CN108491134B

CN108491134B - Application program control method and terminal

Info

Publication number: CN108491134B
Application number: CN201810266795.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 田云
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-03-28
Filing date: 2018-03-28
Publication date: 2020-05-26
Anticipated expiration: 2038-03-28
Also published as: CN108491134A

Abstract

The invention provides an application program control method and a terminal, wherein the method comprises the following steps: receiving a first input of a user; responding to the first input, and displaying M target controls which divide the terminal display screen into N sub display areas; displaying N groups of application program icons in the N sub display areas; each sub-display area displays a group of application icons, different sub-display areas correspond to different application parameters, M is an integer larger than 0, and N is M + 1. By the application program control method provided by the invention, a user can conveniently and quickly find the application program to be processed, so that the processing efficiency of the application program is improved.

Description

Application program control method and terminal

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to an application program control method and a terminal.

Background

With the development of terminal technology, more and more applications are available for the terminal, and a user can install the applications for the terminal according to needs, or delete and update the applications installed in the terminal.

At present, when a user needs to process an application program, the user usually needs to search for the corresponding application program first. For example, when an application needs to be installed, an installation package of the application needs to be found for installation, and when the application needs to be uninstalled, an application icon needing to be uninstalled needs to be found from a terminal desktop for uninstalling the application. Particularly, when a plurality of applications need to be processed, each application needs to be searched one by one from the terminal desktop for uninstallation, or an installation package of each application needs to be searched one by one for installation. As more and more applications are available for the terminal, it is often difficult for the user to quickly find the application to be processed, resulting in a low efficiency in processing the application.

Therefore, the problem that the efficiency is low when the application program is processed due to the fact that the application program is searched slowly exists in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an application program control method and a terminal, which are used for solving the problem of low efficiency in processing an application program due to slow application program searching.

In order to solve the technical problem, the invention is realized as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an application program control method. The method comprises the following steps:

receiving a first input of a user;

responding to the first input, and displaying M target controls which divide the terminal display screen into N sub display areas;

displaying N groups of application program icons in the N sub display areas;

each sub-display area displays a group of application icons, different sub-display areas correspond to different application parameters, M is an integer larger than 0, and N is M + 1.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal. The terminal includes:

the first receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user;

the first display module is used for responding to the first input and displaying M target controls, and the M target controls divide the terminal display screen into N sub display areas;

the second display module is used for displaying N groups of application program icons in the N sub display areas;

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and operable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the application control method described above.

In a fourth aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the application control method are implemented.

In the embodiment of the invention, a first input of a user is received; responding to the first input, and displaying M target controls which divide the terminal display screen into N sub display areas; displaying N groups of application program icons in the N sub display areas; each sub-display area displays a group of application icons, different sub-display areas correspond to different application parameters, M is an integer larger than 0, and N is M + 1. Because each sub-display area displays a group of application program icons, and different sub-display areas correspond to different application program parameters, a user can conveniently and quickly find the application program to be processed, so that the processing efficiency of the application program is improved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an application control method provided by an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an interaction operation for triggering display of a target control according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal display screen divided into two sub-display areas by a target control according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a terminal display screen divided into three sub-display areas by a target control according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an interactive interface for adjusting the number of displayed target controls according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of an interactive interface for adjusting the number of displayed target controls according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a terminal display screen displaying a target selection interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of an interactive interface for updating application ranking provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an application program after the terminal display screen displays an updated sorting manner according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of an interactive interface for installing an application provided by an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of an interactive interface for uninstalling an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an interactive interface for uninstalling an application according to yet another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of an interactive interface for installing an application provided by yet another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of an interactive interface for canceling a target control display according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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, 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 an application program control method. Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a flowchart of an application control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1, the method includes the following steps:

step 101, receiving a first input of a user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be a voice input, a gesture input, or a touch operation on a display screen of the terminal.

Optionally, the first input may include an input in a first display area and/or a second display area of the terminal display screen.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first display area and the second display area may be any two display areas with different positions in the terminal display screen, and the sizes of the first display area and the second display area may also be set according to actual requirements. For example, as shown in fig. 2, the first display area is an a area of the terminal display screen, and the second display area is a C area of the terminal display screen.

Optionally, the first input may include (but is not limited to):

inputting a click on the first display area and/or the second display area by a user; for example, clicking on the first display area and the second display area, respectively;

an input that a user drags the first display area and/or the second display area; for example, the first display area and the second display area are respectively pressed and simultaneously dragged downwards;

inputting by sliding of the user in the first display area and/or the second display area; for example, sliding from the first display area to the second display area; and so on.

For example, as shown in fig. 2, the user may press the first display area and the second display area with two fingers respectively, and slide the two fingers together according to the direction indicated by the arrow, and may obtain a slide track 11 as shown in fig. 2 to trigger the display of the target control.

The embodiment of the invention triggers the display of the target control by inputting in the first display area and/or the second display area of the terminal display screen, has more convenient operation, and in addition, compared with voice input or gesture input, the control is more accurate, and the misoperation can be reduced.

Optionally, the terminal display screen may be a special-shaped screen, and the first display area and the second display area are two areas separated from each other in a top end area of the special-shaped screen.

In the embodiment of the invention, the terminal display screen is a special-shaped screen. For example, the structure of a terminal shaped screen can be seen in fig. 2, but not limited thereto. In fig. 2, the terminal, that is, the special-shaped screen of the mobile phone, may be referred to as a screen with a bang area, the bang area is specifically a non-display area in which the top end of the screen is recessed and which is used for setting a camera, and the like, and two side areas of the bang area, that is, the display area a and the display area C in fig. 2, correspond to the first display area and the second display area, and may be generally referred to as an ear area. And the third display area is other display areas except the first display area and the second display area in the terminal display screen, such as a display area B in fig. 2.

It is noted that the first display area or the second display area may further comprise a top area in which the shaped screen is recessed, i.e. a display area near the bottom end of the bang area.

In the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the terminal display screen is the special-shaped screen, the first display area and the second display area can be two separated ear areas in the top end area of the special-shaped screen, so that the ear areas of the special-shaped screen are fully utilized, and the operation of a user is convenient.

And 102, responding to the first input, and displaying M target controls, wherein the M target controls divide the terminal display screen into N sub-display areas.

In this embodiment of the present invention, a value of M may be a preset integer greater than 0, or may be an integer greater than 0 corresponding to an operation parameter of the first input, for example, when the first input includes an input that a user clicks in the first display area and/or the second display area, the value of M may be the number of times of clicking, and when the first input includes an input that a user slides in the first display area and/or the second display area, the value of M may be an integer corresponding to a distance of the first input, and the like.

The target control may be a linear control, which may be named as Touch-line, Touchline, or Touch line, and may be interpreted as a Touch line, a control line, an operation line, or an operation control, such as an arc control, a straight control, or the like, or may be a control of other shapes, such as a circular control, a rectangular control, a fan control, or the like, where the size and the position of the target control may be set reasonably according to actual needs. For example, referring to fig. 3, the target control 31 is an arc-shaped control, such as a touch line (Touchline), and divides a display area of a display screen of the terminal into two sub-display areas.

103, displaying N groups of application program icons in the N sub-display areas; each sub-display area displays a group of application icons, different sub-display areas correspond to different application parameters, M is an integer larger than 0, and N is M + 1.

In the embodiment of the invention, N groups of application program icons are displayed in N sub-display areas divided by M target controls, wherein the N sub-display areas correspond to the N groups of application program icons one by one, and different sub-display areas correspond to different application program parameters. For example, referring to FIG. 3, the target control 31 divides the terminal display into two sub-display areas, each of which displays a set of application icons 21. The following examples of the present invention are described with reference to N as 2:

when N is 2, one of the two sub-display areas may correspond to an application that has been deleted by the terminal, and the other may correspond to an application on a desktop of the terminal, or one of the two sub-display areas may correspond to an application that has been used frequently on the desktop of the terminal and satisfies a first preset condition, and the other may correspond to an application that has been used cumulatively for a duration of time on the desktop of the terminal and satisfies a second preset condition, or one of the two sub-display areas may correspond to an application that has been deleted by the terminal, and the other may correspond to an application that has been used internally for a duration of time on the desktop of the terminal and satisfies a third preset condition; and so on.

In the embodiment of the invention, because different sub-display areas correspond to different application program parameters, when a user needs to process the application program (for example, installation, uninstallation or update and other processing), more information of the application program can be referred to, so that the user can conveniently and quickly find the application program needing to be processed, and the efficiency of processing the application program is improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal may be a Computer, a mobile phone, a Tablet personal Computer (Tablet personal Computer), a Laptop Computer (Laptop Computer), a personal digital assistant (PDA for short), a Wearable Device (Wearable Device), or the like.

The application program control method of the embodiment of the invention receives a first input of a user; responding to the first input, and displaying M target controls which divide the terminal display screen into N sub display areas; displaying N groups of application program icons in the N sub display areas; each sub-display area displays a group of application icons, different sub-display areas correspond to different application parameters, M is an integer larger than 0, and N is M + 1. Because each sub-display area displays a group of application program icons, and different sub-display areas correspond to different application program parameters, a user can conveniently and quickly find the application program to be processed, so that the processing efficiency of the application program is improved.

Optionally, in step 103, that is, displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas includes:

respectively displaying a group of application program icons which are sequenced according to application program parameters corresponding to each sub display area in the N sub display areas;

the application program icons comprise at least one of application program icons on the terminal desktop and deleted application program icons.

Optionally, the application parameters may include (but are not limited to) at least one of the following: the method comprises the following steps of deleting time of the application program, using frequency of the application program, accumulated using time of the application program, memory occupation amount of the application program, type of the application program and name of the application program.

In the embodiment of the invention, at least one of the application programs on the terminal desktop and the deleted application programs can be sequenced according to the application program parameters corresponding to each sub-display area, and a group of application program icons obtained after sequencing is displayed in each sub-display area.

For example, if the sub-display area a corresponds to the deletion time of the application, and the sub-display area b corresponds to the usage frequency of the application, the deleted applications of the terminal may be sorted according to the deletion time, and a group of application icons obtained after sorting (for example, application icons sorted according to the deletion time and having the deletion time later than the preset time, or application icons sorted from the application sorted from the deletion time onward to the application after sorting, where I may be a preset positive integer) may be displayed in the sub-display area a, the applications on the desktop of the terminal may be sorted according to the usage frequency of the application, and a group of application icons obtained after sorting (for example, application icons sorted according to the usage frequency and having the usage frequency lower than the preset frequency, or application icons sorted from low to high according to the usage frequency and located in the application icons before J, etc., where J may be a preset positive integer) is displayed in the sub-display region b.

The following description is made in conjunction with fig. 3 and 4:

as shown in fig. 3, a target control 31 is displayed on the terminal display screen, and the target control 31 divides the terminal display screen into two sub-display areas, wherein one of the two sub-display areas displays application icons that are sorted from the top to the bottom according to the deletion time and are located at the top 4; and the other sub-display area of the two sub-display areas displays the application program icons which are arranged at the top 20 in the sequence of the application programs from low to high according to the use frequency.

As shown in fig. 4, two target controls 31 are displayed on the terminal display screen, and the terminal display screen is divided into three sub-display areas by the two target controls 31, wherein the application icons sorted from low to high according to the usage frequency and positioned at the top 8 in the first sub-display area of the three sub-display areas are displayed; the second sub-display area in the three sub-display areas displays application icons which are sequenced from the application programs sequenced from first to last according to the deletion time and are positioned at the top 4; the third sub-display area of the three sub-display areas displays application icons which are arranged at the top 8 in the order of the application icons according to the accumulated use time from short to long.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the application programs ranked from low to high according to the use frequency are displayed in the first sub-display area, so that a user can conveniently and quickly search the application program with low use frequency or the application program with high use frequency, the application programs ranked from first to last according to the deletion time are displayed in the second sub-display area, the application programs deleted recently can be conveniently and quickly searched by the user, the application programs ranked from short to long according to the accumulated use time are displayed in the third sub-display area, and the application programs with short accumulated use time or the application programs with long accumulated use time can be conveniently and quickly searched by the user.

It is understood that, when a sliding input (e.g., sliding from right to left) of the user in each sub-display area is received, the application icons displayed in each sub-display area may be updated according to an operation parameter (e.g., a sliding distance) of the sliding input, so that the user may view application icons that are deleted earlier, or may view application icons with higher frequency of use, or may view application icons with longer accumulated time of use, and the like.

In addition, the terminal display screen is divided into N sub-display areas, and a group of application program icons which are sequenced according to application program parameters corresponding to each sub-display area are respectively displayed in each sub-display area, so that a user can perform batch processing on the application program icons displayed in each sub-display area, and the processing efficiency of the application programs is improved.

Optionally, after the step 103, that is, after the N groups of application icons are displayed in the N sub-display areas, the method includes:

receiving a second input of the user;

responding to the second input, displaying K target controls according to the operation parameters of the second input, dividing the terminal display screen into K +1 sub display areas by the K target controls, and updating the display content in each sub display area;

wherein the operation parameter comprises at least one of operation times, operation distance and operation speed, and K is greater than M or less than M.

Optionally, the second input may include an input of a user in the first display area and/or the second display area of the terminal display screen, or an input of a user sliding on a first target control of the M target controls.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first display area and the second display area may be any two display areas with different positions in the terminal display screen, and the sizes of the first display area and the second display area may also be set according to actual requirements. Optionally, the terminal display screen may be a special-shaped screen, and the first display area and the second display area may be two areas separated from each other in a top end area of the special-shaped screen.

Optionally, the user input in the first display area and/or the second display area of the terminal display screen may include (but is not limited to):

Optionally, the first target control may be any one of the M target controls, and the input of the user sliding on the first target control of the M target controls may include an input of starting to slide along a preset direction from the first target control.

In practical applications, the embodiment of the present invention may determine the number of the displayed target controls according to the corresponding relationship between the preset operation parameters and the number of the target controls, for example, when the second input operation parameters include the number of operations, the number of target controls corresponding to the number of second input operations may be displayed based on a corresponding relationship between the preset number of operations and the number of target controls, and when the second input operation parameter includes an operation distance, the number of target controls corresponding to the second input operation distance may be displayed based on a corresponding relationship between the preset operation distance and the number of target controls, and when the second input operation parameter includes the operation speed, the number of target controls corresponding to the second input operation speed may be displayed based on a correspondence between the preset operation speed and the number of target controls.

The following describes embodiments of the present invention with reference to examples:

for example, referring to fig. 3, after receiving a first input from the user, the terminal display is divided into two sub-display areas by one target control 31, and a group of application icons is displayed in each sub-display area. Referring to fig. 4, after receiving the second input from the user, the terminal display is subdivided into three sub-display areas by the two target controls 31, and the displayed content in each sub-display area is updated. The second input may be an input that, as shown in fig. 2, the user presses the area a and the area B with two fingers respectively, and slides the two fingers together in the direction indicated by the arrow; the second input may also be that as shown in fig. 2, the two fingers of the user press the area a and the area B respectively, slide in the direction indicated by the arrow until the two fingers are closed, and accelerate sliding in the closing process; the second input may also be an input where the user's finger slides down from the target control 31 to a position beyond a preset position (e.g., a middle position) of the terminal display screen, as shown in fig. 5, and so on.

According to the received second input operation parameters, the number X of the target controls needing to be displayed can be adjusted flexibly and conveniently, so that the terminal display screen is divided into X +1 sub-display areas through the X target controls, and X +1 groups of application program icons are displayed for the user to refer to.

Optionally, before the step 101 or after the step 103, the method may further include:

receiving a third input of the user;

displaying a target selection interface in response to the third input;

receiving a fourth input that the user selects an application program sorting type on the target selection interface;

responding to the fourth input, displaying X-1 target controls according to the number X of the application program sorting types selected by the user, wherein the X-1 target controls divide the terminal display screen into X sub-display areas;

displaying X groups of application program icons which are respectively sequenced according to X application program sequencing types selected by a user in the X sub-display areas;

wherein each sub-display area displays a set of application icons.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the third input may be a voice input, a gesture input, or a touch operation on a display screen of the terminal. Optionally, the third input may be input in the first display area and/or the second display area of the terminal display screen, where the first display area and the second display area may be any two display areas in the terminal display screen at different positions. Optionally, when the terminal display screen is a special-shaped screen, the first display area and the second display area are two areas separated from each other in a top end area of the special-shaped screen, that is, two ear areas of the special-shaped screen.

Optionally, the third input may include (but is not limited to):

In an embodiment of the present invention, at least one application sorting type may be displayed on the target selection interface, where the application sorting type may include, but is not limited to, at least one of deletion time sorting (from near to far, i.e., near-far), first pinyin sorting (from a to Z, i.e., a-Z), memory occupancy sorting (from large to small, i.e., large-small), usage frequency sorting (from high to low, i.e., high-low), cumulative usage duration sorting (from short to long, i.e., short-long), and the like.

The following describes an embodiment of the present invention by taking the third input received after the above step 103 as an example:

as shown in fig. 6, after the terminal display screen is divided into two sub-display areas by one target control 31, and a group of application icons is displayed in each sub-display area, a preset indication control may be displayed in the C area of the terminal display screen, for example, an indication control including a "layer selection" identifier is displayed in the C area of the terminal display screen, and when a user clicks the preset indication control, a target selection interface 41 may be displayed, where the target selection interface 41 displays options of 4 application sorting types, and optionally, the currently adopted application sorting type in the sub-display area of the terminal display screen may default to a selected state.

In practical application, a user can select application program sequencing types according to requirements, a terminal can display X-1 target controls according to the number X of the application program sequencing types selected by the user, and can display X groups of application program icons which are respectively sequenced according to the X application program sequencing types selected by the user in X sub display areas obtained by dividing the X-1 target controls, wherein the X sub display areas correspond to the X groups of application program icons one by one.

According to the method and the device for displaying the target control information, the number of the target controls to be displayed and the application information to be displayed can be adjusted conveniently according to the application sorting type selected by the user and the number of the application sorting types selected by the user, and therefore the user can control the terminal to display the information of the application which the user wants to view flexibly and conveniently.

receiving a fifth input of a user on a first target sub-display area in the N sub-display areas;

updating a first sorting mode of a group of application program icons currently displayed on the first target sub-display area to a second sorting mode in response to the fifth input;

wherein the first ordering manner and the second ordering manner are different.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the first target sub-display area may be any one of N sub-display areas.

Optionally, the fifth input may include (but is not limited to):

an input of a user sliding on the first target sub-display area; for example, as shown in fig. 8, the user slides on the first target sub-display area from left to right at least twice at a speed greater than the first preset value;

input clicked by a user on the first target sub-display area; for example, the user clicks at least twice on the first target sub-display area, and the time interval between two adjacent clicks is less than the preset time length;

an input that a user presses on the first target sub-display area; for example, the pressure value or the duration of the user pressing on the first target sub-display area is greater than a second preset value; and so on.

In this embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the second input, the first sorting manner of the group of application icons currently displayed on the first target sub-display area may be updated to the second sorting manner, for example, as shown in fig. 8, when the group of application icons currently displayed on the first target sub-display area is sorted from short to long according to the cumulative duration of use, after receiving the second input, the group of application icons currently displayed on the first target sub-display area may be updated to be sorted from long to short according to the cumulative duration of use, as shown in fig. 9.

In the embodiment of the invention, the sorting mode of the group of application program icons currently displayed in the sub-display area can be changed according to the input of the user in any sub-display area of the N sub-display areas, so that the operation is convenient.

Optionally, after the step 103, that is, after the N groups of application icons are displayed in the N sub-display areas, the method further includes:

receiving a sixth input that the user drags the first target application program icon on the second target sub-display area in the N sub-display areas to the third target sub-display area;

in response to the sixth input, executing a target operation corresponding to the third target display sub-region on the application corresponding to the first target application icon;

wherein each sub-display region corresponds to a target operation.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second target sub-display area and the third target sub-display area may be any two sub-display areas of N sub-display areas. Specifically, the corresponding relationship between each sub-display area and the target operation may be pre-established, so that when an input that the user drags the application icon to a certain sub-display area is received, the target operation corresponding to the sub-display area may be executed on the application corresponding to the application icon.

It should be noted that the user may drag the first target application icon by using a single finger, or may drag the first target application icon by using at least two fingers. The first target application icon may include any one or at least two application icons displayed in the second target sub-display area, and batch processing of a plurality of application icons may be achieved.

Optionally, the target operation includes at least one of (but not limited to): the method comprises the steps of uninstalling operation, installing operation, upgrading operation, starting operation and icon replacing operation.

The following description will be given by taking an example that a terminal display screen is divided into 3 sub-display areas, namely, a sub-display area a, a sub-display area b and a sub-display area c, the sub-display area a corresponds to an installation operation, the sub-display area b corresponds to a deletion operation, and the sub-display area c corresponds to an update operation:

when the user drags the application icon d1 in the sub display area b or the sub display area c to the sub display area a, the terminal performs an installation operation on the application program corresponding to the application icon d1, and it can be understood that, when the application program corresponding to the application icon d1 is an application program already installed in the terminal, the installation operation may not be performed, or the application program corresponding to the application icon d1 may be reinstalled. When the user drags the application icon d2 of the sub display area a or the sub display area c to the sub display area b, the application corresponding to the application icon d2 may be uninstalled. It is understood that when the application corresponding to the application icon d2 is an application already uninstalled by the terminal, the uninstalling operation may not be performed. When the user drags the application icon d3 in the sub display area a or the sub display area b to the sub display area c, the application corresponding to the application icon d3 may be updated. It is understood that, when the application corresponding to the application icon d3 is an application that has been uninstalled by the terminal, the update operation may not be performed, or the latest version of the application corresponding to the application icon d3 may be installed directly.

For example, referring to fig. 10 and 11, when the user drags the application icon e1 of the sub display area in which the deleted application icon is displayed to the sub display area in which the application icon (i.e., the existing application) on the terminal desktop is displayed, the application corresponding to the application icon e1 is installed, and when the user drags the application icon e2 of the sub display area in which the application icon on the terminal desktop is displayed to the sub display area in which the deleted application icon is displayed, the application corresponding to the application icon e2 is uninstalled.

The following description will be given by taking an example that a terminal display screen is divided into 3 sub-display areas, namely, a sub-display area a, a sub-display area b and a sub-display area c, the sub-display area a corresponds to a start operation, the sub-display area b corresponds to a delete operation, and the sub-display area c corresponds to an icon replacement operation:

when the user drags the application icon e1 of the sub display area b or the sub display area c to the sub display area a, the terminal may launch an application corresponding to the application icon e 1. When the user drags the application icon e2 of the sub display area a or the sub display area c to the sub display area b, the application corresponding to the application icon e2 may be uninstalled. When the user drags the application icon e3 of the sub display area a or the sub display area b to the sub display area c, an icon update operation may be performed on the application corresponding to the application icon e 3.

It can be understood that the number of the sub-display areas and the target operation corresponding to each sub-display area can be reasonably set according to actual requirements.

In the embodiment of the invention, a user can drag the target application program icon of the second target sub-display area to the third target sub-display area to execute the target operation corresponding to the third target sub-display area on the application program corresponding to the target application program icon of the second target sub-display area, so that the operation is convenient, the user can conveniently and rapidly uninstall the application program, install the application program, update the application program, start the application program or replace the application program icon and the like, and the user can conveniently perform batch processing on the application programs corresponding to the application program icons in the sub-display areas.

Optionally, in order to facilitate a user to quickly know a target operation corresponding to each sub-display region, a fourth target sub-display region of the N sub-display regions displays identification information, where the identification information is used to indicate the target operation corresponding to the fourth target sub-display region;

the fourth target sub-display area is any one of N sub-display areas, or the fourth target sub-display area is a sub-display area through which the first target application icon passes in the sixth input operation process.

In the embodiment of the present invention, identification information used for indicating a target operation corresponding to each sub-display area may be respectively displayed in each sub-display area of the N sub-display areas, or identification information used for indicating a corresponding target operation may be displayed only in each sub-display area through which the first target application icon passes in the sixth input operation process.

For example, when the terminal display screen is divided into 3 sub-display areas, that is, a sub-display area a, a sub-display area b and a sub-display area c, and the sub-display area a corresponds to the installation operation, the sub-display area b corresponds to the deletion operation, and the sub-display area c corresponds to the update operation, the identification information for indicating the installation operation may be displayed on the sub-display area a, the identification information for indicating the deletion operation may be displayed on the sub-display area b, and the identification information for indicating the update operation may be displayed on the sub-display area c; or when the sub-display area through which the first target application icon passes includes a sub-display area b and a sub-display area c, displaying identification information for indicating a deletion operation in the sub-display area b, and displaying identification information for indicating an update operation in the sub-display area c.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the identification information for indicating the corresponding target operation is displayed on the sub-display areas, so that a user can conveniently and quickly know the target operation corresponding to each sub-display area, and the user can conveniently operate.

Optionally, the N sub-display areas include a fifth target sub-display area;

after the step 103, that is, after displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas, the method further includes:

receiving a seventh input of a second target application icon by the user on the fifth target sub-display area;

responding to the seventh input, and displaying a target identifier in a preset display area;

receiving an eighth input on the target identifier;

and responding to the eighth input, and executing target operation corresponding to the target identification on the application program corresponding to the second target application program icon.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the fifth target sub-display area may be any one of N sub-display areas, and the second target application icon may include one or at least two application icons displayed in the fifth target sub-display area. The preset display area can be an ear area of the terminal display screen, the lower side of the bang area and the like.

Optionally, the seventh input may include (but is not limited to):

input that the user clicked on the second target application icon;

an input that the user pressed on the second target application icon;

a user sliding input on the second target application icon; and so on.

Optionally, the eighth input may include (but is not limited to):

inputting a click on the target identifier by a user;

an input that a user presses on the target identifier;

input of a user sliding on the target identifier; and so on.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the target identifier is used to indicate a target operation, and optionally, the target operation includes at least one of (but not limited to): the method comprises the steps of uninstalling operation, installing operation, upgrading operation, starting operation and icon replacing operation.

For example, referring to fig. 12, when the second target application icon on the fifth target sub-display area is an application icon (i.e., an existing application) on the terminal desktop, after receiving a seventh input, displaying a target identifier for indicating an uninstalling operation, and when receiving an eighth input of the user on the target identifier, uninstalling the application corresponding to the second target application icon; referring to fig. 13, when the second target application icon on the fifth target sub display area is the deleted application icon, after receiving the seventh input, a target identifier indicating an installation operation is displayed, and an application corresponding to the second target application icon may be installed when receiving the eighth input of the user on the target identifier.

Receiving a seventh input of a second target application program icon of the user on the fifth target sub-display area; responding to the seventh input, and displaying a target identifier in a preset display area; receiving an eighth input on the target identifier; and responding to the eighth input, executing the target operation corresponding to the target identifier on the application program corresponding to the second target application program icon, so that different target operations can be conveniently executed on different application programs, and a user can conveniently perform batch processing on the application programs corresponding to the application program icons in the sub display area.

Optionally, after displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas, the embodiment of the present invention may further receive a ninth input from the user, and cancel the display of the target control in response to the ninth input. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 14, the user may use two fingers to simultaneously slide from the positions right under the two ear regions of the terminal display screen to the two ear regions, respectively, to cancel the display of the target control (e.g., Touchline), and may resume the interface displayed on the terminal display screen before step 101.

Referring to fig. 15, fig. 15 is a structural diagram of a terminal provided in an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 15, a terminal 1500 includes: a first receiving module 1501, a first display module 1502, and a second display module 1503, wherein:

a first receiving module 1501, configured to receive a first input of a user;

a first display module 1502, configured to display, in response to the first input, M target controls, where the M target controls divide the terminal display screen into N sub-display regions;

a second display module 1503, configured to display N groups of application icons in the N sub-display regions;

Optionally, the second display module includes:

the first display unit is used for respectively displaying a group of application program icons which are sequenced according to application program parameters corresponding to each sub display area in the N sub display areas;

Optionally, the application parameter includes at least one of: the method comprises the following steps of deleting time of the application program, using frequency of the application program, accumulated using time of the application program, memory occupation amount of the application program, type of the application program and name of the application program.

Optionally, the terminal includes:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a second input of the user after displaying the N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas;

the third display module is used for responding to the second input, displaying K target controls according to the operation parameters of the second input, wherein the K target controls divide the terminal display screen into K +1 sub display areas and update the display content in each sub display area;

Optionally, the terminal further includes:

the third receiving module is used for receiving a third input of the user;

a fourth display module for displaying a target selection interface in response to the third input;

the fourth receiving module is used for receiving a fourth input of selecting an application program sorting type on the target selection interface by the user;

a fifth display module, configured to respond to the fourth input, and display X-1 target controls according to the number X of application program sorting types selected by the user, where the X-1 target controls divide the terminal display screen into X sub-display regions;

a sixth display module, configured to display, in the X sub-display areas, X groups of application icons that are sorted according to X application sorting types selected by the user, respectively;

wherein each sub-display area displays a set of application icons.

Optionally, the terminal includes:

a fifth receiving module, configured to receive a fifth input of a user on a first target sub-display area of the N sub-display areas after the N groups of application icons are displayed in the N sub-display areas;

an updating module, configured to update a first sorting manner of a group of application icons currently displayed on the first target sub-display area to a second sorting manner in response to the fifth input;

wherein the first ordering manner and the second ordering manner are different.

Optionally, the terminal further includes:

a sixth receiving module, configured to receive a sixth input that a user drags a first target application icon on a second target sub-display area of the N sub-display areas to a third target sub-display area after displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas;

a first execution module, configured to, in response to the sixth input, execute a target operation corresponding to the third target display sub-region on an application corresponding to the first target application icon;

wherein each sub-display region corresponds to a target operation.

Optionally, a fourth target sub-display area in the N sub-display areas displays identification information, where the identification information is used to indicate a target operation corresponding to the fourth target sub-display area;

Optionally, the N sub-display areas include a fifth target sub-display area;

the terminal further comprises:

a seventh receiving module, configured to receive a seventh input of a second target application icon on the fifth target sub-display area by a user after displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas;

the seventh display module is used for responding to the seventh input and displaying the target identification in a preset display area;

an eighth receiving module, configured to receive an eighth input on the target identifier;

and the second execution module is used for responding to the eighth input and executing target operation corresponding to the target identification on the application program corresponding to the second target application program icon.

Optionally, the target operation includes at least one of: the method comprises the steps of uninstalling operation, installing operation, upgrading operation, starting operation and icon replacing operation.

Optionally, the first input includes an input of a user in a first display area and/or a second display area of the terminal display screen;

the second input comprises an input of a user in a first display area and/or a second display area of the terminal display screen, or an input of a user sliding on a first target control of the M target controls.

Optionally, the terminal display screen is a special-shaped screen, and the first display area and the second display area are two areas separated from each other in a top end area of the special-shaped screen.

Optionally, the target control is a linear control.

The terminal 1500 provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the terminal in the method embodiment of fig. 1, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

The terminal 1500 of the embodiment of the present invention includes a first receiving module 1501, configured to receive a first input of a user; a first display module 1502, configured to display, in response to the first input, M target controls, where the M target controls divide the terminal display screen into N sub-display regions; a second display module 1503, configured to display N groups of application icons in the N sub-display regions; each sub-display area displays a group of application icons, different sub-display areas correspond to different application parameters, M is an integer larger than 0, and N is M + 1. Because each sub-display area displays a group of application program icons, and different sub-display areas correspond to different application program parameters, a user can conveniently and quickly find the application program to be processed, so that the processing efficiency of the application program is improved.

Fig. 16 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention. Referring to fig. 16, the terminal 1600 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 1601, network module 1602, audio output unit 1603, input unit 1604, sensor 1605, display unit 1606, user input unit 1607, interface unit 1608, memory 1609, processor 1610, and power supply 1611. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal configuration shown in fig. 16 is not intended to be limiting, and that the terminal may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

Wherein, the processor 1610 is configured to receive a first input of a user; responding to the first input, and displaying M target controls which divide the terminal display screen into N sub display areas; displaying N groups of application program icons in the N sub display areas; each sub-display area displays a group of application icons, different sub-display areas correspond to different application parameters, M is an integer larger than 0, and N is M + 1.

In the embodiment of the invention, because each sub-display area displays a group of application program icons and different sub-display areas correspond to different application program parameters, a user can conveniently and quickly find the application program to be processed, so that the processing efficiency of the application program is improved.

Optionally, the processor 1610 is further configured to:

after N groups of application program icons are displayed in the N sub display areas, receiving second input of a user;

Optionally, the processor 1610 is further configured to:

receiving a third input of the user;

displaying a target selection interface in response to the third input;

wherein each sub-display area displays a set of application icons.

Optionally, the processor 1610 is further configured to:

after N groups of application icons are displayed in the N sub-display areas, receiving a fifth input of a user on a first target sub-display area in the N sub-display areas;

wherein the first ordering manner and the second ordering manner are different.

Optionally, the processor 1610 is further configured to:

after N groups of application program icons are displayed in the N sub display areas, receiving sixth input of dragging a first target application program icon on a second target sub display area in the N sub display areas to a third target sub display area by a user;

wherein each sub-display region corresponds to a target operation.

Optionally, the N sub-display areas include a fifth target sub-display area;

optionally, the processor 1610 is further configured to:

receiving a seventh input of a second target application icon of the user on the fifth target sub-display area after displaying the N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas;

receiving an eighth input on the target identifier;

Optionally, the target control is a linear control.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 1601 may be used for receiving and transmitting signals during a message transmission or call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to the processor 1610; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general, the radio frequency unit 1601 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 1601 may also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal provides wireless broadband internet access to the user through the network module 1602, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 1603 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 1601 or the network module 1602 or stored in the memory 1609 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 1603 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal 1600 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 1603 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 1604 is used to receive audio or video signals. The input Unit 1604 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 16041 and a microphone 16042, and the Graphics processor 16041 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device such as a camera in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 1606. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 16041 may be stored in the memory 1609 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 1601 or the network module 1602. The microphone 16042 may receive sounds and may be capable of processing such sounds into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 1601 in case of the phone call mode.

Terminal 1600 also includes at least one sensor 1605, such as a light sensor, motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that can adjust the brightness of the display panel 16061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 16061 and/or the backlight when the terminal 1600 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the terminal posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensors 1605 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., and will not be described in detail herein.

The display unit 1606 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 1606 may include a Display panel 16061, and the Display panel 16061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 1607 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 1607 includes a touch panel 16071 and other input devices 16072. The touch panel 16071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 16071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 16071 using a finger, stylus, or any other suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 16071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, and sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 1610 to receive and execute commands sent by the processor 1610. In addition, the touch panel 16071 may be implemented by various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 16071, the user input unit 1607 may include other input devices 16072. In particular, the other input devices 16072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described herein.

Further, the touch panel 16071 may be overlaid on the display panel 16061, and when the touch panel 16071 detects a touch operation thereon or nearby, the touch operation is transmitted to the processor 1610 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 1610 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 16061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 16, the touch panel 16071 and the display panel 16061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 16071 and the display panel 16061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal, which is not limited herein.

An interface unit 1608 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal 1600. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. Interface unit 1608 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within terminal 1600 or may be used to transmit data between terminal 1600 and an external device.

The memory 1609 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 1609 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 1609 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 1610 is a control center of the terminal, connects various parts of the entire terminal using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal and processes data by operating or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 1609 and calling data stored in the memory 1609, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal. Processor 1610 may include one or more processing units; preferably, processor 1610 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications. It is to be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 1610.

The terminal 1600 may also include a power supply 1611 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and preferably, the power supply 1611 may be logically connected to the processor 1610 through a power management system that may be configured to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption.

In addition, the terminal 1600 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail herein.

Preferably, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal, including a processor 1610, a memory 1609, and a computer program stored in the memory 1609 and capable of running on the processor 1610, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 1610, implements each process of the foregoing application program control method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements each process of the above-mentioned application program control method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk.

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

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

While the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, which are illustrative and not restrictive, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims

1. An application program control method is applied to a terminal, and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a first input of a user;

displaying N groups of application program icons in the N sub display areas;

each sub-display area displays a group of application program icons, different sub-display areas correspond to different application program parameters, M is an integer larger than 0, and N is M + 1;

after displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas, the method comprises the following steps:

receiving a second input of the user;

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said displaying N groups of application icons in said N sub-display areas comprises:

and respectively displaying a group of application program icons which are sequenced according to the application program parameters corresponding to each sub display area in each sub display area of the N sub display areas.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the application parameters comprise at least one of: the method comprises the following steps of deleting time of the application program, using frequency of the application program, accumulated using time of the application program, memory occupation amount of the application program, type of the application program and name of the application program.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third input of the user;

displaying a target selection interface in response to the third input;

wherein each sub-display area displays a set of application icons.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein after displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas, the method comprises:

wherein the first ordering manner and the second ordering manner are different.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein after displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas, the method further comprises:

wherein each sub-display region corresponds to a target operation.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein a fourth target sub-display area of the N sub-display areas displays identification information, and the identification information is used for indicating a target operation corresponding to the fourth target sub-display area;

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the N sub-display regions comprise a fifth target sub-display region;

after displaying N groups of application icons in the N sub-display areas, the method further includes:

receiving an eighth input on the target identifier;

9. The method of claim 6 or 8, wherein the target operation comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps of uninstalling operation, installing operation, upgrading operation, starting operation and icon replacing operation.

10. The method of claim 1,

the first input comprises the input of a user in a first display area and/or a second display area of the terminal display screen;

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the terminal display screen is a shaped screen, and the first display area and the second display area are two areas separated from each other in a tip area of the shaped screen.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the target control is a line type control.

13. A terminal, comprising:

the first receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user;

14. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the second display module comprises:

and the first display unit is used for respectively displaying a group of application program icons which are sequenced according to the application program parameters corresponding to each sub display area in each sub display area of the N sub display areas.

15. A terminal according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the application parameters comprise at least one of the following: the method comprises the following steps of deleting time of the application program, using frequency of the application program, accumulated using time of the application program, memory occupation amount of the application program, type of the application program and name of the application program.

16. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the terminal further comprises:

the third receiving module is used for receiving a third input of the user;

wherein each sub-display area displays a set of application icons.

17. The terminal according to claim 13, wherein the terminal comprises:

wherein the first ordering manner and the second ordering manner are different.

18. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the terminal further comprises:

wherein each sub-display region corresponds to a target operation.

19. The terminal according to claim 18, wherein a fourth target sub-display area of the N sub-display areas displays identification information, and the identification information is used for indicating a target operation corresponding to the fourth target sub-display area;

20. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the N sub-display regions comprise a fifth target sub-display region;

the terminal further comprises:

21. The terminal according to claim 18 or 20, wherein the target operation comprises at least one of: the method comprises the steps of uninstalling operation, installing operation, upgrading operation, starting operation and icon replacing operation.

22. The terminal of claim 13,

23. The terminal of claim 22, wherein the terminal display is a shaped screen, and wherein the first display area and the second display area are two separate areas of a topmost area of the shaped screen.

24. The terminal of claim 13, wherein the target control is a line type control.