CN112954462A - Display device and control method of application running time - Google Patents

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CN112954462A
CN112954462A CN202110099433.7A CN202110099433A CN112954462A CN 112954462 A CN112954462 A CN 112954462A CN 202110099433 A CN202110099433 A CN 202110099433A CN 112954462 A CN112954462 A CN 112954462A
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Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a display device and a method for controlling the running time of an application, wherein the display device comprises a display and a controller, and the controller is configured to: receiving an application starting request; when the current login account of the display equipment is a main account, responding to the application starting request, and starting a target application corresponding to the application starting request; and when the current login account of the display equipment is a sub-account, responding to the application starting request, and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account. The application solves the technical problem that the running time of the application is difficult to control.

Description

Display device and control method of application running time
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of display, in particular to a display device and a control method for application running time.
Background
Nowadays, as an intelligent display device, a television can be installed with various functional applications, such as video applications, game applications, education applications, and the like, in addition to playing programs of a television station. The rich applications provide multiple entertainment paths for children, and parents may not want a child to stay too long on a certain application while the child uses the application on a television in order to prevent the child from indulging the certain application. When the parent is at home, the parent can control the time that the child uses the application by turning off the display device, however, when the parent is not at home, it is difficult for the parent to manage the time that the child uses the application.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problem that the running time of the application is difficult to control, the application provides the display equipment and the control method of the running time of the application.
In a first aspect, the present application provides a display device comprising:
a display;
a controller configured to:
receiving an application starting request;
when the current login account of the display equipment is a main account, responding to the application starting request, and starting a target application corresponding to the application starting request;
and when the current login account of the display equipment is a sub-account, responding to the application starting request, and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account.
In some embodiments, the controlling the running duration of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account includes:
starting the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account, including a starting permission, and timing the running time of the target application;
and when the running time of the target application reaches the limit time corresponding to the starting authority, closing the target application.
In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to:
timing the video watching time length of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account, including the video watching time length permission;
and when the video watching duration of the target application reaches the limit duration corresponding to the video watching duration authority, forbidding the video playing function of the target application.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a display device comprising:
a display;
a controller configured to:
receiving an application starting request;
responding to the application starting request, and starting a target application corresponding to the application starting request;
and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the account currently logged in by the display equipment.
In a third aspect, the present application provides a method for controlling an application running time, including:
receiving an application starting request;
when the current login account of the display equipment is a main account, responding to the application starting request, and starting a target application corresponding to the application starting request;
and when the current login account of the display equipment is a sub-account, responding to the application starting request, and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account.
The display equipment and the control method for the application running time provided by the application have the beneficial effects that:
by setting the system-level application permission, the embodiment of the application can control the running time of the application according to the application permission after receiving the starting request of the application, solves the problem that children stay on the application for too much time, and improves the user experience.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operational scenario between a display device and a control apparatus according to some embodiments;
a block diagram of the hardware configuration of the control device 100 according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 2;
a block diagram of a hardware configuration of a display device 200 according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 3;
a schematic diagram of a software configuration in a display device 200 according to some embodiments is illustrated in fig. 4;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a sub-account rights management page according to some embodiments;
FIG. 6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of controlling an application runtime of a display device according to some embodiments;
a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling an application runtime of a display device according to some embodiments is shown in fig. 7.
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To make the purpose and embodiments of the present application clearer, the following will clearly and completely describe the exemplary embodiments of the present application with reference to the attached drawings in the exemplary embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described exemplary embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments.
It should be noted that the brief descriptions of the terms in the present application are only for the convenience of understanding the embodiments described below, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present application. These terms should be understood in their ordinary and customary meaning unless otherwise indicated.
The terms "first," "second," "third," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between similar or analogous objects or entities and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order, unless otherwise indicated. It is to be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances.
The terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a product or apparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to all elements expressly listed, but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such product or apparatus.
The term "module" refers to any known or later developed hardware, software, firmware, artificial intelligence, fuzzy logic, or combination of hardware and/or software code that is capable of performing the functionality associated with that element.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a usage scenario of a display device according to an embodiment. As shown in fig. 1, the display apparatus 200 is also in data communication with a server 400, and a user can operate the display apparatus 200 through the smart device 300 or the control device 100.
In some embodiments, the control apparatus 100 may be a remote controller, and the communication between the remote controller and the display device includes at least one of an infrared protocol communication or a bluetooth protocol communication, and other short-distance communication methods, and controls the display device 200 in a wireless or wired manner. The user may control the display apparatus 200 by inputting a user instruction through at least one of a key on a remote controller, a voice input, a control panel input, and the like.
In some embodiments, the smart device 300 may include any of a mobile terminal, a tablet, a computer, a laptop, an AR/VR device, and the like.
In some embodiments, the smart device 300 may also be used to control the display device 200. For example, the display device 200 is controlled using an application program running on the smart device.
In some embodiments, the smart device 300 and the display device may also be used for communication of data.
In some embodiments, the display device 200 may also be controlled in a manner other than the control apparatus 100 and the smart device 300, for example, the voice instruction control of the user may be directly received by a module configured inside the display device 200 to obtain a voice instruction, or may be received by a voice control apparatus provided outside the display device 200.
In some embodiments, the display device 200 is also in data communication with a server 400. The display device 200 may be allowed to be communicatively connected through a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and other networks. The server 400 may provide various contents and interactions to the display apparatus 200. The server 400 may be a cluster or a plurality of clusters, and may include one or more types of servers.
In some embodiments, software steps executed by one step execution agent may be migrated on demand to another step execution agent in data communication therewith for execution. Illustratively, software steps performed by the server may be migrated to be performed on a display device in data communication therewith, and vice versa, as desired.
Fig. 2 exemplarily shows a block diagram of a configuration of the control apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment. As shown in fig. 2, the control device 100 includes a controller 110, a communication interface 130, a user input/output interface 140, a memory, and a power supply. The control apparatus 100 may receive an input operation instruction from a user and convert the operation instruction into an instruction recognizable and responsive by the display device 200, serving as an interaction intermediary between the user and the display device 200.
In some embodiments, the communication interface 130 is used for external communication, and includes at least one of a WIFI chip, a bluetooth module, NFC, or an alternative module.
In some embodiments, the user input/output interface 140 includes at least one of a microphone, a touchpad, a sensor, a key, or an alternative module.
Fig. 3 shows a hardware configuration block diagram of the display apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment.
In some embodiments, the display apparatus 200 includes at least one of a tuner demodulator 210, a communicator 220, a detector 230, an external device interface 240, a controller 250, a display 260, an audio output interface 270, a memory, a power supply, a user interface.
In some embodiments the controller comprises a central processor, a video processor, an audio processor, a graphics processor, a RAM, a ROM, a first interface to an nth interface for input/output.
In some embodiments, the display 260 includes a display screen component for displaying pictures, and a driving component for driving image display, a component for receiving image signals from the controller output, displaying video content, image content, and menu manipulation interface, and a user manipulation UI interface, etc.
In some embodiments, the display 260 may be at least one of a liquid crystal display, an OLED display, and a projection display, and may also be a projection device and a projection screen.
In some embodiments, the tuner demodulator 210 receives broadcast television signals via wired or wireless reception, and demodulates audio/video signals, such as EPG data signals, from a plurality of wireless or wired broadcast television signals.
In some embodiments, communicator 220 is a component for communicating with external devices or servers according to various communication protocol types. For example: the communicator may include at least one of a Wifi module, a bluetooth module, a wired ethernet module, and other network communication protocol chips or near field communication protocol chips, and an infrared receiver. The display apparatus 200 may establish transmission and reception of control signals and data signals with the control device 100 or the server 400 through the communicator 220.
In some embodiments, the detector 230 is used to collect signals of the external environment or interaction with the outside. For example, detector 230 includes a light receiver, a sensor for collecting ambient light intensity; alternatively, the detector 230 includes an image collector, such as a camera, which may be used to collect external environment scenes, attributes of the user, or user interaction gestures, or the detector 230 includes a sound collector, such as a microphone, which is used to receive external sounds.
In some embodiments, the external device interface 240 may include, but is not limited to, the following: high Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), analog or data high definition component input interface (component), composite video input interface (CVBS), USB input interface (USB), RGB port, and the like. The interface may be a composite input/output interface formed by the plurality of interfaces.
In some embodiments, the controller 250 and the modem 210 may be located in different separate devices, that is, the modem 210 may also be located in an external device of the main device where the controller 250 is located, such as an external set-top box.
In some embodiments, the controller 250 controls the operation of the display device and responds to user operations through various software control programs stored in memory. The controller 250 controls the overall operation of the display apparatus 200. For example: in response to receiving a user command for selecting a UI object to be displayed on the display 260, the controller 250 may perform an operation related to the object selected by the user command.
In some embodiments, the object may be any one of selectable objects, such as a hyperlink, an icon, or other actionable control. The operations related to the selected object are: displaying an operation connected to a hyperlink page, document, image, or the like, or performing an operation of a program corresponding to the icon.
In some embodiments the controller comprises at least one of a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a video processor, an audio processor, a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a RAM Random Access Memory (RAM), a ROM (Read-Only Memory), a first to nth interface for input/output, a communication Bus (Bus), and the like.
A CPU processor. For executing operating system and application program instructions stored in the memory, and executing various application programs, data and contents according to various interactive instructions receiving external input, so as to finally display and play various audio-video contents. The CPU processor may include a plurality of processors. E.g. comprising a main processor and one or more sub-processors.
In some embodiments, a graphics processor for generating various graphics objects, such as: at least one of an icon, an operation menu, and a user input instruction display figure. The graphic processor comprises an arithmetic unit, which performs operation by receiving various interactive instructions input by a user and displays various objects according to display attributes; the system also comprises a renderer for rendering various objects obtained based on the arithmetic unit, wherein the rendered objects are used for being displayed on a display.
In some embodiments, the video processor is configured to receive an external video signal, and perform at least one of video processing such as decompression, decoding, scaling, noise reduction, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, and image synthesis according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, so as to obtain a signal displayed or played on the direct display device 200.
In some embodiments, the video processor includes at least one of a demultiplexing module, a video decoding module, an image composition module, a frame rate conversion module, a display formatting module, and the like. The demultiplexing module is used for demultiplexing the input audio and video data stream. And the video decoding module is used for processing the video signal after demultiplexing, including decoding, scaling and the like. And the image synthesis module is used for carrying out superposition mixing processing on the GUI signal input by the user or generated by the user and the video image after the zooming processing by the graphic generator so as to generate an image signal for display. And the frame rate conversion module is used for converting the frame rate of the input video. And the display formatting module is used for converting the received video output signal after the frame rate conversion, and changing the signal to be in accordance with the signal of the display format, such as an output RGB data signal.
In some embodiments, the audio processor is configured to receive an external audio signal, decompress and decode the received audio signal according to a standard codec protocol of the input signal, and perform at least one of noise reduction, digital-to-analog conversion, and amplification processing to obtain a sound signal that can be played in the speaker.
In some embodiments, a user may enter user commands on a Graphical User Interface (GUI) displayed on display 260, and the user input interface receives the user input commands through the Graphical User Interface (GUI). Alternatively, the user may input the user command by inputting a specific sound or gesture, and the user input interface receives the user input command by recognizing the sound or gesture through the sensor.
In some embodiments, a "user interface" is a media interface for interaction and information exchange between an application or operating system and a user that enables conversion between an internal form of information and a form that is acceptable to the user. A commonly used presentation form of the User Interface is a Graphical User Interface (GUI), which refers to a User Interface related to computer operations and displayed in a graphical manner. It may be an interface element such as an icon, a window, a control, etc. displayed in the display screen of the electronic device, where the control may include at least one of an icon, a button, a menu, a tab, a text box, a dialog box, a status bar, a navigation bar, a Widget, etc. visual interface elements.
In some embodiments, user interface 280 is an interface that may be used to receive control inputs (e.g., physical buttons on the body of the display device, or the like).
In some embodiments, a system of a display device may include a Kernel (Kernel), a command parser (shell), a file system, and an application program. The kernel, shell, and file system together make up the basic operating system structure that allows users to manage files, run programs, and use the system. After power-on, the kernel is started, kernel space is activated, hardware is abstracted, hardware parameters are initialized, and virtual memory, a scheduler, signals and interprocess communication (IPC) are operated and maintained. And after the kernel is started, loading the Shell and the user application program. The application program is compiled into machine code after being started, and a process is formed.
Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, the system is divided into four layers, which are an Application (Applications) layer (abbreviated as "Application layer"), an Application Framework (Application Framework) layer (abbreviated as "Framework layer"), an Android runtime (Android runtime) and system library layer (abbreviated as "system runtime library layer"), and a kernel layer from top to bottom.
In some embodiments, at least one application program runs in the application program layer, and the application programs may be windows (windows) programs carried by an operating system, system setting programs, clock programs or the like; or an application developed by a third party developer. In particular implementations, the application packages in the application layer are not limited to the above examples.
The framework layer provides an Application Programming Interface (API) and a programming framework for the application program of the application layer. The application framework layer includes a number of predefined functions. The application framework layer acts as a processing center that decides to let the applications in the application layer act. The application program can access the resources in the system and obtain the services of the system in execution through the API interface.
As shown in fig. 4, in the embodiment of the present application, the application framework layer includes a manager (Managers), a Content Provider (Content Provider), and the like, where the manager includes at least one of the following modules: an Activity Manager (Activity Manager) is used for interacting with all activities running in the system; the Location Manager (Location Manager) is used for providing the system service or application with the access of the system Location service; a Package Manager (Package Manager) for retrieving various information related to an application Package currently installed on the device; a Notification Manager (Notification Manager) for controlling display and clearing of Notification messages; a Window Manager (Window Manager) is used to manage the icons, windows, toolbars, wallpapers, and desktop components on a user interface.
In some embodiments, the activity manager is used to manage the lifecycle of the various applications as well as general navigational fallback functions, such as controlling exit, opening, fallback, etc. of the applications. The window manager is used for managing all window programs, such as obtaining the size of a display screen, judging whether a status bar exists, locking the screen, intercepting the screen, controlling the change of the display window (for example, reducing the display window, displaying a shake, displaying a distortion deformation, and the like), and the like.
In some embodiments, the system runtime layer provides support for the upper layer, i.e., the framework layer, and when the framework layer is used, the android operating system runs the C/C + + library included in the system runtime layer to implement the functions to be implemented by the framework layer.
In some embodiments, the kernel layer is a layer between hardware and software. As shown in fig. 4, the core layer includes at least one of the following drivers: audio drive, display driver, bluetooth drive, camera drive, WIFI drive, USB drive, HDMI drive, sensor drive (like fingerprint sensor, temperature sensor, pressure sensor etc.) and power drive etc..
The hardware or software architecture in some embodiments may be based on the description in the above embodiments, and in some embodiments may be based on other hardware or software architectures that are similar to the above embodiments, and it is sufficient to implement the technical solution of the present application.
In some embodiments, the applications installed on the display device may include video-type applications, game-type applications, educational-type applications, and the like, and for some applications, such as video-type applications and game-type applications, parents may not want children to stay on the applications for too much time.
In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for controlling an application running duration based on multiple accounts, where the method may include the following steps: the user can establish a plurality of accounts on the display device, wherein one account can be a main account, one account can be a sub-account, the running time of some applications can be limited under the sub-account, and the running time of the applications can be unlimited under the main account, so that the parent can conveniently control the child to watch the television on the basis of ensuring the watching experience of the parent.
In some embodiments, the display device may be configured to not control the runtime length of the application when not logged into any of the accounts.
In some embodiments, when a user logs into an account on the display device for the first time, the account may be referred to as a primary account, and in a primary account login state, the display device may be configured not to control the running duration of the application.
In some embodiments, the user enters a password to authenticate when logging in the primary account.
In some embodiments, in the primary account login state, a user may create one or more sub-accounts and set application permissions under the sub-accounts.
In some embodiments, in the login state of the primary account, the user may press a menu key on the remote controller to enter a menu page, the menu page may be provided with a setting control, and the user may move the focus of the display device to the setting control by using a direction key on the remote controller, and press a confirmation key on the remote controller to trigger the setting control. Of course, the user may also trigger the setting control in other manners, for example, when the display device supports voice control, inputting a language instruction for triggering the display control to the display device may trigger the setting control; when the display device supports touch control, clicking a setting control displayed on the display device can trigger the setting control. The user can enter the setting page after triggering the setting control, the setting page can be provided with a sub-account management control, the user can enter the sub-account selection page by triggering the sub-account management control, and the sub-account selection page can be provided with the following controls: the method comprises the steps of creating a sub-account control, a first sub-account control and a second sub-account control, wherein when a user triggers the new sub-account control, the user can enter a sub-account creation page, the sub-account creation page can be provided with a sub-account naming control and a determining control, and after the user triggers the sub-account naming control, a sub-account name can be input into display equipment. After the user inputs the sub-account name and triggers the determination control, the sub-account can be completely established, and the display device can return to the sub-account selection page. In the sub-account selection page, both a first sub-account corresponding to the first sub-account control and a second sub-account corresponding to the second sub-account control can be sub-accounts created by a user, when the user does not create any sub-account, the sub-account selection page can only display a newly created sub-account control, after the user creates the first sub-account, the sub-account selection page can display the newly created sub-account control and the first sub-account control, after the user creates the first sub-account and the second sub-account, the sub-account selection page can display the newly created sub-account control, the first sub-account control and the second sub-account control, and so on, in some embodiments, if the user creates too many sub-accounts, the starting probability of one or some sub-accounts is low, the user is not easy to search or switch to one sub-account, the user can set the corresponding number of sub-accounts according to the number of children at home, the display device may be configured to create up to 3 sub-accounts.
In some embodiments, at the sub-account selection page, the user may move the focus of the display device to one of the sub-account controls, such as the first sub-account control, which may be configured to: and popping up an authority setting control in response to acquiring the focus. If the user presses a direction key on the remote controller, the focus is moved to the authority setting control, and the user can enter a sub-account authority management page by pressing a determination key on the remote controller; if the user does not press the direction key on the remote controller, the user can directly press the determination key on the remote controller to switch the login account of the display device into the sub-account and enter the display interface of the sub-account.
In some embodiments, the display device supports touch, at which time, the sub-account control may be configured to switch the login account of the display device to the sub-account in response to a click, and enter a display interface of the sub-account; and responding to double click or long press, popping up the authority setting control, and allowing the user to enter a sub-account authority management page by clicking the authority setting control.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 5, which is a schematic diagram of a sub-account permission management page according to some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the sub-account permission management page may be provided with the following options: application list, online time duration, and video viewing time duration. All applications installed on the display device and applications on a physical channel of the display device can be displayed below the application list, wherein all applications installed on the display device can include application names of applications owned by the display device and application names of applications installed by a user, and applications on the physical channel of the display device can include applications such as an HDMI interface application, a native media application, and a DTV (Digital Television) application. The control corresponding to the intersection point of the online time and the application name is a starting authority control, the control is used for adjusting the limited time corresponding to the starting authority of the application, the limited time can be adjusted within the range of 0-24 hours, if the limited time is 0 hour, the control indicates that the application does not have the starting authority under the sub-account, if the limited time is 24 hours, the control indicates that the application 1 has the starting authority under the sub-account, the operation of the application is not limited by time, if the limited time is any time within the range of 1-23 hours, the control indicates that the application has the starting authority under the sub-account, and the operation time of the application is limited to 1 day of operation limited time. The control corresponding to the intersection point of the video watching time and the application name is a video watching time authority control, the control is used for adjusting the limiting time corresponding to the video watching time authority of the application, and the limiting time can be adjusted within the range of 0-24 hours. In fig. 5, the limited duration corresponding to the online duration control of the application 1 is 0 hour, and the video watching duration is 0 hour, which indicates that the application 1 has the start permission under the sub-account, and the online duration and the video watching duration are not limited; the limited time corresponding to the online time control of the application 2 is 8 hours, the video watching time is 6 hours, which indicates that the application 2 has the starting authority under the sub-account, the online time is limited to 8 hours a day, and the video watching time is limited to 6 hours; the limited time length corresponding to the online time length control of the application 3 is 5 hours, the video watching time length is 5 hours, which indicates that the application 3 has the starting authority under the sub-account, the online time length is limited to 5 hours a day, and the video watching time length is also limited to 5 hours.
In some embodiments, after the sub-account is created, the limited duration corresponding to the start permission control and the video viewing duration permission control may default to 24 hours.
In some embodiments, after the sub-account is created, the limited duration of the start permission control and the video viewing duration permission control may default to a preset duration, for example, 4 hours.
In some embodiments, the user may adjust the limited duration corresponding to the start permission control and the video viewing duration permission control on the sub-account permission management page, and after the user triggers the start permission control or the video viewing duration permission control, the user may input the limited duration.
In some embodiments, in addition to the above-mentioned start permission and video viewing permission, the application permission may further include other permissions, such as an online period permission, which may limit the application to only run in a preset period, such as 17:00 to 19:00, and an adjustment control of an online period may also be added in fig. 5, so that a user may adjust an online period of a certain application.
In some embodiments, the display device may store the application permission and the corresponding limited duration or period in fig. 5 as a sub-account permission management table, and store the sub-account permission management table in a preset file or a preset path, which is convenient for searching.
In some embodiments, an account switching key may be provided on the remote controller of the display device, and a user may press the account switching key to generate an account switching request, and the controller of the display device may be configured to switch the currently logged-in account to another account in response to the account switching request.
In some embodiments, after receiving an account switching request input by a user, a controller of a display device may switch a main account to a sub-account ranked in a first order according to that an account currently logged in is the main account, where the ranking may be an order of the sub-accounts in a sub-account selection page; the display device can control the display to display the authority authentication control according to that the currently logged-in account is any one of the sub-accounts, after a user inputs a trigger instruction of the authority authentication control, the sub-accounts are switched to the main account according to the fact that authority authentication information in the trigger instruction is consistent with preset authentication information, wherein the authority authentication control can be a password control, and the authority authentication information in the touch instruction can include a switching password input by the user.
In some embodiments, after the display device logs in the sub-account for the first time, any password input by the user when triggering the authority authentication control may be used as a switching password for switching any sub-account to the main account, and the switching password may be the same as or different from the login password of the main account.
In some embodiments, after receiving an account switching request input by a user, a controller of the display device may generate and control the display to display a sub-account selection page according to a currently logged-in account as a main account, and the user may select the page on the sub-account, move a focus to one of the sub-accounts, and then press a determination key to switch the display device to the sub-account.
In some embodiments, the display device supports voice control, a user can input a voice instruction for switching accounts into the display device, the display device generates an account switching request according to the voice instruction, and then account switching is performed according to a currently logged account.
In some embodiments, the method for controlling the application running time of the display device under different accounts can be seen in fig. 6, including steps S110-S130.
Step S110: an application launch request is received.
In some embodiments, the user moves the focus to an icon of an application on the display device, and pressing the ok key may generate an application launch request.
Step S120: and when the current login account of the display equipment is the main account, responding to the application starting request, and starting the target application corresponding to the application starting request.
In some embodiments, when the account currently logged in by the display device is a primary account, any application has a start permission, and the running duration is not limited to the running duration, and the display device may respond to the application start request to start a target application corresponding to the application start request.
Step S130: and when the current login account of the display equipment is a sub-account, responding to the application starting request, and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account.
In some embodiments, when the account currently logged in by the display device is a sub-account, the target Application corresponding to the Application start request may or may not have a start permission, and an APM (Application Manager) of the display device may search a sub-account permission management table in a preset path or a preset file in response to the Application start request, and control the operation of the target Application according to the Application permission in the sub-account permission management table.
In some embodiments, the APM of the display device may start the target application according to that the application authority of the target application includes a start authority.
In some embodiments, a target application, such as an application developed on the display device side, may be configured in advance to send a message of successful start to the APM after the successful start, and the APM may start a first timing process according to the message of successful start to time the running duration of the target application, where the timing duration of the first timing process is the running duration of the target application.
In some embodiments, the target application is an application developed by a third party platform and does not have a function of sending a successful start message to the display device after the successful start. In order to detect the running time of the target application, the APM of the display device may register in the APM according to the target application in the starting process, and if the registration is successful, the starting is successful, and if the registration is failed, the starting is failed, so that when the registration parameter of the target application in the system process is detected, the target application is determined to be successfully started. After the target application is judged to be successfully started, the APM can control the display device to start a first timing process and time the running time of the target application, wherein the timing time of the first timing process is the running time of the target application, the display device can predetermine the registration parameters generated after the target application is successfully registered, the registration parameters can be conveniently compared with the actual registration parameters in the starting process of the target application, and if the registration parameters are consistent, the registration is considered to be successful.
In some embodiments, the first timing process may be started after the application is started, the timing duration is stored after the application is closed, and then the process is ended, so that the timing is continued according to the stored timing duration when the application is started next time, the display device may clear the timing duration of the first timing process of each application at 24:00, so as to count the timing duration of a new day, or after the first timing process is started each time, determine whether the last timing duration belongs to the timing duration of the current day, if so, continue to time according to the last timing duration, and if not, clear the last timing duration and restart the timing.
In some embodiments, after the target application is started, after the running duration of the target application reaches a certain time, the APM may send a notification message of the running duration of the target application to the UI process of the display device, and after the UI process receives the notification message, the UI process generates and controls the display to display the prompt information of the running duration of the application, for example, every hour the running duration of the target application reaches, the display device may display the prompt information: the application is started for 1 hour, a user can stop the application and restart the application after the rest, and the display equipment can search the timing duration corresponding to the starting authority of the application according to the registration information after the application is restarted and continues to time according to the timing duration corresponding to the starting authority.
In some embodiments, after the target application is started, when the running time of the target application is a long distance and a preset time also exists for a limited time corresponding to the start permission, the APM may send a notification message of the running time of the target application to a UI process of the display device, and after receiving the notification message, the UI process generates and controls the display device to display a prompt message that the application is to be closed after the preset time, for example, the preset time may be 5 minutes, and the prompt message may be: "there is 5 minutes application and just closing" still, indicate the user application and close, avoid the user to have no psychological preparation when the application is closed, in order to have trouble for the application.
In some embodiments, after the target application is started, when the running time of the target application reaches the limited time corresponding to the start permission, the APM may force to close the target application, return the display interface to the interface before the user opens the target application, and send a notification message that the target application has reached the limited time corresponding to the start permission to the UI process of the display device, and the UI process may display an un-startable identifier, such as a text prompt of "when arrived" on the application icon on the interface according to the notification message, or set the application icon to gray, and if the user clicks the application icon, a prompt may pop up, such as "the application has been used for too long today, and the application comes again tomorrow".
In some embodiments, after the target application is started, if the target application has a video playing function, a user may click a video to play in the target application, and before the target application plays the video, a video playing channel needs to be established in a system Service of the display device, so that the display device may send video stream data required by the target application to play the video to the target application through the video playing channel.
In some embodiments, the target application, such as an application developed by the display device and most third-party applications, is configured in advance to send a video playing request to the APM before the video playing channel is successfully established, and the APM may search a sub-account permission management table in a preset path or a preset file in response to the video playing request, and control the target application to establish the video playing channel according to the video playing permission in the sub-account permission management table. And the APM can start a second timing process according to the video playing message and time the video playing duration of the target application. When the video playing is paused, the target application can inform the APM of the message, so that the APM controls the second timing process to pause the timing; when the video playing is finished, the APM can be informed by a message, so that the APM finishes timing.
In some embodiments, the applications developed by individual third party platforms do not have the capability to send corresponding messages to the display device at the beginning, pause and end of the video playback. The APM of the display device can judge that the target application establishes the video playing channel according to the detected video playing channel parameter corresponding to the target application, and can start a second timing process to time the video playing time of the target application. When the video playing of the target application is paused or ended, the APM may pause or end the timing of the second timing process according to the video data change of the video playing channel.
In some embodiments, the second timing process may be started after the video playing is started, the timing duration is stored after the video playing is finished, and then the process is finished, so that the timing is continued according to the stored timing duration when the video playing is started next time, the display device may clear the timing duration of the second timing process of each application at 24:00, so as to count the timing duration of a new day, or after the second timing process is started each time, determine whether the timing duration of the last time belongs to the timing duration of the current day, if so, continue to time according to the timing duration of the last time, and if not, clear the timing duration of the last time and restart the timing.
In some embodiments, after the video playing duration of the target application reaches the limit duration corresponding to the video playing permission, the APM may disable the video playing function of the target application, where an exemplary method for disabling the video playing function of the target application includes: stopping providing the video code stream data to the target application, so that the target application cannot successfully acquire the video code stream data through the video playing channel, reporting an error after the target application fails to acquire the video code stream data, for example, displaying a prompt of playing failure, sending a notification message that the target application has reached the limit time corresponding to the video playing permission to a UI process of the display device by the APM, and generating and controlling the display to display prompt information of the video playing time of the application by the UI process after receiving the notification message, for example, "the application is used to watch videos for too long today, and the user arrives at a bar in the next day".
In some embodiments, after the target application has reached the limit duration corresponding to the first timing process, if the user wants to continue to use the application, the currently logged-in sub-account may be switched back to the main account, the limit duration corresponding to the first timing process is adjusted, and after returning to the sub-account, the target application may continue to be used.
In some embodiments, after the target application has reached the limit duration corresponding to the second timing process, if the user wants to continue to use the application to play the video, the currently logged-in sub-account may be switched back to the main account, the limit duration corresponding to the second timing process is adjusted, and after returning to the sub-account, the target application may continue to be used to play the video.
The above embodiments illustrate a method for controlling an application running duration based on multiple accounts, and in some embodiments, in order to solve the problem that a child needs to limit the use time of an application, the application running may not be controlled based on multiple accounts, or the application running may be controlled based on a single account, and at this time, a main account and a sub-account are not distinguished. After the display device logs in an account, a setting page of the display device may be provided with an application permission management control, after the user triggers the application permission management control, the user may enter the application permission management page, the application permission management page may also be set to the style shown in fig. 5, and the application may adjust the online duration and the video viewing duration of each application on the page. Under the account, the control method of the application running time length can be seen in fig. 7, and comprises steps S210-S230.
Step S210: an application launch request is received.
In some embodiments, the APM may be started after the display device is powered on, and obtain a target application to be started by a user according to an application start request received by the display device.
Step S220: and responding to the application starting request, and starting a target application corresponding to the application starting request.
In some embodiments, if the account currently logged in by the display device has the start authority of the target application, the APM may start the target application and time the running duration of the target application.
Step S230: and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the account currently logged in by the display equipment.
In some embodiments, under the account where the display device is currently logged in, the APM may close the target application when the running duration of the target application reaches the limit duration corresponding to the start permission of the application.
In some embodiments, when the running duration of the target application reaches the limit duration corresponding to the start permission, the APM may send a notification message that the running duration of the target application reaches the limit duration corresponding to the start permission to the UI process, after receiving the notification message, the UI process may generate and control the display to display the permission authentication control, after the user inputs the trigger instruction of the permission authentication control, the APM clears the running duration of the target application according to the consistency between the permission authentication information in the trigger instruction and the preset authentication information, and restarts timing, so that the user may continue to use the application.
In some embodiments, to avoid disturbing the use of the application by the parents, the method for controlling the running duration of the application based on the single account may be enabled only in the education mode, wherein the education mode is a running mode on the display device, and the display device is provided with a normal mode in addition to the education mode, so that the parents can use the application in the normal mode, and the children can use the application in the education mode. An education mode control can be arranged on a remote controller of the display equipment, a user can switch to an education mode by one key, and in the education mode, the user returns to a common mode and needs to perform authority authentication. In the normal mode, after receiving the application starting request, the display device can directly start the application without limiting the running time of the application.
The foregoing embodiment illustrates a control method for an application running duration based on APM control, and in some embodiments, the control method in the foregoing embodiment may also be implemented by a preset APP control on a display device, or implemented by a UI process of the display device, or implemented by other manners, which is not limited in this application.
It can be seen from the above embodiments that, by setting the system-level application permission, the embodiment of the application can control the running time of an application according to the application permission after receiving a start request of the application, thereby solving the problem that children stay too much time in the application, and simultaneously ensuring that parents are not affected or less affected when using the application, thereby satisfying different use requirements of parents and children and improving user experience.
Since the above embodiments are all described by referring to and combining with other embodiments, the same portions are provided between different embodiments, and the same and similar portions between the various embodiments in this specification may be referred to each other. And will not be described in detail herein.
It is noted that, in this specification, relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a circuit structure, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such circuit structure, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, the presence of an element identified by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a circuit structure, article, or device comprising the element.
Other embodiments of the present application will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the invention following, in general, the principles of the application and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the invention pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the application being indicated by the following claims.
The above embodiments of the present application do not limit the scope of the present application.

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1. A display device, comprising:
a display;
a controller configured to:
receiving an application starting request;
when the current login account of the display equipment is a main account, responding to the application starting request, and starting a target application corresponding to the application starting request;
and when the current login account of the display equipment is a sub-account, responding to the application starting request, and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account.
2. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the running duration of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account comprises:
starting the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account, including a starting permission, and timing the running time of the target application;
and when the running time of the target application reaches the limit time corresponding to the starting authority, closing the target application.
3. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the timing the running duration of the target application comprises:
and starting a first timing process when the registration parameters of the target application in the system process are detected, wherein the timing duration of the first timing process is the running duration of the target application.
4. The display device of claim 2, wherein the controller is further configured to:
and when the running time of the target application reaches the limit time corresponding to the starting authority, displaying an un-startable mark on an application icon of the target application.
5. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:
and when the limited time length corresponding to the long-distance starting authority during the running of the target application is also a preset time length, generating and controlling the display to display prompt information for closing the application after the preset time length.
6. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:
timing the video watching time length of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account, including the video watching time length permission;
and when the video watching duration of the target application reaches the limit duration corresponding to the video watching duration authority, forbidding the video playing function of the target application.
7. The display device of claim 6, wherein the disabling of the video playback function of the target application comprises: and stopping providing the video code stream data to the target application.
8. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to:
receiving an account switching request;
when the current login account of the display equipment is a main account, switching the main account into the sub account;
when the current login account of the display equipment is a sub-account, controlling the display to display an authority authentication control;
receiving a trigger instruction of an authority authentication control input by a user;
and switching the sub-account into the main account according to the condition that the authority authentication information in the trigger instruction is consistent with the preset authentication information.
9. A display device, comprising:
a display;
a controller configured to:
receiving an application starting request;
responding to the application starting request, and starting a target application corresponding to the application starting request;
and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the account currently logged in by the display equipment.
10. A method for controlling an application running time is characterized by comprising the following steps:
receiving an application starting request;
when the current login account of the display equipment is a main account, responding to the application starting request, and starting a target application corresponding to the application starting request;
and when the current login account of the display equipment is a sub-account, responding to the application starting request, and controlling the running time of the target application according to the application permission of the target application under the sub-account.
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