CN108694012B

CN108694012B - Method and system for displaying objects on screen

Info

Publication number: CN108694012B
Application number: CN201810458163.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张博; 赵春雷
Original assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Current assignee: Lenovo Beijing Ltd
Priority date: 2011-11-28
Filing date: 2011-11-28
Publication date: 2022-04-22
Anticipated expiration: 2031-11-28
Also published as: CN103135913A; CN108694012A

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a method and system for displaying an object on a screen, the method comprising: displaying a first object on a first display area of a screen; in response to a first predetermined operation on the screen, displaying a second object on a second display region of the screen according to a predetermined display strategy, wherein the first object and the second object are different, and the predetermined display strategy comprises that the second display region is adjacent to the first display region, wherein the area occupied by the second object is not limited to the area of the first display region. As such, objects to be displayed (e.g., first object, second object) may be displayed in a limited screen, and also enables a user to easily and time-efficiently view objects of different hierarchies (e.g., first object, second object).

Description

Method and system for displaying objects on screen

The application has the application date of 2011, 11 and 28, and the application numbers of: 201110385508.4 filed as a divisional application of the invention patent application entitled "method and System for displaying objects on a Screen".

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to information processing technology, and more particularly, to a method and system for displaying an object on a screen.

Background

With the continuous development of information technology, more and more applications based on information technology are developed. Moreover, in recent years, with the popularity of large-screen touch screen mobile devices (e.g., large-screen touch screen mobile phones, touch screen tablet computers, etc.), applications executed on the mobile devices are increasingly diversified, and objects displayed on the mobile devices are increasingly increased. However, due to the limitation of the size of the screen of the mobile device, the number of objects displayed on one screen is also limited. Furthermore, since there may be a hierarchical relationship between a plurality of objects to be displayed on the screen of the mobile device, in the prior art, it is common to display objects of different hierarchies by switching different screen interfaces, and not to display all objects of different hierarchies simultaneously with the same screen.

For example, in the prior art, in the case of displaying a call record list on the screen of a mobile phone, a plurality of vertically arranged call records of one screen are usually displayed on the screen first, if a user wants to further apply one of the call records, the user can click the call record with a finger, and then the mobile phone screen is entirely switched to an instruction identification interface of the next layer of the call record, which includes instruction identifications such as "view detailed call information", "dial", "send a short message", "save to contact", and the like. The user can trigger the instruction identifiers of the next layer so as to execute applications of 'viewing detailed call information', 'dialing', 'sending short message', 'saving to contact' and the like corresponding to the instruction identifiers on the call record. If the user does not want to select these next level command identifiers or wants to continue viewing or further operating on other call records, the user typically touches the back key and the screen reverts to the list of call records screen.

Disclosure of Invention

However, in the prior art, a user clicks a call record, enters a next layer interface of the call record to select, and after entering the next layer instruction identification interface, only the instruction identification of the next layer is displayed on the whole screen, and the user can only see each instruction identification of the next layer of the call record and cannot see other call records except the call record in the call record interface of the previous layer, so that the user can only select the next layer instruction identification of the call record and cannot quickly view other call records again.

Moreover, in the prior art, if the user has entered the next-layer instruction identification interface and wants to perform other instruction operations on other call records of the previous-layer interface, the user must first touch the return key to return to the previous-layer call record interface and then perform other instruction operations on other call records, that is, the user must perform one more operation (for example, touch the return key) to perform an instruction operation on other elements of the previous layer, which makes the operation of the user complicated.

In addition, when the user wants to check the next-layer command identifier of another call record, the user must first touch the return key to return to the previous-layer call record interface, and then click another call record to enter the next-layer command identifier interface of the another call record for selection, which requires the user to look at the next-layer interface twice, which requires the mobile device to run a program for displaying the next-layer interface twice, which also consumes more time, and the user operation becomes complicated and slows down the checking speed of the user.

Accordingly, in the prior art, an improved technique capable of displaying many objects to be displayed in a limited screen and also enabling a user to easily and time-saving view objects of different hierarchies is desired.

In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying an object on a screen, including: displaying a first object on a first display area of a screen; in response to a first preset operation on a screen, displaying a second object on a second display area of the screen according to a preset display strategy, wherein the first object and the second object are different, and the preset display strategy comprises that the second display area is overlapped with a part or all of the first display area or the second display area is adjacent to the first display area.

In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of displaying an object on a screen, including: displaying a first object on a first display area of a screen; in response to a first predetermined operation on the screen, displaying a second object on a second display region of the screen according to a predetermined display strategy, wherein the first object and the second object are different, and the predetermined display strategy comprises that the second display region is adjacent to the first display region, wherein the area occupied by the second object is not limited to the area of the first display region.

In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for displaying an object on a screen, including: means for displaying a first object on a first display area of a screen; and means for displaying a second object on a second display area of the screen according to a predetermined display policy in response to a first predetermined operation on the screen, wherein the first object and the second object are different, and the predetermined display policy includes causing the second display area to overlap a part or all of the first display area or causing the second display area to be adjacent to the first display area.

In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for displaying an object on a screen, including: means for displaying a first object on a first display area of a screen; and means for displaying a second object on a second display region of the screen according to a predetermined display policy in response to a first predetermined operation on the screen, wherein the first object and the second object are different, and the predetermined display policy includes making the second display region adjacent to the first display region, wherein an area occupied by the second object is not limited to an area of the first display region.

As such, according to various embodiments of the present invention, objects (e.g., a first object, a second object) to be displayed may be displayed in a limited screen, and also a user may be enabled to easily and time-efficiently view objects of different hierarchies (e.g., a first object, a second object).

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying an object on a screen according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 2A-E are diagrams illustrating a specific example of a method of displaying an object on a screen according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

3A-F are diagrams illustrating a specific example of a method of displaying an object on a screen according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4A-D are diagrams illustrating a specific example of a method of displaying an object on a screen according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a system for displaying an object on a screen according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that in this specification and the drawings, elements having substantially the same function and structure are assigned the same reference numerals, and duplicate descriptions are omitted. The preferred embodiments are merely examples and are not intended to limit all implementations of the invention, and terms, features, and technical means used during the respective descriptions of the embodiments may be interchangeably changed or substituted, that is, some technical means mentioned in one disclosed embodiment may be directly and unambiguously applied to other disclosed embodiments or other embodiments covered by the claims of the present invention.

For ease of understanding, the present disclosure will be described in the following order.

1. First embodiment

2. Second embodiment

3. Third embodiment

4. Fourth embodiment

5. Fifth embodiment

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1. First embodiment

A method 100 of displaying an object on a screen according to a first embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1.

In a first embodiment of the present invention, the method 100 of displaying an object on a screen includes: displaying a first object on a first display area of a screen (S101); in response to a first predetermined operation on a screen, a second object is displayed on a second display region of the screen according to a predetermined display policy (S102), wherein the first object and the second object are different, and the predetermined display policy includes causing the second display region to overlap a part or all of the first display region or causing the second display region to be adjacent to the first display region.

In this way, in the case where the entire screen displays one or more first objects, the contents of the second object related to the one or more first objects can also be displayed on the original first display region without occupying an additional display area by a predetermined operation, so that it is possible to display a sufficient amount of contents in a limited screen size and to facilitate the user's viewing of other contents related to the contents displayed on the screen.

In a preferred embodiment, the second object comprises at least one instruction identifier, each of which is used for executing an instruction or an instruction set corresponding to the instruction identifier on the first object after being triggered.

In this way, the user can view the second object (e.g., including at least one instruction mark) without occupying an additional display area by performing only a certain operation (e.g., sliding right) on the displayed first object, and can also execute a certain application on the first object by selecting a certain instruction mark on the viewed second object. This greatly speeds up the step of executing the application on the first object by the user without waiting for entering another screen after clicking the first object, selecting the instruction identification and executing the application, etc., saving much time and user's operation steps.

In a preferred embodiment, in case the predetermined display strategy is such that the second display area overlaps a part of the first display area, the whole of the second object and the first part of the first object are displayed.

In a preferred embodiment, the first portion of the first object is displayed in a first position in the first display area before displaying the second object and in a second position in the first display area after displaying the second object, the first position and the second position being different.

In a preferred embodiment, in case the predetermined display strategy is such that the second display area overlaps with all of the first display area, all of the second objects are displayed without displaying the first objects.

In a preferred embodiment, in a case where the predetermined display policy is such that the second display area is adjacent to the first display area, all of the first objects and all of the second objects are displayed.

In a preferred embodiment, the method further comprises displaying one or more additional first objects, wherein the one or more additional first objects are displayed together with the first object before displaying the second object and are still displayed in whole or in part after displaying the second object.

In a preferred embodiment, the first predetermined operation is an operation on a first object on the first display area.

In a preferred embodiment, the first predetermined operation comprises one or more of a swipe, a single tap, a double tap, a long press, a multi-touch, a remote gesture away from the screen, or a physical movement of the screen itself on the screen.

In a preferred embodiment, the method further comprises: the display of the second object is dismissed in response to a predetermined condition.

In a preferred embodiment, the predetermined condition is a second predetermined operation.

In a preferred embodiment, the second predetermined operation is an operation on the first object on the first display area or an operation on the second object on the second display area.

In a preferred embodiment, the second predetermined operation is an operation on the one or more additional first objects on the one or more additional display areas.

In a preferred embodiment, the second predetermined operations respectively include one or more of a swipe, a single tap, a double tap, a long press, a multi-touch on the screen, a remote gesture away from the screen, or a physical movement of the screen itself.

That is, after seeing the second object related to one of the first objects, if the user wants to directly view other first objects or wants to directly view other second objects corresponding to other first objects to execute an application on other first objects, the user can use a simple finger operation to implement the operation, and meanwhile, the previously displayed second object automatically disappears without another operation to make the previously displayed second object disappear. This also greatly simplifies the operation steps performed to execute various applications for respective objects when a plurality of first objects are displayed on the screen, saves time, reduces the operation burden on the user, and improves the user experience.

In a preferred embodiment, the predetermined condition is that a predetermined period of time has elapsed during which no operation has been performed on the displayed second object. In this way, the display of the second object is automatically eliminated without an operation by the user. This also simplifies the operation for the user.

In a preferred embodiment, in the case where the predetermined display policy is such that the second display region overlaps a part of the first display region, in response to a third predetermined operation, a third object is displayed on a third display region of the screen such that the third display region overlaps another part of the first display region but does not overlap the second display region.

In a preferred embodiment, in a case where the predetermined display policy is such that the second display region overlaps with all of the first display region, in response to a third predetermined operation, a third object is displayed on a third display region of the screen such that the third display region overlaps with all of the second display region. In this way, more objects related to the first object than the second object, even the third object, can be displayed indefinitely without being limited by the display size of the screen.

In a preferred embodiment, the predetermined display strategy causes a second object to be progressively displayed in the second display region.

In a preferred embodiment, the predetermined display policy causes the second object to slide from outside the screen into the second display area while the first object remains stationary, or causes the first object to slide from the first display area to outside the screen as the second object slides from outside the screen into the second display area.

In a preferred embodiment, the predetermined display strategy is such that the second object remains stationary in the second display area but is displayed uncovered in a predetermined directional sequence.

2. Second embodiment

A specific example of a method of displaying an object on a screen according to a second embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to fig. 2A-E.

In the second embodiment, as can be seen from fig. 2A, a first object and some additional first objects (in fig. 2A, for example, list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 5, list element 6, list element 7) are displayed on at least one display area (see the plurality of horizontal rectangular box areas in fig. 2A) on the screen. The user can typically view more lists of list elements by sliding up or down with a finger. Of course, in this example, 7 first objects are shown, but one or more may be possible, without being limited to 7.

In the prior art, typically, a user presses one of the list elements (e.g., list element 5), and then enters a new screen (not shown) to display the content related to the list element, such as the instruction identifier (e.g., button 1, button 2, etc.) subordinate to the list element, so as to execute the application (or instruction set) corresponding to the instruction identifier (e.g., button 1) on the first object (e.g., list element 5). At this time, in the new screen, other list elements are not displayed (that is, list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 6, list element 7 are not displayed), and other operations cannot be directly performed on these list elements. The user must press the back key in the new screen to go back to the list element interface of the previous layer to operate again.

However, in this second embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 2A, the user performs a first predetermined operation on the screen, for example, the user performs a first predetermined operation (for example, a finger slides to the right) on a first display area (for example, a rectangular area occupied by the list element 5 shown in fig. 2A) of one of the first objects (for example, the list element 5) with a finger.

Referring to fig. 2B, in response to a first predetermined operation on the pair of screens, a second object (e.g., a rectangular object including a button 1) is displayed on a second display region (e.g., a gray region as shown in fig. 2B) of the screen according to a predetermined display policy, wherein the first object (e.g., list element 5) and the second object (e.g., the rectangular object including a button 1) are different, and the predetermined display policy is such that the second display region overlaps a portion of the first display region. As can be seen in fig. 2B, the second display area (e.g. the grey area in fig. 2B) overlaps the first display area (the rectangular area originally occupied by the list element 5).

The second object (as shown in fig. 2B) may include at least one instruction identifier (e.g., button 1, as shown in fig. 2B), each at least one instruction identifier for executing an instruction or set of instructions corresponding to the instruction identifier on the first object after being triggered. For example, in a specific example, if the list element is a call record, at least one instruction identifier is, for example, "view detailed call information," "dial," "send a message," "save to contact," and the like, and if the user triggers an instruction identifier, for example, "view detailed call information," an application (instruction or instruction set) related to viewing detailed call information is executed on the call record, that is, detailed call information related to the call record, such as call time, duration, and the like of the call record, can be viewed. However, the second object is not limited to such instruction identification, and may also include things related to the first object, such as things having a hierarchical relationship with the first object, additional parts of the first object itself, and the like.

In this case, as shown in fig. 2B, the entirety of the second object (i.e., the rectangular object including the button 1) and the first portion of the first object (i.e., the portion of the list element 5 in fig. 2B other than the left-side second object) are displayed. Wherein the first portion of the first object is displayed in a first position (e.g., a leftmost position) of the first display area before the second object is displayed, and is displayed in a second position (i.e., a position near a leftmost gray area in fig. 2B) of the first display area that is not overlapped after the second object is displayed. As can be seen in fig. 2B, the first position and the second position are different.

From the user's visual perspective, the second object appears to slide off-screen toward the second display area while the first object also slides off-screen from the first display area as the second object slides off-screen toward the second display area. Finally, the second object (the rectangular object comprising button 1) slides completely into the screen (occupying a portion of the original first display area, i.e., the gray portion in fig. 2B) for viewing by the user, while the first object (list element 5) does not slide completely out of the screen, but rather a portion (e.g., the non-gray portion in fig. 2B containing list element 5) remains in the portion of the original first display area that does not overlap the second display area. Of course, in addition to this, the first object may remain still during the progressive display of the second object (the rectangular object comprising the button 1) sliding into the screen.

Of course, it was mentioned before that the second object is displayed in such a way that it appears to slide from the outside of the screen to the second display area, but the second object may also remain stationary in the second display area and be displayed uncovered sequentially in a predetermined direction, for example, as a finger slides to the right, the leftmost side of the second object is displayed first, then the left side plus the middle part of the second object is displayed, and finally the whole of the second object is displayed, i.e., from the visual point of view of the user, the second object appears to be uncovered sequentially from left to right as the finger slides. In this case, the first object may slide out of the screen or may remain stationary at all times during this progressive display of the second object.

In the example shown in FIG. 2B, as previously described, in addition to the first object (e.g., list element 5), one or more additional first objects (i.e., list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 6, list element 7) are displayed. The one or more additional first objects (list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 6, list element 7) are displayed together with the first object (e.g. list element 5) before displaying the second object (e.g. rectangular object comprising button 1) and are still displayed in full or in part after displaying the second object.

As such, even if the user still sees other first objects (list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 6, list element 7) while operating on the first object (e.g., list element 5), the user can do further operations on the other first objects (e.g., finger sliding open to see the contents of the second objects to which the other first objects correspond and applying various applications to the other first objects; or finger sliding down to slide the first objects up or down out of the screen while sliding more first objects into the screen to view more first objects; etc.) (described in detail below).

Since other first objects can be displayed while the first object is displayed and similar operations can be performed on the other first objects while the second object related to the first object is viewed, the operation steps performed for executing various applications on the respective objects when the plurality of first objects are displayed on the screen are greatly simplified, time is saved, the operation burden of the user is reduced, and the user experience is improved.

Of course, the first predetermined operation described above may include not only sliding on the screen but also one or more of single-click, double-click, long-press, multi-touch, remote gesture away from the screen, or physical movement of the screen itself on the screen, or a future operation mode not yet developed.

After displaying the second object, the display of the second object may also be eliminated in response to a predetermined condition.

In one example, the predetermined condition is a second predetermined operation. For example, the second predetermined operation is an operation on the first object on the first display area or an operation on the second object on the second display area. Specifically, for example, as shown in fig. 2B, after the second object is displayed, the finger slides to the left in the second display area on the left side, so that the display of the second object is eliminated (the way of eliminating the display of the second object may be opposite to the display way, which is not described herein), or the finger also slides to the left in the remaining non-overlapped part of the first object (the non-gray area including the list element 5 in fig. 2B), so that the second object disappears. This way of making the second object disappear is not shown in detail in the figure for simplicity of description.

Of course, the display of the second object may be automatically eliminated by other operations in addition to the user actively eliminating the display of the second object.

For example, as shown in fig. 2D and 2E, the second predetermined operation may also be an operation on the one or more additional first objects on the one or more additional display regions.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2D, from the user's perspective, the user may slide the one or more additional first objects up and down on the one or more additional display areas with a finger to cause the first objects to slide out of the screen up or down while causing more first objects to slide into the screen to view more first objects. At this point, it is stated that the user wants to view another first object, thus automatically causing the previously displayed second object associated with the first object to disappear.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 2E, from the user's perspective, the user may perform a first predetermined operation (e.g., a finger sliding to the right in this example) on one of the one or more additional first objects (e.g., list element 7) on one of the one or more additional display areas to cause an additional second object corresponding to the additional first object to be displayed on the screen, at which point the previously displayed second object is automatically caused to disappear. The display manner and the disappearance manner of the first object and the second object may be the same as those mentioned above, and are not described herein again.

Of course, the second predetermined operation to dismiss the display of the second object may also include one or more of a slide on the screen, a single click, a double click, a long press, a multi-touch, a remote gesture away from the screen, or a physical movement of the screen itself, or a future mode of operation not yet developed, respectively.

Further, it is also possible to cancel the display of the second object without any operation, for example, such that the display of the second object is canceled when a predetermined time period has elapsed under a predetermined condition that the displayed second object is not operated during the predetermined time period, and the display of the second object is automatically canceled. This also simplifies the operation for the user.

In addition, in another example, as shown in fig. 2C, it is also possible to display a third object (for example, a rectangular object including the button 2) on a third display area (an area of darker gray on the right side in fig. 2C) of the screen in response to a third predetermined operation (for example, a finger sliding to the left) such that the third display area overlaps another part of the first display area but does not overlap the second display area, in a case where the second object (the object on the left side in fig. 2C) is caused to be displayed in the second display area (the area of gray on the left side in fig. 2C) and the second display area overlaps a part of the first display area. Of course, although it is shown in fig. 2C that the third display region is not adjacent to the second display region, the third display region may be adjacent to the second display region in order to maximally display the third object. Of course, the third display area may also overlap a portion of the second display area, such that the third object covers a portion of the second object to display the third object to a greater extent.

Of course, the third object and the second object may also include at least one instruction identifier (e.g., button 2 in fig. 4C), and each at least one instruction identifier is used to execute an instruction or an instruction set corresponding to the instruction identifier on the first object after being triggered. For example, in one specific example, if the list element is a call record and the button 2 is, for example, "save to contact," then when the user presses the button 2, an application corresponding to, for example, "save to contact" may be executed on a call record, saving the phone number associated with the call record to a contact list in a phone book.

The display of the third object and the elimination of the display is also similar to the second object described above. And will not be described in detail herein.

In this way, it is made possible to display more objects related to the first object than the second object, even the third object, indefinitely without being limited by the display size of the screen.

In summary, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, in a case where one or more first objects are displayed on the entire screen, the content of a second object related to the one or more first objects can be displayed on the original first display area without occupying an additional display area through a predetermined operation, so that it is possible to realize displaying a sufficient amount of content in a limited screen size and to facilitate a user's viewing of other content related to the content displayed on the screen. Moreover, the user can execute a certain application on the first object by selecting a certain instruction identifier on the seen second object, which greatly speeds up the step of executing the application on the first object by the user, and the user does not need to wait to enter another screen after clicking the first object, select the instruction identifier and execute the application, and the like, thereby saving much time and operation steps of the user. In addition, since other first objects can be displayed while the first object is displayed, and similar operations can be performed on the other first objects while the second object related to the first object is viewed, the operation steps performed for executing various applications on the respective objects when a plurality of first objects are displayed on the screen are greatly simplified, time is saved, the operation burden of the user is reduced, and the user experience is improved. In addition, after seeing the second object related to one of the first objects, if the user wants to directly view other first objects or wants to directly view other second objects corresponding to other first objects to execute applications on other first objects, the user can use a simple finger operation to implement the operations, and meanwhile, the previously displayed second object automatically disappears without additional operations to make the previously displayed second object disappear. This also greatly simplifies the operation steps performed to execute various applications for respective objects when a plurality of first objects are displayed on the screen, saves time, reduces the operation burden on the user, and improves the user experience. In addition, more objects related to the first object than the second object, even the third object, may be displayed indefinitely without being limited by the display size of the screen.

Specific details of the second embodiment of the invention are described above, and these are merely examples and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

3. Third embodiment

A specific example of a method of displaying an object on a screen according to a third embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to fig. 3A to F.

In a third embodiment, as can be seen from fig. 3A, a first object and some additional first objects (in fig. 3A, for example, list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 5, list element 6, list element 7) are displayed on at least one display area on the screen. The user can typically view more lists of list elements by sliding up or down with a finger. Of course, in this example, 7 first objects are shown, but one or more may be possible, without being limited to 7.

In this third embodiment, referring to fig. 3B-D, in response to a first predetermined operation on the screen, for example, in response to a first predetermined operation (for example, a finger sliding to the right) on a first display region (for example, a rectangular region occupied by a list element 5) of one of first objects (for example, a list element 5), the first object (for example, the list element 5) and the second object (for example, the rectangular object including a button 1, a button 2, and a button 3) are different, a second object (for example, the rectangular object including a button 1, a button 2, and a button 3) is displayed on a second display region of the screen according to a predetermined display policy, and the predetermined display policy is such that the second display region overlaps with all of the first display region. As can be seen in fig. 3D, the second display area (i.e., the area displaying button 1, button 2, button 3) overlaps the first display area (the rectangular area originally occupied by list element 5) such that the first object (e.g., list element 5) is not visible, and only the entirety of the second object (e.g., the rectangular object including button 1, button 2, button 3) is visible.

The second object comprises at least one instruction identification (e.g. button 1, button 2, button 3), each at least one instruction identification being used for executing an instruction or an instruction set corresponding to the instruction identification on the first object after being triggered. For example, in a specific example, if the list element is a call record, at least one instruction identifier is, for example, "view detailed call information," "dial," "send a message," "save to contact," and the like, and if the user triggers an instruction identifier, for example, "view detailed call information," an application (instruction or instruction set) related to viewing detailed call information is executed on the call record, that is, detailed call information related to the call record, such as call time, duration, and the like of the call record, can be viewed. However, the second object is not limited to such instruction identification, and may also include things related to the first object, such as things having a hierarchical relationship with the first object, additional parts of the first object itself, and the like.

In this case, as shown in fig. 3D, all of the second object (i.e., the rectangular object including the button 1, the button 2, and the button 3) is displayed, and the first object is not displayed. From the visual perspective of the user, the second object slides from the outside of the screen to the second display region while the first object slides from the first display region to the outside of the screen as the second object slides from the outside of the screen to the second display region. Finally, the second object (the rectangular object comprising button 1, button 2, button 3) slides completely into the screen (occupying the whole of the original first display area) for the user to view, while the first object (list element 5) slides completely out of the screen without the first object being visible on the screen. Of course, while the second object (the rectangular object including button 1, button 2, button 3) is completely slid into the screen for viewing by the user, the first object may also be left still until it is obscured by the second object.

Of course, it was mentioned before that the second object is displayed in such a way that the second object slides from the outside of the screen to the second display area, but the second object may also remain stationary in the second display area and be displayed uncovered sequentially in a predetermined direction, for example, as a finger slides to the right, the leftmost side of the second object is displayed first, then the left side of the second object plus the middle portion is displayed, and finally the whole of the second object is displayed, i.e., from the visual point of view of the user, the second object appears to be uncovered sequentially from the left to the right as the finger slides. In this case, the first object may slide out of the screen during this progressive display of the second object, or may remain motionless until obscured by the second object.

In the example shown in fig. 3A-D, one or more additional first objects (list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 6, list element 7) are displayed in addition to the first object (e.g., list element 5) as previously described. The one or more additional first objects (list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 6, list element 7) are displayed together with the first object (e.g. list element 5) before displaying the second object (e.g. rectangular object comprising button 1, button 2, button 3) and are still displayed in full or in part after displaying the second object.

In one example, the predetermined condition is a second predetermined operation. For example, the second predetermined operation is an operation on a second object on the second display area. Specifically, for example, after the second object is displayed, the finger slides the second object to the left (or to the right) in the second display area, so that the display of the second object is eliminated (the way of eliminating the display of the second object may be opposite to the display way, or may be the same). For example, from the visual perspective of the user, since the second display region, which now displays the second object, completely overlaps the first display region, only the second object is seen, so if the finger continues to slide to the right, the second object can be made to slide out on the screen to the right and the first object can be made to slide in on the screen from the left to the right, while if the finger slides to the left, the second object can also be made to slide out on the screen to the left and the first object can be made to slide in on the screen from the right to the left. That is, it looks as if the first object and the second object are flipped over each other, that is, the second object is flipped as a back side to a back side of the screen when the first object is displayed on the screen, and the second object as a back side is flipped as a front side of the screen when the first object is slid out of the screen, as shown in fig. 3B and 3C.

For example, as described above, the second predetermined operation may also be an operation on the one or more additional first objects on the one or more additional display regions.

In particular, from a user's visual perspective, the user may slide the one or more additional first objects up and down over the one or more additional display areas with a finger to cause the first objects to slide up or down out of the screen while causing more first objects to slide into the screen to view more first objects. At this point, it is stated that the user wants to view another first object, thus automatically causing the previously displayed second object associated with the first object to disappear.

Alternatively, from the user's perspective, the user may perform a first predetermined operation (e.g., a finger swipe to the right) on one of the one or more additional first objects (e.g., list element 7) on one of the one or more additional display areas to cause an additional second object corresponding to the additional first object to be displayed on the screen, at which point the previously displayed second object is automatically caused to disappear. The display manner and the disappearance manner of the first object and the second object may be the same as those mentioned above, and are not described herein again.

In addition, in another example, as shown in fig. 3E, in a case where the second object is caused to be displayed in the second display region and the second display region overlaps with all of the first display region, a third object (for example, a rectangular object including a button 4, a button 5, and a button 6 (shown in fig. 3E)) may be further displayed on the third display region of the screen in response to a third predetermined operation (for example, a finger is slid leftward) so that the third display region overlaps with the second display region. I.e. such that the third object obscures the first object and the second object. Of course, the third display area may overlap with the entirety of the second display area so that the third object covers the entirety of the second object, or the third display area may overlap with a portion of the second display area so that the third object covers a portion of the second object.

Of course, the first object, the second object and the third object may be displayed as if they are connected end to end. From the user's visual perspective, similar to as shown in fig. 3F, at this time, if the finger slides to the right, the first object can also be made to slide out on the screen to the right, and the second object can be made to slide in on the screen from the left to the right, if the finger slides to the left, the second object can be made to slide out on the screen to the left, and the first object can be made to slide in from the right to the left, if the finger continues to slide to the left, the first object can be made to slide out on the screen to the left, and the third object can be made to slide in from the right to the left. That is, it appears as if the first object, the second object, and the third object are joined together head-to-tail with each other. However, the sliding manner of the first object, the second object, and the third object is not limited to this.

Of course, the third object and the second object may also include at least one instruction identifier (e.g., button 4, button 5, button 6 (as shown in fig. 3E)), and each at least one instruction identifier is used to execute the instruction or the instruction set corresponding to the instruction identifier on the first object after being triggered. For example, in one specific example, if the list element is a call record and button 4 is "save to contact," then if the user presses button 4, a "save to contact" application may be executed on a call record to save the phone number associated with the call record to a contact list in a phone book. The display of the third object and the elimination of the display is also similar to the second object described above. And will not be described in detail herein. In this way, it is made possible to display more objects related to the first object than the second object, even the third object, indefinitely without being limited by the display size of the screen.

In summary, in the case that the whole screen displays one or more first objects, the content of the second object related to the one or more first objects can be displayed on the original first display area without occupying additional display area through a predetermined operation, so that it is possible to display a sufficient amount of content in a limited screen size and to facilitate the user's viewing of other content related to the content displayed on the screen. Moreover, the user can execute a certain application on the first object by selecting a certain instruction identifier on the seen second object, which greatly speeds up the step of executing the application on the first object by the user, and the user does not need to wait to enter another screen after clicking the first object, select the instruction identifier and execute the application, and the like, thereby saving much time and operation steps of the user. In addition, since other first objects can be displayed while the first object is displayed, and similar operations can be performed on the other first objects while the second object related to the first object is viewed, the operation steps performed for executing various applications on the respective objects when a plurality of first objects are displayed on the screen are greatly simplified, time is saved, the operation burden of the user is reduced, and the user experience is improved. In addition, after seeing the second object related to one of the first objects, if the user wants to directly view other first objects or wants to directly view other second objects corresponding to other first objects to execute applications on other first objects, the user can use a simple finger operation to implement the operations, and meanwhile, the previously displayed second object automatically disappears without additional operations to make the previously displayed second object disappear. This also greatly simplifies the operation steps performed to execute various applications for respective objects when a plurality of first objects are displayed on the screen, saves time, reduces the operation burden on the user, and improves the user experience. In addition, more objects related to the first object than the second object, even the third object, may be displayed indefinitely without being limited by the display size of the screen.

Specific details of the third embodiment of the present invention are described above, and these are merely examples, and do not constitute a limitation of the present invention.

4. Fourth embodiment

A specific example of a method of displaying an object on a screen according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention is described in detail below with reference to fig. 4A-D.

In a fourth embodiment, as can be seen from fig. 4A, a first object and some additional first objects (in fig. 4A, for example, list element 1, list element 2, list element 3, list element 4, list element 5, list element 6) are displayed on at least one display area on the screen.

In this fourth embodiment, referring to fig. 4B-4D, in response to a first predetermined operation on the screen, for example, in response to a first predetermined operation (for example, finger-down sliding) on a first display region (for example, a rectangular region occupied by a list element 3) of one of first objects (for example, the list element 3), a second object (for example, a rectangular object including a button 1, a button 2, a button 3, a button 4, a button 5, and a button 6) is displayed on a second display region of the screen according to a predetermined display policy, wherein the first object (for example, the list element 3) and the second object (for example, a rectangular object including a button 1, a button 2, a button 3, a button 4, a button 5, and a button 6) are different, and the predetermined display policy is such that the second display region is adjacent to the first display region. As can be seen in fig. 4B, the second display area (i.e. the grey area displaying button 1, button 2, button 3, button 4, button 5, button 6) is adjacent to the first display area (the rectangular area originally occupied by list element 3).

As such, in this case, the area occupied by the second object (e.g., rectangular object including the button 1, the button 2, the button 3, the button 4, the button 5, the button 6) is not limited to the area of the first display region, and thus, the content of the second object can be more comprehensively displayed.

The second object comprises at least one instruction identification (e.g. button 1, button 2, button 3, button 4, button 5, button 6), each at least one instruction identification being used for executing an instruction or set of instructions corresponding to the instruction identification on the first object after being triggered. For example, in a specific example, if the list element is a call record, at least one instruction identifier is, for example, "view detailed call information," "dial," "send a message," "save to contact," and the like, and if the user triggers an instruction identifier, for example, "view detailed call information," an application (instruction or instruction set) related to viewing detailed call information is executed on the call record, that is, detailed call information related to the call record, such as call time, duration, and the like of the call record, can be viewed. However, the second object is not limited to such instruction identification, and may also include things related to the first object, such as things having a hierarchical relationship with the first object, additional parts of the first object itself, and the like.

Thus, the user can view the second object (e.g. including at least one instruction identifier) by only performing some kind of operation (e.g. sliding down) on the displayed first object, and can also execute some kind of application on the first object by selecting some instruction identifier on the viewed second object. This greatly speeds up the step of executing the application on the first object by the user without waiting for entering another screen after clicking the first object, selecting the instruction identification and executing the application, etc., saving much time and user's operation steps.

In this case, as shown in fig. 4B, all of the second object (i.e., the rectangular object including the button 1, the button 2, the button 3, the button 4, the button 5, the button 6) is displayed while the first object is still displayed. In this way, the user can view the second object associated with the first object while still seeing the specific content of the first object to prompt the user as to which object the application is now executing.

The second object may be progressively displayed, and from a visual perspective of the user, the second object may slide from the first object to the second display area or expand to the second display area as the finger slides.

In the example shown in fig. 4A-D, one or more additional first objects (list element 1, list element 2, list element 4) are displayed in addition to the first object (e.g., list element 3), as previously described. The one or more additional first objects (list element 1, list element 2, list element 4) are displayed together with the first object (e.g. list element 3) before displaying the second object (e.g. rectangular object comprising button 1, button 2, button 3, button 4, button 5, button 6) and are still displayed in full or in part after displaying the second object. As such, even if the user is operating on the first object (e.g., list element 3), the user may still see the other first objects (list element 1, list element 2, list element 4), may perform further operations on the other first objects (e.g., finger sliding down on the other first objects (e.g., list element 2) to view the contents of the corresponding second object and perform various applications on the other first objects (list element 2), as shown in FIG. 4C, or finger sliding down to slide the first objects up or down out of the screen while causing more first objects (e.g., list element 5) to slide into the screen, as shown in FIG. 4D, to view more first objects; etc.) (described in more detail below).

In one example, the predetermined condition is a second predetermined operation. For example, the second predetermined operation is an operation on a second object on the second display area. Specifically, for example, after the second object is displayed, the finger slides up the second object in the second display area, so that the display of the second object is eliminated (the way of eliminating the display of the second object may be opposite to the display way).

For example, as described above, the second predetermined operation may also be an operation on the one or more additional first objects on the one or more additional display regions, as shown in fig. 4C.

Alternatively, from the user's perspective, the user may perform a first predetermined operation (e.g., a downward sliding of a finger) on one of the one or more additional first objects (e.g., list element 2) on one of the one or more additional display regions, as shown in fig. 4C, to cause an additional second object (e.g., a rectangular object including button 1, button 2, button 3, button 4, button 5, button 6) corresponding to the additional first object (e.g., list element 2) to be displayed on the screen, and then automatically cause the previously displayed second object to disappear. The display manner and the disappearance manner of the first object and the second object may be the same as those mentioned above, and are not described herein again.

In summary, in this case, the user can view the second object (for example, a rectangular object including the button 1, the button 2, the button 3, the button 4, the button 5, and the button 6) by performing some operation (for example, sliding down) only on the displayed first object, and the area occupied by the second object is not limited to the area of the first display region, so that the content of the second object can be displayed more comprehensively. And the second object can comprise a plurality of instruction identifications related to the first object, so that the user can also execute a certain application on the first object by selecting a certain instruction identification on the seen second object, which greatly speeds up the step of executing the application on the first object by the user, and saves much time and operation steps of the user by waiting to enter another screen after clicking the first object, selecting the instruction identification and executing the application, and the like. In addition, since other first objects can be displayed while the first object is displayed, and similar operations can be performed on the other first objects while the second object related to the first object is viewed, the operation steps performed for executing various applications on the respective objects when a plurality of first objects are displayed on the screen are greatly simplified, time is saved, the operation burden of the user is reduced, and the user experience is improved. In addition, after seeing the second object related to one of the first objects, if the user wants to directly view other first objects or wants to directly view other second objects corresponding to other first objects to execute applications on other first objects, the user can use a simple finger operation to implement the operations, and meanwhile, the previously displayed second object automatically disappears without additional operations to make the previously displayed second object disappear. This also greatly simplifies the operation steps performed to execute various applications for respective objects when a plurality of first objects are displayed on the screen, saves time, reduces the operation burden on the user, and improves the user experience.

The foregoing describes specific details of a fourth embodiment of the present invention, which are exemplary only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

5. Fifth embodiment

A system 500 for displaying an object on a screen according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 5.

The system 500 for displaying an object on a screen comprises means 501 for displaying a first object on a first display area of the screen; means 502 for displaying a second object on a second display area of the screen according to a predetermined display policy in response to a first predetermined operation on the screen, wherein the first object and the second object are different, and the predetermined display policy includes causing the second display area to overlap a part or all of the first display area or causing the second display area to be adjacent to the first display area.

The system 500 may further comprise other devices, embodiments of which correspond to the above-described method embodiments, and therefore, portions of the device embodiments that are not described in detail may refer to the description of the relevant portions of the above-described method embodiments.

The apparatus and the method of the present invention can be applied not only to the screen of a mobile phone but also to the screen of a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, a game machine, or other devices.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps in the method for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware instructions related to a program, where the program may be stored in a storage medium readable by a processor, and when the program is executed, the program includes the steps of the above method embodiments, and the storage medium may be located in a mobile phone, or other devices such as a computer, for example: a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a flash memory, a Read Only Memory (ROM), or a Random Access Memory (RAM), etc. A program that implements all or part of the steps in the method of the above-described embodiments may also be burned into firmware. In the embodiments of the methods of the present invention, the sequence numbers of the steps are not used to limit the sequence of the steps, and for those skilled in the art, the sequence of the steps is not changed without creative efforts, and the invention is also within the protection scope of the present invention.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of displaying an object on a screen of a mobile device, comprising:

displaying a list comprising a plurality of list elements on a screen of the mobile device, each list element in the list being displayed on a respective first display area, and one or more list elements in the list sliding out of or into the screen in response to a user sliding up or down on the screen of the mobile device;

in response to a leftward or rightward sliding operation on any one list element in the list displayed on the screen, displaying a plurality of buttons corresponding to the operated list element on a second display area of the screen in accordance with a predetermined display policy, the plurality of buttons each corresponding to a different instruction or instruction set for the operated list element for selection by a user, and wherein each button is used to execute, on the operated list element in the mobile device, an instruction or instruction set corresponding to the button among the different instructions or instruction sets after being selected and triggered by a user performing a pressing operation thereon, and the predetermined display policy is such that a second display area occupied by the plurality of buttons is a part of the first display area, and wherein a part of the operated list element slides out of the screen with the leftward or rightward sliding operation, while the plurality of buttons slide into the screen for display on the second display area as a portion of the operated list element slides out of the screen,

the method further comprises the following steps:

in response to a predetermined condition, dismissing the display of the plurality of buttons,

wherein the predetermined condition is a second predetermined operation, and wherein,

the second predetermined operation is an operation of the operated list element on the first display area or an operation of the plurality of buttons on the second display area; or an operation on one or more additional list elements in the list on one or more additional display areas.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined display policy is to display a part of the list element operated and all of the plurality of buttons.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more additional list elements in the list are displayed with the manipulated list element prior to displaying the plurality of buttons corresponding to the manipulated list element and remain displayed in whole or in part after displaying the plurality of buttons.

4. A system for displaying an object on a screen of a mobile device, comprising:

means for displaying a list comprising a plurality of list elements on a screen of the mobile device, each list element in the list being displayed on a respective first display area, and one or more list elements in the list sliding out of or into the screen in response to a user sliding up or down on the screen of the mobile device;

means for displaying, in response to a leftward or rightward sliding operation on any one list element in the list displayed on the screen, a plurality of buttons corresponding to the operated list element on a second display area of the screen in accordance with a predetermined display policy, the plurality of buttons each corresponding to a different instruction or instruction set for the operated list element for selection by a user, and wherein each button is used to execute, in the mobile device, an instruction or instruction set corresponding to the button among the different instructions or instruction sets on the operated list element after being selected and triggered by a user performing a pressing operation thereon, and the predetermined display policy includes causing the second display area occupied by the plurality of buttons to be a part of the first display area, and wherein the part of the operated list element slides out of the screen with the leftward or rightward sliding operation, while the plurality of buttons slide into the screen for display on the second display area as a portion of the operated list element slides out of the screen,

the system further comprises:

means for eliminating display of the plurality of buttons in response to a predetermined condition,

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined display policy is to display a part of the operated list element and all of the plurality of buttons.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the one or more additional list elements in the list are displayed with the manipulated list element prior to displaying the plurality of buttons corresponding to the manipulated list element and remain displayed in whole or in part after displaying the plurality of buttons.