WO2015184844A1

WO2015184844A1 - Terminal application switching method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2015184844A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/072177
Authority: WO
Inventors: 李闻; 豆明明; 孙勃
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-10-22
Filing date: 2015-02-03
Publication date: 2015-12-10
Also published as: CN105589633A

Abstract

A terminal application switching method and device, the method comprising: acquiring a currently operating terminal application to generate an application queue, and marking the terminal application at the foreground in the application queue; when receiving a triggering instruction, according to a switching direction corresponding to a preset triggering instruction, utilizing the terminal application marked as being located at the foreground as a starting position, and selecting from the application queue the terminal application to be switched; and switching to the selected terminal application. The technical solution generates an application queue and switches the terminal application in combination with a triggering instruction without adding hardware, thus simply selecting, via a triggering instruction, the application to be switched to the foreground in the application queue, simplifying the switching operation of the terminal application, and improving user experience of the terminal application switching.

Description

Method and device for realizing terminal application switching

Technical field

The present application relates to a terminal application technology, and in particular, to a method and device for implementing terminal application switching.

Background technique

Along with the rapid development and popularization of smart terminal devices in recent years, smart terminals such as mobile phones, tablets, wearable watches, and wearable glasses have changed people's lives while entering people's lives. A large variety of terminal applications have been developed and utilized for different types of smart terminals.

A large number of terminal applications have a good experience for people in smart terminals, and there are also problems affecting user usage. The switching problem of terminal applications is one of them. Switching the terminal application, at present, the long-pressing HOME or menu (MENU) button is used to display the running terminal application on the screen, and the terminal application that needs to be switched to the foreground is selected by generating a signal of the mobile terminal application on the touch screen; or By adding sensor hardware on the smart terminal, the user obtains switching operation information (for example, gesture information) according to the sensor, and sets different gesture information to represent switching of different terminal applications, thereby achieving the purpose of switching the terminal application. The use of the touch screen to select the terminal application for switching requires frequent tapping of the screen, and the efficiency is low; using the sensor to obtain the user operation information requires adding hardware on the terminal and increasing the production cost.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for implementing terminal application switching, so as to solve the technical problem of simplifying the operation process of the terminal application switching and improving the user experience without adding hardware.

To solve the technical problem, the present application provides a method for implementing handover of a terminal application, including:

Obtain a running terminal application to generate an application queue, and mark the terminal application in the foreground in the application queue;

When receiving the triggering instruction, according to the switching direction corresponding to the preset triggering instruction, the marked terminal application in the foreground is taken as the starting position, and the terminal application for switching is selected from the application queue;

Switch to the selected terminal application.

Optionally, switching to the selected terminal application comprises: sending the selected information of the terminal application that performs the handover to the task manager, and the task manager performs the switching of the terminal application.

Optionally, the preset triggering command is:

Pre-set physical button or physical button combination generated command.

Optionally, the method further includes: setting an effective duration of the triggering instruction, selecting, according to the triggering instruction, a terminal application that performs switching from the application queue, and if a new triggering instruction is not generated within the effective duration, according to the pre- The switching direction corresponding to the received triggering instruction is set to start with the marked terminal application in the foreground, and the terminal application for switching is selected; if a new triggering instruction is generated within the effective time, the newly generated triggering instruction And continuing to select the terminal application to be switched according to the switching direction corresponding to the preset newly generated triggering instruction, until the set effective time is satisfied, and switching the terminal application according to the selected information of the terminal application that is switched.

On the other hand, in order to solve the above technical problem, the present application further provides an apparatus for implementing terminal application switching, including: an acquiring and marking unit, a receiving selecting unit, and a switching unit;

Obtaining and marking a unit, configured to obtain a running terminal application to generate an application queue, and mark the terminal application in the foreground in the application queue;

The receiving selection unit is configured to: when receiving the triggering instruction, select a terminal application to be switched from the application queue according to a switching direction corresponding to the preset triggering instruction, with the marked terminal application in the foreground as a starting position;

The switching unit is configured to perform switching according to the terminal application selected by the receiving selection unit.

Optionally, the switching unit is configured to send the selected information of the terminal application that is switched to the task manager, so that the task manager performs the switching of the terminal application.

Optionally, the preset triggering instruction is: a preset physical button or a generated combination of physical key combinations.

Optionally, the device further includes an effective duration unit, configured to set an effective duration of the triggering instruction, and when the terminal application for switching is selected from the application queue according to the triggering instruction, if not generated within the effective duration The new trigger command is based on the preset received trigger command pair. The switching direction should be the starting position of the marked terminal application, and the terminal application for switching is selected; if a new triggering instruction is generated within the effective time, the newly generated triggering instruction is newly generated according to the preset The switching direction corresponding to the triggering command continues to select the terminal application for switching, and when the set effective time is satisfied, the terminal application is switched according to the selected information of the terminal application that is switched.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present application also provides a computer program, including program instructions, which can be implemented when the program instructions are executed.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present application also provides a carrier carrying the above computer program.

Compared with the related art, the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention includes: acquiring a running terminal application to generate an application queue, and marking the terminal application in the foreground in the application queue; when receiving the trigger instruction, according to the preset The switching direction corresponding to each triggering instruction is started with the marked terminal application in the foreground, and the terminal application for switching is selected from the application queue; and the selected terminal application is switched. After the application queue is generated, the terminal application is switched in combination with the triggering instruction, and the hardware does not need to be added. Only the triggering command is needed to implement the selection of the application to be switched to the foreground in the application queue, which simplifies the terminal application switching operation. Improves the user experience of terminal application switching.

BRIEF abstract

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing handover of a terminal application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a structural block diagram of an apparatus for implementing terminal application switching according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more clear, the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that in the absence of conflict, this application The features of the embodiments and the embodiments may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing handover of a terminal application according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , the method includes:

Step 100: Obtain a running terminal application to generate an application queue, and mark the terminal application in the foreground in the application queue.

It should be noted that the running terminal application is generally available in the task manager of the system, and the manner of obtaining, the generation of the application queue, and the marking of the terminal application in the foreground are the common technical means of those skilled in the art. The application queue is generally generated directly according to the terminal application running time, or initials sorting, or the application occupying content size, or directly using the list sorting in the task manager. Since the application queue acquires the running terminal application and marks the terminal application in the foreground, the update is performed when the running diagnostic application and the terminal application in the foreground change.

Step 101: When receiving the triggering instruction, according to the switching direction corresponding to the preset triggering instruction, the terminal application in the foreground is marked as the starting position, and the terminal application for switching is selected from the application queue.

The preset trigger command is: a preset physical key or a combination of physical key combinations.

It should be noted that since the application queue includes upward and downward directions, or directions to the left and right, the physical button of the trigger instruction is necessarily a group of buttons similar to the volume increase and decrease, and is set according to the button settings set by the terminal. A set of key combinations, for example, using the HOME key or menu (MENU) key in the touch key to press and add the volume increase/decrease key as the key combination, which generates the trigger command required by the embodiment of the present invention (because the volume increase/decrease button is pressed It is used to increase or decrease the volume usage; therefore, it is necessary to process the button signal whose volume is increased or decreased by setting the option to be the signal of the trigger command required by the embodiment of the present invention). Generally, the one-trigger command corresponds to one movement in the set direction, that is, when a physical button or a physical button combination is generated to generate a trigger command, the terminal application that selects the application queue to switch to the foreground will be from the current position, according to the switching direction corresponding to the button. And moving to the corresponding adjacent queue item, for example, the terminal application located in the foreground before receiving the trigger instruction, and when receiving the upward trigger instruction, selecting the application queue according to the upward moving direction corresponding to the trigger instruction The nearest terminal application upstream of the queue acts as a diagnostic application that switches to the foreground.

Step 102: Switch to the selected terminal application.

The step includes: sending the selected information of the terminal application to be switched to the task manager, and the task manager performs switching of the terminal application.

The above embodiment further includes: setting an effective duration of the triggering instruction, when selecting a terminal application for switching from the application queue according to the triggering instruction,

If a new trigger command is not generated, the terminal application that is switched is selected according to the switching direction corresponding to the preset received trigger command, and the marked terminal application in the foreground is used as the starting position; A new trigger command is generated within the effective time period, and the newly generated trigger command continues to select the terminal application to be switched according to the switching direction corresponding to the preset newly generated trigger command until the set effective time is satisfied, according to the selection. The information of the terminal application that performs the handover performs the switching of the terminal application.

It should be noted that, when the terminal application is selected, by setting the effective duration, it can be determined that the triggering instruction is valid, and the switching is performed. If the terminal that selects the switching needs to perform multiple direction switching, the triggering command is generated again within the effective time. Then select the movement of the terminal application again. After the terminal application that is switched to the foreground is selected, when the effective time is reached, it is determined that the terminal application switches to the foreground. In addition, during the handover process, if there is no terminal application that the user wants to select in the application queue, in general, the last selected terminal application is determined to be the terminal application for switching within the effective time; of course, if it is in effect If the reverse direction is selected within the duration, the terminal application that performs the handover is determined, and is determined according to the actual judgment of the effective duration.

After the application queue is generated, the terminal application is switched in combination with the triggering instruction, and the hardware does not need to be added. Only the triggering command is needed to implement the selection of the application to be switched to the foreground in the application queue, which simplifies the terminal application switching operation. Improves the user experience of terminal application switching.

2 is a structural block diagram of an apparatus for implementing terminal application switching according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes: an acquiring and marking unit, a receiving selecting unit, and a switching unit;

Receiving a selection unit, configured to correspond to a preset triggering instruction when receiving a triggering instruction The switching direction, with the marked terminal application in the foreground as the starting position, and selecting the terminal application to be switched from the application queue;

The switching unit is configured to send the selected information of the terminal application to be switched to the task manager, so that the task manager performs switching of the terminal application.

The device of the embodiment of the present invention further includes an effective duration unit, configured to set an effective duration of the triggering instruction, when selecting a terminal application for switching from the application queue according to the triggering instruction,

If a new trigger command is not generated, the terminal application that is switched is selected according to the switching direction corresponding to the preset received trigger command, and the marked terminal application in the foreground is used as the starting position; A new trigger command is generated within the effective time period, and the newly generated trigger command continues to select the terminal application for switching according to the switching direction corresponding to the preset trigger command, until the set effective time is satisfied, and the switch is selected according to the selected The information of the terminal application is used to switch the terminal application.

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the embodiments of the present invention. The application examples are only for the purpose of clearly illustrating the embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the protection of the present invention.

First, get the running terminal application to generate the application queue, and mark the terminal application in the foreground in the application queue. Assume that the generated application queues are arranged in run time order, including five applications: A, B, C, D, and E. The C application is an application running in the foreground, and the application queue is arranged up and down.

Suppose the user sends a trigger command to select the terminal application through the key combination. Then, C is used as the standard point and B is selected. At the same time, according to the effective duration of the set trigger command, it is assumed to be 500 milliseconds. If the user does not operate within 500 milliseconds. Generate a new button signal (ie, a new trigger command), then when the 500 milliseconds is reached, it is determined that the terminal application switched to the foreground is B;

The terminal application that is switched to the foreground is sent to the task manager of the system by the B, the task manager performs the operation of switching the terminal application B to the foreground, and the display interface displays the terminal application B;

When the switching operation is completed, the application queue is updated, and the terminal application that marks the foreground in the application queue is B, waiting for the next trigger instruction.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps described above can be accomplished by a program that instructs the associated hardware, such as a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like. Optionally, all or part of the steps of the foregoing embodiments may also be implemented by using one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented by using a software function module. Formal realization. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The embodiments disclosed in the present application are as described above, but the descriptions are only for the purpose of understanding the present application, and are not intended to limit the present application, such as the specific implementation method in the embodiments of the present invention. Any modifications and changes in the form and details of the embodiments may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. The scope defined by the appended claims shall prevail.

Industrial applicability

After the application solution queue is generated, the terminal application is switched in combination with the triggering instruction, and no hardware is needed, and only the triggering instruction is needed to implement the selection of the application to be switched to the foreground in the application queue, which simplifies the terminal application switching operation. Improve the user experience of terminal application switching.

Claims

A method for implementing terminal application switching includes:

Obtain a running terminal application to generate an application queue, and mark the terminal application in the foreground in the application queue;

When receiving the triggering instruction, according to the switching direction corresponding to the preset triggering instruction, the marked terminal application in the foreground is taken as the starting position, and the terminal application for switching is selected from the application queue;

Switch to the selected terminal application.
The method of claim 1, wherein the switching to the selected terminal application comprises:

The selected information of the switched terminal application is sent to the task manager, and the task manager performs switching of the terminal application.
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the preset triggering instruction is:

Pre-set physical button or physical button combination generated command.
The method of claim 1 or 2, further comprising:

Setting a duration of the triggering command, selecting a terminal application to be switched from the application queue according to the triggering instruction; and if a new triggering instruction is not generated within the effective duration, according to the preset received triggering instruction Corresponding switching direction, with the marked terminal application in the foreground as the starting position, selecting the terminal application to be switched; if a new triggering instruction is generated within the effective time, the newly generated triggering instruction is newly generated according to the preset The switching direction corresponding to the triggering command continues to select the terminal application for switching, and when the set effective time is satisfied, the terminal application is switched according to the selected information of the terminal application that is switched.
An apparatus for implementing terminal application switching, comprising: an acquiring and marking unit, a receiving selecting unit, and a switching unit; wherein

Obtaining and marking a unit, configured to obtain a running terminal application to generate an application queue, and mark the terminal application in the foreground in the application queue;

The receiving selection unit is configured to, when receiving the triggering instruction, select a switching direction corresponding to the preset triggering instruction, and use the marked terminal application in the foreground as a starting position, and select from the application queue a terminal application to perform handover;

The switching unit is configured to perform switching according to the terminal application selected by the receiving selection unit.
The device according to claim 5, wherein

The switching unit is configured to send the selected information of the terminal application to be switched to the task manager, so that the task manager performs switching of the terminal application.
The device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein

The preset triggering instruction is: a preset physical button or a generated combination of physical button combinations.
The device according to claim 5 or 6, further comprising:

The effective duration unit is set to set the effective duration of the triggering instruction, and selects a terminal application to be switched from the application queue according to the triggering instruction; if a new triggering instruction is not generated within the effective duration, according to the preset The switching direction corresponding to the received triggering instruction, with the marked terminal application in the foreground as the starting position, selects the terminal application to be switched; if a new triggering instruction is generated within the effective time, the newly generated triggering instruction is based on The switching direction corresponding to the preset newly generated triggering command continues to select the terminal application for switching, and when the set effective time is satisfied, the terminal application is switched according to the selected information of the terminal application that performs the switching.
A computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed, implement the method of any one of claims 1 to 4.
A carrier carrying the computer program of claim 9.