screen, which is time-consuming and affects the user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a multitask interface management method and electronic equipment, which can realize rapid application program switching, simplify user operation and improve user experience.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme is as follows:

in a first aspect, the present application provides a multitask interface management method, which is applied to an electronic device, where a display interface of the electronic device is provided with a task area, and the method includes: in response to a preset operation, the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more applications; wherein the one or more applications include an application currently running by the electronic device; the preset operation comprises the following steps: unlocking operation, switching to desktop operation or clicking a task area starting button; the electronic equipment displays icons of the one or more application programs in the task area according to the priority order of the one or more application programs and the preset rule.

In this way, if the electronic device is running one or more applications and the unlocking operation of the user is detected, the priority order of the applications can be judged according to the predicted possibility that the user starts the running applications, and the icons of the one or more applications are displayed in the task area according to the priority order. Furthermore, the user can quickly lock the application program to be started in the task area, and can directly drive the electronic device to execute corresponding actions through the operation of the icon displayed in the task area, such as starting the corresponding application program.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more, including: the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more applications based on application data, the application data including one or more of: the starting time of the application program, the starting place of the application program, the starting frequency of the application program and the use duration of the application program.

In this way, the electronic device obtains the possibility of the user starting one or more applications based on the application data, and arranges and displays the application icons in the task area according to the possibility, i.e., the priority order. The application program data comprises user use data related to the user, and the application programs recommended according to the use habits of the user can better meet the requirements of the user.

Illustratively, the user will pay to buy breakfast 8 am each day using a pay-off. Then, when the user unlocks the mobile phone at 8 am, the electronic device predicts that the user may start the payment treasure at this time, the payment treasure is judged as the application program with the highest priority, and the display position which is easiest to operate by the user in the task area is displayed, so that the user can quickly lock and start the payment treasure without searching.

In one possible implementation manner, the electronic device displays icons of one or more applications in the task area according to a preset rule according to a priority order of the one or more applications, and includes: the electronic device displays one or more application icons in a priority order of display locations in the task area based on the priority order of the one or more applications.

In one possible implementation manner, the task area is a rectangular area displayed below or above the display interface, and the priority order of the display positions in the task area includes: the central display position of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority of the display positions arranged towards the two sides is reduced; or the display position at the leftmost side of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority order of the display positions arranged to the right is reduced; alternatively, the rightmost display position of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the display positions arranged to the left are lower in priority order.

Therefore, the priority sequence of each display position in the task area can be determined according to the use habits of the user, the priority of the application program is matched with the priority of the positions in the task area, and the user can conveniently and quickly start the application program. For example, if the user can quickly lock the task area center position, the task area center display position is determined as the display position with the highest priority, and the priority is decreased along the two sides. For another example, if the display screen of the electronic device is large, and a user cannot conveniently click a position too far by one-hand operation, the display position on the left side or the right side of the task area is determined as the display position with the highest priority, so that the user can conveniently operate the electronic device.

In one possible implementation, in response to a preset operation, the electronic device determines a priority order of the one or more applications, including: the electronic equipment detects the unlocking operation of a user for the (i + 1) th time, and determines the first application program as the application program with the highest priority; the first application program is an application program which is started by a user and is not displayed in the task area after the electronic equipment is unlocked for the ith time.

In a possible implementation manner, if the number of the first application programs is multiple, and the first application programs include one or more second application programs, and the one or more second application programs are application programs newly downloaded by the user, the electronic device detects the unlocking operation of the user at the (i + 1) th time, and determines the one or more second application programs as the application programs with the highest priority level in the first application programs; wherein the electronic device determines a priority order of the one or more second applications according to a download time order of the one or more second applications. .

Therefore, the application program newly started after the user unlocks the application program may be the application program which the user still wants to use after the user unlocks the application program next time, and therefore the application program icon can be placed at the display position with the higher priority in the task area, and the user can start the application program conveniently. Or, the user newly downloads the started application after unlocking the application, and the application is likely to be started next time, so that the application is arranged at a display position with a higher priority in the task area.

In a possible implementation manner, when the electronic device detects that a user starts a first application program, the first application program is an application program which is started by the user and is not displayed in a task area, when the electronic device detects that the user switches the first application program to a desktop, the switching sequence of the first application program is matched with a priority sequence, and the priority of the first application program is lower than the priority of one or more application programs; wherein, the number of the first application programs is one or more.

Therefore, after the user starts the application program included in the non-task area and switches to the desktop, the icon of the application program can be displayed in the task area, and the icon can be locked in the task area without searching and searching in a plurality of application programs on the desktop when the user subsequently wants to start the application program.

In a possible implementation manner, the electronic device detects that a user starts a third application program, and the electronic device displays an icon of the application program with higher association degree at a display position with higher priority in the task area according to the association degree with the third application program in one or more application programs; the second application program is an application program contained in the electronic device.

Therefore, associated recommendation can be performed, and user operation is facilitated. For example, a user has a habit of repairing a picture after taking a picture, and then after the user starts a camera and switches to a desktop, the electronic device may arrange icons of a repairing application program at a display position with a higher priority in a task area, so that the user can lock the icon quickly, the repairing application program is started, and user experience is improved.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device runs the target application in the foreground in response to a single click operation on an icon of the target application. In response to a long press and slide up operation on the icon of the target application, the electronic device deletes the icon of the target application in the task area.

Therefore, the electronic equipment detects various operations of the user on the icons of the application programs displayed in the task area, executes various preset actions and meets the requirements of the user. For example, when the electronic device detects that a user clicks an icon, the electronic device starts an application program corresponding to the icon. For another example, the electronic device detects that the user long presses and slides up on an icon, and deletes the icon.

In one possible implementation, in response to a slide operation in the task area, the electronic device displays icons of applications in the hidden area.

In this way, the task area includes a display area and a hidden area, the size of the display area is limited by the size of the display screen of the electronic device, icons of the application programs included in the hidden area can be displayed through sliding operation, and further, more application program icons can be included in the task area.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device zooms in or zooms out on the task area in response to a pinch-in-finger or a pinch-out-finger operation in the task area.

Therefore, after the task area is enlarged or reduced, the application program icons displayed in the task area are enlarged or reduced along with the task area, and the use habits of the user are further met. If the user is an elderly person, the larger icons enable the user to view more clearly.

In a possible implementation manner, if the electronic device does not detect the screen locking operation of the user, the icons displayed in the task area are refreshed according to the priority order of the currently running application program or application programs according to a preset period.

Therefore, the electronic equipment detects the operation of starting the application program contained in the non-task area except the unlocking operation of the user, and the operation of switching the user to the desktop, refreshes the display content of the task area if the user does not lock the screen for a long time, and also refreshes the display content of the task area according to a preset period so as to ensure that the display icon of the current task area can meet the user requirement.

In one possible implementation manner, a display interface of the electronic device is provided with a task area starting button, and the method includes: and responding to the operation that a user clicks a task area starting button, and displaying the task area by the electronic equipment.

In this way, the task area can be continuously displayed at the fixed position of the display interface of the electronic device, or a task area start button can be arranged on the display interface of the electronic device, and if the user needs to switch the application program, the task area is started by operating the task area start button. And each time the electronic equipment detects that the user operates the task area starting button, the priority sequence of the application program which is currently running is obtained, so that the requirement of the user for quickly starting the application program at present can be met.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which may be an apparatus implementing the method of the first aspect. The electronic device may include: one or more processors; a memory having instructions stored therein; the touch screen is used for detecting touch operation and displaying a task area; if executed by one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the method of multitasking interface management of the first aspect.

In a third aspect, the present application provides an electronic device having a function of implementing the multitask interface management method according to any one of the first aspect. The function can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer-readable storage medium, which includes computer instructions, when the computer instructions are executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method as described in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations thereof.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, which when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method as described in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations thereof.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided circuitry comprising processing circuitry configured to perform the method of multitasking interface management according to any one of the above first aspects.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip system, including at least one processor and at least one interface circuit, where the at least one interface circuit is configured to perform a transceiving function and send an instruction to the at least one processor, and when the at least one processor executes the instruction, the at least one processor executes the multitask interface management method in the first aspect and any possible implementation manner thereof.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a multitasking interface in the prior art according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a configuration of a programming module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a first application scenario diagram of a multitasking interface management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of an application scenario of a multitask interface management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic view of an application scenario of the multitask interface management method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of an application scenario of the multitask interface management method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of an application scenario of the multitask interface management method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic view six of an application scenario of the multitask interface management method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic view seventh of an application scenario of the multitask interface management method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is an application scenario diagram eight of the multitask interface management method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a first schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

The multitasking interface management method and the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiment of the application provides a multitask interface management method which can be applied to electronic equipment. For example, the electronic device may be a mobile phone, a wearable device, an in-vehicle device, an Augmented Reality (AR) \ Virtual Reality (VR) device, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), an Artificial Intelligence (AI) terminal, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment.

The electronic device is a device capable of simultaneously operating a plurality of tasks. The task may include an application (or application software), a document, a page, or any other activity that may be performed in connection with the electronic device.

As shown in fig. 2, the electronic device in the embodiment of the present application may be a mobile phone 100. The following specifically describes the embodiments of the present application by taking the mobile phone 100 as an example. It should be understood that the illustrated cell phone 100 is only one example of the electronic device described above, and that the cell phone 100 may have more or fewer components than shown in fig. 2, may combine two or more components, or may have a different configuration of components.

Referring to fig. 2, the handset 100 may communicate with other

electronic devices

102 and 104, and a server 106, in addition to the handset 100. Handset 100 may include bus 110, processor 120, memory 130, user input module 150, display module 160, communication interface 170, and other similar and/or suitable components.

Bus 110 may be circuitry that interconnects the above-described elements and passes communications (e.g., control messages) between the above-described elements.

The processor 120 may receive commands from the above-described other elements (e.g., the memory 130, the user input module 150, the display module 160, the communication interface 170, the communication configuration control module 170, etc.) through the bus 110, may interpret the received commands, and may perform calculations or data processing according to the interpreted commands.

Memory 130 may store commands or data received from processor 120 or other elements (e.g., user input module 150, display module 160, communication interface 170, etc.) or commands or data generated by processor 120 or other elements.

The memory 130 may include programming modules such as a kernel 131, middleware 132, an Application Programming Interface (API) 133, applications 134, and the like. Each of the above programming modules may be implemented in software, firmware, hardware or a combination of two or more thereof, the detailed description of which may be found in relation to fig. 3.

The kernel 131 may control or manage system resources (e.g., the bus 110, the processor 120, the memory 130, etc.) for performing operations or functions implemented by other programming modules (e.g., the middleware 132, the API 133, and the applications 134). In addition, kernel 131 may provide an interface that is capable of accessing and controlling or managing the various elements of handset 100 through the use of middleware 132, API 133, or applications 134.

The middleware 132 may be operable between the API 133 or application 134 and the kernel 131 in such a manner that the API 133 or application 134 communicates with and exchanges data with the kernel 131. For example, the middleware 132 may be configured as an intermediary for communicating between the API 133 or application 134 and the kernel 131. Additionally, for example, with respect to work requests received from one or more applications 134 and/or middleware 132, load balancing of work requests may be performed by using a method that assigns a priority to at least one of the one or more applications 134 by which system resources of the handset 100 (e.g., bus 110, processor 120, memory 130, etc.) may be used.

The API 133 is an interface through which the application 134 can control functions provided by the kernel 131 or the middleware 132, and may include at least one interface or function for file control, window control, image processing, character control, or the like, for example.

The applications 134 may include, for example, a home application, a dialer application, a Short Message Service (SMS)/Multimedia Message Service (MMS) application, an Instant Messaging (IM) application, a browser application, a camera application, an alarm application, a contacts application, a voice dialing application, an electronic mail (e-mail) application, a calendar application, a media player application, an album application, a clock application, and any other suitable and/or similar application.

In the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified, the application means an application program. Application icons may also be referred to as application icons or icons, where each application corresponds to an application icon.

The user input module 150 may receive commands or data input from a user via input-output means (e.g., a sensor, a keyboard, a touch screen, etc.) and may transmit the received commands or data to the processor 120 or the memory 130 through the bus 110. The display module 160 may display videos, images, data, and the like to a user.

The display module 160 may display various information (e.g., multimedia data, text data) received from the above elements.

The communication interface 170 may control a short-range communication connection with another electronic device 102. When the cellular phone 100 is paired with another electronic device, the communication interface 170 may stop the scanning operation waiting for receiving a signal from a neighboring electronic device or stop the broadcasting operation of broadcasting a signal. For example, in response to the handset 100 being paired with another electronic device 102, the communication interface 170 stops a scanning operation waiting to receive a signal from a neighboring electronic device or stops a broadcasting operation of broadcasting a signal. The communication interface 170 may control the period of scanning or broadcasting operations when the handset 100 is paired with another electronic device.

In the present embodiment, the handset 100 can communicate with another electronic device using the communication interface 170. For example, the handset 100 may communicate with another electronic device 104, a server 106, etc. using the communication interface 170. The handset 100 may communicate with other electronic devices 104, servers 106, etc. directly using the communication interface 170, or through the communication interface 170 and the network 162. For example, handset 100 may connect to network 162 through communication interface 170.

Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of a configuration of a programming module disclosed in an embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 3, the programming module 310 may be included (or stored) in the handset 100 (e.g., the memory 130) shown in fig. 2. At least a portion of programming module 310 may be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of two or more thereof. Programming modules 310 may be implemented as hardware (e.g., hardware 201) and may include an Operating System (OS) that controls resources associated with an electronic device (e.g., cell phone 100) and/or various applications (e.g., application 370) that execute within the OS. For example, the OS may be Android, iOS, Windows, Symbian, Tizen, Bada, etc.

Referring to fig. 3, the programming module 310 may include a kernel 320, middleware 330, an API 360, and/or an application 370.

Kernel 320 (e.g., kernel 131) may include a system resource manager 321 and/or a device driver 323. The system resource manager 321 may include a process manager (not shown), a memory manager (not shown), and a file system manager (not shown). The system resource manager 321 may perform control, allocation, recovery, etc. of system resources. The device drivers 323 may include, for example, a display driver (not shown), a camera driver (not shown), a bluetooth driver (not shown), a shared memory driver (not shown), a USB driver (not shown), a keypad driver (not shown), a Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) driver (not shown), and/or an audio driver (not shown). Further, in the present embodiment, the device driver 323 may include an inter-process communication (IPC) driver (not shown).

The middleware 330 may include a plurality of modules implemented in advance to provide a function shared by the applications 370. Further, the middleware 330 may provide functionality to the application 370 through the API 360 to enable the application 370 to efficiently use limited system resources within the electronic device. For example, as shown in fig. 3, middleware 330 (e.g., middleware 132) may include at least one of: runtime 335, application manager 341, window manager 342, multimedia manager 343, resource manager 344, power manager 345, database manager 346, package manager 347, connection manager 348, notification manager 349, location manager 350, graphics manager 351, security manager 352, and any other suitable and/or similar manager.

The runtime 335 may include a library module, for example, used by a compiler, to add new functionality through the use of a programming language during execution of the application 370. In the present embodiment, the runtime 335 may perform functions related to input and output, management of memory, arithmetic functions, and the like.

The application manager 341 may manage, for example, a lifecycle of at least one application 370. The window manager 342 can manage Graphical User Interface (GUI) resources used on the screen. The multimedia manager 343 may detect formats for reproducing various media files and may encode or decode the media files by using a codec suitable for the associated format. The resource manager 344 may manage resources, such as source code, memory, storage space, etc., of at least one application 370.

In the embodiment of the present application, the window manager 342 may display the corresponding application icon in the task area, so that the user can directly lock the application that is desired to be used without having to search for the application through a sliding operation in the multitasking display interface.

The power manager 345 may operate with a basic input/output system (BIOS), may manage a battery or power, may provide power information for operation, and the like. The database manager 346 may manage the database in the following manner: enabling the generation, searching and/or alteration of a database to be used by at least one application 370. The package manager 347 may manage installation and/or update of applications distributed in the form of package files.

The connection manager 348 may manage wireless connections such as Wi-Fi and BT. The notification manager 349 may display or report events, such as arrival messages, appointments, proximity alerts, etc., to the user in a manner that does not bother the user. The location manager 350 may manage location information of the electronic device. The graphic manager 351 may manage graphic effects to be provided to the user and/or UIs related to the graphic effects. The security manager 352 may provide various security functions for system security, user authentication, and the like.

The middleware 330 may generate and use a new middleware module through various functional combinations of the above-described internal element modules. The middleware 330 may provide modules specialized according to the type of OS to provide differentiated functions. Middleware 330 may also dynamically delete some of the existing elements, or may add new elements. Accordingly, the middleware 330 may omit some of the elements described in the various embodiments disclosed in the present application, may also include other elements, or may replace some of the elements with elements performing similar functions and having different names.

The API 360 (e.g., API 133) is a set of API programming functions and may have different configurations depending on the OS. In the case of Android or iOS, for example, one set of APIs may be provided for each platform. In the case of, for example, Tizen, two or more API sets may be provided to each platform.

Applications 370 (e.g., applications 134 in FIG. 2) may include, for example, preloaded applications and/or third party applications. The applications 370 (e.g., applications 134) may include, for example, a home application 371, a dialing application 372, an SMS/MMS application 373, an IM application 374, a browser application 375, a camera application 376, an alarm application 377, a contacts application 378, a voice dialing application 379, an email application 380, a calendar application 381, a media player application 382, an album application 383, a clock application 384, and any other suitable and/or similar applications.

The electronic device may start and run multiple applications simultaneously. Generally, after a user opens an application program, if the user switches to another application program or a desktop, the electronic device does not actively remove the memory resource occupied by the application program opened by the user before, but keeps the application program used before in the multitasking queue as a background application program. Therefore, the electronic device simultaneously running multiple applications means that the electronic device has started multiple applications, the multiple applications are not closed, or the electronic device does not delete resources such as memory occupied by the multiple applications, so that the multiple applications simultaneously occupy resources such as memory in the background and/or the foreground, without requiring the multiple applications to simultaneously interact with the user in the foreground. For example, the mobile phone successively starts 3 applications of music, a gallery and WeChat, and runs the gallery application and the WeChat application in the background while running the music application in the foreground.

In this embodiment of the application, when the electronic device detects a preset operation, the electronic device displays icons of one or more running applications (including background running and foreground running) in a task area according to a priority order of the applications. The user can quickly start the corresponding application program in the foreground by clicking the icon in the task area. The preset operation comprises an unlocking operation, an operation of switching to a desktop or an operation of clicking a task area starting button. The task area may be located in a fixed position preconfigured on the display interface, e.g., the task area is a rectangular area displayed below or above the display interface.

For example, the electronic device detects an unlocking operation of a user, obtains a priority order of one or more running applications, and displays icons of the one or more running applications in the task area displayed at a preset fixed position on the display interface according to the priority order.

For another example, after the user foreground starts the application program, the electronic device hides the task area in order to ensure the display effect of the application interface. If the electronic equipment detects that the user switches to the desktop, the priority order of one or more running application programs is obtained, and icons of the application programs are displayed in a task area displayed at a preset fixed position on a display interface according to the priority order.

For another example, a task area start button is arranged on the display interface of the electronic device, and after the electronic device is unlocked, the task area is not displayed or is hidden after being displayed. And if the electronic equipment detects that the user operates the task area starting button, displaying the task area. As shown in fig. 4 (a), a task area start button 401 is provided at an arbitrary position on the display interface of the electronic device. The electronic device detects that a user clicks the task area starting button 401, obtains the priority order of one or more running application programs, displays the task area at a fixed position pre-configured on the display interface, and displays icons of the one or more application programs in the task area according to the priority order. Wherein the user can move the task area activation button 401 according to the usage habit. If the electronic device detects an operation of clicking the task area start button 401 by the user, a task area as shown in (b) of fig. 4 is displayed at a central position of the display interface of the electronic device. The task area button 401 is a float button, that is, if an application runs in the foreground of the electronic device, the task area button 401 is float-displayed on the application interface, the electronic device detects an operation of clicking the task area start button 401 by a user, and displays a task area as shown in (b) in fig. 4 at a fixed position preconfigured on the display interface.

Optionally, after detecting the double-finger pinch or stretch operation of the user in the task area, the electronic device may perform corresponding zoom-in or zoom-out display on the task area, and the icon in the corresponding task area is also zoomed in or zoomed out accordingly. For example, after the electronic device detects that the user performs a pinch-in operation with two fingers in the task area, the task area is narrowed, and the icons in the corresponding task area are also narrowed, so that more icons can be displayed or the display habit of the user on the screen can be better met. For another example, after the electronic device detects that the user performs a two-finger stretching operation in the task area, the task area is enlarged and widened, and the icon in the corresponding task area is enlarged accordingly, so that the user can view the icon more clearly, and the user can click the corresponding icon conveniently.

Optionally, the size of the task area and the number of displayed icons may be adjusted. For example, the size of the task area and the number of displayed icons may vary with the screen orientation of the electronic device. As shown in fig. 5 (a), when the electronic device is displayed on a vertical screen, the task area may display 6 application icons. As shown in fig. 5 (b), when the electronic device switches to the landscape display, the task area becomes long and 8 application icons can be displayed. Optionally, the user may customize the size of the task area and/or the number of icons displayed in the task area according to the user's own needs, and the electronic device arranges a corresponding number of application icons in the task area according to the user-defined setting of the user.

The multitask interface management method provided by the embodiment of the present application will be described below by taking an example that an electronic device is the mobile phone 100 shown in fig. 2, the mobile phone may run one or more tasks, each task is an application program, and each application program corresponds to an application program icon.

The embodiment of the application provides a multitask interface management method. As shown in fig. 6, the method may include:

s101, in response to a preset operation, the electronic equipment determines the priority order of one or more application programs.

In one possible implementation, if the electronic device detects a preset operation, the priority order of one or more application programs currently running is calculated. Where priority refers to the likelihood of the user launching the application. For example, the priority is higher, i.e., the electronic device is predicted to have a higher possibility of the user starting the application program.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 7, the display interface of the handset 100 includes a main display interface 702 (i.e., a desktop) and a task area 701 located at the bottom of the display interface. The task area 701 is used for displaying icons of application programs running on the electronic device. The display contents in the task area 701 do not change with the user's sliding operation of the switch interface on the main display interface 702. Illustratively, referring to the user interface shown in fig. 7 (a), the main display interface 702 displays a call application and an information application, and after the user slides the screen in the arrow direction on the main display interface 702, the mobile phone displays the user interface shown in fig. 7 (b). The application displayed on the main display interface 702 after the sliding operation is changed to the weather application and the setting application, and the application icon displayed in the task area 701 is not changed. Among them, the user can perform operations such as viewing, moving, deleting, adding, enlarging, or reducing the application icon displayed in the task area 701.

Generally, a mobile phone operating system is provided with a process for recording usage of an application installed in the mobile phone. The process can monitor the running condition of the application program in the mobile phone in real time after the mobile phone is started, and record and count the application program data. For example, information such as the name of an application program in the mobile phone, the frequency of use, the time of activation, the length of use, and the place of use of the application program is recorded. The application data may be stored in a particular memory area of the handset, such as memory 130 shown in fig. 2. Alternatively, the mobile phone may obtain the application data from the cloud, other electronic devices (e.g., old mobile phone used by the user, tablet computer used by the user), or other external storage.

When the user inputs a screen locking operation to the mobile phone 100 (for example, presses a power key, etc.), or no input from the user is received within a preset time, the mobile phone 100 may be triggered to generate a screen locking instruction, the mobile phone 100 loads a screen locking interface (lock screen) on the current display interface in response to the screen locking instruction, and turns off the screen to enter a blank screen state shown in fig. 8 (a). After the mobile phone is locked, all running application programs run in the background of the mobile phone to become background application programs. Subsequently, when the user unlocks the mobile phone 100, the mobile phone 100 may read data of each application program in the mobile phone background application program from the storage area, calculate the priority of each application program according to the data of different application programs, and arrange icons of different application programs according to the priority order. The application program with high priority indicates that the user has a high possibility of using the application program subsequently, and the application program with low priority indicates that the user has a low possibility of using the application program subsequently. Therefore, as shown in fig. 8 (b), after the cellular phone 100 is unlocked, icons of different applications arranged in order of priority are displayed in the task area 701.

Optionally, the priority order of the background applications is obtained in combination with the user usage data. The user usage data is one or more of the following items of usage data related to the user in the application data: the starting time of the application program, the starting place of the application program, the starting frequency of the application program and the use duration of the application program.

For example, the priority order of the background application program is obtained according to the use habit of the user and by combining the starting time of the application program and the starting frequency of the application program. For example, user a may pay for breakfast at about 8 am, and thus, when user a unlocks the phone at about 8 am, the pay is the highest priority application. It is understood that a preset period may be set for counting the number of times of starting different applications in different time periods. For example, counting the number of times of starting the background application program in the current time period within the last 7 days of the user by taking 7 days as a period, and further determining the priority of the application program.

For another example, the priority order of the background applications is obtained according to the usage habits of the user and by combining the starting location of the applications and the starting frequency of the applications. For example, when the user a is at home, the user a often uses the wechat application and the microblog application, and therefore when the user a is judged to be at home through the mobile phone positioning device, the user a unlocks the mobile phone, and the wechat application and the microblog application are application programs with higher priorities. It will be appreciated that a preset period may be set for counting the number of times the user launches different applications at different locations. For example, the number of times of starting the background application program in the current location of the user in the last month is counted by taking 1 month as a period, and then the priority of the application program in the current location is determined.

For another example, the priority order of the background application is obtained according to the usage habit of the user, in combination with the start time of the application, the start location of the application, and the usage duration of the application. The time that the user A uses the WeChat application and the microblog application at home is long, wherein the time that the user uses the WeChat application from 8 to 9 is long, and the time that the user uses the microblog application from 9 to 10 is long. Therefore, when the user 9 and 30 unlocks the mobile phone at home, the microblog application is the application program with the highest priority, and the WeChat application is the application program with the second highest priority.

For another example, the priority order of the background applications is obtained according to the usage habits of the user and by combining the starting time of the applications, the starting place of the applications, and the starting frequency of the applications. Illustratively, a database of the use condition of each application program is established, the starting frequency of each application program is recorded in the database according to the time dimension and the place dimension, and then the priority of each application program is obtained according to the data recorded in the database. The time dimension can be set by a manufacturer or a user in a self-defined manner, for example, set to be one week, that is, the number of times that a user starts a certain application program in one week is recorded in the database. The location dimension is a location where a user starts an application program, for example, when the application program is started in a certain location, longitude and latitude coordinates or address information of the location can be recorded. That is, the database records the number of times a user has launched an application somewhere. In conclusion, the user starts the application program at any time and any place and is recorded in the database by the electronic equipment. After the mobile phone detects the unlocking operation of the user, two groups of scores are respectively calculated according to the current time and place dimensions and by combining the starting frequency of the user to each background application program, and the scores after corresponding combination and addition are used as the predicted use score of the application program. The icons of the respective application programs are arranged in order from the display position with higher priority to the display position with lower priority in the task area 701 according to the predicted usage score. Illustratively, the user unlocks the phone at a convenience store around 8 am. At this time, the time dimension is 8 am, and the location dimension is the longitude and latitude coordinates or address information of the convenience store. The mobile phone reads the use data of the running application program in the database, and the background is supposed to run with two application programs of the payment treasure and the WeChat. In one week, the number of times that the user starts the payment treasures at the current time is 5, and the number of times that the user starts the WeChat is 3; the number of times that the user starts the payment treasure at the current place is 5, and the number of times that the user starts the WeChat is 1. Then, after the unlocking, the predicted usage score of the payment treasure is 10 points (5+5 is 10), and the predicted usage score of the WeChat is 4 points (3+1 is 4), so that the mobile phone knows that the predicted usage score of the payment treasure unlocked this time is greater than the predicted usage score of the WeChat, and then the mobile phone will arrange the payment treasure application icon at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701, and arrange the WeChat application icon at the next highest display position.

It should be noted that the method for obtaining the priority order of the application programs is not limited to the starting time of the application programs, the starting place of the application programs, the starting frequency of the application programs, and the usage duration of the application programs, and may also include other factors that affect the recommendation of the application programs. Such as user-defined settings, etc. For example, a user may set an application as the highest priority application, and the icon of the application is always arranged at the highest priority display position in the task area 701. The embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.

In addition, in order to protect user privacy, the priority calculation method in the embodiment of the present application is only applied to the application program running in the foreground or the background. That is, if the application is not running, in order to protect the privacy of the user, the electronic device cannot read the user data for obtaining the priority of the application, and therefore, the above priority calculation method cannot be applied.

S102, the electronic equipment displays icons of one or more application programs in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the one or more application programs.

In one possible implementation, the priority ranking of each display position in the task area 701 is pre-configured in the electronic device or set by the user, for example, the display position in the center is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority ranking is gradually decreased along the two sides. The electronic equipment arranges the icons of the background application programs at corresponding display positions in sequence according to the priority sequence of the background application programs. Therefore, the user can quickly lock the application program to be started, the user operation is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Optionally, the icon of the application program with the highest priority is displayed at the display position in the center of the task area 701, so that the user can start the application program conveniently, and the icons of the application programs with lower priorities are arranged on two sides of the icon of the application program with the highest priority in sequence. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 8 (b), six application icons are displayed in the task area 701. The Payment treasure icon and WeChat icon are arranged in the center of the task area 701, then the six application priorities may be: payment treasure > WeChat > music > microblog > camera > gallery.

Optionally, according to the habit of the user, the icons of the application programs are arranged in the task area 701 according to the priority order. For example, the icons of the application programs are arranged in order from left to right or from right to left in the priority order. For another example, the application icons are arranged correspondingly according to the priority order of the display positions in the task area 701 defined by the user. The embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.

In one possible implementation, after the user unlocks the mobile phone for the ith time, a first application program displayed in the main display interface 702 (i.e., the desktop) is started, and the first application program is not displayed in the task area 701. Then, if the first application used after the ith unlocking is a background application after the (i + 1) th user unlocking, the first application is calculated as the application with the highest priority, and the corresponding icon is displayed at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701. For example, referring to fig. 8 (b), assuming that the user does not clear the memory resources occupied by the background application, the priority of the six applications displayed in the task area 701 is: payment treasure > WeChat > music > microblog > camera > gallery. If the user does not start the application displayed in the task area 701, the user selects to start the call application in the main display interface 702. Referring to fig. 9 (a), if the mobile phone is locked and unlocked again, the call application becomes the highest priority application instead of the pay for help application, the call application icon is displayed at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701, and since the display area of the task area 701 is limited, the icon of the gallery application with the lowest priority in the previous six applications cannot be displayed, as shown in fig. 9 (a), the gallery icon is outside the display screen of the electronic device (i.e., in the hidden area), and cannot be displayed in the current interface. If the user wants to use the gallery application, the task area 701 may be slid to display more icons of background applications. As shown in fig. 9 (b), in order to display an interface after the user slides and slides to the right in the task area 701, an icon of the gallery application is displayed in the task area 701. That is, more icons of background applications can be displayed by sliding in the task area 701. For ease of understanding, referring to table 1 below, task area 701 illustratively contains a display area and a hidden area. The central display area may display icons for priority 1-6 applications and by sliding, icons for more lower priority applications contained in the left and right hidden areas may be displayed.

TABLE 1

Optionally, after the user unlocks the mobile phone for the ith time, a plurality of first applications in the main display interface 702 (i.e., the desktop) are started, and none of the plurality of first applications is displayed in the task area 701. Then, if the first applications used after the mobile phone is unlocked for the ith time are background applications when the user is unlocked for the (i + 1) th time, the priorities of the first applications are higher than those of other background applications, and the priority order of the first applications is calculated by using the priority algorithm and is correspondingly displayed in the task area 701. If one or more second application programs newly downloaded and installed by the user exist in the plurality of first application programs, that is, application program data of the one or more second application programs is not recorded in the mobile phone, the priority of the one or more second application programs is defined as the application program with the highest priority in the first application programs, and the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701 is correspondingly displayed. And determines the priority order of the one or more second application programs according to the download and installation time, and arranges the one or more second application program icons in sequence along with the download and installation time order in the task area 701.

Optionally, after the user unlocks the mobile phone, the application program displayed in the task area 701 is not started, but one or more first application programs displayed in the main display interface 702 (i.e., the desktop) are selected to be started. Then, after the user switches the one or more first applications to the desktop, the switching order of the one or more first applications is matched with the priority order, and the corresponding icons are displayed in the task area 701. Wherein the priority order of the one or more first applications is less than the application priority order included in the task area. For example, as shown in (b) of fig. 8, if the user does not start the application in the task area 701 but selects to start the call application in the main display interface 702, the call application icon will be displayed at the display position with the lowest priority in the task area 701 after the user finishes the call switching to the desktop. Then, the user starts the information application in the main display interface 702, and when the user finishes using the information application and switches to the desktop, the information application icon will be displayed at the display position with the lowest priority in the task area 701, and the call application icon will be displayed at the display position with the second to last priority in the task area 701.

Optionally, the electronic device refreshes the task area 701. The time for refreshing the task area 701 includes: the electronic equipment detects the unlocking operation of a user, detects that the user clicks a start task area button, and detects that the user switches an application program to a desktop or the continuous operation time interval reaches a preset period after the electronic equipment is started. The preset period may be pre-configured for an electronic device manufacturer or set by a user in a customized manner. For example, if the user sets the preset period of the auto-refresh to 2h, the electronic device may recalculate the priority order of the running applications when the time interval for which the electronic device continues to run after being started is equal to two hours. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 8 (b), the user unlocks the mobile phone 8 earlier, the first in the priority order is the pay treasure, the second in the priority order is the WeChat, the user continuously uses the mobile phone (during which the screen is not locked) to 10 points, and the electronic device recalculates the priority order for the running application program. For example, if 10 o' clock, the first priority becomes WeChat and the second priority becomes Payment treasure, then the WeChat icon will be arranged at the highest priority display position of the task area 701 instead of the Payment treasure icon. For another example, at 10 o ' clock, the electronic device recalculates the application priority order, at which time the pay pal application is not running (the user turns off and clears the memory data occupied by the pay pal during 8 o ' clock to 10 o ' clock), then the electronic device task area 701 will not display the pay pal icon. If the user continues to use the mobile phone without locking the screen, the electronic device automatically refreshes the display content of the task area 701 every 2 h.

Optionally, after the user starts the third application program, the electronic device may display the icon of the background application program in the task area 701 according to the association degree between the background application program and the third application program started by the current user. Illustratively, the user starts the camera application, and the electronic device determines that the background application program contains the WeChat application. For example, the user is used to share a photo with the WeChat application after taking a photo, so that the association degree between the camera application and the WeChat application is high. Therefore, when the user switches the camera application to the desktop, the electronic device determines the wechat application as the application program with the highest priority, and arranges the wechat icon at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701. For another example, after a user is used to take a picture, the user shares the picture by using the WeChat application, sometimes the user also modifies the picture by using the beauty application, and the beauty application is also a background application program. Therefore, the camera application is highly related to the WeChat application and the American image application. Therefore, after the user switches the camera application to the desktop, the electronic device determines that the priority of the wechat application and the priority of the american drawing application are higher, and arranges the wechat icon and the american drawing icon at the display position of the task area 701 with higher priority. The priority of the WeChat application and the American application can be determined according to the times of switching to the two applications after the user uses the camera application, or can be randomly ordered.

Through the above steps S101 and S102, the electronic device display interface displays the task area, and then the user can further operate the icon of the target application program displayed in the task area through the following step S103, so as to drive the electronic device to execute the preset action, thereby satisfying the user requirement.

And S103, responding to the operation of the icon of the target application program, and executing a preset action by the electronic equipment.

Specifically, when the electronic device detects that the user performs a click operation, a long-time press operation, or a long-time press and move up operation on an icon of the target application program in the task area 701, a corresponding preset action is executed. The actions performed by the electronic device may be one or more of: starting an application, viewing the application, moving the application, sharing the application, deleting an application icon, and editing an application shortcut.

In a possible implementation manner, after detecting that a user clicks an icon in the task area 701, the mobile phone 100 enters an application program corresponding to the icon, and displays an interface of the application program in a full screen manner. I.e. the application is run in the foreground. The interface of an application may be a main page of the application, an interface displayed in the foreground recently, a login interface, or an interface frequently used by a user.

Optionally, each icon in the task area 701 may correspond to one or more cards, and each card may correspond to one application. And the card is a functional interface corresponding to the application program. Illustratively, after detecting that a user clicks an icon in the task area 701, the mobile phone 100 displays a card corresponding to the icon on the main display interface 702.

For example, the cards are functions corresponding to the application program used by the user before the screen is locked, the cards are sorted according to the time sequence, and the card corresponding to the recently operated function is preferentially displayed. The user can enter the application function by clicking the card corresponding to the function which the user wants to use, and the user can also display more cards through sliding operation. As shown in fig. 10 (a), when the user clicks the wechat icon in the task area 701, a card corresponding to the icon is displayed on the main display interface 702. Before the screen is locked last time, the user uses two functions of WeChat, namely an 'add friends' function and a 'main page chat' function, so that cards corresponding to the two functions are displayed on the main display interface 702. Here, the function that has been operated recently is the "add friend" function, and therefore, the card of the function is preferentially displayed on the left side. If the user wants to operate the function of adding friends, the user can enter the function by directly clicking the card without clicking and selecting step by step, and the interaction efficiency between the electronic equipment and the user is improved.

For another example, the cards may be functions corresponding to the application program used by the user before the screen is locked, the cards may be sorted according to the order of the number of times of use, and the card corresponding to the function with the largest number of times of use may be preferentially displayed. Alternatively, the card may be a partial function with a priority ranking in terms of the number of times of use of the corresponding function in the application that the user has historically used. As shown in fig. 10 (b), when the user clicks the wechat icon in the task area 701, a card corresponding to the icon is displayed on the main display interface 702. Before the screen is locked last time or in the history, the user uses two functions of WeChat, namely an 'add friends' function and a 'main page chat' function, so that cards corresponding to the two functions are displayed on the main display interface 702. The main page chat function is a function with more use times of the user, so that the card with the function is preferentially displayed on the left side, the user can directly lock and start the corresponding function conveniently, the user operation is simplified, and the efficiency and the user experience are improved.

It should be noted that, if the number of cards corresponding to a certain icon in the task area 701 is 1, a user may directly enter a function corresponding to a single card by clicking the icon, and the user does not need to use the corresponding function by displaying and clicking the card, so that the interaction efficiency is improved. In addition, in the above fig. 10, two cards corresponding to a certain icon are exemplarily shown, and it can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the number of cards corresponding to each icon in the task area 701 is not specifically limited, the icon may correspond to more than two cards, and a user may select the card through a sliding operation.

In one possible implementation, the user may edit or quickly select an icon in task area 701 by long pressing on the icon.

For example, the user can move the arrangement position of an icon by long-pressing the icon. Therefore, the use requirements of the user can be further met, and the electronic equipment can record the current movement operation of the user. And further, when the electronic equipment detects the unlocking operation of the user next time, adding the priority sequence of the application program corresponding to the icon displayed in the task area after the movement into the priority calculation. For example, if the user moves the application icon in the highest priority display position to the highest priority display position by pressing the icon with a long press, the electronic device will directly arrange the moved application icon in the highest priority display position in the task area 701 if the electronic device is unlocked next time.

For another example, the user may share the application program corresponding to the icon by long-pressing the icon. The download address of the application program corresponding to the icon can be linked by long pressing of the icon, the link is shared with other electronic equipment connected with the current electronic equipment, and the user can click the shared link in the other electronic equipment to download the shared application program.

For another example, the user may delete an icon by long-pressing the icon. The deletion operation of long-pressing the icon is only to delete the icon without uninstalling the application program corresponding to the icon. In order to prevent the user from deleting the icon by mistake, the background cache data of the application program corresponding to the icon is not deleted by the operation of deleting the icon, that is, after the screen is locked and unlocked again, the priority of the application program can be calculated again by the mobile phone 100, so that the icon of the application program is arranged in the task area 701.

For another example, the user may edit the application corresponding to an icon by long-pressing the icon. For example, a shortcut for establishing some functions in the corresponding application program may be set, so that the user may start the functions quickly without entering the application program and then starting some functions through step-by-step selection, thereby improving the interaction efficiency between the electronic device and the user.

For example, referring to (a) in fig. 11, after detecting that the user presses the WeChat icon in the task area 701 for a long time, the cellular phone 100 displays "share", "delete", "edit", "wallet", and "triangle graphic" buttons. The user can execute the sharing, deleting and editing operations by clicking the corresponding button. Such as by clicking on "edit" to set up a shortcut for the wallet function in the WeChat application or to delete the shortcut. After detecting that the user clicks some function shortcut buttons, the mobile phone 100 may display the corresponding function interface in a full screen. As shown in fig. 11 (b), for the "wechat wallet" function interface displayed after the mobile phone 100 detects that the user clicks the "wallet" button, the user does not need to click to start the wallet function step by step after entering the wechat, but can directly start the corresponding function through the shortcut button. And the user can edit shortcuts of more common functions in the application program through the editing function. By clicking a 'triangle graph' button behind 'wallet' in (a) in fig. 11, an interface as shown in (c) in fig. 11 is entered, and shortcuts corresponding to functions in more WeChats, such as 'add friends', 'pay for life', and the like, are displayed. If the shortcuts with more functions are not displayed, the shortcuts can be displayed by clicking the triangle graph button, and if the shortcuts which are not displayed do not exist, the triangle graph button can not be displayed.

Alternatively, the user may implement a quick deletion of an icon in the task area 701 by long-pressing and moving up the icon. The quick delete operation is also to delete the icon without uninstalling the application corresponding to the icon. And the icon can be deleted without clicking and selecting after long-time pressing of the icon, so that the efficiency is further improved.

Therefore, according to the multitask interface management method provided by the embodiment of the application, the task area is set in the display interface of the electronic equipment, and if the electronic equipment detects the preset operation, the running application program icons are arranged in the task area according to the priority sequence of the application programs which are predicted to be started by the user, so that the user can lock and operate the corresponding application programs quickly, the user operation is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

It is to be understood that the electronic devices and the like described above include hardware structures and/or software modules for performing the respective functions in order to realize the functions described above. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the embodiments of the present application are capable of being implemented in hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software for performing the steps of the various examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein. Whether a function is performed as hardware or computer software drives hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic device and the like may be divided into functional modules according to the method example, for example, each functional module may be divided according to each function, or two or more functions may be integrated into one processing module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the module is schematic, and is only one logic function division, and there may be another division manner in actual implementation.

In the case of dividing each functional module by corresponding functions, fig. 12 shows a possible structural schematic diagram of the electronic device related to the above embodiment, including: the device comprises a detection unit 1201, an acquisition unit 1202, a processing unit 1203 and a display unit 1204.

The detection unit 1201 is configured to detect a preset operation and detect an operation of a user on an icon in the task area. The preset operation includes: unlocking operation, switching to a desktop operation, or clicking a task area start button.

The acquiring unit 1202 is configured to acquire application data of one or more applications and information of an environment where the electronic device is located currently, where the environment information includes information of a current time, a current location, and the like.

The processing unit 1203 is configured to determine a priority order of one or more applications according to the application data and the environment information acquired by the acquisition unit 1202, where the preset operation or the operation of the user on the icon of the target application in the task area is detected by the detection unit 1201.

The display unit 1204 is configured to correspondingly display icons of the applications in the task area according to the priority order of the one or more applications, and display a task area start button.

All relevant contents of each step related to the above method embodiment may be referred to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, and are not described herein again.

In the case of using an integrated unit, the detection unit 1201, the acquisition unit 1202, the processing unit 1203, and the display unit 1204 may be integrated as a processing module. Of course, the electronic device may further include a storage module, a communication module, an input/output module, and the like.

At this time, as shown in fig. 13, a schematic view of a possible structure of the electronic apparatus according to the above embodiment is shown. The processing module 1301 is used for controlling and managing actions of the electronic device. The communication module 1302 is configured to support communication of the electronic device with other network entities. The input/output module 1303 is used to receive information input by a user or output information provided to the user and various menus of the electronic device. The memory module 1304 is used to store program codes and data for the electronic device.

Illustratively, the processing module 1301 may be a processor or a controller, such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a general purpose processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a transistor logic device, a hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits described in connection with the disclosure. The processor may also be a combination of computing functions, e.g., comprising one or more microprocessors, DSPs, and microprocessors, among others.

The communication module 1302 may be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, an input-output device or a communication interface, etc. For example, the communication module 1802 may specifically be a bluetooth device, a Wi-Fi device, a peripheral interface, and so forth.

The storage module 1304 may be a memory, which may include a high speed Random Access Memory (RAM), and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as a magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The input/output module 1303 may be an input/output device such as a touch screen, a keyboard, a microphone, and a display. The display may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. In addition, a touch pad may be integrated with the display for collecting touch events thereon or nearby and transmitting the collected touch information to other devices (e.g., a processor, etc.).

An embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device, including one or more processors; a memory; and the touch screen is used for detecting touch operation and displaying the task area. The memory stores instructions, and when the instructions are executed by the one or more processors, the electronic device executes the steps in the above embodiments to implement the multitask interface management method in the above embodiments.

For example, when the electronic device is the device shown in fig. 2, the processor in the electronic device may be the processor 120 shown in fig. 2, the memory in the electronic device may be the memory 130 shown in fig. 2, and the touch screen in the electronic device may be a combination of the user input module 150 and the display module 160 shown in fig. 2.

Embodiments of the present application further provide a chip system, as shown in fig. 14, where the chip system includes at least one processor 1401 and at least one interface circuit 1402. The processor 1401 and the interface circuit 1402 may be interconnected by lines. For example, the interface circuit 1402 may be used to receive signals from other devices. As another example, the interface circuit 1402 may be used to send signals to other devices (e.g., the processor 120). Illustratively, the interface circuit 1402 may read instructions stored in the memory and send the instructions to the processor 120. The instructions, when executed by the processor 1401, may cause the electronic device to perform the various steps performed by the handset 100 in the embodiments described above. Of course, the chip system may further include other discrete devices, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In the above embodiments, all or part of the implementation may be realized by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented using a software program, may take the form of a computer program product, either entirely or partially. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, cause the processes or functions described in accordance with the embodiments of the application to occur, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a network of computers, or other programmable device. The computer instructions may be stored on a computer readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer readable storage medium to another, for example, from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center via wire (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer-readable storage medium can be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device, such as a server, a data center, etc., that incorporates one or more of the available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., Digital Video Disc (DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., Solid State Disk (SSD)), among others.

In addition, embodiments of the present application also provide an apparatus, which may be specifically a component or a module, and may include a processor and a memory connected to each other; the memory is used for storing computer execution instructions, and when the device runs, the processor can execute the computer execution instructions stored in the memory, so that the device can execute the multitask interface management method in the above method embodiments.

The electronic device, the chip, the computer-readable storage medium, the computer program product, or the chip provided in the embodiments of the present application are all configured to execute the corresponding method provided above, so that the beneficial effects achieved by the electronic device, the chip, the computer-readable storage medium, the computer program product, or the chip may refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method provided above, and are not described herein again.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present application, but the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A multitask interface management method is applied to electronic equipment, and is characterized in that a display interface of the electronic equipment is provided with a task area, and the method comprises the following steps:

in response to a preset operation, the electronic equipment determines the priority order of one or more application programs; wherein the one or more applications include an application currently running by the electronic device; the preset operation comprises the following steps: unlocking operation, switching to desktop operation or clicking a task area starting button;

and the electronic equipment displays the icons of the one or more application programs in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the one or more application programs.

2. The multi-tasking interface management method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more applications, comprising:

the electronic device determines a priority order of the one or more applications based on application data, the application data including one or more of: the starting time of the application program, the starting place of the application program, the starting frequency of the application program and the use duration of the application program.

3. The multitask interface management method according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the electronic device displays icons of the one or more applications in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the one or more applications, and the method comprises the following steps:

and the electronic equipment displays the one or more application icons according to the priority order of the one or more application icons and the priority order of the display positions in the task area.

4. The multitask interface management method according to claim 3, wherein the task region is a rectangular region displayed below or above the display interface, and the priority order of the display positions in the task region includes:

the central display position of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority of the display positions arranged towards the two sides is reduced; or the display position at the leftmost side of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority order of the display positions arranged to the right is reduced; or the rightmost display position of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the display positions arranged to the left are lower in priority order.

5. The multi-tasking interface management method of any of claims 1-4, wherein the electronic device determining a priority order of one or more applications in response to a preset operation comprises:

the electronic equipment detects the unlocking operation of a user for the (i + 1) th time, and determines a first application program as an application program with the highest priority; the first application program is started by a user and is not displayed in the task area after the electronic equipment is unlocked for the ith time.

6. The multi-tasking interface management method of claim 5, further comprising:

if the number of the first application programs is multiple, the first application programs comprise one or more second application programs, and the one or more second application programs are application programs newly downloaded by a user, the electronic equipment detects the unlocking operation of the user at the (i + 1) th time, and determines the one or more second application programs as the application programs with the highest priority in the first application programs; wherein the electronic device determines a priority order of the one or more second applications according to a download time order of the one or more second applications.

7. The multi-tasking interface management method of any of claims 1-4, further comprising:

the electronic equipment detects that a user starts a first application program, wherein the first application program is an application program which is started by the user and is not displayed in a task area, when the electronic equipment detects that the user switches the first application program to a desktop, the switching sequence of the first application program is matched with a priority sequence, and the priority of the first application program is lower than the priority of one or more application programs; wherein the number of the first application programs is one or more.

8. The multi-tasking interface management method of any of claims 1-4, further comprising:

and the electronic equipment detects that a user starts a third application program, and the electronic equipment displays icons of the application programs in the task area according to the association degrees of the one or more application programs and the third application program and the association degrees.

9. The multi-tasking interface management method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a click operation on an icon of a target application program, the electronic equipment runs the target application program in the foreground;

in response to a long press and slide-up operation on an icon of a target application program, the electronic device deletes the icon of the target application program in the task area.

10. The multitask interface management method according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein the task area includes a display area and a hidden area, the display area is displayed on a display interface of the electronic device, and the method further comprises:

in response to a sliding operation in the task area, the electronic device displays icons of applications in a hidden area.

11. A method for multitasking interface management according to any of claims 1-10 and further comprising:

the electronic device enlarges or reduces the task area in response to a double-finger pinch or double-finger stretch operation in the task area.

12. The multi-tasking interface management method of any of claims 1-11, wherein the method further comprises:

and if the electronic equipment does not detect the screen locking operation of the user, refreshing the icons displayed in the task area according to the priority sequence of the currently running application program or application programs according to a preset period.

13. The multitask interface management method according to claim 1, wherein a display interface of the electronic device is provided with a task area start button, and the method comprises the following steps:

and responding to the operation that a user clicks the task area starting button, and displaying the task area by the electronic equipment.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory having instructions stored therein;

the touch screen is used for detecting touch operation and displaying a task area;

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the multitasking interface management method recited in any of claims 1-13.

15. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer instructions that, when executed on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the multitasking interface management method according to any one of claims 1-13.

16. A computer program product, which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform a multitasking interface management method according to any one of claims 1-13.

17. A chip system comprising at least one processor and at least one interface circuit, the at least one interface circuit configured to perform a transceiving function and send instructions to the at least one processor, the at least one processor executing the instructions, the at least one processor performing the multi-tasking interface management method of any of claims 1-13.