CN112748972B

CN112748972B - Multi-task interface management method and electronic equipment

Info

Publication number: CN112748972B
Application number: CN201911056392.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐小龙; 董程凤; 勾军委
Original assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-10-31
Filing date: 2019-10-31
Publication date: 2023-08-22
Anticipated expiration: 2039-10-31
Also published as: CN112748972A; WO2021082739A1

Abstract

The application provides a multi-task interface management method and electronic equipment, relates to the technical field of terminals, can be used for an artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence, AI) terminal, can realize quick switching of application programs, and simplifies user operation. The method comprises the following steps: the display interface of the electronic equipment is provided with a task area; in response to a preset operation, the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more application programs; wherein the one or more applications include an application currently being run by the electronic device; the preset operation comprises the following steps: unlocking operation, switching to desktop operation or clicking operation of a task area starting button; and the electronic equipment displays icons of the one or more application programs in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the one or more application programs.

Description

Multi-task interface management method and electronic equipment

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of terminal technologies, and in particular, to a method for managing a multitasking interface and an electronic device.

Background

With the development of electronic technology, electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablet computers, vehicle-mounted terminals (which may be also referred to as car phones) have increasingly powerful functions, and the number of applications installed in the electronic devices has increased. Users need to often switch between different applications to use different services and functions provided by the different applications.

Currently, a multi-task interface is set in an electronic device to implement switching among a plurality of application programs. Cards corresponding to a plurality of started application programs (tasks) of the electronic equipment are displayed in a stacking, stacking or side-by-side arrangement mode in the multi-task interface. Wherein the card interface in the multi-tasking interface corresponds to an interface when the user exits the application. And the user clicks the card on the multi-task interface, and the foreground runs the application program corresponding to the card. For example, as shown in fig. 1, cards corresponding to a plurality of application programs are arranged on a display screen of an electronic device in a side-by-side display mode in a laterally and uniformly distributed manner. Because the electronic device is limited by the size of the display screen, only one card corresponding to an application program can be displayed completely in fig. 1, and only partial contents can be displayed on the cards corresponding to the rest application programs. Therefore, when the number of applications started and run is excessive, the user can only search for the application to be started by sliding left and right on the display screen, which is time-consuming and affects the user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

The application provides a multi-task interface management method and electronic equipment, which can realize rapid switching of application programs, simplify user operation and improve user experience.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the application adopts the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, the present application provides a method for managing a multitasking interface, applied to an electronic device, where a task area is provided on a display interface of the electronic device, the method includes: in response to a preset operation, the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more application programs; wherein the one or more applications include an application currently being run by the electronic device; the preset operation comprises the following steps: unlocking operation, switching to desktop operation or clicking operation of a task area starting button; and the electronic equipment displays icons of the one or more application programs in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the one or more application programs.

Thus, if the electronic device is running one or more application programs and detects the unlocking operation of the user, the priority order of the application programs can be judged according to the predicted possibility that the user starts the running application programs, and icons of the one or more application programs can be displayed in the task area according to the priority order. Furthermore, the user can quickly lock the application program to be started in the task area, and can directly drive the electronic device to execute corresponding actions, such as starting the corresponding application program, through the operation on the icon displayed in the task area.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device determines one or more priority orders, including: the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more applications based on application data, the application data comprising one or more of: the method comprises the steps of starting time of an application program, starting place of the application program, starting frequency of the application program and using duration of the application program.

In this way, the electronic device obtains the possibility that the user starts one or more application programs based on the application program data, and displays the application program icons in the task area in an arrangement manner according to the possibility that the user starts one or more application programs, i.e., the priority order. The application program data comprises user use data related to the user, and the application program recommended according to the user use habit can meet the user requirement.

Illustratively, the user will use the payment device to pay for breakfast at 8 a.m. each day. Then, when the user unlocks the mobile phone at 8 a.m., the electronic device predicts that the user may start the payment apparatus at this time, the payment apparatus is determined to be the application program with the highest priority, and the application program is displayed at the display position in the task area, which is most easily operated by the user, so that the user can quickly lock and start the payment apparatus without searching.

In one possible implementation manner, the electronic device displays, according to a priority order of one or more application programs, icons of the one or more application programs in a task area according to a preset rule, including: the electronic device displays one or more application icons according to the priority order of the display positions in the task area according to the priority order of the one or more applications.

In one possible implementation, the task area is a rectangular area displayed below or above the display interface, and the priority order of the display positions in the task area includes: the central display position of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority order of the display positions arranged on the two sides is reduced; or the leftmost display position of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority order of the display positions arranged right is reduced; or the display position on the rightmost side of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the display positions arranged leftwards are reduced in priority order.

Therefore, the priority order of each display position in the task area can be determined according to the use habit of the user, the priority of the application program is matched with the priority of the position in the task area, and the user can conveniently and quickly start the application program. For example, the user can quickly lock the central position of the task area, and then the central display position of the task area is determined to be the display position with the highest priority, and the priority order is reduced along the two sides. For example, if the electronic device has a large display screen, and the user cannot conveniently click the far position by one hand, the display position on the left side or the right side of the task area is determined to be the display position with the highest priority, so that the user can conveniently operate the electronic device.

In one possible implementation, in response to a preset operation, the electronic device determines a priority order of one or more applications, including: the method comprises the steps that (1) the electronic equipment detects unlocking operation of a user for the (i+1) th time, and a first application program is determined to be an application program with the highest priority; the first application program is an application program which is started by a user and is not displayed in a task area after the electronic equipment is unlocked for the ith time.

In one possible implementation manner, if the number of the first application programs is multiple and the first application programs include one or more second application programs, the one or more second application programs are application programs newly downloaded by the user, the i+1st time of the electronic device detects the unlocking operation of the user, and the one or more second application programs are determined to be application programs with highest priority in the first application programs; the electronic device determines the priority order of the one or more second application programs according to the downloading time sequence of the one or more second application programs. .

Therefore, the application program which is newly started after the user unlocks the application program can be the application program which the user wants to use after the user unlocks the application program next time, and therefore the application program icon can be placed at the display position with higher priority of the task area, and the user can start the application program conveniently. Or, the user newly downloads the started application program after unlocking the user, and the next time the user starts the application program is more likely to be arranged at a display position with higher priority in the task area.

In one possible implementation manner, when the electronic device detects that the user starts a first application program, the first application program is an application program which is started by the user and is not displayed in the task area, and when the electronic device detects that the user switches the first application program to the desktop, the priority order is matched according to the switching order of the first application program, and the priority of the first application program is lower than the priority of one or more application programs; wherein the number of first applications is one or more.

Therefore, after the user starts the application program included in the non-task area and switches to the desktop, the icon of the application program can be displayed in the task area, so that the user can be ensured to subsequently want to start the application program, and the icon locked in the task area can be used without searching and finding in a plurality of application programs on the desktop.

In one possible implementation manner, the electronic device detects that the user starts the third application program, and displays an icon of the application program with higher association degree in the task area at a display position with higher priority according to the association degree with the third application program in the one or more application programs; the second application program is an application program contained in the electronic equipment.

Therefore, the associated recommendation can be carried out, and the user operation is facilitated. The user has the habit of repairing the picture after photographing, and when the user starts the camera and switches to the desktop, the electronic device can arrange the icon of the picture repairing application program at the display position with higher priority in the task area, so that the user can conveniently and quickly lock the picture repairing application program, and the user experience is improved.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device runs the target application in the foreground in response to a single click operation on an icon of the target application. In response to a long press and slide operation of the icon of the target application, the electronic device deletes the icon of the target application in the task area.

Thus, the electronic equipment detects various operations of the user on the icons of the application programs displayed in the task area, executes various preset actions and meets the requirements of the user. For example, when the electronic device detects that the user clicks an icon, an application corresponding to the icon is started. For another example, when the electronic device detects that the user presses and slides up a certain icon for a long time, the icon is deleted.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device displays an icon of an application in the hidden area in response to a sliding operation in the task area.

In this way, the task area includes a display area and a hidden area, and the size of the display area is limited by the size of the display screen of the electronic device, so that the icons of the application programs included in the hidden area can be displayed through sliding operation, and further, more application program icons can be included in the task area.

In one possible implementation, the electronic device enlarges or reduces the task area in response to a two-finger pinch or two-finger stretch operation in the task area.

Therefore, after the task area is enlarged or reduced, the application icons displayed in the task area are enlarged or reduced, so that the use habit of a user is more satisfied. If the user is the elderly, the larger icon enables the user to view more clearly.

In one possible implementation manner, if the electronic device does not detect the screen locking operation of the user, the icons displayed in the task area are refreshed according to the priority order of the one or more currently running application programs according to a preset period.

Therefore, the electronic equipment detects the unlocking operation of the user, detects the operation of starting the application program contained in the non-task area by the user, detects the operation of switching to the desktop by the user, refreshes the display content of the task area, and refreshes the display content of the task area according to a preset period if the user does not unlock the screen for a long time, so that the display icon of the current task area can meet the user requirement.

In one possible implementation manner, a display interface of the electronic device is provided with a task area start button, and the method includes: and responding to the operation of clicking a task area starting button by a user, and displaying the task area by the electronic equipment.

Therefore, the task area can be continuously displayed at a fixed position of the display interface of the electronic equipment, or a task area starting button can be arranged on the display interface of the electronic equipment, and if the user needs to switch the application program, the task area is started by operating the task area starting button. And when the electronic equipment detects that the user operates the task area starting button, the priority order of the currently running application program can be obtained, so that the requirement of the user for quickly starting the application program at present can be met.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an electronic device, where the electronic device may be an apparatus for implementing the method of the first aspect. The electronic device may include: one or more processors; a memory in which instructions are stored; the touch screen is used for detecting touch operation and displaying a task area; the instructions, if executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the method of multitasking interface management of the first aspect.

In a third aspect, the present application provides an electronic device having a function of implementing the method for managing a multi-tasking interface of any of the first aspects. The functions can be realized by hardware, and can also be realized by executing corresponding software by hardware. The hardware or software includes one or more modules corresponding to the functions described above.

In a fourth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer readable storage medium comprising computer instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform a method as described in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations.

In a fifth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product which, when run on a computer, causes the computer to perform the method as described in the first aspect and any one of the possible implementations.

In a sixth aspect, there is provided circuitry comprising processing circuitry configured to perform the method of multitasking interface management of any of the first aspects described above.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip system, including at least one processor and at least one interface circuit, where the at least one interface circuit is configured to perform a transceiving function and send an instruction to the at least one processor, and when the at least one processor executes the instruction, the at least one processor performs a method for managing a multi-tasking interface as in the first aspect and any possible implementation thereof.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art multi-tasking interface provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a configuration block diagram of a programming module provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a method for managing a multi-task interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a second application scenario schematic diagram of the method for managing a multi-task interface according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario III of a method for managing a multi-task interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a method for managing a multi-task interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a method for managing a multi-task interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario of a method for managing a multi-task interface according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of an application scenario seven of a multitasking interface management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is an application scenario diagram of a multitasking interface management method according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

Fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a second electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a chip system according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The following describes a method for managing a multi-task interface and an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The embodiment of the application provides a multi-task interface management method which can be applied to electronic equipment. For example, the electronic device may be a mobile phone, a wearable device, an in-vehicle device, an augmented reality (augmented reality, AR) \virtual reality (VR) device, a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant, PDA), an artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence, AI) terminal, or the like, to which the embodiments of the present application are not limited in any way.

The electronic device is a device capable of running a plurality of tasks simultaneously. The tasks may include applications (or application software), documents, pages, or any other activity that may be performed in connection with the electronic device.

As shown in fig. 2, the electronic device in the embodiment of the present application may be a mobile phone 100. The following describes embodiments of the present application by taking the mobile phone 100 as an example. It should be understood that the illustrated handset 100 is only one example of the electronic devices described above, and that the handset 100 may have more or fewer components than shown in fig. 2, may combine two or more components, or may have a different configuration of components.

Referring to fig. 2, a handset 100 may communicate with other electronic devices 102 and 104, in addition to the handset 100, and a server 106. The handset 100 may include a bus 110, a processor 120, a memory 130, a user input module 150, a display module 160, a communication interface 170, and other similar and/or suitable components.

Bus 110 may be a circuit that interconnects the elements and communicates, such as control messages, between the elements.

The processor 120 may receive commands from the other elements described above (e.g., the memory 130, the user input module 150, the display module 160, the communication interface 170, the communication configuration control module 170, etc.) via the bus 110, may interpret the received commands, and may perform calculations or data processing based on the interpreted commands.

The memory 130 may store commands or data received from the processor 120 or other elements (e.g., the user input module 150, the display module 160, the communication interface 170, etc.) or commands or data generated by the processor 120 or other elements.

Memory 130 may include programming modules such as a kernel 131, middleware 132, application programming interfaces (application programming interface, APIs) 133, applications 134, and the like. Each of the above-described programming modules may be implemented in software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of two or more thereof, the detailed description of which may be found in relation to fig. 3.

The kernel 131 may control or manage system resources (e.g., bus 110, processor 120, memory 130, etc.) for performing operations or functions implemented by other programming modules (e.g., middleware 132, APIs 133, and applications 134). In addition, the kernel 131 may provide an interface capable of accessing and controlling or managing various elements of the handset 100 through the use of middleware 132, APIs 133, or applications 134.

Middleware 132 may be used to run between API 133 or application 134 and kernel 131 in a manner that API 133 or application 134 communicates with kernel 131 and exchanges data therewith. For example, middleware 132 may be configured as an intermediary for communication between APIs 133 or applications 134 and kernel 131. In addition, for example, with respect to work requests received from one or more applications 134 and/or middleware 132, load balancing of work requests may be performed by using a method that assigns a priority to at least one of the one or more applications 134, wherein system resources (e.g., bus 110, processor 120, memory 130, etc.) of the mobile phone 100 may be used at the priority.

The API 133 is an interface through which the application 134 can control functions provided by the kernel 131 or the middleware 132, and may include at least one interface or function for file control, window control, image processing, character control, and the like, for example.

Applications 134 may include, for example, a home page application, a dialer application, a short message service (short message service, SMS)/multimedia message service (multimedia message service, MMS) application, an instant messaging (immediately message, IM) application, a browser application, a camera application, an alarm clock application, a contact application, a voice dialing application, an electronic mail (e-mail) application, a calendar application, a media player application, an album application, a clock application, and any other suitable and/or similar applications.

In the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of an application is an application program. The application icons may also be referred to as application icons or icons, where each application corresponds to an application icon.

The user input module 150 may receive commands or data input from a user via input-output means (e.g., sensors, keyboards, touch screens, etc.), and may transmit the received commands or data to the processor 120 or the memory 130 through the bus 110. The display module 160 may display video, images, data, etc. to a user.

The display module 160 may display various information (e.g., multimedia data, text data) received from the above-described elements.

The communication interface 170 may control a short-range communication connection with another electronic device 102. When the handset 100 is paired with another electronic device, the communication interface 170 may stop the scanning operation of waiting to receive signals from the neighboring electronic device or stop the broadcasting operation of broadcasting signals. For example, in response to the pairing of the mobile phone 100 with another electronic device 102, the communication interface 170 stops a scanning operation of waiting to receive signals from a nearby electronic device or a broadcasting operation of broadcasting signals. The communication interface 170 may control the period of the scanning or broadcasting operation when the handset 100 is paired with another electronic device.

In an embodiment of the present application, the handset 100 may communicate with another electronic device using the communication interface 170. For example, the handset 100 may communicate with another electronic device 104, a server 106, etc. using the communication interface 170. The handset 100 may communicate with other electronic devices 104, servers 106, etc. directly using the communication interface 170, or through the communication interface 170 and network 162. For example, the handset 100 may connect to the network 162 through the communication interface 170.

FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of the configuration of a programming module disclosed in an embodiment of the present application.

Referring to fig. 3, the programming module 310 may be included (or stored) in the handset 100 (e.g., memory 130) shown in fig. 2. At least a portion of programming module 310 may be implemented as software, firmware, hardware, or a combination of two or more thereof. The programming module 310 may be implemented as hardware (e.g., hardware 201) and may include an Operating System (OS) that controls resources associated with an electronic device (e.g., the handset 100) and/or various applications (e.g., application 370) executing in the OS. For example, the OS may be Android, iOS, windows, symbian, tizen, bada or the like.

Referring to fig. 3, programming module 310 may include kernel 320, middleware 330, APIs 360, and/or applications 370.

Kernel 320 (e.g., kernel 131) may include a system resource manager 321 and/or a device driver 323. The system resource manager 321 may include a process manager (not shown), a memory manager (not shown), and a file system manager (not shown). The system resource manager 321 may perform control, allocation, restoration, etc. of system resources. The device drivers 323 may include, for example, a display driver (not shown), a camera driver (not shown), a bluetooth driver (not shown), a shared memory driver (not shown), a USB driver (not shown), a keypad driver (not shown), a Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity ) driver (not shown), and/or an audio driver (not shown). Further, in an embodiment of the present application, the device driver 323 may include an inter-process communication (IPC) driver (not shown).

Middleware 330 may include a plurality of modules that are implemented in advance to provide functionality that is shared by applications 370. In addition, middleware 330 may provide functionality to applications 370 through APIs 360 to enable applications 370 to efficiently use limited system resources within the electronic device. For example, as shown in fig. 3, middleware 330 (e.g., middleware 132) may include at least one of: the runtime 335, application manager 341, window manager 342, multimedia manager 343, resource manager 344, power manager 345, database manager 346, package manager 347, connection manager 348, notification manager 349, location manager 350, graphics manager 351, security manager 352, and any other suitable and/or similar manager.

The runtime library 335 may include a library module, for example, used by a compiler, to add new functionality during execution of the application 370 through the use of a programming language. In an embodiment of the present application, the runtime 335 may perform functions related to input and output, management of memory, arithmetic functions, and the like.

The application manager 341 may manage, for example, a lifecycle of the at least one application 370. The window manager 342 can manage graphical user interface (graphical user interface, GUI) resources used on-screen. The multimedia manager 343 may detect formats for reproducing various media files and may encode or decode the media files by using a codec suitable for the relevant formats. The resource manager 344 may manage resources, such as source code, memory, storage space, etc., of the at least one application 370.

In the embodiment of the present application, the window manager 342 may display a corresponding application icon in the task area, so that the user can directly lock the application to be used without searching for the application through a sliding operation on the multi-task display interface.

The power manager 345 may operate with a basic input/output system (basic input output system, BIOS), may manage a battery or power, may provide power information for operation, and the like. Database manager 346 may manage databases in the following manner: enabling the generation, searching and/or changing of a database to be used by the at least one application 370. The package manager 347 may manage the installation and/or updating of applications distributed in the form of package files.

The connection manager 348 may manage wireless connections such as Wi-Fi and BT. The notification manager 349 may display or report events such as arrival messages, appointments, proximity alarms, etc. to the user in a manner that does not disturb the user. The location manager 350 may manage location information of the electronic device. The graphic manager 351 may manage graphic effects and/or UIs related to graphic effects to be provided to a user. The security manager 352 may provide various security functions for system security, user authentication, and the like.

The middleware 330 may generate and use a new middleware module through various functional combinations of the above-described internal element modules. Middleware 330 may provide a module specialized according to the type of OS to provide differentiated functions. Middleware 330 may also dynamically delete some of the existing elements or may add new elements. Accordingly, middleware 330 may omit some of the elements described in the various embodiments of the present disclosure, may include other elements, or may replace some of these elements with elements that perform similar functions and have different names.

API 360 (e.g., API 133) is a collection of API programming functions and may have different configurations depending on the OS. In the case of Android or iOS, for example, one set of APIs may be provided to each platform. In the case of Tizen, for example, two or more API sets may be provided to each platform.

The applications 370 (e.g., applications 134 in fig. 2) may include, for example, preloaded applications and/or third party applications. Applications 370 (e.g., applications 134) may include, for example, a home application 371, a dial-up application 372, an SMS/MMS application 373, an IM application 374, a browser application 375, a camera application 376, an alarm application 377, a contact application 378, a voice dial-up application 379, an email application 380, a calendar application 381, a media player application 382, an album application 383, a clock application 384, and any other suitable and/or similar applications.

The electronic device may launch and run multiple applications simultaneously. Generally, after a user opens a certain application program, if the user switches to another application program or desktop, the electronic device will not actively clear the memory resources occupied by the application program previously opened by the user, but will keep the application program previously used as a background application program in the multi-task queue. Therefore, the electronic device running multiple applications simultaneously means that the electronic device has started multiple applications, the multiple applications are not closed or the electronic device does not delete resources such as memory occupied by the multiple applications, so that the multiple applications occupy resources such as memory in the background and/or the foreground at the same time, and the multiple applications are not required to interact with the user at the same time in the foreground. For example, the mobile phone starts up 3 applications of music, gallery and WeChat in succession, and runs the gallery application and WeChat application in the background while running the music application in the foreground.

In the embodiment of the application, when the electronic device detects the preset operation, the electronic device displays the icons of one or more running application programs (including background running and foreground running) in the task area according to the priority order of the application programs. The user can quickly launch the corresponding application in the foreground by clicking on the icon in the task area. The preset operation comprises an unlocking operation, an operation of switching to a desktop or an operation of clicking a task area starting button. The task area may be located at a pre-configured fixed location on the display interface, such as a rectangular area displayed below or above the display interface.

For example, the electronic device detects an unlocking operation of a user, obtains a priority order of one or more running application programs, and displays icons of the one or more application programs in the priority order in a task area displayed at a preset fixed position of the display interface.

For another example, after the user foreground starts the application program, in order to ensure the display effect of the application interface, the electronic device hides the task area. If the electronic equipment detects the operation of switching the user to the desktop, the priority order of one or more running application programs is obtained, and icons of the application programs are displayed in the task area displayed at the preset fixed position of the display interface according to the priority order.

For another example, a task area starting button is arranged on the display interface of the electronic device, and after the electronic device is unlocked, the task area is not displayed or is hidden after being displayed. And if the electronic equipment detects the operation of the user on the task area starting button, displaying the task area. As shown in fig. 4 (a), a task area start button 401 is provided at an arbitrary position on the display interface of the electronic device. The electronic device obtains the priority order of one or more running application programs when detecting that the user clicks the task area start button 401, displays the task area at a fixed position preconfigured on the display interface, and displays icons of one or more application programs in the task area according to the priority order. Wherein the user can move the task area activation button 401 according to usage habits. If the electronic device detects that the user clicks the task area start button 401, a task area as shown in (b) of fig. 4 is displayed at the center of the electronic device display interface. The task area button 401 is a hover button, that is, if an application program runs in the foreground of the electronic device, the task area button 401 is displayed in a hover mode on the application program interface, the electronic device detects that the user clicks the task area start button 401, and the task area shown in (b) in fig. 4 is displayed at a preset fixed position on the display interface.

Optionally, after detecting the double-finger pinching or stretching operation of the user in the task area, the electronic device may correspondingly zoom out or zoom in the task area, and the icon in the corresponding task area may also zoom out or zoom in accordingly. For example, after the electronic device detects the double-finger pinch operation of the user in the task area, the task area is reduced and narrowed, and the icons in the corresponding task area are also reduced, so that more icons can be displayed or the display habit of the user on the screen is more met. For example, after the electronic device detects the double-finger stretching operation of the user in the task area, the task area is enlarged and widened, and the icon in the corresponding task area is enlarged accordingly, so that the user can more clearly view the icon, and is convenient to click the corresponding icon.

Optionally, the size of the task area and the number of displayed icons may be adjustable. The size of the task area and the number of icons displayed will vary, for example, with the screen orientation of the electronic device. As shown in (a) of fig. 5, when the electronic device is displayed on the vertical screen, the task area may display 6 application icons. As shown in fig. 5 (b), when the electronic device is switched to the landscape display, the task area becomes longer, and 8 application icons can be displayed. Optionally, the user may customize the size of the task area and/or the number of icons displayed in the task area according to his own needs, and the electronic device arranges a corresponding number of application icons in the task area according to the user's custom setting.

In the following, the electronic device is taken as the mobile phone 100 shown in fig. 2, and the mobile phone may run one or more tasks, where each task is an application program, and each application program corresponds to an application program icon for example, to describe the method for managing a multi-task interface provided by the embodiment of the present application.

The embodiment of the application provides a multi-task interface management method. As shown in fig. 6, the method may include:

s101, in response to a preset operation, the electronic device determines the priority order of one or more application programs.

In one possible implementation, if the electronic device detects a preset operation, the priority order of the one or more applications currently running is calculated. Where priority refers to the likelihood that the user will launch the application. For example, a higher priority indicates that the electronic device predicts that the user is more likely to launch the application.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 7, the display interface of the mobile phone 100 includes a main display interface 702 (i.e., desktop) and a task area 701 at the bottom of the display interface. Wherein the task area 701 is used to display icons of applications that the electronic device is running. The display content in the task area 701 does not change with the user's sliding operation of the switching interface on the main display interface 702. Illustratively, referring to the user interface shown in fig. 7 (a), the main display interface 702 displays a call application and an information application, and when the user slides the screen in the direction of the arrow on the main display interface 702, the mobile phone displays the user interface shown in fig. 7 (b). The application displayed on the main display interface 702 after the sliding becomes a weather application and a setting application, and the application icon displayed in the task area 701 is unchanged. The user may perform operations such as viewing, moving, deleting, adding, zooming in, zooming out, and the like on the application icons displayed in the task area 701.

Typically, the handset operating system is provided with a process for recording the use of applications installed in the handset. The process can monitor the running condition of the application program in the mobile phone in real time after the mobile phone is started, and record and count the application program data. For example, the name of the application program in the mobile phone, the use frequency, the starting time, the use duration, the use place and other information of the application program are recorded. The application data may be stored in a cell phone specific memory area, such as memory 130 shown in fig. 2. Alternatively, the cell phone may obtain application data from the cloud, other electronic devices (e.g., old cell phones used by the user, tablet computers used by the user), or other external memory.

When the user inputs a screen locking operation (for example, pressing a power key, etc.) to the mobile phone 100, or any input of the user is not received within a preset time, the mobile phone 100 may be triggered to generate a screen locking instruction, and the mobile phone 100 loads a screen locking interface (lock screen) on the current display interface in response to the screen locking instruction, and extinguishes the screen to enter a black screen state as shown in (a) in fig. 8. After the mobile phone locks the screen, all the running application programs run in the background of the mobile phone and become background application programs. Subsequently, when the user unlocks the mobile phone 100, the mobile phone 100 may read the data of each application program in the background application program of the mobile phone from the storage area, calculate the priority of each application program according to the data of different application programs, and arrange the icons of different application programs according to the priority order. The application program with high priority indicates that the user has a higher possibility of using the application program subsequently, and the application program with low priority indicates that the user has a lower possibility of using the application program subsequently. Accordingly, as shown in fig. 8 (b), after the mobile phone 100 is unlocked, icons of different applications arranged in order of priority are displayed in the task area 701.

Optionally, the priority order of the background application is obtained in connection with the user usage data. The user usage data is one or more of the following usage data related to the user in the application program data: the method comprises the steps of starting time of an application program, starting place of the application program, starting frequency of the application program and using duration of the application program.

For example, according to the usage habit of the user, the starting time of the application program and the starting frequency of the application program are combined to obtain the priority order of the background application program. For example, the user a pays for breakfast using a payroll at about 8 a.m., so when the user a unlocks the phone at about 8 a.m., the payroll is the highest priority application. It will be appreciated that the preset period may be set for counting the number of different applications started in different time periods. For example, 7 days are taken as a period to count the starting times of the background application program corresponding to the user in the last 7 days in the current time period, and then the priority of the application program is judged.

For another example, according to the usage habit of the user, the starting location of the application program and the starting frequency of the application program are combined to obtain the priority order of the background application program. For example, when the user a is at home, the micro-letter application and the micro-blog application are frequently used, so when the user a is judged to be at home by the mobile phone positioning device, the user a unlocks the mobile phone, and the micro-letter application and the micro-blog application are application programs with higher priorities. It will be appreciated that the preset period may be set to count the number of times a user initiates different applications at different locations. For example, the number of times of starting the background application program corresponding to the user in the latest month is counted by taking 1 month as a period, and the priority of the application program in the current place is further judged.

For another example, according to the usage habit of the user, the starting time of the application program, the starting place of the application program and the usage time of the application program are combined to obtain the priority order of the background application program. The time for the user A to use the micro-letter application and the micro-blog application is longer, wherein the time for the 8-point to 9-point user to use the micro-letter application is longer, and the time for the 9-point to 10-point user to use the micro-blog application is longer. Therefore, when the user unlocks the mobile phone at the 9 th point 30 in the home, the microblog application is the application program with the highest priority, and the WeChat application is the application program with the second highest priority.

For another example, according to the usage habit of the user, the starting time of the application program, the starting place of the application program and the starting frequency of the application program are combined to obtain the priority order of the background application program. The method includes the steps of establishing a database of use conditions of each application program, recording starting frequencies of each application program in the database according to time dimension and place dimension, and obtaining priority of the application program according to data recorded in the database. The time dimension may be set by the manufacturer or the user in a user-defined manner, for example, a week, that is, the number of times the user starts an application program in a week is recorded in the database. The location dimension is the location where the user starts an application program, for example, the application program is started at a certain place, and the longitude and latitude coordinates or address information of the place can be recorded. That is, the number of times a user starts an application at a certain location is recorded in the database. In summary, any time and anywhere a user initiates an application, the user is recorded in the database by the electronic device. After the mobile phone detects the unlocking operation of the user, two groups of scores are calculated respectively according to the dimension of the current time and place and the starting frequency of the user to each background application program, and the score after corresponding combination and addition is used as the predicted use score of the application program. Icons of the respective applications are sequentially arranged from a higher-priority display position to a lower-priority display position in the task area 701 according to the predicted use score. Illustratively, the user unlocks the cell phone at a convenience store around 8 a.m. At this time, the time dimension is 8 a.m., and the place dimension is the latitude and longitude coordinates or address information of the convenience store. The mobile phone reads the use data of the running application program in the database, and the background is assumed to run two application program payment treasures and WeChat at the moment. In a week, the number of times that a user starts the payment device at the current time is 5 times, and the number of times that WeChat is started is 3 times; the number of times that the user starts the payment treasures at the current place is 5 times, and the number of times that the WeChat is started is 1 time. Then, after the unlocking, the predicted usage score of the payment device is 10 (5+5=10), and the predicted usage score of the WeChat is 4 (3+1=4), so that the mobile phone knows that the predicted usage score of the unlocking payment device is greater than the predicted usage score of the WeChat, and then the mobile phone can arrange the payment device application icon at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701 and arrange the WeChat application icon at the next highest display position.

It should be noted that, the method for obtaining the priority order of the application program is not limited to the starting time of the application program, the starting place of the application program, the starting frequency of the application program and the use time of the application program, and may also include other factors affecting the recommendation of the application program. Such as user-defined settings, etc. For example, the user may set an application program as the application program with the highest priority, and then the icon of the application program is always arranged at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701. The embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

In addition, in order to protect user privacy, the priority calculating method in the embodiment of the application is only applied to the application programs running in the foreground or the background. That is, if the application is not running, the electronic device cannot read the user data for obtaining the priority of the application in order to protect the user privacy, and thus the priority calculating method cannot be applied.

S102, the electronic equipment displays icons of one or more application programs in a task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the one or more application programs.

In one possible implementation, the priority ranking of the display positions in the task area 701 is preconfigured or set by the user in the electronic device, e.g. the central display position is the display position with the highest priority, and gradually decreases along the two sides. And the electronic equipment sequentially arranges the icons of the background application programs at corresponding display positions according to the priority order of the background application programs. Therefore, the user can quickly lock the application program to be started, the user operation is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

Optionally, icons of the application programs with the highest priority are displayed at the display position in the center of the task area 701, so that a user can conveniently start the application programs, and icons of the application programs with lower priority are sequentially arranged on two sides of the icon of the application program with the highest priority. Illustratively, as shown in (b) of fig. 8, six application icons are displayed in the task area 701. The pay treasures icon and the WeChat icon are arranged in the center of the task area 701, then the six application prioritization may be: payment treasures > WeChat > music > microblog > camera > gallery.

Optionally, icons of the applications are arranged in a priority order in the task area 701 according to user habits. For example, icons of applications are sequentially arranged in order of priority from left to right or right to left. For another example, the application icons are arranged according to the priority order of the display positions in the user-defined task area 701. The embodiment of the present application is not particularly limited.

In one possible implementation, after the user unlocks the mobile phone the ith time, the first application displayed in the main display interface 702 (i.e., desktop) is started, and the first application is not displayed in the task area 701. If the first application used after the i-th unlock is the background application after the i+1th unlock, the first application is calculated as the application with the highest priority, and the corresponding icon is displayed at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701. For example, referring to fig. 8 (b), assuming that the user does not clear the memory resources occupied by the background application, the priorities of the six applications displayed in the task area 701 are: payment treasures > WeChat > music > microblog > camera > gallery. If the user does not launch the application displayed in the task area 701, but instead selects to launch the telephony application in the main display interface 702. Referring to fig. 9 (a), if the mobile phone is locked and unlocked, the call application will replace the payment device application to be the application program with the highest priority, the call application icon is displayed at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701, and the icons of the gallery application with the lowest priority in the previous six application programs cannot be displayed due to the limited display area of the task area 701, as shown in fig. 9 (a), the gallery icon is outside the display screen of the electronic device (i.e. in the hidden area), and cannot be displayed in the current interface. If the user wants to use the gallery application, more background application icons can be displayed by sliding the task area 701. As shown in fig. 9 (b), in order to display an interface after the user slides right in the task area 701, icons of gallery applications are displayed in the task area 701. That is, more icons of the background application programs can be displayed by sliding in the task area 701. For ease of understanding, see Table 1 below, exemplary task area 701 includes a display area and a hidden area. The centered display area may display icons for priority 1-6 applications and by sliding more icons for lower priority applications contained in the left and right hidden areas.

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Optionally, after the user unlocks the mobile phone for the ith time, a plurality of first application programs in the main display interface 702 (i.e. desktop) are started, and none of the plurality of first application programs are displayed in the task area 701. If the i+1st user unlocks the plurality of first applications used after the mobile phone is unlocked, the priority of the plurality of first applications is higher than that of other background applications, and the priority order of the plurality of first applications is calculated by using the priority algorithm and is correspondingly displayed in the task area 701. If there are one or more second applications newly downloaded and installed by the user, that is, application data of the one or more second applications is not recorded in the mobile phone, the priority of the one or more second applications is defined as an application with the highest priority in the first application, and the application is correspondingly displayed at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701. And determines the priority order of the one or more second application programs according to the download installation time, and sequentially arranges the one or more second application program icons in the task area 701 along with the time order of the download installation.

Alternatively, when the user unlocks the handset, instead of launching the application displayed in task area 701, one or more first applications displayed in main display interface 702 (i.e., the desktop) are selected to be launched. Then, after the user switches the one or more first application programs to the desktop, the priority order is matched according to the switching order of the one or more first application programs, and the corresponding icon is displayed in the task area 701. Wherein the priority order of the one or more first applications is smaller than the application priority order included in the task area. Illustratively, as shown in fig. 8 (b), the user does not start the application program in the task area 701, but selects to start the call application in the main display interface 702, and then after the user finishes switching the call to the desktop, the call application icon is displayed in the display position with the lowest priority in the task area 701. After that, the user starts the information application in the main display interface 702, and after the user finishes switching the information application to the desktop, the information application icon will be displayed at the display position with the lowest priority in the task area 701, and the conversation application icon will be displayed at the display position with the next to last priority in the task area 701.

Optionally, the electronic device refreshes the task area 701. The timing of refreshing the task area 701 includes: the electronic equipment detects unlocking operation of a user, the electronic equipment detects that the user clicks a start task area button, and the electronic equipment detects that the user switches an application program to a desktop or the electronic equipment is started and then continuously operates for a time interval reaching a preset period. The preset period may be preconfigured for the manufacturer of the electronic device or may be user-defined. For example, if the preset period of the auto-refresh is set to 2h by the user, when the time interval of continuous running after the electronic device is started is equal to two hours, the electronic device recalculates the priority order of the running application programs. Illustratively, as shown in (b) of fig. 8, the user unlocks the mobile phone 8 points earlier, the first in the priority order is payment treasures, the second in the priority order is WeChat, the user continuously uses the mobile phone (during which the screen is unlocked) to 10 points, and the electronic device recalculates the priority order for the running application program. For example, at 10 points, the first letter is changed from the first priority order to the letter, and the second letter is changed from the second priority order to the payment device, so that the letter icon will replace the payment device icon to be arranged at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701. For another example, at 10 points, the electronic device recalculates the application priority order, at which point the payment facilitation application is not running (the user closes and clears the memory data occupied by the payment facilitation during 8-10 points), then the payment facilitation icon will not be displayed in the electronic device task area 701. If the user continues to use the mobile phone to unlock the screen, the electronic device automatically refreshes the display of the task area 701 every 2 hours.

Optionally, after the user starts the third application, the electronic device may display the icon of the background application in the task area 701 according to the association degree between the background application and the third application started by the current user. Illustratively, the user launches the camera application and the electronic device determines that the background application includes the WeChat application. For example, after a user is used to take a photo, the photo is shared by the WeChat application, so that the association degree of the camera application and the WeChat application is higher. Therefore, after the user switches the camera application to the desktop, the electronic device determines the WeChat application as the application program with the highest priority, and arranges the WeChat icon at the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701. For another example, after the user is used to take a photo, the photo is shared by using a WeChat application, and sometimes the photo is modified by using a photo-beautifying application, which is also a background application program. Therefore, the association degree between the camera application and the WeChat application and the beauty drawing application is higher. Therefore, after the user switches the camera application to the desktop, the electronic device determines that the priorities of the WeChat application and the Meinai application are higher, and arranges the WeChat icon and the Meinai icon at the display position with higher priority in the task area 701. The priorities of the WeChat application and the beauty application can be determined according to the times of switching to the two applications after the user uses the camera application, or can be randomly ordered.

Through the steps S101 and S102, the electronic device display interface displays the task area, and the user may further operate the icon of the target application program displayed in the task area through the following step S103, so as to drive the electronic device to execute the preset action, thereby meeting the user requirement.

S103, responding to the operation of the icon of the target application program, and executing a preset action by the electronic equipment.

Specifically, the electronic device detects a click, long press or long press and up-shift operation of the user on the icon of the target application program in the task area 701, and executes a corresponding preset action. The actions performed by the electronic device may be one or more of the following: starting an application program, checking the application program, moving the application program, sharing the application program, deleting an application program icon, and editing an application program shortcut.

In one possible implementation, after detecting an operation of clicking a certain icon in the task area 701 by the user, the mobile phone 100 enters an application program corresponding to the icon, and displays an interface of the application program in full screen. I.e. the foreground runs the application. The interface of a certain application may be a main page of the application, a recently displayed interface in the foreground, a login interface, or an interface frequently used by a user.

Alternatively, each icon in the task area 701 may correspond to one or more cards, each of which may correspond to an application. The card is a functional interface corresponding to the application program. Illustratively, after detecting an operation of clicking a certain icon in the task area 701 by the user, the mobile phone 100 displays a card corresponding to the icon on the main display interface 702.

For example, the cards are functions corresponding to the application program used by the user before screen locking, the cards are ordered according to time sequence, and the cards corresponding to the functions which are operated recently are displayed in priority. The user can access the application function by clicking the card corresponding to the function to be used, and the user can display more cards through sliding operation. As shown in fig. 10 (a), after the user clicks on the letter icon in the task area 701, a card corresponding to the icon is displayed on the main display interface 702. The user uses the two functions of WeChat before the last screen lock, namely the "Add friend" function and the "Main Page chat" function, respectively, so that cards corresponding to the two functions are displayed on the main display interface 702. Among them, the function recently operated is the "add friends" function, and thus, cards of the function are preferentially displayed on the left side. If the user also wants to operate the function of adding friends, the user can enter the function by directly clicking the card, and the user does not need to click and select step by step, so that the interaction efficiency between the electronic equipment and the user is improved.

For another example, the cards may be functions corresponding to the application program used by the user before the screen is locked, the cards are ordered according to the order of the number of times of use, and the card corresponding to the function with the largest number of times of use is preferentially displayed. Alternatively, the card may be a part of the functions that have been used by the user in the history and that are used by the user in the corresponding functions in the application program. As shown in fig. 10 (b), after the user clicks on the letter icon in the task area 701, a card corresponding to the icon is displayed on the main display interface 702. The two functions of the user who used the WeChat before the last screen lock or in the history are the "Add friends" function and the "Main Page chat" function, respectively, and therefore, the cards corresponding to these two functions are displayed on the Main display interface 702. The main page chat function is a function with more times of user use, so that cards with the function are preferentially displayed on the left side, users can directly lock and start the corresponding function conveniently, user operation is simplified, and efficiency and user experience are improved.

It should be noted that, if the number of cards corresponding to a certain icon in the task area 701 is 1, the user may directly enter the function corresponding to the single card by clicking the icon, and the user does not need to use the corresponding function by displaying and clicking the card any more, so as to improve interaction efficiency. In addition, in fig. 10, two cards corresponding to a certain icon are exemplarily shown, it can be understood that the number of cards corresponding to each icon in the task area 701 is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present application, and the icon may correspond to more than two cards, and a user may select by a sliding operation.

In one possible implementation, the user may edit or quickly select an icon in the task area 701 by pressing the icon long.

For example, the user can move the arrangement position of an icon by pressing the icon for a long time. Therefore, the use requirement of the user can be further met, and the electronic equipment can record the mobile operation of the current user. Further, when the electronic device detects the unlocking operation of the user next time, the priority order of the application programs corresponding to the icons displayed in the task area after the movement is added to the priority calculation. For example, if the user moves the application icon in the display position with the highest priority to the display position with the highest priority by pressing the icon for a long time, the electronic device will directly arrange the moved application icon in the display position with the highest priority in the task area 701 if the electronic device is unlocked next time.

For another example, the user may share an application corresponding to an icon by pressing the icon for a long time. And generating a link by pressing a certain icon for a long time to generate a link for the download address of the application program corresponding to the icon, sharing the link with other electronic equipment connected with the current electronic equipment, and clicking the shared link in the other electronic equipment by a user to download the shared application program.

For another example, the user may delete an icon by pressing the icon for a long time. The deleting operation of the long-press icon is only to delete the icon, and the application program corresponding to the icon is not unloaded. In order to prevent the user from deleting by mistake, the operation of deleting the icon will not delete the background cache data of the application program corresponding to the icon, that is, after the screen locking and unlocking again, the mobile phone 100 may further calculate the priority of the application program again, so that the icon of the application program is arranged in the task area 701.

For another example, the user may edit an application corresponding to an icon by pressing the icon for a long time. For example, a shortcut for establishing certain functions in the corresponding application program can be set, so that a user can start the functions quickly without entering the application program and then starting certain functions through one-step selection, and the interaction efficiency between the electronic equipment and the user is improved.

For example, referring to fig. 11 (a), after detecting that the user presses the micro-letter icon in the task area 701 for a long time, the mobile phone 100 displays "share", "delete", "edit", "wallet" and "triangle pattern" buttons. The user can execute the sharing, deleting and editing operations by clicking the corresponding buttons. Such as setting a shortcut for a wallet function in a WeChat application or deleting the shortcut by clicking "edit". After detecting the operation of clicking some function shortcut buttons by the user, the mobile phone 100 may display the corresponding function interface in full screen. As shown in fig. 11 (b), for the "WeChat wallet" function interface displayed after the mobile phone 100 detects that the user clicks the "wallet" button, the user does not need to click the start wallet function step by step after entering the WeChat, but can start the corresponding function directly through the shortcut button. And the user can edit shortcuts of more common functions in the application through the editing function. By clicking the "triangle graphic" button after "wallet" in fig. 11 (a), an interface as shown in fig. 11 (c) is entered, and shortcuts corresponding to functions in more WeChat, such as "add friends", "pay for life", etc., are displayed. If more shortcuts are not displayed, the "triangle" button may be clicked to display, and if no shortcuts are displayed, the "triangle" button may not be displayed.

Alternatively, the user may implement quick deletion of the icon in the task area 701 by pressing and moving up the icon for a long time. The quick delete operation is also deleting the icon without uninstalling the application corresponding to the icon. And the icons can be deleted without clicking and selecting after the icons are pressed for a long time, so that the efficiency is further improved.

Therefore, in the method for managing the multi-task interface provided by the embodiment of the application, the task area is set in the display interface of the electronic equipment, if the electronic equipment detects the preset operation, the electronic equipment arranges the running application icons in the task area according to the application priority order which is predicted to be started by the user, so that the user can conveniently and quickly lock and operate the corresponding application programs, the user operation is simplified, and the user experience is improved.

It will be appreciated that the electronic device or the like may include hardware structures and/or software modules that perform the functions described above. Those of skill in the art will readily appreciate that the steps of the examples described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as hardware or a combination of hardware and computer software. Whether a function is implemented as hardware or computer software driven hardware depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the embodiments of the present application.

The embodiment of the application can divide the functional modules of the electronic device and the like according to the method example, for example, each functional module can be divided corresponding to each function, and two or more functions can be integrated in one processing module. The integrated modules may be implemented in hardware or in software functional modules. It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the division of the modules is schematic, which is merely a logic function division, and other division manners may be implemented in actual implementation.

Fig. 12 shows a possible structural diagram of the electronic device involved in the above-described embodiment in the case of dividing the respective functional modules with the respective functions, including: the device comprises a detection unit 1201, an acquisition unit 1202, a processing unit 1203 and a display unit 1204.

The detecting unit 1201 is configured to detect a preset operation, and detect an operation of an icon in the task area by a user. The preset operation includes: unlocking operation, operation of switching to a desktop or operation of clicking a task area start button.

The collection unit 1202 is configured to collect application data of one or more applications, and information of an environment where the current electronic device is located, where the environment information includes information of a current time, a location, and the like.

The processing unit 1203 is configured to determine a priority order of one or more applications according to the application data and the environmental information collected by the collecting unit 1202, according to the detection unit 1201 detecting a preset operation or an operation of a user on an icon of a target application in the task area.

And a display unit 1204, configured to correspondingly display icons of the application programs in the task area according to the priority order of the one or more application programs, and display a task area start button.

All relevant contents of each step related to the above method embodiment may be cited to the functional description of the corresponding functional module, which is not described herein.

In the case of using an integrated unit, the detection unit 1201, the acquisition unit 1202, the processing unit 1203, and the display unit 1204 described above may be integrated as a processing module. Of course, the electronic device may further include a storage module, a communication module, an input/output module, and the like.

At this time, as shown in fig. 13, one possible structural schematic diagram of the electronic device involved in the above-described embodiment is shown. The processing module 1301 is configured to control and manage an action of the electronic device. The communication module 1302 is used to support communication of the electronic device with other network entities. The input/output module 1303 is used to receive information input by a user or output information provided to the user and various menus of the electronic device. The memory module 1304 is used to store program codes and data for the electronic device.

By way of example, processing module 1301 may be a processor or controller, such as a central processing unit (central processing unit, CPU), a graphics processor (graphics processing unit, GPU), a general purpose processor, a digital signal processor (digital signal srocessor, DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (application-specific integrated circuit, ASIC), a field programmable gate array (field programmable gate array, FPGA) or other programmable logic device, transistor logic device, hardware component, or any combination thereof. Which may implement or perform the various exemplary logic blocks, modules and circuits described in connection with this disclosure. The processor may also be a combination that performs the function of a computation, e.g., a combination comprising one or more microprocessors, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, and the like.

The communication module 1302 may be a transceiver, a transceiver circuit, an input-output device, or a communication interface, etc. For example, the communication module 1802 may be, in particular, a bluetooth device, a Wi-Fi device, a peripheral interface, and the like.

The memory module 1304 may be a memory that may include high-speed random access memory (random access memory, RAM) and may also include non-volatile memory, such as a magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage device, etc.

The input/output module 1303 may be an input/output device such as a touch screen, a keyboard, a microphone, and a display. The display may specifically be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. In addition, a touch pad may be integrated on the display for capturing touch events thereon or thereabout and transmitting the captured touch information to other devices (e.g., a processor, etc.).

The embodiment of the application also provides electronic equipment, which comprises one or more processors; a memory; and the touch screen is used for detecting touch operation and displaying a task area. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the steps of the foregoing embodiments to implement the method for managing a multi-tasking interface in the foregoing embodiments.

For example, when the electronic device is the device shown in fig. 2, the processor in the electronic device may be the processor 120 shown in fig. 2, the memory in the electronic device may be the memory 130 shown in fig. 2, and the touch screen in the electronic device may be a combination of the user input module 150 and the display module 160 shown in fig. 2.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a chip system including at least one processor 1401 and at least one interface circuit 1402, as shown in fig. 14. The processor 1401 and the interface circuit 1402 may be interconnected by wires. For example, interface circuit 1402 may be used to receive signals from other devices. For another example, interface circuit 1402 may be used to send signals to other devices (e.g., processor 120). Illustratively, the interface circuit 1402 may read instructions stored in the memory and send the instructions to the processor 120. The instructions, when executed by the processor 1401, may cause the electronic device to perform the various steps performed by the handset 100 in the above-described embodiments. Of course, the system-on-chip may also include other discrete devices, which are not particularly limited in accordance with embodiments of the present application.

In the above embodiments, it may be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When implemented using a software program, may be present in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When loaded and executed on a computer, produces a flow or function in accordance with embodiments of the present application, in whole or in part. The computer may be a general purpose computer, a special purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable apparatus. The computer instructions may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium, for example, the computer instructions may be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center to another website, computer, server, or data center by a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, fiber optic, digital subscriber line (digital subscriber line, DSL)) or wireless (e.g., infrared, wireless, microwave, etc.). The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server, data center, etc. that contains an integration of one or more available media. The usable medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a digital video disk (digital video disc, DVD)), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a Solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

In addition, embodiments of the present application also provide an apparatus, which may be a component or module in particular, which may include a processor and a memory connected; the memory is configured to store computer-executable instructions, and when the device is running, the processor may execute the computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, so that the device performs the method for managing a multi-task interface in the above method embodiments.

The electronic device, the chip, the computer readable storage medium, the computer program product or the chip provided by the embodiments of the present application are used to execute the corresponding method provided above, so that the beneficial effects achieved by the electronic device, the chip, the computer readable storage medium, the computer program product or the chip can refer to the beneficial effects in the corresponding method provided above, and are not repeated herein.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of specific embodiments of the present application, and the scope of the present application is not limited thereto, but any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present application should be covered by the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A multitasking interface management method applied to an electronic device, wherein a task area is provided on a display interface of the electronic device, the method comprising:

In response to a preset operation, the electronic device determines a priority order of a plurality of application programs; wherein the plurality of applications includes an application currently being run by the electronic device; the preset operation includes: unlocking operation, switching to desktop operation or clicking operation of a task area starting button;

the electronic equipment displays icons of the plurality of application programs in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the plurality of application programs;

the responding to the preset operation, the electronic device determines the priority order of a plurality of application programs, and the method comprises the following steps: the i+1st time of the electronic equipment detects unlocking operation of a user, and the first application program is determined to be the application program with the highest priority; the first application program is an application program which is started by a user and is not displayed in a task area after the ith unlocking of the electronic equipment; the electronic device displaying icons of the plurality of application programs in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the plurality of application programs, including: displaying the first application program in the task area;

or alternatively, the process may be performed,

in the case that the preset operation is an operation of switching to a desktop, the electronic device determining a priority order of a plurality of application programs in response to the preset operation, including: matching a priority order according to a switching order of a fourth application program, wherein the priority of the fourth application program is lower than the priority of the plurality of application programs; the fourth application program is an application program which is started before the electronic equipment detects the preset operation and is not displayed in the task area, and the number of the fourth application program is one or more; the electronic device displaying icons of the plurality of application programs in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the plurality of application programs, including: displaying one or more of the fourth applications in the task area;

Or alternatively, the process may be performed,

in the case that the preset operation is an operation of switching to a desktop or an operation of clicking a task area start button, the electronic device determining a priority order of a plurality of application programs in response to the preset operation, including: the electronic equipment determines the priority order of the plurality of application programs according to the association degree of the plurality of application programs and the third application program; the third application program is an application program started before the electronic equipment detects the preset operation; the electronic device displaying icons of the plurality of application programs in the task area according to a preset rule according to the priority order of the plurality of application programs, including: and displaying the application program with high association degree with the third application program in the plurality of application programs in the task area.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device determining a priority order of the plurality of applications comprises:

the electronic device determines the priority order of the plurality of application programs according to application program data, wherein the application program data comprises one or more of the following items: the method comprises the steps of starting time of an application program, starting place of the application program, starting frequency of the application program and using duration of the application program.

3. The method for managing a multi-task interface according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device displaying icons of the plurality of applications in the task area according to a preset rule according to a priority order of the plurality of applications, comprises:

and the electronic equipment displays the application icons according to the priority order of the display positions in the task area and the priority order of the display positions in the task area.

4. A method of managing a multi-task interface according to claim 3, wherein the task area is a rectangular area displayed below or above the display interface, and the order of priority of the display positions in the task area includes:

the central display position of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority order of the display positions arranged on the two sides is reduced; or the leftmost display position of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority order of the display positions arranged right is reduced; or the display position at the rightmost side of the task area is the display position with the highest priority, and the priority order of the display positions arranged leftwards is reduced.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the number of the first application programs is multiple and the first application programs comprise one or more second application programs, wherein the one or more second application programs are application programs newly downloaded by a user, the i+1st time of the electronic equipment detects unlocking operation of the user, and the one or more second application programs are determined to be application programs with highest priority in the first application programs; wherein the electronic device determines the priority order of the one or more second application programs according to the downloading time order of the one or more second application programs.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to a clicking operation on an icon of a target application program, the electronic device runs the target application program in the foreground;

and in response to the long-press and up-slide operation of the icon of the target application program, the electronic equipment deletes the icon of the target application program in the task area.

7. The method of any one of claims 1-6, wherein the task area includes a display area and a hidden area, the display area being displayed on a display interface of the electronic device, the method further comprising:

In response to a sliding operation in the task area, the electronic device displays an icon of an application in the hidden area.

8. The method of any one of claims 1-6, further comprising:

in response to a two-finger pinch or a two-finger stretch operation in the task area, the electronic device enlarges or reduces the task area.

9. The method of any one of claims 1-6, further comprising:

and if the electronic equipment does not detect the screen locking operation of the user, refreshing the icons displayed in the task area according to the priority order of the plurality of currently running application programs according to a preset period.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the display interface of the electronic device is provided with a task area start button, the method comprising:

and responding to the operation of clicking the task area starting button by a user, and displaying the task area by the electronic equipment.

11. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory in which instructions are stored;

The touch screen is used for detecting touch operation and displaying a task area;

the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform the multi-tasking interface management method of any of claims 1-10.

12. A computer readable storage medium comprising computer instructions which, when run on an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the method of multitasking interface management of any of claims 1-10.

13. A chip system comprising at least one processor and at least one interface circuit, the at least one interface circuit configured to perform a transceiving function and to send instructions to the at least one processor, the at least one processor executing the instructions, the at least one processor performing the multi-tasking interface management method according to any of claims 1-10.