WO2018120190A1

WO2018120190A1 - Method for indicating unread message, and terminal

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Publication number: WO2018120190A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/113885
Authority: WO
Inventors: 吴钢
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2016-12-30
Filing date: 2016-12-30
Publication date: 2018-07-05
Also published as: CN108604152B; CN108604152A

Abstract

Provided in an embodiment of the present invention is a method for indicating an unread message. In the method, attribute information of a first sender and a first number of unread messages in a first application sent by the first sender are displayed in a first region of an icon of the first application, thereby emphasizing an information source, and improving information reading efficiency of a user. Also provided in the embodiment of the present invention is a terminal adopting the above method. The terminal can emphasize an information source and improves information reading efficiency of a user.

Description

Unread message prompting method and terminal

Technical field

The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications, and in particular, to an unread message prompting method and a terminal.

Background technique

At present, various functions that a user can operate in an operating system of a terminal are embodied in the form of an application, and the application includes a plurality of human-computer interaction modes, wherein the most commonly used human-computer interaction mode is related to the application. The reading and processing of messages.

Various applications are arranged in the form of icons on the operation interface of the terminal. When a message arrives, a message is indicated by a number of prompts on the icon of the application corresponding to the message. At the current stage of information explosion, an application will be subject to several, dozens or even dozens of messages. Users need to find the information they need in such a large amount of information, which is time consuming and labor intensive.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an unread message reminding method and a terminal. By displaying a picture corresponding to the sender attribute information on the application icon, the information required by the user is highlighted, and the efficiency of the user to read the information is improved.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an unread message prompting method, including: receiving, by a terminal, a first message of an application; the terminal acquiring attribute information of the first sender of the first message, and the application a first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the program, where the attribute information of the first sender includes at least one of a sender avatar, a sender name, a sender nickname, a sender account number, or a sender number An unread message sent by the first sender includes a first message; the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity are displayed on a first area of the icon of the application.

In the first aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, since the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity are displayed on the first area of the icon of the application, the user can quickly know the source and quantity of the unread message, and improve the user's reading. The efficiency of taking information and the convenience of user operations.

Optionally, after the terminal acquires the attribute information of the first sender of the first message and the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application, in the application Before displaying the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on the first area of the icon, the method further includes:

Transmitting according to attribute information of the first sender or the first sender in the application Determining, by the first quantity of the unread message, displaying attribute information of the first sender and an unread message sent by the first sender in the application on a first area of the icon of the application The first quantity.

Optionally, the determining, according to the attribute information of the first sender, or the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application, determining the first icon of the application Displaying the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application, including:

If the first sender is a contact marked by a user, the terminal determines to display attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on a first area of an icon of the application; or

If the first sender is an important information pusher, the terminal determines to display attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on a first area of an icon of the application, where The important information pusher includes a bank that if the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender exceeds a preset threshold, the platform sends the consumption reminder information or the repayment information; or

If the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender exceeds a preset threshold, the terminal determines to display the attribute information and the location of the first sender on a first area of the icon of the application. Said the first quantity.

In the above two alternatives, the user can select which sender attribute information and the number of unread messages to display on an application icon as needed, so that the user can quickly locate the required information from a large amount of information.

Optionally, displaying the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on a first area of the icon of the application, further comprising: dynamically displaying on a first area of the icon of the application The content of the first message.

Optionally, dynamically displaying the content of the first message includes scrolling the content of the first message in the first area; or after the mobile phone displays the entire content of the first message to the preset duration, the first message is no longer displayed.

In the above alternative, the content of the first message may also be dynamically displayed on the first area, so that the user can quickly understand the message content and improve the user experience.

Optionally, the terminal receives an instruction that the user clicks on the first area; the terminal opens the application, and enters a conversation page between the user and the first sender.

In the above alternative, by clicking on the first area, the user can directly enter the dialogue page with the first sender, so that the user can quickly talk to the sender, which not only enables the user to quickly understand the message content, but also improves the communication speed. , improved user experience.

Optionally, the terminal receives an instruction that the user clicks on the first area, and the terminal displays content of the first message or displays content of all unread messages including the first message.

In the above alternative, by clicking on the first area, the content of the unread message can be directly browsed, thereby improving the efficiency of the user reading the message.

Optionally, after the terminal receives the first message of an application, the method further includes:

The application icon is displayed on a lock screen interface of the terminal.

Optionally, the terminal receives an instruction that the user clicks on the first area; the terminal opens the application, and enters a dialog page of the user and the first sender, specifically:

The terminal receives an instruction that the user clicks on the first area; the terminal displays an unlocking interface;

The terminal receives the operation of unlocking the screen by the user; if the operation of the user unlocking the screen is correct, the terminal opens the application and enters a dialogue page between the user and the first sender.

In the above two alternatives, an application icon with an unread message is displayed on the lock screen interface of the terminal, so that the user can obtain the required information without unlocking the mobile phone, thereby improving the user's efficiency in obtaining the message and improving the efficiency. The user experience, and because the unread messages are displayed in units of applications, the user can manage unread messages of multiple applications more quickly.

Optionally, the terminal receives a second message of the application; the terminal acquires attribute information of a second sender of the second message, and an unread message sent by the second sender in the application a second quantity of the message, the unread message sent by the second sender includes a second message; if the second sender is different from the first sender, the second display of the icon of the application The attribute information of the second sender and the second quantity are displayed on the area.

Optionally, the terminal receives a second message of the application; the terminal acquires attribute information of a sender of the second message; if the second sender is the same as the first sender, The terminal adds 1 to the first number of first regions of the icon displayed in the application.

In the above two alternatives, the application may determine the content displayed on the terminal screen according to the attribute information of the sender of the received second message, thereby ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of the user acquiring the information.

Optionally, the terminal, according to the priority of the contact marked by the user, arranging the attribute information of the first sender and the attribute of the second sender on a first area of the icon of the application. information.

In the above alternatives, the user experience is improved by prioritization.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including: a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message of an application, and an acquiring unit, configured to acquire attribute information and a location of a first sender of the first message Determining, in the application, a first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender, where the attribute information of the first sender includes a sender avatar, a sender name, a sender nickname, a sender account number, or a sender number At least one, the unread message sent by the first sender includes a first message, and a display unit, configured to display attribute information of the first sender and the first area on an icon of an icon of the application The first quantity.

In the second aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, since the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity are displayed on the first area of the icon of the application, the user can quickly understand the source and quantity of the unread message, and improve the user's reading. The efficiency of taking information and the convenience of user operations.

In an alternative of the second aspect, the above terminal may perform any of the alternatives of the first aspect.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including a processor, a memory, and a screen.

The screen is for displaying an unread message of an application;

The memory is configured to store an instruction;

The processor, configured to invoke an instruction in the memory, to perform the foregoing first aspect The method of any alternative.

According to the third aspect of the embodiment of the present invention, since the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity are displayed on the first area of the icon of the application, the user can quickly know the source and quantity of the unread message, and improve the user's reading. The efficiency of taking information and the convenience of user operations.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only the present invention. For some embodiments, other drawings may be obtained from those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a partial structure of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of an operation interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of an unread message prompting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4a is a schematic diagram showing attribute information of a first sender and a quantity of a first message according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4b is a schematic diagram showing an increase in the number of first messages according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

5a is a schematic diagram of displaying first attribute information of a first sender and a second sender on an icon of a WeChat according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5b is a schematic diagram of displaying three sender attribute information on an WeChat icon according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 5c is a schematic diagram showing, by a drop-down arrow, a page further including an undisplayed page according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6a is a schematic diagram of a user starting to mark a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6b is a schematic diagram of a user completing marking a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6c is a schematic diagram of setting a contact priority according to an embodiment of the present invention;

7a is a schematic diagram of a user clicking a first area according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7b is a schematic diagram showing the content of an unread message according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 7c is a schematic diagram of opening a WeChat and entering a dialog page according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

8a is a schematic diagram of displaying a WeChat icon that receives an unread message on a lock screen interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

8b is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone display unlocking interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

When the embodiments of the present invention refer to ordinal numbers such as "first", "second" and the like, unless it is intended to express the order according to the context, it should be understood that it only serves as a distinction.

The embodiment of the present invention is applicable to a terminal, and the terminal can be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a UMPC (Ultra-mobile Personal Computer), a netbook, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and wearable. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal is used as a mobile phone as an example for description.

1 is a block diagram showing a portion of the structure of a cellular phone 100 related to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 100 includes components such as a processor 110, a screen 120, a memory 140, an input unit 150, and a power source 160. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the structure of the handset 100 shown in FIG. 1 does not constitute a limitation to the handset, and may include more or less components than those illustrated, or some components may be combined, or different component arrangements.

The components of the mobile phone 100 will be specifically described below with reference to FIG. 1 :

The processor 110 is the control center of the handset 100, connecting various portions of the entire handset 100 using various interfaces and lines, by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 140, and recalling data stored in the memory 140. The various functions and processing data of the mobile phone 100 are executed to perform overall monitoring of the mobile phone 100. The processor 110 may be an application processor, a baseband processor, an integrated baseband processor and an application processor, or the processor includes a baseband processor and an application processor. The application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface and application program, and the baseband processor is responsible for data processing and storage. The main components are digital signal processor, microcontroller, memory and other units. The main function is baseband coding/translation. Code, voice coding and speech coding, etc. With the development of technology, the baseband processor can also provide more Media features and related interfaces for multimedia displays, image sensors and audio devices.

The screen 120 can be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user or can display various menus of the mobile phone 100. The display panel 121 can be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like.

Further, the touch panel 151 as the input unit 150 may cover the screen 120, and after the touch panel 151 detects a touch operation on or near it, it may be transmitted to the processor 110 through a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI interface) to determine The type of touch event, and then processor 110 provides a corresponding visual output on screen 120 based on the type of touch event. Although in FIG. 1, the touch panel 151 and the screen 120 are implemented as two separate components to implement the input and display functions of the mobile phone 100, in some embodiments, the touch panel 151 may be integrated with the screen 120 to implement the mobile phone 100. Input and display capabilities.

The sensor 130 can be used to detect various external parameters of the mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a temperature sensor, and can also include at least one sensor such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, a density sensor, and a fingerprint sensor. Specifically, the temperature sensor includes a thermistor, a thermocouple, etc., for acquiring the temperature of each component in the mobile phone 100. The light sensor may include a sensor other than the ambient light sensor, such as a proximity sensor, which may detect whether an object is in proximity to or in contact with the handset 100, and the handset 100 may turn off the display panel 141 and/or the backlight when the handset 100 is moved to the ear. As a kind of motion sensor, the accelerometer sensor can detect the acceleration of each direction (usually three axes), and the magnitude and direction of gravity can be detected at rest, which can be used to identify the gesture of the mobile phone 100 (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, Related games, magnetometer attitude calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, tapping). The density sensor can detect the density of the substance that the cell phone 100 is in contact with. The fingerprint acquisition sensor is used to collect the fingerprint input by the user. The mobile phone 100 can also be configured with other sensors such as a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, an infrared sensor, and the like, and will not be described herein.

The memory 140 can be used to store software programs or modules, and the processor 110 executes various functional applications and data processing of the mobile phone 100 by running software programs or modules stored in the memory 140. The memory 140 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may be stored according to The data created by the use of the mobile phone 100 (such as audio data, image data, etc.) and the like. In addition, the memory 140 may be a high speed random access memory, and may also be a non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage, flash memory. Device, or other volatile solid state memory.

The mobile phone 100 also includes a power source 160 (such as a battery) for powering various components. Preferably, the power source can be logically coupled to the processor 110 through a power management system to manage functions such as charging, discharging, and power management through the power management system.

The mobile phone 100 may further include an RF (radio frequency) circuit 170, an audio circuit 180, a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) module 190, and the like, and details are not described herein.

The unread message prompting method of the embodiment of the present invention is specifically described below.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone operation interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone screen 120 includes a status bar 201, an application area 202, a navigation area 203, and a shortcut key 204.

The status bar 201 is used to display information related to the state of the mobile phone, including network standard, signal strength, battery power, current time and the like. The application area 202 is used to carry various applications installed in the mobile phone. The navigation area 203 is used to indicate the distribution status of the current page and all the pages including the current page. The shortcut key 204 user quickly enters certain functions, such as returning to the previous menu, returning to the main interface, and backing up.

The application area 200 installs a plurality of applications, such as a calendar, a clock, a calculator, a WeChat, and a news. Each of the applications is represented by an icon having a respective feature. The drawings are only exemplified by the respective application icons, and the respective application icons are designed and distributed by the respective developers, which is not limited by the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, one of the applications installed in the mobile phone, such as WeChat 205, is taken as an example for description.

It should be noted that an unread message of an application refers to a new message received by the mobile phone before the user performs the new operation after the last operation of the application.

In the prior art, unread messages of all contacts of an application are displayed on the icon of the application in the total number, for example, the unread message of WeChat 205 is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone in the form shown in the right figure of FIG. 2. In fact, users need to find the information they need in a large number of messages, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an unread message prompting method, by displaying attribute information of a sender and an unread message sent by the first sender in the first application in a first area of an icon of an application. The first number, which highlights the source of information, improves the efficiency of the user's reading of information.

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an unread message prompting method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The unread message prompting method in the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

S301. The mobile phone receives a first message of an application.

When an application is logged in, or the application is open, the mobile phone can receive the first message of the application, wherein the first message is any message that the application can receive, including: the application's contact sends Conversation messages, notification messages pushed in the application, or messages sent by non-contacts of the application. Wherein, before the first message is operated by the user, the first message is referred to as an unread message.

S302. The mobile phone acquires attribute information of the first sender of the first message and a first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application.

The attribute information of the first sender includes at least one of a sender avatar, a sender name, a sender nickname, a sender account number, or a sender number, and the unread message sent by the first sender includes the first message.

After receiving the first message of the application, the mobile phone analyzes the first message, and obtains, from the analysis result, the attribute information of the first message sender and the number of unread messages sent by the first sender in the application. That is to say, the mobile phone needs to know who sent the first message, and how many unread messages the sender sent. The method for analyzing the first message and obtaining the sender attribute information and the number of unread messages of the first message may be performed in an existing manner, and details are not described herein again.

The first sender of the first message includes the pusher of the push notification message in the application, the sender of the contact conversation message in the application, or the sender of the application unknown contact message.

It should be noted that other attribute information that can be easily identified by the user and that can represent the sender of the sender feature is also included in the scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and is not enumerated here.

S303. Display attribute information of the first sender and a first quantity on the first area of the icon of the application.

After the mobile phone acquires the attribute information of the first sender of the first message, extracting at least one attribute information, and displaying the extracted at least one attribute information on the icon of the application. If the attribute information of the first sender of the first message obtained by the mobile phone is multiple attribute information, the mobile phone may set one of the attributes. The attribute information is displayed on the first area of the icon of the application, and a plurality of attribute information may also be displayed on the first area of the icon of the application. For displaying one of the attribute information, the mobile phone may display a randomly selected attribute information on the first area of the icon of the application, and may also prioritize the attribute information set by the mobile phone or the attribute information set by the user. Level, the mobile phone displays the highest priority attribute information on the first area of the application's icon according to the preset priority.

When the mobile phone acquires the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender in the application, the first number is also displayed on the first area. Wherein, the first quantity, for example 1, 2, 3, etc., by displaying the first quantity, the mobile phone can inform the user that the first sender sent several unread messages.

The first area refers to the attribute information of the sender accommodating the first message and the first number of areas of the unread message sent by the first sender, and the first area is an area related to the first sender.

Optionally, the mobile phone obtains the attribute information of the first sender, and may display the attribute information of the first sender in the first area in a format of a picture, a text, or a number, and of course, may be displayed on the first area. Any of the formats for the user to view are within the scope of the protection of the embodiments of the present invention, which is not limited herein.

The application program of the embodiment of the present invention takes the WeChat 405 as an example. FIG. 4a is a schematic diagram showing the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on the first area of the icon of the WeChat 405 according to the embodiment of the present invention. When the mobile phone receives the first message of the WeChat 405, the mobile phone acquires the first sender's avatar of the first message and the first number of unread messages including the first message sent by the first sender, and the first A sender's avatar and a first number 1 are displayed on the first area.

If the attribute information of the first sender includes the sender's avatar 4011 and the sender's nickname 4012, the mobile phone may display the sender's avatar 4011 in the first area of the WeChat 405 icon, and may also be in the first area of the WeChat 405 icon. The sender nickname 4012 is displayed, and the sender avatar 4011 and the sender nickname 4012 may also be displayed on the first area of the WeChat icon.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first sender's attribute information and the first quantity are displayed on the first area of the icon of the WeChat 405, and the user can quickly know the source and quantity of the unread message, thereby improving the efficiency of the user reading the information, and User's convenience.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the mobile phone receives the second message of the WeChat 405, the mobile phone acquires the attribute information of the second sender of the second message, if the attribute information of the second message sender and the sender of the first message If the attribute information is the same, it indicates that the second message and the first message are from the same sender, and the mobile phone adds 1 to the number of unread messages in the first area of the icon of WeChat 405.

4b is a schematic diagram showing the first increase in the number of WeChat 405 icons in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4b, when the mobile phone determines that the attribute information of the sender of the second message is the same as the attribute information of the first message sender, the first quantity displayed in FIG. 4a is incremented by 1, so that the first quantity is changed to 2.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the mobile phone receives the second message of the WeChat 405, the mobile phone acquires the attribute information of the sender of the second message, if the attribute information of the second message sender and the attribute information of the first message sender Different, it indicates that the source of the first message and the second message are different. At this time, the mobile phone can also obtain the second quantity of the unread message sent by the second sender in the WeChat 405, and the mobile phone is on the second area of the icon of the WeChat 405. The attribute information of the second sender and the second quantity are displayed, wherein the unread message sent by the second sender includes the second message.

At this time, since the first application icon needs to simultaneously display the attribute information of the first sender and the attribute information of the second sender, the mobile phone performs a reduction process on the first area to accommodate the second area, so that the first area and The second area is displayed together on the icon of WeChat 405.

FIG. 5a is a schematic diagram showing the first sender and second sender attribute information on the icon of WeChat 405 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5a, the mobile phone receives the second message of WeChat 405, and the mobile phone determines that the sender of the second message is different from the sender of the first message, and on the icon of WeChat 405, the mobile phone displays the first sender 401 at the same time. The avatar and the first number 3, and the avatar of the second sender 402 and the second number 2.

Of course, the mobile phone may also receive more messages sent by the sender. At this time, the mobile phone can divide more areas on the application icon to accommodate the attribute information of different senders, due to the size limitation of the application icon, along with the sending The number of users increases, and each area corresponding to the sender attribute information becomes smaller. FIG. 5b is a schematic diagram showing three sender attribute information on the WeChat icon in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5c is a schematic diagram showing, by a drop-down arrow, a page further including an undisplayed page according to an embodiment of the present invention. For The user can get the message better, and the mobile phone can set the number of sender attribute information that can be displayed on the application icon, such as 4, 9, and the like. When the number of senders involved in receiving the unread message of the WeChat 405 exceeds the set number of displays, the user may inform the user that the current page is not displayed completely by the drop-down arrow as shown in FIG. 5c. When the user clicks on the drop down arrow, the user jumps to the second page, and the user can view the sender attribute information of the second page of the icon displayed on the WeChat 405. The drop-down arrow is only used as an example. Other ways that the user can be prompted to include the undisplayed page, and the user can turn the page for browsing are also within the protection scope of the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, by dividing more areas on the application icon to display different sender attribute information and the number of unread messages, the user can clearly grasp the source of the message and improve the operability of the application.

Optionally, the embodiment of the present invention may further include, in step S302 and step S303, step S304: according to the attribute information of the first sender or the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application. Determining to display attribute information of the first sender and a first number of unread messages sent by the first sender in the application on a first area of the icon of the application.

An application's contacts may include tens, hundreds, or even thousands. Users can choose which sender attribute information to display on an application icon and the number of unread messages sent by the sender, so that the user You can quickly locate the information you need from a large amount of information.

The following describes the attributes of the sender and the number of unread messages sent by the sender in the embodiment of the present invention.

The first

Users can tag common contacts, important contacts, or contacts who need to receive messages in the app. When the mobile phone determines, according to the attribute information of the sender, the sender is the contact marked by the user, the mobile phone displays the attribute information of the sender on the icon of the application. In this way, the user can conveniently obtain the contact information that he or she is interested in, and can quickly extract the required message from a plurality of messages, thereby improving the message acquisition efficiency.

FIG. 6a is a schematic diagram of a user starting to mark a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 6a, when the user enters the Mark Contact option, the phone displays a contact list, and the drop-down menu in the lower right corner of the page. A single indicates that all contacts are not displayed on the current page. Clicking on the drop-down menu will display other contacts that are not displayed on the current page. FIG. 6b is a schematic diagram of a user completing marking a contact according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user can select his or her favorite contacts, important contacts, and the like that need to be displayed on the icon of WeChat 405, as shown in FIG. 6b, black indicates that it has been selected, and click OK to complete the marking of the contact.

In this way, when the mobile phone receives the above-mentioned marked contact as the message sent by the sender, the mobile phone can display the attribute information of the sender and the number of unread messages sent by the sender on the icon of the WeChat 405. When the mobile phone receives an unmarked contact as a message sent by the sender, the attribute information of the sender and the number of unread messages sent by the sender are not displayed on the icon of the WeChat 405.

The above-mentioned FIG. 6a-6b is only an example of the user marking the contact, and other manners in which the contact can be marked are within the protection scope of the embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.

Further, the mobile phone also provides sorting of the priority of the contacts, so that when the mobile phone receives the marked contact as the sender's message, the mobile phone can set the sender's attribute information according to the priority of the marked contact. It is displayed on the icon of WeChat 405 in order, so that the user can better obtain the required information and improve the message reading efficiency.

FIG. 6c is a schematic diagram of setting a contact priority according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 6c, after the user enters the marked contact option, click on the contact "boss" to be marked, the mobile phone will display the interface as shown in Figure 6c. At this time, the contact "boss" is selected and pops up first. In the embodiment of the present invention, three priorities are taken as an example, and the user can mark the “boss” as the first priority as needed. The user can mark other required contacts in order and select the corresponding priority. When all the selection is completed, click OK to complete the marking of the contact.

In this way, when the mobile phone receives a plurality of the above-mentioned marked contacts as the plurality of messages sent by the sender, the mobile phone may sequentially display the attribute information of the plurality of senders on the WeChat 405 according to the priority of the marked contacts. On the icon.

Second

For the method that the user can quickly locate the required information from a large amount of information, in addition to the above, by marking the contact, it is also possible to push the sender according to whether the sender of the message is important information. It is judged whether or not the attribute information of the sender of the message is displayed on the icon of the WeChat 405.

If the mobile phone determines, according to the attribute information of the first sender, that the first message is a pusher of the important information, displaying the attribute information of the sender and the number of unread messages sent by the sender on the icon of the WeChat 405, otherwise not The sender's attribute information and the number of unread messages sent by the sender are displayed on the icon of WeChat 405. Among them, the pushers of important information include national or government public platforms, banks that send consumption reminders or repayment information.

The national or government public platform refers to, for example, the National Highway Alarm Rescue Telephone 12122, the Beijing Public Health Hotline 12320, and the China Railway Customer Service Center 12306. Such platforms can push notifications related to issues of general concern to the society; The bank for repayment information refers to the major banks that provide credit card consumption, credit card consumption, etc. These banks can prompt the user to repay according to the user's credit card swiping situation, or prompt the user to consume when the user swipes the card.

The types of important information pushers listed above are only for illustrative purposes. The mobile phone can be set by default or can be set by the user as a pusher of important messages to display the attribute information of such important message pushers on the WeChat icon. .

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For the method that the user can quickly locate the required information from the large amount of information, the first number of the unread messages sent by the first sender exceeds a preset threshold, and the mobile phone determines the icon in the application. The first sender's attribute information and the first number are displayed on the first area.

When receiving the first message, the mobile phone acquires the first sender's attribute information of the first message and the first number of the first sender's unread message in the application, if the first number of the unread messages exceeds the first number A threshold indicates that there are multiple messages from the same sender. It is very important that these messages are important. At this time, the attribute information of the first sender is also displayed on the icon of WeChat 405.

The first threshold is used to remind the user that the sender has something important so that the user can quickly view these important messages. The first threshold may be, for example, 5, 10, etc., and the first threshold may be set according to actual needs, which is not limited herein, and other values are also in the protection scope of the embodiment of the present invention. Inside.

Whether the mobile phone determines whether the first sender is the contact marked by the user, whether the first sender is an important information pusher, or the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender exceeds a preset threshold. The sender's attribute information is displayed on the icon of the application, so that the user can obtain information more conveniently and efficiently, and improve the user experience.

The above describes three cases in which the attribute information of the sender is displayed on the icon of the WeChat 405. The three conditions may be optional, that is, a condition is met, and the mobile phone can display the sender's attribute information on the icon of the WeChat 405. The three conditions may also be progressive. The user may set or the mobile phone sets the priority of the three conditions by default. When the first priority condition is not met, the second priority condition is determined, if the second priority condition is met. And displaying the picture corresponding to the attribute information of the sender on the icon of WeChat 405; if the first and second priority conditions are not satisfied, determining the third priority condition, if the third priority condition is met, The sender's attribute information is displayed on the icon of WeChat 405.

It should be noted that the above describes only three ways of displaying the sender attribute information on the icon of the WeChat 405, and other ways of displaying the attribute information of the sender on the icon of the WeChat 405, as long as the mobile phone can be from many messages. The method of quickly extracting the required information and improving the message acquisition efficiency are all within the protection scope of the embodiments of the present invention, and are not described herein.

Further, after acquiring the attribute information of the first sender of the first message, the embodiment of the present invention not only displays the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender, but also dynamically displays The content of the first message.

The dynamically displayed first message content can be displayed, for example, in a scrolling manner on the first area. The scroll display may dynamically display the received first message on the first area at a speed readable by the user, for example, in groups of 5 words, displaying the first to fifth of the first message in the first second. Words, the second to the sixth message of the first message, and so on, until all the words in the first message are displayed.

The scroll display is only an example of dynamically displaying the first message content, and the content of the dynamic display first message may also be an icon on the mobile phone screen 120 or the WeChat 405 after receiving the first message. The first message is displayed on the upper or the first area. After the preset duration is displayed, the first message is no longer displayed. The preset threshold may be, for example, 1 second, 2 seconds, etc., and the preset threshold may be defaulted by the mobile phone. The setting may also be set by the user. The location of the first message display may be different according to the length of the message. For example, if the number of message words is greater than 50 words, the first message may be displayed at any position on the screen of the mobile phone in order for the user to obtain the message; For example, if the number of words is less than 10 words, the first message can be displayed on the first area. The first message displayed can be displayed in a clear manner. The position of the first message is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Other ways of dynamically displaying the content of the first message, as long as the content of the message can be dynamically prompted, can also be used as an implementation manner of dynamically displaying the content of the first message in the embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the content of the first message may be dynamically displayed on the first area, so that the user can quickly understand the message content and improve the user experience.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the mobile phone receives an instruction that the user clicks on the first area, the mobile phone may display the content of the first message or display the content of all the unread messages including the first message.

FIG. 7a is a schematic diagram of a user clicking a first area according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7b is a schematic diagram showing an unread message content according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7a, when the user clicks on the first area, the unread message content as shown in FIG. 7b can be popped up.

The clicking the first area may be, for example, tapping the first area, and pressing the first area, and when the user clicks on the first area, the mobile phone displays the content of the unread message, when the user's finger leaves the first area, The phone no longer displays unread message content.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the user clicks on the first area, the WeChat 405 can be opened and the dialogue page of the user and the first sender can be entered.

FIG. 7c is a schematic diagram of opening WeChat 405 and entering a dialog page according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7c, when the user clicks on the first area in FIG. 7a, the WeChat 405 can be opened and the dialogue page between the user and the first sender can be entered. .

In the embodiment of the present invention, by clicking on the first area, the user and the first sender can be directly entered. The dialogue page allows the user to quickly talk to the sender, which not only enables the user to quickly understand the message content, but also improves the communication speed and improves the user experience.

The icon of the WeChat 405 involved in the above embodiment may be displayed on the screen of the mobile phone. Further, the mobile phone receives the first message, and may display the attribute information of the first sender on the first area of the icon of the WeChat 405 of the mobile phone screen. The first number of unread messages sent by the first sender.

Further, when the mobile phone is in the lock screen state, after receiving the first message of the WeChat 405, the mobile phone displays the icon of the WeChat 405 on the lock screen interface, and displays the attribute information of the first sender on the icon of the WeChat 405 and The first number of unread messages sent by the first sender. In this way, the user can obtain the required information without unlocking the mobile phone, improve the user's efficiency in obtaining the message, and improve the user experience, and the user can display the unread message in the unit of the application, so that the user can manage more quickly. Unread messages for the application.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, except that the content of the icon of the WeChat 405 is displayed on the lock screen interface is different from that of the foregoing embodiment, the manner and the manner of displaying the icon of the WeChat 405 on the lock screen interface are the same as those of the foregoing embodiment. 4 - The embodiment shown in FIG. 5c is the same, and the manner of marking the contacts is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, and details are not described herein again.

FIG. 8a is a schematic diagram showing an icon of a WeChat 405 that receives an unread message on a lock screen interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8a, on the lock screen interface, the first area on the icon of WeChat 405 displays the attribute information of the sender and the number of unread messages sent by the sender. The attribute information of the sender and the number of unread messages sent by the sender are displayed on the first area of the short message icon. When other applications receive unread messages, they are also displayed in the form of application icons on the phone's lock screen.

FIG. 8a schematically shows a case where only one sender of the WeChat 405 sends an unread message, similar to the display of the sender attribute information on the mobile phone screen of the non-lock screen interface of the mobile phone, and can also be based on the lock screen interface. The user's setting, or the default setting of the mobile phone, when the WeChat 405 includes unread messages sent by multiple senders, displays multiple sender attribute information and the number of unread messages sent by the sender.

Further, when the user clicks on the first area of the icon of WeChat 405 on the lock screen interface, the hand The opportunity to output a prompt to unlock the screen. FIG. 8b is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone display unlocking interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8b, when the user clicks on the first area of the icon of the WeChat 405 on the lock screen interface, the mobile phone outputs prompt information for unlocking the screen, for example, outputting an input fingerprint. Or the prompt information of the password, when the user inputs the correct authentication information, for example, as shown in FIG. 7b, the content of the first message is read on the lock screen interface, and the WeChat 405 can also be opened, for example, as shown in FIG. 7c. The conversation page between the user and the first sender.

Optionally, for example, when the user taps the first area of the icon of the WeChat 405 displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, if the user inputs the correct authentication information, the content of the first message is read on the lock screen interface; when the user is heavy When the first area of the icon of the WeChat 405 displayed on the screen of the mobile phone is pressed, if the user inputs the correct authentication information, the WeChat 405 is opened to enter the dialogue page of the user and the first sender.

After the above authentication is passed, the manner in which the message content or the conversation page is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone can be arbitrarily combined, and details are not described herein again.

Since the attribute information of the first sender and the number of unread messages sent by the first sender are displayed on the icon of the WeChat 405 of the lock screen interface, the user can quickly obtain the source of the message, and the application screen is performed on the screen of the mobile phone. The display of unread messages allows the user to quickly locate the application that needs to be focused on, thereby enabling faster navigation of the desired message.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal for implementing each step and method in the foregoing method embodiments.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the terminal 900 includes a receiving unit 901, an obtaining unit 902, and a display unit 903.

The receiving unit 901 is configured to receive a first message of an application;

The obtaining unit 902 is configured to acquire attribute information of the first sender of the first message and a first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application, the attribute information of the first sender Including at least one of a sender avatar, a sender name, a sender nickname, a sender account number, or a sender number, the unread message sent by the first sender includes a first message;

The display unit 903 is configured to display attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on a first area of the icon of the application.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal by using a first area of an icon of an application. Displaying the attribute information of the sender and the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the first application, thereby highlighting the information source and improving the efficiency of the user reading the information.

Further, the terminal further includes: a determining unit 904;

The determining unit 904 is configured to determine, according to the attribute information of the first sender or the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application, the icon of the application in the application The first sender's attribute information and the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender in the application are displayed on an area.

Further, if the first sender is a contact marked by a user, the determining unit is configured to determine that the attribute information of the first sender and the attribute are displayed on a first area of an icon of the application First quantity; or

If the first sender is an important information pusher, the determining unit is configured to determine that the first sender's attribute information and the first quantity are displayed on a first area of the icon of the application, The important information pusher includes a national or government public platform, a bank that sends consumption reminding information or repayment information; or,

If the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender exceeds a preset threshold, the determining unit is configured to determine to display the attributes of the first sender on a first area of the icon of the application Information and the first quantity.

Further, the display unit is further configured to dynamically display content of the first message on a first area of the icon of the application.

Further, the receiving unit is further configured to receive an instruction that the user clicks on the first area;

The terminal further includes: a control unit 905;

The control unit 905 is configured to open the application and enter a dialog page of the user and the first sender.

Further, the display unit 903 is further configured to display the application icon on a lock screen interface of the terminal.

Further, the display unit is further configured to display an unlocking interface;

The receiving unit is further configured to receive an operation of the user unlocking a screen;

If the operation of the user unlocking the screen is correct, the control unit is configured to open the application and enter a dialogue page of the user and the first sender.

Further, the receiving unit is further configured to accept a second message of the application;

The acquiring unit is further configured to acquire attribute information of the second sender of the second message and a second quantity of the unread message sent by the second sender in the application, where the second sender sends The unread message includes a second message;

If the second sender is different from the first sender, the display unit is further configured to display attribute information of the second sender and the first part on a second display area of the icon of the application Two quantities.

Further, the receiving unit is further configured to receive a second message of the application;

The obtaining unit is further configured to acquire attribute information of a sender of the second message;

If the second sender is the same as the first sender, the display unit is further configured to display a quantity after the first number of the first area of the icon of the application is incremented by one.

Further, the terminal further includes a sorting unit 906, and the sorting unit is configured to arrange the first sender on a first area of an icon of the application according to a priority of a contact marked by the user Attribute information and attribute information of the second sender.

The terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention is used to implement the method shown in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 8b, the working principle, the workflow, and the technical effects generated by the terminal. For details, refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 8b. The embodiment is not described here.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, as shown in FIG. 1, including a processor, a memory, and a screen; the screen is configured to display an unread message of an application; the memory is configured to store an instruction; For invoking instructions in the memory, the method shown in the embodiment shown in Figures 2-8b is performed.

The terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention is displayed on a first area of an icon of an application. The attribute information of the sender and the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the first application are displayed, thereby highlighting the information source and improving the efficiency of the user reading the information.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented in hardware, firmware implementation, or a combination thereof. When implemented in software, the functions described above may be stored in or transmitted as one or more instructions or code on a computer readable medium. Computer readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one location to another. A storage medium may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, disk storage media or other magnetic storage device, or can be used for carrying or storing in the form of an instruction or data structure. The desired program code and any other medium that can be accessed by the computer. Also. Any connection may suitably be a computer readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable , fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, wireless, and microwave are included in the fixing of the associated media. As used in the present invention, a disk and a disc include a compact disc (CD), a laser disc, a compact disc, a digital versatile disc (DVD), a floppy disk, and a Blu-ray disc, wherein the disc is usually magnetically copied, and the disc is The laser is used to optically replicate the data. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of the computer readable media.

In summary, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the technical solution of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

An unread message prompting method, comprising:

The terminal receives the first message of an application;

Obtaining, by the terminal, attribute information of a first sender of the first message and a first quantity of an unread message sent by the first sender in the application, where the attribute information of the first sender includes sending At least one of an avatar, a sender name, a sender nickname, a sender account number, or a sender number, and the unread message sent by the first sender includes a first message;

The attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity are displayed on a first area of the icon of the application.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the terminal acquires attribute information of a first sender of the first message and an unread message sent by the first sender in the application After the quantity, before displaying the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on the first area of the icon of the application, the method further includes:

Determining to display the first area on the first area of the icon of the application according to the first sender's attribute information or the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender in the application The attribute information of the sender and the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender in the application.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the determining according to the attribute information of the first sender or the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender in the application determines Displaying, by the first area of the icon of the application, the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application, including:

If the first sender is a contact marked by a user, the terminal determines to display attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on a first area of an icon of the application; or

If the first sender is an important information pusher, the terminal determines to display attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on a first area of an icon of the application, where The important information pusher includes the unread of the first sender sent by the state or government. The first number of messages exceeds a preset threshold, and the bank that sends the consumption reminder information or the repayment information; or

If the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender exceeds a preset threshold, the terminal determines to display the attribute information and the location of the first sender on a first area of the icon of the application. Said the first quantity.
The method of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the displaying the attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on a first area of the icon of the application, further comprising:

The content of the first message dynamically displayed on a first area of the icon of the application.
The method of any of claims 1-4, further comprising:

Receiving, by the terminal, an instruction that the user clicks on the first area;

The terminal opens the application and enters a conversation page between the user and the first sender.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: after the terminal receives the first message of an application, the method further comprising:

The application icon is displayed on a lock screen interface of the terminal.
The method of claim 6 wherein said terminal receives an instruction by a user to click on said first area; said terminal opens said application and enters a dialogue of said user with said first sender The page specifically includes:

Receiving, by the terminal, an instruction that the user clicks on the first area;

The terminal displays an unlocking interface;

Receiving, by the terminal, the operation of unlocking a screen by a user;

If the operation of the user unlocking the screen is correct, the terminal opens the application and enters a conversation page of the user with the first sender.
The method of any of claims 1-7, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the terminal, a second message of the application;

Obtaining, by the terminal, attribute information of the second sender of the second message, and the application The second number of unread messages sent by the second sender, and the unread message sent by the second sender includes a second message;

If the second sender is different from the first sender, displaying the attribute information of the second sender and the second quantity on a second display area of the icon of the application.
The method of any of claims 1-7, wherein the method further comprises:

Receiving, by the terminal, a second message of the application;

Obtaining, by the terminal, attribute information of a sender of the second message;

If the second sender is the same as the first sender, the terminal increments the first number of first regions of the icon displayed in the application by one.
The method of claim 8 further comprising:

And the terminal, according to the priority of the contact marked by the user, arranging the attribute information of the first sender and the attribute information of the second sender on a first area of the icon of the application.
A terminal, comprising:

a receiving unit, configured to receive a first message of an application;

An acquiring unit, configured to acquire attribute information of a first sender of the first message, and a first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application, the attribute information of the first sender Including at least one of a sender avatar, a sender name, a sender nickname, a sender account number, or a sender number, the unread message sent by the first sender includes a first message;

a display unit, configured to display attribute information of the first sender and the first quantity on a first area of the icon of the application.
The terminal according to claim 11, wherein the terminal further comprises: a determining unit;

The determining unit is configured to determine, according to the attribute information of the first sender or the first quantity of the unread message sent by the first sender in the application, the first icon of the application The first sender's attribute information and the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender in the application are displayed on the area.
The terminal of claim 12, comprising:

If the first sender is a contact marked by a user, the determining unit is configured to determine that the first sender's attribute information and the first quantity are displayed on a first area of the icon of the application ;or

If the first sender is an important information pusher, the determining unit is configured to determine that the first sender's attribute information and the first quantity are displayed on a first area of the icon of the application, The important information pusher includes a national or government public platform, a bank that sends consumption reminding information or repayment information; or,

If the first number of unread messages sent by the first sender exceeds a preset threshold, the determining unit is configured to determine to display the attributes of the first sender on a first area of the icon of the application Information and the first quantity.
The terminal according to any one of claims 11 to 13, wherein the display unit is further configured to dynamically display the content of the first message on a first area of the icon of the application.
The terminal according to any one of claims 11 to 14, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive an instruction that the user clicks on the first area;

The terminal further includes: a control unit;

The control unit is configured to open the application and enter a dialog page of the user and the first sender.
The terminal according to any one of claims 11 to 15, wherein the display unit is further configured to display the application icon on a lock screen interface of the terminal.
The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the display unit is further configured to display an unlocking interface;

The receiving unit is further configured to receive an operation of the user unlocking a screen;

If the operation of the user unlocking the screen is correct, the control unit is configured to open the application and enter a dialogue page of the user and the first sender.
The terminal according to any one of claims 11-17, wherein the receiving unit Also for accepting a second message of the application;

The acquiring unit is further configured to acquire attribute information of the second sender of the second message and a second quantity of the unread message sent by the second sender in the application, where the second sender sends The unread message includes a second message;

If the second sender is different from the first sender, the display unit is further configured to display attribute information of the second sender and the first part on a second display area of the icon of the application Two quantities.
The terminal according to any one of claims 11-17, wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive a second message of the application;

The obtaining unit is further configured to acquire attribute information of a sender of the second message;

If the second sender is the same as the first sender, the display unit is further configured to display a quantity after the first number of the first area of the icon of the application is incremented by one.
The terminal according to claim 18, wherein the terminal further comprises a sorting unit;

The sorting unit is configured to arrange the attribute information of the first sender and the attribute of the second sender on a first area of the icon of the application according to a priority of the contact marked by the user information.
A terminal comprising a processor, a memory, and a screen;

The screen is for displaying an unread message of an application;

The memory is configured to store an instruction;

The processor is configured to invoke an instruction in the memory to perform the method of any of the preceding claims 1-10.