CN105653119A

CN105653119A - Mobile terminal and method for application location

Info

Publication number: CN105653119A
Application number: CN201510944343.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张翘; 路洋
Original assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Nubia Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-12-16
Filing date: 2015-12-16
Publication date: 2016-06-08

Abstract

The invention discloses a mobile terminal and a method for application location. The mobile terminal comprises a judging module, an acquisition module and a display module, wherein the judging module can determine whether operation to a first application icon by the user is preset operation, sending an acquisition notice to the acquisition module when the operation to the first application icon by the user is determined to be the preset operation; the acquisition module can receive the acquisition notice and acquire a second application related to a first application corresponding to the first application icon; and the display module can display a second application icon. By the use of the technical scheme, the application can be conveniently located, so user time can be reduced and user experience can be enhanced.

Description

Mobile terminal and method for realizing application search thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to an intelligent terminal technology, in particular to a mobile terminal and a method for realizing application search.

Background

With the development of intelligent terminal technology, Applications (APPs) in mobile terminals are increasing, and thus, when a certain application or an application related to the application is searched, a large amount of search time is required. In order to avoid spending a large amount of search time to search for an application or an application associated with the application, the associated applications may be classified and placed in the same folder, and then searched in the classified folder. However, with the increase of application types in the mobile terminal, folders are also increased, the user needs to spend time for arranging the folders, and at the moment, when the folders are opened or pages are turned to find the APP, the time of the user is wasted by the steps, and the user experience is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention provides a mobile terminal and a method for realizing application search thereof, which can search applications more conveniently, save time of a user and improve user experience.

In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the present invention provides a mobile terminal comprising: the device comprises a judging module, an obtaining module and a display module; wherein,

the judging module is used for judging whether the operation of the user for the first application icon is a preset operation; when the operation of the user for the first application icon is judged to be a preset operation, sending an acquisition notification to an acquisition module;

the acquisition module is used for receiving the acquisition notification and acquiring a second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon;

and the display module is used for displaying the icon of the second application.

Optionally, the mobile terminal further comprises a detection module and a starting module;

the detection module is used for sending a starting notice to the starting module when detecting that the user clicks the icon association configuration item;

and the starting module is used for receiving a starting notice and starting the icon correlation function.

Optionally, the preset operation includes: a pressing operation, a sliding operation, a dragging operation, a single-click operation, a double-click operation, or a physical key operation.

Optionally, the determining module is further configured to determine whether the obtained second application is already installed; when the second application is judged to be installed, sending a first display notification to the display module; when the second application is judged to be not installed, sending a second display notification to the display module;

the display module is specifically configured to: receiving a first display notification, and displaying the obtained second corresponding application icon;

and receiving a second display notification, and displaying the obtained downloaded application icon of the second application.

Optionally, the obtaining module is further configured to obtain operation information of an operation of a user on the first application icon;

the judging module is further configured to judge whether the obtained operation information meets a preset condition; and when the acquired operation information is judged to meet the preset condition, sending the acquisition notice to the acquisition module.

The invention also provides a method for realizing application search, which comprises the following steps:

judging whether the operation of the user for the first application icon is a preset operation or not;

when the operation of the user for the first application icon is judged to be a preset operation, acquiring a second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon;

displaying an icon of the second application.

Optionally, the method further comprises, before:

adding icon association configuration items in a setting menu of the mobile terminal;

and when the user clicking the icon association configuration item is detected, starting an icon association function.

Optionally, after the acquiring of the second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon, before the displaying of the icon of the second application, the method further includes: judging whether the obtained second application is installed or not;

the displaying the icon of the second application comprises:

when the second application is judged to be installed, displaying the obtained application icon of the second application;

and when the second application is judged not to be installed, displaying the obtained downloaded application icon of the second application.

Optionally, the determining whether the operation of the user on the first application icon is a preset operation, and when it is determined that the operation of the user on the first application icon is a preset operation, the acquiring the second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon specifically includes: acquiring operation information of a user for the operation of the first application icon;

judging whether the obtained operation information meets a preset condition or not;

and when the obtained operation information is judged to meet the preset condition, the step of obtaining a second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon is carried out.

The technical scheme of the mobile terminal comprises the following steps: the device comprises a judging module, an obtaining module and a display module; the judging module is used for judging whether the operation of the user for the first application icon is a preset operation; when the operation of the user for the first application icon is judged to be a preset operation, sending an acquisition notification to an acquisition module; the acquisition module is used for receiving the acquisition notification and acquiring a second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon; and the display module is used for displaying the icon of the second application. According to the technical scheme, the application can be searched more conveniently, the time of the user is saved, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without limiting the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an alternative mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a communication system supporting communication between mobile terminals in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method of implementing application lookup in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a user operating a first application icon according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the relationship of the present invention;

FIG. 7(a) is a schematic diagram of a ring-shaped display associated icon according to the present invention;

FIG. 7(b) is a diagram illustrating a list of associated icons according to the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for implementing application lookup in accordance with the present invention.

Detailed Description

The technical solution of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

A mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to denote elements are used only for facilitating the explanation of the present invention, and have no specific meaning in themselves. Thus, "module" and "component" may be used in a mixture.

The mobile terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in the present invention may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcast receiver, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PAD (tablet computer), a PMP (portable multimedia player), a navigation device, and the like, and a stationary terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like. In the following, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a fixed type terminal in addition to elements particularly used for moving purposes.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an optional mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 may include a wireless communication unit 110, an a/V (audio/video) input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, an interface unit 170, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190, etc. Fig. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal having various components, but it is to be understood that not all illustrated components are required to be implemented. More or fewer components may alternatively be implemented. Elements of the mobile terminal will be described in detail below.

The wireless communication unit 110 typically includes one or more components that allow radio communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a wireless communication system or network. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include at least one of a mobile communication module 112, a wireless internet module 113, a short-range communication module 114, and a location information module 115.

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and/or receives radio signals to and/or from at least one of a base station (e.g., access point, node B, etc.), an external terminal, and a server. Such radio signals may include voice call signals, video call signals, or various types of data transmitted and/or received according to text and/or multimedia messages.

The wireless internet module 113 supports wireless internet access of the mobile terminal. The module may be internally or externally coupled to the terminal. The wireless internet access technology to which the module relates may include WLAN (wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (wireless broadband), Wimax (worldwide interoperability for microwave access), HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access), and the like.

The short-range communication module 114 is a module for supporting short-range communication. Some examples of short-range communication technologies include bluetooth^TMRadio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), zigbee^TMAnd so on.

The location information module 115 is a module for checking or acquiring location information of the mobile terminal. A typical example of the location information module is a GPS (global positioning system). According to the current technology, the GPS module 115 calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites and applies triangulation to the calculated information, thereby accurately calculating three-dimensional current location information according to longitude, latitude, and altitude. Currently, a method for calculating position and time information uses three satellites and corrects an error of the calculated position and time information by using another satellite. In addition, the GPS module 115 can calculate speed information by continuously calculating current position information in real time.

The a/V input unit 120 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The a/V input unit 120 may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122, and the camera 121 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing apparatus in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 151. The image frames processed by the cameras 121 may be stored in the memory 160 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the wireless communication unit 110, and two or more cameras 121 may be provided according to the construction of the mobile terminal. The microphone 122 may receive sounds (audio data) via the microphone in a phone call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and can process such sounds into audio data. The processed audio (voice) data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the mobile communication module 112 in case of a phone call mode. The microphone 122 may implement various types of noise cancellation (or suppression) algorithms to cancel (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the course of receiving and transmitting audio signals.

The user input unit 130 may generate key input data according to a command input by a user to control various operations of the mobile terminal. The user input unit 130 allows a user to input various types of information, and may include a keyboard, dome sheet, touch pad (e.g., a touch-sensitive member that detects changes in resistance, pressure, capacitance, and the like due to being touched), scroll wheel, joystick, and the like. In particular, when the touch pad is superimposed on the display unit 151 in the form of a layer, a touch screen may be formed.

The sensing unit 140 detects a current state of the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., an open or closed state of the mobile terminal 100), a position of the mobile terminal 100, presence or absence of contact (i.e., touch input) by a user with the mobile terminal 100, an orientation of the mobile terminal 100, acceleration or deceleration movement and direction of the mobile terminal 100, and the like, and generates a command or signal for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is implemented as a slide-type mobile phone, the sensing unit 140 may sense whether the slide-type phone is opened or closed. In addition, the sensing unit 140 can detect whether the power supply unit 190 supplies power or whether the interface unit 170 is coupled with an external device. The sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 1410 as will be described below in connection with a touch screen.

The interface unit 170 serves as an interface through which at least one external device is connected to the mobile terminal 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The identification module may store various information for authenticating a user using the mobile terminal 100 and may include a User Identity Module (UIM), a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM), and the like. In addition, a device having an identification module (hereinafter, referred to as an "identification device") may take the form of a smart card, and thus, the identification device may be connected with the mobile terminal 100 via a port or other connection means. The interface unit 170 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 100 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal and the external device.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected with an external cradle, the interface unit 170 may serve as a path through which power is supplied from the cradle to the mobile terminal 100 or may serve as a path through which various command signals input from the cradle are transmitted to the mobile terminal. Various command signals or power input from the cradle may be used as signals for recognizing whether the mobile terminal is accurately mounted on the cradle. The output unit 150 is configured to provide output signals (e.g., audio signals, video signals, alarm signals, vibration signals, etc.) in a visual, audio, and/or tactile manner. The output unit 150 may include a display unit 151, an audio output module 152, and the like.

The display unit 151 may display information processed in the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a phone call mode, the display unit 151 may display a User Interface (UI) or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) related to a call or other communication (e.g., text messaging, multimedia file downloading, etc.). When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or an image capturing mode, the display unit 151 may display a captured image and/or a received image, a UI or GUI showing a video or an image and related functions, and the like.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 151 and the touch pad are overlapped with each other in the form of a layer to form a touch screen, the display unit 151 may serve as an input device and an output device. The display unit 151 may include at least one of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a flexible display, a three-dimensional (3D) display, and the like. Some of these displays may be configured to be transparent to allow a user to view from the outside, which may be referred to as transparent displays, and a typical transparent display may be, for example, a TOLED (transparent organic light emitting diode) display or the like. Depending on the particular desired implementation, the mobile terminal 100 may include two or more display units (or other display devices), for example, the mobile terminal may include an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown). The touch screen may be used to detect a touch input pressure as well as a touch input position and a touch input area.

The audio output module 152 may convert audio data received by the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 into an audio signal and output as sound when the mobile terminal is in a call signal reception mode, a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, or the like. Also, the audio output module 152 may provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output module 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The memory 160 may store software programs and the like for processing and controlling operations performed by the controller 180, or may temporarily store data (e.g., a phonebook, messages, still images, videos, and the like) that has been or will be output. Also, the memory 160 may store data regarding various ways of vibration and audio signals output when a touch is applied to the touch screen.

The memory 160 may include at least one type of storage medium including a flash memory, a hard disk, a multimedia card, a card-type memory (e.g., SD or DX memory, etc.), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and the like. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may cooperate with a network storage device that performs a storage function of the memory 160 through a network connection.

The controller 180 generally controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, the controller 180 performs control and processing related to voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. In addition, the controller 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for reproducing (or playing back) multimedia data, and the multimedia module 181 may be constructed within the controller 180 or may be constructed separately from the controller 180. The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process to recognize a handwriting input or a picture drawing input performed on the touch screen as a character or an image.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power or internal power and provides appropriate power required to operate various elements and components under the control of the controller 180.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer-readable medium using, for example, computer software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented using at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, an electronic unit designed to perform the functions described herein, and in some cases, such embodiments may be implemented in the controller 180. For a software implementation, the implementation such as a process or a function may be implemented with a separate software module that allows performing at least one function or operation. The software codes may be implemented by software applications (or programs) written in any suitable programming language, which may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the controller 180.

Up to this point, mobile terminals have been described in terms of their functionality. Hereinafter, a slide-type mobile terminal among various types of mobile terminals, such as a folder-type, bar-type, swing-type, slide-type mobile terminal, and the like, will be described as an example for the sake of brevity. Accordingly, the present invention can be applied to any type of mobile terminal, and is not limited to a slide type mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal 100 as shown in fig. 1 may be configured to operate with communication systems such as wired and wireless communication systems and satellite-based communication systems that transmit data via frames or packets.

A communication system in which a mobile terminal according to the present invention is operable will now be described with reference to fig. 2.

Such communication systems may use different air interfaces and/or physical layers. For example, the air interface used by the communication system includes, for example, Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) (in particular, Long Term Evolution (LTE)), global system for mobile communications (GSM), and the like. By way of non-limiting example, the following description relates to a CDMA communication system, but such teachings are equally applicable to other types of systems.

Referring to fig. 2, the CDMA wireless communication system may include a plurality of mobile terminals 100, a plurality of Base Stations (BSs) 270, Base Station Controllers (BSCs) 275, and a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 280. The MSC280 is configured to interface with a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 290. The MSC280 is also configured to interface with a BSC275, which may be coupled to the base station 270 via a backhaul. The backhaul may be constructed according to any of several known interfaces including, for example, E1/T1, ATM, IP, PPP, frame Relay, HDSL, ADSL, or xDSL. It will be understood that a system as shown in fig. 2 may include multiple BSCs 2750.

Each BS270 may serve one or more sectors (or regions), each sector covered by a multi-directional antenna or an antenna pointing in a particular direction being radially distant from the BS 270. Alternatively, each partition may be covered by two or more antennas for diversity reception. Each BS270 may be configured to support multiple frequency allocations, with each frequency allocation having a particular frequency spectrum (e.g., 1.25MHz,5MHz, etc.).

The intersection of partitions with frequency allocations may be referred to as a CDMA channel. The BS270 may also be referred to as a Base Transceiver Subsystem (BTS) or other equivalent terminology. In such a case, the term "base station" may be used to generically refer to a single BSC275 and at least one BS 270. The base stations may also be referred to as "cells". Alternatively, each sector of a particular BS270 may be referred to as a plurality of cell sites.

In fig. 2, a plurality of satellites 300 are depicted, but it is understood that useful positioning information may be obtained with any number of satellites. The GPS module 115 as shown in fig. 1 is generally configured to cooperate with satellites 300 to obtain desired positioning information. Other techniques that can track the location of the mobile terminal may be used instead of or in addition to GPS tracking techniques. In addition, at least one GPS satellite 300 may selectively or additionally process satellite DMB transmission.

As a typical operation of the wireless communication system, the BS270 receives reverse link signals from various mobile terminals 100. The mobile terminal 100 is generally engaged in conversations, messaging, and other types of communications. Each reverse link signal received by a particular base station 270 is processed within the particular BS 270. The obtained data is forwarded to the associated BSC 275. The BSC provides call resource allocation and mobility management functions including coordination of soft handoff procedures between BSs 270. The BSCs 275 also route the received data to the MSC280, which provides additional routing services for interfacing with the PSTN 290. Similarly, the PSTN290 interfaces with the MSC280, the MSC interfaces with the BSCs 275, and the BSCs 275 accordingly control the BS270 to transmit forward link signals to the mobile terminal 100.

Based on the above mobile terminal hardware structure and communication system, the present invention provides various embodiments of the method.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, including: a judging module 30, an obtaining module 31 and a display module 32. Wherein,

the judging module 30 is configured to judge whether an operation of a user on the first application icon is a preset operation; and when the operation of the user for the first application icon is judged to be the preset operation, sending an acquisition notice to the acquisition module.

Wherein the preset operation comprises: a pressing operation, a sliding operation, a dragging operation, a single-click operation, a double-click operation, or a physical key operation.

Further, the determining module 30 is further configured to determine whether the obtained second application is already installed; when it is determined that the second application has been installed, sending a first display notification to the display module 32; and when the second application is judged not to be installed, sending a second display notice to the display module 32.

Further, the determining module 30 is further configured to determine whether the obtained operation information meets a preset condition; and when the acquired operation information is judged to meet the preset condition, sending the acquisition notification to the acquisition module 31.

The obtaining module 31 is configured to receive the obtaining notification, and obtain a second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon.

Further, the obtaining module 31 is further configured to obtain operation information of an operation of the user on the first application icon.

Wherein the operation information includes: press operation information, slide operation information, drag operation information, click operation information, double-click operation information, or physical key operation information.

A display module 32, configured to display an icon of the second application.

The display module 32 is specifically configured to: receiving a first display notification, and displaying the obtained second corresponding application icon;

Further, the mobile terminal further comprises a detection module 33 and an activation module 34;

the detection module 33 is configured to send a start notification to the start module 34 when it is detected that the user clicks the icon association configuration item;

the starting module 34 is configured to receive a starting notification and start an icon associated function.

Further, the mobile terminal further includes a setting module 35, configured to set an association relationship between the applications. The association relationship between the applications may be set according to the type or use frequency of the applications or the size of the application installation package. The storage can be in a table mode, a database mode or a graph mode. For example, the association may be set according to different uses (types) of applications, such as an instant messaging application, a shopping application, a payment application, a game application, and a map application, and the like.

For example, taking the WeChat as an example, the association relationship between the WeChat and other instant messaging applications can be set, and the WeChat is respectively associated with QQ, QQ space, microblog and strange; may be stored in a tabular manner, as shown in table 1; or may be stored in a relational graph. Taking the Taobao application as an example, Taobao can be associated with the names of shopping applications such as Jingdong, Wei Hui and Dang.

Application name	Associated application name
		WeChat	QQ, QQ space, microblog and strange

TABLE 1

Further, the mobile terminal further includes a processing module 36, configured to receive the first processing notification, and enter an interface corresponding to the application icon selected by the user; and receiving a second processing notification, and entering an interface corresponding to the downloaded application icon selected by the user or directly downloading the application.

Further, when the preset operation is a pressing operation, the mobile terminal further comprises an adjusting module, configured to acquire a pressing force value or a pressing duration of the user at least once;

adjusting a pressing force threshold according to the acquired pressing force value of the user; or,

adjusting a pressing time threshold according to the collected pressing time of the user;

and setting preset operation according to the pressing force degree threshold or the pressing time length threshold.

Preferably, the adjusting module sets a pressing operation with a pressing force value equal to the pressing force threshold or a pressing time length equal to the pressing time length threshold as a preset operation.

Wherein, the adjustment module adjusts the pressing intensity threshold according to the pressing intensity value of this user of collection, includes:

calculating the average value of the acquired pressing force values of the user;

when the average value of the calculated pressing force values is smaller than or equal to the pressing force threshold value, reducing the pressing force threshold value;

and when the average value of the calculated pressing force values is larger than the pressing force threshold value, increasing the pressing force threshold value.

Wherein, the adjustment module adjusts the pressing duration threshold according to the collected pressing duration of the user, including:

calculating the average value of the collected pressing time of the user;

when the calculated average value of the pressing time is less than or equal to the pressing time threshold, reducing the pressing time threshold;

and when the calculated average value of the pressing force values is greater than the pressing force threshold value, increasing the pressing time threshold value.

For example, if the set pressing force threshold is 10, 3 times of pressure values are collected, which are 1, 5 and 3 respectively, and at this time, the average value of the 3 times of pressure values is 3, and 3 is smaller than the pressing force threshold (10), so that the pressing force threshold can be adjusted to 8; if 3 pressure values are collected, 11, 15 and 13 respectively, the average value of the 3 pressure values is collected to be 13, and 13 is larger than the pressing force threshold (10), so that the pressing force threshold can be adjusted to be 15 at the moment; in addition, if the set pressing duration threshold is 30 milliseconds, 3 times of pressing durations are acquired, which are 10 milliseconds, 5 milliseconds and 3 milliseconds respectively, at this time, the average value of the 3 times of pressing durations is 6 milliseconds, and 6 milliseconds are smaller than the pressing duration threshold (30 milliseconds), so that the pressing duration threshold can be adjusted to 15 milliseconds; if the set pressing length threshold is 15 ms, 3 pressing lengths are acquired, 18 ms, 25 ms and 32 ms respectively, and the average value of the 3 pressing lengths is 25 ms and 25 ms is greater than the pressing length threshold (15 ms), so that the pressing length threshold can be adjusted to 20 ms.

The pressing force threshold is adjusted according to the acquired pressing force value of the user or the pressing time threshold is adjusted according to the acquired pressing time of the user, so that the user with different force application can be adapted, the experience feeling of the user can be better met, the dynamic distribution adjustment is carried out on the pressing force threshold and/or the pressing time threshold according to the force application habits of the user due to the fact that the user with different force application force sizes or different force application duration times of people of different ages (such as children or middle-aged people), and the better operation purpose can be achieved.

Further, the adjusting module is further configured to adjust other preset condition setting preset operations. How to adjust the predetermined condition is a routine technique known to those skilled in the art, and will not be described herein.

In the mobile terminal, the icon of the second application associated with the application is displayed when the operation of the certain application icon is judged to be the preset operation, so that a convenient way for searching the application can be provided for a user, the application can be searched more conveniently, the time of the user is saved, and the user experience is improved.

It should be noted that the determining module 30, the processing module 36 and the starting module 34 in the mobile terminal may be disposed in the controller 180 in fig. 1; the acquisition module 31 may be disposed in the memory 160 in fig. 1; the display module 32 may be provided in the display unit 151 in fig. 1; the detection module 33 and the adjustment module may be provided in the sensing unit 140 in fig. 1; the setup module 35 may be provided in the controller 180 in fig. 1; or may be provided in the user input unit 130 of fig. 1.

In a preferred embodiment, a mobile terminal in the preferred embodiment includes: the device comprises a detection module 33, a starting module 34, a setting module 35, a judgment module 30, an acquisition module 31, a display module 32 and a processing module 36. Wherein,

a detecting module 33, configured to send a start notification to the starting module 34 when it is detected that the user clicks the icon association configuration item.

Further, the detecting module 33 is further configured to send a first processing notification to the processing module 36 when it is detected that the user selects one application icon; when it is detected that the user selects one of the download application icons, a second process notification is sent to the processing module 36.

And the starting module 34 is used for receiving the starting notification and starting the icon association function.

And a setting module 35, configured to set an association relationship between the applications.

The storage may be in the form of a table, a database, or a relational graph. Therein, the association may be set according to different uses (types) of applications, such as an instant messaging application, a shopping application, a payment application, a game application, a map application, and the like.

Further, the setting module 35 is further configured to set a physical button for triggering a subsequent associated display.

The determining module 30 is configured to send an acquisition notification to the acquiring module 31 when it is determined that the user selects the first application icon and operates the physical button.

The obtaining module 31 is configured to receive the obtaining notification, and obtain all the second applications associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon.

Further, the determining module 30 is further configured to determine whether the second application is already installed. When it is determined that the second application has been installed, sending a first display notification to the display module 32; when it is determined that the second application is not installed, a second display notification is sent to the display module 32.

A display module 32, configured to receive the first display notification and display an application icon of the second application; and receiving a second display notice, and displaying a downloaded application icon of the second application name.

A processing module 36, configured to receive the first processing notification and enter an interface corresponding to the application icon selected by the user; and receiving a second processing notification, and entering an interface corresponding to the downloaded application icon selected by the user or directly downloading the application.

In the mobile terminal of this embodiment, when it is detected that the user selects the first application icon and operates the preset physical button, icons of all second applications associated with the first application are displayed, and the second applications are entered or downloaded according to the selection of the user, so that rapid search and rapid entry into a certain application are realized, and the time of the user is saved.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a method for implementing application search according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, including:

step 401: and judging whether the operation of the user on the first application icon is a preset operation.

The preset sensing area, in which the mobile terminal senses the operation of the user for the first application icon, may be a touch screen area of the mobile terminal.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an operation performed by a user for a first application icon in the present invention, and fig. 5 is only an example of pressing the display screen of the mobile terminal with a right hand, and details of an exemplary diagram of pressing the display screen of the mobile terminal left and right are not repeated.

Step 402: when the operation of the user on the first application icon is judged to be the preset operation, acquiring a second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon.

Further, the method also comprises the following steps: adding icon association configuration items in a setting menu of the mobile terminal;

and when detecting that the user clicks the icon association configuration item, starting an icon association function.

It should be noted that how to add icon association configuration items belongs to the conventional technical means known to those skilled in the art, and the description is not repeated herein, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention emphasizes that the icon association function is used to find the associated application.

Further, the method also comprises the following steps: and setting the association relation among the applications. The association relationship between the applications may be set according to the type or use frequency of the applications or the size of the application installation package. The storage may be in the form of a table, a database, or a relational graph. For example, the association may be set according to different uses (types) of applications, such as an instant messaging application, a shopping application, a payment application, a game application, and a map application, and the like.

For example, taking the WeChat as an example, the association relationship between the WeChat and other instant messaging applications can be set, and the WeChat is respectively associated with QQ, QQ space, microblog and strange; may be stored in a tabular manner, as shown in table 1; or may be stored in a correlation diagram, as shown in fig. 6, wherein the bold solid line represents correlation. Taking the Taobao application as an example, Taobao can be associated with the names of shopping applications such as Jingdong, Wei Hui and Dang.

TABLE 1

Further, the determining whether the operation of the user on the first application icon is a preset operation, and when it is determined that the operation of the user on the first application icon is a preset operation, acquiring the second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon specifically includes: acquiring operation information of a user for operation of a first application icon;

and when the acquired operation information is judged to meet the preset condition, the step of acquiring all second applications associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon is carried out.

Wherein, when the preset operation is a press operation, judging whether the obtained operation information meets the preset condition comprises: judging whether the obtained pressing information of the user meets a preset pressing condition or not;

wherein, the preset pressing conditions comprise: a pressing duration threshold, and/or a pressing force degree threshold; the pressing information includes: a length of compression, and/or a magnitude of compression force.

Wherein, when the information of pressing is the length of time of pressing, judge whether the information of pressing of the user who obtains satisfies and predetermine the condition of pressing, include:

judging whether the obtained pressing time length is greater than or equal to a pressing time length threshold value or not;

when the obtained pressing time length is greater than or equal to the pressing time length threshold, judging that the obtained pressing information of the user meets a preset pressing condition;

and when the obtained pressing time length is smaller than the pressing time length threshold value, judging that the obtained pressing information of the user does not meet the preset pressing condition.

Wherein, when the pressing information is the pressing force value, judge whether the pressing information of the user who obtains satisfies and predetermine the condition of pressing, include:

judging whether the obtained pressing force value is greater than or equal to a pressing force threshold value;

when the obtained pressing force value is larger than or equal to the pressing force threshold value, judging that the obtained pressing information of the user meets a preset pressing condition;

and when the obtained pressing force value is smaller than the pressing force threshold value, judging that the obtained pressing information of the user does not meet the preset pressing condition.

Wherein, when the information of pressing includes pressing duration and pressure value, judge whether the user's who obtains information of pressing satisfies and predetermine the condition of pressing, include:

when the obtained pressing time length is greater than or equal to the pressing time length threshold and the obtained pressing force value is greater than or equal to the pressing force threshold, judging that the obtained pressing information of the user meets a preset pressing condition;

and when the obtained pressing force value is smaller than the pressing force threshold value, or the obtained pressing force value is smaller than the pressing force threshold value, judging that the obtained pressing information of the user does not meet the preset pressing condition.

Wherein, when the preset operation is a sliding operation, judging whether the obtained operation information meets the preset condition comprises: judging whether the obtained sliding information of the user meets a preset sliding condition or not;

wherein the preset sliding condition comprises: a sliding distance threshold, and/or a particular sliding direction; the slide information includes: sliding distance, and/or sliding direction.

Wherein, when the slip information is the sliding distance, judge whether the slip information of the user who obtains satisfies and predetermine the slip condition, include:

judging whether the obtained sliding distance is greater than or equal to a sliding distance threshold value;

when the obtained sliding distance is larger than or equal to the sliding distance threshold value, judging that the obtained sliding information of the user meets a preset sliding condition;

and when the obtained sliding distance is smaller than the sliding distance threshold value, judging that the obtained sliding information of the user does not meet the preset sliding condition.

When the sliding information is the sliding direction, whether the obtained sliding information of the user meets a preset sliding condition is judged, and the method comprises the following steps:

judging whether the obtained sliding direction is in a specific sliding direction;

when the obtained sliding direction is in the specific sliding direction, judging that the obtained sliding information of the user meets a preset sliding condition;

and when the obtained sliding direction is not in the specific sliding direction, judging that the obtained sliding information of the user does not meet the preset sliding condition.

Wherein, when the slip information includes sliding distance and slip direction, judge whether the slip information of the user who obtains satisfies and predetermine the slip condition, include:

judging whether the obtained sliding distance is greater than or equal to a sliding distance threshold value; judging whether the obtained sliding direction is in a specific sliding direction;

when the obtained sliding distance is larger than or equal to the sliding distance threshold value and the obtained sliding direction is in the specific sliding direction, judging that the obtained sliding information of the user meets a preset sliding condition;

and when the obtained sliding distance is smaller than the sliding distance threshold value or the obtained sliding direction is not in the specific sliding direction, judging that the obtained sliding information of the user does not meet the preset sliding condition.

Wherein, when the preset operation is a drag operation, the drag operation information of the user includes: a drag distance, and/or a drag trajectory; the preset dragging conditions include: a dragging distance threshold, and/or a preset dragging track. The specific judgment idea is the same as the judgment whether the obtained sliding information of the user meets the preset sliding condition, and is not described herein again.

Wherein, when the preset operation is a double-click operation, the double-click operation information of the user includes: the duration of the double-click operation interval; the preset double-click condition includes: a duration threshold.

A button can be arranged on a display interface of the first application, and is used for triggering subsequent associated display when a user selects the button; or, a physical button may be provided, which is used to trigger subsequent associated display when the user selects the first application icon and operates the physical button.

Further, the method also comprises the following steps: collecting the pressing force value or the pressing time length of the user for at least one time;

Preferably, a pressing operation in which the pressing force value is equal to the pressing force threshold value or the pressing time period is equal to the pressing time period threshold value is set as a preset operation

Wherein, according to the pressing intensity value adjustment pressing intensity threshold value of this user of this collection, include:

Wherein, according to the length of time adjustment press of this user's that gathers press duration threshold value, include:

calculating the average value of the collected pressing time of the user;

For example, if the set pressing force threshold is 10, 3 times of pressure values are collected, which are 1, 5, and 3, respectively, and at this time, the average value of the 3 times of pressure values is 3, and 3 is smaller than the pressing force threshold (10), so that the pressing force threshold can be adjusted to 8; if 3 pressure values are collected, 11, 15 and 13 respectively, the average value of the 3 pressure values is collected to be 13, and 13 is larger than the pressing force threshold (10), so that the pressing force threshold can be adjusted to be 15 at the moment; in addition, if the set pressing duration threshold is 30 milliseconds, 3 times of pressing durations are acquired, which are 10 milliseconds, 5 milliseconds and 3 milliseconds respectively, at this time, the average value of the 3 times of pressing durations is 6 milliseconds, and 6 milliseconds are smaller than the pressing duration threshold (30 milliseconds), so that the pressing duration threshold can be adjusted to 15 milliseconds; if the set pressing length threshold is 15 ms, 3 pressing lengths are acquired, 18 ms, 25 ms and 32 ms respectively, and the average value of the 3 pressing lengths is 25 ms and 25 ms is greater than the pressing length threshold (15 ms), so that the pressing length threshold can be adjusted to 20 ms. The pressing force threshold is adjusted according to the acquired pressing force value of the user or the pressing time threshold is adjusted according to the acquired pressing time of the user, so that the user with different force application can be adapted, the experience feeling of the user can be better met, the dynamic distribution adjustment is carried out on the pressing force threshold and/or the pressing time threshold according to the force application habits of the user due to the fact that the user with different force application force sizes or different force application duration times of people of different ages (such as children or middle-aged people), and the better operation purpose can be achieved.

Step 403: displaying an icon of the second application.

Further, a new interface is provided to display the icon of the second application. Here, the display may be performed as shown in fig. 7(a) or fig. 7 (b).

Fig. 7(a) is a schematic diagram of displaying associated icons in a ring shape according to the present invention, and when the user operates the icon of the first application to meet a preset condition, the QQ space, the microblog, the strange blog or the icon of another application associated with the wechat in fig. 7(a) is surrounded around the icon of the wechat in a ring display manner, wherein the QQ, the QQ space, the microblog, the strange blog or the icon of another application may be spaced apart from the icon of the wechat by the same distance, and the distance may be set in advance.

Fig. 7(b) is a schematic diagram of displaying associated icons in a list according to the present invention, and when the user operates the icon of the first application to satisfy a preset condition, the icons corresponding to the QQ, the QQ space, the microblog, the strange message or other application names associated with the WeChat in fig. 7(b) are displayed to the user in a list.

Further, after obtaining the second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon, before step 403, the method further includes: judging whether the obtained second application is installed or not;

displaying an icon of the second application, including:

The download application icon corresponds to an interface, and the corresponding interface may be a download interface. And when the user selects one download application icon, entering a download interface corresponding to the download application icon or directly downloading the application.

Wherein the icons of all the second applications are displayed by: a circular arrangement, or a radial arrangement, or a list arrangement.

Further, the method also includes, after: and when detecting that the user selects one icon of all the displayed icons of the second application, entering an interface corresponding to the icon selected by the user.

Wherein, entering the interface corresponding to the icon selected by the user comprises:

when the second application is judged to be installed, entering an application interface corresponding to the icon selected by the user;

and when the second application is judged not to be installed, entering a downloading interface of the application corresponding to the icon selected by the user, or directly downloading the application.

Further, after entering a download interface of the application corresponding to the icon selected by the user, the method further comprises: detecting a selection operation of a user;

and when the user selects that the application is not required to be downloaded, exiting the current downloading interface.

In the method, the icons of all the second applications associated with a certain first application are displayed when the operation of the icon of the first application is judged to be the preset operation, so that a convenient application searching way can be provided for a user, the application can be searched more conveniently, the time of the user is saved, and the user experience is improved.

Fig. 8 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a method for implementing application search according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, including:

step 801: and adding an icon associated configuration item in a setting menu of the mobile terminal.

Step 802: and when detecting that the user clicks the icon association configuration item, starting an icon association function.

After the icon association function is started, when the operation of a user on a certain application icon meets a preset condition, the application associated with the icon can be displayed.

Step 803: and setting the association relation among the applications.

Step 804: a physical button is set that triggers a subsequent associated display.

Step 805: and when the first application icon is judged to be selected by the user and the physical button is operated, acquiring all the second applications associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon.

Step 806: it is determined whether the second application is already installed. When it is determined that the second application is installed, go to step 807; otherwise, go to step 808.

Step 807: an application icon of the second application is displayed. Proceed to step 809.

Step 808: displaying a download application icon of the second application. Proceed to step 810.

Step 809: and when detecting that the user selects one application icon, entering an interface corresponding to the application icon selected by the user.

Step 810: and when detecting that the user selects one download application icon, entering an interface corresponding to the download application icon selected by the user or directly downloading the application.

In the method of the embodiment, when the first application icon is detected to be selected by the user and the physical button is operated, the icons of all the second applications associated with the first application are displayed, and the second applications are accessed or downloaded according to the selection of the user, so that the rapid search and the rapid access to one application are realized, and the time of the user is saved.

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that the method of the above embodiments can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation manner. Based on such understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present invention.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal, comprising: the device comprises a judging module, an obtaining module and a display module; wherein,

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, further comprising a detection module and an activation module;

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the preset operation comprises: a pressing operation, a sliding operation, a dragging operation, a single-click operation, a double-click operation, or a physical key operation.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the determining module is further configured to determine whether the obtained second application is already installed; when the second application is judged to be installed, sending a first display notification to the display module; when the second application is judged to be not installed, sending a second display notification to the display module;

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the obtaining module is further configured to obtain operation information of an operation of the user on the first application icon;

6. A method for implementing application lookup, comprising:

displaying an icon of the second application.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, prior to the method:

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the pre-setting operation comprises: a pressing operation, a sliding operation, a dragging operation, a single-click operation, a double-click operation, or a physical key operation.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein after the obtaining of the second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon, and before the displaying of the icon of the second application, the method further comprises: judging whether the obtained second application is installed or not;

the displaying the icon of the second application comprises:

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the determining whether the operation of the user on the first application icon is a preset operation, and when determining that the operation of the user on the first application icon is a preset operation, acquiring the second application associated with the first application corresponding to the first application icon specifically includes: acquiring operation information of a user for the operation of the first application icon;