CN108769414B

CN108769414B - Information prompting method and mobile terminal

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Publication number: CN108769414B
Application number: CN201810542435.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈号
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-05-30
Filing date: 2018-05-30
Publication date: 2022-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 2038-05-30
Also published as: CN108769414A

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides an information prompting method and a mobile terminal. The information prompting method comprises the following steps: determining a prompt level of the received at least one event message; determining a display mode of the suspended virtual key according to the prompt level of the at least one event message; and controlling the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to the display mode. According to the embodiment of the invention, the suspended virtual key resident on the display interface of the mobile terminal is used for prompting the importance degree of the event information, so that the condition that a user misses the important event information or delays the processing of the important event information is avoided, and inconvenience is brought to the user. The virtual floating keys can be arranged on the upper layer of the interface to be displayed no matter what interface is opened by a user, so that the user can be ensured to see the prompt at the first time, and the interaction efficiency between the user and the mobile terminal is improved.

Description

Information prompting method and mobile terminal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to an information prompting method and a mobile terminal.

Background

With the advent of the 5G era, more and more information is received by mobile terminal platforms. In the prior art, the prompt is generally made in the form of a top notification or sound. However, if the user does not check the information, the user cannot know the specific content of the information, and thus cannot know the importance of the information, which may cause the important information to be missed or delay the processing of the important information, and thus may cause inconvenience to the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an information prompting method and a mobile terminal, and aims to solve the problem that in the prior art, a user cannot acquire the importance degree of event information when not checking the event information.

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 information prompting method, which is applied to a mobile terminal configured with a floating virtual key, where the information prompting method includes:

determining a prompt level of the received at least one event message;

determining a display mode of the suspended virtual key according to the prompt level of the at least one event message; wherein, the display mode includes: displaying at least one of a color, a display shape, and a flicker frequency; wherein, different prompt levels correspond to different display modes;

and controlling the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to the display mode.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile terminal, where the mobile terminal is configured with a floating virtual key, and the mobile terminal includes:

the first determining module is used for determining the prompt level of the received at least one event message;

the second determining module is used for determining the display mode of the suspended virtual key according to the prompt level of the at least one event message determined by the first determining module; wherein, the display mode includes: displaying at least one of a color, a display shape, and a flicker frequency; wherein, different prompt levels correspond to different display modes;

and the first control module is used for controlling the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to the display mode determined by the second determination module.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile 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 information prompting method described above.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the information prompting method described above.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the suspended virtual key resident on the display interface of the mobile terminal is used for prompting the importance degree of the event information, so that the condition that a user misses the important event information or delays the processing of the important event information is avoided, and inconvenience is brought to the user. The virtual floating keys can be arranged on the upper layer of the interface to be displayed no matter what interface is opened by a user, so that the user can be ensured to see the prompt at the first time, and the interaction efficiency between the user and the mobile terminal is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an information prompting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a floating virtual key according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flow chart illustrating a setting of a floating virtual key prompt function according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a second schematic diagram of a floating virtual key according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 is a third schematic diagram of a floating virtual key according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating a floating virtual key according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 shows a fifth schematic view of a floating virtual key according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 shows a second block diagram of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment 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.

According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, an information prompting method is provided, which is applied to a mobile terminal configured with a floating virtual key function (i.e., the floating ball function generally).

Currently, most mobile terminals (such as mobile phones, tablet computers, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), etc.) in the market are configured with floating virtual key functions. The suspended virtual key function is an auxiliary touch function, through which a user can integrate some commonly used virtual keys (such as a volume plus virtual adjustment key, a volume minus virtual adjustment key, a screen locking virtual key, a mute virtual key, and the like) to form a virtual key menu, and the suspended virtual key is a functional virtual key for calling the virtual key menu. In general, only one floating virtual key is displayed on a display interface of the mobile terminal, and when a virtual key menu needs to be called, the floating virtual key is clicked, so that the virtual key menu is displayed on the display interface of the mobile terminal. The user can touch the virtual keys in the virtual key menu according to the use requirement, so that the mobile terminal is controlled, for example, the volume is touched and the virtual adjusting key is added, and the volume level of the mobile terminal is improved.

In the embodiment of the invention, the suspended virtual key not only has the function of calling out the virtual key menu, but also has the function of prompting the important level of the information, and the suspended virtual key is enriched, and simultaneously, the user can conveniently master the emergency degree of the unprocessed information. The following explains the information presentation method provided by the embodiment of the present invention in detail.

As shown in fig. 1, the information prompting method includes:

step 101: a prompt level for the received at least one event message is determined.

The event information described herein is information that is not processed by the user, such as an unread message, a missed call, and the like. Wherein, the unread message further comprises: unread messages, unread instant messaging chat messages (such as chat messages sent by WeChat friends and QQ friends), unread notification messages, unread push messages and the like.

In this step, the received event information is judged for the prompt level. The higher the presentation level, the higher the urgency or importance of the event information.

Wherein the alert level of the event information may be determined based on the sender of the event information. Specifically, the importance levels of different senders may be set in advance, and a prompt level corresponding to each importance level may be set, so that when event information is received, the prompt level of the event information may be determined by determining the sender of the event information and then according to the importance level of the sender.

For example, the address list of the mobile terminal includes: contact A, contact B, contact C, and contact D. The user sets the importance degree of the contact A and the contact B in the address list as high grade in advance, and the corresponding prompt level is high grade; setting the importance degree of the contact C as a middle level, wherein the corresponding prompt level is the middle level; the importance level of contact D is set to low and the corresponding alert level is low. Wherein the high level is the highest cue level and the low level is the lowest cue level. After receiving the short message sent by the contact A, determining the importance degree of the contact A as high grade and the corresponding prompt grade as high grade according to the preset setting information. Of course, the present invention is only for illustrative purposes and is not limited to the specific limitations of the embodiments of the present invention, and the importance degree of the sender and the classification of the prompt level may be designed according to actual requirements.

In addition to setting the importance level of each sender, the division of the importance levels of the senders may be performed as follows:

the importance degree of some contacts and application programs specified by the user is high grade, and the corresponding prompt level is high grade; for the junk information sender determined by the system blacklist mechanism, the system defaults that the importance degree is low, and the corresponding prompt level is low; for senders except the preset designated sender and the preset spam sender, the importance degree of the system is set as a middle level by default, and the corresponding prompt level is set as a middle level. Thus, if the sender of the received event information is a preset designated sender, the prompt level of the event information can be determined to be high; if the sender of the received event information is a preset junk information sender, determining that the prompt level of the event information is low; if the sender of the received event information is a sender except the preset designated sender and the preset spam sender, the prompt level of the event information can be determined to be a middle level. In such a way, the user only needs to specify the sender considered to be important, and the importance degree of other irrelevant senders is not required to be set, so that the setting operation of the user is simplified.

It should be noted that, here, the sender includes but is not limited to: contacts, applications (system applications, third party applications), etc. The contact persons can be contact persons in the address book of the mobile terminal, and can also be contact persons in application programs (such as WeChat and QQ).

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a display manner for prompting may be separately set for a preset spam sender, so that a user can distinguish the prompt of spam (such as spam of promotion, insurance, advertisement, etc. in a short message or incoming call manner) from the prompt of the floating virtual key.

Step 102: and determining the display mode of the floating virtual key according to the prompt level of at least one event message.

In the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding relation between the prompt level and the display mode is preset, and different prompt levels correspond to different display modes. Wherein, the display mode includes: at least one of a display color, a display shape, and a flicker frequency. Different cue levels correspond to different display modes. For example, when the display mode is display color, the high-level cue level may be set to correspond to: red is displayed, and the medium-level prompt level corresponds to: yellow is displayed, the low cue levels correspond to: the display is green. When the display mode is the display shape, the high-level prompt level can be set as: the pentagram shape is displayed, and the middle-level prompt level corresponds to: squares are displayed, the low cue levels correspond to: a triangle is displayed. When the display mode is the flashing frequency, the high-level prompt level can be set to correspond to: the depth of the color of the suspended virtual key is changed according to a first change frequency; setting the middle prompt level as follows: the depth of the color of the suspended virtual key is changed according to a second change frequency; setting the low-level cue levels corresponds to: the depth of the color of the suspended virtual key is changed according to a third change frequency; the third variation frequency may be set to be smaller than the second variation frequency, which is smaller than the first variation frequency, that is, the higher the cue level is, the faster the variation frequency is.

It is understood that the three display modes can be used individually or in combination, for example, the display colors and the display shapes are used in combination, that is, the colors and the shapes are used as the display modes, and the specific situation can be selected according to actual requirements. When the display mode corresponding to the prompt level is the display color, the display mode can be single color display, multi-color combined display or multi-color circular display according to a preset sequence.

Step 103: and controlling the floating virtual key to perform prompt display according to the display mode determined in the step 102.

And after the display mode of the floating virtual key is determined according to the prompt level of at least one event message, controlling the floating virtual key to display according to the determined display mode so as to prompt the importance degree of the event message to a user.

When the number of the received event information which is not processed by the user is multiple (namely, at least two), and the prompt levels of the event information are different, the display mode of the floating virtual key can be determined according to the prompt levels.

For example, the prompt levels may be sorted in the order from high to low, and then the floating virtual keys are controlled to perform circular prompt display in the display mode corresponding to the prompt levels from high to low in sequence according to the sorting of the prompt levels.

Continuing with the example of contact a, contact B, contact C, and contact D above. For example, the mobile terminal receives a first short message sent by a contact A and a second short message sent by a contact C, and the user does not process the received short messages sent by the contact A and the contact C, because the prompt level of the first short message sent by the contact A is high and the prompt level of the second short message sent by the contact C is low, the floating virtual key is controlled to be preferentially displayed according to a display mode I corresponding to the prompt level of the first short message, after the preset time is displayed, the floating virtual key is controlled to be displayed according to a display mode II corresponding to the prompt level of the second short message, after the preset time is displayed, the floating virtual key is displayed according to the display mode I again, and the floating virtual key is displayed in a circulating mode.

Of course, since the user pays more attention to the event information with high importance, when the number of the received event information that is not processed by the user is multiple (i.e. at least two), and the prompt levels of the multiple event information are not as identical as possible, the floating virtual key can be directly controlled to be displayed according to the display mode corresponding to the highest prompt level in the prompt levels of at least one event information, specifically: determining the highest prompt level in the prompt levels of at least one event message, then determining a first display mode corresponding to the highest prompt level according to the corresponding relation between the preset display mode and the prompt levels, and controlling the suspended virtual keys to perform prompt display according to the first display mode.

Continuing with the above example, since the prompt level (high level) of the first short message sent by contact a is higher than the prompt level (low level) of the second short message sent by contact C, only the floating virtual key is controlled to be displayed according to the display mode i corresponding to the prompt level of the first short message.

Further, as shown in fig. 2, the icon 2 of the general floating virtual key includes: a first graphic part 201 in the middle of the icon and a second graphic part 202 disposed around the first graphic part 201. In the embodiment of the present invention, when the floating virtual key is controlled to perform the prompt display according to the display mode, the first graphic part 201 and/or the second graphic part 202 of the icon 2 for controlling the floating virtual key may be selected and displayed according to the display mode, and of course, the specific situation may be selected according to the actual requirement, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

For example, when the display mode is display color, only the second graphic part 202 may be controlled to display according to the preset color corresponding to the prompt level, for example, when the second graphic part 202 is originally gray, and when the mobile terminal receives new event information, it is determined that the prompt level given to the event information is high, and the corresponding preset display color is red, the second graphic part 202 is controlled to change from gray to red for display.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the display mode includes: when the frequency of the flickers is used, the number of the received event information (i.e. the number of the at least one event information) which is not processed by the user can be characterized by the flicking frequency. Wherein, the flicker frequency is positively correlated with the number, i.e. the larger the number, the faster the flicker frequency. The flashing frequency is the rate of change of the shade of the color of the floating virtual key, and when the shade of the color of the floating virtual key changes according to a certain rate of change, a flashing effect can be formed. In specific implementation, the number of the at least one piece of event information may be determined, then the flashing frequency corresponding to the number of the at least one piece of event information is determined, and finally the current color of the floating virtual key is controlled to change gradually according to the flashing frequency.

Further, when it is detected that the event information in the at least one event information is operated (e.g., viewed, set to ignore, set to read, added to a blacklist, etc.), the floating virtual key is controlled to stop displaying according to the display mode corresponding to the prompt level of the event information.

For viewing the event information, a user may select information to be viewed through the information status bar, may directly enter a corresponding system application program or a third-party application program to view the information, or call up a display interface of the event information through a preset operation on a floating virtual key, where the preset operation includes, but is not limited to: double-click touch operation or sliding touch operation on the floating virtual key and the like. It will of course be appreciated that other implementations may be used for viewing.

When a user checks event information through preset operation on a suspended virtual key and the number of at least one event information is one, the mobile terminal receives first input of the user for the suspended virtual key, judges whether the first input is matched with preset event information interface calling operation or not, if the first input is matched with the preset event information interface calling operation, responds to the first input, displays the at least one event information, and controls the suspended virtual key to stop prompt display according to a display mode corresponding to the prompt level of the event information; when the number of the at least one event message is at least two, the mobile terminal receives a first input of a user for the floating virtual key, judges whether the first input is matched with a preset event message interface calling operation, if the first input is matched with the preset event message interface calling operation, responds to the first input, displays a display interface of a first event message with the highest prompt level in the at least one event message, then determines a second event message with the highest prompt level in the rest event messages, and controls the floating virtual key to perform prompt display according to a display mode corresponding to the prompt level of the second event message.

For example, the number of the unprocessed event messages received by the mobile terminal is two, and the two event messages are respectively a first short message sent by the mobile contact A and a second short message sent by the contact C. The prompt level of the first short message is high, and the corresponding display mode is red; the prompt level of the second short message is middle level, and the corresponding display mode is yellow. And after the user double-clicks the floating virtual key, opening a display interface of the first short message, and simultaneously, changing the red display of the floating virtual key into yellow display. When at least two event information items of the same prompt level are included in the received event information items, the event information items can be sequentially displayed according to the received time sequence of the event information items.

When the received event information is junk information and the event information is displayed and prompted by the suspended virtual key, if the mobile terminal receives a first input of a user for the suspended virtual key and the first input is matched with a preset event information interface calling operation, displaying a display interface of the junk information, simultaneously popping up a prompt box, and prompting the user whether the event information is the junk information or not to delete.

Furthermore, in the embodiment of the present invention, the prompt function of the floating virtual key may be selected by the user to be turned on, and the importance of the event information sender and the display mode corresponding to the prompt level may also be set by the user, and the following description will take the display mode as an example of the display color:

as shown in fig. 3, the main logic of the setting process is as follows:

1. and (4) judging whether the prompt function of the suspended virtual key is started or not, and if so, entering 2.

2. And calling out a system address book, prompting a user to specify important contacts of incoming calls and short messages, and entering 3.

3. And (4) storing important contact information in a system address book appointed by a user, acquiring contact information of blacklists, advertisements, promotion, insurance and other junk information in the system, storing for later use, and entering 4.

4. And calling out a list of the third-party application programs installed in the mobile terminal, and then entering 5. And the third-party application programs in the list can be intelligently sequenced according to the use frequency through big data statistics.

5. The third party application specified by the user is saved and then 6 is entered. And if the application program specified by the user is detected not to obtain the notification sending authority, prompting the user to set the notification sending authority by a pop-up dialog box.

6. And judging whether the third-party application program specified by the user contains the social application program or not, if so, entering 7, and if not, entering 9.

7. And calling out a contact list in the social application program, prompting the user to specify important contacts, and then entering 8. If the fact that the contact in the social application program specified by the user and the important contact in the system address list specified by the user are the same contact is detected, the part of contacts are set as important contacts by default, and then the user selects other important contacts in the social software.

8. Important contacts in the user-specified social application are protected and then 9 is entered.

9. Prompting the user whether to customize the personalized color display scheme, and entering 10 or 11 according to the selection of the user.

10. And determining a customized personalized color display scheme and storing the color display scheme set by the user.

11. And determining the customized individualized color display scheme, and adopting a default color display scheme of the system.

The setting scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention honors the user selection, and can enable the prompt function of the suspended virtual key to be more personalized.

Further, the current smart mobile terminal (e.g., mobile phone) widely uses a full-screen, and a new interactive mode is urgently needed to replace the original bottom keys (e.g., a return key, a background menu key, and a home key). At present, some mobile phone manufacturers have proposed their own comprehensive screen interaction schemes, which are generally displayed in the form of virtual keys at the bottom of a screen, and although the functions of original physical keys are realized, the great inconvenience is caused to the one-hand operation of a large screen. In order to solve the technical problem, the embodiment of the invention integrates the virtual keys displayed at the bottom of the screen on the suspended virtual keys, and adds a new working mode for adding the suspended virtual keys: single hand operation mode. The working mode can be switched to the working mode by default when the floating virtual key does not perform information prompt, if the mobile terminal does not receive event information, or after the information prompt function of the floating virtual key is closed, or the working mode of the floating virtual key is manually started by a user.

As shown in fig. 4, in the single-hand operation mode, the floating virtual keys are displayed as a first area 401 and a second area 402 that are symmetrically arranged, and different response actions are triggered by preset touch operations on the first area 401 and/or the second area 402. The response actions described herein include: page return, background display, main page display, or the like. The first area 401 and the second area 402 can be displayed in different colors.

When a touch operation of a user on the first area 401 and/or the second area 402 is received, whether the touch operation is matched with a preset touch operation is judged, and if the touch operation is matched with the preset touch operation, a response action corresponding to the touch operation is executed in response to the touch operation.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a function of returning to a previous page by performing touch operation on the first area 401, a function of displaying a background menu by performing touch operation on the second area 402, and a function of displaying a main page by performing touch operation on the first area 401 and the second area 402 may be set.

For example, if a first touch operation of a user on the first area 401 is received and the first touch operation is matched with a preset touch operation, the current display interface of the mobile terminal is controlled to return to a previous display interface of the current display interface. If a second touch operation of the user on the second area 402 is received and the second touch operation is matched with the preset touch operation, the current display interface of the mobile terminal is controlled to be switched to the background menu interface in response to the second touch operation. If a third touch operation of the user on the first area 401 and the second area 402 at the same time is received and the third touch operation is matched with the preset touch operation, responding to the third touch operation and controlling a current display interface of the mobile terminal to be switched to a main page.

The preset touch operation includes, but is not limited to: single-click touch operation, double-click touch operation, long-press touch operation, and the like.

Because the position of the suspended virtual key on the display interface can be adjusted at will, the user can adjust the position of the suspended virtual key to the position convenient for operation according to the use requirement, and the suspended virtual key is convenient for the single-hand operation of the user.

Further, sometimes, when the user uses the single-hand operation operating mode of the floating virtual key, the touch operation on the area may not be very accurate, for example, originally, the user wants to touch the first area 401, but actually touches the second area 402 at the same time, so that the main interface function may be triggered to switch the current interface of the mobile terminal to the home page, which is not the implementation effect that the user wants, and therefore, in order to prevent the false touch, the embodiment of the present invention determines which area the touch operation is to touch by using the occupation ratios of the touch actions of the touch operation on the first area 401 and the second area 402, respectively, and the specific implementation method is as follows:

when touch operation of a user on the first area 401 and/or the second area 402 is received, touch action of the user on the floating virtual key is detected, a first touch area of the touch action on the first area 401 and a second touch area of the touch action on the second area 402 are determined, and the touch action is recognized as touch operation on the first area 401 and/or the second area 402 according to the size relation of the first touch area and the second touch area.

The method specifically comprises the following steps: if the difference between the first touch area and the second touch area is greater than a predetermined value (greater than 0), the touch action is identified as a touch operation on the first area 401, as shown in fig. 5, the touch action is mainly concentrated on the first area 401; if the difference between the second touch area and the first touch area is greater than the predetermined value, the touch action is identified as a touch operation on the second area 402, as shown in fig. 6, the touch action is mainly concentrated on the second area 402; if the absolute value of the difference between the first touch area and the second touch area is smaller than the predetermined value, the touch action is identified as a touch operation on the first area 401 and the second area 402, as shown in fig. 7, the touch areas of the touch action on the first area 401 and the second area 402 are similar. The preset value may be set according to actual requirements, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present invention.

According to another aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a mobile terminal is provided, where the mobile terminal is configured with a floating virtual key, so that details in the application information prompting method can be implemented, and the same effect can be achieved.

As shown in fig. 8, the mobile terminal includes:

a first determining module 801, configured to determine a prompt level of the received at least one event information.

A second determining module 802, configured to determine a display manner of the floating virtual key according to the prompt level of the at least one event information determined by the first determining module 801.

Wherein, the display mode includes: displaying at least one of a color, a display shape, and a flicker frequency; wherein different cue levels correspond to different display modes.

The first control module 803 is configured to control the floating virtual key to perform prompt display according to the display mode determined by the second determining module 802.

Further, the first determining module 801 includes:

a first determining unit for determining a sender of the at least one event information.

And the second determining unit is used for determining the prompting level of the event information according to the preset importance degree of the sender.

Further, when the display mode includes: the second determining module 802 comprises:

a third determining unit for determining the amount of the at least one event information.

A fourth determining unit configured to determine a flicker frequency corresponding to a number of the at least one event information, wherein the flicker frequency is positively correlated with the number.

The first control module 803 includes:

and the first control unit is used for controlling the current color of the suspended virtual key to change gradually according to the flashing frequency.

Further, the floating virtual key comprises: a first graphic part and a second graphic part disposed around the first graphic part.

Wherein the first control module 803 comprises:

and the second control unit is used for controlling the first graphic part and/or the second graphic part of the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to the display mode.

Further, the second determining module 802 includes:

a seventh determining unit, configured to determine a highest cue level among cue levels of the at least one event information.

And the eighth determining unit is used for determining the first display mode corresponding to the highest prompt level according to the corresponding relation between the preset display mode and the prompt level.

The first control module 803 includes:

and the third control unit is used for controlling the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to the first display mode.

Further, when the number of the at least one event information is one, the mobile terminal further includes:

and the first receiving module is used for receiving a first input of the user for the floating virtual key.

And the second control module is used for responding to the first input, displaying the at least one event message and controlling the suspended virtual key to stop prompting and displaying according to the display mode.

Further, when the number of the at least one event information is at least two, the mobile terminal further includes:

and the second receiving module is used for receiving a first input of the user for the floating virtual key.

And the third control module is used for responding to the first input and displaying a display interface of the first event information with the highest prompt level in the at least one event information.

And the third determining module is used for determining second event information with the highest prompt level in the rest event information.

And the third control module is used for controlling the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to a display mode corresponding to the prompt level of the second event information.

Further, the mobile terminal further includes:

and the fourth control module is used for displaying the suspended virtual key as a first area and a second area which are symmetrically arranged.

And the third receiving module is used for receiving touch operation of a user on the first area and/or the second area, and responding to the touch operation and executing a response action corresponding to the touch operation.

Wherein, different touch operations correspond to different response actions. The response actions described herein include: page return, background display, or main page display.

Further, the third receiving module comprises:

and the detection unit is used for detecting the touch action of the user on the suspended virtual key.

A fifth determining unit, configured to determine a first touch area of the touch action in the first area and a second touch area of the touch action in the second area.

A sixth determining unit, configured to identify the touch action as a touch operation on the first area and/or the second area according to a size relationship between the first touch area and the second touch area.

Further, the first area and the second area are displayed in different colors.

In summary, in the embodiment of the present invention, the suspended virtual key resident on the display interface of the mobile terminal is used to prompt the importance degree of the event information, so as to avoid that the user misses the important event information or delays the processing of the important event information, which brings inconvenience to the user. The virtual floating keys can be arranged on the upper layer of the interface to be displayed no matter what interface is opened by a user, so that the user can be ensured to see the prompt at the first time, and the interaction efficiency between the user and the mobile terminal is improved.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 900 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 901, a network module 902, an audio output unit 903, an input unit 904, a sensor 905, a display unit 906, a user input unit 907, an interface unit 908, a memory 909, a processor 910, and a power supply 911. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the mobile terminal architecture shown in fig. 9 is not intended to be limiting of mobile terminals, and that a mobile 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 mobile 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.

A processor 910 configured to determine a prompt level of the received at least one event information; determining a display mode of the suspended virtual key according to the prompt level of the at least one event message; wherein, the display mode includes: displaying at least one of a color, a display shape, and a flicker frequency; wherein, different prompt levels correspond to different display modes; and controlling the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to the display mode.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 901 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission and reception process or a call process, and specifically, after receiving downlink data from a base station, the downlink data is processed by the processor 910; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 901 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 901 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The mobile terminal provides the user with wireless broadband internet access via the network module 902, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 903 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 901 or the network module 902 or stored in the memory 909 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 903 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 900 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 903 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 904 is used to receive audio or video signals. The input Unit 904 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 9041 and a microphone 9042, and the Graphics processor 9041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 906. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 9041 may be stored in the memory 909 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 901 or the network module 902. The microphone 9042 can receive sounds and can process 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 901 in case of the phone call mode.

The mobile terminal 900 also includes at least one sensor 905, 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 9061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that can turn off the display panel 9061 and/or backlight when the mobile terminal 900 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 posture of the mobile terminal (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), and vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping); the sensors 905 may also include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, an infrared sensor, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 906 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 906 may include a Display panel 9061, and the Display panel 9061 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 907 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the mobile terminal. Specifically, the user input unit 907 includes a touch panel 9071 and other input devices 9072. The touch panel 9071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 9071 (e.g., operations by a user on or near the touch panel 9071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or accessory). The touch panel 9071 may include two parts, 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, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 910, receives a command from the processor 910, and executes the command. In addition, the touch panel 9071 may be implemented by using various types such as a resistive type, a capacitive type, an infrared ray, and a surface acoustic wave. The user input unit 907 may include other input devices 9072 in addition to the touch panel 9071. Specifically, the other input devices 9072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as a volume control key, a switch key, and the like), a track ball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described herein again.

Further, the touch panel 9071 may be overlaid on the display panel 9061, and when the touch panel 9071 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 9071, the touch panel is transmitted to the processor 910 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 910 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 9061 according to the type of the touch event. Although in fig. 9, the touch panel 9071 and the display panel 9061 are two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, in some embodiments, the touch panel 9071 and the display panel 9061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the mobile terminal, which is not limited herein.

The interface unit 908 is an interface through which an external device is connected to the mobile terminal 900. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 908 may be used to receive input from external devices (e.g., data information, power, etc.) and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 900 or may be used to transmit data between the mobile terminal 900 and external devices.

The memory 909 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 909 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 for 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 909 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 910 is a control center of the mobile terminal, connects various parts of the entire mobile terminal using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the mobile terminal and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 909 and calling data stored in the memory 909, thereby performing overall monitoring of the mobile terminal. Processor 910 may include one or more processing units; preferably, the processor 910 may integrate an application processor, which mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, etc., and a modem processor, which mainly handles wireless communications. It is to be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 910.

The mobile terminal 900 may also include a power supply 911 (e.g., a battery) for powering the various components, and preferably, the power supply 911 is logically connected to the processor 910 through a power management system that provides power management functions to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption.

In addition, the mobile terminal 900 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and thus will not be described in detail herein.

Preferably, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, including a processor 910, a memory 909, and a computer program stored in the memory 909 and capable of running on the processor 910, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 910, implements each process of the above-mentioned information prompting 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 information prompting method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, the detailed description is omitted 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 information prompting method is applied to a mobile terminal provided with a suspended virtual key of a display interface of a resident mobile terminal, wherein the suspended virtual key comprises a function of calling a virtual key menu and a prompting function of an information importance level, and the information prompting method is characterized by comprising the following steps:

determining a prompt level of the received at least one event message;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining the alert level of the received at least one event message comprises:

determining a sender of the at least one event information;

and determining the prompt level of the event information according to the preset importance degree of the sender.

3. The information presentation method according to claim 1, wherein when the display mode includes: when the frequency of the flickers is high, the step of determining the display mode of the floating virtual key according to the prompt level of the at least one event message comprises the following steps:

determining the amount of the at least one event information;

determining a flicker frequency corresponding to a quantity of the at least one event information, wherein the flicker frequency is positively correlated with the quantity;

the step of controlling the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to the display mode comprises the following steps:

and controlling the current color of the suspended virtual key to change gradually according to the flashing frequency.

4. The information presentation method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of controlling the floating virtual key to perform presentation display in the display manner when the number of the at least one event information is one, the information presentation method further comprises:

receiving a first input of a user for the floating virtual key;

and responding to the first input, displaying the at least one event message, and controlling the suspended virtual key to stop prompting and displaying according to the display mode.

5. The information presentation method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of controlling the floating virtual key to perform presentation display in the display manner when the number of the at least one event message is at least two, the information presentation method further comprises:

receiving a first input of a user for the floating virtual key;

a display interface for displaying a first event information with the highest prompt level in the at least one event information in response to the first input;

determining second event information with the highest prompt level in the rest event information;

and controlling the suspended virtual key to perform prompt display according to a display mode corresponding to the prompt level of the second event information.

6. The information prompting method according to claim 4, wherein after the floating virtual key stops prompting and displaying according to the display mode, the information prompting method further comprises:

displaying the suspended virtual key as a first area and a second area which are symmetrically arranged;

receiving touch operation of a user on the first area and/or the second area, and executing response actions corresponding to the touch operation in response to the touch operation, wherein different touch operations correspond to different response actions, and the response actions include: page return, background display, or main page display.

7. The information prompting method according to claim 6, wherein the step of receiving a touch operation of a user on the first area and/or the second area comprises:

detecting a touch action of a user on the suspended virtual key;

determining a first touch area of the touch action on the first area and a second touch area of the touch action on the second area;

and identifying the touch action as touch operation on the first area and/or the second area according to the size relation of the first touch area and the second touch area.

8. A mobile terminal is provided with a mobile terminal of a suspended virtual key resident on a display interface of the mobile terminal, wherein the suspended virtual key comprises a function of calling a virtual key menu and a prompt function of an information importance level, and the mobile terminal comprises:

9. The mobile terminal of claim 8, wherein the first determining module comprises:

a first determining unit for determining a sender of the at least one event information;

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein when the display mode comprises: the second determining module comprises:

a third determining unit for determining the number of the at least one event information;

a fourth determination unit configured to determine a flicker frequency corresponding to a number of the at least one event information, wherein the flicker frequency is positively correlated with the number;

the first control module includes:

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein when the number of the at least one event information is one, the mobile terminal further comprises:

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

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 8, wherein when the number of the at least one event information is at least two, the mobile terminal further comprises:

the second receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user for the floating virtual key;

the third control module is used for responding to the first input and displaying a display interface of first event information with the highest prompt level in the at least one piece of event information;

the third determining module is used for determining second event information with the highest prompt level in the rest event information;

13. The mobile terminal of claim 11, wherein the mobile terminal further comprises:

the fourth control module is used for displaying the suspended virtual key as a first area and a second area which are symmetrically arranged;

a third receiving module, configured to receive a touch operation of a user on the first area and/or the second area, and in response to the touch operation, execute a response action corresponding to the touch operation, where different touch operations correspond to different response actions, and the response action includes: page return, background display, or main page display.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein the third receiving module comprises:

the detection unit is used for detecting the touch action of a user on the suspended virtual key;

a fifth determining unit, configured to determine a first touch area of the touch action in the first area and a second touch area of the touch action in the second area;