CN112162802A

CN112162802A - Message reply method and device and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112162802A
Application number: CN202010980191.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王兴灿
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-09-17
Filing date: 2020-09-17
Publication date: 2021-01-01
Also published as: WO2022057791A1

Abstract

The application discloses a message reply method, a message reply device and electronic equipment, belongs to the technical field of communication, and can solve the problem of low message reply efficiency of the electronic equipment. The message reply method comprises the following steps: receiving a first input of a user in case of receiving M messages of N contacts; a contact corresponds to at least one message, M, N being an integer greater than 1; in response to a first input, displaying K identifiers, one identifier indicating one contact, K being an integer greater than 1; receiving a second input of the user; responding to the second input, and sending a reply message to the electronic equipment of the target contact person indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers; and the target identifier is at least one identifier in the K identifiers. The message reply method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to the process of replying the message by the user.

Description

Message reply method and device and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of communication, and particularly relates to a message reply method, a message reply device and electronic equipment.

Background

Generally, a user may review and reply to messages of multiple applications received by an electronic device in a notification bar of the electronic device. In the related art, assuming that a user needs to reply to messages (e.g., message 1 and message 2) of multiple applications (e.g., application 1 and application 2) received by an electronic device, the user may first trigger the electronic device to display a notification bar, and then input the message 1 in the notification bar to reply to the message 1 in an interface of the application 1 corresponding to the message 1, and then the user may trigger the electronic device to display the notification bar again and input the message 2 to reply to the message 2 in an interface of the application 2 corresponding to the message 2.

However, since the user needs to trigger the electronic device to switch back and forth between the notification bar and the interfaces of the multiple applications corresponding to the message, the messages of the multiple applications received by the electronic device can be replied, and therefore, in the process of replying the messages of the multiple applications, the operation of the user is cumbersome and time-consuming.

As such, the electronic device may be inefficient at replying to messages.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application aims to provide a message reply method, a message reply device and electronic equipment, and the problem that the efficiency of replying a message by the electronic equipment is low can be solved.

In order to solve the technical problem, the present application is implemented as follows:

in a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a message reply method, where the method includes: receiving a first input of a user in case of receiving M messages of N contacts; a contact corresponds to at least one message, M, N being an integer greater than 1; in response to a first input, displaying K identifiers, one identifier indicating one contact, K being an integer greater than 1; receiving a second input of the user; responding to the second input, and sending a reply message to the electronic equipment of the target contact person indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers; and the target identifier is at least one identifier in the K identifiers.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a message reply device, where the message reply device includes: the device comprises a receiving module, a display module and a sending module. The receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user under the condition that M messages of N contacts are received; one contact corresponds to at least one message M, N being an integer greater than 1. And the display module is used for responding to the first input received by the receiving module and displaying K identifications, wherein one identification indicates one contact, and K is an integer larger than 1. The receiving module is further configured to receive a second input from the user. The sending module is used for responding to the second input received by the receiving module and sending the reply message to the electronic equipment of the target contact person indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers; and the target identifier is at least one identifier in the K identifiers.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, which includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, and when executed by the processor, the program or instructions implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implement the steps of the method according to the first aspect.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, where the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or instructions to implement the method according to the first aspect.

In this embodiment of the application, in a case that the electronic device receives M messages of N contacts, the electronic device may display K identifiers (one identifier indicates one contact) corresponding to the N contacts according to a first input of a user, and send a reply message to the electronic device of the contact indicated by a target identifier (i.e., at least one identifier of the K identifiers) in the K identifiers according to a second input of the user. Under the condition that the electronic equipment receives the M messages, the electronic equipment can display all the identifications corresponding to all the contacts of the M messages according to the first input of the user, so that the user can input at least one identification corresponding to at least one contact in all the identifications, the electronic equipment can directly send the reply message to the electronic equipment of at least one contact, and the user does not need to switch back and forth between the notification bar and the interfaces of multiple applications corresponding to the chat messages, therefore, the operation of the user can be simplified, the time consumption is reduced, and the efficiency of the electronic equipment for replying the message is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a message reply method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is one of schematic diagrams of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a stacked form of message groups in the message reply method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a second schematic diagram of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a second schematic diagram of a message reply method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a third schematic diagram of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a fourth schematic diagram of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a fifth schematic view of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is a sixth schematic view of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a third schematic diagram of a message reply method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a fourth schematic diagram illustrating a message reply method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a seventh schematic diagram of an example of an interface of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a message reply apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 15 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. 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 application.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the terms "first," "second," and the like are generally used herein in a generic sense and do not limit the number of terms, e.g., the first term can be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The message reply method provided by the embodiment of the present application is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings by specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

The message reply method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to a scene that a user replies messages corresponding to a plurality of applications.

For a scenario that a user replies to messages of multiple users, assuming that the user 1 needs to reply to messages (e.g., chat message 1 of the user 2 and chat message 2 of the user 3) of multiple applications (e.g., application 1 and application 2) received by the electronic device 1, the user 1 may first trigger the electronic device 1 to display a notification bar (the notification bar includes chat message 1 of the user 2 and chat message 2 of the user 3), and then click on the chat message 1 of the user 2, so that the electronic device 1 may switch the notification bar to the chat session window interface 1 of the user 2 in the application 1, and thus the user 1 may reply to the chat message 1 of the user 2 in the chat session window interface 1, so that the electronic device 1 may send the reply message to the electronic device 2 of the user 2; then, the user 1 may trigger the electronic device 1 to display the notification bar again, and then click the chat message 2 of the user 3, so that the electronic device 1 may switch the notification bar to the chat session window interface 2 of the user 3 in the application 2, so that the user 1 may reply to the chat message 2 of the user 3 in the chat session window interface 2, so that the electronic device 1 may send the reply message to the electronic device 3 of the user 3. However, the user 1 needs to trigger the electronic device 1 to switch back and forth between the notification bar and the interfaces of the multiple applications corresponding to the chat messages, so that the chat messages of the multiple applications received by the electronic device can be replied, and thus, the operation of the user 1 is cumbersome. In this embodiment of the application, in a case that a chat message 1 of a user 2 and a chat message 2 of a user 3 are received, the user 1 may input an input to a display screen of the electronic device 1, so that the electronic device 1 may display N message session windows (all messages of one contact are respectively displayed in each message session window) in a floating manner on an interface currently displayed by the electronic device 1, and thus the user 1 may reply to the chat message 1 of the user 2 in the message session windows in which the chat message 1 of the user 2 is displayed in the N message session windows, so that the electronic device 1 may send a reply message to the electronic device 2 of the user 2; then, the user 1 can reply to the chat message 2 of the user 3 in the message conversation window in which the chat message 2 of the user 3 is displayed in the N message conversation windows, so that the electronic device 1 can send the reply message to the electronic device 3 of the user 3; that is, the user 1 does not need to trigger the electronic device 1 to switch back and forth between the interface of the notification bar and the application 1 and between the interface of the notification bar and the interface of the application 2, so that the operation of the user 1 is simplified and the time consumption is reduced.

Fig. 1 shows a flowchart of a message reply method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, a message reply method provided in an embodiment of the present application may include steps 101 to 104 described below.

Step 101, in the case of receiving M messages of N contacts, the message reply device receives a first input of a user.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, in a process that the user uses the message replying device, if the message replying device receives M messages of the N contacts, the message replying device may prompt the user in a preset prompting manner, so that the user may perform the first input to the message replying device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the preset prompting manner may include at least one of the following: a ringing prompt mode, a vibration prompt mode and a display prompt window prompt mode.

In the embodiment of the present application, for each contact in the N contacts, one contact corresponds to at least one message, and M, N is an integer greater than 1.

It can be appreciated that N ≦ M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, for each message in the M messages, one message may be a chat message sent by one contact through one application.

In an embodiment of the application, the first input is used to trigger the electronic device to display the identifier.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, under a condition that the preset prompting mode does not include the prompting mode of displaying the prompting window, the first input may specifically be a pressing input of a physical key of the electronic device by the user, or may be a sliding input (for example, a sliding input) of the display screen of the electronic device by the user.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in a case that the preset prompting manner includes a prompting manner of displaying a prompting window, the first input may specifically be an input (for example, a click input, a drag input, and the like) of the user to the prompting window (for example, the first window in the following embodiments).

Step 102, the message replying device responds to the first input and displays K identifications.

In the embodiment of the application, for each of K identifiers, one identifier indicates one contact, and K is an integer greater than 1.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, one identifier may specifically be one session window.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, for each identifier of the K identifiers, all messages of one contact are displayed in one identifier.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message reply device may display the K identifiers in a floating manner on the currently displayed interface of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message replying device may determine K contacts from the N contacts according to the first input parameter, and generate K identifiers according to the messages of the K contacts, so as to display the K identifiers.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the input parameter of the first input may include an input type and an input object.

For example, assuming that the input type of the first input is click input and the input object of the first input is a prompt window (for example, the first window in the following embodiments), the message replying device may determine N contacts as K contacts according to the click input of the user to the prompt window, and generate K identifiers according to the messages of the K contacts, so as to display the K identifiers.

It is understood that N ═ K.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when N ═ K, the message replying device may divide the M messages into Q message groups according to application names of applications corresponding to the M messages, where each message group includes all messages corresponding to one application, and thus the message replying device may generate K identifiers according to contacts of the messages included in the Q message groups, so as to display the K identifiers.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, for each message group in the Q message groups, the message replying device may generate at least one identifier according to a contact of a message included in one message group, and display the at least one identifier in a stacked form to generate K identifiers to display the K identifiers.

For example, the message reply device is taken as a mobile phone for explanation. As shown in fig. 2 (a), in the case of receiving M messages of N contacts (e.g., a message of contact 1, a message of contact 2, a message of contact 3, and a message of contact 4), the handset displays a prompt window (e.g., window 10) so that the user can make a first input to the window 10; as shown in (B) of fig. 2, after the user performs the first input, the mobile phone may divide M messages into Q message groups (e.g., message group 1 and message group 2) according to application names of applications corresponding to the M messages, where the message group 1 includes all messages (e.g., message of contact 1 and message of contact 2) corresponding to one application (e.g., application a), and the message group 2 includes all messages (e.g., message of contact 3 and message of contact 4) corresponding to one application (e.g., application B), so that the message reply apparatus may generate two identifiers (e.g., identifier 11 and identifier 12) according to contacts (i.e., contact 1 and contact 2) of the messages included in the message group 1, and display the identifier 11 and identifier 12 in a stacked manner, and then generate two identifiers according to contacts (i.e., contact 3 and contact 4) of the messages included in the message group 2, two logos (e.g., logo 13 and logo 14) are generated and the logo 13 and logo 14 are displayed in a stacked format.

It is to be understood that, for each message group in the Q message groups, the at least one identifier corresponding to one message group may include at least one hierarchy, and each hierarchy corresponds to one identifier, and the ranking order of the at least one hierarchy is determined based on the receiving time information of all messages corresponding to the at least one application.

For example, as shown in fig. 3, assuming that a message group corresponds to at least one identifier (e.g., identifier 19, identifier 20, identifier 21, and identifier 22), the receiving time information of the message of the contact indicated by identifier 19 differs from the current system time information by time information 1, the receiving time information of the message of the contact indicated by identifier 20 differs from the current system time information by time information 2, the receiving time information of the message of the contact indicated by identifier 21 differs from the current system time information by time information 3, the receiving time information of the message of the contact indicated by identifier 22 differs from the current system time information by time information 4, the time information 4 < time information 3 < time information 2 < time information 1, the message replying device may determine the identifier 22 as a first level in at least one level, the identifier 21 is determined as a second level of the at least one level, the identifier 20 is determined as a third level of the at least one level, and the identifier 19 is determined as a fourth level of the at least one level.

For another example, assuming that the input type of the first input is click input, and the input object of the first input is a display object (for example, a contact identifier in the following embodiment) in the prompt window, the message replying device may determine, according to the click input of the user to the display object, K contacts corresponding to the display object from the N contacts, and generate K identifiers according to messages of the K contacts, so as to display the K identifiers.

It can be understood that N.gtoreq.K.

For example, as shown in (a) in fig. 4, in a case where M messages (e.g., a message of contact 5 and a message of contact 6) of N contacts are received, the mobile phone displays a prompt window (e.g., window 23), where N display objects (e.g., a display object 24 and a display object 25) are included in the window 23, so that the user can make a first input to the display object 24; as shown in fig. 4 (B), after the user makes the first input, the mobile phone may determine K contacts (i.e., contact 5) corresponding to the display object 24 from the N contacts, and display K identifiers (e.g., identifier 26) according to the contact 5.

Step 103, the message reply device receives a second input of the user.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the second input may specifically be a click input of a user on a target identifier in the K identifiers.

And 104, responding to the second input by the message replying device, and sending a reply message to the message replying device of the target contact indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers.

In this embodiment of the present application, the target identifier is at least one identifier of K identifiers.

It is understood that the target identifier may be one identifier or a plurality of identifiers in the K identifiers.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the target identifier is a plurality of identifiers, the second input may specifically be a sliding input of the plurality of identifiers by the user, or a dragging input of the user for the plurality of identifiers.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message reply device may mark the target identifier in a preset marking manner, and send the reply message to the electronic device of the target contact indicated by the target identifier.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the preset marking manner may include any one of the following: a dotted frame marking mode, a highlight marking mode, a color marking mode, a gray marking mode, a preset transparency marking mode, a flashing marking mode and the like.

In this embodiment of the application, in a process that a user uses a certain application in a message reply device, if the message reply device receives M messages of N contacts, the user may perform a first input on the message reply device, so that the message reply device may suspend and display K identifiers on an interface of the certain application (that is, the message reply device does not switch the interface of the certain application to a notification bar), so that the user may perform a second input on a target identifier, so that the message reply device directly sends a reply message to a message reply device of a target contact indicated by the target identifier (that is, the message reply device does not switch the interface of the certain application to an interface of an application corresponding to the message), that is, the user may reply the message of the contact received by the message reply device while using the certain application.

In the message reply method provided in the embodiment of the present application, when the message reply device receives M messages of N contacts, the message reply device may display K identifiers (one identifier indicates one contact) corresponding to the N contacts according to a first input of a user, and send a reply message to the message reply device of the contact indicated by a target identifier (i.e., at least one identifier of the K identifiers) in the K identifiers according to a second input of the user. Under the condition that the message reply device receives the M messages, the message reply device can display all the identifications corresponding to all the contacts of the M messages according to the first input of the user, so that the user can input at least one identification corresponding to at least one contact in all the identifications, the message reply device can directly send the reply message to the message reply device of at least one contact, and the user does not need to switch back and forth between the notification bar and the interfaces of multiple applications corresponding to the chat messages, therefore, the operation of the user can be simplified, the time consumption is reduced, and the message reply efficiency of the message reply device is improved.

In the embodiment of the present application, the preset prompting manner includes a prompting window displaying manner, that is, in a case where a message of a contact is received, the message replying device may display a prompting window in which an application identifier of an application corresponding to the message is displayed, so that a user may quickly view the application identifier corresponding to the message.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the M messages are messages in X applications, and one application corresponds to at least one message in the M messages. Specifically, referring to fig. 1, as shown in fig. 5, before the step 101, the message reply method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include the following step 201.

Step 201, the message replying device displays a first window.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in the case that a message of any one of the contacts is received, the message replying device may display the first window.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first window displays application identifiers of X applications; or, the first window displays application identifiers of the X applications and contact identifiers of target contacts of the target message; the target message is: the message corresponding to the target application of X applications in the M messages; x is an integer greater than 1.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the application identifier of each application is an application icon of each application, and the contact identifier is a name of each contact.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message replying device may display the first window in a floating manner on the currently displayed interface.

For example, as shown in fig. 6, in the case of receiving M messages, the mobile phone displays a first window (for example, the window 27), the first window displays application identifiers (for example, the application identifier 28 and the application identifier 29) of X applications, the application identifier 28 is an application identifier of one application (for example, the application a) corresponding to M messages, and the application identifier 29 is an application identifier of another application (for example, the application b) corresponding to M messages.

Further optionally, in a possible implementation manner of the present application, the message replying device may detect M messages respectively to obtain application names of X applications corresponding to the M messages, so that the message replying device may generate application identifiers of the X applications according to the application names of the X applications, so as to display the application identifiers of the X applications in the first window, so as to display the first window.

Further optionally, in another possible implementation manner of the present application, the message replying device may detect M messages respectively, to obtain application names of X applications corresponding to the M messages and a contact name of a target contact of the target message, so that the message replying device may generate application identifiers of the X applications according to the application names of the X applications, and generate a contact identifier of the target contact according to the contact name of the target contact, to display the application identifiers of the X applications and the contact identifier of the target contact in the first window, so as to display the first window.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target message is determined based on the reception time information of the M messages.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message reply device may display the application identifiers of the X applications in the first window, and then display the application identifiers of the X applications and the contact identifier of the target contact in the first window according to an adjustment input of the user to the first window under the condition that the adjusted display size of the first window is greater than or equal to a preset threshold; alternatively, the message reply device may display the application identifications of the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact in the first window.

In the embodiment of the application, the message replying device can display the first window under the condition that the message is received, so that a user can confirm whether a message which the user wants to reply exists in the message received by the message replying device according to the application identifiers of the X applications (or the application identifiers of the X applications and the contact identifier of the target contact), the use experience of the user can be improved, and the use convenience of the message replying device can be improved.

As will be described below by way of example, the message reply apparatus displays application identifiers of X applications in the first window, and then displays application identifiers of X applications and contact identifiers of the target contacts in the first window.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the step 201 may be specifically implemented by the following steps 201a to 201 c.

Step 201a, the message replying device displays a first window in a target area of the display screen.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in the case that the message of any one of the contacts is received, the message replying device may display the first window in the target area of the display screen.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first window displays application identifiers of X applications.

In this embodiment, the target area is an area other than the side area of the display screen.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target area may specifically be a blank area in the display screen.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned "side area" can be understood as: and displaying the area within the preset range of any one edge line of the display screen. The above-mentioned "blank area" can be understood as: there are no areas of the display that show content.

Step 201b, the message replying device receives a third input used by the user to move the first window to the side area of the display screen.

It is to be understood that the third input may specifically be a drag input that the user would drag the first window to the side area of the display screen.

It should be noted that the above "drag input for dragging the first window to the side area of the display screen" may be understood as: the user makes a sliding input from the display area of the first window to the side area on the display screen, so that the message replying device can move the first window from the display position of the first window to the side area.

Step 201c, the message replying device responds to the third input, displays the first window in the side area, and adds the contact identification of the target contact in the moved first window.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message replying device may adjust a display size of the first window, display the first window in the side area according to the adjusted display size, and add the contact identifier of the target contact in the moved first window.

For example, the message replying device may adjust the display size of the first window to the display size of the side area, display the first window in the adjusted display size in the side area, and add the contact identifier of the target contact in the moved first window.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after the message replying device adds the contact identifier of the target contact in the moved first window, the message replying device may adjust the display position of the display content in the currently displayed interface according to the area position of the side area.

For example, assuming that the side area is an area within a preset range of a right edge line of the display screen, after the message replying device adds the contact identifier of the target contact in the moved first window, the message replying device may move the display content in the currently displayed interface to the left side according to the area position of the area within the preset range of the right edge line.

For example, as shown in fig. 7 (a), in a case that M messages are received, the mobile phone displays a first window (e.g., window 31) in a target area (e.g., area 30), where application identifiers (e.g., application identifier 32 and application identifier 33) of X applications are displayed in the window 31, where the application identifier 32 is an application identifier of one application (application a) corresponding to the M messages, the application identifier 33 is an application identifier of another application (application b) corresponding to the M messages, and the target application includes the application a and the application b, so that a third input can be made by the user; as shown in (B) of fig. 7, after the user makes a third input, the mobile phone may display the window 31 in the side area (e.g., the area 34), add the contact identifiers (e.g., the contact identifier 35, the contact identifier 36, and the contact identifier 37) of the target contact in the moved window 31, and move the displayed content (e.g., the content 38) in the currently displayed interface to the left side according to the area position of the area 34.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after the message replying device adds the contact identifier of the target contact in the moved first window, the message replying device may display an adjustment control, so that the user may input the adjustment control, so that the message replying device may move the first window to another side area of the display screen except the side area.

In the embodiment of the application, if a user wants to display application identifiers of X applications and a contact identifier of a target contact of a target message in a first window, a drag input may be performed on a message reply device, so that the message reply device may move the first window to a side area of a display screen, and add the contact identifier of the target contact of the target message in the first window.

In the embodiment of the application, because the message replying device can display the first window in the target area when receiving the message, and add the contact identifier of the target contact in the first window according to the third input used by the user to move the first window, the user can confirm whether the message that the user wants to reply exists in the message received by the message replying device according to the contact identifier of the target contact (and/or the application identifier of the X applications), so that the use experience of the user can be improved, and the use convenience of the message replying device can be improved.

It will be illustrated below how the first window displays the application identifications of the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact of the target message.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the step 201 may be specifically implemented by the following steps 201d and 201 e.

Step 201d, the message replying device divides the first window into Y first display areas according to the application number X.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in the case that a message of any one contact is received, the message replying device may divide the first window into Y first display areas according to the application number X.

In the embodiment of the application, Y is an integer greater than 1; x is more than or equal to Y.

Step 201e, the message replying device displays the application identifications of the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact on the Y first display areas.

In the embodiment of the present application, any one of the first display regions displays: the application identifier of at least one of the X applications, or the contact identifier of the contact of the message corresponding to the application identifier of at least one of the X applications and at least one of the applications.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when X ═ Y, any one of the first display regions displays: an application identifier of at least one application of the X applications and a contact identifier of a contact of a message corresponding to the at least one application.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in a case that X > Y, the Y first display regions include: the message display device comprises at least one second display area and at least one third display area, wherein an application identifier of at least one application in the X applications and a contact identifier of a contact of a message corresponding to the at least one application are respectively displayed in each second display area, and an application identifier of at least one application in the X applications is respectively displayed in each third display area.

For example, as shown in fig. 8, in a case that M messages are received, the mobile phone may divide the first window into 4 first display areas according to the number of applications (e.g., 6) corresponding to the M messages, where the 4 first display areas include at least one second display area (e.g., an area 39, an area 40, and an area 41) and at least one third display area (e.g., a display area 42), an application identifier of at least one application (e.g., application a) of the X applications and contact identifiers (e.g., a contact identifier 43, a contact identifier 44, and a contact identifier 45) of contacts of a message corresponding to the application a are displayed in the area 39, an application identifier of at least one application (e.g., application b) of the X applications and contact identifiers (e.g., a contact identifier 46 and a contact identifier 47) of contacts of a message corresponding to the application b are displayed in the area 40, an application identifier of at least one application (e.g., application c) of the X applications and a contact identifier (e.g., contact identifier 48) of a contact of the message corresponding to the application c are displayed in the area 41, and: an application identification of at least one application (e.g., application d, application e, and application f) of the X applications.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message replying device may display, on the Y first display areas, the application identifiers of the X applications and the contact identifier of the target contact according to the receiving time information of all messages corresponding to each application.

In this embodiment of the application, because the message reply device may divide the first window into Y first display areas, and display the application identifier of at least one application of the X applications on the Y first display areas, or display the application identifier of at least one application of the X applications and the contact identifier of a contact of a message corresponding to at least one application, the user may quickly confirm whether a message that the user wants to reply exists in the message received by the message reply device according to the application identifier of at least one application (and/or the contact identifier of a contact of a message corresponding to at least one application), which may reduce time consumption for the user to search for a message that the user wants to reply, and thus may improve message reply efficiency of the message reply device.

The following will explain how the message reply apparatus displays the application identifications of the X applications and the contact identifications of the target contacts on the Y first display areas, taking the case where X > Y as an example.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, X is greater than Y. Specifically, after the step 201e, the message reply method according to the embodiment of the present application may further include the following steps 301 to 303.

Step 301, the message replying device displays the first content on Y-1 of the Y first display areas, and displays the second content on the remaining first display areas.

In the embodiment of the application, the target application is Y-1 applications; the first content includes: the application identification of Y-1 applications in the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact; the second content includes: application identification of applications other than Y-1 applications from among the X applications.

It can be understood that the first window displays application identifiers of X applications and a contact identifier of a target contact of a target message, where the target message is: and the target application (namely Y-1 applications) of the X applications in the M messages corresponds to the message. The Y-1 first display regions may be: at least one second display region, where the remaining first display regions (i.e. the Y first display regions except for the Y-1 first display regions) may be: at least one third display area.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message replying device may determine Y-1 applications (i.e., target applications) from among the X applications according to the receiving time information of all messages corresponding to each application, and display the application identifiers of the Y-1 applications and the contact identifier of the target contact on the Y-1 first display areas, and display the application identifiers of applications other than the Y-1 applications in the X applications on the remaining first display areas.

Illustratively, suppose that X applications include an application 1, an application 2, an application 3, an application 4, and an application 5, Y first display areas include a display area 1, a display area 2, and a display area 3, the reception time information of the message corresponding to the application 1 is different from the current system time information by time information 5, the reception time information of the message corresponding to the application 2 is different from the current system time information by time information 6, the reception time information of the message corresponding to the application 3 is different from the current system time information by time information 7, the reception time information of the message corresponding to the application 4 is different from the current system time information by time information 8, the reception time information of the message corresponding to the application 5 is different from the current system time information by time information 9, and time information 5 < time information 6 < time information 7 < time information 8 < time information 9, the message replying device may determine 2 applications, that is, the application 1 and the application 2, from the 5 applications (that is, the application 1, the application 2, the application 3, the application 4, and the application 5) according to the receiving time information of all messages corresponding to each application, so as to display the application identifier of the application 1 and the contact identifier of the contact of the message corresponding to the application 1 on the display area 1, display the application identifier of the application 2 and the contact identifier of the contact of the message corresponding to the application 2 on the display area 2, and display the application identifier of the application 3, the application identifier of the application 4, and the application identifier of the application 5 on the display area 3.

It is understood that the message replying device may display the application identifier of the application corresponding to the most recently received message and the contact identifier of the contact of the message on Y-1 first display areas, and display the application identifier of the application corresponding to the message that is not viewed by the user for a long time on the remaining first display areas.

Step 302, the message reply apparatus receives a fourth input of the user on the remaining first display area.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the fourth input may specifically be a sliding input of the user on the remaining first display area; alternatively, a user click input to the remaining first display region may be made.

Step 303, the message replying device responds to the fourth input, and updates and displays the first content.

In the embodiment of the present application, updating the displayed first content includes: the application identifications of other applications, and the contact identifications of the contacts of the M messages to which the other applications correspond.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message replying device may determine Y-1 applications from the other applications according to the receiving time information of all messages corresponding to each application in the other applications, and display the application identifiers of the Y-1 applications and the contact identifier of the target contact on the Y-1 first display areas, and display the application identifiers of the other applications except the Y-1 applications in the other applications on the remaining first display areas.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after the message reply device updates and displays the first content, the message reply device may update and display the second content.

For example, referring to fig. 8, as shown in (a) of fig. 9, the mobile phone displays first content (e.g., content 49) on Y-1 first display regions (i.e., at least one second display region (i.e., region 39, region 40, and region 41)) among Y first display regions (i.e., at least one second display region (i.e., region 39, region 40, and region 41)) and at least one third display region (i.e., region 42), and displays second content (e.g., content 50) on the remaining first display regions (i.e., at least one third display region (i.e., region 42)), so that the user can perform a fourth input on region 42; as shown in fig. 9 (B), after the user makes the fourth input, the cellular phone may update the display content 49 and display the first content (e.g., content 51) of the updated display, and update the display content 50 and display the second content (e.g., content 52) of the updated display.

In this embodiment of the application, if there is no message that the user wants to reply in the Y-1 first display areas, the user may perform a fourth input on the remaining first display areas, so that the message replying device may update and display the first content, and thus the user may continue to search, in the updated and displayed first content, whether there is a message that the user wants to reply in the message received by the message replying device.

In the embodiment of the application, the message replying device can display the first content on the Y-1 first display areas, display the second content on the remaining first display areas, and update and display the first content according to the fourth input of the user, so that the user can quickly confirm whether the message which the user wants to reply exists in the messages received by the message replying device, the time consumption for the user to search the message which the user wants to reply can be shortened, and the message replying efficiency of the message replying device can be improved.

In the following, an example will be described in which the target identifier includes multiple identifiers, and how the message reply device sends a reply message to the message reply device of the contact indicated by the multiple identifiers at the same time.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, as shown in fig. 10 with reference to fig. 1, the step 102 may be specifically implemented by a step 102a described below, the step 103 may be specifically implemented by a step 103a described below, and the step 104 may be specifically implemented by a step 104a described below.

Step 102a, the message replying device displays K identifications and character input boxes.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, after the message replying device displays the K identifiers and the text input box, the user may perform text input in the text input box, so that the user may perform drag input on the text input box.

Step 103a, under the condition that the user inputs the message content in the character input box, the message replying device receives the dragging input of the user to the character input box.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target identifiers are: among the K identifiers, the dragging track of the dragging input passes through the identifier.

It should be noted that the above "identifier through which the dragging track of the dragging input passes" may be understood as: and in the process of dragging and inputting the text input box by the user, the text input box passes through the mark.

In this embodiment of the application, if the user wants to reply to the same message content for multiple identifiers of the K identifiers, the user may input the message content in the text input box and drag the text input box, so that the text input box passes through the multiple identifiers, and the message reply device may send a reply message containing the message content to the message reply device of the contact indicated by the multiple identifiers.

And 104a, responding to the dragging input by the message replying device, and sending a reply message to the message replying device of the target contact indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can drag and input the character input box under the condition that the character input box inputs the message content, so that the message reply device can send the reply message containing the message content to the message reply device of the contact indicated by the identifier passing through the dragging track, namely, the user can input the message content once, and then the reply message containing the message content can be sent to the message reply devices of a plurality of contacts without inputting the message content one by the user, therefore, the message reply efficiency of the message reply device can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the K identifiers are K session windows. Specifically, referring to fig. 1, as shown in fig. 11, after the step 104, the message reply method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include the following step 401.

Step 401, the message replying device adds the message content of the reply message in the target session window of the K session windows.

Further optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the message replying device may adjust a display size of the target conversation window, and add the message content of the reply message in the adjusted target conversation window.

For example, in conjunction with fig. 4, as shown in fig. 12, after the cell phone sends the reply message to the message reply device of the target contact indicated by the target conversation window (e.g., identifier 26), the cell phone may add the message content (e.g., content 53) of the reply message in the target conversation window (i.e., identifier 26).

In the embodiment of the application, the message content of the reply message can be added in the target session window by the message reply device, so that a user can check the message and the reply message of the contact indicated by the target session window in the target session window without switching the currently displayed interface to other interfaces, the operation of the user can be simplified, and the use convenience of the message reply device can be improved.

It should be noted that, in the message reply method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be a message reply device, or a control module in the message reply device for executing the message reply method. In the embodiment of the present application, a message reply method executed by a message reply device is taken as an example, and a device of the message reply method provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Fig. 13 shows a schematic diagram of a possible structure of the message reply device involved in the embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 13, the message reply device 60 may include: a receiving module 61, a display module 62 and a transmitting module 63.

The receiving module 61 is configured to receive a first input of a user when M messages of N contacts are received; one contact corresponds to at least one message M, N being an integer greater than 1. A display module 62, configured to display K identifiers in response to the first input received by the receiving module 61, where one identifier indicates one contact, and K is an integer greater than 1. The receiving module 61 is further configured to receive a second input from the user. A sending module 63, configured to send, in response to the second input received by the receiving module 61, a reply message to a message reply device of the target contact indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers; and the target identifier is at least one identifier in the K identifiers.

In a possible implementation manner, the M messages are messages in X applications, and one application corresponds to at least one message in the M messages. The display module 62 is further configured to display the first window. The first window displays application identifications of X applications; or the first window displays application identifications of the X applications and contact identification of a target contact of the target message; the target message is: the message corresponding to the target application of X applications in the M messages; x is an integer greater than 1.

In a possible implementation manner, the display module 62 is specifically configured to display a first window in a target area of a display screen, where the first window displays application identifiers of X applications. The receiving module 61 is further configured to receive a third input, which is used by the user to move the first window to the side area of the display screen. The display module 62 is specifically configured to display the first window in the side area in response to the third input received by the receiving module 61. The message reply device 60 provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and adding a module. And the adding module is used for adding the contact person identification of the target contact person in the moved first window. The target area is other areas except the side area of the display screen.

In a possible implementation manner, the message reply device 60 provided in this embodiment of the present application may further include: and dividing the modules. The dividing module is used for dividing the first window into Y first display areas according to the application number X, and Y is an integer larger than 1. The display module 62 is specifically configured to display the application identifiers of the X applications and the contact identifier of the target contact on the Y first display areas divided by the dividing module. Wherein, any one first display area displays: the application identifier of at least one of the X applications, or the contact identifier of the contact of the message corresponding to the application identifier of at least one of the X applications and at least one of the applications.

In one possible implementation, X is greater than Y. The display module 62 is further configured to display the first content on Y-1 of the Y first display areas, and display the second content on the remaining first display areas. The receiving module 61 is further configured to receive a fourth input from the user on the remaining first display area. The message reply device 60 provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and updating the module. Wherein, the updating module is configured to update and display the first content in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module 61. Wherein the target application is Y-1 applications; the first content includes: the application identification of Y-1 applications in the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact; the second content includes: the application identifiers of the applications except the Y-1 applications in the X applications; updating the displayed first content includes: the application identifications of other applications, and the contact identifications of the contacts of the M messages to which the other applications correspond.

In a possible implementation manner, the display module 62 is specifically configured to display K identifiers and text input boxes. The receiving module 61 is specifically configured to receive a drag input of the user to the text input box when the user inputs a message content in the text input box displayed by the display module 62. Wherein the target identification is: among the K identifiers, the dragging track of the dragging input passes through the identifier.

In one possible implementation, the K identifiers are K session windows. The message reply device 60 provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and adding a module. The adding module is used for adding the message content of the reply message in a target conversation window of the K conversation windows.

According to the message reply device provided by the embodiment of the application, under the condition that the message reply device receives M messages, the message reply device can display all the identifications corresponding to all the contacts of the M messages according to the first input of the user, so that the user can input at least one identification corresponding to at least one contact in all the identifications, the message reply device can directly send the reply message to the message reply device of at least one contact, and the user does not need to switch back and forth between the notification bar and the interfaces of multiple applications corresponding to the chat message, therefore, the operation of the user can be simplified, the time consumption is reduced, and the message reply efficiency of the message reply device is improved.

The message reply device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in the terminal. The device can be mobile electronic equipment or non-mobile electronic equipment. By way of 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 server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.

The message reply device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system (Android), an iOS operating system, or other possible operating systems, which is not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The message reply device provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments of fig. 1 to fig. 12, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 14, an electronic device 70 is further provided in this embodiment of the present application, and includes a processor 72, a memory 71, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory 71 and executable on the processor 72, where the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 72 to implement each process of the foregoing message reply method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that the electronic device in the embodiment of the present application includes the mobile electronic device and the non-mobile electronic device described above.

Fig. 15 is a schematic hardware structure diagram of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 100 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 101, a network module 102, an audio output unit 103, an input unit 104, a sensor 105, a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, and a processor 110.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 100 may further comprise a power source (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 15 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and thus, the description is omitted here.

The user input unit 107 is used for receiving a first input of a user when M messages of N contacts are received; one contact corresponds to at least one message M, N being an integer greater than 1.

And the display unit 106 is used for responding to the first input and displaying K identifications, wherein one identification indicates one contact, and K is an integer larger than 1.

The user input unit 107 is further configured to receive a second input from the user.

And the radio frequency unit 101 is configured to send, in response to the second input, a reply message to the electronic device of the target contact indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers.

And the target identifier is at least one identifier in the K identifiers.

According to the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the application, under the condition that the electronic device receives M messages, the electronic device can display all the identifications corresponding to all the contacts of the M messages according to the first input of the user, so that the user can input at least one identification corresponding to at least one contact in all the identifications, the electronic device can directly send the reply message to the electronic device of at least one contact, and the user does not need to switch back and forth between the notification bar and the interfaces of multiple applications corresponding to the chat message, therefore, the operation of the user can be simplified, the time consumption is reduced, and the efficiency of the electronic device for replying the message is improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the M messages are messages in X applications, and one application corresponds to at least one message in the M messages.

The display unit 106 is further configured to display the first window.

The first window displays application identifications of X applications; or the first window displays application identifications of the X applications and contact identification of a target contact of the target message; the target message is: the message corresponding to the target application of X applications in the M messages; x is an integer greater than 1.

In the embodiment of the application, the first window can be displayed when the electronic device receives the message, so that the user can confirm whether the message that the user wants to reply exists in the message received by the electronic device according to the application identifiers of the X applications (or the application identifiers of the X applications and the contact identifier of the target contact), and therefore the use experience of the user can be improved, and the use convenience of the electronic device can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the display unit 106 is specifically configured to display a first window in a target area of the display screen, where the first window displays application identifiers of X applications.

The user input unit 107 is specifically configured to receive a third input from the user for moving the first window to the side area of the display screen.

The display unit 106 is specifically configured to, in response to the third input, display a first window in the side area, and add the contact identifier of the target contact in the moved first window.

The target area is other areas except the side area of the display screen.

In the embodiment of the application, because the electronic device can display the first window in the target area when receiving the message, and add the contact identifier of the target contact in the first window according to the third input used by the user to move the first window, the user can confirm whether the message that the user wants to reply exists in the message received by the electronic device according to the contact identifier of the target contact (and/or the application identifier of the X applications), so that the use experience of the user can be improved, and the use convenience of the electronic device can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the processor 110 is configured to divide the first window into Y first display areas according to the application number X, where Y is an integer greater than 1.

The display unit 106 is further configured to display the application identifiers of the X applications and the contact identifier of the target contact on the Y first display areas.

Wherein, any one first display area displays: the application identifier of at least one of the X applications, or the contact identifier of the contact of the message corresponding to the application identifier of at least one of the X applications and at least one of the applications.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic device may divide the first window into Y first display areas, and display the application identifier of at least one application of the X applications on the Y first display areas, or display the application identifier of at least one application of the X applications and the contact identifier of a contact of a message corresponding to at least one application, so that a user may quickly confirm whether a message that the user wants to reply exists in a message received by the electronic device according to the application identifier of at least one application (and/or the contact identifier of a contact of a message corresponding to at least one application), which may reduce time consumption for the user to search for a message that the user wants to reply, and thus may improve message reply efficiency of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, X is greater than Y.

The display unit 106 is further configured to display the first content on Y-1 of the Y first display areas, and display the second content on the remaining first display areas.

The user input unit 107 is further configured to receive a fourth input from the user on the remaining first display area.

The processor 110 is further configured to update the display of the first content in response to a fourth input.

Wherein the target application is Y-1 applications; the first content includes: the application identification of Y-1 applications in the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact; the second content includes: the application identifiers of the applications except the Y-1 applications in the X applications; updating the displayed first content includes: the application identifications of other applications, and the contact identifications of the contacts of the M messages to which the other applications correspond.

In the embodiment of the application, the electronic device may first display the first content on Y-1 first display areas, display the second content on the remaining first display areas, and update and display the first content according to the fourth input of the user, so that the user may quickly confirm whether the message that the user wants to reply exists in the messages received by the electronic device, which may shorten the time consumed by the user to search for the message that the user wants to reply, and thus may improve the message reply efficiency of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the display unit 106 is specifically configured to display the K identifiers and the text input boxes.

The user input unit 107 is specifically configured to receive a drag input of the text input box by the user in a case where the user inputs the message content in the text input box.

Wherein the target identification is: among the K identifiers, the dragging track of the dragging input passes through the identifier.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can drag and input the character input box under the condition that the character input box inputs the message content, so that the electronic equipment can send the reply message containing the message content to the electronic equipment of the contact indicated by the identifier passing through the dragging track, namely, the user can input the message content once, and then the reply message containing the message content can be sent to the electronic equipment of a plurality of contacts without inputting the message content one by the user, therefore, the message reply efficiency of the electronic equipment can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the K identifiers are K session windows.

The processor 110 is further configured to add the message content of the reply message in a target conversation window of the K conversation windows.

In the embodiment of the application, because the electronic device can add the message content of the reply message in the target conversation window, the user can check the message and the reply message of the contact indicated by the target conversation window in the target conversation window without switching the currently displayed interface to other interfaces, the operation of the user can be simplified, and thus, the use convenience of the electronic device can be improved.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the Graphics Processing Unit 1041 processes image data of a still picture or a video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 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 described in detail herein. The memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data including, but not limited to, application programs and an operating system. The processor 110 may integrate an application processor, which primarily handles operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc., and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or the instruction is executed by a processor, the process of the message reply method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, such as a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction to implement each process of the above message reply method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and the details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

It should be understood that the chips mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as system-on-chip, system-on-chip or system-on-chip, etc.

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. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

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 application may be embodied in the form of a software product, which is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device) to execute the method according to the embodiments of the present application.

While the present embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments described above, which are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive, and that various changes may be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A method for replying to a message, the method comprising:

receiving a first input of a user in case of receiving M messages of N contacts; a contact corresponds to at least one message, M, N being an integer greater than 1;

in response to the first input, displaying K identifiers, one identifier indicating one contact, K being an integer greater than 1;

receiving a second input of the user;

responding to the second input, and sending a reply message to the electronic equipment of the target contact person indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers;

wherein the target identifier is at least one identifier of the K identifiers.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the M messages are messages in X applications, and wherein an application corresponds to at least one of the M messages;

prior to the receiving the first input, the method further comprises:

displaying a first window;

wherein the first window displays application identifications of the X applications; or the first window displays the application identifications of the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact of the target message;

the target message is: a message corresponding to a target application of the X applications in the M messages; x is an integer greater than 1.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the first window comprises:

displaying a first window in a target area of a display screen, wherein the first window displays application identifications of the X applications;

receiving a third input from a user for moving the first window to a side region of the display screen;

responding to the third input, displaying the first window in the side area, and adding the contact identification of the target contact in the moved first window;

the target area is other areas except the side area of the display screen.

4. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein displaying the first window comprises:

dividing the first window into Y first display areas according to the application number X, wherein Y is an integer larger than 1;

displaying the application identifications of the X applications and the contact person identification of the target contact person on the Y first display areas;

wherein, any one first display area displays: and the application identifier of at least one application in the X applications, or the application identifier of at least one application in the X applications and the contact identifier of the contact of the message corresponding to the at least one application.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein in the case that X is greater than Y, after displaying the application identifications of the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact on the Y first display areas, the method further comprises:

displaying first content on Y-1 first display regions among the Y first display regions, and displaying second content on the remaining first display regions;

receiving a fourth input of the user on the remaining first display area;

updating to display the second content in response to the fourth input;

wherein the target application is the Y-1 applications;

the first content includes: the application identifications of Y-1 applications in the X applications and the contact identification of the target contact;

the second content includes: the application identifications of the applications other than the Y-1 applications in the X applications;

updating the displayed second content comprises: the application identifiers of the other applications, and the contact identifiers of the contacts of the messages corresponding to the other applications in the M messages.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the K identifiers comprises:

displaying the K identifications and the character input boxes;

the receiving of the second input of the user comprises:

receiving dragging input of a user to the text input box under the condition that the user inputs message content in the text input box;

wherein the target identification is: and in the K identifications, the dragging track of the dragging input passes through the identification.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the K identifiers are K session windows;

after the reply message is sent to the electronic device of the target contact indicated by the target identifier in the K identifiers, the method further includes:

and adding the message content of the reply message in a target session window of the K session windows.

8. A message reply device, characterized in that the message reply device comprises: the device comprises a receiving module, a display module and a sending module;

the receiving module is used for receiving a first input of a user under the condition that M messages of N contacts are received; a contact corresponds to at least one message, M, N being an integer greater than 1;

the display module is used for responding to the first input received by the receiving module and displaying K identifications, wherein one identification indicates one contact, and K is an integer greater than 1;

the receiving module is further used for receiving a second input of the user;

the sending module is used for responding to the second input received by the receiving module and sending a reply message to a message reply device of a target contact indicated by a target identifier in the K identifiers;

wherein the target identifier is at least one identifier of the K identifiers.

9. The message reply device of claim 8, wherein the M messages are messages of X applications, one application corresponding to at least one of the M messages;

the display module is also used for displaying a first window;

10. The message reply device according to claim 9, wherein the display module is specifically configured to display a first window in a target area of a display screen, where the first window displays the application identifiers of the X applications;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a third input used by a user to move the first window to a side area of the display screen;

the display module is specifically configured to display the first window in the side area in response to the third input received by the receiving module;

the message reply device further comprises: adding a module;

the adding module is used for adding the contact person identification of the target contact person in the moved first window;

the target area is other areas except the side area of the display screen.

11. The message reply device according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the message reply device further comprises: a dividing module;

the dividing module is used for dividing the first window into Y first display areas according to the application number X, wherein Y is an integer larger than 1;

the display module is specifically configured to display the application identifiers of the X applications and the contact identifier of the target contact on the Y first display areas divided by the dividing module;

12. The message reply device of claim 11, wherein X is greater than Y;

the display module is further configured to display first content on Y-1 of the Y first display areas, and display second content on the remaining first display areas;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth input of the user on the remaining first display area;

the message reply device further comprises: an update module;

the updating module is used for responding to the fourth input received by the receiving module and updating and displaying the second content;

wherein the target application is the Y-1 applications;

13. The message reply device according to claim 8, wherein the display module is specifically configured to display the K identifiers and the text input box;

the receiving module is specifically configured to receive a dragging input of the user to the text input box when the user inputs a message content in the text input box displayed by the display module;

14. The message reply device of claim 8, wherein the K identifiers are N conversation windows;

the message reply device further comprises: adding a module;

and the adding module is used for adding the message content of the reply message in a target session window of the K session windows.

15. An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions when executed by the processor implementing the steps of the message reply method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

16. A readable storage medium, on which a program or instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implement the steps of the message reply method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.