CN111638842A

CN111638842A - Display control method and device and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN111638842A
Application number: CN202010438212.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐小康
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-21
Filing date: 2020-05-21
Publication date: 2020-09-08
Anticipated expiration: 2040-05-21
Also published as: CN111638842B

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a display control method, a display control device and electronic equipment, relates to the technical field of communication, and can solve the problems of complicated operation process and time consumption of controlling the electronic equipment to intermittently display an application window for multiple times within a period of time. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first input in a case where N application windows are displayed on a screen; in response to the first input, displaying a target application window of M application windows on the screen, the M application windows being associated with the N application windows; the N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers. The method can be applied to a scene in which a user may require the electronic device to display and cancel displaying application windows of some application programs for a plurality of times within a period of time under the condition that the electronic device simultaneously displays a plurality of application windows.

Description

Display control method and device and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a display control method and device and electronic equipment.

Background

In a scenario where the electronic device simultaneously displays multiple application windows, the user may desire to continuously view some of the multiple application windows and intermittently view other application windows. For example, in a case where the electronic device simultaneously displays an application window of a game application and an application window of a chat application, the user may need to continuously view the application window of the game application and intermittently view the application window of the chat application. That is, in a scenario where the electronic device simultaneously displays multiple application windows, the user may require the electronic device to display and cancel application windows displaying some application programs multiple times over a period of time.

However, in a scenario where the electronic device simultaneously displays application windows of a plurality of applications, the electronic device generally directly closes one of the plurality of applications to cancel displaying the application window of the application. Therefore, if a user needs to view an application window intermittently for multiple times in a certain period of time, the electronic device must be manually triggered to restart the corresponding application program for multiple times, so as to redisplay the application window. In general, a user needs to perform the steps of finding and operating a specific application icon among a plurality of application icons on a desktop of the electronic device multiple times to trigger the electronic device to start the specific application program multiple times. As such, the operation process of controlling the electronic device to intermittently display the application window multiple times within a period of time is cumbersome and time-consuming.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a display control method and device and electronic equipment, and solves the problems of complicated and time-consuming operation process of controlling the electronic equipment to intermittently display an application window for multiple times within a period of time.

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

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display control method, where the method includes: receiving a first input in a case where N application windows are displayed on a screen; displaying at least one target application window of M application windows on the screen in response to the first input, the M application windows being associated with the N application windows; the N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display control apparatus, where the electronic device includes an input module and a display module. The input module is used for receiving first input under the condition that N application windows are displayed on a screen; a display module for displaying at least one target application window of M application windows on the screen in response to the first input received by the input module, the M application windows being associated with the N application windows; the N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, where the computer program, when executed by the processor, implements the steps of the display control method provided in the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, where the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the display control method provided in the first aspect.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in a case where N application windows are displayed on a screen, at least one target application window among M application windows associated with the N application windows is displayed on the screen by receiving a first input and in response to the first input. The N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers. Specifically, the M application windows associated with the N application windows may be application windows that a user needs to view when viewing the N application windows, such as application windows that need to be viewed intermittently. At this time, because the N application windows are associated with the M application windows, the user can conveniently trigger the electronic device to directly display at least one target application window of the M application windows through the first input. And the user does not need to execute a series of operations of firstly triggering the electronic equipment to close the N application windows, then respectively searching application icons respectively corresponding to at least one target application window on a screen interface of the electronic equipment, and further sequentially starting corresponding application programs to display the at least one target application window. Further, even if the at least one target application window is an application window closed within a short time before the user receives the first input, in a case that the N application windows are associated with the M application windows, the user may quickly trigger the electronic device to directly display the at least one target application window associated with the N application windows through the first input. Accordingly, the user's operation of viewing one or more application windows, such as the user's intermittent viewing of one or more application windows, is simplified and time consumption is reduced.

Drawings

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

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

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation of an electronic device to update a display application window according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a second schematic diagram illustrating a display control method according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a third schematic diagram illustrating a display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating a display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a second schematic view illustrating an operation of the electronic device to update a display application window according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a fifth schematic diagram illustrating a display control method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic display diagram illustrating an electronic device receiving a first message of a target application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a display control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a second schematic structural diagram of a display control apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

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

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

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

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

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

The embodiment of the invention provides a display control method, a display control device and electronic equipment. The N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers. By means of the scheme, under the condition that N application windows are displayed on the screen, if a user needs to view some application windows continuously and needs to view other application windows intermittently, the user can trigger the electronic device to display part of M application windows associated with the N application windows through the first input, namely the user can trigger the electronic device to update and display target application windows associated with the N application windows, so that the user can view the target application windows intermittently. Therefore, the electronic equipment does not need to be manually triggered for multiple times to restart the corresponding application program so as to redisplay the application window to meet the intermittent viewing requirement of the user, thereby simplifying the operation of displaying the application window intermittently for multiple times in a period of time by the electronic equipment and reducing the time consumption.

The execution main body of the message reminding method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be a display control device, an electronic device, or a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the message reminding method in the electronic device, and may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. Alternatively, the display control device may be implemented by the electronic device.

The following takes an electronic device as an execution subject to exemplarily describe the message reminding method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

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

The following describes a software environment to which the display control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied, by taking an android operating system as an example.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

An execution main body of the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be the electronic device, or may also be a functional module and/or a functional entity capable of implementing the display control method in the electronic device, which may be determined specifically according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited. The following takes an electronic device as an example to exemplarily explain a display control method provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention is applied to a scene that a user may require the electronic equipment to display and cancel displaying the application windows of some application programs for a plurality of times within a period of time under the condition that the electronic equipment displays a plurality of application windows simultaneously. For example, a user may desire to continuously view the application window of the gaming application and intermittently view in the scene of the application window of the chat application. In the case that the electronic device displays a game window, the user can trigger the electronic device to display a chat window associated with the game window through a first input, so that the user can operate the game window and the chat window simultaneously. In the case that the user does not need to use the chat window temporarily, that is, in the case that the electronic device displays the game window and the chat simultaneously, the user can trigger the electronic device to display the game window associated with the game window and the chat window (that is, only the game window is displayed and the chat window is not displayed) again through the first input, so that the user can continuously use the game window and can intermittently view the chat window. The electronic equipment does not need to be manually triggered to restart the corresponding chat application for multiple times so as to redisplay the chat window to meet the intermittent viewing requirement of the user, so that the operation of intermittently viewing one or more application windows by the user is simplified, and the time consumption is reduced.

As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display control method, which may include steps 101 and 102 described below.

Step 101, the electronic device receives a first input under the condition that N application windows are displayed on a screen.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the screen may be a screen of a display control device, or may be a screen of an electronic device. For the related description of the display control device and the electronic device, reference may be made to the related description in the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here. In addition, the screens in the embodiments of the present invention are all screens of electronic devices, which are referred to as screens of electronic devices in the following embodiments.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the display manner for displaying the N application windows on the screen of the electronic device may be any of the following manners: in the first mode, N application windows are displayed on the screen of the electronic device in an overlapping manner, and the N application windows occupy the same area of the screen of the electronic device. And secondly, displaying N application windows with different sizes (namely, the N application windows occupy different areas of the screen of the electronic equipment) on the screen of the electronic equipment, wherein the sizes of the N application windows can be manually adjusted by a user, and the N application windows can be overlapped or not overlapped. And thirdly, the N application windows are displayed on the screen of the electronic device in a non-overlapping manner according to a preset list sequence, and the preset list can be used for determining the display sequence, the display position and the display mode of the N application windows (for example, the area of the screen of the electronic device is occupied, and the top layer or the bottom layer is used). Specifically, the display mode for displaying the N application windows on the screen of the electronic device may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be used to adjust a value range in which the value of the target parameter is located from a first value range to a second value range, where N application windows correspond to the first value range, and M application windows correspond to the second value range.

Any two groups of application windows in the P groups of application windows are associated, and each group of application windows corresponds to a value range; the M application windows and the N application windows are respectively one group of application windows in the P groups of application windows, P is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, P is greater than or equal to M, and P is greater than or equal to N.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may include P groups of application windows, and P value ranges correspond to the P application windows, that is, each group of application windows in the P groups of application windows corresponds to one value range. Any two groups of application windows in the P groups of application windows are associated. The application window is one of the P groups of application windows, and the N application windows correspond to a first value range; the M application windows are one group of application windows in the P group of application windows, and the M application windows correspond to a second value range.

Specifically, the P group application windows of the electronic device may be: a first set of application windows, a second set of application windows, … …, a pth set of application windows. The first group of application windows may include N application windows and correspond to a first value range; the second group of application windows comprises M application windows and corresponds to a second value range. The first set of application windows is associated with the second set of application windows. Under the condition that the electronic equipment displays the first group of application windows (namely, displays N application windows), a user can adjust the value range of the numerical value of the target parameter from a first value range to a second value range through first input, and then the electronic equipment is triggered to update and display the first group of application windows (namely, N application windows) to a second group of application windows (namely, M application windows) associated with the first group of application windows.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the size relationship between M and N is not specifically limited, P is a positive integer greater than or equal to M, and P is also a positive integer greater than or equal to N, that is, if M is a positive integer greater than or equal to N, P is a positive integer greater than or equal to M; if M is a positive integer less than N, then P is a positive integer less than M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be used to trigger display of application windows associated with the N application windows. The first input may be an adjustment target parameter value input. Specifically, the first input may be an input for adjusting a value range in which the value of the target parameter is located when the electronic device displays the target parameter adjustment control (for example, the value range in which the value of the target parameter is located is adjusted from a first value range to a second value range). The first input may also be performed, in a case where the electronic device displays the target parameter control, to input the value of the target parameter to the target parameter control, so that the newly input value of the target parameter is located in the second value range (the value of the target parameter before being input is located in the first value range). The input type of the first input may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited in particular.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a value range in which the value of the target parameter is located determines a group of application windows in the corresponding P groups of application windows. Illustratively, the electronic device displays N application windows corresponding to the first value range (i.e., a first group of application windows corresponding to the first value range) when the value of the target parameter is in the first value range, and displays M application windows corresponding to the second value range (i.e., a second group of application windows corresponding to the second value range) when the value of the target parameter is in the second value range.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, the value of the target parameter may be used to determine a display parameter (e.g., a first display parameter) of a group of application windows (determined according to a value range in which the value of the target parameter is located) after determining the group of application windows. Specifically, the display position of the group of windows, the display size of the group of windows, the display order of the group of windows, the display transparency of the group of windows, and the like may be determined. For example, in a case that the value of the target parameter is a value in the second value range, the electronic device may display a set of display parameters (i.e., the following first display parameters) corresponding to the value of the target parameter, where the set of display parameters may include: controlling the window display position, controlling the window display size, controlling the window display sequence, and controlling the window to display a plurality of sub-display parameters of the transparency. The electronic device can adjust and display the M application windows corresponding to the second value range according to the group of display parameters.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be used to adjust the value range in which the value of the target parameter is located from the first value range to the second value range, and the N application windows correspond to the first value range, and the M application windows correspond to the second value range, so that, when the electronic device displays the N application windows, a user may adjust the value range in which the value of the target parameter is located from the first value range to the second value range through the first input, and thereby trigger the electronic device to update and display the N application windows to the M application windows associated with the N application windows. And further, the user can conveniently and quickly adjust the application window displayed on the screen.

Step 102, the electronic device responds to the first input and displays at least one target application window in the M application windows on the screen.

The M application windows are associated with N application windows, the N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the at least one target application window is part or all of the M application windows. Specifically, M application windows correspond to M applications (each application window corresponds to one application), each application in the M applications may have one of the first priority or the second priority, and a window corresponding to an application having the first priority in all the M applications is referred to as a target application window in the M application windows. That is, the electronic device displays an application window having a first priority among the M application windows on the screen in response to the first input. In addition, the related description of the first priority and the second priority may refer to the related description in step 102b in the following embodiments, which is not repeated herein.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, each application window corresponds to one application program, that is, the application programs and the application windows correspond to one another, specifically, N application windows correspond to N application programs, and M application windows correspond to M application programs. Wherein the M application windows are associated with the N application windows. In addition, the N application windows are completely or partially different from the M application windows, that is, an application window in the N application windows may be an application window completely different from the M application windows, or a part of the application windows in the N application windows may be the same as a part of the application windows in the M application windows.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, in response to the first input, at least one target application window in the M application windows is displayed on the screen, specifically, in response to the first input, the N application windows displayed on the screen are updated and displayed as at least one target application window in the M application windows associated with the N application windows.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, a manner of determining at least one application window from among the M application windows may be any of the following: in the mode 1, the electronic device may determine, as the at least one target application window, a window corresponding to an application program with a priority higher than a preset priority, according to the preset priority of the M application programs corresponding to the M application windows. The preset priority can be determined according to the use frequency of the application program, the type of the application program, the use habit of the user and the like. In the mode 2, the electronic device may determine, according to whether M application programs corresponding to the M application windows have a tag set by a user, at least one target application window corresponding to at least one target application program having the tag among the M application programs. The label is manually set by a user, and can be automatically added to the application program by the electronic equipment according to the use habit of the user. For example, the electronic device may tag the application that is most frequently used among multiple applications of the same type. Mode 3, the electronic device may randomly display at least one target application window of the M application windows, where the display number of the at least one target application window is not greater than the maximum number of application windows that can be displayed in the screen of the electronic device. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the first input, the electronic device may set a correspondence between the M application windows and the N application windows in the following two ways: in the mode a, the electronic device may receive an input from a user, and manually set the correspondence between the M application windows and the N application windows. Specifically, a user may trigger the electronic device to display a target operation interface, where the target operation interface includes at least one target object used for indicating an application window, and the user may trigger the electronic device to set a correspondence between M application windows and N application windows according to an operation of the user on the target object through an input to the at least one target object. Wherein the target object may be at least one of: the identifier is used for indicating the identifier of the application window, the identifier of the application program corresponding to the application window, and the like. In the mode B, the electronic device may also set the correspondence between the M application windows and the N application windows according to a preset rule. Wherein the preset rule may be at least one of the following: the frequency of use of the associated application window, the category of the application program corresponding to the application window, whether the application window has a label added by the user, and the like. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.

Illustratively, fig. 3 is one of operation diagrams of the electronic device for updating the display application window. As shown in fig. 3 (a), in a case where the electronic device 00 displays a desktop 001, an application window 002 (i.e., window a) of an application a and a control 003 for adjusting a target parameter are displayed on the desktop 001. The electronic device 00 may receive a drag input (i.e., a first input) by which the user adjusts the control 003, and as shown in fig. 3 (b), the electronic device displays application windows of three application programs associated with the window a on the desktop 001 in response to the drag input, respectively: application window 002 (i.e., window a) of application a, application window 004 (i.e., window B) of application B, and application window 005 (i.e., window C) of application C.

The embodiment of the invention provides a display control method, which comprises the steps of receiving a first input under the condition that N application windows are displayed on a screen, and responding to the first input to display at least one target application window in M application windows related to the N application windows on the screen. The N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers. Specifically, the M application windows associated with the N application windows may be application windows that a user needs to view when viewing the N application windows, such as application windows that need to be viewed intermittently. At this time, because the N application windows are associated with the M application windows, the user can conveniently trigger the electronic device to directly display at least one target application window of the M application windows through the first input. And the user does not need to execute a series of operations of firstly triggering the electronic equipment to close the N application windows, then respectively searching application icons respectively corresponding to at least one target application window on a screen interface of the electronic equipment, and further sequentially starting corresponding application programs to display the at least one target application window. Further, even if the at least one target application window is an application window closed within a short time before the user receives the first input, in a case that the N application windows are associated with the M application windows, the user may quickly trigger the electronic device to directly display the at least one target application window associated with the N application windows through the first input. Accordingly, the user's operation of viewing one or more application windows, such as the user's intermittent viewing of one or more application windows, is simplified and time consumption is reduced.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 4, the step 102 may be specifically implemented by the following step 102 a.

Step 102a, the electronic device responds to the first input, and displays at least one target application window in the M application windows on the screen according to the first display parameter.

The display parameters of the application windows in the M application windows are first display parameters; each value range corresponds to at least one group of display parameters, and the first display parameter is a display parameter in at least one group of display parameters corresponding to the second value range.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first display parameter is a display parameter of M application windows and is also a numerical value of a target parameter determined by a user through a first input, and the electronic device may determine a display mode and a display state of each of the M application windows through the first display parameter, where a display mode of one application window refers to that the application window is displayed according to a preset display position, a preset display size, and a preset display transparency. The display state of an application window means that the application window is in a display state or a non-display state.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, each of the value ranges may include at least one sub-value range, and each sub-value range corresponds to one group of display parameters, that is, each value range corresponds to at least one group of display parameters. Specifically, the at least one set of display parameters may be at least one of: the display parameters of the display positions of the windows are controlled, the display parameters of the display sizes of the windows are controlled, the display parameters of the display sequence of the windows are controlled, the display parameters of the windows for displaying transparent pictures are controlled, and the like. The first display parameter is a display parameter in at least one group of display parameters corresponding to the second value range. The display parameters may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited in particular.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, both the target application window (that is, the application program corresponding to the window is in the first priority level) and the non-target application window (that is, the application program corresponding to the window is in the second priority level) in the M application windows are controlled by the first display parameter, that is, the first display parameter controls the display mode and the display state of the target application window in the M application windows, and the first display parameter also controls the non-target application window in the M application windows to be in the non-display state.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user may manually set at least one group of display parameters corresponding to each value range. Specifically, before the first input is performed, the user may manually set at least one group of display parameters corresponding to each value range in a setting interface of the electronic device; or, the user may manually set at least one group of display parameters corresponding to the value range of the value of the target parameter in the process of determining the value of the target parameter through the first input. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 3 (a), in a case where the electronic device 00 displays a desktop 001, an application window 002 (i.e., window a) of an application a and a control 003 for adjusting a target parameter are displayed on the desktop 001. The electronic device 00 may receive a drag input (i.e., a first input) by the user for the control 003 to drag from the region 0031 to the region 0032, as shown in (b) of fig. 3, in response to which the electronic device displays on the desktop 001 with the display parameters corresponding to the region 0032: application window 002 (i.e., window a), application window 004 (i.e., window B), and application window 005 (i.e., window C), wherein the display parameters corresponding to region 0032 include: the display positions of the window A, the window B and the window C are the same, and the window A, the window B and the window C are sequentially displayed in an overlapping mode.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, because the electronic device can display at least one target application window in the M application windows on the screen according to at least one group of display parameters (i.e., the first display parameters) corresponding to the second value range, the user can control the electronic device to display at least one target application window in the M application windows according to the display parameters corresponding to the value range determined by the first input through the first input, so that the user is prevented from adjusting the display parameters of each application window in the M application windows, thereby improving the convenience of the user in using the electronic device and saving the time of the user.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 5, before the step 101, the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps 103 and 104.

And 103, under the condition that the electronic equipment displays the K application windows, the electronic equipment receives second input of Q application windows in the K application windows.

Wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to Q.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the second input may be used to select K application windows from the Q application windows. Specifically, the first input may be a touch click input to Q application windows of the K application windows when the electronic device displays the K application windows, where the touch input may be at least one of: single click input, double click input, slide select input, long press select input, etc. The sliding selection input refers to that the electronic equipment receives sliding input of a user on a screen of the electronic equipment, and an application window through which a sliding track of the sliding input passes is a selected application window. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the second input and selects Q application windows from the K application windows, the electronic device may highlight the selected Q application windows. Specifically, the highlighting manner may be at least one of the following: the method comprises the steps of displaying Q application windows with a target size, displaying Q application windows with a target color, displaying Q application windows with a target shape, displaying target marks around the Q application windows, and displaying special lighting effects on the edges of the Q application windows to display Q application programs. The specific details may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiments of the present invention are not particularly limited.

And step 104, the electronic equipment responds to the second input, divides the Q application windows into P groups of application windows and executes the target operation.

Wherein the target operation comprises: setting the corresponding relation between the P value ranges and the P groups of application windows, and setting at least one group of display parameters corresponding to each value range.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the size relationship between Q and P is not specifically limited, and may be determined according to actual use requirements. For example, when Q is 2, that is, the electronic device selects two application windows, for example, a window a and a window B, from K application windows, the electronic device may divide the window a and the window B into one group (that is, simultaneously display the window a and the window B), may also divide the window a and the window B into two groups (that is, one group is to display only the window a and the other group is to display only the window B), and may also divide the window a and the window B into three groups (that is, a first group is to display only the window a, a second group is to display only the window B, and a third group is to display both the window a and the window B).

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the dividing manner for dividing the Q application windows into P application windows may be any of the following: in the mode 1, the electronic device divides Q application windows into P application windows (at this time, Q is equal to P) according to a one-to-one correspondence relationship, that is, each application window in Q is divided into one application window in P application windows. In the mode 2, the Q application windows are divided into P application windows according to the use requirements of the user or the use habits of the user. For example, the frequency with which a user uses a certain application window alone, the frequency with which a user uses at least two application windows of Q application windows at the same time, and the like. In mode 3, the electronic device may divide Q application windows into P application windows according to a preset rule. Wherein the preset rule may be at least one of the following: classifying according to a label added to the application window by a user, classifying according to the category of the application program corresponding to the application window, classifying according to a developer of the application program of the user, classifying according to the installation time of the application program, and the like. Mode 4, the electronic device divides the Q application windows into P application windows according to the combination relationship of the Q application windows (at this time, Q is less than or equal to P). The combination relation division of the Q application windows means that the division is carried out according to all permutation combinations for displaying at least one application window in the Q application windows. Illustratively, when Q is 2, i.e., two application windows, e.g., window a and window B, are divided into three groups of application windows in a combined form in which at least one application window is displayed: a, B, A + B. Namely, a first group only displays window a, a second group only displays window B, and a third group simultaneously displays window a and window B. When Q is 3, i.e., three application windows, e.g., window a, window B, and window C, are divided into 7 groups in a combined form of displaying at least one application window, respectively: a, B, C, A + B, A + C, B + C, A + B + C. I.e. a combination of 7 groups of application windows divided as follows: only displaying window A, only displaying window B, only displaying window C, displaying window A and window B, displaying window A and window C, displaying window B and window C, and simultaneously displaying window A, window B and window C. The dividing mode shell for dividing the Q application windows into the P application windows may be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target operation may be used to set a correspondence between P value ranges and P groups of application windows. Specifically, each value range in the P value ranges corresponds to one application window in the P groups of application windows, and a user can set a one-to-one correspondence relationship between the P value ranges and the P groups of application windows through a target operation.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the target operation may also be used to set at least one group of display parameters corresponding to each of the P value ranges. Specifically, each value range may include at least one sub-value range, where each sub-value range corresponds to one group of display parameters. For example, the first sub-range corresponds to a set of display parameters that control the display position of the application window, and the second sub-range corresponds to a set of display parameters that control the display transparency of the application window, and so on. The user can control the electronic device to set the display parameters corresponding to the sub-value ranges respectively, and then set at least one group of display parameters corresponding to each of the P value ranges.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, a user may select Q application windows from the K application windows through a second input, and trigger the electronic device to divide the Q application windows into P groups of application windows in response to the second input, so that the electronic device may perform a target operation of setting a correspondence relationship of the P groups of application windows and at least one group of display parameters corresponding to each value range. Therefore, in the case that the electronic device displays N application windows, after receiving the first input from the user, the electronic device can determine which application window group of the P application windows is displayed (for example, which application window group is displayed M), and the display mode of the application window group. Namely, the user does not need to temporarily set the display application window and the display mode of the application window, and the use by the user is further facilitated.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 2, as shown in fig. 6, the step 102 may be specifically implemented by the following step 102 b.

And 102b, responding to the first input by the electronic equipment, displaying at least one target application window on the screen according to a first rule, and running S application programs in the background.

The application windows corresponding to the S application programs are application windows except the target application window in the M application windows; the priority of the application program corresponding to the target application window is a first priority, and the priority corresponding to the S application programs is a second priority; the first rule is used to indicate: and displaying an application window corresponding to the application program with the first priority on a screen, and running the application program with the second priority in a background, wherein S is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the first rule specifically indicates that the application window corresponding to the application program with the first priority is displayed on the screen of the electronic device, the application window corresponding to the application program with the second priority is not displayed, and the application program with the second priority is run in the background.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the user may trigger the electronic device to change the priority of the application program corresponding to the target application window through a first target input to the target application window displayed on the screen. That is, the electronic device may adjust the priority of the application program corresponding to the target application window from the first priority to the second priority in response to a first target input to the target application window by the user. Therefore, the electronic equipment can cancel displaying the target application window, so that the application program corresponding to the target application window runs in the background.

It should be noted that the at least one target application window displayed on the screen is an application window of M application windows. The specific description of the method for determining at least one target application window from M application windows may refer to the related description in step 102.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the user may further modify the priority of the application program with the second priority (for example, S application programs running in the background) to the first priority through the second target input, so that the electronic device displays the application window corresponding to the application program with the first priority.

Fig. 7 is a second schematic view illustrating an operation of the electronic device to update the display application window. As shown in fig. 7 (a), in a case where the electronic device 00 displays a desktop 001, an application window 002 (i.e., window a) of an application a and a control 003 for adjusting a target parameter are displayed on the desktop 001. The electronic device 00 may receive a drag input (i.e., a first input) to the control 003 by the user, as shown in (b) of fig. 7, in response to which the electronic device displays on the desktop 001, according to a first rule: application window 002 (i.e., window a) for first priority application a and application window 004 (i.e., window B) for first priority application B. The application window corresponding to the application program C of the second priority is not displayed.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may display the application windows corresponding to the first priority application program according to the priority of the application program, and run the application program corresponding to the second priority program on the electronic device, so that the electronic device may selectively display the application windows of the associated application programs according to the priority of the application program, thereby facilitating users to intermittently check and modify the application windows, simplifying the operation of the users on displaying the application windows, and further improving the use experience of the users.

Optionally, referring to fig. 6, as shown in fig. 8, in the embodiment of the present invention, after the step 102b, the display control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps 105 to 107, where the following step 106 and step 107 are alternatively performed.

Step 105, the electronic device receives a first message of the target application program.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the target application may be an application with a first priority level, or may be an application with a second priority level. That is, the target application may specifically be an application corresponding to one of the target application windows, or may also be one of the above-mentioned S application programs.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first message may be a message related to the target application. Specifically, at least one of the following may be used: push messages associated with the target application, display messages associated with a target window in the target application, and the like. For example, when the target application is a communication application, the first message may be a message sent by a friend, or the target application may push a version update message. The method and the device can be determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.

And 106, under the condition that the target application program is an application program message corresponding to one application window in at least one target application window, the electronic equipment displays a first message.

In step 107, in case the target application is a message of one of the S applications, the electronic device does not display the first message.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may determine whether to display the first message according to the second rule and according to the priority of the target application program. Wherein the second rule is used to indicate: and displaying the messages received by the application program with the first priority on the screen of the electronic equipment, and not displaying the messages received by the application program with the second priority.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after step 107, the electronic device may further receive an input from a user, and perform a screen capture operation. It can be understood that, the user may set part or all of the priority levels of the application programs corresponding to the application window displayed by the electronic device to the second priority level, so that the notification messages of the application programs are not displayed on the screen of the electronic device, and the user may conveniently perform the screen capturing operation on the screen of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may further receive an operation that the user adjusts the priority of some of the S applications from the second priority to the first priority, so that the electronic device may display the notification message of the application adjusted to the first priority.

Illustratively, fig. 9 is a schematic display diagram of the electronic device receiving a first message of a target application. As shown in fig. 9 (a), the desktop 001 of the electronic device 00 displays: the application window 002 (namely, window a), the application window 004 (namely, window B) and the control 003, wherein the priority of the application program a corresponding to the application window 002 is a first priority, the priority of the application program B corresponding to the application window 004 is a first priority, and the priority of the application program C is a second priority, and at this time, the application window corresponding to the application program C is not displayed. As shown in (B) of fig. 9, in the case where the electronic device 00 receives the notification message of the application B, the notification message 006 is displayed on the desktop 001. When the electronic apparatus 00 receives the notification message of the application C, the notification message of the application C is not displayed on the desktop 001.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, because the electronic device may display the message of the application program with the first priority according to the priority of the application program, and does not display the message of the application program with the second priority, the user may control the electronic device to display the message of the application program required by the user by adjusting the priority of the application program, and the message of the application program required by the user does not need to be screened from the received messages of the plurality of application programs, thereby facilitating the user to operate the message of the required application program, saving the user time, and improving the user experience.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the display control methods shown in the above drawings are all exemplarily described with reference to one drawing in the embodiment of the present invention. In specific implementation, the display control method shown in each of the above drawings may also be implemented by combining any other drawings that may be combined, which are illustrated in the above embodiments, and are not described herein again.

As shown in fig. 10, an embodiment of the present invention provides a display control apparatus 1000. The display control apparatus 1000 may include: an input module 1001 and a display module 1002. The input module 1001 may be configured to receive a first input in a case where N application windows are displayed on a screen. A display module 1002 may be configured to display at least one target application window of M application windows on a screen, the M application windows being associated with the N application windows, in response to the first input received by the input module 1001. The N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be configured to adjust a value range in which the value of the target parameter is located from a first value range to a second value range, where N application windows correspond to the first value range, and M application windows correspond to the second value range. Any two groups of application windows in the P groups of application windows are associated, and each group of application windows corresponds to a value range; the M application windows and the N application windows are respectively one group of application windows in the P groups of application windows, and P is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the display module 1002 may be specifically configured to display at least one target application window on the screen according to the first display parameter. The display parameters of the application windows in the M application windows are first display parameters; each value range corresponds to at least one group of display parameters, and the first display parameter is a display parameter in at least one group of display parameters corresponding to the second value range.

Optionally, with reference to fig. 10, as shown in fig. 11, the display control apparatus 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a processing module 1003. The input module 1001 may further be configured to receive a second input to Q application windows of the K application windows when the electronic device displays the K application windows. The processing module 1003 may be configured to divide the Q application windows into P groups of application windows and execute a target operation in response to the second input received by the input module 1001. Wherein the target operation may include: setting the corresponding relation between the P value ranges and the P groups of application windows, and setting at least one group of display parameters corresponding to each value range, wherein K is a positive integer greater than or equal to Q.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the display module 1002 may be specifically configured to display at least one target application window on the screen according to the first rule, and run S applications in the background through the processing module 1003. The application windows corresponding to the S application programs are application windows except the at least one target application window in the M application windows; the priority of the application program corresponding to the at least one target application window is a first priority, the priority corresponding to the S application programs is a second priority, and S is a positive integer smaller than or equal to M. The first rule is used to indicate: and displaying an application window corresponding to the application program with the first priority on a screen, and running the application program with the second priority in the background.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 11, the display control apparatus 1000 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include a receiving module 1004. The receiving module 1004 may be configured to receive a first message of a target application. The display module 1002 may be further configured to display the first message when the target application is an application message corresponding to one application window of the at least one target application window; in the case where the target application is a message of one of the S applications, the first message is not displayed.

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

An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, which displays at least one target application window of M application windows associated with N application windows on a screen by receiving a first input and in response to the first input, in a case where the N application windows are displayed on the screen. The N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers. Specifically, the M application windows associated with the N application windows may be application windows that a user needs to view when viewing the N application windows, such as application windows that need to be viewed intermittently. At this time, because the N application windows are associated with the M application windows, the user can conveniently trigger the electronic device to directly display at least one target application window of the M application windows through the first input. And the user does not need to execute a series of operations of firstly triggering the electronic equipment to close the N application windows, then respectively searching application icons respectively corresponding to at least one target application window on a screen interface of the electronic equipment, and further sequentially starting corresponding application programs to display the at least one target application window. Further, even if the at least one target application window is an application window closed within a short time before the user receives the first input, in a case that the N application windows are associated with the M application windows, the user may quickly trigger the electronic device to directly display the at least one target application window associated with the N application windows through the first input. Accordingly, the user's operation of viewing one or more application windows, such as the user's intermittent viewing of one or more application windows, is simplified and time consumption is reduced.

Fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in fig. 12, the electronic device 200 includes, but is not limited to: radio frequency unit 201, network module 202, audio output unit 203, input unit 204, sensor 205, display unit 206, user input unit 207, interface unit 208, memory 209, processor 210, and power supply 211. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device configuration shown in fig. 12 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and that the electronic device may include more or fewer components than shown, or some components may be combined, or a different arrangement of components. In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

Alternatively, the display control apparatus may be implemented by the electronic device 200.

Optionally, the input module 1001 in the above apparatus may be implemented by the user input unit 207 in the electronic device 200, the display module 1002 may be implemented by the display unit 206 in the electronic device 200, the processing module 1003 may be implemented by the processor 210 in the electronic device 200, and the receiving module 1004 may be implemented by the radio frequency unit 201 in the electronic device 200.

The user input unit 207 may be configured to receive a first input in a case where N application windows are displayed on the screen. The display unit 206 may be configured to display a target application window of M application windows on the screen in response to the first input received by the user input unit 207, the M application windows being associated with the N application windows. The N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 201 may be used for receiving and sending signals during a message transmission and reception process or a call process, and specifically, receives downlink data from a base station and then processes the received downlink data to the processor 210; in addition, the uplink data is transmitted to the base station. In general, radio frequency unit 201 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 201 can also communicate with a network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The electronic device provides wireless broadband internet access to the user via the network module 202, such as assisting the user in sending and receiving e-mails, browsing web pages, and accessing streaming media.

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

The input unit 204 is used to receive an audio or video signal. The input unit 204 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 2041, a microphone 2042, and a camera module 2043, and the graphics processor 2041 processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 206. The image frames processed by the graphic processor 2041 may be stored in the memory 209 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 201 or the network module 202. The microphone 2042 may receive sound and may be capable of processing such sound into audio data. The processed audio data may be converted into a format output transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 201 in case of a phone call mode. The camera module 2043 collects images and transmits the collected images to the graphic processor 2041.

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

The display unit 206 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 206 may include a display panel 2061, and the display panel 2061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), or the like.

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

Further, a touch panel 2071 may be overlaid on the display panel 2061, and when the touch panel 2071 detects a touch operation on or near the touch panel 2071, the touch panel is transmitted to the processor 210 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 210 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 2061 according to the type of the touch event. Although the touch panel 2071 and the display panel 2061 are shown as two separate components in fig. 12 to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, in some embodiments, the touch panel 2071 and the display panel 2061 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device, and are not limited herein.

The interface unit 208 is an interface for connecting an external device to the electronic apparatus 200. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power supply (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio input/output (I/O) port, a video I/O port, an earphone port, and the like. The interface unit 208 may be used to receive input (e.g., data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the electronic apparatus 200 or may be used to transmit data between the electronic apparatus 200 and the external device.

The memory 209 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 209 may mainly include a storage program area and a storage data area, wherein the storage program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.), and the like; the storage data area may store data (such as audio data, a phonebook, etc.) created according to the use of the cellular phone, and the like. Further, the memory 209 may include high speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

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

The electronic device 200 may further include a power source 211 (such as a battery) for supplying power to each component, and optionally, the power source 211 may be logically connected to the processor 210 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system.

In addition, the electronic device 200 includes some functional modules that are not shown, and thus are not described in detail herein.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, which includes a processor 210 as shown in fig. 12, a memory 209, and a computer program that is stored in the memory 209 and is executable on the processor 210, and when the computer program is executed by the processor 210, the processes of the foregoing method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the computer program implements the processes of the method embodiments, and can achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, the details are not repeated here. Examples of the computer-readable storage medium include a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk and an optical disk.

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

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

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

Claims

1. A display control method, characterized in that the method comprises:

receiving a first input in a case where N application windows are displayed on a screen;

in response to the first input, displaying at least one target application window of M application windows on the screen, the M application windows being associated with the N application windows;

the N application windows are different from the M application windows in whole or in part, each application window corresponds to one application program, and M and N are positive integers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input is configured to adjust a value range in which a value of a target parameter is located from a first value range to a second value range, wherein the N application windows correspond to the first value range, and the M application windows correspond to the second value range;

any two groups of application windows in the P groups of application windows are associated, and each group of application windows corresponds to a value range; the M application windows and the N application windows are respectively one group of application windows in the P groups of application windows, and P is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said displaying at least one target application window of the M application windows on the screen comprises:

displaying the at least one target application window on the screen according to the first display parameter;

wherein, the display parameter of the application window in the M application windows is the first display parameter; each value range corresponds to at least one group of display parameters, and the first display parameter is a display parameter in at least one group of display parameters corresponding to the second value range.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying at least one target application window of the M application windows on the screen comprises:

displaying the at least one target application window on the screen according to a first rule, and running S application programs in a background;

wherein, the application windows corresponding to the S application programs are application windows except the at least one target application window in the M application windows; the priority of the application program corresponding to the at least one target application window is a first priority, the priority corresponding to the S application programs is a second priority, and S is a positive integer smaller than or equal to M;

the first rule is to indicate: and displaying an application window corresponding to the application program with the first priority on the screen, and running the application program with the second priority in the background.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein after displaying the at least one target application window on the screen and running S applications in the background according to the first rule, the method further comprises:

receiving a first message of a target application program;

displaying the first message when the target application is an application message corresponding to one of the at least one target application window;

in the event that the target application is a message for one of the S applications, not displaying the first message.

6. A display control apparatus, characterized by comprising: an input module and a display module;

the input module is used for receiving first input under the condition that N application windows are displayed on a screen;

the display module is configured to display at least one target application window of M application windows on the screen in response to the first input received by the input module, the M application windows being associated with the N application windows;

7. The display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first input is configured to adjust a value range in which a value of the target parameter is located from a first value range to a second value range, the N application windows correspond to the first value range, and the M application windows correspond to the second value range;

8. The display control apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the display module is specifically configured to display the at least one target application window on the screen according to a first display parameter;

9. The display control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display module is specifically configured to display the at least one target application window on the screen according to a first rule, and run S applications in the background through the processing module;

10. The display control apparatus according to claim 9, characterized in that the display control apparatus further comprises a receiving module;

the receiving module is used for receiving a first message of a target application program;

the display module is further configured to display the first message when the target application is an application message corresponding to one of the at least one target application window; in the event that the target application is a message for one of the S applications, not displaying the first message.