WO2012094840A1

WO2012094840A1 - Method and terminal for displaying short message or multimedia message

Info

Publication number: WO2012094840A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/071134
Authority: WO
Inventors: 彭克善
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-01-14
Filing date: 2011-02-21
Publication date: 2012-07-19
Also published as: CN102123199A

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and terminal for displaying a short message or multimedia message, and the method includes that the terminal detects whether a new short message or multimedia message is received, while playing mobile TV, and notifies a user; when the terminal detects that the new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal displays the new short message or multimedia message in a specific area of a display screen while normally playing the mobile TV, according to operations of the user. The technical solution provided in the present invention solves the problem that a mobile TV program and the new message can not be acquired simultaneously, thus enabling the user to check the new short message or multimedia message while watching the mobile TV.

Description

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular to a method and a terminal for displaying a short message or a multimedia message. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, as mobile TV applications (ie, CMMB, China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting, China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting) have gradually become a new selling point for mobile phones, the application is bound to become one of the most popular mainstream applications in the 3G era. In the process of using the mobile TV front desk, it is inevitable that some information such as text messages will be received. At this moment, users are very interested in knowing the contents of these messages. The current method for viewing a mobile phone when running a mobile TV application is usually: The user reluctantly withdraws from the current wonderful application, and urgently opens the received information to determine the importance and urgency of the information; or, a better application It allows the user to use the minimized operation, and after reading the message, the previous state can be restored. However, for applications with strong real-time performance, such as mobile TV, mobile video, etc., once they are minimized, they must miss their wonderful programs. If you want to perform SMS browsing, etc., either stop the current program playback and enter the inbox to view it; either select the most 'j, the operation does not exit, but it will also affect the user's appreciation of the wonderful content. Based on this, the current method can not meet the basic requirements of users to view messages in real time, and there are many places that are not convenient: When running mobile TV in full screen or foreground, the received messages cannot be viewed in real time, current applications and received messages. Can only choose one. Or quit (minimize) the current application, and then go to view the text message, which causes the user to complain because of the missed content of the wonderful program content; or continue to indulge in the current wonderful TV program and is indifferent to the received message, so as to miss Important and even urgent matters. The current method seriously affects the user's ability to both the mobile TV program and the new arrival message, which brings inconvenience to the user. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide a method and a terminal for displaying a short message or a multimedia message to solve the above problems. According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for displaying a short message or a multimedia message is provided, including: the terminal detects whether a new short message or a multimedia message is received while the mobile phone television is being played, and prompts the user; the terminal detects the receipt In the new SMS or MMS, according to the user's operation, the new SMS or MMS message is displayed in a specific area of the display while the mobile TV is being played normally. While the terminal is playing the mobile TV, detecting whether a new short message or a multimedia message is received, and prompting the user, the method further includes: when the terminal detects that a new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal ignores the new according to the user operation. SMS or MMS, continue to play mobile TV normally. When the terminal detects that a new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal displays the new short message or multimedia message after the specific area of the display screen while the mobile phone television is playing normally according to the user's operation, and further includes: the terminal according to the user The operation, cancel the display of the new SMS or MMS. The terminal processes the new short message or multimedia message according to the user's operation, wherein the foregoing processing includes at least one of the following: replying, forwarding, deleting, saving, and classifying. When the terminal does not detect that the user operates the new short message or multimedia message within a predetermined time, the terminal cancels the display of the new short message or multimedia message. According to another aspect of the present invention, a terminal is provided, including: a short multimedia message module, configured to detect whether a new short message or a multimedia message is received while the mobile phone television is being played, and prompt the user; the human interface module is used to Responding to the user's operation on the new short message or multimedia message, sending a command corresponding to the user operation; the control processing module, configured to receive the command sent by the human interface module, and send a display command according to the command; the display module is configured to While the mobile TV is being played, the display command sent by the control processing module is received, and the display command displays the new short message or multimedia message in a specific area of the display screen. The control processing module is further configured to ignore the new short message or multimedia message according to the command sent by the human interface module. The control processing module is further configured to send a cancel display command to the display module according to the command sent by the human interface module after the display command is sent to the display module. The display module is further configured to cancel the display of the new short message or multimedia message according to the cancel display command sent by the control processing module while playing the mobile phone television. The control processing module is further configured to process the new short message or the multimedia message according to the command sent by the human interface module after the display command is sent to the display module, where the foregoing processing includes at least one of the following: reply, forward, delete , save, and categorize. The control processing module is further configured to send a cancel display command to the display module when the command sent by the human interface module is not received within a predetermined time after the display command is sent to the display module. The display module is further configured to cancel the display of the new short message or multimedia message according to the cancel display command sent by the control processing module while playing the mobile phone television. Through the invention, when the user terminal receives a new message while playing the mobile TV, according to the operation of the user, the user plays a new message content in a specific area on the display screen, and solves the mobile TV program and the new arrival message. A problem that cannot be achieved, so that users can view new SMS or MMS while watching mobile TV. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are set to illustrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method for displaying a short message or a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a method for displaying a short message or a multimedia message according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; A flowchart of a method for displaying a short message or a multimedia message of an example; FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) used in the screen of mobile TV currently uses a layered display mode, which can support RGB at the same time (ie, red, green and blue). A wide range of color systems) and YUV (including a brightness value, two color difference values, is a color coding method used in European television systems) two formats. The dynamic image information (data) in the mobile TV is generally used in the YUV format during transmission and processing; the SMS or MMS operation menu and content display on the interface are attached to the static image, and the RGB format can be used for display. Therefore, on the screen of the mobile phone, while displaying the wonderful picture of the mobile TV by using the layer supporting the YUV format, the layer of the RGB format can be used to realize the display of the SMS or MMS operation menu and the content. FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for displaying a short message or a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the method for displaying a short message or a multimedia message according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: Step S102: The terminal detects whether a new short message or a multimedia message is received while playing the mobile phone television (hereinafter, it is convenient to describe, "SMS or MMS" is simply referred to as "short color message"), and prompts the user; Step S104, when the terminal detects that a new short message or multimedia message is received, according to the user's operation, the new device is simultaneously played while the mobile phone is being played normally. The SMS or MMS message is displayed in a specific area of the display. Through the above method, when the terminal plays the mobile TV in the foreground, if it detects that the short multimedia message is received, the user is prompted to notify the user to process the newly arrived short multimedia message. Generally, the prompting method may include : A dialog box or menu pops up or a text message sounds, or a combination of the two. After that, the terminal can play the entire content of the message for the user in a specific area on the display screen according to the user's operation, so that all the new messages received can be played for the user without affecting the mobile phone television broadcast. Content, users can easily and quickly read the entire content of the message without minimizing or exiting the current application. The operation is intuitive and convenient, and the visual effect is ideal. In the specific implementation process, when receiving the new short multimedia message, the terminal may provide an operation menu for the user to select on the display screen, or provide a shortcut key function, so that the user directly uses the corresponding shortcut key. The choice of operation. Due to the variety of existing terminal types, the above operations can be directly performed on the touch screen for the touch screen terminal. For the terminal with the keyboard, the above operation can be completed by pressing one or more specific mobile phone keys. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2, after step S102, the following processing may be further included: Step S106: When detecting that a new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal ignores the new short message or multimedia message according to the operation of the user, and continues. Play mobile TV normally. Corresponding to the user selecting to display the new information, when the terminal plays the mobile TV and detects the arrival of new information, the user may also choose to cancel the display. When the terminal detects that the user has selected to cancel the display, the terminal may directly ignore the new message and continue normal. Play mobile TV. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2, after step S104, the following processing may be further included: Step S108: The terminal cancels the display of the new short message or multimedia message according to the operation of the user. When the user reads the content of the new message or does not want to continue reading, the corresponding operation can also be performed to cancel the display of the new message, for example, clicking the operation of playing the area outside the area where the short multimedia message is located on the touch screen of the terminal, or pressing The operation of a particular phone button. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2, after step S104, the following processing may be further included: Step S110: The terminal processes the new short message or multimedia message according to the operation of the user, where the foregoing processing includes at least one of the following: , forward, delete, save, sort. In order to further improve the user experience, the user can perform various operations on the new message directly through the menu option or the shortcut key on the display interface, and the terminal responds promptly when detecting the operation or change of the short message displayed on the display screen thereof. Complete the user's operation instructions. Preferably, as shown in FIG. 2, step S104 or step S110 may further include the following processing: Step S112: When the terminal does not detect that the user operates the new short message or multimedia message within a predetermined time, the terminal cancels The new SMS or MMS message is displayed. That is to say, when the terminal detects that the short multimedia message content displayed on the display screen has not undergone other operations or changes after a predetermined time of playing, the terminal automatically cancels the display of the short multimedia message content. Such a method is more convenient for the user. The above preferred embodiment will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 3 and an example. As shown in FIG. 3, a method for displaying a short message in a mobile phone television broadcast according to an example of the present invention includes the following steps: Step S302: A user selects to activate a mobile phone television application, and the terminal starts a mobile phone television application to start playing a mobile phone television. Step S304, when receiving the short message, the terminal prompts a new incoming message on the display screen of the terminal, and is accompanied by a corresponding button to trigger the short message operation menu. When the user clicks the button position on the touch screen of the terminal, the operation of the short message is called. menu. Step S306, the user operates the short message operation menu by clicking the touch screen or pressing the corresponding mobile phone button to play the entire content of the short message. It is necessary to display the text content of the short message obtained from the short message module in the area of the RGB format layer. First, define a data structure for controlling the display attribute. The data structure member includes: the displayed text content, the display position of the text, and the display type of the text (font size) , font format, transparency, color, etc.). The format in which the text content is displayed in the area of the RGB format layer is controlled by the data structure. In the upper application of the message-driven response mechanism, when a new short message arrives, the short message is sent to the play interface by sending a Paint message to the form of the RGB format layer, and the form of the RGB format layer receives the message. Make the necessary drawing to refresh the display of the window. When the form of the RGB format layer receives the PAINT message, it calls the BeginPaint function to get the device context handle, and uses it to call the GDI (Graphics Device Interface) function to perform the necessary drawing operations. After drawing is complete, the application should call the EndPaint function to release the device context handle. When the user operates the SMS operation menu, it does not affect the foreground or full-screen playback of the mobile TV. Moreover, since the text message to be played is displayed in a specific area, viewing the content of the short message does not affect the playback of the mobile TV program. In step S308, the user clicks on the area outside the area where the new text message operation menu is displayed on the touch screen of the terminal, and the display of the short message operation menu on the mobile phone display screen is cancelled. The terminal may also detect that the user does not perform any operation on the short message operation menu displayed on the mobile phone display screen within a predetermined time, and the terminal automatically cancels the display of the short message operation menu on the mobile phone display screen. Step S310, the user clicks on the touch display of the terminal to display an area outside the area where the short message is located, and cancels the display of the short message on the display screen of the mobile phone. The terminal may also detect that the short message content displayed on the mobile phone display screen does not change within a predetermined time, and automatically cancel the display of the short message content on the mobile phone display screen. Step S312, the user opts out of the mobile TV application, the terminal stops playing the mobile TV, exits the mobile TV application, and ends. The above example takes a touch-display terminal as an example. When the terminal is a terminal with a keyboard, one or more specific mobile phone buttons can be defined on the terminal, and the user can press the specific mobile phone button to implement the short message operation menu. Recall, SMS display and cancel display. For example, the terminal can define a mobile phone button. If the short message operation menu is not displayed on the mobile phone screen or the short message content is not played, the user can press the mobile phone button to call up the short message operation menu; if the mobile phone screen is displaying the short message operation menu or the short message In the case of content, when the user presses the mobile phone button, the display of the short message operation menu or the short message content is cancelled. 4 is a block diagram showing the structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: a short multimedia message module 42 connected to the control processing module 46, configured to detect whether a new short message or multimedia message is received while playing the mobile phone television, and prompting The user interface module 44 is connected to the control processing module 46 for transmitting a command corresponding to the user operation in response to the user's operation on the new short message or multimedia message; the control processing module 46 is configured to receive the human interface module. The command sent by 44, and the display command is sent according to the command; the display module 48 is connected to the control processing module 46, and is configured to receive the display command 46 sent by the control processing module while playing the mobile phone television, and according to the display command The above new SMS or MMS message is displayed in a specific area of the display screen. By using the above terminal, the user can view the short message content intuitively and conveniently when running the mobile TV application and receiving the mobile phone short message, without interrupting the normal playing of the mobile TV program at the front desk. In the above terminal, the short multimedia message module 42 is mainly responsible for detecting whether a new short message or multimedia message is received, and prompting the user to perform processing in time. The human interface module 44 is primarily responsible for receiving and identifying user operations. When it is recognized that the user has performed an operation to recall a new message received by the short multimedia message module 42, the corresponding command is sent to the control processing module 46. The control processing module 46 is mainly configured to send an instruction to display the new message to the display module 48 when it is known that the user has performed the operation of calling up the short message content and the mobile TV application module is performing the program playback. The display module 48 is mainly used to provide a front-end playback function of short messages for the user on the display screen of the mobile phone according to the instruction of the control processing module. Preferably, the control processing module 46 is further configured to ignore the new short message or multimedia message according to the command sent by the human interface module 44. When the human interface module 44 recognizes that the user has performed an operation to cancel the display, the operation processing module 46 is notified of the operation. When the control processing module 46 learns that the user performs the operation of canceling the display and the mobile TV module is playing the mobile TV program, the display module 48 sends a display instruction for canceling the new incoming short message or multimedia message displayed on the mobile phone screen, that is, the display is ignored. New to SMS or MMS, the display module 48 will not display the new incoming SMS or MMS according to the instruction of the control processing module 46. Preferably, the control processing module 46 is further configured to send a cancel display command to the display module 48 according to the command sent by the human interface module 44 after the display command is sent to the display module 48; the display module 48 is further configured to play At the same time as the mobile TV, the display of the new short message or multimedia message is cancelled according to the cancel display command sent by the control processing module 46. When the user finishes reading a new SMS or MMS message or does not want to read it again, the display operation can be cancelled accordingly. At this time, the human interface module 44 recognizes that the user has performed the operation of canceling the display when the display module 48 is displaying the short multimedia message play menu or the short multimedia message operation result, for example, identifying that the user clicks on the terminal touch screen. The short MMS play menu or the operation of the area outside the area where the short multimedia message operation result is located, or the operation of pressing a specific mobile phone button of the terminal. Thereafter, the human interface module 44 notifies the control processing module 46 of the operation, the control processing module 46 sends a cancel display command, and the display module 48 cancels the corresponding display of the new short multimedia message. Preferably, the control processing module 46 is further configured to process the new short message or the multimedia message according to the command sent by the human interface module 44 after the display command is sent to the display module 48, wherein the processing includes at least one of the following : Reply, Forward, Delete, Save, Sort. The human interface module 44 is mainly responsible for receiving and recognizing user operations, that is, in addition to the operations of displaying and canceling the display, the human interface module 44 can also recognize other operations performed by the user. For the processing of new short multimedia messages, these processes include: reply, forward, delete, save, sort, and so on. When the human interface module 44 recognizes these operations, it will notify the control processing module (via the corresponding command). After receiving the command sent by the human interface module 44, the control processing module 46 performs corresponding processing on the new short multimedia message, and sends an instruction to display the operation result information to the display module 48, and performs the operation result on the display screen. display. Preferably, the control processing module 46 is further configured to send a cancel display command to the display module 48 when the command sent by the human interface module 44 is not received within a predetermined time after the display command is sent to the display module 48; The module 48 is further configured to cancel the display of the new short message or the multimedia message according to the cancel display command sent by the control processing module 46 while playing the mobile phone television. The control processing module 46 may further include a timer for timing the length of each time the short multimedia message playing menu or the short multimedia message playing content displayed on the mobile phone display screen changes, if the length of time of a certain change exceeds the timing At a predetermined time set in the device, the control processing module 46 sends a cancel display command to the display module 48 to cancel the display of the short multimedia message play menu or the short multimedia message content. In summary, the foregoing preferred embodiment 4 can be as follows: The terminal according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may include: a control processing module, and a short multimedia message module, a human interface module, and the control processing module The display module, wherein: the human interface module is mainly used for receiving and recognizing a user operation, and notifying the control processing module when identifying that the user has performed a call operation menu and controlling a certain operation of the short message. The control processing module is mainly configured to send an instruction for popping up the short multimedia message operation menu to the display module when the user performs the operation of calling up the short multimedia message operation menu and the mobile TV module is playing the foreground application, and knowing that the user has viewed When a new SMS or MMS operation is performed and the mobile TV module is playing a mobile TV, an instruction to display the short multimedia message module to the short message or MMS content is sent to the display module. The display module is mainly used for providing a short message or a multimedia message to the user on the screen of the mobile phone according to the instruction of the control processing module, for example, playing, deleting, canceling the display, default reply, and the like. When the display module knows that the mobile TV module is playing a television program and the short multimedia message module receives a new message, an icon indicating that the short multimedia message playing menu is triggered is highlighted in the display module. When the user clicks the icon or presses a specific mobile phone button of the terminal, the play menu of the short multimedia message pops up. The control processing module continuously detects the display module and notifies the human interface module of the detection result. When the human interface module knows that the display module does not display the short multimedia message play menu, if the user also receives the operation of clicking the touch screen of the terminal, or presses a specific mobile phone of the terminal to perform the operation, it is recognized that the user has performed the short play. The MMS module newly operates the SMS or MMS, and notifies the control processing module of the operation. The human interface module can also notify the control processing module of the operation when it recognizes that the user has performed the operation of canceling the display. When the control processing module knows that the user has performed the operation of canceling the display and the mobile TV module is playing the mobile phone television, the control module sends an instruction to cancel the new incoming SMS or multimedia message displayed on the mobile phone display. The display module cancels the display of the operation menu or short multimedia message content of the newly arrived SMS or MMS according to the instruction of the control processing module. When the human interface module learns that the display module is displaying the short multimedia message play menu or the short multimedia message content, if the user clicks on the short multimedia message play menu on the touch screen of the terminal or the area outside the area where the short multimedia message is played, or When the operation of pressing a specific mobile phone button of the terminal is pressed, the user performs an operation of canceling the display, and notifies the control processing module of the operation. The control processing module may further include a timer, configured to time the length of the short multimedia message playing menu or the short multimedia message content displayed on the display of the mobile phone, if the length of time of a certain change exceeds the timing of the timer The time (predetermined time), the control processing module sends a display instruction to cancel the short multimedia message play menu or the short multimedia message content to the display module. From the above description, it can be seen that, by the technical solution provided by the present invention, the front-end playback operation of the new to short message can be provided to the user without affecting the use of the front-end mobile TV, and the operation menu of the newly-sending short message includes multiple sub-mens. The menu provides users with convenient operation options. In addition, the user can perform visually on the mobile phone display through the mobile phone button. The operation is intuitive and convenient, and the front-end mobile TV broadcast interface is covered. , visual effect is ideal. Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that the above modules or steps of the present invention can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which can be concentrated on a single computing device or distributed over a network composed of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device, such that they may be stored in the storage device for execution by the computing device, and And in some cases, the steps shown or described may be performed in a different order than that herein, or they may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit. Module to achieve. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software. The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

1. A method for displaying a short message or a multimedia message, comprising:

While playing the mobile TV, the terminal detects whether a new short message or multimedia message is received, and prompts the user;

When detecting that a new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal operates in the user, and displays the new short message or multimedia message in a specific area of the display screen while playing the mobile phone television normally.

The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal detects whether a new short message or a multimedia message is received and prompts the user while playing the mobile phone television, and further includes:

When detecting that a new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal operates in the user, ignores the new short message or multimedia message, and continues to play the mobile TV normally.

The method according to claim 2, wherein, when detecting that a new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal displays the new short message or multimedia message while playing the mobile phone TV according to the operation of the user. After a specific area of the display, it also includes:

The terminal cancels the display of the new short message or multimedia message according to the operation of the user.

The method according to claim 2, wherein, when detecting that a new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal displays the new short message or multimedia message while playing the mobile phone TV according to the operation of the user. After the specific area of the display screen, the method further includes: processing, by the terminal, the user, the new short message or the multimedia message, wherein the processing includes at least one of: replying, forwarding, deleting, saving, and sorting.

The method according to claim 3 or 4, wherein, when detecting that a new short message or multimedia message is received, the terminal, according to the operation of the user, simultaneously plays the new short message or while simultaneously playing the mobile phone television After the MMS is displayed in a specific area of the display, it also includes:

When the terminal does not detect that the user operates the new short message or multimedia message within a predetermined time, the terminal cancels the display of the new short message or multimedia message.

6. A terminal, including: The short multimedia message module is configured to detect whether a new short message or multimedia message is received while the mobile phone television is being played, and prompt the user;

a human interface module, configured to send a command corresponding to the user operation in response to a user performing an operation on the new short message or multimedia message;

a control processing module, configured to receive a command sent by the human interface module, and send a display command according to the command;

And a display module, configured to receive a display command sent by the control processing module while the mobile phone television is being played, and display the new short message or multimedia message in a specific area of the display screen.

The terminal according to claim 6, wherein the control processing module is further configured to ignore the new short message or multimedia message according to a command sent by the human interface module.

8. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein

The control processing module is further configured to send a cancel display command to the display module according to a command sent by the human interface module after sending a display command to the display module;

The display module is further configured to cancel display of the new short message or multimedia message according to the cancel display command sent by the control processing module while playing the mobile phone television.

The terminal according to claim 7, wherein the control processing module is further configured to: after the display command is sent to the display module, the new command is sent according to the command sent by the human interface module The SMS or MMS is processed, wherein the processing includes at least one of the following: reply, forward, delete, save, and sort.

10. The terminal according to claim 8 or 9, wherein

The control processing module is further configured to send a cancel display command to the display module when the command sent by the human interface module is not received within a predetermined time after the display command is sent to the display module;