CN110888701A

CN110888701A - Method, electronic device and medium for remotely configuring software resources

Info

Publication number: CN110888701A
Application number: CN201910822365.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张小林
Original assignee: Shanghai Co Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Youbi Consulting Planning Co ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-06
Filing date: 2019-09-01
Publication date: 2020-03-17
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-01
Also published as: CN110995875B; CN110888701B; CN110995875A

Abstract

The invention belongs to the field of software, and provides a method for remotely configuring resources of electronic equipment in one embodiment, wherein a configuration interface 460 of a first terminal P99 provides a plurality of options related to a plurality of resources available for a second terminal DS10 in an array form; s5 configuring the option array 4604 of the plurality of options through the configuration interface 460; s6 confirms the configuration of the option array 4604. Based on the method for remotely configuring the resources, the convenience and flexibility of resource configuration are improved, and the operability of available resources for the configured electronic equipment is improved.

Description

Method, electronic device and medium for remotely configuring software resources

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of interface interaction technologies, and in particular, to the field of remote configuration of resources in electronic devices.

Background

The technological route of communication technology and related communication application software technology has also undergone a complex evolutionary process of many generations.

The communication system may provide fixed line connections or wireless connections for subscribers to communicate, such as voice or data communications. An example of a fixed line system is the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). One example of a wireless communication system is a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), and another example is a satellite-based mobile communication system. Wireless communication typically occurs via a radio frequency connection between a mobile station of a subscriber and at least one network element of the communication system. Communications within a network are typically, but not necessarily, handled using fixed line connections between different network elements. Communications may also be transmitted within a system that includes one or more data networks. An example of such communication is the voice over IP (internet protocol) scheme that enables voice calls over packet switched data networks.

Wireless communication is a communication method using only electromagnetic waves without cables, and mainly includes microwave communication and satellite communication. Microwave is a radio wave that travels over distances typically of the order of tens of kilometers. However, the frequency band of the microwave is wide, and the communication capacity is large. A microwave relay station is established every dozens of kilometers in microwave communication. Satellite communication is the establishment of microwave communication links between two or more earth stations or between mobile bodies on the ground using communication satellites as relay stations.

Wireless Communication (Wireless Communication) is a Communication method for exchanging information using the characteristic that an electromagnetic wave signal can propagate in a free space, and in recent years, the most developed and widely used Wireless Communication technology is in the field of information Communication. Wireless communication implemented in mobile is also commonly referred to as mobile communication, and both are collectively referred to as wireless mobile communication.

In the network system of wireless mobile communication, the network system of mobile phone for mobile user mainly includes GSM, CDMA, 3G, 4G, and since the advent of mobile phone, the mobile phone has experienced the first generation analog system mobile phone (1G), the second generation GSM, TDMA and other digital mobile phones (2G), the 2.5 generation mobile communication technology CDMA, the third generation mobile communication technology 3G, the fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G.

The Global digitization starts from GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), which is developed on the basis of cellular systems and belongs to the second generation digital Mobile communication System. The method has the characteristics of mature and advanced technology, multiple types of openable mobile communication services, high mobile phone connection speed, good call quality, strong security and confidentiality, strong anti-interference capability and wide network coverage. In terms of the topological structure, the public mobile communication network generally adopts cellular topology, and is based on the consideration of improving the frequency spectrum utilization rate, reducing mutual interference and increasing the system capacity.

In order to realize the support from the traditional voice service to the data service, the GPRS superposes a network supporting high-speed packet data on the basis of the original GSM network, provides functions of WAP browsing (browsing Internet pages), E-mail and the like for users, promotes the first leap development of the mobile data service, and realizes the complete combination of the mobile communication technology and the data communication technology (particularly the Internet technology).

From the second generation GSM, most mobile communications are digital systems, and besides voice communications, short messages (short messages, SMS), MMS (multimedia messages ) and Wireless Application Protocols (WAP) can be transmitted and received.

The Short Message Service (SMS) is a part of a service plan of "converged communication", and a user directly sends or receives text or digital information through a mobile phone or other telecommunication terminals, and the number of characters that the user can receive and send a short message each time is 160 english, digital characters or 70 chinese characters.

In general, the "mobile data traffic" refers to data traffic generated by accessing the internet or using related data value-added services through mobile communication technologies such as GPRS, EDGE, TD-SCDMA, HSDPA, WCDMA, and LTE, and does not include traffic generated by accessing the internet through other methods such as WLAN and CSD.

A mobile communication network between a mobile subscriber and a mobile subscriber or between a mobile subscriber and a fixed subscriber, and a public mobile communication network and a private mobile communication network are classified by service object; and can be divided into a mobile phone network and a mobile data network according to service properties. The mobile phone network supports communication in the form of short messages and voice. Correspondingly, the terminal equipment is provided with an SMS short message interface and a voice interface, thereby accessing to a mobile telephone network, receiving and sending short messages and dialing/answering the telephone from the voice network.

In addition, the mobile terminal can be connected to the internet through the mobile data traffic based on the public mobile data network, or can be connected to the internet through the WLAN access point based on the conventional home or enterprise broadband derivation, so that various network services and programs are used, and real-time communication is one of them.

The above-mentioned WLANs are all called: wireless Local area networks, with a Chinese name: a wireless local area network (wlan), a system for data transmission by using Radio Frequency (RF) technology, which is used to make up for the deficiency of wired lan, so as to achieve the purpose of network extension and realize a smooth network without network cable and distance limitation. The current protocols included in WLANs are: ieee802.11b protocol, ieee802.11a protocol, ieee802.11g protocol, ieee802.11e protocol, ieee802.11i protocol, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), etc., and WIFI (wireless fidelity) technology is a wireless network communication technology based on IEEE802.11 series standards.

For both mobile data networks and WLAN communication networks, they are referred to in the industry as wireless data transmission networks.

Instant Messaging (IM) derived from the above communication technology is a real-time communication system (generally including service and client software) that allows two or more people to use a network to communicate text messages, files, data, voice and video in real time, including ICQ, Skype, MSN, etc. before the mobile data network was not popularized, and since then, with the popularization of wireless data transmission technologies such as mobile data network, WLAN, etc. and smart phone operating systems, a great number of mobile Instant Messaging services and software, such as Wechat, etc., have emerged.

On the other hand, the development of science and technology has greatly changed the communication modes of people, and the continuous emergence of intelligent terminal products such as smart phones and the like and the continuous release of various Application programs (apps) enable people to establish communication with family, colleagues and friends anytime and anywhere without being limited by distance.

However, in real life, some users, including but not limited to the elderly and children, are difficult to adapt to the technology development of the day and the night due to the lack of capability, difficult to adapt to the upgrading and upgrading of various communication means, and unable to use the smart terminal and various communication apps skillfully, so that they may not be able to establish communication with family and friends well.

This situation is more evident in the following circumstances: young children work in large cities, while parents of their own ages, young children, may remain in a hometown that is far away. Even if a child purchases a smartphone and installs various communication apps and other apps for an old person, the old person often cannot normally operate the smartphone and the various internal apps, and thus cannot effectively establish communication with family and friends. Including but not limited to the elderly, there are many inconveniences such as cognitive difficulties and others when operating electronic devices such as smartphones.

There is a need for a communication method and related device based on the above communication technology and application software technology, which can meet various potential needs of users including but not limited to the elderly and children.

Disclosure of Invention

It would be beneficial to improve the operability of an electronic device as an assisted or configured party if the capability of bidirectional or unidirectional remote configuration, remote assistance between two electronic devices as both parties of a communication terminal could be improved.

Therefore, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for remotely configuring resources of an electronic device, including the following steps:

s4 providing, in an array form, a plurality of options associated with a plurality of resources available to the second terminal at the configuration interface of the first terminal;

s5 configures an option array of the plurality of options through the configuration interface.

Optionally, step S6 may be further included after step S5: confirming the configuration of the option array. It is understood that the step S6 can be performed separately in a separate scenario, and is not limited to occur in time-series with the step S5 in the electronic device, and the step S6 can be an optional but not required step in various embodiments. This also applies to other embodiments, which are not described in detail.

It should be noted that; the first terminal device (or first terminal for short) may be a mobile phone communicatively coupled to the server via a base station or an indoor WLAN device in a wireless manner. Alternatively, the first terminal may be an electronic device such as a personal computer, a notebook computer, or the like, which is communicatively coupled to the server by wire or wireless. Therefore, the configuration of the options in the option array in this embodiment, and the dragging and other operations of the options in the option array in other embodiments can be performed through the above-mentioned touch screen of the mobile phone or the human-machine interface such as the mouse and the keyboard of the personal computer.

In a home scenario, the user of the first terminal may be a relative, e.g. a child, of the user of the second terminal. In some situations for managing the old people or the enabled people, for example, the old people are managed on a large scale in an old people's home, and a manager in the old people's home can perform centralized management or standardized management such as batch configuration on a plurality of second terminals used by the old people's user group through a first terminal. The user of the first terminal may be a manager of an organization or a company such as a senior citizen's home, and the user of the second terminal may be a managed person in the organization or the company. Similarly, the diversification of these application scenarios is also applicable to other similar embodiments, and is not described in detail.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the configuration interface includes an add option, and step S4 further includes:

s41, responding to the selection of the adding option, and providing an option interface for displaying a plurality of options corresponding to a plurality of resources available to the second terminal;

s42, in response to the selection of at least part of the plurality of options by the user, arraying the at least part of the plurality of options to the configuration interface. In other words, the at least part of the plurality of options is presented to the configuration interface in an array, or the at least part of the plurality of options is presented to the configuration interface to form an array of options.

Optionally, in some embodiments, step S41 is preceded by: the plurality of options is obtained at least in part from the second terminal (e.g., a SIM card or a contact address book of the second terminal) or a server communicatively coupled to the second terminal. Of course, in addition to remote acquisition, information about multiple options may also be acquired from the SIM card or contact record of the first terminal, since, in some cases, the user of the first terminal intersects the personal relationship network between the users of the second terminal.

Optionally, in some embodiments, step S5 further includes: s51, correspondingly adjusting the positions of the at least part of the plurality of options in the option array according to the dragging operation of the user on the option array; and/or step S52, in response to selection of a first option of the at least part of the plurality of options, providing an operation option for the first option, where the operation option includes at least one of an edit function item, a custom icon function item, and an option delete function item. In step S51, optionally, if the dragged option is an option for a contact, when the contact option is dragged, the profile information or identity information related to the contact is dynamically displayed in an enlarged manner to enhance the effect of information presentation, and when the contact option is dragged into the destination position, the profile information of the contact is restored to the normal display.

Optionally, in some embodiments, step S51 further includes: in response to a user's touch on the display, a second option at a start position of the touch is moved in the option array along a trajectory of the touch to an end position of the touch.

Optionally, in some embodiments, step S52 is further followed by step S521. in response to a selection operation for an option deletion function item, deleting the first option from the option array, and leaving a position where the first option is located blank or filling the position with other options. For example, subsequent options in the array of options are sequentially moved incrementally to fill in where the first option was originally located.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the adding option is located at the tail of the option array, and after step S521, the method further includes: in response to selection of the add option, presenting the options interface; and in response to a user selection of a second option at the option interface, replacing the blank location with the second option.

Optionally, in some embodiments, at the first terminal, the login of the first communication program installed in the first terminal through the first account is accepted, wherein the user interface of the first communication program includes a configuration interface.

Corresponding to the first terminal, optionally, at the second terminal, accepting login of a second communication program installed in the second terminal through a second account.

Optionally, in some embodiments, wherein the configuration interface includes a save option, the step S6 further includes applying the configuration of the option array to the second terminal or a server communicatively coupling the first terminal and the second terminal. The applying step of the configuration of the option array further comprises: step S61, responding to the selection of the saving option, saving the configuration of the options in the first terminal or the server, or step S62, sending the configuration of the options to the second terminal through the server. At the first terminal, the configuration of the option array is confirmed and applied to the second terminal via the server.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the plurality of options includes options for at least one of a contact, a group of contacts, a subscription number, an application (e.g., applet, third party program), the plurality of resources includes a plurality of applications, the options for the applications include a program name and a program icon; and the options for the contact include an image and an abbreviation of the contact.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the options for the contact further include at least one of: contact, name, identity, relationship with a user of the second terminal, a name to the user of the second terminal, a nickname.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the add options include a collective add option for at least one of the contacts option, the subscription number option, the application option, the contacts group option, and an add option for a collective page; and the step S42 further includes: s421, responding to the selection of at least one option on the option interface by a user, adding a first collection page option associated with the at least one option in the option array; or adding the association with the at least one option aiming at the existing first set page options in the option array.

Correspondingly, in response to a user selection of a first collection page option, which is provided with one option or preferably a plurality of options collectively for user operation, the first collection page may be output via the main interface.

Optionally, in some embodiments, before the step S421, the method further includes: adding a second collective page option in the option array, the second collective page option being associated with an option of the plurality of options other than the at least some of the plurality of options; and, after the step S421, further comprising: associating the second aggregated page option with an option of the plurality of options other than the at least a portion of the plurality of options and the at least one option. And by adding a second collection page option and the association of the second collection page option and the corresponding option, the options except for at least part of the multiple options are basically and completely associated to the second collection page option, so that the options are displayed in a second collection page for a user to select part of the multiple options through the menu area and select another part of the options through the second collection page, and thus, the access entrance to all resources available for the second terminal is maintained. Whereas if the first aggregated page is configured by the first terminal, the options other than at least part of the plurality of options (individual options in the menu area) and the options associated with the first aggregated page may all be associated with the second aggregated page option, thereby providing the user of the second terminal access to options other than the individual options in the menu area and the options on the first aggregated page. The options in the menu area or the options of the first album page and the second album page may each include options for resources such as contacts, groups, subscription numbers, applets, third party APPs, and the like.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the add option further comprises an application install option.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the plurality of resources includes a third set of pages, the plurality of options further includes options for the third set of pages, the third set of pages includes known contacts tabs and/or unknown contacts tabs and/or dialer tabs, and the tags of the known contacts tabs and/or the tags of the unknown contacts tabs and/or the tags of the dialer tabs are arranged side by side on top of the third set of pages.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the tab of the known contact tab is operable to output the known contact tab through the display of the second terminal, including arranging a plurality of abbreviated sets of known contact communication records displayed, each abbreviated set of known contact communication records including a corresponding known contact and the latest occurring communication information with the known contact, respectively. And the label of the unknown contact tab is operable to output the unknown contact tab through the display of the second terminal and comprises a plurality of abbreviated sets of unknown contact communication records which are displayed in an array, and each abbreviated set of unknown contact communication records respectively comprises a corresponding unknown contact and newly-generated communication information with the unknown contact. A tab of the dialer tab operable to output a dialer interface via a display of the second terminal, the dialer interface including: virtual numeric keyboard, telephone number input box, calling option. For a dial-up interface, the remote configuration method further comprises the steps of: 1) responding to the clicking operation of a user through the virtual numeric keyboard, and presenting a corresponding telephone number in the telephone number input box; 2) and responding to the operation of the user for the calling option, and establishing communication taking the telephone number as an object through the mobile telephone network.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: and loading the plurality of options through a user interface of the second terminal according to the configuration of the plurality of options. Wherein the user interface may belong to a second communication program installed at the second terminal that is logged in with a second account. I.e. the options added or configured at the first terminal, will eventually be presented on the user interface of the second terminal as menu items for the user of the second terminal to operate. This promotes ease of access to the resources available to the second terminal. And simultaneously, the user of the first terminal is supported to carry out remote visual configuration on the resources of the second terminal through the local user interface, so that the operability of the resources available for the first terminal and the corresponding menu items of the first terminal through the second terminal is enhanced.

It can be understood that: the multiple options can be presented on the user interface of the first terminal and the user interface of the second terminal in equal proportion, so that the configuration of the multiple options through the first terminal can be presented in the user interface of the second terminal in a basically same sense, and what the first terminal sees is what the second terminal obtains. The plurality of options provided at the first terminal and the second terminal can be interface elements such as icon arrays, queues and the like configured in an abbreviated form.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: and transversely arranging at least part of the options at the bottom of the user interface of the second terminal in a mode that the option arrays are sequentially connected in series line by line. Specifically, the option array or each row of the array (row 1, row 2 … …, and row N) are connected end to end in sequence to form a one-dimensional queue, and the one-dimensional queue is transversely disposed at the bottom of the user interface of the second terminal. For example for a 2x2 matrix form array

The 2 rows of the array are sequentially connected with the head to form a one-dimensional queue in the following form: ' C₁₁，C₁₂，C₂₁，C₂₂"where four 4 elements represent 4 options, respectively.

It should be noted here that: the option array comprises options arranged in rows and columns, and the number of options in each row is preferably the same, for example, in a matrix arrangement. But the number of options per row is not limited to the same.

The options may be viewed as being located in a global menu window or menu area that can be maintained across the interface, the menu area being used to accommodate a plurality of options (or menu items) corresponding to a plurality of resources, respectively, and the menu area being maintained at the periphery (e.g., bottom) of the display or current interface during switching of the plurality of applications. The plurality of options respectively correspond to a plurality of resources. These implicit or explicit menu areas (or option areas) and the options therein may remain cross-interface with their presentation on the display, i.e., the option areas remain loaded on the current interface, such as the area at the bottom of the display, regardless of whether the current interface is loaded with a communications program interface, an album program interface, an assembly item interface, or other resource.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: and in response to the switching operation aiming at the option area, the plurality of options are movably presented.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the step of presenting the plurality of options by moving further comprises the steps of: in response to a switching operation for the option area, the plurality of options are sequentially moved and presented in the option area by one row of the option array.

The order of the options corresponding to the plurality of applications in the row and column is configured according to the setting of the order of the plurality of applications by the user and/or the access frequency of the user to the plurality of applications, for example, the options corresponding to the high-frequency access program or the contact may be configured at the head of the menu area, and the options corresponding to the low-frequency access program or the contact may be configured at the tail of the menu area.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the plurality of options are operable to execute and output a corresponding application via the display, each of the plurality of applications being activatable in response to being currently output on the display. Wherein the contact options correspond to communication applications in the plurality of resources. For example, the first contact option corresponds to a first communication application; the second contact option corresponds to a second communication application. Of course, it can also be considered that the first contact option and the second contact option correspond to the same communication application together.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: in response to a user selection of the plurality of options, switching the current interface to an interface corresponding to the selected option on the display, and synchronously focalizing the selected option.

Optionally, in some embodiments, each row of the option array includes the same number of options, the same number being 3-6; each of the plurality of options has a height in the longitudinal direction on the display of 1.5cm to 2.5 cm.

In another embodiment of the present invention, an application operation interface is further provided on the second user terminal (or simply, the second terminal) for operating a plurality of applications, for example, a communication operation interface for a communication application, the communication operation interface being associated with at least one communication network, and the remote configuration method of this embodiment further includes the following three steps at the second terminal:

i) in response to user operation of the first contact option, running a communication application to present a communication interface for the first contact on the display, including a message area;

ii) establishing communication with a first contact or a first contact group member through at least one communication network to generate a plurality of communication information in response to user operation of the communication operation interface; and

iii) outputting the plurality of communications via the message area on the first contact communication interface.

The communication operation interface is configured on the machine as a man-machine interface in a software or hardware form for a user to operate so as to establish/trigger communication of the electronic device. In different scenarios of other embodiments, or also referred to as communication enabling units, user interface elements, communication operation options, etc. In addition, the application operation interface is configured on the machine as a man-machine interface in a software or hardware form for a user to operate a corresponding application program, or is an interface for the user to interact with the current application program. The plurality of applications are executable, each of the plurality of applications being activatable in response to being currently loaded at the display; and, application operating interfaces for a plurality of application programs, provided virtually at the current interface and/or physically at the electronic device; the application operation interface is operable by a user to access the plurality of application programs, respectively.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the invention, the application operating interface is functionally variable from one current program to another, and is thereby operable to activate a corresponding feature of the current program.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the invention, the application manipulation interface comprises a set of keys; the remote configuration method further comprises: in response to an operation on the key group, a plurality of properties of the current program are respectively invoked.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the invention, the set of keys comprises: a row of virtual push or toggle keys disposed on the right side of the interface (or may be simply referred to as the current interface) of the application currently loaded on the display and/or a row of physical push or toggle keys correspondingly disposed on the electronic device on the right side of the display integrally assembled with the electronic device; and

the plurality of applications are respectively custom configured for the plurality of entity keys such that a plurality of characteristics of each of the plurality of applications are respectively correspondingly activatable in response to physical actions of the plurality of entity keys.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the first application is a communication program for a first contact, executable to output a communication interface for the first contact through the display, including a message area; the key groups are respectively associated with at least one communication network; and the remote configuration method further comprises:

outputting a plurality of communications with the first contact via the at least one communications network in the message area in response to user manipulation of the key set.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the at least one communication network comprises a plurality of communication networks having different traffic properties, the key groups being respectively associated with the plurality of communication networks; and the communication information output step further includes:

establishing communication with the first contact through the plurality of communication networks to generate the plurality of communication information in response to the operation of the key set by the user; and outputting the plurality of communication information with the different service properties through the message region integration.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the invention, the plurality of communication networks comprises a plurality of wireless communication networks, the plurality of wireless communication networks comprising a mobile telephone network, a wireless data transmission network; said key set being associated with said mobile telephone network and said wireless data transmission network, respectively, and said communication information outputting step further comprising:

and responding to the operation of the user on the key group, establishing communication with the first contact through the mobile telephone network or the wireless data transmission network respectively to generate the plurality of communication information.

Optionally, the wireless data transmission network further comprises a wireless local area network, such as a WIFI network. And the step of establishing communication with the first contact via the mobile phone network or the wireless data transmission network, respectively, to generate the plurality of communication information is performed at a second terminal, such as a mobile phone used by the elderly; and before this step also includes: at a first terminal (e.g., a cell phone used by a young person), obtaining information for one or more WIFI networks currently available to the second terminal; and transmitting selection information of the user on the one or more WIFI networks to a second terminal, and configuring the second terminal to be connected to the corresponding WIFI network according to the selection information at the second terminal, or connecting the second terminal to the WIFI network indicated by the selection information. And the step of establishing communication with the first contact via the mobile phone network or the wireless data transmission network, respectively, to generate the plurality of communication information further comprises: establishing communication with the first contact through the mobile phone network or the WIFI network configured by the first terminal to generate the plurality of communication information.

Optionally, the first terminal and the second terminal are communicatively connected through a server and/or a base station, and the steps of transmitting the WIFI network related information and the like may be performed between the first terminal and the second terminal through the server or the base station. This configuration operation of the WIFI network available to the second terminal is transferred from the second terminal to the first terminal, which further enhances the accessibility, access efficiency of the communication resources on the second terminal, for example, to its user by the WIFI network, and the operability of the communication resources of the second terminal at the first terminal.

Of course, it can be understood that the steps of acquiring and transmitting the WIFI network related information may be carried by communication links between the first terminal and the second terminal, or between the first terminal and the server/base station and the second terminal, respectively. Correspondingly, before these steps of acquiring or transmitting, the method may further include: establishing a communication link between the first terminal and the second terminal, and the step of "establishing a communication link between the first terminal and the second terminal" may further comprise establishing a communication link between the first terminal and the server and/or the base station, and establishing a communication link between the second terminal and the server and/or the base station.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the wireless data transmission network includes a mobile data network and a wireless local area network, and the remote configuration method further includes:

selectively associating the set of keys with the mobile telephony network, the mobile data network or the wireless local area network, whereby the set of keys are operable to establish corresponding services based on the associated communication network, respectively.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the plurality of communication information includes: at least two items of the voice service information, the short message service information and the data service information; the communication establishing step further comprises:

when the key set is associated with the mobile telephone network, responding to the operation of the key set by a user, establishing communication with the first contact person through the mobile telephone network to generate the voice service information and/or the short message service message;

establishing communication with the first contact through the wireless data transmission network to generate the data service message in response to a user operating the key set when the key set is associated with the wireless data transmission network.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the invention, the contact communication interface further comprises an expandable button, and the keys of the first part or all of the key group are arranged in a column in the middle of the right side of the interface, between the key column and the option area on the communication contact interface, i.e. at a position below the key column on the right side and above the option area.

Optionally, the expanded buttons are located substantially in the same column as the key column. Correspondingly, the remote configuration method further comprises the following steps: in response to a user selection operation (e.g., clicking) on an expandable button, an expanded menu is presented, optionally including a second portion of keys in the key set and/or emoticon options, social options (e.g., a red envelope button), etc., in a single row at the bottom of the display, above the options area. And when the second part of keys are activated, popping up a communication establishment interface, and when the expression options and the social options are activated, popping up corresponding expression or social interface elements for further operation of the user. And shrinking the expansion menu into an expansion button in response to the user completing the operation related to the selected second part key, the expression option or the social option.

Optionally, the extended menu may further include a menu option to initiate a voice or video call with the current contact when activated, a menu option to initiate a short message service with the current contact when activated, a menu option to initiate a payment action for the current contact when activated, and a menu option to initiate a video conference with a group of contacts to which the current contact and the second end user belong together when activated.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the first contact communication interface further includes a toggle option, and the selectively associating step includes:

selectively configuring the key set to be associated with the mobile phone network, the mobile data network or the wireless local area network according to at least one of i) user operation of the switching option, ii) a connection status of the electronic device with the wireless local area network, or iii) communication network conditions available in the vicinity.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the step of selectively associating further comprises:

responsive to the electronic device accessing the wireless local area network, configuring the key set to be associated with the wireless local area network on a communication function; and

configuring the key set to be associated with the mobile phone network on a communication function in response to the electronic device being disconnected from a wireless local area network.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, a corresponding phone number of the first contact in the mobile phone network and a corresponding identification code in the wireless data transmission network are configured to be integrated into a same communication application.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the corresponding mobile phone number of the first contact in the mobile phone network and the corresponding identification code in the wireless data transmission network are integrally stored in the same program, and the communication establishing step further includes:

and responding to the operation of the user on the key group, and establishing communication with the first contact person through the mobile phone number and the identification code respectively to generate the plurality of communication information.

It should be noted here that the communication means used by the user or contact, such as IM software or a cell phone, a corresponding cell phone number in a mobile communication network, or a corresponding identification code (ID) in a wireless data transmission network, such as a WLAN, or instant messaging address, are understood to be stored or integrated in the same (identification) program, for example, a program for a contact of a user (or a communication application, where contact information is stored in an address book of the communication application), may be provided for the communication application to use by the user, and establishing communication with a communication tool used by the current contact person respectively through a mobile phone network and a wireless data transmission network according to the mobile phone number and the unique identification code corresponding to the contact person in the instant communication process, thereby generating communication information. To some extent, the communication application integrates the main functions of both mobile communication (e.g., based on a mobile phone network) and Instant Messaging (IM) software. For a user of an electronic device such as a mobile phone or a contact of the user, a single communication means or a communication tool is perceived and experienced by a communication application running in a terminal device used by the user. Furthermore, the resources for communication information of different service properties during communication include a communication interface of a communication network corresponding to different service properties, which is located at a lower layer of the software architecture, and an interactive interface for outputting a plurality of communication information, which is located at an upper layer of the software architecture, all integrated into a single communication application. This is different from the following two cases: i) the communication interfaces with different service properties are configured in a plurality of different application programs, and only a plurality of pieces of information with different service properties, which are generated through the communication interfaces, are collectively shown on the same interactive interface in the modes of forwarding among different programs and the like; ii) the unique identification code (ID) and the mobile phone number for instant messaging are configured in a plurality of different application programs, and only a plurality of information with different service properties generated by the identification code and the mobile phone number for instant messaging are collectively shown on the same interactive interface in the modes of forwarding among different programs and the like. What is mentioned here can also be applied in the corresponding scenarios of all relevant embodiments described above or below.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the step of outputting the plurality of communication information further includes: and integrating and outputting at least two items of the voice service information, the short message service message and the data service message to the message area on the first contact communication interface.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the step of integrating and outputting further includes:

outputting the voice service information and/or the short message service information through the message area when the key set is associated with the mobile phone network;

outputting the data service message through the message area when the key set is associated with the wireless local area network or the mobile data network.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the plurality of communication information output steps further include: in response to occurrence of a latest piece of the plurality of communication information, individually outputting the latest piece in the message area. Or, continuously updating the message area output on the first contact communication interface by the latest one of the plurality of communication information;

wherein the latest message comprises the latest message received from the first contact and the latest message sent to the first contact.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the outputting step further includes: in response to occurrence of a latest one of at least two of the voice service information, the short message service message, and the data service message, outputting the latest one alone in the message area, or

And continuously updating and outputting the latest one of the voice service information, the short message service message and the data service message in the message area.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the invention, the profile information of the first contact is configured separately outside of the message area and commensurate with the message area; the remote configuration method further comprises:

expanding the message area and abbreviating the profile information; and collectively outputting the plurality of messages to the message area.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the profile information of the first contact and the message area are configured substantially centrally above and below the first contact communication interface, and the plurality of communication information outputting steps further include:

collectively outputting at least two of the voice service information, the short message service message, and the data service message to the message area; or

Collectively outputting the voice service information and/or the short message service information arranged in the occurrence order through the message area when the key group is associated with the mobile phone network; collectively outputting the data service messages in order of occurrence through the message area when the key set is associated with the wireless data transmission network.

Optionally, in some embodiments of the present invention, the plurality of communication information output steps further include:

when the key set is associated with the mobile telephone network, integrating the voice service information and/or short message service message to output the latest one of the voice service information and/or short message service message in the message area;

outputting only the latest one of the data service messages for the message region with persistent updates when the key set is associated with the wireless data transmission network;

wherein the data traffic message includes one or more of: audio messages, video messages, picture messages, geographic locations, text messages, files, data.

In addition, another embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including: a display; a processor unit; a memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor unit, the one or more programs including instructions for performing any of the methods according to the preceding embodiments.

In addition, another embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including: the device comprises a physical key group, a communication interface and a communication device, wherein the communication device comprises a display; a processor unit; a memory; and one or more programs for executing one or more programs,

the set of physical keys is detachably coupled to the processor unit through the communication interface;

wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor unit, the one or more programs including instructions for performing any of the methods of the preceding embodiments.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the mobile terminal further includes a base for mounting the communication device, the physical key group is disposed on the base, and the communication interface is a connector, two ends of which are correspondingly disposed on the communication device and the base and are respectively in wired connection with the processor unit and the physical key group.

In addition, another embodiment of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus for use in a communication apparatus having a display, including:

means for performing any of the methods described in accordance with the preceding embodiments.

Additionally, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform any of the methods according to the preceding embodiments, is also provided in another embodiment of the present invention.

And configuring options on a user interface of the first terminal in an array form in a touch manner, wherein the options comprise options of adding and deleting, options of adjusting the sequence of the options in the array and the like. The configuration mode of the options such as the icons is easy to recognize and strong in operability, so that efficient 'what you see is what you get' configuration of the options is realized. In addition, by applying such configuration to the second terminal, so that "what is seen at the first terminal is what is obtained at the second terminal", this causes the work of maintaining and configuring the devices, which is borne by the peer first and second terminals, to be redistributed between the first and second terminals, transferring most of the configuration work that the second terminal should bear to the first terminal. This greatly improves the operability of the second terminal, especially for users such as elderly people. Meanwhile, a part of configured options are only information such as links pointing to corresponding resources, addresses for remotely/locally calling programs, contact ways of related contacts (for example, phone numbers or unique identification numbers (IDs) or login numbers for instant messaging, which are also applicable to other embodiments), and related option configurations do not involve processes such as installation and downloading of programs, so that remote configuration does not cause traffic load such as massive data downloading.

In some embodiments, the first terminal may provide the configurator with access frequencies of the second end user or other similar users to the plurality of applications, respectively, so that the configurator configures the options according to the data of the access frequencies. And configuring the order of the options corresponding to the plurality of application programs in the menu through the first terminal, for example, the options corresponding to the high-frequency access program or the contact person are separately configured at the head of the menu area, and the options corresponding to the low-frequency access program or the contact person are configured at the tail of the menu or in the collection page. This further enhances the accessibility of the relevant resources.

By the method of some embodiments of the invention, the user interface of the remote device can be conveniently configured across devices, and the efficiency of accessing and configuring the remote device through the local device is improved; the operability of the remote device (e.g., an old person), the availability of the resources available to the remote device to its user, is also improved.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 illustrates a flow diagram of a method for remotely configuring resources of an opposing electronic device in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a schematic user interface diagram for configuring a remote resource in a method according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 illustrates another user interface diagram for configuring a remote resource in a method according to one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a network connection in which a first terminal and a second terminal are communicatively coupled via a server, according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a correspondence between at least one interface configured in an electronic device and at least one option presented on a display, according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6A FIG. 6B illustrates a user interface diagram for a first end user to access a plurality of options available to a second end, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 illustrates a collection page interface for presenting multiple options, according to another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8A FIG. 8B illustrates a user interface diagram integrating the provision of multiple communication-related tabs, according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 illustrates a user interface diagram corresponding to a dialer program according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10A and 10B are schematic diagrams of switching between two interfaces configured in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 shows a flowchart illustrating a resource providing method for an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

12A, 12B show schematic diagrams of switching between a first contact communication interface and a first contact communication interface with an extended function menu in one embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 13 illustrates a user interface diagram for integrating multiple communication-related tabs in one embodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 14A, 14B, and 14C are schematic diagrams illustrating a user interface after operating an expand menu item in the interface of FIG. 12 according to an embodiment of the invention.

The same or similar reference numbers in the drawings identify the same or similar elements.

Detailed Description

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

The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and "a plurality" typically includes at least two.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes 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. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The words "if", as used herein, may be interpreted as "at … …" or "at … …" or "in response to a determination" or "in response to a detection", depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase "if it is determined" or "if detected (a stated condition or event)" may be interpreted as "when determined" or "in response to determining" or "when detected (a stated condition or event)" or "in response to detecting (a stated condition or event)", depending on the context.

It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a good or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such good or system. Without further limitation, elements recited by the phrase "comprising an … …" do not exclude the presence of additional like elements in a commodity or system that includes such elements.

Embodiments of electronic devices, user interfaces for such devices, and associated processes for using such devices are described. In some embodiments, the device is a portable communication device (such as a mobile phone) that also contains other functionality, such as PDA and/or music player functionality. Exemplary embodiments of portable multifunction devices include, but are not limited to, other portable electronic devices such as laptop or tablet computers with touch-sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch screen displays and/or touch pads). It should also be understood that in some embodiments, the device is not a portable communication device or a communicator, but is a desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch screen display and/or a touchpad).

In some embodiments discussed below, an electronic device is described that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface. However, it should be understood that the computing device may include one or more other physical user interface devices, such as a physical keyboard, mouse, and/or joystick.

In addition to communication applications such as telephony applications, video conferencing applications, or instant messaging applications, the device may support various applications such as one or more of the following: a note taking application, a drawing application, a presentation application, a word processing application, a health management application, a gaming application, an email application, an exercise support application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video recorder application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.

In addition, the sequence of steps in each method embodiment described below is only an example and is not strictly limited.

Fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a resource providing method for an electronic device (e.g., a second terminal) according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between at least one interface configured in the electronic device and at least one option presented on a display according to an embodiment of the present invention. The method of some embodiments of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 11 and 5, and the resource providing method may include three steps: step 2501, step 2502 and step 2503.

In step 2501, a communication interface 26-Contact for a first Contact of at least one interface 2604 is presented on the display, wherein the first Contact communication interface includes a message area (not shown).

In step 2502, a plurality of communication information with the first contact via at least one communication network is output through the message area in response to a user's manipulation of a communication manipulation interface (not shown in the drawings). The plurality of communication information may include audio messages or video messages, the messages may be marked in a message area as a communication record and output externally through the message area for a user to browse or access, and furthermore, the audio messages may be further output to a loudspeaker to output externally in an audio manner in response to an access operation of the user to the audio messages through the message area.

In step 2503, at least one option 2603 is provided via the display, the at least one option 2603 being configured in an abbreviated form and being respectively associated with at least one interface 2604.

Optionally, in the method of some embodiments of the present invention, the association relationship between the at least one option 2603 and the at least one interface 2604 may be embodied as: the at least one option 2603 corresponds to the at least one interface 2604, and the at least one option 2603 can output the corresponding interface of the at least one interface 2604 through the display in response to the user operation. The correspondence of the at least one option 2603 and the at least one interface 2604 can refer to the association shown by the arrow in fig. 5, and the one or more interfaces 2604 can be substantially independent of each other.

Further optionally, in some embodiments described above or below, the at least one option may include a plurality of options 2603, and the at least one interface may also include a plurality of interfaces 2604; the plurality of options 2603 correspond or coincide in configuration order with the plurality of interfaces 2604. Specifically, in response to a plurality of unidirectional (e.g., leftward) switching operations applied to the current interface by the user, the order in which the plurality of interfaces 2604 are output on the display is consistent with the order in which the plurality of options (menu items) 2603 are arranged in the menu area. For example, in the plurality of menu items, the menu item 26b is located between the menu item 26a and the menu item 26c, and in the plurality of interfaces 2604, the interface 26-Album corresponding to the menu item 26b is located between the interface 26-Contact corresponding to the menu item 26a and the interface (not shown) corresponding to the menu item 26 c. Preferably, if menu item 26a, menu item 26b, and menu item 26c are arranged adjacently (adjacently) in the menu area, the interfaces 26-Contact, 26-Album, and menu item 26c are also arranged adjacently in the plurality of interfaces 2604. According to the methods of some embodiments under the heading "configure resources or options in electronic device", the order, location of the plurality of options (menu items) 2603 in the menu area may be reconfigured locally or remotely by the user. When the plurality of options (menu items) 2603 are configured in a new arrangement order in the menu region, correspondingly, the order in which the plurality of interfaces 2604 are output on the display in response to repeated switching operations by the user with respect to the current interface (e.g., the middle of the interface) also changes as the arrangement order of the plurality of menu items 2603 changes (vary with). The correspondence between the configuration order of the plurality of menu items and the configuration order of the plurality of interfaces described herein is also applicable to the user interface associated with or commonly present with the menu item(s) in any other embodiment, and will not be described herein again.

It will be appreciated that the one-to-one correspondence between at least one interface and a menu item is not limited to a consistent ordering of the two. For example, a user interface that is configured as a first position by default in at least one of the interfaces may optionally be loaded first on the display after the electronic device is started, but the user interface may correspond to a second menu item in the menu area instead of the first menu item, and the menu items arranged at the first position in the menu area may correspond to a last interface among the plurality of interfaces that may be sequentially output in response to a user's continuous toggle gesture. This does not prevent the establishment of a one-to-one correspondence between at least one interface and the menu items at the bottom. Assuming that the interface XA1 corresponds to the menu item OP1, the interface XA2 corresponds to the menu item OP2, the interface XA3 corresponds to the menu item OP3 (no reference numerals but representative symbols of XA1, XA2, XA3, OP1, OP2, OP 3), and the order of these three menu items in the menu area is [ OP3, OP1, OP2], the interface XA1 in the three interfaces is first loaded on the display at power-on, the interface XA2 is loaded on the display in response to the user's first left-hand switching operation, and the interface XA3 is loaded on the display in response to the user's second left-hand switching operation. A first location in the menu area may serve as an access entry for commonly used resources, and a user may activate these commonly used resources by clicking on a menu item in the first location when operating a first group (e.g., 5) of the plurality of menu items. Alternatively, the first position in the menu area is fixedly used for the display of the menu item OP3, regardless of the switching of the current interface or the menu item being switched by the user with the group slide presentation (regardless of). By this sequential arrangement, the user may be allowed to load the commonly used resources at any time by clicking a menu item at the first location, regardless of the location in the interaction hierarchy of the user interface of the electronic device.

Optionally, in some embodiments, an operation option may be further provided on the display, and in response to a click of the operation option by the user, a first interface after the electronic device is started is presented through the display, including a user interface that is loaded by default after the electronic device is turned on and a first group (e.g., 5) of the plurality of menu items are presented in the menu area. The method or the electronic equipment with the operation option similar to the HOME key can allow a user to return to the initial interface after being started through simple operation on the HOME operation option no matter where the user is located in the interaction level of the user interface of the electronic equipment.

In addition, since at least one option represents at least one interface in an abbreviated form respectively, such abbreviated menu items can present more options such as contacts, applications and the like for the user on a smaller scale on the current interface, therefore, the user can also globally know other available options such as communication contacts, application programs and the like through the current interface, and has a navigation function for selecting and positioning the client in a plurality of application options configured by the electronic device. Of course, alternatively, the program in the electronic device may also be executable by the processor unit to: the presentation of the at least one option is cancelled in response to a real-time response event occurring at the electronic device. When the real-time response event occurs, a plurality of options are not required to be displayed in a navigation mode at the bottom of the display, and the cancellation of the display of the plurality of options can also provide larger screen display space for the real-time response event. And after the online video or audio call is ended, the plurality of options for providing the navigation function at the periphery of the display can be recovered. Generally, the real-time response event includes an event that does not allow the user to perform a delayed response, such as an online telephone call, and the short message does not belong to the real-time response event because the processing can be delayed.

Of course, it is understood that other interfaces may be configured in the electronic device in addition to the at least one interface 2604, and that the other interfaces may not have corresponding options in the at least one option 2603, and vice versa. But this does not preclude the associative and further one-to-one correspondence between the at least one interface 2604 and the at least one option 2603.

Here, it should be noted that at least one of the interface 2604's associated resources is configured in the electronic device, or in a remote server, at least one of the options 2603 can be viewed as a shortcut-like icon presented on the display for selection by the user, while at least one of the options 2603 points to or is associated with the respective associated resource. Thus, when the user selects the at least one option 2603 on the display, the electronic device invokes or runs the associated resource associated with the at least one option 2603, thereby outputting at least one interface 2604 corresponding to the at least one option 2603 through the display. The related resource corresponding to each of the at least one option 2603 may also be referred to as at least one object (not shown in the figure). The at least one object is optionally an executable program resource located in a background or remote server of the electronic device, e.g., a first option of the at least one option 2603 may include addressing information such as a local storage path or a network address of the associated resource. When a first option, such as a first contact icon, of the at least one option 2603 is selected by the user, a first object, such as first contact related information or an (addressed) executable resource, of the at least one object is loaded, thereby outputting, via the display, a first interface, such as a first contact communication interface, of the at least one interface 2604. When the first option is a first contact icon and the corresponding first object is a communication program, the first option may further include a communication method of the first contact, or the first option is associated with the communication method of the first contact, such as a phone number or a unique Identification (ID) for instant messaging, which is also applicable to other embodiments. Of course, alternatively, the numerical arrangement of the telephone number, if unique, may also serve as an identification code, a login number, for instant communications, both being identical in form but used by the electronic device to establish communications via different communication networks. At least one interface 2604 is triggered by user selection of at least one option 2603 or user interface switching of a communication interface, application interface, etc., via output of the display.

In summary, optionally, the at least one option configured in the electronic device includes one or more of a contact option, a contact group option, a subscription number option, and an application option. Wherein the options for the application include a program name and/or a program icon. The options for the contact include an image and/or abbreviation of the contact. Further, the contact options further include an operating address of a communication application associated with the contact, a contact address of the contact, and at least one of: name, identity, relationship to the user of the second terminal, name to the user of the second terminal, nickname. The options for an application also include the running address of the associated application.

At least one option 2603 has a ranking order on the display that is formed by a user interacting with the electronic device, adding or ranking at least one option 2603, or setting at least one option 2603 by a backdoor program that is logged in by a server or another electronic device that is remote. Whether or not at least one option 2603 is presented to the user through, for example, the bottom region of the display, at least one object can be independently set in its output order through the display. For example, after outputting a first interface corresponding to the first object, for example, the interface 26-Contact, through the display, the other interfaces may be sequentially output in the predetermined order described above in response to the user switching operation through repeated sliding of the interface output area in the middle of the display, for example, in a single direction of an Arrow 26-Arrow in the figure. At least one interface 2604 has a one-to-one correspondence with at least one object stored locally or remotely. Optionally, the at least one object may include at least one contact information, and the at least one interface may also include at least one contact interface corresponding to the at least one contact information. Here, the relationship between the configuration order of the at least one option on the display, the at least one object, and the possible configuration order of the at least one interface may also be applied in the method or apparatus of some embodiments described below, and may not be described in detail herein.

At least one interface, such as interface 26-Contact, interface 26-Album, interface 26-Group, etc., that may be output via the display 2601 of the electronic device 2600, resources from at least one object configured in the electronic device, represent the at least one object (not shown) in a visual manner on the display 2601. And the at least one object may include, but is not limited to: contact information for communication, contact group information, various applications, such as a system-built applet like a photo album, or access entry information or link information for a third party independent program, etc. These one or more options may be output via the display 2601 in the form of respective corresponding interfaces, such as a first Contact communication interface 26-Contact, an Album application interface 26-Album, a Contact Group communication interface 26-Group, and so forth.

Optionally, in the method or the electronic device according to some embodiments of the present invention, the method or the electronic device may further include: in response to a user's switching operation for at least one option 2603, the at least one option 2603 is presented on the display 2601 part by part (a part by part). It is to be appreciated that the toggle operation for the at least one option 2603 can include a swipe gesture or the like for the region in which the at least one option 2603 is located.

Alternatively, in the method or electronic device of some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, at least one option 2603 is configured in a single row (single row) at the top/bottom of the display or in a single column beside the display, wherein a horizontal bar-shaped area occupied by the options of the single row on the display may be referred to as a menu area or a single row area 2602. Taking at least one option 2603 arranged in a single row, as shown in fig. 5, the single row of options is disposed laterally at the bottom of the display, and the method of this embodiment further comprises the steps of: in response to a user's switching operation for the single-line region 2602, at least one option 2603 is presented by moving the single-line region 2602 uniformly portion by portion.

Alternatively, in the method or the electronic device according to some embodiments of the present invention, the at least one option 2603 may be divided into a plurality of groups substantially equally, the first group of options is first arranged at the bottom of the display in a single row, and in response to a switching operation of the single row region 2602 by the user, the plurality of groups of options sequentially move in an operation direction such as sliding of the user, and are presented to the user sequentially through the single row region 2602. As shown in FIG. 5, the first set of options includes a first option 26a, a second option 26b, a third option 26c, and a fourth option 26d, wherein the first option 26a corresponds to the communication interface 26-Contact of the first Contact, the second option 26b corresponds to the Album application interface 26-Album, the third option 26c and the fourth option 26d also correspond to two interfaces (not shown) of the at least one interface 2604, respectively, and the fifth option 26e corresponds to the Group communication interface 26-Group. The first set of options is arranged in a single row region 2602 at the bottom of the display; or in a single column (not shown) arranged beside the display, in response to a user switching operation for the first group of options, a second group of options of the at least one option is switched and presented in a single row area, wherein the second group of options comprises the fifth option 26e and three options (not shown in the figure) subsequent to the fifth option. The switching operation here may be a sliding operation to the left or the right, which will not be described in detail below. Specifically, the step of switching and presenting the first group of options and the second group of options in the at least one option through the single-row area may include: the first option 26a, the second option 26b, the third option 26c, and the fourth option 26d are collectively moved in the direction of the sliding operation of the user indicated by the directional Arrow 26-Arrow in fig. 5, thereby successively presenting the second group of options, i.e., the fifth option 26e and three options subsequent thereto. From another aspect, the step of switching and presenting the first group of options and the second group of options in the at least one option through the single-line region may further include: moving the first option 26a, the second option 26b, the third option 26c, the fourth option 26d in the direction of the sliding operation indicated by Arrow 26-Arrow to cancel the presentation of the first option 26a, the second option 26b, the third option 26c, the fourth option 26d one by one at the edge of the display, and continuing with the first set of options, moving the second set of options, headed by the fifth option 26e, part by part into the single row region 2602. In yet another aspect, the step of switching the presentation of the first set of options and the second set of options in the at least one option through the single-line region further comprises: the first option 26a, the second option 26b, the third option 26c, and the fourth option 26d are visually moved out of the display area of the display in sequence in the direction of the sliding operation indicated by Arrow 26-Arrow, and the second group of options, headed by the fifth option 26e, is moved into the single row region 2602 following the first group of options.

Of course, the option 26d is the last option in the first group of options, and if the current interface is the interface corresponding to the option 26d and the option 26d is presented differently in the form as the current option, in this case, the electronic device may also, in response to a switching operation of the user for sliding left on the communication interface or the application interface corresponding to the option 26d, switch to present a second group of options in at least one option in the single-line region, and differentiate the first option 26e of the second group of options in the form as the current option, and load the communication interface or the application interface corresponding to the option 26e in the interface.

It is worth noting that: in the method or electronic device of some embodiments of the present invention, the plurality of options may be arranged in a single row and moved and presented on the display part by part (a part by part), wherein the speed of the moving process may correspond to the speed of the user operation gesture, and the unit of the movement is a part (part) or a group of the plurality of options, which allows the user to clearly distinguish the next group of unpowted options from the previous group of browsed options and browse all the options regularly. Meanwhile, the set of options or a part of the options may include 1 to 10 options, and for a general mobile phone, 3 to 6 options are selectable, such as 4 options in the above embodiment. For mobile terminals such as tablet computers configured with larger displays, each set or portion of options may include a greater number of options. Of course, the number of options included in each section or each group is preferably the same.

Alternatively, the single row of region 2602 may be a region at the top or bottom of the display where the plurality of options configured as a single row are located. Alternatively, the single line region 2602 may be understood as a region within the outline (outline) of the pixels or locations covered by the plurality of options on the display that is substantially invariant to the plurality of options, such as a transverse stripe-shaped region at the bottom of the display that is about 0.5 cm to 3.5 cm, preferably 1.5cm to 2cm, wide in the longitudinal direction (as indicated by the arrows in fig. 5). The single line region 2602 is located laterally at the bottom of the display and does not occupy the main display or interaction area of the display, and also facilitates the user's hand-held operation without interfering with the user's main interaction behavior. Through the single line region 2602, the user may apply a switching operation, including a slide, to one or more options at the bottom of the display, which results in a different effect for the user with respect to the main display region or interaction region of the display than for the single line region, as described in the related embodiments under the heading "interface and main interface configuration". The "main display area of the display" or the "main interaction area" may include a portion of the first contact communication interface, or a portion of the display other than the menu area or the single line/row area, and thus, will not be described in detail herein.

Alternatively, the single-line region 2602 may be explicitly (explicit) or implicitly (implicitly) as a menu region, and correspondingly, at least one of the options 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d may be defined as four menu items accommodated in the menu region. Furthermore, it should be understood that some of the menu areas provided on the display herein and some of the interface elements of the methods or devices of some of the embodiments described below that are configured on the display are virtual rather than physical and are not described in detail below. Most of the embodiments herein are that the electronic device moves the options presenting the menu area in response to an operation gesture such as sliding of the menu area by a user, and as a modification, the electronic device may also move the options presenting the menu area in response to an operation of a directional key provided on an entity of the electronic device by the user. And will not be described in detail herein.

It can be understood that: the motion is relative, although from a sensory point of view a set of serialized (a series of) options 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d is presented in the menu area moving in the direction of the switching operation in response to the switching operation by the user, and can be viewed as a slidable window of the menu area moving relative to the string of options in the opposite direction to the switching operation to present the string of options part by part. Correspondingly, in another aspect of the above embodiment, the menu region or the single row region 2602 disposed laterally at the bottom of the display can be regarded as a sliding window relative to the plurality of options, first queue the first four options 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d in the sliding window, and then the electronic device can slide and present the first four options 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d and the subsequent other options beginning with the option 26e through the sliding window in response to the user's switching operation for the sliding window. Of course, the option 26e and its subsequent options are also presented part by part in a queue through a sliding window, and these options 26a, 26b, 26c, 26d, 26e form a sort order after being queued in the menu area or single row area 2602 at the bottom of the display.

Alternatively, the user's switching operation for the sliding window may be a sliding operation on the single-row region 2603, and the size of the sliding window is the same as the step size of the sliding, and each of the sliding window is 3 to 6 options, for example, 4 contact options or 5 application options.

The abbreviated menu items in the method of some embodiments of the invention are configured at the bottom of the display, and the communication interface or the application interface is configured in the middle area of the display and has a corresponding relationship. The communication application interface and the first application interface can be generally positioned in the middle of the display, occupy larger area, and provide a main area for a user to identify and operate, by sliding the communication interface, the content can be switched one at a time, and the focus option in at least one option in the menu area, namely the current option, is synchronously changed, and corresponds to the currently displayed interface in the middle of the display.

The bottom or lower part of the screen is a menu area, one page of options in the menu, for example, 5 menu items, can be switched left and right by sliding the menu area on the screen, the option clicked by the user can be determined as a new focus option in the menu area or a single line area 2602 in response to the click operation of the user, and a corresponding communication interface or application interface is loaded in the middle of the display. The abbreviated menu items can present more options of contacts, applications and the like to the user in a small scale, have a navigation function, and can switch a plurality of contact options and application options in batches by taking a group as a unit in response to one sliding operation of the user, so that the method is beneficial to the user to quickly browse or select the contacts and the like which the user desires to communicate.

In methods or electronic devices of some embodiments of the invention, the at least one option 2603 further includes a second option 26 b. In the method: in response to the user's selection of the second option 26b in the single line region 2602, the first Contact communication interface 26-Contact corresponding to the first option 26a is switched on the display to the interface 26-A1bum corresponding to the second option, and synchronously the focus display is shifted from the first option 26a to the second option 26b, i.e., the second option is differentiated in form in the single line region.

Of course, the above-mentioned focus options and current interface switching are also applicable to the cross-Group option selection, for example, the user switches the first Group option to the second Group option including 26e in the one-line region 2602 by a sliding operation, and at this time, the first Contact communication interface 26-Contact corresponding to the option 26a in the first Group option is still displayed in the interface 2601, where the electronic device may switch the first Contact communication interface to the Contact Group interface 26-Group corresponding to the option 26e on the display in response to the user clicking the fifth option 26 e. And synchronously, the option 26e is presented in a single-line region in a differentiated manner as a focus option, or a current option, that is, an option corresponding to an interface currently displayed on the display.

Fig. 10A and 10B are schematic diagrams illustrating switching between two interfaces configured in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 10A, in accordance with the personal relationship between the current contact and the user, the nickname of the current contact is "son", and 5 options are provided in a single row in a thumbnail form in a menu area laterally arranged at the bottom of the display, wherein a first option 2703-1 corresponding to "son" is highlighted, for example, an outline of a thumbnail of the option is highlighted. The current contact person communication interface 2701 is also loaded with profile information for "son". Virtual communication keys 2702 associated with one or more communication networks are also provided on the current contact communication interface 2701 for operation by a user to establish communication through the one or more communication networks to generate communication information, and the current contact communication interface 2701 also provides a message area 2704 for outputting communication information between the user and the "son".

In the method or the electronic device according to some embodiments of the present invention, the plurality of objects have a plurality of interfaces corresponding to the plurality of objects one to one, for example, a first contact object and a corresponding first contact communication interface, an album application object and a corresponding album application interface, and the like. These interfaces are generally output through the middle of the display, occupy a large area, and form a main area for the user to recognize and operate. The multiple objects are relatively independent, the multiple corresponding interfaces are output on the display to provide users with access to the objects, deep functions of the corresponding objects are called according to the operation of the users on the interfaces, and further operation and skip sub-interfaces are presented on the display. The interfaces corresponding to the objects can be basically independent from each other and can be switchably output on the display for the user to access. The switching between these interfaces, in some of the above embodiments the method, is performed by the user by manipulating a menu area of the navigation function. In some embodiment methods described below, switching between multiple interfaces is performed by enabling a user to directly apply a switching operation to a communication interface, an application interface and the like.

In the method of some embodiments of the present invention, in response to a single switching operation of the user on the communication interface of the current contact, for example, a single leftward or rightward sliding gesture operation, the electronic device may switch the communication interface of the current contact to an interface corresponding to an adjacent object of the current contact in the at least one object. Wherein an output order in which the at least one object is output in the form of an interface through the display in response to a predetermined gesture by the user has been predefined. And if a menu area is provided on the display, when the communication interface of the current contact person is switched by the electronic equipment, the corresponding options of the switched latest current contact person in the menu area can be set in a differentiated mode basically and synchronously. Preferably, the current options in the menu area may be differentiated in form, so that the user may more conveniently recognize from the menu area.

In methods of some embodiments of the invention, the electronic device may toggle a second contact communication interface presented on the display corresponding to a second option 2703-2 adjacent to the first option 2703-1 in the single line area 2703 in response to a single toggle operation by the user for the first contact communication interface 2701, e.g., a slide operation to the left as indicated by the arrow in fig. 10A, as shown in fig. 10B, a daughter profile, which may include a nickname of "daughter", a head portrait, a photograph, a telephone number, etc., is loaded on the communication interface of "daughter", based on the relationship of the second contact to the user. Correspondingly, message area 2704 is also used to display communication information with "daughter". In response to the switching of the current contact communication interface, the differentiation means in the form of focus presentation, etc. is transferred from the second option 2703-2 to the second option 2703-2 corresponding to "daughter" in the 5 options in the single row area 2703.

Optionally, if the second option 2703-2 for "daughter" is the last valid option in the single-line region 2703, a configuration option is also provided in the single-line region 2703, for example, may be located at a position (not labeled in the figure) after the second option 2703-2. The electronic device may respond to user manipulation of the configuration option to add an icon or the like of a new application, such as a communication application interface for a third contact or an album application, to a blank location (not labeled) in single row area 2703. When the user selects the newly added option in the single row area 2703, the user interface of the newly added application in the active state may be output via the display for access by the user. Of course, these options and the applications associated with these options may be managed or scheduled by an application manager, which may be launched by a user from a desktop of the electronic device (not shown in the figures) to provide the user with his user interface through the application manager, whose UI may include interface elements such as a single line area 2703 for accommodating thumbnail options. The user may launch the associated application or application interface by manipulating these options. The application manager may be configured in the electronic device as a separate application program independent of the operating system.

Here, it should be noted that: in some embodiments, the user of the electronic device configured with the plurality of applications or the plurality of contact information may be an elderly person. Thus, optionally, the installation portal for these applications is deployed at a remote second terminal, the second electronic device is operated by a professional user of the other electronic device (e.g., a young adult who is a child of the elderly person) and the plurality of applications in the electronic device of the embodiments of the present invention are remotely installed, uninstalled or otherwise maintained through a communication link between the electronic device and the second electronic device (optionally via a server). Of course, after installing/deleting an application program in the electronic device or adding contact information, the professional user may also perform corresponding settings such as adding, deleting, and the like for menu items presented on the display of the electronic device used by the elderly by operating corresponding interfaces and entries on the second electronic device, in which case, configuration options for adding menu items do not need to be provided in the option area in the embodiment. Of course, in addition to remotely configuring menu items, other information in the electronic device may also be edited, customized, and configured remotely. The method further shields the user of the electronic equipment from the Operating System (OS) of the electronic equipment, reduces the cognitive difficulty of the electronic equipment, and improves the accessibility of application programs and information in the electronic equipment.

It should be understood that: whether the single row area 2703 field and the plurality of options therein are configured as a navigation menu in fig. 10 or not, a plurality of objects (not shown in the figure) in the electronic apparatus can be independently configured in a predetermined order to be output through the display, based on which the electronic apparatus can output a plurality of interfaces one by one corresponding to the plurality of objects according to the predetermined order one by one in response to a single interface switching operation from the user, for example, a sliding operation to the left/right, for user interaction, in other words, in response to a single switching operation of the user for the communication interface of "son", switch the next loading object to a communication object of a nickname "son" to an adjacent object among the plurality of objects configured in advance in sequence, that is, the communication object of "daughter", and present the communication interface corresponding to the object of "daughter" on the display, as shown in fig. 10B. In summary, a plurality of application interfaces or a plurality of objects provided in the electronic device in association therewith may be arranged in a predetermined order. By applying a continuous switching operation to the communication interface or the application program interface on the display by the user, for example, repeating the above-described leftward sliding gesture on the display, the electronic device outputs a plurality of interfaces one by one through the display in a "predetermined order". The predetermined order may be an output order that the plurality of interfaces are previously given in the electronic device if the menu area or the single line area and the plurality of options therein are not provided on the display; if the display is provided with a single row of regions and a plurality of options therein as a navigation menu, the predetermined order described above may be the order in which the plurality of options are arranged in a single row of the queue. For example, as shown in fig. 5, the current interface is the interface 26-Contact corresponding to the option 26a, and when the user performs a repeated switching operation on the middle portion of the display 2601, for example, a leftward sliding switching gesture, the electronic device 2600 sequentially displays, through the display 2601, the interface 26-Album corresponding to the option 26b, the interface (not shown in the figure) corresponding to the option 26c, the interface (not shown in the figure) corresponding to the option 26d, and the interface 26-Group corresponding to the option 26 e.

Preferably, after each interface switching on the display, the corresponding options of the currently loaded communication interface or application program interface in the single-row area are presented differently in form, so as to facilitate the user to identify the current options.

Optionally, in the method or the electronic device according to some embodiments of the present invention, the plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of options one to one may include, but are not limited to: communication information/parameters for one or more contacts and related communication applications, photo album applications, daily information applications, etc., and the plurality of interfaces are interactive interfaces of the corresponding applications.

As above, the plurality of options within the single row area 2703, similar to a shortcut, may also be edited by means of a foreground interface or a back door login for the composition of the options, or the arranged order of the configured options. In other words, the method of the above or below embodiment may further include the step of: in response to the user's option add operation, a first contact is added in the electronic device and an identification of the first contact is presented in the single row area 2703 as a navigation menu.

This customization of the contents of the menu area or single line area 2703 allows for extensibility of the contents therein, thereby enhancing navigation of the area. As a contact option, a parameter for the first contact may be included, for example, a unique identification number of the first contact in the electronic device or a software system running therein, or may further include, for example, a telephone number, and a unique identification number (ID) used for instant messaging. At the same time, the first contact option in the menu area is associated with a communication program provided locally or remotely to the electronic device, the first contact option may be located at the top level of the interaction of the entire software system of the electronic device for direct user operation, similar to a shortcut, thus, in response to a user manipulation of the first contact option in the menu area, a corresponding communication application configured within the electronic device is invoked via the shortcut, meanwhile, some parameters for identifying the contact person identity are transferred to the related communication application program, the communication application program is started and the related communication function is executed aiming at the first contact person corresponding to the transferred parameters, so that the related information of the first contact, including the profile information and the communication information between the user and the first contact, etc., is presented through the communication interface on the display. The above-mentioned parameter for identifying the contact identity includes, but is not limited to, the item mentioned under the heading "integrally store multiple communication network information for a contact in a single program", and of course, in addition to the information/parameters mentioned in the heading, such as a contact telephone number applicable to a mobile telephone network, an identification code (ID) applicable to instant messaging software, and the like, other parameters or information representing a contact may be set, and one of the purposes of these parameters/information is to enable a communication application program to load a communication interface of a corresponding contact according to these parameters/information, so as to enable a user to establish communication with the contact through the communication interface, and the specific form of the parameters/information does not limit the present invention.

Optionally, in the method or the electronic device of some embodiments of the present invention, at least one interface 2604 or at least one option 2602 belongs to a single program, or at least one interface 2604, although partially deployed in a remote server, is eventually provided as a single program in the electronic device through a program call. A conventional operating system such as android can be customized to integrate part of programs related to the communication interface into the operating system of the electronic device to form a single program at a system level, and a program component to which the communication application interface belongs is used as an operating system User Interface (UI), and a plurality of interfaces in the single program are presented to a user at the first time after the completion of the startup. The single program can be run in the starting stage of the electronic device, so that the at least one interface 2604 including the first contact communication interface, the album application interface and the like is automatically and switchably loaded at the top layer of the interaction hierarchy of the whole software system of the electronic device for the user to directly operate after the electronic device is started, which improves the accessibility of the communication resources and reduces the interaction complexity of the user in the interaction process of acquiring the related communication resources and application resources. As shown in fig. 5, a plurality of interfaces 2604 are automatically loaded on the interactive top layer of the electronic device after the electronic device is started, so that the user can directly operate the electronic device after the electronic device is started, and can switch between the interfaces 26-Contact, 26-Album, … and 26-Group in parallel through switching operations such as horizontal sliding, and access these different applications. This provides the user with a new access way for applications and gives the user a new interactive experience.

Optionally, one or more options at the head of the queue (head) of the at least one option may each be set as a Contact option, and correspondingly, the first interface 26-Contact in the at least one interface 2604 not only appears in the top-level interaction of the electronic device, but also is loaded as a Contact communication interface in the electronic device as the first interface after the electronic device is normally operated after being turned on. The accessibility of the communication resources is further improved, and the interaction complexity of the user in the interaction process of acquiring the related communication resources and application resources is reduced.

In addition, the normal operation of electronic devices such as smart phones often requires configuration/setup and maintenance work, but for users including but not limited to the elderly, the ability of the users to operate and configure the electronic devices is limited, and in the existing elderly mobile phones, the requirements for configuration/setup are simplified locally in the mobile phones, but the provision of software services with high user experience is also reduced, and the communication services including SMS services all require professional configuration/setup of related software in mobile phones.

Fig. 1 shows a flow diagram of a method for remotely configuring resources of an opposite electronic device according to one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 and 3 show schematic diagrams of user interfaces for configuring remote resources in a method according to an embodiment of the invention. Some embodiments of the invention are described in detail below with reference to the user interface diagrams of fig. 1, 2, and 3.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the capability of bidirectional or unidirectional remote configuration and remote assistance between two electronic devices as both sides of a communication terminal is improved, for example, asymmetry of device configuration is made between two originally peer communication devices, a first terminal P99 used by young people and a second terminal DS10 used by old people. In other words, most of the configuration load of the second terminal DS10 is shifted to the first terminal P99 side, and the second terminal DS10 is remotely configured by the young person through the operation at the first terminal P99, and these remote configurations can be applied to the second terminal DS10 in real time or non-real time through the Server 109. This would be beneficial for improving the operability of the electronic device of the assisted or configured party. Configuration work and related professional knowledge required for a user of the second terminal DS10 to understand efficient operation of related resources are no longer required, which greatly improves the convenience of operation and use of the second terminal DS10 for users such as the elderly.

As shown in fig. 1, in this embodiment, there is provided a remote configuration method of resources of an electronic device, including three steps S4, S5, S6.

In step S4, a plurality of options associated with a plurality of resources available to the second terminal DS10 are provided in an array form at the configuration interface 460 of the first terminal P99 to form an option array 4604. For the plurality of resources available to the second terminal DS10, reference may be made to the related description in other embodiments.

In step S5, the option array 4604 of a plurality of options is configured through the configuration interface 460.

In step S6, the configuration of the option array 4604 is confirmed (confirm).

Wherein, the user of the first terminal P99 can log in the first communication program installed in the first terminal P99 through the first account, the user interface of the first communication program includes the configuration interface 460, and the first communication program may include the first SIM card for communication and/or the address book for the first account. Similarly, the user of the second terminal DS10 can log in to the second communication program installed in the second terminal DS10 through the second account. The second communication program may include a second SIM card for communication and/or an address book for a second account. Of course, the particular manner or source of providing the configuration interface 460 is not intended to be a limitation of the present invention.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the configuration interface 460 includes an add option 4600, and step S4 further includes two substeps S41 and S42 (not shown in the figures). In step S41, in response to selection of the add option 4600, option interfaces (4701, 4702) for presenting a plurality of options corresponding to a plurality of resources available to the second terminal DS10 are provided, as shown in fig. 6A and 6B. While the options in the array of options 4604 are a subset of the available options for all second terminals, including the options on the options interface (4701, 4702).

At step S42, at least a portion of the plurality of options is arrayed on the configuration interface 460 in response to a user selection of at least a portion of the plurality of options. In other words, at least some of the plurality of options available to the second terminal are presented to the configuration interface 460 in an array, or at least some of the plurality of options are presented to the configuration interface 460 to form the option array 4604.

Optionally, in some embodiments, step S41 is preceded by: the plurality of options is at least partially obtained from the second terminal DS10 (e.g., a SIM card or a contact address book of the second terminal DS 10) or a Server109 communicatively coupled to the second terminal DS 10. Of course, besides being remotely obtained from the server and the second terminal as described above, the information related to the plurality of options may also be obtained from the SIM card or the contact record of the first terminal P99, as shown in fig. 46B. Because, in most cases, there is an intersection of the human relationship network between the users of the first terminal P99 and the users of the second terminal DS 10.

Optionally, in some embodiments, step S5 further includes: step S51, correspondingly adjusting the positions of at least part of the options in the option array 4604 according to the dragging operation of the user for the options in the option array 4604. And, optionally, step S5 further includes step S52, in step S52, in response to selection of a first option of at least a part of the plurality of options, providing an operation option for the first option 4609, the operation option including at least one of the editing function item 4608 for short, the custom icon function item 4607, and the option deletion function item 4606. It is to be appreciated that the short name edit function item 4608 can be further manipulated (clicked, etc.) by a user to provide the user with a short name edit entry 4608 for the current option 4609, and can be further manipulated (clicked, etc.) by the user to provide the user with a short name edit dialog box (not shown) for the current option 4609 for the user to update the short name and the nickname for the current option 4609. The custom icon function item 4607 can be further manipulated (clicked, etc.) by the user to provide the user with an icon selection interface (not shown) for the user to select a corresponding icon such as an avatar, and after the icon selection operation is completed, the option will show the updated avatar at a position in the option array. An edit entry, option delete function item for short, 4606 for the current option may be further manipulated by the user (e.g., clicked on) to allow the user to delete the current option 4609.

In step s51, optionally, if the dragged option is an option for a contact, when the contact option is dragged, the profile information or identity information related to the contact is dynamically displayed in an enlarged manner to enhance the effect of information presentation (not shown in the figure), and when the contact option is dragged into the destination position, the profile information of the contact is restored to the normal display. Thus, the user can more clearly obtain details of the current contact for him to determine where in the option array 4604 the option should be placed.

Optionally, in some embodiments, step S51 further includes: in response to a user's touch on the display, a second option at the start position of the touch is moved along the trajectory of the touch to the end position of the touch in options array 4604.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the step S52 is further followed by a step S521, in which the first terminal P99 deletes the first option 4609 from the option array 4604 in response to a selection operation of the option deletion function item 4606 by the user, and leaves a position where the first option 4609 is located blank or fills the position with another option. For example, subsequent options in the array of options 4604 are sequentially moved incrementally to fill in where the first option was originally located.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the adding option 4600 is located at the tail of the option array 4604, and the step S521 is further followed by: in response to selection of add option 4600, an options interface (4701, 4702) is presented. And, in response to a user selection of a second option (not labeled in the figures) at the option interface, replacing the blank location left after the first option 4609 is deleted with the second option.

Optionally, in some embodiments, where the configuration interface 460 includes a confirmation option (for example, the text label is "ok", not shown in the figure) or a save option 4605, the configuration confirmation step S6 further includes: the configuration of the option array 4604 is applied to the second terminal DS10 in an automatic manner or in response to a manual operation by a user, or the configuration of the option array 4604 is sent to the Server109 through which the first terminal P99 is communicatively connected between the Server109 and the second terminal DS10, as shown in fig. 4. Further, the step of applying the configuration of the option array 4604 further includes the step S61 or the step S62. In step S61, the first terminal P99 saves the configuration of the plurality of options in the first terminal P99 or the Server109 in response to selection of the save option 4605. In step S62, the configuration for the plurality of options is transmitted to the second terminal DS10 via the Server 109. In other words, at the first terminal P99, the configuration of the option array 4604 is confirmed, and the configuration of the option array 4604 is applied to the second terminal DS10 via the Server 109.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the plurality of options include an option for at least one of a contact, a group of contacts, a subscription number, and an application (e.g., applet, third-party program), the plurality of resources include a plurality of applications, and the option for an application includes information such as an address, a program name, and a program icon of the application; and the options for the contact include an image and an abbreviation of the contact, and information such as a running address of a communication application program associated with the contact. Therefore, after the contact option is applied to the second terminal, the contact option can be operated by the user of the second terminal to call the communication program corresponding to the running address according to the contact way (such as a telephone number, an identification code/login number of instant messaging and the like) of the contact, and communication to the contact is initiated based on one or more communication networks accessed by the second terminal.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the options for the contact further include at least one of: contact address, name, identity, relationship of the contact with the user of the second terminal DS10, name, nickname of the contact to the user of the second terminal DS 10.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the add options 4600 include a collective add option 4602 for at least one of a contacts option, a subscription number option, an application option, a contacts group option, and an add option 4600 for a collectibles, wherein the collective add option 4602 is operable to present collectively all of the second terminal-available options (not shown in the figure) on an options interface, the options corresponding to all of the resources available to the second terminal; alternatively, collectively adding options 4602 is further operable to collectively present options available to the second terminal in groups through different option interfaces, as shown in fig. 6A, at the first terminal, available third party programs are provided through option interface 4701 for the first terminal user to install these program selections to the second terminal. As shown in fig. 6B, at the first terminal, available third party programs are provided via option interface 4701 for the first terminal user to select to install these programs on the second terminal. Step S42 further includes step S421, in step S421, the first terminal adds a first page of aggregation option associated with at least one option in the option array 4604 in response to the user selecting the at least one option on the option interface; or add an association with at least one option for an existing first set page option in the option array 4604. Wherein, the option interface includes: such as interface 4701, interface 4702, or other integrated interfaces (not shown) that integrate and display options for different properties on interfaces such as interface 4701, interface 4702, etc.

Correspondingly, as shown in fig. 7, when the configuration of the first collective page option is applied to the second terminal, in response to the selection of the first collective page option by the user of the second terminal, the first collective page 4800 may be output through the main interface of the second terminal, and one option or preferably a plurality of options may be provided collectively on the first collective page 4800 for the user of the second terminal to operate. For example the 8 options shown in the figure, are associated with 8 resources (e.g. applications) available to the second terminal.

Optionally, in some embodiments, before step S421, the method further includes: adding a second set page option in the option array 4604, the second set page option being associated with an option of the plurality of options other than the options in the option array 4604 (i.e., at least some of the plurality of options referred to in some embodiments); and, after step S421, further comprising: the second set page option is associated with an option of the plurality of options other than the options in the option array 4604 and the option in the first set page (i.e., the at least one option referred to in some embodiments). By adding a second collection page option and its association with a corresponding option, options other than at least a portion of the plurality of options are substantially all associated with the second collection page option, thereby being displayed in a second collection page for a user to not only select a portion of the plurality of options through menu area 502 (or may also be referred to as an option area), but also select another portion of the options through the second collection page, thereby maintaining access to all resources available to second terminal DS 10. Whereas if the first aggregated page is configured via first terminal P99, options other than at least a portion of the plurality of options (individual options in menu area 502) and the options associated with the first aggregated page may be collectively associated with the second aggregated page options, thereby providing the user of second terminal DS10 with access to the individual options in menu area 502 and options on the first aggregated page. In summary, preferably, at the second terminal, the sum of the options included in the menu area 502, the first collection page and the second collection page covers all the options accessible by the second terminal, and the options are associated with all the resources available for the second terminal, so that the accessible resources of the second terminal provide the corresponding access entry for the user. In addition, the options in the menu area 502 or the options of the first album page and the second album page may each include options for resources such as contacts, groups, subscription numbers, applets, third party APPs, and the like.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the add options 4600 also include an application installation option operable by a user to provide a selection and installation interface 4701 for an application.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the plurality of resources includes a third set of pages, and correspondingly, the plurality of options further includes options for the third set of pages, the third set of pages being presented primarily for a collective categorization of communication-related options, the communication-related options including communication entries and/or dialing application entries for the contacts. Wherein the contact communication portal comprises a communication portal for known contacts and a communication portal for unknown contacts. The third set of page options may be manually added to the option array by the user via the user interface at first terminal P99, and the options associated with, or one or more of the options presented on, the third set of pages may be configured. Of course, the content, style, form, etc. related attributes of the third set of pages may also be automatically configured at the first terminal or the second terminal in a predefined format or in a standardized fashion.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 8A and 8B, the third aggregated page 4900 includes a known contact tab 4901, an unknown contact tab 4902, a label of the known contact tab 4901 (the letters in the figure are identified as: a contact), a label of the unknown contact tab 4902 (the letters in the figure are identified as: a stranger), and labels of the known contact tab 4901 and the unknown contact tab 4902 are arranged in parallel at the top of the third aggregated page.

Optionally, the third aggregated page 4900 may further include a tag of a dialer tab, which may be arranged in parallel at the top of the third aggregated page 4900 (not shown in the figure).

Optionally, the third collection page may also include a life number tab 5101, the tag of which may also be configured at the top of the third collection page 4900 in parallel with "contacts", "strangers" tags, as shown in fig. 13.

By integrating multiple contacts or multiple contact tabs on the same aggregation page, the third aggregation page is configured as an overall entry for all contacts, so as to avoid that during the process of configuring the option matrix by the first terminal, an individual contact (e.g., a third contact) cannot be individually provided in the option array, and thus the third contact option is not individually presented in the option area 4904 at the bottom of the user interface of the second terminal, in which case, the user of the second terminal cannot directly access the communication resource for the third contact through the option area 4904. Here, the sum of the options provided by the known contacts tab 4901 and the unknown contacts tab 4902 covers the options of most of the contacts that the second terminal user may have access to, or may be supplemented with the contacts individually shown in the option area (which may have high frequency communication needs), covering contacts other than the plurality of contacts and contact groups individually shown in the option area 4904 configured on the second terminal.

Optionally, in the embodiment shown in fig. 8A-8B, the "contacts" tab of the known contacts tab 4901, operable to output the known contacts tab 4901 via the display of the second terminal DS10, includes a plurality of abbreviated sets of known contacts' communication records, each including an icon/avatar of a corresponding known contact and newly occurring communication information with the known contact, displayed in an order of a predefined priority or a time of occurrence of a latest message, and the like. The "stranger" tab of unknown contact tab 4902 is operable to provide the unknown contact tab 4902 via the display of the second terminal DS10, the unknown contact tab 4902 including a plurality of abbreviated sets of unknown contact communication records arranged for display, each abbreviated set of unknown contact communication records including an icon of a corresponding unknown contact (e.g., the last four digits of the unknown contact's telephone number and a background color uniquely corresponding to the four digits) and newly occurring communication information with the unknown contact. Similarly, the label of life number tab 5101 may be operable to provide, via the display of second terminal DS10, life number tab 5101, which lists one or more commonly used contacts, typically non-related contacts, including, for example: police, 120 emergency services, etc.

Optionally, a dialer tab is included in the third collection page 4900 in addition to the known contacts tab 4901 and the unknown contacts tab 4902. Optionally, a tab (not shown) of the dialer tab is juxtaposed with a "contacts" tab and a "strangers" tab at a top of the third collection page 4900 interface, operable to output a dialer interface through the third collection page 4900, the dialer interface including: virtual numeric keyboard, telephone number input box, calling option. To a dial interface.

Optionally, when one of the abbreviated sets of known contact communication records on the known contact tab 4901 (e.g., the communication record of the contact corresponding to the second item at the top in the set list) is selected (e.g., clicked) by the user, the user interface switches to the communication interface corresponding to the contact, such as the communication interface shown in fig. 12A.

Optionally, a dialer tab (not shown), or called a dialer interface, may also be not integrated in the third assembly page 4900, but configured as a separate user interface, in which case, a dialer option (not shown) corresponds to the option array of the first terminal P99 or the option area E5003 at the bottom of the user interface of the second terminal DS10, and optionally, is provided in the option area E5003 and/or the option array by default. Of course, the location of the dialer options in the option array may be adjusted by the first terminal P99. The dialer options may also be not provided in the option array and thus cannot be configured by the first terminal, but may be automatically configured at a specific location in the option area E5003 of the second terminal DS10, e.g. at the end of the option area E5003. At the second terminal DS10, the dialer options are operable by a user to output a dialing interface via a display of the second terminal DS10, the dialing interface including: virtual numeric keypad E5002, telephone number input box E5001, call option E5004, as shown in fig. 9. Additionally, if the dialer is configured as a separate user interface, optionally, a dialer interface entry option 4903 may also be configured around the known contacts tab 4901 and the unknown contacts tab 4902, which option is operable by the user at the second terminal DS10 to transition to the separately configured dialer interface as shown in fig. 9 for the user to make a dial call or the like.

Optionally, corresponding to the above-mentioned dialing interface, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: 1) in response to a click operation of a user through the virtual numeric keypad E5002, presenting a corresponding telephone number in the telephone number input box E5001; 2) in response to the user's operation for the call option E5004, communication targeted/targeted to a telephone number is established through the mobile telephone network.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: the plurality of options DS10-1 are loaded through a user interface of the second terminal DS10 according to the configuration of the plurality of options. I.e. the options added or configured at the first terminal P99, will eventually be presented on the user interface of the second terminal DS10 as menu options DS10-1 for the user of the second terminal DS10 to operate. This enhances the convenience of the access of the available resources of the second terminal DS10 to the second terminal user, and supports the user of the first terminal P99 to perform remote visual configuration on the resources of the second terminal DS10 through the local user interface, which also enhances the operability of the available resources of the second terminal DS10 and the corresponding menu options through the first terminal P99.

It can be understood that: as shown in fig. 4, the plurality of options may be presented substantially proportionally in the option array P99-1 on the user interface of the first terminal P99 and the menu area DS10-1 on the user interface of the second terminal DS10, so that the configuration of the plurality of options by the first terminal P99 may be presented in the user interface of the second terminal DS10 with substantially the same sensory and visual effects, seen on the first terminal P99, i.e., found on the second terminal DS10, which enhances the consistency of the user experience of the first terminal P99 and the second terminal DS10 during the remote configuration process, and shields the user of the first terminal P99 from the differences in the configuration experience and configuration effects in the following two cases: 1) remotely configuring the second terminal user interface element through the first terminal, and 2) locally configuring the menu option corresponding to the available resource of the second terminal directly through the second terminal user interface. Among them, the plurality of options provided at the first terminal P99 and the second terminal DS10 may be interface elements such as icon arrays, icon queues, etc. configured in an abbreviated form.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: at the second terminal DS10, one or more options in the option array 4604 are arranged laterally at the bottom of the user interface of the second terminal DS10 in a row-by-row sequential concatenation of the option array 4604. Specifically, option array 4604 or rows of the array (row 1, row 2 … …, row N) are connected end to end in sequence to form a one-dimensional queue, and are disposed transversely at the bottom of the user interface of second terminal DS10, as shown by a plurality of options 503 in fig. 5. For example for a 2x2 matrix form array

The 2 rows of the array are sequentially connected at the head to form a one-dimensional queue in the following form: ' C₁₁C₁₂C₂₁C₂₂"where four 4 matrix elements represent 4 menu options, respectively.

Here, it should be noted that: the option array 4604 includes options arranged in rows and columns (similar in form to a mathematical determinant), and the number of options in each row is not limited to the same, but the number of options in each row is preferably the same, and may be, for example, a matrix arrangement.

The option area 502 can be regarded as a global menu window or a menu area that can be maintained across the interface, the menu area is used for accommodating a plurality of options (or menu items) respectively corresponding to a plurality of resources, and the menu area is maintained at the periphery (for example, the bottom) of the display or the current interface during the switching process of a plurality of application programs. The plurality of options are respectively associated with a plurality of resources. These implicit or explicit menu areas (or option areas) and the options therein may remain cross-interface with their presentation on the display, i.e., the option areas remain loaded on the current interface, e.g., at the bottom of the display, regardless of whether the current interface is loaded with a communications program interface, an album program interface, an assembly item interface, or other resource.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: at the second terminal DS10, the plurality of options 503 are moved to be presented in response to a switching operation, such as a lateral slide gesture, with respect to the option area 502.

Optionally, at the second terminal DS10 of some embodiments, the step of mobile presentation of the plurality of options further comprises the steps of: in response to a lateral swipe gesture with respect to option area 502, the plurality of options are sequentially moved and presented in the option area in units of the number of options in a row of option array 4604.

Optionally, the order of the options 503 corresponding to the applications in the option area 502 may be configured according to the following two elements, respectively or in combination: 1) manual configuration of the order of the plurality of applications by the user of the first terminal P99, or 2) the frequency with which the plurality of applications are accessed by the user of the second terminal DS 10. For example, the options corresponding to the high-frequency access program or the contact person can be configured at the head of the menu area, and the options corresponding to the low-frequency access program or the contact person can be configured at the tail of the menu area. A preliminary option array is formed by such automatic configuration according to the access frequency of the user of the second terminal, and then, the positions of the plurality of options in the option array are further adjusted in response to a manual drag operation of the user of the first terminal with respect to the automatically generated option array.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the plurality of options are operable to execute and output the corresponding application via the display, each of the plurality of applications being activatable in response to being currently output on the display, i.e. the application, once loaded via the display, enters an activated state for user operation. Wherein the contact options correspond to communication applications in the plurality of resources. For example, the first contact option corresponds to (or is associated with) a first communication application; the second contact option corresponds to (or is associated with) a second communication application. Of course, it can also be considered that the first contact option and the second contact option correspond to (or are associated with) the same communication application together.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the remote configuration method further includes the steps of: in response to a user selection of the plurality of options 503, the current interface is switched on the display to the interface corresponding to the selected option, and, synchronously, the selected option is focused in the option area 502.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, each row of options array 4604 includes the same number of options, which may be 3, 4, 5, or 6, 7, etc. Preferably, the determination of these numbers may be based on the fact that the number of options is adapted to the display effect on the display of the second terminal. For example, for a terminal electronic device with a larger display such as a tablet, desktop, television, etc., each row of options array 4604 may include more than 10 options. Whereas for terminal electronic devices such as mobile phones that have smaller displays, each row of options array 4604 may include 4, 5, or 6 options. Correspondingly, each row of options of the array of options 4604 is also displayed row by row on the display of the second terminal in some embodiments. These options have a height on the display in the longitudinal direction of 1.5cm to 2.5cm, or 2.5cm to 10 cm. This is also the dimension and display effect that adapt to the display, and will not be described in detail.

FIG. 12A FIG. 12B is a diagram illustrating a switch between a first contact communication interface at a second terminal and a first contact communication interface with an extensible menu, according to an embodiment of the invention. A first option 5011 of the plurality of options is an option for a first contact (e.g., a daughter of a user of the second terminal), the option being associated with a communication program, the first option 5011 being operable to invoke the communication program to output a communication interface 5010 for the first contact through the display, in other words, in response to the user operating the first contact option 5011, to run a communication application to present the communication interface 5010 for the first contact on the display, including profile information such as an avatar 5009 for the first contact, and a message area 5001. Responsive to a user manipulation of a set of communication keys (5004, 5005, 5006, 5002, 5003), establishing communication with a first contact through at least one communication network available to the second terminal DS10 to generate a plurality of communication information; and outputting the plurality of communications through the message area 5001 on the first contact communication interface 5010.

Optionally, the first contact communication interface 5010 also includes an expandable button 5008, with all or a first portion of the keys in the group of keys (5004, 5005, 5006) or arranged in a column in the middle of the right side of the interface, as shown. The extensible button 5008 may be located between the key column (5004, 5005, 5006) formed by the first portion of keys on the communication contact interface and the options area 5012, i.e., below the key column (5004, 5005, 5006) and above the options area 5012. In addition, the first contact communication interface shown in fig. 12B is the first contact communication interface 5010 having the expansion menu 5007 after the expandable button 5008 in the first contact communication interface shown in fig. 12A is operated by the user.

Optionally, the expand button 5008 is located substantially in the same column as the key columns (5004, 5005, 5006). Correspondingly, the remote configuration method further comprises the following steps: in response to a user selection operation (e.g., clicking) on the expandable button 5008, an expanded menu 5007 is presented, which optionally includes at least one of a second portion of keys (5002, 5003) in the key group, an emotive option, a social option (e.g., a red parcel button), and the like (not labeled in the figure), for example, disposed at two positions on the left of the four menu units of the expanded menu 5007. The expanded menu 5007 is located in a single row at the bottom of the display, above the options area 5012, as shown. The second part of keys (5002, 5003) in the key set pops up a communication setup interface when activated, such as an SMS message collection box on the SMS interface shown in fig. 14C and a "send message" button for sending the collected short message and an online call interface shown in fig. 14B. When the expression option and the social option are activated, the corresponding expression bar or the social interface element is popped up for further operation of the user, as shown in fig. 14A. And, in response to the user completing the operation related to the selected second portion key (5002, 5003), emoji option or social option, collapsing the above-described expanded menu into an expandable button 5008.

Optionally, the extended menu 5007 described above may also include a menu option 5002 to initiate a voice or video call with the current contact when activated, a menu option 5003 to initiate a short message service with the current contact when activated. In other words, menu option 5003 may allow a user to enter textual content through a dialog box and establish an SMS service for the textual content over a mobile phone network in response to a user click operation. And, the expanded menu 5007 may also include a menu option (not shown in the figures) that, when activated, initiates a payment action for the current contact, a menu option (not shown in the figures) that, when activated, initiates a video conference with the current contact and a group of contacts to which the second end user belongs in common. Here, the second part keys (5002, 5003) are configured in the expanded menu 5007 while the expanded menu is contracted into the expandable button 5008, which enables the second part keys (5002, 5003) or other social function keys to be presented on the user interface only as needed, and after the user completes the corresponding operations through the keys, the keys can be hidden along with the contraction of the expanded menu 5007. The method reduces the occupation of the display area on the user interface, improves the overall display effect of the elements on the user interface, reduces the complexity of the presentation of the interface elements, keeps the communication entries accessible as much as possible through the user interface, and improves the accessibility of the user interface to a certain extent. Of course, the first portion of keys (5004, 5005, 5006) included in the key column on the right side of the user interface may be displayed by the regular premises without being hidden, and the first portion of keys (5004, 5005, 5006) may also be provided at invariant locations on the display across different contact interfaces, and even different application interfaces, for the user to interact with the user interfaces via the first portion of keys, respectively.

Alternatively, keys of multiple communication functions on the same contact interface may be selectively configured to be associated with different communication networks, meaning that multiple keys on the same contact interface may be respectively associated with communication networks of different business properties within the same time period. For example, the first key 5005 and the second key 5006 in the key column (5004, 5005, 5006) formed by the first part of keys are respectively associated with a wireless data transmission network such as the internet of things, WLAN or a mobile data network, and the first key 5005 and the second key 5006 are functionally corresponding. For example, the first key 5005 can capture a user audio/video signal through a microphone and/or camera in response to a user tap operation and send the audio message or video message through a wireless data transmission network. The second key 5006 is operable by a user to output an audiovisual message received over the wireless data transmission network via a speaker and/or a display. In addition, a third key 5004 of the key column is associated with a mobile phone network through which voice telephony services may be established in response to a user click operation. The selective configuration of the key groups on the contact interface is also applicable to other related embodiments, and will not be described in detail below.

Alternative embodiments

Embodiment 1. a method for remote configuration of resources of an electronic device, comprising:

s4 providing, in an array, a configuration interface at the first terminal, a plurality of options associated with a plurality of resources available to the second terminal;

s5 configuring the option array of the plurality of options through the configuration interface;

s6 confirms the configuration of the option array.

2. The method of embodiment 1, wherein the configuration interface includes an add option, and step S4 further includes:

s42, in response to the selection of at least part of the plurality of options by the user, arraying the at least part of the plurality of options to the configuration interface.

3. The method according to embodiment 2, wherein step S41 is preceded by:

obtaining the plurality of options at least in part from the second terminal or a server communicatively coupled to the second terminal, and/or further comprising, prior to step S4:

and at the first terminal, accepting registration of a first communication program installed in the first terminal through a first account, wherein the user interface of the first communication program comprises a configuration interface.

4. The method according to

embodiment

1 or 2, wherein step S5 further comprises:

s51, correspondingly configuring the positions of the at least part of the plurality of options in the option array according to the dragging operation of the user on the option array; and/or

S52, responding to the selection of a first option in the at least part of the multiple options, providing operation options aiming at the first option, wherein the operation options comprise at least one of an editing function item, a custom icon function item and an option deleting function item.

5. The method according to embodiment 4, wherein the step S51 further comprises the steps of:

in response to a user's touch on the display, a second option at a start position of the touch is moved in the option array along a trajectory of the touch to an end position of the touch.

6. The method according to embodiment 4, wherein step S52 is followed by the step of:

s521, in response to a selection operation for the option deletion function item, deleting the first option from the option array, and keeping the position of the first option blank or filling the position with other options.

7. The method according to embodiment 6, wherein the adding option is located at the tail of the option array, and step S521 is followed by further comprising:

in response to selection of the add option, presenting the options interface; and in response to a user selection of a second option at the option interface, replacing the blank location with the second option.

8. The method according to any of embodiments 1-7, wherein the configuration interface includes a save option, and step S6 further comprises:

s61, responding to the selection of the storage option, storing the configuration of the options in the first terminal or the server, or

S62, sending the configuration of the options to the second terminal through the server.

9. The method according to any of embodiments 1-8, wherein the plurality of options includes an option for at least one of a contact, a group of contacts, a subscription number, an application, the option for the application including a program name and/or a program icon; and the options for the contact include an image and/or abbreviation of the contact.

10. The method of embodiment 9, wherein the options for the contact further include a running address of a communication application associated with the contact, a contact address of the contact, and at least one of: name, identity, relationship with a user of a second terminal, a name to the user of the second terminal, a nickname; the options of the application program further comprise an operation address of the application program.

11. The method of embodiment 9, wherein the add options include a collective add option for at least one of the contacts option, the subscription number option, the application option, the contacts group option, and an add option for a collective page; and the step S42 further includes:

s421, responding to the selection of at least one option on the option interface by a user, adding a first collection page option associated with the at least one option in the option array; or adding the association with the at least one option aiming at the existing first set page options in the option array.

12. The method according to embodiment 9, wherein before the step S421, further comprising: adding a second collective page option in the option array, the second collective page option being associated with an option of the plurality of options other than the at least some of the plurality of options; and, after the step s421, further comprising:

associating the second aggregated page option with an option of the plurality of options other than the at least a portion of the plurality of options and the at least one option.

13. The method of embodiment 11 wherein the add option further comprises an application install option.

14. The method of embodiment 9, wherein the plurality of resources comprises a third set of pages, the plurality of options further comprising options for the third set of pages, the third set of pages comprising known contacts tabs and/or unknown contacts tabs and/or dialer tabs, labels of which are collocated on top of the third set of pages.

15. The method of embodiment 14, wherein,

the label of the known contact tab is operable to output the known contact tab through the display of the second terminal, and comprises a plurality of abbreviated sets of known contact communication records which are arranged and displayed, wherein each abbreviated set of known contact communication records respectively comprises a corresponding known contact and the latest communication information between the known contact and the known contact;

the label of the unknown contact tab is operable to output the unknown contact tab through the display of the second terminal, and comprises a plurality of abbreviated sets of unknown contact communication records which are arranged and displayed, and each abbreviated set of unknown contact communication records respectively comprises a corresponding unknown contact and newly-occurred communication information between the unknown contact and the unknown contact;

a tab of the dialer tab operable to output a dialer interface via a display of the second terminal, the dialer interface including: a virtual digital keyboard, a telephone number input box and a calling option;

the method further comprises the steps of: responding to the clicking operation of a user through the virtual numeric keyboard, and presenting a corresponding telephone number in the telephone number input box; and

and responding to the operation of the user for the calling option, and establishing communication taking the telephone number as an object through the mobile telephone network.

16. The method of embodiments 8-15, further comprising the steps of: providing the plurality of options through a user interface of a second communication program at the second terminal according to the configuration of the plurality of options, wherein the second communication program is logged in through a second account.

17. The method of embodiment 16, further comprising the step of: and transversely arranging at least part of the options at the bottom of the user interface of the second terminal in a mode that the option arrays are sequentially connected in series line by line.

18. The method of embodiment 17, further comprising the step of: and in response to the switching operation aiming at the option area, the plurality of options are presented in a moving mode.

19. The method of embodiment 18, wherein the step of moving the plurality of options further comprises the steps of: in response to a switching operation for the option area, the plurality of options are sequentially moved and presented in the option area by one row of the option array.

20. The method of embodiment 19, wherein the plurality of resources comprises a plurality of applications, the plurality of options operable to execute and output the corresponding applications through the display, each of the plurality of applications activatable in response to being currently output on the display.

21. The method of embodiment 20, further comprising the step of: in response to a user selection among the plurality of options, switching the current interface to an interface corresponding to the selected option on the display, and synchronously focalizing the selected option.

22. The method of any of embodiments 19-21, wherein each row of the option array includes a same number of options, the same number being 3-6; each of the plurality of options has a height in the longitudinal direction on the display of 1.5cm to 2.5 cm.

23. An electronic device, comprising: a display, a processor unit, and a touch-sensitive surface unit configured to detect a contact; wherein the processor unit is coupled with the display and the touch-sensitive surface unit, the processing unit being programmatically configured to perform the steps of any of the methods of embodiments 1-22.

24. An electronic device, comprising: a processor unit, a display and a memory coupled to the processor unit, respectively; one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor unit, the one or more programs including instructions for performing any of the methods of embodiments 1-22.

25. An electronic system, comprising: a first memory, a first processor unit, a first program group, wherein the first program group is stored in the first memory and configured to be executed by the first processor unit, the first program group comprising instructions for performing any of the methods of embodiments 1-15.

26. The electronic system of embodiment 25, further comprising a second electronic device comprising a second memory, a second processor unit, a second program set, wherein the second program set is stored in the second memory and configured to be executed by the second processor unit, the second program set combined with the first program set including instructions for performing any of the methods of embodiments 15-22.

27. An information processing apparatus for use in an electronic device with one or more processors, comprising:

apparatus for performing any of the methods of embodiments 1-22.

28. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the steps of any of the methods of embodiments 1-22.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

Through the above description of some embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by adding necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be implemented by a combination of hardware and software. With this understanding in mind, the above-described solutions and some of the prior art contributions to the art may be embodied in the form of computer program products, which may be embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media having computer-usable program code embodied therein (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.).

The present invention is described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each process and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, and combinations of processes and/or blocks in the flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable communication device to produce a machine, such that the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computer or other programmable communication device, create means for implementing the functions specified in the flowchart flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

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

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

In a typical configuration, a computing device includes a processor unit (CPU), input/output interfaces, a network interface, and memory.

The memory may include forms of volatile memory in a computer readable medium, Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement any method or technology for storage of information. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, a computer readable medium does not include a transitory computer readable medium such as a modulated data signal and a carrier wave.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims

1. A method of remote configuration of resources of an electronic device, comprising:

s4 providing, in an array format, a plurality of options associated with a plurality of resources available to the second terminal at the configuration interface of the first terminal;

s6 confirms the configuration of the option array.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration interface includes an add option, step s4 further comprising:

s42, in response to the user selecting at least part of the plurality of options, arraying the at least part of the plurality of options to the configuration interface.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein step S41 is preceded by:

the plurality of options is obtained at least in part from the second terminal or a server communicatively coupled with the second terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein step S5 further comprises:

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step S51 further comprises the steps of:

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein step S52 is followed by the further step of:

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the adding option is located at the tail of the option array, and step S521 is followed by further comprising:

8. The method according to any of claims 1-7, wherein said configuration interface includes a save option, said step S6 further comprising:

9. An electronic device, comprising: a display, a processor unit, and a touch-sensitive surface unit configured to detect a contact; wherein the processor unit is coupled with the display and the touch-sensitive surface unit, the processing unit being programmatically configured to perform the steps of any of the methods of embodiments 1-8.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more processors of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the steps of any of the methods of embodiments 1-8.