WO2015013873A1

WO2015013873A1 - Terminal and terminal manipulation method

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Publication number: WO2015013873A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/080360
Authority: WO
Inventors: 任永; 江钊
Original assignee: 宇龙计算机通信科技(深圳)有限公司
Priority date: 2013-07-29
Filing date: 2013-07-29
Publication date: 2015-02-05
Also published as: CN104919419B; CN104919419A

Abstract

Provided is a terminal, comprising: an icon creation unit which is used for creating one or more icons or shortcut icons according to a received creation command, wherein each of the icons or shortcut icons is associated with one or more contacts; and a function invoking unit which is used for invoking a designated application program or application function associated with at least one contact person corresponding to the designated icon or shortcut icon. Also proposed is a terminal manipulation method. By means of the technical solution of the present invention, one or more certain contacts can be associated with data, information or functions related thereto through icons or shortcut icons on a screen interface, so as to directly perform operations on the contacts through the icons or shortcut icons, thereby being beneficial to simplifying the manipulation process and improving user experience.

Description

Description Terminal and terminal control method

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of terminal control technologies, and in particular, to a terminal and a terminal control method. Background technique

In related art, when a user needs to view information of a contact, or manipulate a contact, such as viewing a contact's information, a call record, etc., or micro-reporting a contact Bo, call, etc., the user can only open the corresponding application, and then manually perform the search and other operations.

However, on the one hand, users need to find related applications. When there are a large number of applications on the user's terminal, especially for the current smart terminals, it will result in wasting a lot of time for the users; on the other hand, in each application In the case of "inbox", for example, there is often information related to all contacts. When the user needs to view the information of a contact, it is necessary to look up and find it, which is an extremely time-consuming and laborious process.

In addition, because each application has a new unprocessed event, it only prompts on the icon of the application or the system tray of the terminal, when the user does not look at the location of the application's icon, or does not view the system. When the tray is used, it is not easy to find unprocessed events, which may result in missing important information.

Therefore, how to simplify the user operation steps and further make the unprocessed events easier to be discovered and processed becomes a technical problem to be solved at present. Summary of the invention

The present invention is based on at least one of the above problems, and proposes a new terminal control technology, which can display one or more contacts and related data and information through icons or shortcut icons on the screen interface of the terminal. Or the function is associated, so that the above contact is directly operated by the above icon or shortcut icon, which is convenient for simplifying the manipulation process and improving the user experience.

In view of this, the present invention provides a terminal, including: an icon creating unit, configured to establish one or more icons or shortcut icons on a screen interface of the terminal according to the received creation command, each of the icons Or a shortcut icon is associated with one or more contacts; a function invoking unit, configured to invoke at least one contact with the specified icon or shortcut icon according to the received operation command for the specified icon or the shortcut icon The specified application or application function associated with the person. In the technical solution, by establishing an icon or a shortcut icon associated with the contact on the screen interface of the terminal, the user can directly operate the corresponding contact through the icon or the shortcut icon, so that the corresponding contact does not need to be specifically searched. The icon of the application does not need to manually open a specific application and find information related to a contact, which is beneficial to simplify the user's operation process.

The number of icons or shortcut icons may be one or more, and the number of contacts corresponding to each icon or shortcut icon may also be one or more; when the user operates on an icon or a shortcut icon , can be directly performed as the same or corresponding operations for all the contacts, or can further select a specific one or more contacts as the operation object by the user. Alternatively, the user can set one or more contacts as the default contacts of an icon or a shortcut icon, and at the same time, another one or more contacts are additional contacts of the icon or the shortcut icon, when the user clicks on the icon When the shortcut icon is operated, it can be considered as the operation of the corresponding default contact, and the user can select another one or more additional contacts to operate according to the actual situation.

In the above technical solution, preferably, when one of the icon or shortcut icon is associated with multiple contacts, the multiple contacts belong to the same contact group or different contact group in the address book of the terminal. .

In the technical solution, in one case, the user often establishes one or more contact groups in the terminal's address book, such as "family", "colleague", etc., each group is associated with multiple contacts ( A contact may correspond to one or more groups), then a corresponding icon or shortcut icon may be directly created for a certain group (one icon or shortcut icon corresponds to one or more groups), and the user may directly group the corresponding group One or more contacts in the control, which facilitates the utilization of existing contact grouping resources, and simplifies the process of creating icons or shortcut icons by the user; in another case, the user may not follow the existing ones. The contact group is grouped, and multiple contacts are randomly selected from the address book as a new combination, and corresponding icons or shortcut icons are created for the combination, so that the user can directly operate the same, which is beneficial to the user according to the actual situation. Configuration is easier to meet the needs of users. Of course, the user can also have an icon or shortcut icon corresponding to one or more groups, as well as one or more other contacts.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a function identifier display unit, configured to display, on the screen interface, an icon or a shortcut corresponding to the specified icon in a case that the specified icon or the shortcut icon is selected An identifier of all applications or application functions associated with at least one of the contacts of the icon; wherein the function invoking unit invokes the corresponding application or application function if the identity of the specified application or application function is selected.

In this technical solution, after the icon or the shortcut icon is selected, it is convenient for the user to view and select by displaying the associated application's associated application or the identification of the application function.

Because the application or application function corresponding to each contact is not necessarily the same, especially when When the icons or shortcut icons correspond to multiple contacts, the identifiers of the applications or application functions corresponding to all the contacts may be displayed, or only the identifiers of the applications or application functions associated with all the contacts may be displayed. Or you can display only the identity of the application or application function associated with one or more contacts (such as the default contact).

In the above technical solution, preferably, when the specified icon or shortcut icon is associated with multiple contacts, the terminal further includes: a contact identifier display unit, configured to display the application or application function Before the identifiers are displayed, the contact identifiers respectively corresponding to the plurality of contacts are displayed on the screen interface; wherein the function identifier display unit displays and corresponds to the designated contact identifiers The identity of all applications or application features associated with the contact.

In the technical solution, when the selected icon or the shortcut icon corresponds to multiple contacts, the user selects one or more contacts that need to be operated, and displays the identifier of the associated application or application function. On the one hand, each icon or shortcut icon can be corresponding to multiple contacts at the same time, and the screen interface is not confused due to the creation of icons or shortcut icons for each contact, and on the other hand, the user can according to his actual needs. To select the contacts that need to be operated, it is beneficial to enhance the user experience.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the function calling unit displays a corresponding program interface or a function interface at a specified position on the screen interface of the terminal when the specified application or application function is invoked, or directly switches To the program interface or function interface.

In the technical solution, the designated position on the screen interface can be set in advance by the manufacturer or the user according to the need, for example, one or more fixed positions on the screen interface, or can be determined by the terminal according to the actual situation, for example, In order to avoid obscuring other information on the screen interface that may be useful to the user's current operation, display is performed at other locations on the screen interface. At the same time, even if the interface has been displayed, the user can drag the interface according to actual needs to change its actual display position. Of course, in order to get a better display effect, you can also directly switch to the corresponding program interface or function interface.

Of course, regardless of whether the interface is switched, the actual application or application function can be one or more. When multiple calls are made at the same time, the corresponding interface can be displayed or switched to the corresponding interface in the default order, or all of them can be displayed at the same time. The interface, for example, in the form of multiple bubble frames, or on a split screen.

In the above technical solution, preferably, in the program interface or the function interface, only data or a message associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon is displayed.

In this technical solution, since the message existing in each application or application function is often associated with multiple contacts, especially when the user communicates with a large number of contacts, the contact person and The number of specific messages is very large. When you need to find a specific contact message, or you need to interact with a specific contact, the search process is more complicated. Trivial, wasting user time. Therefore, according to the icon or shortcut icon selected by the user, or its corresponding contact, all the contacts that the user needs to view or contact are determined, and in the specific application or application function, the contact with the above contact is searched. The message is convenient for the user to view, and is also convenient for the user to operate the contact (such as making a call, sending a text message, etc.), eliminating the process of searching or searching.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: an event prompting unit, configured to, for an application or an application function associated with the at least one contact or the at least one specified contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon In the case that there is an unprocessed event in the terminal, a corresponding prompt identifier is displayed within the associated range of the specified icon or shortcut icon.

In this technical solution, the association range refers to a certain range on or near an icon or a shortcut icon, and specifically, when the user sees the prompt identifier, it can be determined that it is associated with the relative icon or the shortcut icon. Of course, the specific scope of association can be set by the manufacturer or user. Since the icon or the shortcut icon is on the screen interface of the terminal, when there is an unprocessed event, the user does not need to look over the icon of the specific application, especially when there are multiple unprocessed events, and the corresponding multiple applications When the program is not in the same display interface, it helps the user to find unprocessed events in time, avoiding wasting processing time.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the function calling unit has one or more of the unprocessed events in the terminal, and if the specified icon or shortcut icon is selected, directly on the screen The specified location on the interface displays a corresponding program interface or a function interface; or the terminal further includes: a menu display unit, configured to have one or more of the unprocessed events in the terminal, and the specified icon Or when the shortcut icon is selected, a function menu is displayed, the function menu includes one or more function options corresponding to the unprocessed event, and after each of the function options is selected, the function is called The unit displays a corresponding program interface or function interface at a specified position on the screen interface.

In the technical solution, in order to facilitate the user to timely process the unprocessed event, after the user clicks the icon or the shortcut icon with the prompt identifier, the corresponding processing interface (program interface or function interface) can be directly displayed, including in the screen interface. The preset position on the screen or directly switch the interface. At the same time, the processing interface may not be directly displayed, but the user may select in a menu form, which is beneficial to provide the user with a higher degree of freedom of selection, and saves the user when the user needs to process the unprocessed event corresponding to the prompt identifier. Time and processing steps; When the user does not really need to process, the user's time is not wasted due to direct interface display or switching.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: an association setting unit, configured to determine, according to the contact information recorded by each contact in the address book of the terminal, an application or an application associated with the contact Features.

In the technical solution, each contact corresponds to one or more pieces of contact information, such as a phone number, an email address, a network social account name, etc., and the above information is used as an application associated with a contact. Programs such as dialpads, text messages, email, social networking Apps, etc., are considered to be the applications associated with the contact.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the association setting unit is further configured to: associate, according to the received editing instruction, an application or an application function associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon Edit it.

In this technical solution, even if a certain information exists in the contact information of a contact, the user can ignore the corresponding associated application in the generated icon or the shortcut icon, thereby facilitating management to be associated with the contact. Correspondingly, even if a certain information does not exist in the contact information of a contact, the user can manually set the associated application in the generated icon or shortcut icon (you can further add the above contact) The person's associated information, such as the account name, etc., to facilitate the operation of the contact.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a terminal control method is further provided, including: establishing one or more icons or shortcut icons on a screen interface of the terminal according to the received creation command, each of the icons or shortcut icons Associated with one or more contacts; invoking a specified application associated with the at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon or according to an received operation command for the specified icon or shortcut icon Application function.

In the technical solution, by establishing an icon or a shortcut icon associated with the contact on the screen interface of the terminal, the user can directly operate the corresponding contact through the icon or the shortcut icon, so that the corresponding contact does not need to be specifically searched. The icon of the application does not need to manually open a specific application and find information related to a contact, which is beneficial to simplify the user's operation process.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: when one of the icons or shortcut icons is associated with multiple contacts, the multiple contacts belong to the same contact group in the address book of the terminal or different Contact grouping.

In the technical solution, in one case, the user often establishes one or more contact groups in the terminal's address book, such as "family", "colleague", etc., each group is associated with multiple contacts ( A contact may correspond to one or more groups), then a corresponding icon or shortcut icon may be directly created for a certain group (one icon or shortcut icon corresponds to one or more groups), and the user may directly group the corresponding group One or more contacts in the operation Control, this method is beneficial to the utilization of existing contact grouping resources, simplifying the process of creating icons or shortcut icons by users; in another case, the user may also not follow the existing contact grouping, but from the address book. Feel free to select multiple contacts as a new combination, and create corresponding icons or shortcut icons for the combination, so that users can directly operate them. This mode is beneficial to users to configure according to the actual situation, and it is easier to meet the needs of users. . Of course, the user can also have one icon or shortcut icon corresponding to one or more groups, and one or more other contacts.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: displaying, when the specified icon or the shortcut icon is selected, the at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or the shortcut icon on the screen interface The identity of all applications or application functions; when the identity of the specified application or application function is selected, the corresponding application or application function is called.

Since the application or application function corresponding to each contact is not necessarily the same, especially when an icon or shortcut icon corresponds to multiple contacts, the identifier of the application or application function corresponding to all contacts may be displayed. You can also display only the ID of the application or application function that all contacts are associated with, or you can display only the ID of the application or application function associated with one or more contacts (such as the default contact).

In the above technical solution, preferably, when the specified icon or the shortcut icon is associated with the plurality of contacts, before displaying the identifier of the application or the application function, the method further includes: displaying on the screen interface The contact identifiers respectively corresponding to the plurality of contacts are displayed, and when the designated contact identifier is selected, the identifiers of all applications or application functions associated with the corresponding contacts are displayed.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: when calling the specified application or the application function, displaying a corresponding program interface or a function interface at a specified position on the screen interface of the terminal, or directly switching to the Program interface or function interface.

In the technical solution, the designated position on the screen interface can be set in advance by the manufacturer or the user according to the need, for example, one or more fixed positions on the screen interface, or can be determined by the terminal according to the actual situation, for example, In order to avoid obscuring other information on the screen interface that may be useful to the user's current operation, display is performed at other locations on the screen interface. At the same time, even if the interface has been displayed, the user can drag the interface according to actual needs. To change its actual display position. Of course, in order to get a better display effect, you can also switch directly to the corresponding program interface or function interface.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: displaying, in the program interface or the function interface, only data or a message associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon.

In this technical solution, since the message existing in each application or application function is often associated with multiple contacts, especially when the user communicates with a large number of contacts, the contact person and The number of specific messages is very large. When you need to find a specific contact message, or need to interact with a specific contact, the search process is cumbersome and wastes user time. Therefore, according to the icon or shortcut icon selected by the user, or its corresponding contact, all the contacts that the user needs to view or contact are determined, and in the specific application or application function, the contact with the above contact is searched. The message is convenient for the user to view, and is also convenient for the user to operate the contact (such as making a call, sending a text message, etc.), eliminating the process of searching or searching.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: an application or an application function associated with the at least one contact or the at least one specified contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon, in the terminal When there is an unprocessed event, the corresponding prompt identifier is displayed within the associated range of the specified icon or shortcut icon.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: if there is one or more of the unprocessed events in the terminal, when the specified icon or shortcut icon is selected, directly on the screen interface Specifying a corresponding program interface or function interface, or displaying a function menu, the function menu includes one or more function options corresponding to the unprocessed event, and after each of the function options is selected, A corresponding program interface or function interface is displayed at a specified position on the screen interface.

In the technical solution, in order to facilitate the user to timely process the unprocessed event, when the user clicks on the icon or the shortcut icon with the prompt identifier, the corresponding processing interface can be directly displayed. (program interface or function interface), including the preset position on the screen interface or directly switching the interface. At the same time, the processing interface may not be directly displayed, but the user may select in a menu form, which is beneficial to provide the user with a higher degree of freedom of selection, and saves the user when the user needs to process the unprocessed event corresponding to the prompt identifier. Time and processing steps; When the user does not really need to process, the user's time is not wasted due to direct interface display or switching.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: determining an application or an application function associated with the contact according to the contact information recorded by each contact in the address book of the terminal.

In the technical solution, each contact corresponds to one or more pieces of contact information, such as a phone number, an email address, a network social account name, etc., and the above information is used as an application associated with a contact. Programs, such as dialpads, text messages, emails, web social applications, etc., are considered to be applications associated with the contact.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further comprises: editing an application or an application function associated with the at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or the shortcut icon according to the received editing instruction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a program product stored on a non-transitory machine readable medium for a terminal manipulation process, the program product comprising a machine executable for causing a computer system to perform the following steps Instruction: according to the received creation command, one or more icons or shortcut icons are created on the screen interface of the terminal, and each of the icons or shortcut icons is associated with one or more contacts; according to the received An operation command of the icon or shortcut icon invokes a specified application or application function associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a non-volatile machine readable medium storing a program product for controlling a terminal manipulation process, the program product comprising machine executable instructions for causing a computer system to perform the following steps: Establishing one or more icons or shortcut icons on the screen interface of the terminal according to the received creation command, each of the icons or shortcut icons being associated with one or more contacts; according to the received icon for the specified or An operation command of the shortcut icon invokes a specified application or application function associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a machine readable program, the program causing a machine to perform the terminal manipulation method of any one of the above-described technical solutions. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a storage medium storing a machine readable program, wherein the machine readable program causes a machine to execute the terminal manipulation method according to any one of the technical solutions described above.

Through the above technical solution, one or more contacts may be associated with data, information or functions related thereto by an icon or a shortcut icon on the screen interface of the terminal, thereby directly contacting the contact by the above icon or shortcut icon Operation will help simplify the control process and enhance the user experience. DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

2 shows a flow chart of a terminal manipulation method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a mobile terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

4 is a flowchart showing a process of an unprocessed event in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIGS. 5A to 5H are diagrams showing a terminal manipulating method according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The above described objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the following detailed description. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention, but the invention may be practiced in other embodiments other than those described herein. Limitations of specific embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an icon creating unit 102, configured to establish one or more icons or shortcut icons on a screen interface of the terminal 100 according to the received creation command. Each of the icon or shortcut icon is associated with one or more contacts; the function invoking unit 104 is configured to invoke an icon corresponding to the specified according to the received operation command for the specified icon or the shortcut icon Or a specified application or application function associated with at least one contact of the shortcut icon.

In this technical solution, by establishing an icon or a shortcut icon associated with the contact on the screen interface of the terminal 100, the user can directly operate the corresponding contact through the icon or the shortcut icon, so that no special search is needed. The corresponding application icon does not need to manually open a specific application and find information related to a contact, which is beneficial to simplify the user's operation process.

The number of icons or shortcut icons may be one or more, and the number of contacts corresponding to each icon or shortcut icon may also be one or more; when the user is on an icon or shortcut When the icon is operated, it may be directly performed as the same or corresponding operation for all the contacts, or the specific one or more contacts may be further selected by the user as the operation object. Alternatively, the user can set one or more contacts as the default contacts of an icon or a shortcut icon, and at the same time, another one or more contacts are additional contacts of the icon or the shortcut icon, when the user clicks on the icon When the shortcut icon is operated, it can be considered as the operation of the corresponding default contact, and the user can select another one or more additional contacts to operate according to the actual situation.

In this technical solution, in one case, the user often establishes one or more contact groups in the address book of the terminal 100, such as "family", "colleague", etc., each group is associated with multiple contacts respectively. (A contact may correspond to one or more groups), you can directly create a corresponding icon or shortcut icon for a certain group (an icon or shortcut icon corresponds to one or more groups), and the user can directly correspond to the corresponding One or more contacts in the group are manipulated, which facilitates the utilization of existing contact grouping resources and simplifies the process of creating icons or shortcut icons by the user; in another case, the user may not follow existing The contacts are grouped, and multiple contacts are randomly selected from the address book as a new combination, and corresponding icons or shortcut icons are created for the combination, so that the user can directly operate on them, which is beneficial to the user according to the actual situation. The situation is configured to make it easier to meet the needs of users. Of course, the user can also have one icon or shortcut icon corresponding to one or more groups, and one or more other contacts.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a function identifier display unit 106, configured to display, on the screen interface, an icon corresponding to the specified icon or the specified icon or the shortcut icon is selected An identifier of all applications or application functions associated with at least one contact of the shortcut icon; wherein the function invoking unit 104 invokes the corresponding application or application if the identifier of the specified application or application function is selected Features.

In the above technical solution, preferably, when the specified icon or shortcut icon is associated with multiple contacts, the terminal further includes: a contact identifier display unit 108, configured to display the application or the application Before the identification of the function, correspondingly displayed on the screen interface a contact identifier of the plurality of contacts; wherein the function identifier display unit 106 displays all applications or application functions associated with the corresponding contact if the specified contact identifier is selected Logo.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the function invoking unit 104 displays a corresponding program interface or a function interface at a specified position on the screen interface of the terminal 100 when the specified application or application function is invoked, or Switch directly to the program interface or function interface.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: an event prompting unit 110, configured to target at least one contact or at least one specified corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon The associated application or application function of the contact, in the case that there is an unprocessed event in the terminal 100, displaying a corresponding prompt identifier within the associated range of the specified icon or shortcut icon.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the function invoking unit 104 has one or more of the unprocessed events in the terminal 100, and if the specified icon or shortcut icon is selected, directly in the The specified location on the screen interface displays a corresponding program interface or a function interface; or the terminal 100 further includes: a menu display unit 112, configured to have one or more of the unprocessed events in the terminal 100, and When the specified icon or shortcut icon is selected, a function menu is displayed, the function menu includes one or more function options corresponding to the unprocessed event, and each of the function options is selected The function calling unit displays a corresponding program interface or a function interface at a specified position on the screen interface.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: an association setting unit 114, configured to determine, according to the contact information recorded by each contact in the address book of the terminal 100, an application associated with the contact Or application features.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the association setting unit 1 14 is further configured to: associate, according to the received editing instruction, an application associated with the at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or the shortcut icon or Apply features for editing.

In the technical solution, even if a certain information exists in the contact information of a contact, the user can ignore the corresponding related application in the generated icon or the shortcut icon, thereby Conducive to managing the application associated with the contact; correspondingly, even if a certain information does not exist in the contact information of a contact, the user can manually set the associated icon or shortcut icon in the generated icon The application (you can further add the associated information of the above contact, such as account name, etc.), thereby facilitating the operation of the contact.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a terminal manipulation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal control method according to the embodiment of the present invention includes: Step 202: Create one or more icons or shortcut icons on the screen interface of the terminal according to the received creation command, and each of the icons Or the shortcut icon is associated with the one or more contacts; Step 204, according to the received operation command for the specified icon or the shortcut icon, calling at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon The specified application or application function.

In the technical solution, in one case, the user often establishes one or more contact groups in the terminal's address book, such as "family", "colleague", etc., each group is associated with multiple contacts ( A contact may correspond to one or more groups), then a corresponding icon or shortcut icon may be directly created for a certain group (one icon or shortcut icon corresponds to one or more groups), and the user may directly group the corresponding group One or more contacts in the control, which facilitates the utilization of existing contact grouping resources, and simplifies the process of creating icons or shortcut icons by the user; in another case, the user may not follow the existing ones. The contact group is grouped, and multiple contacts are randomly selected from the address book as a new combination, and corresponding icons or shortcut icons are created for the combination, so that the user can directly operate the same, which is beneficial to the user. Configured according to the actual situation, it is easier to meet the needs of users. Of course, the user can also have one icon or shortcut icon corresponding to one or more groups, and one or more other contacts.

Of course, whether or not the interface is switched, the actual application or application function can be one or more. When multiple calls are made at the same time, they can be displayed or switched to the corresponding order in the default order. The interface can also display all the interfaces at the same time, such as in the form of multiple bubble frames, or on a split screen.

In the technical solution, in order to facilitate the user to timely process the unprocessed event, after the user clicks the icon or the shortcut icon with the prompt identifier, the corresponding processing interface (program interface or function interface) can be directly displayed, including in the screen interface. The preset position on the screen or directly switch the interface. At the same time, the processing interface may not be directly displayed, but the user may select in a menu form, which is beneficial to provide the user with a higher degree of freedom of selection, and saves the user when the user needs to process the unprocessed event corresponding to the prompt identifier. Time and processing steps; when the user does not really need to enter When the line is processed, the user's time is not wasted due to direct interface display or switching.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a mobile terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, a mobile terminal 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display module 302, an association module 304, and an operation module 306, where

The display module 302 is mainly configured to display an icon or a shortcut icon associated with the contact (one or more) on the screen interface of the terminal, and display event information (such as an incoming call, a short message, a mail message, etc.) that is not processed by the contact. And prompt the user in the appropriate location.

The association module 304 is mainly configured to associate an icon or a shortcut icon on the terminal screen interface with a specific one or more contacts, and associate the application or application function corresponding to the contact (such as the call record shown in the figure, Inbox, email, etc.) Associate with contacts. Specifically, the association relationship may also be displayed by the display module 302 in an appropriate manner.

The operation module 306 is mainly based on the operation of the icon or the shortcut icon by the user, and realizes operations on the corresponding application or application function, for example, can quickly enter the call record, the inbox, the e-mail list, or the like, or directly call back, Reply to short messages, emails, etc. During operation, the display module 302 can guide the user's operation by generating a menu or the like, or directly present a prompt in the form of text, picture, animation, etc. on the screen interface to help the user achieve the corresponding operation.

4 shows a process flow diagram of an unprocessed event in a terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the processing flow of an unprocessed event in a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

Step 402: Create a shortcut icon associated with the designated contact on the terminal screen. Step 404: Determine whether there are any unprocessed events in the application or application function associated with the specified contact:

If there are no unprocessed events, the user can use the shortcut icon to implement the corresponding application or application function. Specifically, for example, when the user operates the shortcut icon, a shortcut menu corresponding to a specific operation function, such as "voice dialing", "IP dialing", "text reply", etc., is displayed on the screen interface to facilitate the above Specify the contact to perform shortcut operations. For example, when the user selects "voice dialing", the terminal will directly dial the voice corresponding to the contact corresponding to the shortcut icon.

If it is determined that there is an unprocessed event, the user may be reminded at the prominent position on the terminal screen that the designated contact has an unprocessed message, such as displaying a prompt message on or near the shortcut icon.

Specifically, if it is determined that there is an unchecked email, when the shortcut icon is selected, the user directly enters the email display interface, and only the email related to the specified contact is displayed in the interface, and the email can be viewed and Reply.

Assume that there is a missed call, when the shortcut icon is selected, directly enter the missed caller display interface, only the call record related to the specified contact is displayed in the interface, and the shortcut menu can be used to perform, for example, "voice dialing", "IP dialing", "SMS reply" and other operations.

Assuming that the short message is not checked, when the shortcut icon is selected, the user directly enters the display interface of the unreviewed short message, and only the short message related to the specified contact is displayed in the interface, and the shortcut menu can be used, for example, "voice dialing", "IP dialing", "SMS reply" and other operations.

Similarly, when there are other unprocessed events, such as QQ messages and Sina blog messages, they can also be processed through the above processing flow, and will not be described here.

5A to 5H are diagrams showing a terminal manipulation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5A, on the terminal 500, based on the received command to create an icon, it is assumed that an icon 502 is created on the terminal 500 (here, the icon 502 is taken as an example, but in fact, more icons can be created) The icon 502 is associated with a designated contact (not shown), and when the user selects (eg, touches a screen) the icon 502, all associated applications (or applications) corresponding to the contact of the icon 502 can be displayed. Function) Corresponding application identifier 504, by selecting a different application identifier 504, the user can invoke the corresponding application or application function. Of course, if there is only a single application or application function, the application or application function can be called directly when the user selects the icon 502; and even if there are multiple applications or application functions, the figure 5A can be omitted. In the way shown, all applications or application functions are called directly.

If there are multiple contacts associated with the same icon created, when the icon is selected, the identifiers of the plurality of contacts corresponding to the icon may be displayed. As shown in FIG. 5B, both the contact A and the contact B are Associated with icon 502, when icon 502 is selected, on screen of terminal 500 A contact identifier 506A corresponding to the contact A and a contact identifier 506B corresponding to the contact B are displayed on the interface. When the contact ID 506A is selected, all applications associated with the contact A are displayed (such as "Renren" and "Sina Weibo" in the figure). When the contact ID 506B is selected, all applications associated with contact B are displayed (as shown)

"QQ").

It can be seen that different contacts may actually correspond to different application or application functions. Therefore, for the situation shown in FIG. 5A, the following processing methods may also exist:

In one case, after the icon 502 is selected, on the screen interface of the terminal 500, all the applications or application corresponding to all the contacts corresponding to all the contacts are displayed, for example, the contact A corresponds to "the Renren" And "Sina Weibo", and the contact B corresponds to "renren" and "QQ", at this time, the identifier corresponding to the above three applications or application functions is simultaneously displayed.

In the other case, after the icon 502 is selected, only the applications or application functions common to all contacts, such as "Renren", are displayed.

In the case shown in Fig. 5B, when the user selects "QQ" in the application identification 504, as shown in Fig. 5C, the corresponding application interface 508 is displayed at a specified position on the terminal screen interface. Of course, in order to get better display and operation results, you can also switch directly to the corresponding application interface 508 (full screen display).

The interface of multiple applications can also be displayed on the screen interface of the terminal. As shown in FIG. 5D, when the user selects multiple applications, the corresponding application interface is displayed at different positions on the screen interface, such as The application interface 508A shown in FIG. 5D is an interface corresponding to "QQ" in the application identification 504, and the application interface 508B is an interface corresponding to "Sina Weibo" in the application identification 504.

As shown in FIG. 5E, when there is an unprocessed event in the application associated with the contact corresponding to the icon 502, the user needs to be prompted for the unprocessed event. Specifically, for example, a prompt identifier 510 can be displayed on the icon 502. When the user selects the icon 502, the application interface 508 corresponding to the unprocessed event and the specific unprocessed event information can be directly displayed (such as in the figure). An unread message in the application interface 508 as shown. Of course, in addition to the prompt identifier 510 shown in FIG. 5E, there are many ways to prompt for an unprocessed event, such as enlarging the icon 502, causing the icon 502 to blink, etc., as long as the user can cause the icon 502 and The attention of the corresponding unhandled event is sufficient.

The following description will be made by taking the prompt identifier 510 as an example. When the prompt identifier 510 corresponds to more than just an application, the function menu 512 of all applications including unprocessed events is displayed after the user selects the icon 502 by the manner shown in FIG. 5F, by using the function menu. Select a specific application ID in 512 to view messages for unhandled events in the corresponding application. The application interface 508A in FIG. 5F is the program interface corresponding to the application identifier "QQ" in the function menu 512. As shown in FIG. 5G, the association range of the icon 502 may be present (since there is a certain gap between the icons displayed on the terminal, the association range corresponding to each icon should not be considered to include only the visible portion, and may also be The hint identifier 514 of the application is displayed within the invisible portion surrounding the visible portion. In one aspect, the prompt identifier 514 is used to indicate an unprocessed event related application, such as the "envelope" graphic shown in FIG. 5G, corresponding to the application "short message" or the application function "inbox"; In aspect, the specific number of unprocessed events can also be displayed on the prompt identifier 514, such as "3,, _{0 in the} upper right corner of the "envelope" in Figure 5G.

When the user selects the icon 502, in one case, the display interface of the application or the application function corresponding to the unprocessed event may be directly displayed, so that the user can directly view or perform further operations (not shown in the figure); In this case, as shown in FIG. 5G, the function menu 516 can be displayed, and the function menu includes shortcut operations of the corresponding application, such as "view short message", "callback call", "callback IP phone", "Reply to email", etc., to facilitate user operations. In the latter case, when the user selects a shortcut operation, such as "check short message", in the interface of the corresponding application called, only the associated contact of the contact corresponding to the icon 502 can be displayed. Data or messages to simplify user operations without having to scroll through pages or find them.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5H, it is shown that only the short message record corresponding to the contact "Zhang San" of the icon 502 (not shown) is displayed (the figure shows the case of directly switching to the corresponding function interface). However, it is obvious that it can also be displayed on the screen interface shown in FIG. 5G without switching the interface), which facilitates the user to view and operate the specified contact data or messages.

The technical solution of the present invention is described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings. Considering that the contact cannot be conveniently and quickly operated in the related art, the present invention provides a terminal and a terminal control method, which can be through the screen interface of the terminal. An icon or a shortcut icon, which associates one or more contacts with data, information, or functions related thereto, thereby directly operating the contact through the icon or the shortcut icon, thereby facilitating the simplification of the manipulation process and improving the user. Experience.

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. within the spirit and scope of the invention are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

Claim

A terminal, comprising:

An icon creating unit, configured to establish one or more icons or shortcut icons on a screen interface of the terminal according to the received creation command, each of the icons or shortcut icons being associated with one or more contacts;

And a function invoking unit, configured to invoke, according to the received operation command for the specified icon or the shortcut icon, a specified application or application function associated with the at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein when one of the icons or shortcut icons is associated with a plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts belong to the same contact in the address book of the terminal Group or group different contacts.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a function identification display unit, configured to display, on the screen interface, all applications associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon, if the specified icon or shortcut icon is selected Or the identity of the application function;

The function invoking unit invokes a corresponding application or application function if the identifier of the specified application or application function is selected.

The terminal according to claim 3, wherein when the specified icon or shortcut icon is associated with multiple contacts, the terminal further includes:

a contact identifier display unit, configured to display a contact identifier respectively corresponding to the plurality of contacts on the screen interface before displaying the identifier of the application or the application function; wherein the function identifier is displayed The unit displays the identity of all applications or application functions associated with the corresponding contact if the specified contact identification is selected.

The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the function calling unit displays a corresponding program interface at a specified position on a screen interface of the terminal when the specified application or application function is invoked. Function interface, or directly switch to the program interface or function interface.

6. The terminal according to claim 5, wherein in the program interface or the function interface, only data or a message associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon is displayed.

The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: an event prompting unit, configured to be associated with at least one contact or at least one specified contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon The application or application function, in the case that there is an unprocessed event in the terminal, displaying a corresponding prompt identifier within the associated range of the specified icon or shortcut icon.

8. The terminal according to claim 7, wherein:

The function calling unit displays one or more of the unprocessed events in the terminal, and if the specified icon or shortcut icon is selected, directly displays a corresponding position on the specified position on the screen interface. Program interface or function interface;

Or the terminal further includes: a menu display unit, configured to display one function menu when one or more of the unprocessed events exist in the terminal, and the specified icon or shortcut icon is selected The function menu includes one or more function options corresponding to the unprocessed event, and after each of the function options is selected, the function calling unit displays a corresponding program at a specified position on the screen interface. Interface or function interface.

The terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising:

The association setting unit is configured to determine an application or an application function associated with the contact according to the contact information recorded by each contact in the address book of the terminal.

The terminal according to claim 9, wherein the association setting unit is further configured to:

An application or application function associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon is edited in accordance with the received edit instruction.

A terminal control method, comprising:

Establishing one or more icons or shortcut icons on the screen interface of the terminal according to the received creation command, each of the icons or shortcut icons being associated with one or more contacts;

A specified application or application function associated with at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon is invoked based on the received operational command for the specified icon or shortcut icon.

The terminal control method according to claim 11, further comprising: when one of the icons or shortcut icons is associated with a plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts belong to the communication of the terminal The same contact group or different contact group in the record.

The terminal control method according to claim 11, further comprising: displaying, when the specified icon or the shortcut icon is selected, an icon or a shortcut corresponding to the specified on the screen interface An identifier of all applications or application functions associated with at least one contact of the icon;

When the identity of the specified application or application function is selected, the corresponding application or application function is called.

The terminal control method according to claim 13, wherein when the specified icon or shortcut icon is associated with multiple contacts, before displaying the identifier of the application or application function, :

Displaying, on the screen interface, contact identifiers respectively corresponding to the plurality of contacts, and when the designated contact identifier is selected, displaying identifiers of all applications or application functions associated with the corresponding contacts .

The terminal control method according to claim 11, further comprising: displaying a corresponding program interface at a specified position on a screen interface of the terminal when the specified application or application function is invoked Or a function interface, or switch directly to the program interface or function interface.

The terminal control method according to claim 15, further comprising: displaying, in the program interface or the function interface, only at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon Data or message.

17. The terminal manipulation method according to claim 11, further comprising: an application associated with at least one contact or at least one specified contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon Or an application function, when there is an unprocessed event in the terminal, displaying a corresponding prompt identifier within an associated range of the specified icon or shortcut icon.

The terminal control method according to claim 17, further comprising: if there is one or more of the unprocessed events in the terminal, when the specified icon Or when the shortcut icon is selected, directly displaying a corresponding program interface or function interface at a specified position on the screen interface, or displaying a function menu, where the function menu includes one or more corresponding to the unprocessed event After each function option is selected, a corresponding program interface or function interface is displayed at a specified position on the screen interface.

The terminal control method according to any one of claims 11 to 18, further comprising:

An application or application function associated with the contact is determined based on the contact information recorded by each contact in the address book of the terminal.

20. The terminal control method according to claim 19, further comprising: an application associated with the at least one contact corresponding to the specified icon or shortcut icon or according to the received editing instruction Apply features for editing.