CN108140023B

CN108140023B - Application icon management method and device and terminal

Info

Publication number: CN108140023B
Application number: CN201580083780.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李雷
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-11-30
Filing date: 2015-11-30
Publication date: 2021-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 2035-11-30
Also published as: CN108140023A; WO2017091962A1

Abstract

A method and a device for managing application icons and a terminal relate to the technical field of terminals. The method comprises the following steps: the terminal downloads an installation package of a first application and determines the application type (100) of the first application; the terminal installs a first application, and determines a path identifier set (110) corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier; the terminal determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set, and puts the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier (120). By the method, the application icons of the newly installed applications can be automatically stored in the folders corresponding to the application categories according to the application categories of the newly installed applications, the application icons can be effectively managed, and the application icons of the newly installed applications can be effectively classified.

Description

Application icon management method and device and terminal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for managing application icons and a terminal.

Background

At present, the functions of the intelligent terminal are more and more powerful, and the daily life of people is more and more enriched by the application of the intelligent terminal. The terminal is provided with a self-contained application market, a user can download an installation package of a required application to the local terminal through the application market, further, the application installation package downloaded to the local terminal can be automatically installed, relevant information of the application can be stored in a mobile phone database or a configuration file, and finally, an application icon of the application is placed at the end of all icons on a desktop. However, as the number of applications downloaded by users is increased and the types of applications are enriched, the effective management of desktop icons becomes a concern for users.

In the prior art, a method for creating a folder for an application is provided, and specifically, after a user downloads an application, regardless of which folder the user previously placed the application of the type in, a system automatically creates a new folder for the application, places an application icon corresponding to the application in the new folder, and simultaneously places the application icon corresponding to the application at the end of all icons on a desktop. In addition, the appearance of the new folder created by the method is different from the style of the folder of the current system, and relevant application recommendation information can appear after the new file is clicked.

It can be known that, with the above method, a user may not need to create a new folder for a newly installed application, add application icons corresponding to the application at two places, occupy desktop space, and make the desktop cluttered due to different folder styles. Furthermore, the above method does not take into account the user's habit of classifying application icons, or even provide the user with an opportunity to choose whether to approve the creation of a new folder. For example, the user installs a game A and the user previously placed the application icons for all game categories in the "entertainment" folder, however, using the method described above, the system will automatically create a new folder for game A and name the new folder as "game" with a large amount of game recommendation information contained therein. The user needs to move the application icon of the game A to the entertainment folder according to the icon management habit of the user, and delete the newly-built game folder. Therefore, creating a new folder for installing an application does not enable efficient management of desktop icons, and also increases the complexity of desktop icon management for the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a management method and device of application icons and a terminal, which are used for effectively classifying the application icons of an application according to user habits after the application is installed.

The embodiment of the invention provides the following specific technical scheme:

in a first aspect, a method for managing application icons includes:

the method comprises the steps that a terminal downloads an installation package of a first application and determines the application type of the first application;

the terminal installs the first application, and determines a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier;

and the terminal determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set and puts the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the terminal installs the first application, before determining, according to a correspondence between an application category and a path identifier, a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the method further includes:

the terminal generates basic information of the first application according to the application name of the first application and the application category of the first application;

after the terminal determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set, the method further includes:

and the terminal adds the target path identifier into the basic information of the first application.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, if the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved from the target path to the first path, the terminal changes the target path identifier in the basic information of the first application to the path identifier of the first path.

With reference to the first aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the target path at least includes three application icons, and a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the method further includes:

if the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved from the target path to a second path, the terminal inquires basic information corresponding to the remaining applications in the target path respectively;

and when the terminal determines that the application with the same application type as the first application exists in the target path according to the basic information respectively corresponding to the remaining applications in the target path, the terminal reserves the target path identifier as one path identifier in a path identifier set corresponding to the application type of the first application.

The terminal can update the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier and the application information of the corresponding application according to the movement of the position of the application icon, and effective management of the application icon is achieved.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, before the step of keeping the target path identifier as a path identifier in a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the method further includes:

the terminal determines that a preset parameter of a first application set is higher than a first threshold, wherein the first application set is a set of all applications with the same application category as that of a first application in a target path after an application icon of the first application moves out of the target path.

With reference to the first aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the target path includes two application icons, and a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the method further includes:

and if the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved from the target path to a third path, the terminal deletes the target path identifier from a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

With reference to the first aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application does not include a path identifier of the fourth path, and the method further includes:

and if the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved into a fourth path from the target path, the terminal adds the path identifier of the fourth path into a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, before adding the path identifier of the fourth path into the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the method further includes:

the terminal determines that a preset parameter of a second application set is higher than a second threshold, wherein the second application set is a set of all applications with the same application category as the first application in a fourth path after the application icon of the first application moves into the fourth path.

With reference to the first aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the terminal is installed with a second application and a third application, where an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal; the method further comprises the following steps:

the terminal acquires a first preset instruction input by a user, and puts the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path;

and the terminal modifies the desktop path identifier in the basic information of the second application into the path identifier of the newly-built path, and modifies the desktop path identifier in the basic information of the third application into the path identifier of the newly-built path.

With reference to the eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, after the placing, by the terminal, the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path, the method further includes:

and the terminal adds the path identifier of the newly-built path in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the second application, and adds the path identifier of the newly-built path in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the third application.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the terminal obtains a second preset instruction input by a user to delete the first application, and the terminal deletes basic information of the first application;

if the target path comprises at least three application icons and the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application comprises the target path identifier, the terminal keeps the target path identifier to continue to serve as one path identifier in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and if the target path comprises two application icons and the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application comprises the target path identifier, the terminal deletes the target path identifier from the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

The terminal can update the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier and delete the application information of the corresponding application according to the deletion operation of the application, so that the effective management of the application icon is realized.

With reference to the first aspect and any one of the foregoing possible implementations, in an eleventh possible implementation of the first aspect, the determining, by the terminal, a target path identifier from the set of path identifiers includes:

if the terminal determines that the path identifier set only comprises one path identifier, taking the path identifier as a target path identifier; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

if the terminal determines that the path identifier set comprises at least two path identifiers, selecting one path identifier from the at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to the received selected instruction; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

if the terminal determines that the path identifier set comprises at least two path identifiers, at least one path identifier meeting preset conditions is screened out, if one path identifier is screened out, the screened out path identifier is used as a target path identifier, and if at least two path identifiers are screened out, one path identifier is selected from the screened out at least two path identifiers to be used as a target path identifier according to a received selected instruction.

In a second aspect, an apparatus for managing application icons includes:

the downloading unit is used for downloading an installation package of a first application and determining the application type of the first application;

an installation unit for installing the first application;

the analysis unit is used for determining a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier;

and the processing unit is used for determining a target path identifier from the path identifier set and placing the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the method further includes:

the recording unit is used for generating basic information of the first application according to the application name of the first application and the application category of the first application;

and after determining a target path identifier from the set of path identifiers, adding the target path identifier to the basic information of the first application.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing unit is further configured to:

and if the application icon of the first application is determined to be moved from the target path to the first path, the terminal changes the target path identifier in the basic information of the first application into the path identifier of the first path.

With reference to the second aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the target path at least includes three application icons, and a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the processing unit is further configured to:

if the application icon of the first application is determined to be moved from the target path into a second path, querying basic information corresponding to the remaining applications in the target path;

and when determining that the target path has the application with the same application type as the first application according to the basic information respectively corresponding to the remaining applications in the target path, the terminal reserves the target path identifier as one path identifier in a path identifier set corresponding to the application type of the first application.

The device can update the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier and the application information of the corresponding application according to the movement of the position of the application icon, and effective management of the application icon is achieved.

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, before the processing unit keeps the target path identifier as a path identifier in a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application, the processing unit is further configured to:

determining that a preset parameter of a first application set is higher than a first threshold, wherein the first application set is a set of all applications with the same application category as that of the first application in the target path after the application icon of the first application moves out of the target path.

With reference to the second aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the target path includes two application icons, and a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the processing unit is further configured to:

and if the application icon of the first application is determined to be moved from the target path to a third path, the terminal deletes the target path identifier from a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

With reference to the second aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application does not include the path identifier of the fourth path, and the processing unit is further configured to:

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the second aspect, before the processing unit adds the path identifier of the fourth path to the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the processing unit is further configured to:

and determining that the preset parameter of a second application set is higher than a second threshold, wherein the second application set is a set of all applications with the same application category as the first application in a fourth path after the application icon of the first application moves into the fourth path.

With reference to the second aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the apparatus is installed with a second application and a third application, where an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal; the processing unit is further to:

acquiring a first preset instruction input by a user, and putting the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path;

and modifying the desktop path identifier in the basic information of the second application into the path identifier of the newly-built path, and modifying the desktop path identifier in the basic information of the third application into the path identifier of the newly-built path.

With reference to the eighth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, after the processing unit puts the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path, the processing unit is further configured to:

and adding the path identifier of the newly-built path in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the second application, and adding the path identifier of the newly-built path in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the third application.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the processing unit is further configured to:

acquiring a second preset instruction input by a user to delete the first application, and deleting basic information of the first application;

if the target path comprises at least three application icons and the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application comprises the target path identifier, reserving the target path identifier to continue serving as one path identifier in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and if the target path comprises two application icons and the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application comprises the target path identifier, deleting the target path identifier from the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

The device can update the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier and delete the application information of the corresponding application according to the deletion operation of the application, thereby realizing the effective management of the application icon.

With reference to the second aspect and any one of the foregoing possible implementations, in an eleventh possible implementation of the second aspect, when the processing unit determines a target path identifier from the set of path identifiers, the processing unit is specifically configured to:

if the path identifier set only comprises one path identifier, taking the path identifier as a target path identifier; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

if the path identifier set is determined to comprise at least two path identifiers, selecting one path identifier from the at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to the received selected instruction; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

if the path identifier set is determined to comprise at least two path identifiers, screening out at least one path identifier meeting preset conditions, if one path identifier is screened out, taking the screened out one path identifier as a target path identifier, and if at least two path identifiers are screened out, selecting one path identifier from the screened out at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to a received selected instruction.

In a third aspect, a terminal includes:

a transceiver for downloading an installation package of a first application,

a processor to determine an application category of the first application; installing the first application, and determining a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier; and determining a target path identifier from the path identifier set, and placing the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the method further includes:

the processor is used for generating basic information of the first application according to the application name of the first application and the application category of the first application;

after a target path identifier is determined from the path identifier set, adding the target path identifier into basic information of the first application;

the terminal further comprises:

a memory for storing basic information of the first application.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the processor is further configured to:

With reference to the third aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the target path at least includes three application icons, and a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the processor is further configured to:

With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, before the processor keeps the target path identifier as a path identifier in a path identifier set corresponding to an application class of the first application, the processor is further configured to:

With reference to the third aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the target path includes two application icons, and a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the processor is further configured to:

With reference to the third aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application does not include the path identifier of the fourth path, and the processor is further configured to:

and if the application icon of the first application is determined to be moved into a fourth path from the target path, the terminal adds the path identifier of the fourth path into a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the third aspect, before the processor adds the path identifier of the fourth path to the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the processor is further configured to:

With reference to the third aspect and the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the terminal is installed with a second application and a third application, where an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal; the terminal further comprises:

the input device is used for acquiring a first preset instruction input by a user,

the processor is used for placing the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path;

With reference to the eighth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, after the processor places the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path, the processor is further configured to:

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the third aspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the third aspect, the input device is configured to acquire a second preset instruction input by a user to delete the first application;

the processor is further configured to delete the basic information of the first application;

With reference to the third aspect and any one of the foregoing possible implementation manners, in an eleventh possible implementation manner of the third aspect, when the processor determines a target path identifier from the set of path identifiers, the processor is specifically configured to:

if the path identifier set is determined to comprise at least two path identifiers, selecting one path identifier from the at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to a selected instruction received by the input equipment; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

if the path identifier set is determined to comprise at least two path identifiers, screening out at least one path identifier meeting preset conditions, if one path identifier is screened out, taking the screened out one path identifier as a target path identifier, and if at least two path identifiers are screened out, selecting one path identifier from the screened out at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to a selected instruction received by the input equipment.

The invention has the following beneficial effects: the invention provides an application icon management method and device and a terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the terminal downloads an installation package of the first application and determines the application type of the first application; the method comprises the steps that a terminal installs a first application, and a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application is determined according to the corresponding relation between the application category and a path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier; and the terminal determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set and puts the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier. By the method, the application icons of the newly installed applications can be automatically stored in the folders corresponding to the application categories according to the application categories of the newly installed applications, so that the operation of a user is simplified, the use experience of the user is improved, the application icons are effectively managed, and the application icons of the newly installed applications are effectively classified.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an overview of application icon management in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an application icon management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention provides a management method and device of application icons and a terminal, which are used for effectively classifying the application icons of an application according to user habits after the application is installed. The method and the device are based on the same inventive concept, and because the principles of solving the problems of the method and the device are similar, the implementation of the device and the method can be mutually referred, and repeated parts are not repeated.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, the present invention provides a method for managing application icons, which includes the following specific steps:

step 100: the terminal downloads the installation package of the first application and determines the application category of the first application.

The application category is the type of application, for example, the application category of happy xiao le is a game, and the application category of youku is a video. The application category of each application is determined when the application is uploaded to the application market, for example, when an application developer uploads an Android Package (APK), the application category is labeled. Or after downloading the installation package of the first application, the terminal performs semantic analysis on the installation package to acquire the application category of the first application. When downloading an installation package of an application, the terminal obtains the application type of the application at the same time.

Specifically, the application category may be that the terminal obtains semantic feature values via semantic analysis. Semantic features are understood to be the subdivision of a semantic class from a certain angle, so that words originally belonging to the same semantic class may take different values on certain or some semantic features, thereby highlighting the differences between these words. The value taken on the certain semantic feature or features is a feature value that indicates a semantic feature of the application program. For example, if the semantic feature value of the first application is "city", "place name", "sight spot", the APP category may be "map category", for example, corresponding to "Baidu map" application; if the semantic feature value of the first application is "travel", the APP category may be "travel", for example, corresponding to "where to go" application; if the semantic feature value of the first application is "accommodation", the APP category may be "hotel category", such as "hotel-in-bloom" application; if the semantic feature value of the first application is "weather, temperature", then the APP category may be "weather", e.g., corresponding to an "ink weather" application. If the semantic feature value is "electronic product (mobile phone, tablet, computer)", the APP category may be "e-commerce", and the specific APP may be "jingdong", "naobao", or the like.

Step 110: the terminal installs a first application, and determines a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier.

The storage folder where the application icon is located on the terminal display interface is a path, and in the internal code presentation, the storage folder can be a hierarchical structure. The path identifier is an identifier of a folder on the desktop, each folder at least comprises two application icons, and the path identifier set comprises an identifier of at least one folder.

When the terminal leaves the factory, the corresponding relationship between the application categories and the path identifiers may be preset in the terminal, where if the terminal does not pre-install the application, the preset information of the corresponding relationship between the application categories and the path identifiers only includes all the application categories, but the path identifier corresponding to each application category is empty, as shown in table 1. If the terminal is pre-installed with a certain number of applications, the preset information of the correspondence between the application categories and the path identifiers includes all the application categories and at least one path identifier corresponding to the application category of each pre-installed application, and at this time, path identifiers corresponding to part of the application categories may still be empty.

In addition, when the application category of the application is changed or newly added in the application market, the terminal modifies or adds the application category correspondingly in the corresponding relationship between the application category and the path identifier.

TABLE 1

Application class numbering	Application class name	Path identification
			1	Game machine
2	Mother and infant
			3	Communication
4	Tool with a locking mechanism
			5	Video
…	…	…

Therefore, after the terminal has installed the selected application a in a short time when the terminal is first applied when leaving a factory or just starts to use the terminal, it may not be possible to determine the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application a according to the correspondence between the application category and the path identifier, and at this time, the terminal defaults to place the application icon corresponding to the application a at the end of all icons on the desktop.

The application icon management method provided by the invention mainly aims at effectively classifying and managing the application icons when the corresponding relation between the application categories and the path identifiers is not empty after the terminal is used for a period of time or when at least one corresponding path identifier exists in most of the application categories.

Specifically, the terminal installs an application a whose application type is video, and the terminal can determine, according to table 2, that the path identifier sets corresponding to the application types which are video are 4 and 5. The terminal is provided with an application B with the application type of mother and infant, the terminal can determine according to the table 2 that the path identifier set corresponding to the application type of mother and infant is 2.

TABLE 2

Application class numbering	Application class name	Path identification
			1	Elimination type game	1、3、6
2	Mother and infant	2
			3	Communication	1
4	Tool with a locking mechanism	4
			5	Video	4、5
…	…	…

In addition, after the terminal installs the first application, before determining the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relationship between the application category and the path identifier, the terminal generates basic information of the first application according to the application name of the first application and the application category of the first application. Optionally, the terminal determines an application category number corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the total number of the applications installed by the terminal, and adds the number of the first application and the application category number of the first application to the basic information of the first application.

For example, if the terminal downloads and installs the odds art application, which is the 16 th application installed by the terminal, the application number of the application is 16, and as can be seen from table 2, the application category number of the video application category is 5, and the application number 16, the application name odds art of the application, and the application category number 5 of the application generate basic information of the application, which is shown in the last line of table 3.

TABLE 3

Application numbering	Application name	Application class numbering
			1	Happy Xiaoxiaole	1
2	Eliminating love every day	1
			3	QQ	3
4	Baby family	2
			…	…	…
15	Electric torch	4
			16	Love art	5

Step 120: the terminal determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set, and places the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier.

Specifically, the terminal may determine the target path identifier by using, but not limited to, the following three ways:

firstly, the terminal determines that the path identifier set only comprises one path identifier, and takes the path identifier as a target path identifier.

For example, the terminal downloads and installs an application with an application category of mother and infant, and as can be seen from table 2, the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of mother and infant is 2. At this time, the terminal determines the path identifier 2 as the target path identifier.

Secondly, the terminal determines that the path identifier set comprises at least two path identifiers, and selects one path identifier from the at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to the received selected instruction.

For example, the terminal downloads an application with a video application category, and as can be seen from table 2, the path identifier sets corresponding to the video application category are 4 and 5. At the moment, the terminal presents the two options to the user, the user selects one path identifier, and the terminal receives a selection instruction to determine a target path identifier.

Thirdly, when the terminal determines that the path identifier set comprises at least two path identifiers, screening out at least one path identifier meeting preset conditions from the path identifier set, if one path identifier is screened out, taking the path identifier as a target path identifier, and if at least two path identifiers are screened out, selecting one path identifier from the at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to the received selected instruction.

For example, the preset condition may be that the total number of application icons of one application category in one path is greater than a set threshold. Specifically, the terminal downloads and installs an application with an application category of game, and as can be seen from table 2, the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application categories of the game is 1, 3, and 6, at this time, the terminal determines that the number of application icons with the application categories of the game in the path of the path identifier 1 is 2, the number of application icons with the application categories of the game in the path of the path identifier 3 is 7, the number of application icons with the application categories of the game in the path identifier 6 is 4, if the set threshold is 5, the terminal determines that the number of application icons with the application categories of the game in the path identifier 3 is greater than the set threshold, and the path identifier 3 is the target path identifier; if the threshold value is set to be 3, the terminal determines that both the path identifier 3 and the path identifier 6 meet the condition, at this time, the terminal presents the two options to the user, the user selects one path identifier, and the terminal receives the selected instruction to determine the target path identifier.

For another example, the preset condition may be that a ratio of the total number of the application icons of one application category in one path to the total number of the application icons in the path is greater than a set threshold. Specifically, as can be seen from table 2, the path identifier sets corresponding to the application categories of the games are 1, 3, and 6, at this time, the terminal determines that the total number of the application icons in the path of the path identifier 1 is 3, the application icons of the application categories of the games are 2, the ratio is 66%, the total number of the application icons in the path of the path identifier 3 is 10, the application icons of the application categories of the games are 7, the ratio is 70%, the total number of the application icons in the path of the path identifier 6 is 12, the application icons of the application categories of the games are 4, the ratio is 33%, if the set threshold is 50%, the terminal filters out that both the path identifier 1 and the path identifier 3 meet the condition, at this time, the terminal presents the two options to the user, the user selects one path identifier, and the terminal receives the selection instruction to determine the target path identifier.

Further, after the terminal determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set, the target path identifier is added to the basic information of the first application.

Still taking the last row of the legend art application in table 3 as an example, assuming that the terminal determines that the target path identifier of the application is 4, the target path identifier 4 is added to the application information of the application. See table 4 for the last line.

TABLE 4

The terminal puts the application icon corresponding to the application into the target path corresponding to the target path identifier, specifically, the terminal determines the path name corresponding to the target path identifier according to the corresponding relationship between the path identifier and the path name, and puts the application icon corresponding to the application into the path corresponding to the path name.

For example, referring to table 5, still taking the aforementioned application curiosity as an example, the target path of the application is identified as 4, and according to table 5, the path name corresponding to the path identifier 4 is called desktop/entertainment, so the application icon corresponding to the application is placed in the path corresponding to the desktop/entertainment.

TABLE 5

Path identification	Path name
		1	Table top
2	Desktop/communication
		3	Table/game
4	Desktop/entertainment
		…	…

Further, after the terminal puts the application icon corresponding to the application into the target path corresponding to the target path identifier, a prompt message is displayed on the desktop to notify the user that the application icon corresponding to the application has been put into the target path corresponding to the target path identifier, and all application icons (including the application icon corresponding to the application) in the path corresponding to the target path are displayed.

In addition, the embodiment of the invention also provides a method for maintaining the basic information of the application, the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier and the corresponding relation between the path identifier and the path name by the terminal after the existing application icon of the user is operated. The following describes the maintenance process of the terminal for the above information by listing three specific scenarios.

In a first scenario, when the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved from the target path to the first path, the terminal needs to specifically execute the following operations:

and the terminal changes the target path identifier in the basic information of the first application into the path identifier of the first path.

Specifically, when it is determined that the application icon corresponding to the application a is moved from the first path to the second path, the terminal modifies the path identifier of the first path in the basic information of the application a to the path identifier of the second path.

For example, the user moves the application a from the entertainment folder (path identification of the first path is 4) to the game folder (path identification of the second path is 3), and at this time, the terminal modifies the path identification of 3 in the basic information of the application a.

When the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved from the target path to the first path, two specific situations need to be distinguished specifically:

in the first situation, when the terminal determines that the target path at least comprises three application icons and the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application comprises the target path identifier, the terminal queries basic information respectively corresponding to the remaining applications in the target path, and when the terminal determines that the application with the same application category as the first application exists in the target path according to the basic information respectively corresponding to the remaining applications in the target path, the terminal reserves the target path identifier as one path identifier in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application. The remaining applications here refer to applications in the target path other than the first application.

Optionally, before the target path identifier is kept to continue to serve as one path identifier in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the terminal further needs to determine that the preset parameter of the first application set is higher than a first threshold, where the first application set is a set of all applications in the target path that are the same as the application category of the first application after the application icon of the first application moves out of the target path.

For example, a user moves an application a from an entertainment folder (a path identifier of a first path is 4) to a game folder (a path identifier of a second path is 3), the entertainment folder includes five application icons, at this time, when the terminal determines that a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the application a includes the path identifier 4 of the first path, the terminal determines that the first path includes applications of the same application category as the application a by querying basic information respectively corresponding to remaining applications in the first path, and the terminal reserves the path identifier 4 of the first path to continue to serve as one path identifier in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application a. This is done to ensure the validity and accuracy of the correspondence of application categories to path identifications. For another example, the application category of the application a is a game, and after the application a moves out of the first path, basic information corresponding to the remaining applications in the first path is queried, and it is determined that there is no application in the first path that is the same as the application category of the application a, that is, the application whose application category is the game is no longer included in the first path, then the application category is the path identifier of the first path that should not be included in the path identifier set corresponding to the game.

In addition, before the terminal reserves the path identifier of the first path to continue to serve as the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application a, it may also be determined whether the preset parameter of the first application set corresponding to the application a is higher than a first threshold, and then it is determined whether the path identifier of the first path is reserved.

For example, the application type of the application a is a game, the total number of all applications in the first path that is the same as the application type of the application a is 4, that is, the first application set includes the total number of applications of 4, and assuming that the total number of game applications installed in the terminal is 10, if the preset parameter of the first application set is the percentage of the total number of applications in the game type in the path in the total number of applications in all game types, and the first threshold value is 30%, then the percentage is 40% and is greater than 30%, and then the path identifier of the first path is retained.

In the second case, the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved from the target path into the first path, the target path includes two application icons, the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the terminal deletes the target path identifier from the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

It should be noted that the terminal operating system in the embodiment of the present invention provides that at least two application icons are stored in a path (except for the desktop), and when the number of application icons is less than two, the path does not exist. Of course, the method mentioned in the embodiment of the present invention may also be applied to a terminal operating system in which at least one application icon is stored in one path. Various modifications and alterations of this embodiment may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of this embodiment. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the embodiments of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to encompass such modifications and variations.

For example, the user moves the application a from the entertainment folder (path identifier of the first path is 4) to the game folder (path identifier of the second path is 3), the entertainment folder only contains two application icons, when the application a moves out of the entertainment folder, the folder does not exist, and at this time, the terminal deletes the path identifier 4 of the first path and the path name (entertainment folder) of the first path from the corresponding relationship between the path identifier and the path name. And when the terminal determines that the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application A contains the path identifier 4 of the first path, deleting the path identifier 4 of the first path.

Further, the first path includes the last two application icons, which respectively correspond to the application icon of the application a and the application icon of the application B, when the application a moves out of the first path, the path does not exist, the path of the application B is automatically changed to the desktop path, the terminal modifies the path identifier of the first path in the basic information of the application B to the desktop path identifier, and deletes the path identifier of the first path when determining that the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application B includes the path identifier of the first path.

For the two situations, the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved from the target path into the first path, the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application does not contain the path identifier of the first path, and the terminal adds the path identifier of the first path into the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

Optionally, before adding the path identifier of the first path into the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the terminal determines that the preset parameter of the second application set is higher than the second threshold, where the second application set is a set of all applications in the first path that have the same application category as the first application after the application icon of the first application is moved into the first path.

For example, when the user moves the application a from the entertainment folder (the path identifier of the first path is 4) to the game folder (the path identifier of the second path is 3) and determines that the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application a does not include the path identifier 3 of the second path, the user adds the path identifier 3 of the second path to the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application a. Optionally, before adding the path identifier 3 of the second path to the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application a, the terminal determines that the preset parameter of the second application set is higher than a second threshold, specifically, the application category of the application a is a game, and if the preset parameter of the second application set is a percentage of the total number of the game-category applications in the path to the total number of all the game-category applications, and the second threshold is 40%, the path identifier of the second path is added. If the second path is moved to the application A and then comprises 2 games, the total number of the games installed on the terminal is 10, and the occupation ratio is not satisfied to be more than 40%, the path identifier of the second path is not added; and if the second path comprises 5 games after the application A is moved into the second path, the total number of the games installed on the terminal is 10, and the occupation ratio is more than 40%, adding the path identifier of the second path.

In a second scenario, the terminal is further equipped with a second application and a third application, where an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal, the terminal obtains a first preset instruction input by a user, and places the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a newly-built path, and the terminal further needs to specifically execute the following operations:

the display interface here refers to the display screen of the terminal, i.e. the desktop of the terminal. The terminal modifies the desktop path identifier in the basic information of the second application into a path identifier of the newly-built path; and modifying the desktop path identifier in the basic information of the third application into the path identifier of the newly-built path.

And the terminal adds the path identifier of the newly-built path in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the second application and adds the path identifier of the newly-built path in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the third application.

Further, the terminal determines that the application category of the first application is the same as that of the second application, and names the new path by using the application categories of the first application and the second application.

The desktop path identifier refers to path identifiers of paths in which the second application and the third application are located before the second application and the third application are moved into a newly-built path, and the newly-built path is a path which is newly built by the terminal according to a first preset instruction input by the user and used for placing an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application. The first preset instruction is an operation that a user needs to execute when two application icons preset by the terminal system are placed in a newly-built path.

After the terminal puts the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a newly-built path, the terminal presents all the application icons in the newly-built path for a user, namely the application icon corresponding to the first application and the application icon corresponding to the second application, and the path name of the new path is in an editable state.

For example, the applications of the mother-infant family and the parent-infant are of the same application category, and are both mother-infant and infant, and the application icons of the both are on the desktop, as shown in tables 6 and 7. When the two paths are put together into a new path, the path identifier 5 is allocated to the new path according to the total number of the existing paths, and the path identifier of the new path and the path name of the new path are correspondingly stored in the corresponding relationship between the path identifier and the path name, as shown in table 9. Since the application categories of the mother-infant family and the parent-infant are the same, the new path is named as the mother-infant. Further, referring to table 8, in the corresponding relationship between the application type and the path identifier, since the application types of the two applications of the mother and baby family and the parent baby are the same, the desktop path is moved out, and no other applications of the mother and baby class exist on the desktop, at this time, the path identifier 5 of the new path is added. Here, the first application scenario processing method may be referred to for whether the two applications are transferred from the desktop path to the newly-built path for mother and infant, whether the desktop path needs to be reserved as one of the path identifier sets corresponding to the mother and infant categories, and whether the path identifier of the newly-built path is added as one of the path identifier sets corresponding to the mother and infant categories.

TABLE 6

Application class numbering	Application class name	Path identification
			1	Game machine	3、4
2	Mother and infant	1
			3	Communication	2
4	Tool with a locking mechanism	4
			5	Video	4

TABLE 7

Path identification	Path name
		1	Table top
2	Desktop/communication
		3	Table/game
4	Desktop/entertainment

TABLE 8

Application class numbering	Application class name	Path identification
			1	Game machine	3、4
2	Mother and infant	5
			3	Communication	2
4	Tool with a locking mechanism	4
			5	Video	4

TABLE 9

Path identification	Path name
		1	Table top
2	Desktop/communication
		3	Table/game
4	Desktop/entertainment
		5	Desktop/mother and infant

In a third application scenario, when the terminal determines that any application is deleted, the terminal needs to specifically execute the following operations:

and the terminal acquires a second preset instruction input by the user to delete the basic information of the first application. The second preset instruction refers to an operation that needs to be executed by the user when the application is deleted and preset by the terminal system.

In the first case, if the terminal determines that the target path at least includes three application icons and the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, the terminal reserves the target path identifier to continue to serve as one path identifier in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

Here, the path identifier of the target path is reserved as the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, and when the terminal installs the application of the application category next time, the application icon corresponding to the application icon may also be placed in the target path corresponding to the target path identifier.

In the second case, if the terminal determines that the target path includes two application icons and the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, the terminal deletes the target path identifier from the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

At this time, since the target path does not exist after the first application is deleted, the invalid path identifier needs to be deleted.

Further, a path (assumed to be path 1) where an application icon corresponding to the application a is located includes the last two application icons, and the path corresponds to the application icon of the application a and the application icon of the application B, respectively, when the application a is deleted, the path does not exist, the path of the application B is automatically changed to a desktop path, the terminal modifies the first path identifier in the basic information of the application B to a desktop path identifier, and when it is determined that the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the application B includes the path identifier of the path 1, the path identifier of the path 1 is deleted.

Referring to fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application icon management apparatus, where the apparatus 20 includes:

the downloading unit 21 is configured to download an installation package of a first application, and determine an application category of the first application;

an installation unit 22 for installing the first application;

an analyzing unit 23, configured to determine, according to a correspondence between an application category and a path identifier, a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, where the path identifier set includes at least one path identifier;

and the processing unit 24 is configured to determine a target path identifier from the set of path identifiers, and place the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier.

Optionally, the method further includes:

a recording unit 25, configured to generate basic information of the first application according to the application name of the first application and the application category of the first application;

Optionally, the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, the target path at least includes three application icons, and a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, before the processing unit 24 keeps the target path identifier as a path identifier in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, the target path includes two application icons, and a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application does not include the path identifier of the fourth path, and the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, before the processing unit 24 adds the path identifier of the fourth path to the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application, the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, the device is provided with a second application and a third application, wherein an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal; the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, after the processing unit 24 puts the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path, the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, the processing unit 24 is further configured to:

Optionally, when the processing unit 24 determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set, it is specifically configured to:

It should be noted that, the division of the modules in the embodiments of the present invention is schematic, and is only a logical function division, and in actual implementation, there may be another division manner, and in addition, each functional module in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated in one processing module, or each module may exist alone physically, or two or more modules are integrated in one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode.

The integrated module, if implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or contributed by the prior art, or all or part of the technical solution may be embodied in a software product, which is stored in a storage medium and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, a network device, or the like) or a processor (processor) to execute all or part of the steps of the method according to the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and other various media capable of storing program codes.

Fig. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of a terminal in an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal in an embodiment of the present invention, where the device 300 includes a transceiver 301, a processor 302, a memory 303, and an input device 304. The transceiver 301, processor 302, memory 303 and input device 304 are interconnected. The specific connection medium between the above components is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention. In fig. 3, the input device 304, the memory 303, the processor 302, and the transceiver 301 are connected by a bus 305, the bus is represented by a thick line in fig. 3, and the connection manner between other components is only schematically illustrated and is not limited. The bus may be divided into an address bus, a data bus, a control bus, etc. For ease of illustration, only one thick line is shown in FIG. 3, but this does not mean only one bus or one type of bus.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal, including:

a transceiver 301 for downloading an installation package of a first application,

a processor 302 for determining an application category of the first application; installing the first application, and determining a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier; and determining a target path identifier from the path identifier set, and placing the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier.

Optionally, the method further includes:

the processor 302 is configured to generate basic information of the first application according to an application name of the first application and an application category of the first application;

the terminal further comprises:

a memory 303 for storing basic information of the first application.

Optionally, the processor 302 is further configured to:

Optionally, the target path at least includes three application icons, and a set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the processor 302 is further configured to:

Optionally, before the processor 302 retains the target path identifier as a path identifier in the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application, the processor 302 is further configured to:

Optionally, the target path includes two application icons, and a set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, and the processor 302 is further configured to:

Optionally, the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application does not include the path identifier of the fourth path, and the processor 302 is further configured to:

Optionally, before the processor 302 adds the path identifier of the fourth path to the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application, the processor 302 is further configured to:

Optionally, the terminal is provided with a second application and a third application, wherein an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal; the terminal further comprises:

an input device 304 for obtaining a first preset instruction input by a user,

the processor 302 is configured to place the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path;

Optionally, after the processor puts the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a new path, the processor 302 is further configured to:

Alternatively to this, the first and second parts may,

the input device 304 is configured to acquire a second preset instruction input by the user to delete the first application;

the processor 302 is further configured to delete the basic information of the first application;

Optionally, when the processor 302 determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set, it is specifically configured to:

if it is determined that the set of path identifiers includes at least two path identifiers, selecting one of the at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to a selected instruction received by the input device 304; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

if the path identifier set is determined to include at least two path identifiers, at least one path identifier meeting preset conditions is screened out, if one path identifier is screened out, the screened out path identifier is used as a target path identifier, and if at least two path identifiers are screened out, one path identifier is selected from the screened out at least two path identifiers to be used as a target path identifier according to a selected instruction received by the input device 304.

The memory 303 in the embodiment of the present invention is used for storing a program code executed by the processor 302, and may be a volatile memory (such as a random-access memory (RAM); the memory 303 may also be a non-volatile memory (non-volatile memory), such as a read-only memory (ROM), a flash memory (flash memory), a Hard Disk Drive (HDD) or a solid-state drive (SSD), or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a computer, but is not limited thereto. The memory 303 may be a combination of the above.

The processor 302 in the embodiment of the present invention may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU).

According to the statistics of relevant data, the number of applications installed on one terminal device is limited, and more than 91% of applications on the user terminal do not exceed 50 applications, so that the method provided by the embodiment of the invention does not burden the system with the computing capacity and the storage capacity of the current intelligent terminal.

In summary, the present invention provides an application icon management method and apparatus, and a terminal, where the method includes: the terminal downloads an installation package of the first application and determines the application type of the first application; the method comprises the steps that a terminal installs a first application, and a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application is determined according to the corresponding relation between the application category and a path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier; and the terminal determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set and puts the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier. By the method, the application icon of the newly installed application can be automatically stored in the folder corresponding to the application type according to the application type of the newly installed application, so that the operation of a user is simplified, and the use experience of the user is improved. The terminal maintains the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier and the application information of each application by analyzing the behavior habits of the user, such as the movement of the user on the application icon, the deletion operation of the application and the like, realizes the effective management of the application icon, and realizes the effective classification of the application icon of the newly installed application.

As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, embodiments of the present invention may be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects. Furthermore, the present invention may take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, and the like) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and flows in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions.

And/or a combination of blocks. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

These computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

While preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. Therefore, it is intended that the appended claims be interpreted as including preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the invention.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the embodiments of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the embodiments of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to encompass such modifications and variations.

Claims

1. A method for managing application icons is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the terminal installs the first application, and determines a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier, and the application category corresponding to one path identifier is one or more;

the terminal determines a target path identifier from the path identifier set, and puts the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier;

after detecting the operation of the user on the application icon of the first application, the terminal judges whether the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application needs to be updated;

the terminal detects the movement operation of the user for the application icon of the first application;

the target path includes two application icons, and a set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, the method further includes:

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the terminal installs the first application, before determining a path identifier set corresponding to an application category of the first application according to a correspondence between the application category and the path identifier, the method further comprises:

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

and if the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application is moved from the target path to the first path, the terminal changes the target path identifier in the basic information of the first application into the path identifier of the first path.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the target path includes at least three application icons, and the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, the method further comprising:

5. The method of claim 4, before keeping the target path id as one of a set of path ids corresponding to an application category of the first application, further comprising:

6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application does not include the path identifier of the fourth path, and the method further comprises:

and if the terminal determines that the application icon of the first application moves from the target path to the fourth path, the terminal adds the path identifier of the fourth path to a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein before adding the path identifier of the fourth path to the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application, further comprising:

8. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal is installed with a second application and a third application, wherein an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal; the method further comprises the following steps:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein after the terminal places the application icon of the second application and the application icon of the third application into a newly created path, further comprising:

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

the terminal acquires a second preset instruction input by a user to delete the first application, and the terminal deletes basic information of the first application;

11. A method according to any one of claims 1-3, wherein the terminal determining a target path identity from the set of path identities comprises:

12. An apparatus for managing application icons, comprising:

an installation unit for installing the first application;

the analysis unit is used for determining a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier, and the application category corresponding to one path is one or more;

the processing unit is used for determining a target path identifier from the path identifier set and placing the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier; after the operation of a user for the application icon of the first application is detected, judging whether a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application needs to be updated or not;

the processing unit is further to: detecting a moving operation of the user for an application icon of the first application;

the target path comprises two application icons, the path identification set corresponding to the application category of the first application comprises the target path identification, and if the application icon of the first application is determined to be moved from the target path to the third path, the terminal deletes the target path identification from the path identification set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

14. The apparatus as recited in claim 13, said processing unit to further:

15. The apparatus according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the target path includes at least three application icons, and a set of path identifiers corresponding to an application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, the processing unit is further configured to:

16. The apparatus as recited in claim 15, wherein before said processing unit retains said target path identifier as one of a set of path identifiers corresponding to an application class of said first application, said processing unit is further configured to:

17. The apparatus according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application does not include a path identifier of a fourth path, and the processing unit is further configured to:

18. The apparatus as recited in claim 17, wherein before said processing unit adds the path identifier of the fourth path to the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application, said processing unit is further configured to:

19. The apparatus according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the apparatus is installed with a second application and a third application, wherein an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal; the processing unit is further to:

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein after the processing unit places the application icon for the second application and the application icon for the third application into a newly created path, the processing unit is further configured to:

21. The apparatus as recited in claim 13, said processing unit to further:

22. The apparatus according to any one of claims 12 to 14, wherein the processing unit, when determining a target path identifier from the set of path identifiers, is specifically configured to:

23. A terminal, comprising:

a transceiver for downloading an installation package of a first application,

a processor to determine an application category of the first application; installing the first application, and determining a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application according to the corresponding relation between the application category and the path identifier, wherein the path identifier set comprises at least one path identifier, and the application category corresponding to one path is one or more; determining a target path identifier from the path identifier set, and placing the application icon of the first application into a target path corresponding to the target path identifier; after the operation of a user for the application icon of the first application is detected, judging whether a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application needs to be updated or not;

the processor is further configured to: detecting a moving operation of the user for an application icon of the first application;

the target path comprises two application icons, the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application comprises the target path identifier, and if the application icon of the first application is determined to be moved from the target path to the third path, the target path identifier is deleted from the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

24. The terminal of claim 23, further comprising:

the terminal further comprises:

a memory for storing basic information of the first application.

25. The terminal of claim 24, wherein the processor is further configured to:

and if the application icon of the first application is determined to be moved from the target path to the first path, changing the target path identifier in the basic information of the first application into the path identifier of the first path.

26. The terminal according to claim 23 or 24, wherein the target path includes at least three application icons, and the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application includes the target path identifier, the processor is further configured to:

and when determining that the target path has the application with the same application category as the first application according to the basic information respectively corresponding to the remaining applications in the target path, reserving the target path identifier as one path identifier in a path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

27. The terminal of claim 26, wherein before the processor retains the target path identifier as one of the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application class of the first application, the processor is further configured to:

28. The terminal according to claim 23 or 24, wherein the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application does not include the path identifier of the fourth path, and the processor is further configured to:

and if the application icon of the first application is determined to move from the target path to the fourth path, adding the path identifier of the fourth path into the path identifier set corresponding to the application category of the first application.

29. The terminal of claim 28, wherein before the processor adds the path identifier of the fourth path to the set of path identifiers corresponding to the application category of the first application, the processor is further configured to:

30. The terminal according to claim 23 or 24, wherein the terminal is installed with a second application and a third application, wherein an application icon of the second application and an application icon of the third application are both located on a display interface of the terminal; the terminal further comprises:

31. The terminal of claim 30, wherein after the processor places the application icon for the second application and the application icon for the third application into a newly created path, the processor is further configured to:

32. The terminal of claim 24, wherein the terminal further comprises: the input device is used for acquiring a second preset instruction input by a user and deleting the first application;

33. The terminal according to any of claims 23 to 25, wherein the processor, when determining a target path identifier from the set of path identifiers, is specifically configured to:

if the path identifier set is determined to comprise at least two path identifiers, selecting one path identifier from the at least two path identifiers as a target path identifier according to a selected instruction received by input equipment; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,