In-application prompting method and device and client equipment
Technical Field
The present invention relates to web browsing, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for prompting in an application, and a corresponding client device.
Background
With the development of network technology and the popularization of client devices, people nowadays use various applications (for example, various APPs installed on an intelligent mobile terminal) on a client terminal to meet various needs in social life. Thus, improving the use experience of applications becomes an orientation for providing efforts for individual applications.
Applications often need to be updated or repurposed after their release. In addition, various types of activities (e.g., various promotional activities within a shopping-type application) may also be performed within the application. There are various kinds of in-application scenarios that need to be informed of the user's attention. In the application of the mobile client, the prior art generally uses a small red dot for prompting. FIG. 1 is an example of prompting a user within an application in the prior art. The small red dot of the "my" tab edge in the bottom menu bar (BottomBar) prompts the user that there are scenes within the tab that require the user's attention. Clicking on the My tab sees that there are small red dots on the edges of the My wallet, monthly affiliates, My originality, and My check-in items that prompt changes. At this point, the user needs to click into a specific item to know the specific content to be notified. Thus, the use of small red dots that do not give specific hint content can result in unnecessary click operations (e.g., the user clicks on an item of no interest in order to eliminate the small red dots), and can also result in the user ignoring important notifications (e.g., important content that should be notified because too many user selections of the small red-dotted item do not click).
Therefore, there is a need for an in-application prompting method, apparatus and client device to address at least one of the problems in the prior art.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an in-application prompting method, an in-application prompting device and client equipment, which can provide more accurate prompting in an application, so that the use experience of a user is improved.
According to one aspect of the invention, a method for prompting in an application is provided, which comprises the following steps: acquiring prompt contents of items to be prompted in a current view; displaying the prompt content in a prompt window pointing to the item to be prompted; and correspondingly changing the position of the prompt window along with the sliding of the view so as to keep the position of the indication window relative to the item to be prompted unchanged.
Thus, the item to be presented can be presented more intuitively. In addition, the position of the indication window relative to the item is unchanged, so that prompt can be more accurately and effectively carried out.
Preferably, the acquiring the prompt content of the item to be prompted includes: acquiring the prompt content from a server; or acquiring the prompt content from the local, wherein the prompt content is downloaded to the local when the application is updated last time. Therefore, a more appropriate acquisition mode can be selected according to specific use and networking conditions, so that smoother browsing and use experience is provided.
Preferably, when the item to be prompted slides out of the current view from one side of the screen, the display of the prompt window is retained on that side. This enables, for example, more efficient hinting of key hint content.
Preferably, the background and appearance of the prompt window can be specified locally from a server or by a user. This enables, for example, customization of the appearance of the window to meet the aesthetic or cueing needs of the server or user.
Preferably, the prompt window further comprises a button for clicking to close. This ensures that the display of the current view is not obstructed after the user has actually read the prompt.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for applying an in-application hint is provided, comprising: the prompting content acquisition unit is used for acquiring the prompting content of the item to be prompted in the current view; the prompt window display unit is used for displaying the prompt content in a prompt window pointing to the item to be prompted; and the prompt content anchoring unit is used for correspondingly changing the position of the prompt window along with the sliding of the view so as to keep the position of the indication window relative to the item to be prompted unchanged.
Preferably, the prompt content obtaining unit obtains the prompt content from a server; or acquiring the prompt content from the local, wherein the prompt content is downloaded to the local when the application is updated last time.
Preferably, when the item to be prompted slides out of the current view from one side of the screen, the prompt window display unit reserves the display of the prompt window on the side.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a client device comprising: display means for displaying information; a memory for storing information; and a processor coupled to the display device and the memory, the processor configured to: acquiring prompt contents of items to be prompted in a current view; causing the display device to display the prompt content in a prompt window pointing to the item to be prompted; correspondingly changing the position of the prompt window along with the sliding of the view so as to keep the position of the indication window relative to the item to be prompted unchanged.
Preferably, the client device further comprises a network communication device, wherein the processor obtains the prompt content from the server via the network communication device; or obtaining the prompt content from the memory, wherein the prompt content is downloaded to the memory via a network communication device when the application is updated last time.
According to the in-application prompting method, the in-application prompting device and the client equipment, the user can be accurately and specifically prompted.
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The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent by describing in greater detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings, in which like reference numerals generally represent like parts throughout.
Fig. 1 shows an example of prompting a user within an application in the prior art.
FIG. 2 illustrates an in-application hinting method according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 3 shows an example of an in-application hinting method using the present invention.
Fig. 4 shows a preferred example of using the in-application hinting method of the present invention.
Fig. 5 shows the view after the prompt window disappears.
Fig. 6 shows an example of the upper layer item display prompt window.
FIG. 7 illustrates an apparatus for hinting within an application, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 illustrates a client device in which the present invention may be implemented.
Detailed Description
Preferred embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
In the prior art, small red dots are used as prompts in the application, and the prompting method cannot give specific prompting contents and highlight prompting emphasis. Therefore, the invention firstly provides a prompting method in application. FIG. 2 illustrates an in-application hinting method according to one embodiment of the invention.
In step S210, the prompt content of the item to be prompted in the current view is acquired. Herein, the "to-be-prompted item" may be further defined as a "content-prompted item" to distinguish from, for example, "small red dots" without content prompts.
In step S220, the prompt content is displayed in the prompt window pointing to the item to be prompted.
Thus, the user can be informed of the specific notification content using the actual content in the prompt window. Fig. 3 shows an example of an in-application hinting method using the present invention. As shown, in addition to the conventional small red dot prompt, a prompt window pointing to the item is set for the "my check-in" item, and the prompt window prompts that the "check-in function has moved to here". In this way, the user can know the specific prompting content of the My check-in item. In the example in the figure, there are a plurality of items with small red dots where there is a transformation. However, the "my check-in" item can be recognized at a glance among numerous small red-dot prompts by using the prompt window, and thus is particularly suitable for notification of important function updates or changes. For example, although both the instruction window and the pinky dot are set for the "my check-in" item in the figure, in other embodiments, the item in which the instruction window is set may not have the pinky dot. In addition, although one prompt window is shown in the figure, a plurality of windows indicating the same or different items may be displayed in the same view according to actual needs.
Preferably, the acquiring the prompt content of the item to be prompted includes: acquiring the prompt content from a server; or acquiring the prompt content from the local, wherein the prompt content is downloaded to the local when the application is updated last time. For example, when the APP is installed on a mobile client, the content to be presented may be acquired from the local computer when a specific item needs to be displayed by downloading the presentation content to the local computer at the same time each time the APP is updated. In another embodiment, the prompt content to be displayed in the prompt window may also be obtained in real time from the server each time the prompt content needs to be displayed. Preferably, the background and appearance of the prompt window can be specified locally from a server or by a user, and different backgrounds and documentaries can be configured according to holidays or specific activities. For example, the application may select different formats, colors, and patterns depending on the european cup or olympic game being held. At this time, the background and the appearance of the prompt window, the font of the prompt content, etc. may be set accordingly to conform to the overall key of the current style.
Optionally, in step S230, the position of the prompt window may be changed correspondingly following the sliding of the view, so as to keep the position of the indication window relative to the item to be prompted unchanged. For example, when the user slides the current view, the prompt window slides along with the item it is anchored to. Thereby, an accurate indication of the item to be prompted during the user swipe is ensured.
Fig. 4 shows a preferred example of using the in-application hinting method of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, after sliding the current view, the "my check-in" item of the page slides up to a certain position, and the prompt window follows the relative position of the "my check-in" item, and keeps the relative position unchanged. Preferably, the prompt window further comprises a button that is clicked to close. When the user clicks the close button, the prompt window disappears and the interaction of the prompt facility ends, as shown in fig. 5.
Preferably, when the item slides out of the current view from one side of the screen, the display of the prompt window is retained on that side. For example, when the view shown in FIG. 4 continues to slide up so that the "My check-in" item slides out of the current view, the display of the prompt window may be left on the top side of the view.
Preferably, the prompt window may automatically disappear after being displayed for a certain length of time, a certain number of times, or after reaching a certain date.
Preferably, a prompt window may also be displayed for an upper layer item of the item to be prompted. Fig. 6 shows an example of the upper layer item display prompt window. As shown, the view at this point shows the bottom menu bar "Bookshelf" item. The prompt window for prompting the "my check-in" item is now used to prompt the "my" option for the "my check-in" upper level item. The same prompt content as "my check-in", i.e., "check-in function has moved here", is shown in the figure. However, in other embodiments, different prompts may be provided for the upper level items, such as "with function update cheer" and the like. In this way, since the content presentation is started from the upper layer (e.g., the bottom menu bar of the top page), it is possible to ensure a tangible reminder to the user of important information.
The above presents a number of embodiments of an in-application hinting method in accordance with the present invention. It should be understood that the preferred embodiments may be implemented in combination or separately, e.g., a prompt window with a close button may likewise automatically disappear after a particular length of time is displayed, etc. In addition, different levels can be set for different items to be prompted so as to provide different content prompting modes. For example, for a particularly important prompt, a prompt window may be set for its upper options, and the default duration of the prompt window may be longer and the appearance may be more conspicuous. For generally important reminders, only a reminder window for a particular item may be set, and the default duration may be shorter.
The corresponding page display apparatus and client device will be described below with reference to fig. 7 and 8. FIG. 7 illustrates an apparatus for hinting within an application, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. The in-application presentation apparatus 700 includes a presentation content acquisition unit 710 and a presentation window display unit 720. The prompt content obtaining unit 710 is configured to obtain prompt content of an item to be prompted in a current view. The prompt window display unit 720 is configured to display the prompt content in a prompt window pointing to the item to be prompted. Preferably, the in-application prompting device 700 can further include a prompting window anchoring unit 730, which is used for correspondingly changing the position of the prompting window along with the sliding of the view so as to keep the position of the prompting window relative to the item to be prompted unchanged. For example, the hint window anchor unit 730 can anchor the hint window to the target item. In this way, when the user slides the view, the hint window changes its position following the sliding of the anchor item to keep the position relative to the anchor unchanged.
In one embodiment, the prompt content obtaining unit 710 may obtain the prompt content from a server or obtain the prompt content locally, where the prompt content is downloaded locally when the application is updated last time.
In one embodiment, when the item slides out of the current view from one side of the screen, the prompt window display unit 720 retains the display of the prompt window at that side. Similarly, the prompt window display unit 720 may display the prompt window in various manners as described in the above prompt method, and will not be described herein again.
Fig. 8 shows a client device. The client device 800 includes a display 810, a memory 820, and a processor 830.
The display device 810 is used for displaying information, the memory 820 is used for storing information, and the processor 830 is connected to the display device 810 and the memory 820. The processor 830 may be configured to perform the prompting method described above in connection with fig. 1-6. Specifically, the processor 830 may be configured to obtain prompt content of an item to be prompted in a current view, cause the display device to display the prompt content in a prompt window pointing to the item to be prompted, and correspondingly change a position of the prompt window along with sliding of the view, so as to keep a position of the indication window relative to the item to be prompted unchanged.
Preferably, the client device 800 further comprises a communication means 840 also connected to the processor 830. Thus, the processor 830 can obtain the prompting content from the server via the communication device 840, and also can obtain the prompting content from the memory 820, wherein the prompting content is downloaded to the memory 820 via the communication device 840 when the application is updated last time.
The in-application prompting method, apparatus and client device according to the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings. The principles of the present invention will be explained more intuitively with reference to specific embodiments as follows.
In the Android system, the APP needs a prompt box to show the requirement of a certain prompt case to prompt the user to newly add or update a certain function. Thus, a Pop-up (Pop) prompt interaction can be designed.
First, in a View (View) layout, special attention is required from the user if an item (item) is newly added or undergoes significant changes. Then in this scenario, a pop-up prompt may be given to the user in addition to the conventional pinky.
When the user enters the page, the user can request the interface of the server or inquire the local so as to pull the file information needing prompting from the server or find the file information needing prompting from the local. After the document is acquired, the document is displayed in a prompt window (PopupWindow). When the user slides the view list, the hint window changes its position following the sliding of the anchor item of the view layout to keep the hint window's position relative to the anchor unchanged.
Along with the interaction with the user, when the user slides the view layout to slide the anchor item of the page upwards to a certain position, the prompt window follows and also slides to a relative position, and the relative position is kept unchanged with the anchor item. In addition, if the user clicks the close button on the prompt window, the prompt window disappears, and the interaction of the prompt function is ended.
Furthermore, the method according to the invention may also be implemented as a computer program comprising computer program code instructions for carrying out the above-mentioned steps defined in the above-mentioned method of the invention. Alternatively, the method according to the present invention may also be implemented as a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having stored thereon a computer program for executing the above-mentioned functions defined in the above-mentioned method of the present invention. Those of skill would further appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both.
The flowchart and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems and methods according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
Having described embodiments of the present invention, the foregoing description is intended to be exemplary, not exhaustive, and not limited to the embodiments disclosed. Many modifications and variations will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the described embodiments. The terminology used herein is chosen in order to best explain the principles of the embodiments, the practical application, or improvements made to the technology in the marketplace, or to enable others of ordinary skill in the art to understand the embodiments disclosed herein.