CN110769118A

CN110769118A - Message prompting method and terminal equipment

Info

Publication number: CN110769118A
Application number: CN201910918681.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 黄静
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-26
Filing date: 2019-09-26
Publication date: 2020-02-07
Also published as: WO2021057224A1

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a message prompting method and terminal equipment, relates to the technical field of communication, and aims to solve the problem that the traditional unread message prompting mode is low in intelligence degree. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application program; displaying the identification of the target user; the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user includes at least one of: the head portrait of the target user, the name of the target user. The method can be applied to a scene for reminding a user that an application program receives an unread message.

Description

Message prompting method and terminal equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a message prompting method and terminal equipment.

Background

With the development of communication technology, many applications of terminal devices can receive messages sent by other devices.

At present, after the application program of the terminal device receives the message, if the user does not read the message in time, the terminal device usually displays a red circular mark at a position near the icon of the application program, and displays a number on the red circular mark in an overlapping manner. In this manner, the user can determine the number of unread messages for the application based on the number.

However, for unread messages such as messages from non-important contacts, article push messages or advertisement messages, etc., identification is still performed through numbers according to the method, but the unread messages may not be important for the user, so that normal use of the terminal device by the user is affected, and the intelligence degree of the traditional unread message prompting method is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a message prompting method and terminal equipment, and aims to solve the problem that the traditional unread message prompting mode is low in intelligentization degree.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the embodiment of the present invention is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a message prompting method. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application program; displaying the identification of the target user; the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user includes at least one of: the head portrait of the target user, the name of the target user.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device. The terminal equipment comprises a receiving module and a display module. The receiving module is used for receiving the message sent by the target user through the target application program; the display module is used for displaying the identification of the target user; the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user includes at least one of: the head portrait of the target user, the name of the target user.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, which includes 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 message prompting method provided in the first aspect.

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 message prompting method provided in the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the invention, the message sent by the target user can be received through the target application program; and displaying the identification of the target user; the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user includes at least one of: the head portrait of the target user, the name of the target user. By the scheme, under the condition that the message sent by the target user is received through the target application program, the terminal device can remind the user of the target application program of receiving the message from the target user by displaying the identification of the target user in the display area of the target application program or displaying the identification of the target user in the display area which is less than or equal to the preset value away from the display area of the target application program, such as the head portrait of the target user and the name of the target user. Namely, the embodiment of the invention has higher intelligent degree for prompting the unread message.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a message prompting method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a terminal device displaying an identifier of a target user according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of adding an identifier of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device scrolling and displaying an identifier of a user according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device list display application identifier according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device displaying a chat interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a second schematic diagram of the terminal device displaying a chat interface according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a third schematic diagram of a terminal device displaying a chat interface according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a hardware schematic diagram of a terminal device according to an 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.

The term "and/or" herein is an association relationship describing an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. The symbol "/" herein denotes a relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, a/B denotes a or B.

The terms "first" and "second," and the like, in the description and in the claims of the present invention are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order of the objects. For example, the first input and the second input, etc. are for distinguishing different inputs, rather than for describing a particular order of inputs.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as examples, illustrations or descriptions. Any embodiment or design described as "exemplary" or "e.g.," an embodiment of the present invention should not be construed as advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, use of the word "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present concepts related in a concrete fashion.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, "a plurality" means two or more, for example, a plurality of elements means two or more elements, and the like.

The embodiment of the invention provides a message prompting method and terminal equipment, which can receive a message sent by a target user through a target application program; and displaying the identification of the target user; the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user includes at least one of: the head portrait of the target user, the name of the target user. By the scheme, under the condition that the message sent by the target user is received through the target application program, the terminal device can remind the user of the target application program of receiving the message from the target user by displaying the identification of the target user in the display area of the target application program or displaying the identification of the target user in the display area which is less than or equal to the preset value away from the display area of the target application program, such as the head portrait of the target user and the name of the target user. Namely, the embodiment of the invention has higher intelligent degree for prompting the unread message.

The terminal device in the embodiment of the present invention may be a terminal device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, and embodiments of the present invention are not limited in particular.

An android operating system is taken as an example, and a software environment applied to the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention is introduced.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an architecture of an android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 1, the architecture of the android operating system includes 4 layers, which are respectively: an application layer, an application framework layer, a system runtime layer, and a kernel layer (specifically, a Linux kernel layer).

The application program layer comprises various application programs (including system application programs and third-party application programs) in an android operating system.

The application framework layer is a framework of the application, and a developer can develop some applications based on the application framework layer under the condition of complying with the development principle of the framework of the application.

The system runtime layer includes libraries (also called system libraries) and android operating system runtime environments. The library mainly provides various resources required by the android operating system. The android operating system running environment is used for providing a software environment for the android operating system.

The kernel layer is an operating system layer of an android operating system and belongs to the bottommost layer of an android operating system software layer. The kernel layer provides kernel system services and hardware-related drivers for the android operating system based on the Linux kernel.

Taking an android operating system as an example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a developer may develop a software program for implementing the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the android operating system shown in fig. 1, so that the message prompting method may operate based on the android operating system shown in fig. 1. Namely, the processor or the terminal device can implement the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention by running the software program in the android operating system.

The terminal device in the embodiment of the invention can be a mobile terminal device and can also be a non-mobile terminal device. For example, the mobile terminal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and the non-mobile terminal device may be a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

The execution subject of the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be the terminal device, or may also be a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the message prompting method in the terminal device, which may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The following takes a terminal device as an example to exemplarily describe the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a message prompting method. The method can be applied to terminal equipment. The method may include S101 and S102 described below.

S101, the terminal equipment receives a message sent by a target user through a target application program.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the "receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application" means that a terminal device receives an unread message from the target user through the target application in the terminal device, and the message is still in an unread state, that is, the user has not viewed the unread message.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention is exemplarily described by taking any one application program in which a target application program is a terminal device as an example. It can be understood that, if a plurality of application programs of the terminal device respectively receive unread messages sent by a plurality of preset users, the terminal device may respectively display the identifiers of the preset users in the preset areas of the respective application programs.

Optionally, the target application may be an application capable of receiving a message sent by another device. For example, the target application may be a social application, a short message application, a payment application, or other possible applications, and the embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.

Optionally, the message sent by the target user may be a chat message, a short message, a notification message, a push message, a subscription message, or other possible unread messages, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited.

Optionally, the target user is a user of M preset users. M is a positive integer.

Optionally, each preset user of the M preset users may be obtained in the following first or second manner:

in the first mode, each preset user in the M preset users is set for a user using the terminal equipment.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 3, a schematic diagram of adding an identifier of a user by a user according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided. In an operation User Interface (UI), a user using a terminal device can input a name of a user to be added, for example, "bushou" in a search box. If the terminal device searches for "radical length", the user may click the add button 00 so that the terminal device may set "radical length" as a preset user. By analogy, the preset user which can be set by the user can be 'division length' 02, 'group length' 03, 'sheet x' 01.

And in the second mode, each preset user in the M preset users is set for the terminal equipment according to the historical data of the user.

Optionally, the user history data is stored in the terminal device.

Illustratively, the following table 1 is a corresponding relationship table of a time threshold, a data amount threshold and a conclusion provided by the embodiment of the present invention. Here, the time threshold is represented by T, the data threshold is represented by S, the time of actually using data is represented by Tx, and the amount of actually used data is represented by Sx.

TABLE 1

Comparison with a time threshold	Comparison with a threshold amount of data	Conclusion
			Tx≥T	Sx≤S	Whether or not
Tx≤T	Sx≤S	Whether or not
			Tx≥T	Sx≥S	Whether or not
Tx≤T	Sx≥S	Is that

As can be seen from table 1, the following are satisfied at the same time as a user who uses a terminal device: when the time Tx of the actually used data is less than or equal to the time threshold T and the amount Sx of the actually used data is greater than or equal to the data threshold S, the terminal device may set the certain user as a preset user. If at least one of the two conditions is not satisfied, the terminal cannot set the certain user as a preset user.

It should be noted that, an optional implementation manner is that the M preset users may all be set by a user using the terminal device; another optional implementation manner is that the M preset users may all be set according to user history data in the terminal device; in another optional implementation manner, a part of the M preset users is set by the user using the terminal device, and another part of the M preset users is set by the user according to the user history data in the terminal device. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

And S102, the terminal equipment displays the identification of the target user.

The display area of the target user identifier coincides with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the target user identifier and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value. The identification of the target user may include at least one of: the head portrait of the target user, the name of the target user.

The above "the display region of the logo of the target user coincides with the display region of the target application" may mean that the display region of the logo of the target user coincides with the display region of the icon of the target application. The above "the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application is less than or equal to the preset value" may mean that the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the icon of the target application is less than or equal to the preset value.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the identifier of the target user may be used to indicate that an unread message sent by the target user is received through the target application program.

Optionally, the identifier of the target user may be displayed in a preset area of an icon of the target application program in a superimposed manner with a preset transparency. The preset transparency may be any value between 0% and 100%.

Optionally, the display area of the identifier of the target user may specifically be any one of the following items: the method comprises the steps of arranging a frame of an icon of a target application program, the edge position of the icon of the target application program and a preset distance from the icon of the target application program.

Optionally, if the display area of the identifier of the target user is an edge position of an icon of the target application program, the edge position may be any one of the following: the position of any one border in the icon of the target application program or the junction position of two adjacent borders in the icon of the target application program.

For example, as shown in (a) of fig. 4, in a case where the screen of the terminal device is in a lock screen state, if the user wants to use the terminal device, the user may slide a finger in the screen. After the terminal device receives the sliding track of the user, if the sliding track is the same as the preset sliding track, as shown in (b) in fig. 4, the terminal device may unlock the screen, display an icon of "application 11" in the desktop interface, and display an avatar 01 of "sheet" at a corner mark of the icon of "application 11".

The embodiment of the invention provides a message prompting method, wherein under the condition that a message sent by a target user is received through a target application program, a terminal device displays an identification of the target user in a display area of the target application program, or displays the identification of the target user in a display area which is less than or equal to a preset value away from the display area of the target application program, such as a head portrait of the target user and a name of the target user, so that the target application program can remind the user of receiving the message from the target user. Namely, the embodiment of the invention has higher intelligent degree for prompting the unread message.

Optionally, before the step S102, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following step S103. Specifically, S102 may be implemented as S102A described below.

S103, the terminal equipment receives a first input.

Optionally, the first input may be touch input, key input, voice input, gesture input, gravity input, or the like.

Optionally, the first input may be obtained in any one of the following scenarios:

in a first scenario, under the condition that a screen of a terminal device is in a screen locking state, the terminal device receives a first input of a user. The first input can be used for triggering the terminal equipment to unlock the screen and display the target interface.

Optionally, the target interface may be a desktop interface of the terminal device, an interface of the application program, or other possible interfaces.

For example, the target interface is assumed to be a desktop interface of the terminal device. Under the condition that the screen of the terminal equipment is in the screen locking state, if the user wants to use the terminal equipment, the user can trigger the terminal equipment to unlock the screen through the first input and display a desktop interface. The desktop interface may include icons of a plurality of applications, and the icons of the plurality of applications may include an icon of a target application.

And in a second scenario, the terminal device receives a first input of the user under the condition that the screen of the terminal device is in an unlocked state and the first interface is displayed. The first input can be used for triggering the terminal device to switch the first interface into the second interface.

Optionally, the first interface may be a desktop interface of the terminal device, and the second interface may be another desktop interface of the terminal device; or, the first interface may be a desktop interface of the terminal device, and the second interface may be an interface of an application program; or, the first interface may be an interface of an application program, and the second interface may be a desktop interface of the terminal device; alternatively, the first interface may be an interface of one application and the second interface may be an interface of another application. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not limited.

For example, it is assumed that the first interface may be one desktop interface of the terminal device, and the second interface may be another desktop interface of the terminal device. Under the condition that the screen of the terminal device is in an unlocked state and the desktop interface A is displayed, if the user wants to use the desktop interface B, the user can trigger the terminal device to switch the desktop interface A to the desktop interface B through first input. The desktop interface B may include icons of a plurality of applications, and the icons of the plurality of applications may include an icon of a target application.

S102A, the terminal device, in response to the first input, displays the identifier of the target user in the display area of the target application program, or displays the identifier of the target user in the display area which is less than or equal to the preset value from the display area of the target application program.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, if an icon of the target application program is displayed in the screen of the terminal device when the first input is received, the terminal device may directly display the identifier of the target user in response to the first input. If the icon of the target application program is not displayed in the screen of the terminal device when the first input is received, the terminal device may display the icon of the target application program and display the identifier of the target user in response to the first input. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.

According to the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the terminal equipment receives the unread message sent by the target user, the terminal equipment can be triggered to display the identification of the target user through the first input of the user, so that the target application program of the user can receive the unread message from the important user.

Optionally, when the terminal device receives unread messages sent by at least two preset users and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the terminal device may display the user identifier according to the following first embodiment or second embodiment.

Implementation mode one

S102 may be specifically implemented as S102B described below.

S102B, under the condition that messages sent by at least two preset users in the M preset users are received through the target application program, the terminal equipment updates and displays the user identification every target time length.

Wherein, a user identifier may be used to indicate that the target application receives an unread message sent by a predetermined user. The at least two preset users include a target user. M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, the "the terminal device updates and displays the identifier of the user every target time length" may include: the terminal equipment updates the user identification displayed in the display area of the target application program every target time length; or the terminal equipment updates the user identification displayed in the display area which is less than or equal to the preset value from the display area of the target application program every target time length.

Optionally, the target duration may be set by a user or preset by the terminal device. In addition, the value of the target duration is not limited, and can be determined according to actual use requirements.

Optionally, the identifier of the user displayed first by the terminal device may be any of the following: the identification of the user from which the message newly received by the target application program comes, the identification of one user selected by the user from the M preset users, and the identification of one user selected by the terminal device from the M preset users according to preset conditions.

Optionally, the terminal device may display the user identifier in any one of the following orders: the method comprises the steps of presetting the order of sending unread messages by a user, the display priority of user identification set by the user, and the display priority of the user identification set by terminal equipment.

For example, the terminal device is displayed according to the display priority of the user identifier set by the user. Suppose that the priorities of the M preset users are "length of the part", "length of the group", "open", and "lie" from high to low. If the terminal device receives the unread messages sent by the "expansion, the" radical length ", and the" group length "in sequence, in the case that the terminal device receives the first input of the user, as shown in (a) in fig. 5, the terminal device may display the avatar 02 of the" radical length "at the corner mark of the" application 11 "in response to the first input. After the time interval T1 at which the avatar 02 of the "length" is displayed, the terminal apparatus may update and display the avatar 02 of the "length" as the avatar 03 of the "group length", as shown in fig. 5 (b). After the time interval T1 at which the avatar 03 of the "group leader" is displayed, the terminal device may update and display the avatar 03 of the "group leader" as the avatar 01 of the "sheet", as shown in fig. 5 (c).

For example, the terminal device displays the unread messages according to a preset order in which the user sends the unread messages. If the terminal device receives the unread messages sent by the "sheet x", "the portion length", and the "group length" in sequence, the terminal device may display the head portrait of the "sheet x" at the corner mark of the "application 11" in response to the first input, in a case where the terminal device receives the first input of the user. After time interval T1 when the "one-piece" avatar is displayed, the terminal device may update and display the "one-piece" avatar as the "one-piece" avatar. After the time interval T1 at which the avatar of the "length" is displayed, the terminal apparatus may update and display the avatar of the "length" as the avatar of the "group length".

It should be noted that, in the case that the target application receives only an unread message sent by one preset user of the M preset users, the terminal device may continuously display the identifier of the target user, that is, the identifier of the user does not need to be updated. The method can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.

According to the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the target application program receives the unread messages sent by at least two preset users in the M preset users, the marks of the users are displayed by rolling every other target time length, so that the problem that the marks of all the users sending the unread messages can not be displayed in a smaller preset area can be solved, and the users can know all the users sending the unread messages conveniently.

Second embodiment

Before the above S102, the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include S102C and S102D described below. And, S102 may be implemented by S102E.

S102C, the terminal device displays the identification of the first user in the M preset users.

The identifier of the first user may be used to indicate that the message that is newly received by the target application is sent by the first user. The first user may be a user among the M preset users.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the identifier of the first user may be used to indicate that the target application receives an unread message sent by the first user, and the unread message sent by the first user may be a message that is newly received by the target application.

Optionally, the display area of the identifier of the first user coincides with the display area of the target application program, or a distance between the display area of the identifier of the first user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value.

S102D, the terminal device receives a second input of the identity of the first user.

Optionally, the second input may be a touch input to the identity of the first user, such as a click input, a double-click input, a long-press input, or a circle-select input.

S102E, the terminal device displays, in response to the second input, the identifiers of N users in the M preset users.

The identifiers of the N users may be used to indicate that the target application receives unread messages sent by the N users. The N users include a target user and a first user. M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

The first user and the target user may be the same user or different users. If the first user and the target user are the same user, the identifiers of the N users comprise the identifier of the target user; and if the first user and the target user are different users, the identifiers of the N users comprise the identifier of the target user and the identifier of the first user.

Optionally, the display areas of the N user identifiers are overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or a distance between the display areas of the N user identifiers and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 6 (a), the terminal device may display an avatar 02 of "girth" at a corner mark of "application 11" in response to the received first input. If the user clicks the avatar 02 of the "major", the terminal device may display the avatar 02 of the "major", the avatar 03 of the "group leader", and the avatar 01 of the "sheet" within a preset region of the icon of the "app 11" in response to the received click input (i.e., the second input), as shown in fig. 6 (b).

In the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the target application program receives unread messages sent by at least two preset users of the M preset users, the terminal device can display the identification of the first user firstly and then respond to the input of the user to display the identifications of all the preset users receiving the unread messages, so that the problem that the identification of all the users sending the unread messages cannot be displayed in a small area is solved, and the users can know all the users sending the unread messages conveniently.

Optionally, after the step S102, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps S104 and S105.

And S104, the terminal equipment receives a third input.

Optionally, the third input may be touch input, key input, voice input, gesture input, gravity input, or the like.

Optionally, the third input may be an input to an identification of the target user; alternatively, the third input may be an input to the first content, wherein the first content may be summary content in an unread message that is newly sent by the target user.

Illustratively, the third input may be a click input to the avatar 01 of "one x" as shown in fig. 4 (b); alternatively, the third input may be a click input to the avatar 01 of "expand" as shown in fig. 5 (c); alternatively, the third input may be a click input to the avatar 01 of "expand" as shown in fig. 6 (b).

It should be noted that, for the description that the third input is the input of the first content, reference may be made to the following detailed description in the embodiments, and details are not described here.

And S105, the terminal equipment responds to the third input and displays a message interface corresponding to the target user.

The message interface may include a message sent by a target user.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 7 (a), the terminal device may display an avatar 01 of "sheet" at a corner mark of "application 11". If the user clicks the avatar 01 of "open x", the terminal device may display a dialog message interface with "open x" in response to the received click input (i.e., the third input), as shown in fig. 7 (b).

The message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention is different from the related technology that the target user needs to be searched first and the message interface corresponding to the target user is displayed on the trigger terminal device.

Optionally, for the above S105, the terminal device may display a message interface corresponding to the target user through a first possible implementation manner or a second possible implementation manner described below.

First possible implementation

In a case that the third input is an input of an identifier of a target user, before "displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user" in S105, the message prompting method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include S106 and S107 described below; further, "displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user" in S105 can be realized by S105A described below. That is, S105 can be realized by S106, S107, and S105A.

And S106, the terminal equipment responds to the third input and displays the first content.

The first content may be summary content in a message that is newly sent by the target user.

Optionally, S106 may specifically include: the terminal device displays N contents including the first content in response to the third input. One content may be summary content in an unread message newly sent by one user of M preset users, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

And S107, the terminal equipment receives a fourth input of the first content.

Optionally, the fourth input may be a touch input for the first content, for example, a click input, a double-click input, a long-press input, or a circle-select input.

S105A, the terminal device displays a message interface corresponding to the target user in response to the fourth input.

For example, as shown in fig. 8 (a), the terminal device may display an avatar of "department length", an avatar of "group length", and an avatar 01 of "sheets" at the position of the attachment of the "application 11". If the user clicks on the avatar of "one x" 01, the terminal device may display "where to consider on weekend" 04 (i.e., the first content), as shown in fig. 8 (b). If the user clicks the first content, the terminal device may display a dialog message interface with "open one's letter" in response to the received click input (i.e., the fourth input), as shown in fig. 8 (c).

In the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the third input is the input of the identifier of the target user, the summary content in the unread message which is sent by the target user latest can be displayed, so that the user can really trigger the terminal to display the message interface corresponding to the target user according to the summary content, and the user can be prevented from being uninterested in the message interface which is directly displayed by the terminal equipment.

Second possible implementation

In the case where the terminal device includes the first screen and the second screen, the above S102 may be implemented by S102F described below; s104 may be specifically implemented as S104A, and S105 may be specifically implemented as S105B.

S102F, the terminal device displays the identification of N users in the M preset users on the first screen, and displays N contents on the second screen.

The N contents are summary contents in messages which are newly sent by N users in the M preset users. M and N are both positive integers, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

In the implementation of the present invention, the identifiers of the N users may include an identifier of a target user.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9 (a), the terminal device may display an icon of the target application and an identification of the target user on a first screen 05 of the terminal device, and display a general content of "evening meeting, please …" from president, a progress of "attention item from group leader, a general content of …" from tension, "where to consider on weekend …" on a second screen 06 of the terminal device.

S104A, the terminal device receives a third input for the first content of the N contents.

Optionally, the third input may be a touch input to the first content of the N contents, such as a click input, a double-click input, a long-press input, or a circle-select input.

And S105, responding to the third input, and displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user on the first screen or the second screen by the terminal equipment.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 9 (a), icons of a plurality of applications may be displayed on the first screen 05 of the terminal device, and a plurality of summary contents may be displayed on the second screen 06 of the terminal device. If the user clicks on the summary of "where to consider weekend …" 04 from page in the second screen 06 of the terminal device, the terminal device may display a message interface corresponding to page (i.e., the target user) on the first screen 05 of the terminal device in response to the received click input (i.e., the third input) of the user, and keep displaying the summary of "meeting at night, please …" from the president, the progress of "attention item from the group leader, the summary of …" and the three contents of "where to consider weekend …" from page on the second screen 06 of the terminal device, as shown in fig. 9 (b).

According to the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, under the condition that the terminal device comprises two screens, the message interface corresponding to the target user and N summary contents from N preset users can be respectively displayed on the two screens, so that the user can continuously switch the message interface, and the operation experience of the user is improved.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the message prompting method shown in each of the above figures is exemplarily described by referring to one of the figures in the embodiment of the present invention as an example. In specific implementation, the message prompting method shown in each of the above figures may also be implemented in combination with any other figure that may be combined, which is illustrated in the above embodiments, and is not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device 1000. The terminal device may include a receiving module 1001 and a display module 1002. The receiving module 1001 may be configured to receive a message sent by a target user through a target application. The display module 1002 may be configured to display the identifier of the target user. The display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value. The identification of the target user may include at least one of: the head portrait of the target user, the name of the target user.

Optionally, the receiving module 1001 may be further configured to receive a first input. The display module 1002 may be specifically configured to, in response to the first input received by the receiving module 1001, display the identifier of the target user in a display area of the target application program, or display the identifier of the target user in a display area that is less than or equal to a preset value from the display area of the target application program.

Optionally, the display module 1002 may be specifically configured to update and display the identifier of the user every target duration when receiving messages sent by at least two users of the M preset users through the target application program. The identifier of one user may be used to indicate that the target application receives a message sent by one preset user, where the at least two preset users may include the target user, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, the display module 1002 may be further configured to display an identifier of a first user of the M preset users before displaying the identifier of the target user, where the identifier of the first user may be used to indicate that a message newly received by the target application program is sent by the first user. The receiving module 1001 may further be configured to receive a second input of the identifier of the first user displayed by the displaying module 1002. The display module 1002 may be specifically configured to display, in response to the second input received by the receiving module 1001, the identifiers of N users in the M preset users. The identities of the N users may be used to indicate that the target application receives messages sent by the N users, where the N users may include the target user and the first user, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, the receiving module 1001 may be further configured to receive a third input after displaying the identifier of the target user. The display module 1002 may be further configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user in response to the third input received by the receiving module 1001, where the message interface includes a message sent by the target user.

Alternatively, the third input may be an input to the identification of the target user. The display module 1002 may be further configured to display first content before displaying the message interface corresponding to the target user, where the first content may be summary content in a message that is newly sent by the target user. The receiving module 1001 may further be configured to receive a fourth input of the first content displayed by the displaying module 1002. The displaying module 1002 is specifically configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module 1001.

Optionally, the terminal device may include a first screen and a second screen. The display module 1002 may be specifically configured to display the identifiers of N users in the M preset users on the first screen, and display N contents on the second screen. The receiving module 1001 may be specifically configured to receive a third input of a first content in the N contents, where the first content may be a summary content in a message that is newly sent by a target user. The display module 1002 may be specifically configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user on the first screen or the second screen. The N contents may be summary contents in messages that are newly sent by the N users, M and N are positive integers, and N is less than or equal to M.

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

The embodiment of the invention provides a terminal device, wherein under the condition that a message sent by a target user is received through a target application program, the terminal device displays an identification of the target user in a display area of the target application program, or displays the identification of the target user in a display area which is less than or equal to a preset value away from the display area of the target application program, such as a head portrait of the target user and a name of the target user, so that the target application program can remind the user of receiving the message from the target user. Namely, the embodiment of the invention has higher intelligent degree for prompting the unread message.

Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device for implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 11, the terminal device 200 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 201, network module 202, audio output unit 203, input unit 204, sensor 205, display unit 206, user input unit 207, interface unit 208, memory 209, processor 210, and power supply 211. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the terminal device configuration shown in fig. 11 does not constitute a limitation of the terminal device, and that the terminal device may include more or fewer components than shown, or combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted terminal device, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The processor 210 may be configured to receive a message sent by a target user through a target application.

The processor 210 may also be configured to control the display unit 206 to display the identification of the target user. The display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value. The identification of the target user may include at least one of: the head portrait of the target user, the name of the target user.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 201 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission and reception process or a call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to the processor 210; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general, radio frequency unit 201 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 201 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal device 200 provides the user with wireless broadband internet access through the network module 202, such as helping the user send and receive e-mails, browse web pages, access streaming media, and the like.

The audio output unit 203 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 201 or the network module 202 or stored in the memory 209 into an audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 203 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal apparatus 200 (e.g., a call signal reception sound, a message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 203 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 204 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input Unit 204 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 2041 and a microphone 2042, and the Graphics processor 2041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 206. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 2041 may be stored in the memory 209 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 201 or the network module 202. The microphone 2042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound 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 201 in case of a phone call mode.

The terminal device 200 further comprises at least one sensor 205, such as light sensors, motion sensors and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor that adjusts the brightness of the display panel 2061 according to the brightness of ambient light, and a proximity sensor that turns off the display panel 2061 and/or the backlight when the terminal apparatus 200 is moved to the ear. As one of the motion sensors, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in each direction (generally three axes), detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the terminal device posture (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games, magnetometer posture calibration), vibration identification related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), and the like; the sensors 205 may also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, infrared sensors, etc., which are not described in detail herein.

The display unit 206 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The Display unit 206 may include a Display panel 2061, and the Display panel 2061 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 207 may be used to receive input numeric or character information and generate key signal inputs related to user settings and function control of the terminal device. Specifically, the user input unit 207 includes a touch panel 2071 and other input devices 2072. Touch panel 2071, also referred to as a touch screen, may collect touch operations by a user on or near the touch panel 2071 (e.g., user operation on or near the touch panel 2071 using a finger, a stylus, or any other suitable object or attachment). The touch panel 2071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the touch direction of a user, detects a signal brought by touch operation and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives touch information from the touch sensing device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, sends the touch point coordinates to the processor 210, and receives and executes commands sent by the processor 210. In addition, the touch panel 2071 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 207 may include other input devices 2072 in addition to the touch panel 2071. In particular, the other input devices 2072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not further described herein.

Further, a touch panel 2071 may be overlaid on the display panel 2061, and when the touch panel 2071 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 2071, the touch panel is transmitted to the processor 210 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 210 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 2061 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 2071 and the display panel 2061 are shown as two separate components in fig. 11 to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 2071 and the display panel 2061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device, and are not limited herein.

The interface unit 208 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal apparatus 200. 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 208 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the terminal apparatus 200 or may be used to transmit data between the terminal apparatus 200 and the external device.

The memory 209 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 209 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 209 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 210 is a control center of the terminal device, connects various parts of the entire terminal device by using various interfaces and lines, and performs various functions of the terminal device and processes data by running or executing software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 209 and calling data stored in the memory 209, thereby performing overall monitoring of the terminal device. Processor 210 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 210 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly handles operating systems, user interfaces, application programs, and the like, and the modem processor mainly handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 210.

Terminal device 200 may also include a power source 211 (e.g., a battery) for providing power to various components, and optionally, power source 211 may be logically connected to processor 210 via a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption via the power management system.

In addition, the terminal device 200 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and are not described in detail here.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, which includes the processor 210 shown in fig. 11, the memory 209, and a computer program stored in the memory 209 and capable of running on the processor 210, where the computer program, when executed by the processor 210, implements the processes of the foregoing method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

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 the processes of the method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated here. Examples of the computer-readable storage medium include a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, and 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 device (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method described in 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. A message prompting method is applied to terminal equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application program;

displaying an identification of the target user; the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user comprises at least one of: the head portrait of the target user and the name of the target user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to displaying the identification of the target user, the method further comprises:

receiving a first input;

the displaying the identification of the target user comprises:

and responding to the first input, displaying the identification of the target user in a display area of the target application program, or displaying the identification of the target user in a display area which is less than or equal to a preset value away from the display area of the target application program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the identification of the target user comprises:

under the condition that messages sent by at least two users in M preset users are received through the target application program, updating and displaying the user identification at intervals of target time length;

wherein, the identifier of one user is used to indicate that the target application program receives a message sent by a preset user, the at least two users include the target user, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to displaying the identification of the target user, the method further comprises:

displaying an identifier of a first user in M preset users, wherein the identifier of the first user is used for indicating that a message newly received by the target application program is sent by the first user;

receiving a second input of an identification of the first user;

the displaying the identification of the target user comprises:

responding to the second input, and displaying the identifications of N users in the M preset users;

the identifiers of the N users are used to indicate that the target application program receives messages sent by the N users, where the N users include the target user and the first user, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

5. The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein after displaying the identification of the target user, the method further comprises:

receiving a third input;

and responding to the third input, and displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user, wherein the message interface comprises the message sent by the target user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the third input is an input to an identification of the target user;

before the displaying of the message interface corresponding to the target user, the method further includes:

displaying first content, wherein the first content is summary content in a message which is newly sent by the target user;

receiving a fourth input to the first content;

the displaying of the message interface corresponding to the target user includes:

in response to the fourth input, displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the terminal device comprises a first screen and a second screen;

the displaying the identification of the target user comprises:

displaying identifications of N users in the M preset users on the first screen, and displaying N contents in the second screen, wherein the N contents are summary contents in messages sent by the N users most recently, M and N are positive integers, and N is less than or equal to M;

the receiving a third input comprising:

receiving a third input of a first content in the N contents, wherein the first content is a summary content in a message which is newly sent by the target user;

and displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user on the first screen or the second screen.

8. The terminal equipment is characterized by comprising a receiving module and a display module;

the receiving module is used for receiving the message sent by the target user through the target application program;

the display module is used for displaying the identification of the target user;

the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user comprises at least one of: the head portrait of the target user and the name of the target user.

9. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a first input;

the display module is specifically configured to, in response to the first input received by the receiving module, display the identifier of the target user in a display area of the target application program, or display the identifier of the target user in a display area that is less than or equal to a preset value from the display area of the target application program.

10. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the display module is specifically configured to update and display the user identifier every target duration when receiving messages sent by at least two users of the M preset users through the target application program;

the identifier of one user is used for indicating that the target application program receives a message sent by a preset user, the at least two preset users comprise the target user, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

11. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the display module is further configured to display an identifier of a first user of the M preset users before displaying the identifier of the target user, where the identifier of the first user is used to indicate that a message newly received by the target application is sent by the first user;

the receiving module is further used for receiving a second input of the identifier of the first user displayed by the display module;

the display module is specifically configured to display, in response to the second input received by the receiving module, identifiers of N users of the M preset users;

12. The terminal device according to any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a third input after displaying the identification of the target user;

the display module is further configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user in response to the third input received by the receiving module, where the message interface includes a message sent by the target user.

13. The terminal device of claim 12, wherein the third input is an input to an identification of the target user;

the display module is further configured to display first content before displaying the message interface corresponding to the target user, where the first content is summary content in a message that is newly sent by the target user;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth input to the first content displayed by the display module;

the display module is specifically configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module.

14. The terminal device of claim 12, wherein the terminal device comprises a first screen and a second screen;

the display module is specifically configured to display identifiers of N users of the M preset users on the first screen, and display N contents on the second screen;

the receiving module is specifically configured to receive a third input of a first content of the N contents, where the first content is a summary content in a message that is newly sent by the target user;

the display module is specifically configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user on the first screen or the second screen;

the N contents are summary contents in messages which are sent by the N users most recently, M and N are positive integers, and N is smaller than or equal to M.

15. A terminal device comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the message alert method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7.

16. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the message prompting method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.