CN113687758B

CN113687758B - Operation method based on auxiliary display area and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN113687758B
Application number: CN202110852838.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 崔耀; 朱恒; 魏耀都; 杨磊; 熊君君; 刘礼; 李云川; 王立众
Original assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-06-07
Filing date: 2016-06-07
Publication date: 2024-04-12
Anticipated expiration: 2036-06-07
Also published as: CN107479810B; CN113687758A; CN107479810A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an operation method based on an auxiliary display area and terminal equipment, wherein the method comprises the following steps: detecting a triggering operation for the object, and displaying related content of the object in an auxiliary display area; and carrying out corresponding processing on the related content of the object based on the operation of the related content of the object in the auxiliary display area. In the embodiment of the invention, based on the operation of the related content of the object displayed by the auxiliary display area, deep content and/or hidden content of the object can be deeply processed, so that the interaction depth between the auxiliary display area and the object related to the application is greatly enhanced, the function of the auxiliary display area is expanded, the level of utilizing the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of a user on deep interaction is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the experience of the user is improved.

Description

Operation method based on auxiliary display area and terminal equipment

The present application is a divisional application of the invention patent application with the application number of "201610399484.0", the application date of 2016, 06, 07, and the invention name of "operation method based on auxiliary display area" and terminal device.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of terminals, in particular to an operation method based on an auxiliary display area and terminal equipment.

Background

With the light and thin of the terminal device, the whole appearance of the terminal device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, an electronic reader and the like is generally flat and blocky. Along with the progress of science and technology, a side screen starts to appear in the terminal equipment besides the configuration of the main screen; the main screen is usually arranged on the front surface of the terminal equipment and parallel to the terminal equipment; the side screen is usually arranged on the side of the main screen, is connected with the main screen and forms a set included angle with the main screen.

Existing side screen based methods of operation are typically limited to displaying some auxiliary information in the side screen, unlocking the main screen with the side screen, launching some applications with the side screen, or retrieving or locating the content currently displayed in the main screen with the side screen.

For example, in the case where the main screen of the terminal device is locked, an operation such as sliding is performed in the side screen, and the main screen is unlocked. However, in this example, there is no interaction between the side screen and the application or displayed content in the home screen, and no interaction with the deep or hidden content of the application is possible.

For another example, when the terminal device views the mail, the mail text is displayed in the main screen, and the capacity of the attachment is displayed in the side screen. However, the side screen in this example only serves as an auxiliary display, and cannot interact with deep or hidden content of the application.

For another example, the terminal device displays a desktop containing icons of a plurality of applications in the main screen, and displays shortcuts of the applications in the side screen; and starting the corresponding application by clicking the shortcut in the side screen. However, the side screen in this example cannot interact with the deep or hidden content of the application.

In summary, the existing operation method based on the side screen is still at a relatively primary level for the utilization of the side screen. How to deeply dig the functions based on the side screen and enhance the deeper interaction between the side screen and the application is a problem to be solved.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides an operation method based on an auxiliary display area and terminal equipment, which are used for solving the problem of low utilization level of the auxiliary display area in the prior art.

According to an aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an operation method based on an auxiliary display area, where a terminal device includes a main display area and an auxiliary display area, and the method includes:

detecting a triggering operation for the object, and displaying related content of the object in the auxiliary display area;

and carrying out corresponding processing on the related content of the object based on the operation of the related content of the object in the auxiliary display area.

According to another aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, including:

a main display area and an auxiliary display area;

the display module is used for detecting triggering operation for the object and displaying related content of the object in the auxiliary display area;

and the operation processing module is used for correspondingly processing the related content of the object based on the operation of the related content of the object in the auxiliary display area.

In the embodiment of the invention, based on the operation of the related content of the object displayed by the auxiliary display area, deep content and/or hidden content of the object can be deeply processed, so that the interaction depth between the auxiliary display area and the object related to the application is greatly enhanced, the function of the auxiliary display area is expanded, the level of utilizing the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of a user on deep interaction is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the experience of the user is improved.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an operation method based on an auxiliary display area according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for displaying and operating schedule information based on auxiliary display area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a special case in which schedule information is displayed in an auxiliary display area when a terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention is in a bright screen state;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a special case in which a terminal device in a standby state of screen-off displays schedule information in an auxiliary display area according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 5a and 5b are schematic flow diagrams of a method for displaying and operating a date to which a schedule based on an auxiliary display area according to a second embodiment of the present invention belongs;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a special case of modifying a date of a schedule based on an auxiliary display area according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a flowchart of a method for adjusting schedule time based on an auxiliary display area according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a special case in which a terminal device adjusts schedule time based on an auxiliary display area according to the third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method for modifying schedule attribute information based on an auxiliary display area according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a schedule attribute information modification method based on an auxiliary display area according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method for creating a new batch schedule based on an auxiliary display area according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an example of a batch creation of a schedule based on auxiliary display areas according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a flowchart of a method for querying an idle period based on an auxiliary display area according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a query idle period based on an auxiliary display area according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the auxiliary display area and the main display area used in combination according to the seventh embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a prefix number operation method of a communication number based on an auxiliary display area according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a schematic diagram showing an example of prefix number operation of a communication number based on an auxiliary display area according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a schematic diagram of an example of adding prefix numbers to a plurality of communication numbers based on an auxiliary display area according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 19 is a flowchart of a suffix number operation method of a communication number based on an auxiliary display area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 20 is a schematic diagram of an example of recording a suffix number at the time of a call based on an auxiliary display area according to example nine of the present invention;

FIG. 21 is a flow chart of a digital information recording method based on auxiliary display area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an example of recording digital information in a call in a bright screen state according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 23 is a schematic diagram showing an example of recording digital information in a call in an off-screen state according to the tenth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 24 is a flowchart of an application option or parameter setting method based on an auxiliary display area according to an eleventh embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 25 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an application option or parameter setting method based on an auxiliary display area according to the eleventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating a method for expanding and displaying a folding control based on an auxiliary display area according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 27A and 27B are schematic diagrams of two examples of editing based on a control of an expanded display in an auxiliary display area, respectively, according to a twelfth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 28 is a flowchart of a cursor positioning method based on an auxiliary display area according to a thirteenth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 29 is a schematic diagram of an example of text viewing based on cursor positioning of the auxiliary display region in accordance with the thirteenth embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating a method for adjusting content displayed in an auxiliary display area according to a fourteenth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 31 and 32 are schematic diagrams showing two examples of adjusting the display of the auxiliary display area in the main display area bright screen state according to the fourteen embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 33 is a schematic diagram showing two examples of adjusting the display of the auxiliary display area in the main display area off-screen state according to the fourteen embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 34 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of a terminal device according to a fifteenth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an", "the" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless expressly stated otherwise, as understood by those skilled in the art. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "coupled" to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. Further, "connected" or "coupled" as used herein may include wirelessly connected or wirelessly coupled. The term "and/or" as used herein includes all or any element and all combination of one or more of the associated listed items.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs unless defined otherwise. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the prior art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

As used herein, a "terminal" or "terminal device" includes both a device of a wireless signal receiver having no transmitting capability and a device of receiving and transmitting hardware having receiving and transmitting hardware capable of bi-directional communication over a bi-directional communication link, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art. Such a device may include: a cellular or other communication device having a single-line display or a multi-line display or a cellular or other communication device without a multi-line display; a PCS (Personal Communications Service, personal communication system) that may combine voice, data processing, facsimile and/or data communication capabilities; a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant ) that can include a radio frequency receiver, pager, internet/intranet access, web browser, notepad, calendar and/or GPS (Global Positioning System ) receiver; a conventional laptop and/or palmtop computer or other appliance that has and/or includes a radio frequency receiver. As used herein, "terminal," "terminal device" may be portable, transportable, installed in a vehicle (aeronautical, maritime, and/or land-based), or adapted and/or configured to operate locally and/or in a distributed fashion, to operate at any other location(s) on earth and/or in space. The "terminal" and "terminal device" used herein may also be a communication terminal, a network access terminal, and a music/video playing terminal, for example, may be a PDA, a MID (Mobile Internet Device ), and/or a mobile phone with a music/video playing function, and may also be a smart tv, a set top box, and other devices.

The terminal equipment in the invention can be a smart phone, a tablet personal computer or an electronic reader and the like.

The terminal equipment comprises a main display area and an auxiliary display area, wherein the auxiliary display area comprises at least one of the following components: the display screen comprises a side screen, a preset area in the main screen and other display screens which are independently arranged with the main screen. Accordingly, the main display area includes at least one of: the main screen and other display areas of the main screen except the auxiliary display area.

When the auxiliary display area is a side screen, the main display area may be a main screen; or when the auxiliary display area is a side screen and an expansion area in the main screen, the main display area can be other display areas except the expansion area in the main screen; or when the auxiliary display area is a partial area in the main screen, the main display area may be other display areas in the main screen; or, two display screens are arranged in the terminal device, wherein the two display screens can be respectively arranged as a main display area and an auxiliary display area.

The main screen is arranged on the front surface of the terminal equipment and is parallel to the terminal equipment; the side screen is arranged on the side edge of the main display area, is connected with the main display area and forms a set included angle with the main screen.

The auxiliary display area of the terminal device comprises a single auxiliary display area, a double auxiliary display area or a plurality of auxiliary display areas. Wherein the single auxiliary display area includes at least one of: the display device comprises a left side screen, a right side screen, a preset area on the main screen, an expansion area in the left side screen and the main screen which is adjacent to the left side screen, an expansion area in the right side screen and the main screen which is adjacent to the right side screen, and another display screen which is independently arranged with the main screen.

The invention provides an operation method based on an auxiliary display area, and a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 1, and the method comprises the following steps S101 and S102: s101, detecting triggering operation for an object, and displaying related content of the object in an auxiliary display area; s102, based on the operation of the related content of the object in the auxiliary display area, the related content of the object is correspondingly processed.

In the invention, the user can implement the triggering operation when the main display area of the terminal equipment is in the bright screen state, and can also implement the triggering operation when the main display area is in the black screen (i.e. off screen or closed screen) state.

In the state that the main display area is in the bright screen state, the terminal device may receive the trigger operation in various manners, including but not limited to: touch, physical keys, virtual keys, voice, gestures, external controllers, and the like.

In the state that the main display area is in the black screen state, the terminal device may receive the triggering operation in various manners, including but not limited to: touch, voice, physical key, gesture, external controller, etc.

In the invention, based on the operation of the related content of the object displayed by the auxiliary display area, deep content and/or hidden content of the object can be deeply processed, so that the interaction depth between the auxiliary display area and the object related to the application is greatly enhanced, the function of the auxiliary display area is expanded, the level of utilizing the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of a user on deep interaction is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the experience of the user is improved.

The technical scheme of the embodiments of the present invention is specifically described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Example 1

The first embodiment of the invention discloses a method for displaying and operating schedule information based on an auxiliary display area, wherein a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 2, and the method comprises the following steps S201 to S202:

s201: a triggering operation for the object is detected, and schedule information of a set date is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

The terminal device can display schedule information of a set date in the auxiliary display area after detecting triggering operation for the calendar application, wherein the set date can be a current date or other set dates, and a calendar application interface can be displayed in the main display area; further, if a user's selection operation for a date in the calendar application interface of the main display area is detected, schedule information corresponding to the selected date may be displayed in the auxiliary display area, wherein the user may select one or more dates.

Preferably, after detecting the triggering operation for the calendar application, the terminal device may display the calendar application interface in the main display area, and display the initialized schedule information or the schedule information of the current date in the auxiliary display area of the terminal device.

Specifically, displaying the initialized schedule information in the auxiliary display area of the terminal device may include: the initialized schedule information or the schedule information of the current date may be displayed in the auxiliary display area, and a measure characterizing time may be displayed, which may be embodied by, but not limited to, a timeline. Different segments in the timeline represent different time periods, and the entire timeline may be used to represent the current day, afternoon, or some user-defined time period. Preferably, operation icons and/or virtual keys are displayed in the auxiliary display area.

The user can control the time period represented by the time progress bar through gestures such as dragging, zooming and the like in the auxiliary display area, and the time progress bar can be dynamically adjusted according to the current time. For example, the current time is 2 pm, then the entire timeline may represent only the time from pm to evening (e.g., 12:00-24:00). The time progress bar may also be displayed according to a user-defined time period, for example, the user sets the own interest time period to 18:00-21:00 a day, and then the auxiliary display area may display the time progress bar in the initial state only for the user-defined time period. In addition to characterizing a measure of time with a timeline, other ways of characterizing a measure of time, such as discrete blocks of time, may be used.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a specific example of displaying schedule information in the auxiliary display area in a state in which the terminal device is on a screen.

Part a of fig. 3 is a special case of displaying initialized schedule information in the auxiliary display area. In part a of fig. 3, virtual function keys, such as an add function key and a modify function key, are displayed on the one-sided or two-sided auxiliary display area to provide the user with functions of creating and modifying schedule information. Further, the virtual function key may be displayed in the main display area after waking up.

Alternatively, in part B of fig. 3, displaying schedule information of the current date in the auxiliary display area of the terminal device may include: after waking up the main display area, displaying a calendar application interface in the main display area; calendar information of the current date is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

Alternatively, in part C of fig. 3, displaying schedule information of the selected date in the auxiliary display area of the terminal device may include: after waking up the main display area, displaying a calendar application interface in the main display area; and displaying schedule information corresponding to the selected date in the auxiliary display area according to the selection operation of the date in the calendar application interface of the main display area.

Specifically, the user may select a certain date to be viewed in a specific schedule on the calendar application interface displayed in the main display area, and when the terminal device detects the date selected by the user in the calendar application interface in the main display area, the terminal device displays schedule information of the corresponding date in the auxiliary display area. The manner in which the user selects a date on the main display area calendar application interface may include: gesture selection (e.g., an air gesture or a screen gesture), voice selection, external device selection (e.g., a stylus or a watch), and/or key selection (e.g., a virtual key or a physical key), etc., the selection operation of the main display area by the user detected by the terminal device may be described herein, and will not be described herein.

Preferably, displaying schedule information of the selected date in the auxiliary display area in a visual graphic manner of at least one of the following, including:

and displaying icons of each schedule according to a preset time sequence. Further, the time sequence of each schedule may be set in advance by the user.

The time length of each schedule is represented by the area or the length of the icon of each schedule.

Brief information of the schedule is displayed on an icon of the schedule, such as a conference, an airplane, etc. Further, brief information of the schedule is displayed in a graphic or text manner.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, a technical scheme for checking the current day working schedule in the auxiliary display area when the terminal device is in the idle screen standby state is further provided.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a specific example of displaying schedule information in the auxiliary display area when the terminal device is in a screen-off standby state (i.e., both the main display area and the auxiliary display area are black).

The terminal device is in a idle standby state, and the main display area and the auxiliary display area are both in a black state (for example, as shown in part a of fig. 4).

A method of waking up an auxiliary display area and displaying schedule information in the auxiliary display area includes: after detecting the triggering operation of the user inputting the calendar of the auxiliary display area, the terminal device wakes up the auxiliary display area and directly displays the schedule information of the appointed date (such as the current date) in the auxiliary display area (for example, as shown in part C of fig. 4), wherein the triggering process of the calendar of the auxiliary display area can be that the terminal device directly displays the schedule information of the current date in the auxiliary display area after detecting the triggering mode described above.

Another method of waking up an auxiliary display area and displaying schedule information in the auxiliary display area includes: after detecting that the auxiliary display area is individually awakened, the terminal device individually lights up the auxiliary display area, and can display icons of a plurality of applications including a calendar application (for example, as shown in part B of fig. 4) in the auxiliary display area; after detecting a selection operation such as a user clicking an icon of the calendar application or detecting a predetermined shortcut gesture, the terminal device displays schedule information (e.g., part C of fig. 4) of a specified date (e.g., current date) in the auxiliary display area according to the selection operation for the calendar application in the auxiliary display area.

Further, embodiments of the present invention support a user's ability to view the schedule of the current date in the auxiliary display area: the schedule of a specific time period can be checked in the auxiliary display area through gesture operations such as dragging, zooming and the like, the main display area is not required to be lightened in the whole process, and the electric quantity of the terminal equipment is effectively saved.

Further, after detecting that the user triggers the operation of closing the auxiliary display area or the operation of not detecting the user within a set time after the auxiliary display area wakes up, the terminal device closes the auxiliary display area, so that the electric quantity is further saved. The operation may be applied to the auxiliary display area or to the main display area; the operation may be at least one of: touching, sliding, dragging, long pressing, short pressing, handwriting pen pulling out and the like; the system can be a default operation action, and the operation action can be selected or set by user definition.

S202: based on a selection operation of a schedule in the auxiliary display area, attribute information of the selected schedule is displayed in the main display area.

The user can select a certain schedule among the schedules displayed on the auxiliary display area, and after detecting a selection operation of the user for the schedule displayed in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device displays attribute information of the schedule, such as a place of participation in the schedule, a participant, and the like, in the main display area.

The manner in which the user selects the schedule on the auxiliary display area includes various kinds such as voice, key (long press schedule, single click schedule, double click schedule, or single click extended press schedule), and the like. The selection operation of detecting or receiving the object related content such as schedule in the auxiliary display area by the terminal device referred to hereinafter may be the selection operation described herein, and will not be described in detail.

Preferably, the schedule information is displayed in the auxiliary display area and the main display area is in a black screen state, and the main display area is awakened according to a selection operation for the content in the schedule information displayed in the auxiliary display area, and the relevant information of the selected content is displayed in the main display area.

Specifically, after detecting that the user performs an operation of starting the main display area to display the calendar through the auxiliary display area, the terminal device wakes up the main display area, and displays a calendar application interface in the main display area. Here, the operation of starting the main display area through the auxiliary display area may be various operations as mentioned above.

When the calendar application interface is displayed in the main display area, the content selected by the user in the auxiliary display area or related content can be displayed in the main display area for the user to view or modify, wherein the content selected by the user can be a time period or a schedule selected by the user.

If it is a user selected time period, at least one schedule within the selected time period is displayed in the main display area. Preferably, the schedules within the selected time period are displayed in a list manner in the main display area. Wherein the schedule displayed in the main display area is content related to a time period selected by the user in the auxiliary display area; for example, the status in this period is a busy or idle schedule or the like.

If it is schedule information selected by the user, attribute information of the selected schedule, such as attendees, etc., of the schedule is displayed in the main display area.

Preferably, different information is displayed in the main display area according to different main display area wakeup operations.

Further, according to the first main display area wakeup operation, attribute information of the selected schedule is displayed in the main display area. For example, for a certain schedule in the auxiliary display area, if it is detected that the schedule is dragged to the main display area, attribute information of the schedule may be displayed in the main display area.

Further, according to the second main display area awakening operation, an interface of the date of the schedule is displayed in the main display area.

For example, if a long press operation is detected for a certain schedule in the auxiliary display area, a date view may be displayed in the main display area for modifying the date on which the schedule is located, and the like.

According to the first embodiment of the invention, according to the triggering operation of a user, schedule information of a set date is displayed in an auxiliary display area of terminal equipment for reference of the user, and the user can clearly acquire an overall transaction plan of the date according to the schedule information in the auxiliary display area; based on a selection operation for a time period or a schedule of the date in the auxiliary display area, a schedule related to the selected time period or attribute information of the selected schedule may be displayed in the main display area; the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the calendar application by the user are greatly enhanced, the functions of the auxiliary display area are expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the calendar application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and accordingly the user experience is improved.

Example two

In a second embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying and operating a date to which a schedule belongs based on an auxiliary display area is disclosed, and a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 5a, including the following steps S501 to S502:

S501: a triggering operation for the object is detected, and schedule information of a set date is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

The method of this step is identical to the method of step S201 described above, and will not be described here again.

S502: based on a selection operation of a schedule in the auxiliary display area, a date on which time information corresponding to the selected schedule is in a set state is displayed in the main display area.

In the state of the bright screen, the terminal device detects a selection operation for a certain schedule in the schedule information in the auxiliary display area, and the selection operation is described above and is not repeated here.

After determining the time period occupied by the selected schedule in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device checks whether the time period of the schedule is occupied in the set date range, and determines that the time period of the schedule is the date of the set state (such as occupied state and/or idle state). The set date range may be all dates in the main display area view range, or may be a date within a certain period of time before and after the current date, or may be a user-defined date, for example, a plurality of dates are pre-selected by the user.

The terminal device displays the date of the time information corresponding to the schedule in the set state (such as idle state) in the main display area in a distinguishing way in the set date range aiming at the selected schedule in the auxiliary display area so as to remind the user of arranging the schedule in the distinguishing way. The distinguishing display may include at least one of: a dashed box is added around the date, the date is highlighted, other ways, etc.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a special case of modifying a date to which a schedule belongs based on an auxiliary display area.

As shown in part a of fig. 6, the terminal device displays, for a selected schedule in the auxiliary display area, time information corresponding to the schedule displayed in the main display area as a date in an idle state, and a dotted line frame is superimposed around the date in the idle state.

Preferably, under the condition that the main display area is black and schedule information is displayed in the auxiliary display area, if the terminal equipment detects a preset operation from the auxiliary display area to the main display area, the main display area is awakened, a date view is displayed in the main display area, and the date view is used for displaying the date and/or the idle date of the time information corresponding to the selected schedule in an occupied state, so that a follow-up user can reselect the date of the schedule, and modification of the date of the schedule is realized.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 5b, a flow chart of a display and operation method of a calendar belonging date based on an auxiliary display area further includes the following step S503 on the basis of steps S501 to S502:

s503: based on the selection operation of the schedule in the auxiliary display area and the selection operation of the date in the main display area, the selected schedule is copied or moved to the selected date.

It is understood that, for the schedule selected in the auxiliary display area, the date on which the time information corresponding to the schedule, which is differentially displayed in the main display area, is in an idle state is a date on which the schedule is arranged for selection by the user.

After detecting a selection operation of the calendar selected in the auxiliary display area for the calendar corresponding to the time information in the main display area as an idle state date (namely, the date of the calendar can be arranged), the terminal device pops up a dialog box, displays at least one modification command associated with the selected idle state date, and prompts a user to modify the date of the selected calendar. The modification command may include at least one of: copy command or move command.

For example, as shown in part B of fig. 6, the terminal device pops up a dialog box in the main display area for the date of the selected idle state, and displays copy and move keys associated with the date in the dialog box.

The terminal device receives a selection operation of a modification command for a date of the selected idle state. The manner of selection operation may be clicking, dragging, etc.

If the user clicks a copy key in the dialog box; the terminal device receives a selection operation for a copy command of the date of the selected idle state.

If the user clicks the move button in the dialog box, as shown in part B of fig. 6; the terminal device receives a selection operation of a move command for the date of the selected idle state.

After receiving the selection operation of the modification command for the date of the selected idle state, the terminal device copies or moves the schedule selected in the auxiliary display area to the date of the selected idle state in the main display area according to the selected copy command or move command for the date of the selected idle state.

Specifically, if the terminal device receives a selection operation of copy command for the selected date in the idle state, which means that the user selects to copy the selected date to the selected date in the idle state, a schedule is newly built in the same time period in which the selected schedule is located in the selected date, and information of the selected schedule is copied to the newly built schedule, and then display of the main display area is updated; at this time, the main display area may refresh and display the latest date view, and the auxiliary display area continues to display the schedule of the original date.

If the terminal device receives a selection operation of a move command for a selected date in an idle state, which indicates that a user selects to move the selected date to the selected date in the idle state, a new schedule is created in the same time period of the selected schedule in the selected date, then information of the selected schedule is copied to the new schedule, the schedule is deleted in an original date of the selected schedule, and display contents of a main display area and an auxiliary display area are updated, at the moment, the main display area can refresh and display the latest date view, and the auxiliary display area displays the updated schedule of the selected date. As shown in part C of fig. 6, this part is the display effect of the main display area and the auxiliary display area after shifting one schedule of a certain day to the newly selected date.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, based on a selection operation of a schedule for a date in an auxiliary display area, a date in an idle state of a time period in which the selected schedule is located may be determined, and a user may select to modify the selected schedule into the date in the idle state; the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the calendar application by the user are greatly enhanced, the functions of the auxiliary display area are expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the calendar application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and accordingly the user experience is improved.

Example III

In a third embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting schedule time based on an auxiliary display area is disclosed, and a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 7, and includes steps S701 to S702 as follows:

s701: a triggering operation for the object is detected, and schedule information of a set date is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

S702: based on the adjustment operation of the time in the auxiliary display area, the time information corresponding to the selected schedule is adjusted.

When detecting an adjustment operation of a schedule time (for example, a time progress bar) for a set date in an auxiliary display area in a state in which a main display area is on a screen, the terminal device adjusts time information corresponding to the schedule according to the adjustment operation. The time information corresponding to the schedule may be a start-stop time of the schedule.

Preferably, if the main display area is in the off-screen state, after waking up the main display area, an adjustment operation for the time of the schedule in the auxiliary display area is detected.

The adjustment operation for the time progress bar of the schedule may be that after the user selects the time progress bar of a certain schedule in the auxiliary display area, the duration of the whole schedule is not changed, but the time progress bar of the schedule is dragged on the whole time progress bar in the auxiliary display area, so as to adjust the start and stop time of the schedule.

The adjustment operation for the time progress bar of the schedule may be that after the user selects the time progress bar of a certain schedule in the auxiliary display area, the start-stop time of the schedule is changed by dragging up and down or other gestures, and the duration of the schedule is changed.

For example, drag the starting position of the time progress bar of the schedule upwards, at this time, the starting time of the schedule is advanced and the duration is prolonged; or dragging the starting position of the time progress bar of the schedule downwards, wherein the starting time of the schedule is delayed and the duration is shortened; or dragging the end position of the time progress bar of the schedule upwards, wherein the end time of the schedule is advanced and the duration is shortened; or dragging the end position of the time progress bar of the schedule downwards, wherein the end time of the schedule is delayed and the duration is prolonged; or drag the starting position and ending position of the time progress bar of the schedule upwards, at this time, the starting time of the schedule advances, the ending time delays, and the duration lengthens.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a special case in which the terminal device adjusts the schedule time based on the auxiliary display area.

As shown in part a of fig. 8, the terminal device displays schedule information of a certain day in the auxiliary display area, at which time the user performs time adjustment of the schedule by dragging a time progress bar of the schedule.

Preferably, the terminal device determines the start-stop time of the adjusted schedule according to the time length indicated by the schedule information of the set date in the auxiliary display area.

Specifically, the operation of adjusting the schedule time in this step may be used in combination with the scaling operation of the entire schedule bar in the auxiliary display area to change the granularity of time adjustment. When the operation of adjusting the schedule time is performed, the time represented by the current whole time progress bar can be displayed in the auxiliary display area and used for prompting the user to perform the granularity of the schedule time adjustment operation, for example, the current whole time progress bar represents 12 hours or 5 hours; the time units and modified resolution of the entire timeline may take the form of system defaults or user-defined values.

When the terminal equipment detects that a user drags a time boundary of certain schedule information, corresponding start time and termination time of the modified schedule are determined according to the proportion of the current schedule to the whole time progress bar and the time length represented by the whole time progress bar.

Preferably, the terminal device detects whether the schedule time adjusted by the user conflicts with other schedule times in the date in real time in the process of adjusting the start-stop time of the schedule.

If the schedule after the time information is detected to conflict with other schedules, the time information corresponding to the conflicting schedule is adjusted according to the priority of the schedules.

Preferably, the adjusted time information may be a start-stop time of a schedule.

After detecting that the schedules in the start and stop time adjustment conflict with other schedules in the auxiliary display area, determining a conflict type; according to the conflict type, displaying prompting information such as priority of schedules and/or conflict-free options; and adjusting the start-stop time of the schedule according to the selection operation of the conflict-free options.

Specifically, if the conflict type is that the schedule (for example, schedule a) for adjusting the start and stop time overlaps with other schedules (for example, schedule B) in the auxiliary display area in time, at least one of the following overlap-free options is displayed: delay the next schedule, align the previous schedule to the start time of the next schedule, cover the next schedule.

And, for two schedules which overlap in time, after receiving a selection operation of any one of the non-overlapping options, adjusting the start-stop time of a preceding schedule (e.g., schedule a) and/or a subsequent schedule (e.g., schedule B) according to the selected non-overlapping option.

For example, as shown in part B of fig. 8, the terminal device pops up a dialog box in the main display area and displays a switch key and a delay key in the dialog box for adjusting the schedule a in the start-stop time and the schedule B in the auxiliary display area. And if the terminal equipment detects the clicking operation aiming at the delay key, the time period of the next schedule B is extended backwards.

If the conflict type is that the schedule for adjusting the start and stop time and other schedules in the auxiliary display area are subjected to time sequence switching, the preset priority of the two schedules, summary content and switching options are displayed.

And switching the sequence of the two schedules according to the selected switching option after receiving the selection operation for the switching option.

For example, as shown in part B of fig. 8, the terminal device pops up a dialog box in the main display area and displays a switch key and a delay key in the dialog box for adjusting the schedule a in the start-stop time and the schedule B in the auxiliary display area. After detecting a selection operation such as clicking a switch button, the terminal device confirms that the user selects to exchange the sequence of the schedules A and B, and exchanges the time of the two schedules. Part C of fig. 8 shows the effect display after two calendar exchanges.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, the time information of the schedule is adjusted based on the adjustment operation for the time of the schedule in the auxiliary display area; moreover, when the schedule after time adjustment is detected to conflict with other schedules, a method for adjusting time information corresponding to the schedule with conflict is provided, so that the conflict is avoided, the depth and the breadth of interaction between a user and a calendar application by using an auxiliary display area are greatly enhanced, the function of the auxiliary display area is expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the calendar application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Example IV

In a fourth embodiment of the present invention, a method for modifying schedule attribute information based on an auxiliary display area is disclosed, and a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 9, and includes the following steps S901 to S902:

s901: a triggering operation for the object is detected, and schedule information of a set date is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

In the step, virtual keys are displayed in an auxiliary display area; the virtual keys include a modify key.

Other methods of this step are the same as those of step S201, and will not be described here.

S902: the attribute information of the schedule displayed in the main display area is adjusted based on the adjustment operation of the schedule attribute in the main display area.

The terminal device graphically displays all schedules of a set date (e.g., a certain day) in the auxiliary display area. Since the patterning of the schedule has represented the time and duration of the schedule, the batch modified information here is attribute information of the schedule other than the time, and the attribute information of the schedule may include at least one of: the method comprises the steps of schedule place information, alarm clock reminding information set for schedules, titles of schedules and the like.

The terminal device detects a selection operation for a plurality of schedules in the auxiliary display area, wherein the selection operation for the schedules may be operations such as long-press, touch, sliding, clicking and the like on icons of the schedules. After detecting a selection operation for at least one schedule in the schedule information in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device takes each selected schedule as a schedule to be modified, and highlights and displays icons of each modified schedule, for example, the icons are displayed in a highlighting, amplifying, deforming and/or flashing mode and the like, so as to prompt a user that the schedule is selected by the user to be the schedule to be modified.

The terminal device also detects a selection operation for the "modify" key, where the selection operation for the "modify" key may be implemented by a click operation, or may be implemented by other manners, such as a voice command, a gesture command, or an operation customized for the user.

When the user selects the modification key, the terminal device receives the selection operation aiming at the modification key, and after the terminal device wakes up the main display area or the main display area, the attribute information of the selected schedule except for time is displayed in the main display area, and at this time, the user can edit and modify the attribute information of the schedule on the main display area. Modification of the attribute information is not limited to the main display area, and can be realized by voice instructions or gestures.

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an example of a schedule attribute information modification method based on an auxiliary display area.

As shown in a part a of fig. 10, the user clicks icons of a plurality of schedules in schedule information of the auxiliary display area, and then clicks a change (modification) button in the auxiliary display area to modify alarm clock reminder settings of schedules and position information of schedules in subsequent batches. At this time, the terminal device detects that the user selects a plurality of schedules in the same day, and clicks the change key, and pops up a dialog box, as shown in part B of fig. 10, in which setting of schedule attribute information such as an alarm clock, a place, etc. can be performed, and after detecting that the user clicks the change key again, the device closes the dialog box, and modifies the attribute of the selected schedule according to the setting of the user.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the attribute information of each selected schedule is modified in batch based on the selection operation for the modification key and schedule in the auxiliary display area and the adjustment operation for the schedule attribute in the main display area; compared with the fact that the interface is required to be repeatedly switched every time the user modifies the attribute information of one schedule on the main display area, a large amount of operations are saved, and convenience for the user to modify the schedule attribute information in batches is greatly improved; therefore, the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the calendar application by the user are greatly enhanced, the functions of the auxiliary display area are expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the calendar application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Example five

The fifth embodiment of the invention discloses a method for creating new schedules in batches based on auxiliary display areas, wherein a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 11, and the method comprises the following steps S1101 to S1102:

s1101: a triggering operation for the object is detected, and schedule information of a set date is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

The triggering operation for the object (such as calendar application) is detected, the calendar application interface is displayed in the main display area, and the initialized schedule information is displayed in the auxiliary display area, and the specific method is consistent with the method in step S201, and will not be repeated here.

S1102: based on the selection operation of the schedule time in the auxiliary display area and the selection operation of the date in the main display area, a schedule is newly built in the selected date.

If the user does not select a certain date after the main display area is in the bright screen state or wakes up the main display area, the auxiliary display area does not display any schedule. At this time, the terminal device supports the user to newly create a schedule by an operation in the auxiliary display area, and supports a newly created operation of a plurality of schedules.

The terminal device detects and receives a selection operation for a schedule time in the auxiliary display area.

Specifically, the user can create a schedule by operating in the auxiliary display area, set a schedule time, for example, select a start-stop time and a duration of the schedule. The setting operation or the selecting operation may be performed by a one-finger sliding, a two-finger pulling, or the like operation on the auxiliary display area to obtain a time progress bar as an icon of the schedule, the time progress bar representing the time and the duration of the schedule as described above. Further, the graphical icons of the schedules may also be other representations, such as time-cakes, time-blocks, etc.

After detecting the selection operation for the schedule time in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device displays an edit box of the information of the schedule except the time, such as a place, a set alarm clock reminding, the time and the like, in the main display area. The terminal device may pop up an edit box of other information in the main display area after the user stops the selection operation for the schedule time in the auxiliary display area. After the user edits other schedule information, the terminal device detects the save operation of the user on the information, wherein the operation can be a voice instruction, a gesture instruction or a key on an operation screen. When the operation of storing information by the user is detected, the information editing frame disappears.

And then the terminal equipment calculates the date for arranging the new schedule according to the time of the existing schedule of the user and the time of the new schedule, and the date of the idle state or the date of the occupied state of the time information (namely the time period of the schedule) corresponding to the new schedule is highlighted in the calendar application interface of the main display area. Preferably, the terminal device automatically recommends that the time information corresponding to the schedule newly created by the user is the date in the idle state. The date recommendation form can also mark the date with the time information corresponding to the newly-built schedule of the newly-built schedule as the occupied state.

As an example of newly created schedules in batch in the auxiliary display area is shown in part a of fig. 12, when the terminal device detects an operation of pressing and dragging by the user on the free time bar of the auxiliary display area, a dialog box is automatically popped up in the main display area with the area pressed and slid by the user as the start-stop time of the schedule, and information required for newly created schedules including schedule names, positions, alarm clocks, and the like is displayed in the dialog box. And the terminal equipment detects that the user clicks cancel, cancels the new operation, closes the dialog box if the terminal equipment detects that the user clicks save, and prompts the user for optional dates in the main display area by using a dotted line box or other highlighting modes, as shown in a part B of fig. 12.

The terminal device detects and receives a selection operation of a date in the main display area.

Specifically, the terminal device detects that the user selects one or more dates on the main display area, corresponding to the newly-built schedule, for which the time information is in an idle state, and newly-builds a schedule in the selected dates according to the schedule selected in the auxiliary display area.

As shown in part B of fig. 12. After detecting that a user clicks a certain date frame in the main display area, the terminal device highlights the date and a time bar of the selected date in the auxiliary display area in the same color; as shown in part C of fig. 12, after the terminal device detects that the user clicks the add key, a schedule selected in the auxiliary display area is newly created within a plurality of dates highlighted (i.e., selected) in the main display area.

In addition, the invention also provides that the user can select the date of the newly built schedule in the main display area, the user can select at least one date, the terminal equipment determines the same idle time period in the selected dates after detecting the operation of selecting the date in the main display area, the same idle time period is visually displayed in the auxiliary display area, the user can newly build the schedule in the idle time period displayed in the auxiliary display area, other information (name, position and the like) of the newly built schedule is set in the main display area, and after detecting the operation of confirming the newly built schedule by the user, the terminal equipment simultaneously builds the schedule in the selected dates according to the set schedule information.

In the fifth embodiment of the invention, a schedule is newly built in an idle time period in the auxiliary display area, at least one date in which the idle time period is in an idle state is displayed in the main display area for the user to select, and the user can select a plurality of dates at a time to newly build the schedule in batches; compared with the fact that the user needs to repeatedly switch the interface every date when newly creating a schedule on the main display area, a large number of operations are saved, and convenience of batch schedule creation of the user is greatly improved; therefore, the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the calendar application by the user are greatly enhanced, the functions of the auxiliary display area are expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the calendar application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Example six

In a sixth embodiment of the present invention, a method for querying an idle period based on an auxiliary display area is disclosed, and a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 13, and includes the following steps S1301 to S1302:

s1301: a triggering operation for the object is detected, and schedule information of a set date is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

S1302: based on a selection operation for the time information in the auxiliary display area, a date on which the selected time information is in a set state is displayed in the main display area.

After receiving a selection operation for the time information (such as a time period) in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device determines that the selected time information is the date of the occupied state and/or the idle state, and displays the date of the selected time information in the occupied state and/or the idle state in a calendar application interface in the main display area.

Specifically, after the main display area is in a bright screen state or the main display area is awakened, the terminal device detects that a user performs a selection operation of time information on the auxiliary display area, for example, a selection operation performed by a specific gesture such as sliding, determines in the dates displayed in the main display area, in which dates the time information selected by the user is in an occupied state, and highlights the determined dates in the main display area. The specific gesture operation here may be a one-hand sliding, a two-hand pulling, or the like action, and has a different gesture operation from the newly created operation mentioned above, where the selection operation of the time information in the auxiliary display area is also different from the gesture operation that is required to select a schedule when editing a schedule before.

The terminal device may display the selected time information, the date when the viewing time information is in the occupied state, the date when the viewing time information is in the idle state, and the like in different colors, symbols, linearity, and the like, so as to avoid the conflict of the operations, and the terminal device may highlight the date when the time information is in the occupied state on the main display area in the same color as the time information selected by the user, as shown in a part a of fig. 14. The terminal device allows a plurality of pieces of time information to be selected at a time and displayed in different colors as shown in part B of fig. 14 and part C of fig. 14.

In addition, the invention also provides that the terminal equipment detects that the user makes a selection operation of the time information on the auxiliary display area, and can determine which date is the idle state and which date is the occupied state of the time information selected by the user in the dates displayed in the main display area, and highlight the determined occupied state and/or the date of the idle state in the main display area.

In the sixth embodiment of the present invention, time information is selected in the auxiliary display area, and dates on which the time information is in an idle state and/or an occupied state are differentially displayed in the main display area for reference by a user, so that the user can conveniently schedule and adjust a schedule; therefore, the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the calendar application by the user are greatly enhanced, the functions of the auxiliary display area are expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the calendar application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Example seven

And if the width of the auxiliary display area of the terminal equipment reaches the set width, displaying schedule information of a plurality of dates in the auxiliary display area.

Specifically, if the hardware area of the auxiliary display area of the terminal device is sufficiently wide, or the auxiliary display area extends to the main display area to some extent, in this case, it is also possible to support displaying and operating schedules of multiple dates in the auxiliary display area at the same time, where the multiple dates may be selected according to a certain rule, may be several days before and after the current date, may be a special time such as monday consecutive several weeks, or may be several days selected by the user in the main display area date.

Operations performed on a plurality of dates may be operations of quick viewing, editing modification, batch editing modification, etc. in the state of the bright screen or the dark screen of the main display area in the first to sixth embodiments, which are not described herein. In addition, when the auxiliary display area displays schedules of a plurality of dates, the schedules can be moved, copied, interacted and edited among the dates in the state of the dark screen of the main display area, so that the main display area is not opened, and the electric quantity is saved.

Preferably, after receiving a selection operation of a schedule in schedule information for a set date in the auxiliary display area, the following are displayed in the main display area in a split screen: the date to which the selected schedule belongs, and attribute information of the selected schedule.

As shown in fig. 15, in a state where both the main display area and the auxiliary display area are in a bright screen, the auxiliary display area can be used in cooperation with the split screen function of the main display area. Displaying a calendar application interface on a split screen of the main display area, and displaying a date view in the interface, wherein the date view conflicts to display selected dates and/or unoccupied dates of a selected time period; upon receiving a selection operation of a Schedule among Schedule information for a certain date in the auxiliary display area, a date (2015, 8, 11, 18, 19, 25, etc.) to which the selected Schedule belongs is displayed in one screen of the main display area, and specific information (Schedule 1, 2, 3, … …, etc.) of the selected Schedule is displayed in the other screen of the main display area.

The seventh embodiment is applicable to a case where the auxiliary display area of the terminal device is sufficiently wide, and is also applicable to a hyperboloid screen, which is not described herein.

Example eight

The eighth embodiment of the invention discloses a prefix number operation method of a communication number based on an auxiliary display area, wherein a flow diagram of the method is shown in fig. 16, and the method comprises the following steps S1601 to S1602:

S1601: and displaying a call application interface in the main display area, and displaying prefix numbers of communication numbers in the call application in the auxiliary display area.

After detecting the triggering operation for the call application, the terminal equipment displays a call application interface in the main display area, and displays the prefix number of the communication number in the call application in the auxiliary display area.

A prefix number of a communication number comprising at least one of: country code, area code, IP (Internet Protocol ) code.

Specifically, when the terminal device detects that the user uses a series of call applications and functions related to the call, such as functions of a contact person, an address book, a call record and the like, prefix numbers are displayed on an auxiliary display area of the auxiliary display area, wherein the auxiliary display area can be a single-sided screen or a double-sided screen, and can include a display area formed by properly expanding a hardware auxiliary display area part to a main display area, and when a single auxiliary display area screen is used, different displays can be performed in the auxiliary display area according to the specific application at present, for example, prefix numbers such as country codes, area codes, IP numbers and the like can be displayed in the auxiliary display area when dialing, and country codes, area codes and the like can be displayed in the contact person, the address book. In the case of the double auxiliary display area, the content to be displayed is too much, and can be displayed in two parts on two sides, if the content to be displayed is not much, the content can be displayed on a single side, and the content can be displayed in the double auxiliary display area. The displayed content such as country code, area code, IP number, etc. can be the most recently used content by the user, and can also support the user-defined setting of the user.

Part a of fig. 17 shows a special implementation case, where the country code displayed in the country code section needs to be intelligently decided by the terminal device according to the user history data, for example, when the terminal device detects that the user is in the home country, the terminal device can intelligently display the country code possibly used by the user in the country code section according to the data of the history communication record, the position location record, the weather forecast area concerned by the foreign country, the search record and the like of the user, if the terminal device detects that the user roams to the foreign country, the country code of the home country of the user is preferentially displayed before the country code possibly used, and in addition, the country code required to be displayed can be simultaneously supported in a self-defining manner. The display rule of the area number in the area number section is similar to the national code, when the user registers in the place of the mobile phone, the terminal equipment detects various data, the area code possibly used by the user is intelligently displayed, if the user roams to the place of the mobile phone, the area code of the registered place of the user is preferentially displayed, more user definitions are supported, and the IP code displays the common IP number section of the user. If the displayed country code, area code and IP number are not the user-defined fixed display priority, the terminal equipment is required to record the related data at any time, and the display sequence is dynamically adjusted when the address book function is used each time.

S1602: the selected communication number is updated based on the selection operation of the communication information in the auxiliary display area and the communication number selection operation in the main display area.

After detecting that the user uses the address book function and selects the communication number in the main display area in the above step, the terminal device may display the communication information in the auxiliary display area, including the prefix number of the communication number, where the prefix number includes the country code, the region number, and the IP code.

Specifically, if the user wants to change the information stored in the address book according to the prefix number in the auxiliary display area, the user can store the country code, the area code or the IP number segment in the specific address book through the first association selection operation such as the specific drag gesture, for example, drag the country code to a certain record in the address book, so that the address book can be automatically changed.

S1603: the call processing is performed based on a selection operation of the prefix number in the auxiliary display area and a communication number selection operation in the main display area.

After detecting that the user uses the address book function and selects the communication number in the main display area in the above step, the terminal device displays communication information in the auxiliary display area, including the prefix number of the communication number, where the prefix number includes a country code, a region number and an IP code.

Specifically, if the user wants only the current phone use according to the prefix number in the auxiliary display area, the user may perform the following second association selection operation: the dial state can be entered by dragging the address book to the country code region, or the dial state can be realized by clicking the country code first and then clicking the address book, and the specific implementation operation is not limited to the example here, and the dial state can be used as the second association selection operation as long as the two actions can be distinguished and the number segment of the auxiliary display region and the address book of the main display region can be linked together.

For example, as shown in a portion B, C of fig. 17, the area code and the country code displayed in the auxiliary display area are respectively clicked and selected by the user, and after receiving the selection operation for the area code and the country code in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device performs the communication caller according to the communication number in the main display area and the selected area code and country code related to the second association selection operation as shown in a portion D of fig. 17 if the second association selection operation is received.

In fact, the above steps S1602 and S1603 are in parallel relationship, and step S1601 is followed by optionally performing step S1602 and/or step S1603.

In fact, when the user is in home country, if the user dials a call abroad and forgets to add a country code, the system will match with the local call record after dialing failure, and if normal call is before matching the number, the system automatically rebroadcasts according to the previous dialing mode. If the user is abroad, he wants to make a call to home or other countries, and after forgetting to add the country code, he can replay the previously dialed call automatically in this way.

In actual operation, the eighth embodiment of the present invention further supports an operation of adding prefix numbers to a plurality of communication numbers based on the auxiliary display area.

And after receiving the selection operation of the prefix number in the auxiliary display area, displaying the communication number in the call application interface of the main display area as a state to be selected.

After receiving a selection operation for a communication number in the main display area, the communication number selected in the main display area is updated according to the prefix number selected in the auxiliary display area.

Specifically, when detecting that the user uses a call application or function such as an address book or a call record, the terminal device automatically displays a prefix status bar in the auxiliary display area, and displays a plurality of prefix numbers in the prefix status bar, as shown in a portion a of fig. 18.

After detecting that the user clicks a certain prefix number in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device changes the call record or address book of the main display area into a state to be selected, detects the checking of the user on the communication number in the call record or address book, and updates the prefix number of the checked communication number after receiving the checking operation on the communication number, as shown in a part B of fig. 18. The communication number that is checked may be a single communication number or a plurality of communication numbers.

In the eighth embodiment of the invention, the prefix number of the communication number is displayed in the auxiliary display area, so that the user can update the communication information related to the communication number displayed in the main display area or directly correlate the communication number in the main display area to carry out communication calling according to the prefix number in the auxiliary display area; compared with the method that the user searches the prefix number based on the switching main display area, the method saves a large number of operations for switching the interface of the main display area, greatly enhances the depth and breadth of interaction between the user and the call application by using the auxiliary display area, expands the functions of the auxiliary display area, improves the level of using the auxiliary display area, is beneficial to meeting the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the call application, simplifies the complexity of the deep interaction, and improves the user experience.

Example nine

The ninth embodiment of the invention discloses a suffix number operation method of a communication number based on an auxiliary display area, and a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 19, comprising the following steps S1901 to S1903:

s1901: and displaying a call application interface in the main display area, and displaying a numeric keyboard in the auxiliary display area after detecting the selection operation of the numeric keys in the call application interface in the main display area.

After detecting triggering operation for call application, the terminal equipment displays a call application interface in a main display area; after detecting a selection operation for a numeric key in the call application interface in the main display area, a numeric keypad is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

Specifically, in the call application, after detecting that the user clicks, drags or slides the numeric key buttons on the main display area screen, the terminal device displays the numeric keypad in the auxiliary display area. As shown in part a of fig. 20, the numeric keypad displayed in the auxiliary display area includes keys of 0 to 9 and #, etc. The numeric keyboard can be displayed in a certain auxiliary display area according to the single-hand operation condition set by the mobile phone when displayed in the auxiliary display area; the method can also be placed in an area where the user is determined to click frequently by continuously collecting data; or a user-defined display mode.

S1902: and recording the communication number and/or the suffix number of the communication number received through the numeric keypad in the auxiliary display area, and displaying the suffix number of the communication number in the auxiliary display area.

In the process of dialing a telephone, a user can input the suffix number of the communication number through the auxiliary display area keyboard, and meanwhile, the terminal equipment can correspondingly record the suffix number and the communication number dialed by the user. The suffix number of the communication number includes an extension number.

And displaying the suffix number of the communication number in the call application in the auxiliary display area.

Further, the corresponding recorded communication number and suffix number are displayed on the main display area, as shown in part in fig. 20.

S1903: when dialing a communication number in a call application, a suffix number of the recorded communication number is dialed.

When the terminal equipment dials the communication number in the call application according to the dialing instruction of the user, the recorded suffix number of the communication number is automatically dialed.

Or when the terminal equipment dials the communication number in the call application according to the dialing instruction of the user, displaying the suffix number of the communication number in the auxiliary display area; and after receiving the selection operation of the suffix number aiming at the communication number, dialing the suffix number.

When the user dials a communication number corresponding to a suffix number recorded such as an extension number, the extension number is automatically input or displayed by directly displaying the extension number in the auxiliary display area, and after clicking by the user, the extension number is dialed, as shown in part C of fig. 20. If the opposite call end answers the call manually, the user clicks the extension number and then automatically plays the voice of the extension number.

In the ninth embodiment of the invention, the numeric keypad is displayed in the auxiliary display area, so that a user can conveniently input the suffix number of the communication number through the numeric keypad in the auxiliary display area, and further can dial the suffix number by himself/herself; compared with the method that the user searches for the suffix number based on the switching main display area and dials the suffix number, the method saves a large number of operations for switching the interface of the main display area, greatly enhances the interaction depth and breadth of the user with the call application by using the auxiliary display area, expands the function of the auxiliary display area, improves the level of the auxiliary display area, is beneficial to meeting the requirement of the user on the deep interaction of the call application, simplifies the complexity of the deep interaction, and improves the user experience.

Examples ten

The inventor of the present invention has found that a user generally has a problem of inconvenient memory of digital information in call information during a call with a terminal device such as a mobile phone. For the existing single-screen mobile phone, if the user mobile phone records the number, the user needs to find the notepad application program through the operation of switching the screen, then records the notepad application program, and returns to the call interface through the operation of switching the screen, so that the operation is complex.

In order to reduce the operation of switching screens when a user records numbers, the present embodiment ten discloses a digital information recording method based on an auxiliary display area, a flow chart of which is shown in fig. 21, comprising the following steps S2101 to S2102:

s2101: when the call application is detected to be in a call state, a call application interface is displayed in the main display area, and digital type information is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

When the terminal equipment detects that the call application is in a call state, the numeric keyboard is directly displayed in the auxiliary display area.

Or when the terminal equipment detects that the call application is in a call state, if the terminal equipment receives an opening operation for the numeric keypad, the numeric keypad is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

Preferably, when the numeric keypad is displayed in the auxiliary display area, the numeric type information is displayed in the auxiliary display area. The number type includes at least one of: communication number, identification number, account number, user definition. The number type information includes a format and an identification of the number type, which may be, for example, an icon in particular.

Specifically, when the user is in a voice call or a video call, after the terminal device detects the action of opening the numeric keypad by the user, the terminal device places the numeric keypad in the auxiliary display area, or the terminal device may directly place the numeric keypad in the auxiliary display area during the user call. At the same time, the auxiliary display area also displays icons representing the number types, such as telephone numbers, IDentification (ID) numbers, bank account numbers and other commonly used number types, and the terminal equipment also supports the user to define the icons of the number types. The user is in video call, and the terminal device detects the action of placing the numeric keyboard in the auxiliary display area, wherein the action can be touch, swipe, gesture or voice command. When this action is detected, the terminal device moves the keypad and the numeric type control to the auxiliary display area for display, as shown in part a of fig. 22. Preferably, the manner of display may be a numeric key and a numeric type control displayed on one side as shown in section B of fig. 22. In the case of the double auxiliary display area, the numeric keys and the numeric keys may be displayed on the same side or may be displayed separately on both sides.

Preferably, the embodiment of the invention also provides a method for recording digital information by the terminal equipment in the main display area screen-off state, which comprises the following steps: when the terminal equipment detects that the call application is in a call state, if the terminal equipment detects that the user is far away from the equipment and exceeds a set distance or detects that the equipment is inserted into the earphone, a numeric keyboard is displayed in an auxiliary display area, and the main display area is closed for display.

Specifically, the terminal device detects a state in which the ear leaves the handset during the call, such as sensor detection (distance sensor, camera), and a state in which the earphone hole is inserted into the earphone, and then moves controls such as a numeric keypad, numeric keys, and icons of numeric types in the call to the auxiliary display area reality, turning off the main display area display, as shown in part a of fig. 23.

S2102: a number input operation during a call and a number type selection operation in an auxiliary display area are detected, and the selected number type and the inputted number are displayed in association in a main display area.

After the terminal device expands the numeric keypad and the identification (e.g., icon) of the numeric type in the auxiliary display area in the above step, in this step, the terminal device detects the user's selection of the numeric type and detects the user's typing action of the numeric key in the auxiliary display area, receives the user's numeric input operation through the numeric keypad in the auxiliary display area and the selection operation for the icon of the numeric type, and records the received numeric and numeric type as the numeric and numeric type selected by the user.

The terminal device may display the identification of the number type and the inputted number correspondingly, or may display the number according to the format of the number type. Further, the terminal device may display the identification of the number type and the entered number or display the number according to the format of the number type during the call or after the call is ended.

Preferably, the terminal device displays the received numbers and the number types in a format of the number types on the main display area without shielding the main information in the main display area, such as a non-face area of the head portrait of the opposite party in the video call, as shown in part B of fig. 21.

Preferably, after detecting that the call of the call application is ended, displaying the recorded numbers in a text form, determining the application associated with the number type corresponding to the numbers, and displaying the icons of the application in the auxiliary display area; or after the end of the call application is detected, the recorded numbers are displayed in a voice form, the application function associated with the number type corresponding to the numbers is determined, and the application function is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

Specifically, after the terminal device detects that the user finishes the call, the digital information recorded in the call is automatically popped up on the main display area screen, and the popping-up mode can be a notepad, a temporary text or a temporary voice prompt (for example, whether the digital recorded in the call is checked or stored is prompted), and the like.

If the digital information is displayed in text form, the terminal device, when displayed, will provide the user with a recommended application based on the type of digital selected by the user in the call. For example, if it is detected that the user records a telephone number, the terminal device provides an application such as dialing, storing in an address book, etc., and an icon of the recommended application may be displayed in the auxiliary display area, as shown in part C of fig. 22. If popped up in the form of voice prompts, the terminal device can recommend operations to the user directly according to the data types.

After the user selects a certain recommended application, the terminal device automatically fills the numbers recorded in the call into the corresponding positions of the application.

For example, as shown in part C of fig. 22, if it is detected that the user selects an icon of a call application (or function) in the auxiliary display area, a call is directly made by the call application according to the number (communication number) displayed on the text in the main display area; if the user is detected to select the icon of the address book application (or function) in the auxiliary display area, the new function of the address book is popped up, and the recorded numbers are automatically used as communication information to fill in the new address book.

Preferably, when the user records a plurality of digital strings in a call, the digital strings may be sequentially displayed in a text, a recommended operation is displayed on the auxiliary display area, the terminal device detects which digital string the user touches, and the recommended operation is displayed on the auxiliary display area. Or the digit strings are displayed in sequence in the text, with the recommended operation being displayed alongside each digit string on the main display area.

Preferably, in the main display area off-screen state, an action of the user selecting a number type and typing in a number in the auxiliary display area is detected, and then only the number recorded by the user is displayed in the main display area, and the other areas except for the displayed number in the main display area are kept in the off-screen state, as shown in part B of fig. 23. When the call is ended, the recommended operation is displayed in the auxiliary display area, as shown in part B of fig. 23. Therefore, the recording, storage and display of the digital information in the call process can be realized without lighting the whole main display area, and the electric quantity is saved.

In the tenth embodiment of the present invention, digital information and digital type information of a call process are displayed in an auxiliary display area; according to the digital type selected by the user aiming at the digital information, the digital information and the type are correspondingly recorded, and compared with the conventional method that the user needs to switch the main display area to record the digital information and the digital type in the call, the method saves a large number of operations for switching the interface of the main display area, and greatly improves the convenience of recording the digital information and the digital type; after the end of the call is detected, digital information is displayed according to the digital type, and corresponding application or operation is recommended to the user, so that the trouble that the user manually searches for the corresponding application or operation is avoided; therefore, the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the call application by the user are greatly enhanced, the functions of the auxiliary display area are expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Example eleven

The inventors of the present invention have found that the use of some applications will typically depend on certain settings of the system, for example, map functions require some form of positioning support, and web browsing requires network connection support. In general, when the application program detects that the related settings are not opened, the system automatically pops up a prompt window of the settings, and switches to an interface of the system settings to enable the user to perform the settings after detecting the operation of selecting the settings by the user. After the user finishes setting, if the user wants to continue using the application program, the user also needs to switch back to the interface of the application program to continue using the functions of the application program. This switching operation is very cumbersome.

In order to reduce or avoid interface switching operation of an application program caused by lack of permission or parameter setting, an eleventh embodiment of the present invention provides an application option or parameter setting method based on an auxiliary display area, and a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 24, including the following steps S2401-S2402:

s2401: after the application is detected to be started, an application interface is displayed in a main display area, and setting information required for running the application is displayed in an auxiliary display area.

And after the application is detected to be started, displaying an application interface in the main display area.

After receiving confirmation operation of a user for application setting through an application interface, setting information of the application is displayed in an auxiliary display area.

Or, when it is detected that the application needs to be set (for example, when the authority is absent or optional parameters exist), the setting information of the application is displayed in the auxiliary display area without a confirmation operation of the user for the setting input of the application.

Taking a map application as an example, when a user opens the map application, if the terminal device detects that the current GPS is in a closed state, the terminal device pops up a setting reminder in a main display area, and when the user determines that the setting operation is detected, the set options A-GPS, GPS only and Turn off are displayed on an auxiliary display area, as shown in a part A of fig. 25.

Or when the user opens the map application, if the terminal device detects that the current GPS is in a closed state, the terminal device directly displays the setting options in the auxiliary display area.

S2402: based on the setting operation in the auxiliary display area, the application is run.

After detecting and receiving a selection operation of setting information (e.g., setting options) in the auxiliary display area, the application is run according to the selected setting information.

Taking the map application as an example, when the terminal device detects a selection operation of a user for a setting option in the auxiliary display area, the map application is run and displayed in the main display area according to the authority or parameter corresponding to the selected setting option, as shown in part B of fig. 25.

In fact, this way of setting the rights or parameters for the application can also be used for other setting operations, such as popping up a setting reminder to open the network when opening a web page.

In the eleventh embodiment of the present invention, setting options such as rights or parameters that are missing or required by an application are displayed in an auxiliary display area; the user can directly set the permission or the parameter of the application in the auxiliary display area, and compared with the conventional method that the user needs to switch the main display area to set the parameter and then switch the original application, the method saves a large number of operations for switching the interface of the main display area, and greatly improves the convenience for setting the permission or the parameter of the application; therefore, the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the application by the user are greatly enhanced, the function of the auxiliary display area is expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Example twelve

The inventor of the present invention found that, at present, because of the limited display area of the terminal equipment of the single-sided screen, many controls are folded, such as numeric keys and symbol keys when text is input; such as color palette in painting applications, brushes, thickness of lines, etc. When the user edits the text, the user needs to click on the folding keys and then select the folding keys, so that the user needs to switch back and forth to select the folding keys, and the operation is complex.

In order to reduce the switching operation caused by operating the folding control, the twelfth embodiment of the present invention provides an unfolding display method of the folding control based on the auxiliary display area, and the flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 26, which includes the following steps S2601-S2602:

s2601: the control object is displayed in the main display area.

The terminal device displays the text to be edited and the folded control object in the main display area. Preferably, the control object may be a collapsed button or drawing control.

Specifically, the terminal equipment supports the unfolding of the folded control object in the auxiliary display area, and the control object switching in editing is avoided to the greatest extent.

For text applications, taking text editing as an example, when a user performs text editing, symbol keys and numeric keys in a character keyboard of a main display area screen are folded keys.

The terminal device displays an image to be edited and a folded drawing control in a main display area for a drawing application.

S2602: detecting selection operation of a user on a control object, and expanding and displaying next-stage display information and/or sub-controls corresponding to the control object in an auxiliary display area.

And for the application, after receiving the selection operation of the folded control object in the main display area, the terminal equipment displays next-stage display information and/or child control expansion of the folded control object in the main display area in the auxiliary display area.

Specifically, after the terminal device detects a selection operation for a folding key displayed in the main display area, the selection operation may be an operation of pressing or sliding to the auxiliary display area, and then the terminal device displays the displayed key as next-stage display information of the folding key in the auxiliary display area.

For example, the expanded symbol keys are displayed in the auxiliary display area, and the common symbols may be displayed for the upper half, and the lower half, as shown in fig. 27A.

Preferably, if the content is too much to be fully displayed in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device allows the user to select the next-level display information and/or sub-control to be displayed by sliding the auxiliary display area up and down.

And for the drawing application, the terminal equipment expands the folded drawing control in the main display area into a drawing sub-control and displays the drawing sub-control in the auxiliary display area after receiving the selection operation of the folded drawing control in the main display area. For example, the drawing sub-controls may be embodied as icons of various colors in a palette.

Fig. 27B shows an example in which the terminal device expands the folded palette in accordance with the user's operation in the drawing function.

More preferably, the terminal device edits according to selection operation for next-stage display information and/or sub-controls of the expanded display in the auxiliary display area, and displays the editing result in the main display area.

The terminal device edits text content to be edited displayed in the main display area according to a selection operation such as a symbol key and/or a letter key for display in the auxiliary display area for the text application, and displays the editing result in the main display area.

The terminal device performs editing such as coloring of drawing contents such as a picture to be edited displayed in the main display area according to a selection operation for icons of various colors in the palette displayed in the auxiliary display area for the drawing application, and displays the editing result in the main display area.

In a twelfth embodiment of the present invention, a control object that is displayed in a folded manner in a main display area is displayed in an expanded manner in an auxiliary display area; the user does not need to switch the main display area selection control and then switches back to the editing interface to edit the content to be edited, the control which is unfolded and displayed in the auxiliary display area can be directly selected to edit the content to be edited and displayed in the main display area, a large number of operations for switching the interface of the main display area are saved, and convenience for editing the content is greatly improved; therefore, the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the application by the user are greatly enhanced, the function of the auxiliary display area is expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Example thirteen

The inventor of the present invention found that, for a terminal device configured with only a single screen (main display area), a user may need to move a cursor when recording content using such a terminal device, sometimes because of small fonts or small screens, it is not always possible to conveniently and accurately position the cursor, and naturally it is also not possible to accurately position text through the cursor.

In order to improve accuracy of positioning objects such as a cursor, the thirteenth embodiment of the present invention provides a cursor positioning method based on an auxiliary display area, and a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 28, including the following steps S2801-S2803:

s2801: the content to be edited is displayed in the main display area.

And after receiving the triggering operation for the content to be edited, the terminal equipment displays the content to be edited in the main display area.

S2802: a selection operation for the content to be edited in the main display area is detected, and the selected content to be edited is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

The user can directly select a certain row of content displayed in the main display area, and the terminal device detects a selection operation for the row of content and takes the row of content as the selected content to be edited.

Preferably, the user can position the cursor in the main display area to the line or the vicinity of the content which the user desires to select, the terminal device detects that the cursor does not move any more in a set period, confirms that the selection operation is received, and takes the content in a preset range around the line or the position of the cursor as the selected content to be edited.

Taking text content as an example, after a user locates a line in text in the primary display area, if the cursor is incorrectly positioned in the line, the cursor may be accurately located by manipulating the cursor in the secondary display area. After selecting a particular row in the primary display area, if the user clicks on the secondary display area, the cursor moves to the secondary display area.

For example, part a of fig. 29 is an example in which the terminal device detects a line designated by the user, and part B of fig. 29 is an example in which the content of the line is displayed on the auxiliary display area.

With the auxiliary display area, the line where the cursor is located is selected to be displayed in the auxiliary display area, and generally the length of the auxiliary display area is longer than the width of the terminal device, a line of characters can be displayed in an enlarged manner when displayed in the auxiliary display area, and the selection operation can be, for example, a gesture such as long press.

When the auxiliary display area is displayed, the auxiliary display area can be displayed according to the row word sequence or the column word sequence according to the setting of a user; the characters can be displayed in a widened manner, or the character spacing of one row can be displayed in an enlarged manner according to the ratio of the display length of the auxiliary display area to the display width of the main display area.

S2803: a content editing operation in the main display area or the auxiliary display area is detected, and edited content is synchronously displayed in the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

The user moves the cursor in the auxiliary display area, and the corresponding main display area cursor also moves.

Specifically, if the user continues to move the cursor in the main display area after selecting the row in the main display area in the above steps, the cursor is moved in the auxiliary display area, and the auxiliary display area plays a role of enlarged display.

Preferably, after receiving a deletion operation for the content to be edited in the auxiliary display area, the display of the deleted content is synchronously canceled in the auxiliary display area and the main display area.

Specifically, after the (text) line in the main display area is enlarged to the auxiliary display area for display, other editing operations can be performed in the auxiliary display area besides the selection of the cursor, for example, deleting operations can be performed in the auxiliary display area, after the auxiliary display area presses the cursor for a long time and drags the selected content, deleting operations can be performed by sliding to the left side or the right side, after part of information is deleted in the auxiliary display area, the corresponding main display area sequentially supplements the later information to the line, and meanwhile, new information of the line is refreshed and displayed in the auxiliary display area.

Preferably, after receiving a selection operation for the content to be edited where the cursor stays in the auxiliary display area, the terminal device synchronously displays the selected content in the auxiliary display area and the main display area.

In fact, the terminal device can also enlarge and display the content to be edited at the cursor in real time in the auxiliary display area.

The inventor of the present invention has found that in the existing single-screen terminal device, the content displayed in the screen is enlarged, and the enlarged content is usually directly attached to the originally displayed content, so that the originally displayed content is blocked.

In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment can also display the information near the position of the cursor on the auxiliary display area in real time by utilizing the auxiliary display area, and the auxiliary display area is equivalent to playing the role of a magnifying glass. As shown in parts C and D of fig. 29, no disturbance such as occlusion is generated to the content displayed in the main display area.

In the thirteenth embodiment of the invention, the selected content to be edited in the main display area is displayed in an enlarged manner in the auxiliary display area; the user can more accurately position, move, edit and the like the content to be edited according to the content to be edited which is displayed in an enlarged mode; moreover, the content displayed in the auxiliary display area is enlarged without causing interference such as shielding to the content displayed in the main display area; the convenience of positioning the content to be edited is greatly improved; therefore, the depth and the breadth of interaction between the auxiliary display area and the application by the user are greatly enhanced, the function of the auxiliary display area is expanded, the level of the auxiliary display area is improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Examples fourteen

The fourteenth embodiment of the present invention provides a method for adjusting content displayed in an auxiliary display area, wherein a flow chart of the method is shown in fig. 30, and the method includes steps S3001 to S3002:

s3001: a triggering operation for the object is detected, and related content of the object is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

S3002: the distribution of the content displayed in the auxiliary display area is adjusted.

The auxiliary display area of the terminal device of the present invention includes a single auxiliary display area or a double auxiliary display area. Wherein the single auxiliary display area includes at least one of: the display device comprises a left screen, a right screen, a preset area on the main screen, an expansion area in the left screen and the main screen which is adjacent to the left screen, and an expansion area in the right screen and the main screen which is adjacent to the right screen.

In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal equipment also adjusts the distribution of the display content on the auxiliary display area according to the state of the terminal equipment and the actions and behaviors of the user in use.

The terminal device adjusts the distribution of the content displayed in the auxiliary display area according to at least one of the following: the electric quantity of the equipment, the holding mode of the equipment, the preset operation and the inclined state of the equipment.

Specifically, the distribution of display contents in the auxiliary display area is adjusted according to the power of the terminal device. For example, when the electric quantity of the terminal device is detected to be less than the preset electric quantity threshold value or the terminal device is in the preset power saving mode, the display content of the double auxiliary display areas is adjusted to be the display content of the single auxiliary display area, namely, one of the single auxiliary display areas is closed for saving power.

Depending on the way the user holds the terminal device (e.g. finger position, left/right hand grip). For example, the terminal device detects the position of the finger of the user on the auxiliary display area, and adaptively adjusts the distribution of the controls on the auxiliary display area. The detection mode can comprise a sensor, and based on statistics of operation accuracy, the operation position used by the finger on the auxiliary display area can be customized for the user in the setting. And the terminal equipment adjusts the control to a position convenient for finger operation according to the detected or set finger position. For the dual auxiliary display area terminal device, the terminal device may also detect whether the user holds the terminal device with a left hand or with a right hand when operating with a single hand, and if the user detects that the terminal device holds the terminal device with the left hand and the auxiliary display area is displayed on the right side at this time, transfer the content of the right auxiliary display area to the left side, and vice versa.

Preferably, adjusting the distribution of the content displayed in the auxiliary display area according to the manner in which the present device is held includes at least one of: according to the detected position of the finger of the user in the auxiliary display area, the distribution of the content displayed in the auxiliary display area is adaptively adjusted; when the device is detected to be held by the left hand, transferring and displaying the content displayed in the right auxiliary display area to the left auxiliary display area; when the device is detected to be held by the right hand, the content displayed in the left auxiliary display area is transferred and displayed in the right auxiliary display area.

Preferably, the adjustment is made in accordance with the action of the user when holding the terminal device. The adjustment of the content display of the auxiliary display area during one-hand operation can also be performed according to the active action of the user, such as the sliding of the finger in one auxiliary display area to the other auxiliary display area, or the swinging of the finger in the direction of the other auxiliary display area, etc.

For example, the user holds the terminal device with his left hand while the left auxiliary display area is being used, and when the terminal device detects that the user slides the left auxiliary display area to the right, the terminal device moves the content on the left auxiliary display area to the right auxiliary display area, as in the change from the portion a of fig. 31 to the portion B of fig. 31. Conversely, when the user holds the terminal device with his right hand while the right auxiliary display area is being used, and when the terminal device detects that the user slides the right auxiliary display area to the left, the terminal device moves the content on the right auxiliary display area to the left auxiliary display area, as in the change from part C of fig. 31 to part D of fig. 31.

Preferably, adjusting the distribution of the content displayed in the auxiliary display area according to the tilt state when the present apparatus is held includes at least one of: when the device is held and inclined rightward, transferring and displaying the content displayed in the left auxiliary display area to the right auxiliary display area; when the device is detected to be held and tilted to the left, the content displayed in the right auxiliary display area is transferred and displayed into the left auxiliary display area.

The inventors of the present invention found that when a user types a password in a public place, there is a risk that the password is stolen after being seen by a bystander.

In the embodiment of the invention, the user is supported to realize the exchange and transfer of the contents of the left and right auxiliary display areas by tilting the terminal equipment, and the function is particularly suitable for application scenes of password typing. First, the double auxiliary display area keyboard distributes the keyboard on both sides, and due to the shielding of the terminal device itself, part of the digits of the user password will not be exposed to bystanders. Further, if the user perceives that the bystander is looking away, the terminal device is generally tilted, so that the screen of the mobile phone is prevented from being exposed to the bystander.

The terminal device detects the opening of the password input, and when the interface of the password input is opened, the terminal device displays the number keys in two parts on the left and right auxiliary display areas, as shown in a part a of fig. 32, and the terminal device provides the character keys of the main display area and the number keys of the auxiliary display area for the user to input the password. Meanwhile, the terminal equipment also detects the action of tilting the terminal equipment by the user in real time, namely, when detecting that the terminal equipment is tilted to the right by the user holding the terminal equipment, the number on the left auxiliary display area is reduced and transferred to the right auxiliary display area, or the number keys on the left screen are all eliminated and transferred to the right auxiliary display area, as shown in a part B of fig. 32; when the terminal device detects that the user holds the terminal device while tilting the terminal device to the left, the numbers on the right auxiliary display area are reduced and transferred to the left auxiliary display area, or the number keys on the right auxiliary display area are all removed and transferred to the left auxiliary display area, as shown in part C of fig. 32.

Preferably, the terminal device adjusts distribution of the content displayed in the auxiliary display area according to the tilt state when the terminal device is held in the off-screen state.

For example, as described in a part a of fig. 33, the user types the password in the state of the main display area, or the terminal device detects the state of the user typing the password and then displays the number keys in the auxiliary display area, and at the same time, the terminal device detects the movement of the user to turn the mobile phone, and adjusts the number keys in the left and right auxiliary display areas according to the turning direction, and the specific process is the same as that shown in fig. 32.

In the fourteenth embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device may further adjust the distribution of the display content in the auxiliary display area according to the device status, the actions and behaviors of the user in use, so as to prolong the duration of the device or more conform to the use habit of the user; therefore, the efficiency and convenience of interaction between the user and the application by utilizing the auxiliary display area are greatly improved, the requirement of the user on deep interaction of the application is met, the complexity of the deep interaction is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Example fifteen

Based on the above embodiments one to fourteen, a frame diagram of the internal structure of the terminal device according to the fifteen embodiment of the present invention is shown in fig. 34, and includes: a display module 3401, an operation processing module 3402, a main display area, and an auxiliary display area.

The display module 3401 is configured to detect a triggering operation for an object, and display related content of the object in the auxiliary display area.

The operation processing module 3402 is configured to perform corresponding processing on related content of an object based on an operation on related content of the object in the auxiliary display area.

Preferably, the display module 3401 is used to display schedule information of a set date in the auxiliary display area.

Further, the display module 3401 is configured to display schedule information corresponding to a current date in the auxiliary display area; according to the selection operation for the date in the calendar application interface of the main display area, the schedule information corresponding to the selected date is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

And, the operation processing module 3402 is configured to perform at least one of the following: displaying, in the main display area, a date on which time information corresponding to the selected schedule is in a set state, based on a selection operation of the schedule in the auxiliary display area; copying or moving the selected schedule to the selected date based on the selection operation of the schedule in the auxiliary display area and the selection operation of the date in the main display area; adjusting time information corresponding to the selected schedule based on an adjustment operation of the time in the auxiliary display area; displaying attribute information of the selected schedule in the main display area based on a selection operation of the schedule in the auxiliary display area; adjusting attribute information of a schedule displayed in the main display area based on an adjustment operation of the schedule attribute in the main display area; displaying a date on which the selected time information is in a set state in the main display area based on a selection operation for the time information in the auxiliary display area; based on the selection operation of the schedule time in the auxiliary display area and the selection operation of the date in the main display area, a schedule is newly built in the selected date.

Further, the operation processing module 3402 is further configured to adjust, if it is detected that the schedule after the time adjustment information conflicts with other schedules, time information corresponding to the schedule with the conflict according to the priority of the schedule.

Further, the operation processing module 3402 is further configured to wake up the main display area before performing corresponding processing on the related content of the object.

Preferably, the set state is an occupied state or an idle state.

Preferably, the display module 3401 is configured to display a call application interface in the main display area and display a prefix number and/or a suffix number of a communication number in the call application in the auxiliary display area.

Preferably, the prefix number of the communication number includes at least one of: country code, area code, IP code; the suffix number of the communication number includes: an extension number.

And, the operation processing module 3402 is further configured to perform at least one of the following: updating the selected communication number based on the communication information selection operation in the auxiliary display area and the communication number selection operation in the main display area; the call processing is performed based on the prefix number selection operation in the auxiliary display area and the communication number selection operation in the main display area.

Preferably, the display module 3401 is further used to display a call application interface in the main display area and display digital type information in the auxiliary display area.

And the operation processing module 3402 is further configured to detect a number input operation during a call and a number type selection operation in an auxiliary display area, and in the main display area, display the selected number type and the input number in association.

Preferably, the display module 3401 is further used to display an application interface in the main display area and display setting information required to run an application in the auxiliary display area.

And, the operation processing module 3402 is further for running an application based on the setting operation in the auxiliary display area.

Preferably, the display module 3401 is further configured to display a control object in the main display area; detecting selection operation of a user on a control object, and expanding and displaying next-stage display information and/or sub-controls corresponding to the control object in an auxiliary display area.

Preferably, the display module 3401 is further used to display the content to be edited in the main display area; a selection operation for the content to be edited in the main display area is detected, and the selected content to be edited is displayed in the auxiliary display area.

And, the operation processing module 3402 is also used to detect a content editing operation in the main display area or the auxiliary display area, and display the edited content in synchronization in the main display area and the auxiliary display area.

Preferably, the display module 3401 is further configured to adjust the distribution of the content displayed in the auxiliary display area according to at least one of the following: the electric quantity of the equipment, the holding mode of the equipment, the preset operation and the inclined state of the equipment.

The implementation methods of the functions of the display module 3401 and the operation processing module 3402 may be parameters as described in the first to fourteenth embodiments, and details of the method flows are not described herein.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention includes apparatuses related to performing one or more of the operations described herein. These devices may be specially designed and constructed for the required purposes, or may comprise known devices in general purpose computers. These devices have computer programs stored therein that are selectively activated or reconfigured. Such a computer program may be stored in a device (e.g., a computer) readable medium or any type of medium suitable for storing electronic instructions and respectively coupled to a bus, including, but not limited to, any type of disk (including floppy disks, hard disks, optical disks, CD-ROMs, and magneto-optical disks), ROMs (Read-Only memories), RAMs (Random Access Memory, random access memories), EPROMs (Erasable Programmable Read-Only memories), EEPROMs (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only memories), flash memories, magnetic cards, or optical cards. That is, a readable medium includes any medium that stores or transmits information in a form readable by a device (e.g., a computer).

It will be understood by those within the art that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations, can be implemented by computer program instructions. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the computer program instructions can be implemented in a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing method, such that the blocks of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration are implemented by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing method.

Those of skill in the art will appreciate that the various operations, methods, steps in the flow, acts, schemes, and alternatives discussed in the present invention may be alternated, altered, combined, or eliminated. Further, other steps, means, or steps in a process having various operations, methods, or procedures discussed herein may be alternated, altered, rearranged, disassembled, combined, or eliminated. Further, steps, measures, schemes in the prior art with various operations, methods, flows disclosed in the present invention may also be alternated, altered, rearranged, decomposed, combined, or deleted.

The foregoing is only a partial embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the principles of the present invention, and such modifications and adaptations are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of operation based on a display area, wherein a terminal device comprises a first display area and a second display area, the method comprising:

when the conversation application is detected to be in a conversation state, a conversation application interface is displayed in the first display area, and digital information is displayed in the second display area;

detecting digital input operation in a second display area in the call process;

displaying the inputted digital information in the first display area in response to the digital input operation;

displaying a recommended application or operation based on the entered digital information;

responsive to a user selection of a recommended application or operation, a corresponding process is performed based on the entered digital information and the user-selected application or operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying digital information in the second display area comprises:

And displaying the digital information and the digital type information in the second display area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital information is displayed via a numeric keypad;

the displaying of the digital information in the second display area includes at least one of:

when the call application is detected to be in a call state, displaying a numeric keyboard in the second display area;

and if the opening operation for the numeric keypad is received, displaying the numeric keypad in the second display area.

4. The method as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

detecting a digital type selection operation in a second display area in the call process;

displaying the entered digital information in the first display area in response to the digital input operation, comprising:

in response to the digital input operation and the digital type selection operation, the selected digital type information and the input digital information are displayed in association in the first display area.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein when the terminal device comprises at least two second display areas, displaying digital information and digital type information in the second display areas comprises:

Displaying the digital information and the digital type information in a second display area; or alternatively

The digital information and the digital type information are displayed in different second display areas, respectively.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

and when the call application is detected to be in a call state, if the user is detected to be far away from the equipment or the equipment is detected to be inserted into the earphone, displaying digital information in the second display area, and closing the display of the first display area.

7. The method of any one of claims 2, 4 and 5, wherein the digital type information includes a format and identification of a digital type;

the number type includes at least one of: communication number, identification number, account number, user-defined number type.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the associating displaying the selected digital type information and the entered digital information comprises:

displaying an identification of the selected number type and the entered number, or displaying the entered number according to a format of the selected number type.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein displaying the recommended application or operation comprises:

Based on the entered digital information and the selected digital type, the corresponding application or operation is recommended and displayed.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein recommending and displaying the corresponding application or operation based on the entered digital information and the selected digital type comprises:

after the end of the call application is detected, the input numbers are displayed in a text form, the application associated with the number type corresponding to the numbers is determined, and the icon of the application is displayed in the second display area; or,

after the end of the call application is detected, the input numbers are displayed in a voice mode, the application functions associated with the number types corresponding to the numbers are determined, and the application functions are displayed in the second display area.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein presenting the entered number comprises:

and popping up and displaying the input number on the first display area.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein popup displaying the entered number on the first display area comprises:

and in the first display area screen-off state, only the input number is displayed in the first display area, and other areas keep the screen-off state.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein performing the corresponding process based on the entered digital information and the user-selected application comprises:

when the user selects any application, the input numbers are filled in the corresponding positions of the application.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein presenting the entered numbers in text form comprises:

when a user inputs a plurality of digital strings in a call, displaying each digital string in a text in turn;

the displaying the icon of the application in the second display area includes:

displaying icons of the applications beside the respective digit strings; or,

after the touch of the user on any number string is detected, the icon of the application is displayed in the second display area.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the entered digital information in the first display area comprises:

and displaying the input digital information in an area of the first display area, which does not block the content in the first display area.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital information comprises:

Prefix numbers and/or suffix numbers of communication numbers in the call application.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of determining the position of the probe comprises,

the prefix number of the communication number comprises at least one of the following: country code, area code, internet protocol IP code;

the suffix number of the communication number includes: an extension number.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein displaying the prefix number of the communication number in the telephony application in the second display area comprises:

determining the display sequence of the prefix numbers according to the user history data and/or the user-defined display priority;

and displaying prefix numbers of the communication numbers in the call application in the second display area based on the display sequence.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising, if a prefix number for a communication number in the telephony application is displayed in the second display area, at least one of:

updating the selected communication number based on a prefix number selection operation in the second display area and a communication number selection operation in the first display area;

call processing is performed based on a prefix number selection operation in the second display area and a communication number selection operation in the first display area.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the updating the selected communication number based on the prefix number selection operation in the second display area and the communication number selection operation in the first display area comprises:

after receiving a selection operation for the prefix number in the second display area, displaying the communication number in the call application interface of the first display area as a state to be selected;

after receiving a selection operation for at least one communication number in the first display area, the communication number selected in the first display area is updated according to the prefix number selected in the second display area.

21. The method as recited in claim 16, further comprising:

when dialing a communication number in a call application, adding a suffix number of the recorded communication number; or,

when a communication number in a call application is dialed, after receiving a selection operation for displaying a suffix number of the communication number in the second display area, the suffix number is dialed additionally.

22. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

And displaying an application interface in the first display area, and displaying setting information required for running the application in the second display area.

23. The method as recited in claim 22, further comprising:

the application is run based on the setting operation in the second display area.

24. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a control object in the first display area;

detecting selection operation of a user on the control object, and expanding and displaying next-stage display information and/or sub-controls corresponding to the control object in the second display area.

25. The method as recited in claim 24, further comprising:

editing the content of the control object displayed in the first display area according to the next display information and/or the selection operation of the sub-control which are displayed in the second display area, and displaying the editing result in the first display area.

26. The method as recited in claim 25, further comprising:

and acquiring selection operation of a user on the displayed next-stage display information and/or sub-controls in a mode of sliding the second display area up and down.

27. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the content to be edited in the first display area;

detecting a selection operation for the content to be edited in the first display area, and displaying the selected content to be edited in the second display area.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein detecting a selection operation for content to be edited in the first display area comprises:

acquiring a cursor positioning position in the first display area;

when the cursor is not moved within the set period of time, the selection operation is confirmed to be received, and the content in the preset range around the line or the position of the cursor is taken as the selected content to be edited.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein displaying the selected content to be edited in the second display area comprises:

displaying the selected content to be edited in the second display area in at least one of the following ways:

amplifying and displaying;

displaying according to the line sequence;

displaying according to the sequence of the columns and the words;

displaying the word in a width-drawing manner;

And amplifying and displaying the word pitch of one row according to the ratio of the display length of the second display area to the display width of the first display area.

30. The method as recited in claim 27, further comprising:

and detecting a content editing operation in the first display area or the second display area, and synchronously displaying edited content in the first display area and the second display area.

31. A terminal device, comprising:

a first display area and a second display area;

a processor configured to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 30.

32. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory;

one or more computer programs, wherein the one or more computer programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs configured to: a display area based operation method according to any one of claims 1 to 30 is performed.

33. A computer readable storage medium storing at least one instruction, at least one program, code set, or instruction set, the at least one instruction, the at least one program, the code set, or instruction set being loaded and executed by the processor to implement the display area-based method of operation of any one of claims 1 to 30.