WO2015131669A1

WO2015131669A1 - Application control method, apparatus, terminal and computer storage medium

Info

Publication number: WO2015131669A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/070660
Authority: WO
Inventors: 戴维
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-09-25
Filing date: 2015-01-14
Publication date: 2015-09-11
Also published as: WO2015131625A1; CN105511847A

Abstract

An application control method, apparatus, terminal and computer storage medium. When a target application to be controlled is controlled, an operation step list for operating the target application is established (S101) and a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application is set (S102); and then, upon detection of triggering of the trigger condition, the target application is automatically operated according to the established operation step list (S103).

Description

Application control method, device, terminal and computer storage medium

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of terminals, and in particular, to an application control method, apparatus, terminal, and computer storage medium for a terminal.

Background technique

Current operating systems such as mobile phones, tablets, portable wearable devices, and smart home appliances allow users to run various system applications and third-party applications. The user interacts with the device through touch screens and physical buttons. But no matter what kind of application needs to be controlled by the user in real time, all the manipulation actions are input in real time. Such a manipulation method causes the user to fail to set a plan, and the terminal can automatically complete a specific program action to meet the user's needs. For example, when a user needs to open a program at a fixed time every day or week and complete a specific operation step, the user still needs to manually open the terminal at a fixed time and manually complete the operation. Although users have a fixed daily habit, they still need to manually repeat the operation every day, such as repeating the offline news updated with the mobile phone every day, repeating the greeting message sent every day, and repeating the manual operation every day to download the TV series updated every day, etc. . It can be seen that the existing applications of the terminal cannot automatically operate, which greatly reduces the satisfaction of the user experience.

Summary of the invention

To solve the existing technical problems, embodiments of the present invention provide an application control method, apparatus, terminal, and computer storage medium.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an application control method, including:

Determining a target application to be controlled, and establishing a list of operation steps for operating the target application;

Setting a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application;

When it is detected that the trigger condition is triggered, the target application is automatically operated according to the operation step list.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the establishing a list of operation steps for operating the target application includes:

Automatically detecting and recording operation node information of each operation performed by the user on the target application to obtain a list of operation steps;

Or the operation node information obtained by the user manually inputting the operations required for the target application to obtain a list of operation steps.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operation node information includes: interface information for issuing a startup instruction to the current operation node, and a delay time from the previous operation node when the current operation node is not the first operation node. information.

In an embodiment of the invention, the operations include at least one of a touch operation, a physical key operation, and a voice control operation.

In an embodiment of the invention, the triggering condition comprises:

The time at which the timing trigger is reached;

And/or receiving a startup command issued by the user to initiate an automatic operation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, before the performing the automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list, the method further includes:

Determining whether the target application belongs to the foreground application, and determining that the target application belongs to the foreground application, performing automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list in the foreground.

Determining whether the target application belongs to the foreground application, and determining that the target application belongs to the background application, performing automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list in the background.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the target should be according to the operation step list Before performing the automatic operation, the method further includes:

Determining whether the target application is currently in an active state, and if so, exiting the automatic operation of the target application.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an application control device, including an operation acquisition module, a condition setting module, and a processing module, where

The operation obtaining module is configured to determine a target application to be controlled, and establish a list of operation steps for operating the target application;

The condition setting module is configured to set a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application;

The processing module is configured to perform an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list when detecting that the trigger condition is triggered.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the operation obtaining module includes a recording sub-module configured to automatically detect and record operation node information of each operation performed by the user on the target application to obtain a list of operation steps; or the operation The obtaining module includes an information receiving sub-module configured to receive the operating node information obtained by the user to manually input the item operations required for the target application to obtain a list of operation steps.

In an embodiment of the invention, the triggering condition comprises:

The time at which the timing trigger is reached;

In an embodiment of the present invention, the device further includes a packet type determining module, configured to determine whether the target application belongs to the foreground before the processing module performs an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list. An application, when determining that the target application belongs to a foreground application, The processing module is notified to perform automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list in the foreground.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the device further includes a packet type determining module, configured to determine whether the target application belongs to the foreground before the processing module performs an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list. The application, when determining that the target application belongs to the background application, notifying the processing module to perform an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list in the background.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: a state determining module, configured to determine, before the processing module performs an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list, whether the target application is currently in a running state, If so, the processing module is notified to exit the automatic operation of the target application.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a terminal, comprising a memory and a processor, the memory being configured to store at least one program module, the processor being configured to call at least one of the program modules to perform the following steps:

Setting a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application;

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer storage medium, the computer storage medium comprising a set of instructions, when executed, causing at least one processor to execute the application control method described above.

The beneficial effects of the embodiments of the present invention are:

When the application control method, the device, the terminal, and the computer storage medium provided by the embodiments of the present invention control the target application to be controlled, first establish a list of operation steps for operating the target application, and set a trigger for automatically operating the target application. Condition; then detecting that the trigger condition is touched At the time of sending, the target application is automatically operated according to the previously established operation step list; and the user is not required to operate the target application in real time, which can improve the convenience and controllability of the user's operation on the terminal, and is larger. To the extent that the user experience is satisfied.

DRAWINGS

In the drawings, which are not necessarily to scale, the Like reference numerals with different letter suffixes may indicate different examples of similar components. The drawings generally illustrate the various embodiments discussed herein by way of example and not limitation.

1 is a schematic flowchart of an application control method according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of a first application control device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of a second application control apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a third application control apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In various embodiments of the present invention, determining a target application to be controlled, establishing a list of operation steps for operating the target application, setting a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application, and detecting when the trigger condition is triggered The list of steps to automate the target application.

Embodiment 1:

Please refer to FIG. 1 , the application control method of the terminal provided in this embodiment includes the following steps:

Step 101: Determine a target application to be controlled, and establish a list of operation steps for operating the target application.

Step 102: Set a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application.

Step 103: When it is detected that the trigger condition is triggered, the target application is automatically operated according to the previously established operation step list.

It can be seen that through the scheme, the automatic operation of each application of the terminal is realized, and the satisfaction of the user experience is improved.

It should be understood that there is no strict timing constraint between step 101 and step 102 above. The two steps can be performed simultaneously or non-simultaneously. For example, the trigger condition for automatically operating the corresponding target application may be set, and then the target application to be controlled is selected, and a list of operation steps for operating the target application is established.

In the above step 101, when determining the target application to be controlled, it may be manually selected by the user, or may be automatically selected according to the user's usage habits, for example, according to the frequency of the user's use of each application, or according to whether the user is in the daily. Or use an app for selection at a fixed time of the week.

In the foregoing step 101, the specific implementation of establishing a list of operation steps for operating the target application may include, but is not limited to, the following two modes:

Manner 1: Automatically detect and record the operation node information of each operation performed by the user on the target application to obtain a list of operation steps; at this time, the corresponding recording function can be automatically detected and recorded;

Manner 2: The operation node information that directly inputs the operations to be performed on the target application by the user directly obtains a list of operation steps.

Each of the operations in this embodiment includes at least one of a touch operation, a physical key operation, and a voice control operation.

In this embodiment, each operation node included in the operation step list is generally sorted according to a sequence step of the actual operation of the user or an operation step set by the user. When the target application is operated, each operation node may be automatically executed in sequence. In this embodiment, the operation node information may specifically include: sending interface information of the startup instruction to the current operation node, and delay time information from the previous operation node when the current operation node is not the first operation node. In this embodiment, when When the current operation node issues a startup command through a touch operation or a physical button operation, the interface information is corresponding button information, and the button information may specifically include a button name, button position information (for example, converted coordinate information), etc.; When the operation node issues a startup command through voice control, the interface information is voice control interface information. The operating node information in this embodiment may further include the system time of the terminal, as needed.

In this embodiment, after obtaining the operation step list by one of the above two methods, the user is also allowed to manually adjust and modify the operation node information in the operation step list; for example, the user can manually manually according to his own needs. The delay time information in the operation node information is appropriately reduced to improve the efficiency of the application operation and the like.

The triggering condition set in the above step 102 may include: reaching the timing of the timing trigger, and/or receiving a startup instruction issued by the user to start the automatic operation.

When the triggering condition includes the time of the timing triggering, when the system time of the terminal reaches the set time, for example, every day at 4 pm, the automatic triggering operation is performed on the target application according to the corresponding operation step list; when the triggering condition includes receiving the user When the startup command for starting the automatic operation is issued, the user can issue the startup command in real time according to the needs of the user, and the startup command can be issued through the client, the system portal or the voice, and the target application can be triggered according to the startup command. The corresponding operation step list is operated, and the user does not need to continue to participate in subsequent operations on the target application. The specific setting of the trigger condition can be set by the user according to his or her own personality requirements.

When it is detected that the trigger condition is triggered, the target application can be automatically operated according to the previously established operation step list, that is, each operation performed by the target application by the user is played back or automatically executed according to the user setting. The actions of the target application. In this embodiment, in order to further improve the satisfaction of the user experience, before the automatic operation of the target application according to the operation step list, the method may further include:

Determining whether the target application belongs to a foreground application (for example, various third-party application software, etc.), and if so, automatically operating the target application according to the operation step list in the foreground; otherwise, determining It belongs to the background application (such as the terminal system application, including network opening and closing, timing SMS sending, recording, etc.), and automatically operates the target application according to the operation step list in the background.

In this embodiment, which applications belong to the foreground application and which applications belong to the background application, and may also be set and identified by the user according to their individual needs.

In actual use, there may be a user who automatically operates an application at a certain time, but the user may manually open the application before that time, and still use the automatic trigger condition after the trigger condition is triggered. application. For the above-mentioned similar situation, before performing the automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list, the embodiment may further include:

First, it is determined whether the target application is currently in the running state. If yes, it indicates that the user is currently manually operating the target application, and the user generally does not want to be disturbed, so the automatic operation of the target application is exited. Of course, the user can be prompted to let the user choose the way to operate the target application.

It should be understood that the current terminal products mainly have the following operating systems, which allow users to install third-party programs:

1. Google's Android Android operating system, mainly used for mobile phones, tablets, smart appliances, which allows users to install third-party software. Because it is an open source system that allows users to modify the operating system and customize the system user interface (UI, User Interface), the program can be embedded in the system.

2. Apple's iOS operating system, mainly used for Apple phones, tablets, iMAC computers, which allows users to install third-party software.

3. Microsoft's Windows Phone\Windows Mobile, mainly used for mobile phones and tablets, which allows users to install third-party software.

4. RIM (Research In Motion)'s Blackberry system, mainly used in mobile phones, which allows users to install third-party software.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the application control of the terminal may be passed through software (may be The three-party software can also be implemented directly as system software and run in the terminal.

Embodiment 2:

Referring to FIG. 2, the embodiment provides an application control device, which includes an operation acquisition module 21, a condition setting module 22, and a processing module 23;

The operation obtaining module 21 is configured to determine a target application to be controlled, and establish a list of operation steps for operating the target application;

The condition setting module 22 is configured to set a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application;

The processing module 23 is configured to automatically perform an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list when it is detected that the trigger condition is triggered.

The operation obtaining module 21 in this embodiment includes an application determining sub-module configured to determine a target application to be controlled. When determining the target application, the operation may be confirmed according to the user's manual selection, or may be automatically performed according to the user's usage habit. The selection is automatically selected, for example, based on the frequency with which the user uses each application or based on whether the user is using an application at a fixed time of day or week.

The operation obtaining module 21 in this embodiment further includes a recording sub-module configured to automatically detect and record the operation node information obtained by the user for each operation of the target application to obtain a list of operation steps;

Or the operation obtaining module further includes an information receiving sub-module configured to receive the operation node information obtained by the user to manually input the operations required for the target application to obtain a list of operation steps.

Each of the operations in this embodiment includes at least one of a touch operation, a physical key operation, and a voice control operation. In this embodiment, each operation node included in the operation step list is generally sorted according to a sequence step of the actual operation of the user or an operation step set by the user. When the target application is operated, each operation node may be automatically executed in sequence. In this embodiment, the operation node information may specifically include: sending interface information of the startup instruction to the current operation node, and delay time information from the previous operation node when the current operation node is not the first operation node. This embodiment When the startup command is issued to the current operation node by a touch operation or a physical button operation, the interface information is corresponding button information, and the button information may specifically include a button name, button position information (for example, converted coordinate information), and the like. When the startup command is issued to the current operation node through the voice control operation, the interface information is the voice control interface information. The operating node information in this embodiment may further include the system time of the terminal, as needed.

The triggering condition set by the condition setting module 22 may include: reaching the timing of the timing trigger, and/or receiving a startup instruction issued by the user to start the automatic operation.

When the triggering condition includes the time of the timing triggering, when the system time of the terminal reaches the set time, for example, every Wednesday at 10:00 am, the automatic triggering operation is performed on the target application according to the corresponding operation step list; when the triggering condition includes receiving When the user initiates the start command of the automatic operation, the user can issue the start command in real time according to the needs of the user. The start command can be issued through the client, the system portal or the voice, and the target can be triggered after receiving the start command. The application operates according to the corresponding operation step list, and the user does not need to continue to participate in subsequent operations on the target application. The specific setting of the trigger condition can be set by the user according to his or her own personality requirements.

When the processing module 23 detects that the trigger condition is triggered, the target application may be automatically operated according to the previously established operation step list, that is, each operation performed by the user on the target application or automatically set according to the user setting. Perform various actions on the target application. In this embodiment, in order to further improve the satisfaction of the user experience, as shown in FIG. 3, the application control apparatus further includes a type judging module 24 configured to, before the processing module 23 automatically operates the target application according to the operation step list, Determining whether the target application belongs to a foreground application (for example, various third-party application software, etc.), and if so, the notification processing module 23 performs an automatic operation on the target application according to the corresponding operation step list in the foreground; otherwise, it is determined to belong to the background application (for example, The terminal system application, specifically including network opening and closing, sending and receiving of timed short messages, recording, etc., the notification processing module 23 performs automatic operation on the target application according to the corresponding operation step list in the background. Work.

Referring to FIG. 4, the application control apparatus in this embodiment further includes a state determining module 25 configured to determine whether the target application is currently in a running state before the processing module performs an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list. The notification processing module 23 exits the automatic operation of the target application to avoid repeated operations on the same application.

In actual application, the operation obtaining module 21, the condition setting module 22, the processing module 23, the application determining sub-module, the recording sub-module, the information receiving sub-module, the type judging module 24, and the state judging module 25 can be processed by the central processing in the application control device. (CPU, Central Processing Unit), Microprocessor (MCU), Digital Signal Processor (DSP) or Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).

Embodiment 3:

The present embodiment provides a terminal, which may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a portable wearable device, a smart home appliance, etc., as shown in FIG. 5, which includes a memory 51 and a processor 52 configured to store at least A program module, the processor 52 configured to call at least one program module to perform the following steps:

Setting a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application;

When it is detected that the trigger condition is triggered, the target application is automatically operated according to the previously established operation step list.

When determining the target application to be controlled, it can be manually selected by the user or automatically The user's usage habits are selected, for example, based on the frequency at which the user uses each application, or selected based on whether the user is using an application at a fixed time of day or week.

Specific implementations for establishing a list of operational steps for operating a target application may include, but are not limited to, the following two methods:

Manner 2: The operation node information of each item operation required to be performed on the target application is directly input by the user to obtain a list of operation steps.

In this embodiment, each operation node included in the operation step list is generally sorted according to a sequence step of the actual operation of the user or an operation step set by the user. When the target application is operated, each operation node may be automatically executed in sequence. In this embodiment, the operation node information may specifically include: sending interface information of the startup instruction to the current operation node, and delay time information from the previous operation node when the current operation node is not the first operation node. In this embodiment, when the startup command is sent to the current operation node by using a touch operation or a physical button operation, the interface information is corresponding button information, and the button information may specifically include a button name and button position information (for example, converted coordinates). Information), etc.; when the startup command is issued to the current operation node through the voice control operation, the interface information is the voice control interface information. The operating node information in this embodiment may further include the system time of the terminal, as needed.

The trigger condition set in this embodiment may include: a time when the timing trigger is reached, and/or Received a start command issued by the user to start the automatic operation.

When the triggering condition includes the time of the timing triggering, when the system time of the terminal reaches the set time, the automatic triggering operation is performed on the target application according to the corresponding operation step list; when the triggering condition includes receiving the automatic operation initiated by the user. When the startup command is issued, the user can issue a startup command in real time according to the needs of the user. The startup command can be issued through the client, the system portal or the voice. After receiving the startup command, the target application can be triggered according to the corresponding operation step list. Operation, the user may not continue to participate in subsequent operations on the target application. The specific setting of the trigger condition can be set by the user according to his or her own personality requirements.

Determining whether the target application belongs to a foreground application (for example, various third-party application software, etc.), and if so, automatically performing the target application according to the operation step list in the foreground; otherwise, determining that the application is a background application (for example, the terminal system application, specifically including Network on, off, timed SMS transmission, recording, etc.) Automatically operate the target application according to the operation step list in the background.

First, it is determined whether the target application is currently running, and if so, it indicates that the user is currently manually operating the target application, and the user generally does not want to be disturbed, so the user exits The automatic operation of the target application. Of course, the user can be prompted to let the user choose the way to operate the target application.

It can be seen that the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can save the user operation record as a list of operation steps or generate a list of operation steps according to the manual setting of the user, and call it in multiple ways to achieve the purpose of automatically completing the corresponding application.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention can take the form of a hardware embodiment, a software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage and optical storage, etc.) including computer usable program code.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or FIG. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer readable memory produce an article of manufacture comprising the instruction device. The apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of a flow or a flow and/or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. Instructions are provided for implementation The steps of a function specified in a block or blocks of a flow or a flow and/or a block diagram of a flow chart.

Based on this, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer storage medium, where the computer storage medium includes a set of instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to execute the application control method described above.

The above is a further detailed description of the present invention in connection with the specific embodiments, and the specific embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the description. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

An application control method, the method comprising:

Determining a target application to be controlled, and establishing a list of operation steps for operating the target application;

Setting a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application;

When it is detected that the trigger condition is triggered, the target application is automatically operated according to the operation step list.
The application control method according to claim 1, wherein said establishing a list of operation steps for operating the target application comprises:

Automatically detecting and recording operation node information of each operation performed by the user on the target application to obtain a list of operation steps;

Or the operation node information obtained by the user manually inputting the operations required for the target application to obtain a list of operation steps.
The application control method according to claim 2, wherein the operation node information comprises: interface information for issuing a startup instruction to the current operation node, and distance from the previous operation node when the current operation node is not the first operation node Delay time information.
The application control method according to claim 2, wherein the operations include at least one of a touch operation, a physical key operation, and a voice control operation.
The application control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the triggering condition comprises:

The time at which the timing trigger is reached;

And/or receiving a startup command issued by the user to initiate an automatic operation.
The application control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein before the performing the automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list, the method further includes:

Determining whether the target application belongs to the foreground application, and determining that the target application belongs to the foreground application, performing automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list in the foreground.
The application control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein before the performing the automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list, the method further includes:

Determining whether the target application belongs to the foreground application, and determining that the target application belongs to the background application, performing automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list in the background.
The application control method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein before the performing the automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list, the method further includes:

Determining whether the target application is currently in an active state, and if so, exiting the automatic operation of the target application.
An application control device, the device comprising: an operation acquisition module, a condition setting module, and a processing module; wherein

The operation obtaining module is configured to determine a target application to be controlled, and establish a list of operation steps for operating the target application;

The condition setting module is configured to set a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application;

The processing module is configured to perform an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list when detecting that the trigger condition is triggered.
The application control device according to claim 9, wherein the operation acquisition module comprises a recording sub-module configured to automatically detect and record operation node information obtained by the user for each operation of the target application to obtain a list of operation steps; or The operation obtaining module includes an information receiving sub-module configured to receive an operation node information obtained by manually inputting operations of the target application by the user.
The application control device according to claim 10, wherein the operation node information comprises: interface information for issuing a startup instruction to the current operation node, and distance from the previous operation node when the current operation node is not the first operation node Delay time information.
The application control device according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the trigger bar The pieces include:

The time at which the timing trigger is reached;

And/or receiving a startup command issued by the user to initiate an automatic operation.
The application control device according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the device further comprises: a type determination module configured to: before the processing module automatically operates the target application according to the operation step list And determining whether the target application belongs to the foreground application, and determining that the target application belongs to the foreground application, notifying the processing module to perform an automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list in the foreground.
The application control device according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the device further comprises: a type determination module configured to: before the processing module automatically operates the target application according to the operation step list And determining whether the target application belongs to the foreground application, and determining that the target application belongs to the background application, notifying the processing module to perform automatic operation on the target application according to the operation step list in the background.
The application control device according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein the device further comprises a state determination module configured to: before the processing module automatically operates the target application according to the operation step list, Determining whether the target application is currently in an running state, and if so, notifying the processing module to exit the automatic operation of the target application.
A terminal comprising a memory and a processor configured to store at least one program module, the processor configured to invoke at least one of the program modules to perform the following steps:

Determining a target application to be controlled, and establishing a list of operation steps for operating the target application;

Setting a trigger condition for automatically operating the target application;

When it is detected that the trigger condition is triggered, the target application is automatically operated according to the operation step list.
A computer storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 9. Use the control method.