CN113434226A

CN113434226A - Communication method, communication device, electronic equipment and readable storage medium

Info

Publication number: CN113434226A
Application number: CN202110616260.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 谢涛
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Hangzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-02
Filing date: 2021-06-02
Publication date: 2021-09-24
Also published as: WO2022253182A1

Abstract

The application discloses a communication method, a communication device, electronic equipment and a readable storage medium, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The method comprises the following steps: displaying a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of electronic equipment, wherein each identifier indicates a communication application, and M is a positive integer; under the condition that the target condition is met, keeping displaying the first interface, and executing target operation corresponding to the target condition; when the target condition is that a first input to a first identifier of the M identifiers is received, the target operation is any one of: sending a message through a first communication application, and outputting the message received through the first communication application, wherein the first communication application is the communication application indicated by the first identifier; alternatively, when the target condition is that the first message is received through the first communication application, the target operates to output the message received through the first communication application.

Description

Communication method, communication device, electronic equipment and readable storage medium

Technical Field

The present application belongs to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a communication method, an apparatus, an electronic device, and a readable storage medium.

Background

Currently, a user can communicate with other users through a communication application installed in an electronic device.

For example, when a user needs to communicate with a user through a communication application, the user may click on an icon of the communication application to trigger the electronic device to display a contact list interface of the communication application, and then the user may find a specific contact in the contact list interface and click on the contact to trigger the electronic device to display a chat interface corresponding to the contact, so that the user may communicate with the user through the chat interface.

However, according to the above method, since communication needs to be achieved through a chat interface in the communication application, and the chat interface may block the display of the content (e.g., a movie or an e-book) originally displayed by the electronic device, the display effect of the electronic device is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application aims to provide a communication method, a communication device and electronic equipment, and the problem that the display effect of the electronic equipment is poor due to the fact that the chat interface shields the originally displayed content of the electronic equipment can be solved.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, where the method includes: displaying a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of electronic equipment, wherein each identifier indicates a communication application, and M is a positive integer; under the condition that the target condition is met, keeping displaying the first interface, and executing target operation corresponding to the target condition; wherein when the target condition is that a first input to a first identifier of the M identifiers is received, the target operation is any one of: sending a message through a first communication application, and outputting the message received through the first communication application, wherein the first communication application is the communication application indicated by the first identifier; alternatively, when the target condition is that the first message is received through the first communication application, the target operates to output the message received through the first communication application.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication apparatus, which may include: the device comprises a display module, an execution module and a receiving module. The display module is used for displaying a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of the electronic equipment, wherein each identifier indicates a communication application, and M is a positive integer; the display module is further used for keeping displaying the first interface under the condition that the target condition is met; the execution module is used for executing target operation corresponding to the target condition under the condition that the display module keeps displaying the first interface; when the target condition is that the receiving module receives a first input of a first identifier in the M identifiers, the target operation is any one of the following operations: sending a message through a first communication application, and outputting the message received through the first communication application, wherein the first communication application is the communication application indicated by the first identifier; alternatively, when the target condition is that the receiving module receives the first message through the first communication application, the target operation is to output the message received through the first communication application.

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

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

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

In the embodiment of the application, a first interface and M identifiers can be displayed on a screen of an electronic device, each identifier indicates a communication application, and M is a positive integer; under the condition that the target condition is met, keeping displaying the first interface, and executing target operation corresponding to the target condition; when the target condition is that a first input to a first identifier of the M identifiers is received, the target operation is any one of: sending a message through a first communication application, and outputting the message received through the first communication application, wherein the first communication application is the communication application indicated by the first identifier; alternatively, when the target condition is that the first message is received through the first communication application, the target operates to output the message received through the first communication application. By the scheme, when the first interface and the M identifications indicating the communication applications are displayed on the screen of the electronic equipment, because the message received by the communication application can be indicated through a certain/some of the M identifications is received, or when the specific input (such as the first input) of a user to a certain identification of the M identifications is received, the communication applications indicated by the identifications can communicate under the condition that the first interface is kept displayed, the first interface can be prevented from being blocked, and the display effect of the electronic equipment can be improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a communication method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is one of schematic interfaces of an application of a communication method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a second schematic interface diagram of an application of the communication method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a third schematic interface diagram of an application of the communication method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a fourth schematic interface diagram of an application of the communication method according to the embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a hardware schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments that can be derived by one of ordinary skill in the art from the embodiments given herein are intended to be within the scope of the present disclosure.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the present application are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It should be noted that, the marks in the embodiments of the present application are used to indicate words, symbols, images, and the like of information, and a control or other container may be used as a carrier for displaying information, including but not limited to a word mark, a symbol mark, and an image mark.

Some of the nouns or terms referred to in the claims and the specification of the present application will be explained first.

The communication method provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to a scene that a user communicates through the electronic equipment under the condition that the user plays games, watches movies, browses web pages or reads novels through the electronic equipment.

In this embodiment of the present application, identifiers (e.g., M identifiers in this embodiment) indicating communication applications may be displayed in a floating manner on an interface (e.g., a first interface in this embodiment) currently displayed on a screen of an electronic device, so that a user may perform communication through the communication applications indicated by the M identifiers based on the M identifiers while maintaining display of the first interface. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

in one case, when a message received by the communication application indicated by one of the M identifiers is received, the message may be directly output without outputting the message after switching to a communication interface corresponding to the message, so that the communication interface may be prevented from blocking the content originally displayed on the current interface, and the display effect of the electronic device may be improved.

In another case, the user may input one of the M identifiers, and when the input is inputting one message, the message may be directly sent through the communication application indicated by the identifier, and the message may not be input and sent after switching to the communication interface of the communication application, so that the communication interface may be prevented from blocking the content originally displayed on the current interface, and the display effect of the electronic device may be improved.

In another case, the user may input one of the M identifiers, and when the input is an input triggering an output of a message, the message received by the communication application indicated by the identifier may be directly output, and the message received by the communication application does not need to be output after switching to the communication interface with the communication application, so that the communication interface may be prevented from blocking the originally displayed content of the current interface, and thus the display effect of the electronic device may be improved.

The communication method, the apparatus, the electronic device, and the readable storage medium provided in the embodiments of the present application are described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

In conjunction with fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, which may include

steps

101 and 102 described below. The communication method is exemplarily described below by taking an example in which the communication apparatus performs the communication method.

Step 101, a communication device displays a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of an electronic device.

Wherein each identity indicates a communication application and M is a positive integer.

In an embodiment of the present application, a communication device displays a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of an electronic device: a first interface and M marks are displayed on the screen. The display time of the "first interface" and the "M identifiers" is not limited, that is, the first interface may be displayed first, and then the M identifiers are displayed; or the M identifiers may be displayed first and then the first interface may be displayed.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the communication application indicated by each identifier may be a communication application installed in the electronic device, or a communication application not installed in the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first interface may be any interface displayed on a screen of the electronic device. For example, the first interface may be an interface in any application installed in the electronic device, such as a game interface, an electronic book interface, a movie playing interface, a web page, an interface in a communication application, and the like.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the communication device may display the M identifiers in a floating manner, or display the M identifiers in a superimposed manner, which may be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and this embodiment of the application is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the communication device may display M identifiers in any area of the screen, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and this embodiment of the application is not limited.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the user may trigger to adjust the display position of the identifier on the screen by dragging the identifier.

In this embodiment, in the case that the communication device displays M identifiers, the communication device may detect whether an identifier (for example, a target identifier described below) in the M identifiers satisfies a preset condition (for example, a target condition described below), and if the target identifier satisfies the target condition, the communication device may keep displaying the first interface and perform a target operation corresponding to the target condition, that is, perform step 102 described below. If the target condition is not met, the detection is continued. For the description of the target conditions, detailed description will be made in the following embodiments, which are not repeated herein in order to avoid redundancy.

And 102, the communication device keeps displaying the first interface and executes target operation corresponding to the target condition under the condition that the target condition is met.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the target condition may be: the communication device receives a first input of a user to a first identifier of the M identifiers (one possible implementation), or the communication device receives a first message through a first communication application (another possible implementation); wherein, the first communication application is the communication application indicated by the first identification.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target conditions are different, and the target operations corresponding to the target conditions may also be different.

Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

in one possible implementation manner, namely when the target condition is that the communication device receives the first input of the user to the first identifier in the M identifiers, the target operation may be any one of the following: the message is sent through the first communication application, and the message received through the first communication application is output. In another possible implementation manner described above, when the target condition is that the communication apparatus receives the first message through the first communication application, the target operation is to output the message received through the first communication application.

In the embodiment of the application, the message sent by the communication device through the first communication application is a message input by the user in the input process of the first input.

Alternatively, in the embodiment of the present application, when the target operation is to output a message received through the first communication application, the communication apparatus may output any one of the messages received through the first communication application.

For example, the communication apparatus may output a message received last time by the first communication application (i.e., the first message described above), or output a message received before receiving the first message among messages received by the first communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the target operation is to output a message received through the first communication application, the communication device may output a message sent by any contact object in the first communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the communication device may output the message received through the first communication application in a text form and/or a voice form. Correspondingly, the communication device may send the message in text form or voice form through the first communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first input may be a touch input of the user to the first identifier. Specifically, the first input may be any possible input such as a long press input, a click input, or a slide input on the first identifier by the user.

For example, when the target operation is to send a message through the first communication application, the first input may be an input of a long press by the user on the first identifier, and the communication device may record a voice message during the long press; alternatively, the first input may comprise two sub-inputs, one for triggering the start of recording of the voice message and the other for triggering the end of recording of the voice message. Thus, after the first input is ended, the communication apparatus can transmit the recorded voice message through the first communication application.

If the communication device fails to send the message, a flyover window may be displayed prompting the failure to send, and the user may click on the flyover window to trigger the communication device to resend the message. Of course, the user may also press the first identifier again for a longer time to trigger the re-entry of the message, and the communication means may send the re-entered message to the target contact object when the user's finger leaves the screen of the electronic device again.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the user presses the first identifier for a long time, if the communication device does not detect the voice information, the communication device may stop recording the message, and output the prompt information to prompt the user to re-enter the voice information.

In the communication apparatus provided in the embodiment of the application, when the first interface and M identifiers indicating the communication applications are displayed in the screen of the electronic device, since a message received by one/some of the M identifiers indicating the communication applications may be received, or when a specific input (for example, a first input) of a user to one of the M identifiers is received, the communication applications indicated by the identifiers may communicate while the first interface is kept displayed, so that the first interface may be prevented from being blocked, and thus the display effect of the electronic device may be improved.

Further, the communication application can communicate without switching to a communication interface of the communication application indicated by the first identifier, so that the communication efficiency of the electronic equipment can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, for each identifier in the M identifiers, one identifier may be specifically used to indicate one contact object in one communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the contact object indicated by the identifier may be a contact or a contact group.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when one identifier indicates one contact object, at least one of a name, a remark name, and an avatar of the contact object may be included in the identifier.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, assuming that the first identifier indicates a target contact object in the first communication application, the step 102 may be specifically implemented by the step 102a or the step 102b described below.

And 102a, under the condition that the first input of the user on the first identifier is received, the communication device keeps displaying the first interface, and sends a message to the target contact object or outputs the message sent by the target contact object.

It can be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the sending of the message to one contact object by the communication device is essentially sending the message to the device of the contact object; correspondingly, the message sent by the communication device for receiving one contact object is essentially the message sent by the device for receiving the contact object.

Step 102a is illustratively described below in conjunction with the figures.

Illustratively, taking the communication apparatus as an example of outputting a message sent by a target contact object, as shown in fig. 2, the communication apparatus may display a first interface 21 on a screen 20 of the electronic device, and display an identifier 22 indicating "zhang san" of a contact, an identifier 23 indicating "lie four" of the contact, and an identifier 24 indicating "family" of a contact group, that is, M identifiers in a floating manner in an area of the screen 20 where no content is displayed. So that the user can long press on any one of the M identifiers to trigger the communication device to record a voice message, and after the user's finger leaves the screen, the communication device can keep displaying the first interface 21 and send the recorded voice message to the contact "zhang san".

And 102b, under the condition that the communication device receives the first message sent by the target contact object, keeping displaying the first interface, and outputting the message sent by the target contact object.

It can be understood that, in this embodiment of the application, the target contact object may specifically send a message (e.g., a first message) through its device.

It should be noted that, in an actual implementation, a part of the M identifiers may indicate a communication application, and another part of the M identifiers may indicate a contact object, which may be determined according to an actual use requirement.

For other descriptions of step 102a and step 102b, reference may be specifically made to the related description of step 102, and details are not described here again to avoid repetition.

In the embodiment of the application, when the M identifiers are displayed on the screen of the electronic device, communication with the contact objects indicated by the identifiers can be realized under the condition that the first interface is kept displayed, so that the first interface can be prevented from being shielded, and the display effect of the electronic device can be improved.

For convenience of description, a message when the target operation is outputting "a message received through the first communication application" is hereinafter referred to as a "target message", and both are the same and may be interchanged.

Alternatively, in this embodiment of the application, when the target operation is to output a message (i.e., a target message) received through the first communication application, and the format target message output by the communication device is in a text form, the step 102 may be specifically implemented by the step 102c or the step 102d described below.

And 102c, in the case of receiving a first input to the first identifier, the communication device keeps displaying the first interface and scrolls and displays the target message in the target area.

Step 102d, in the case that the first message is received through the first communication application, the communication device keeps displaying the first interface and scrolls and displays the target message in the target area.

Wherein the target area is: the area on the screen where the status bar is displayed, the area on the screen where the first identifier is displayed, or the area on the screen adjacent to the area where the first identifier is displayed.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the communication device may scroll and display the target message in the form of a text bubble.

For example, taking the target area as an area adjacent to an area on the screen of the electronic device where the first indicator is displayed as an example, in conjunction with fig. 2, as shown in fig. 3, the first indicator 23 indicates the contact "lie four", and the first indicator 23 is displayed in a left blank area of the screen 20 of the electronic device, when the communication apparatus outputs the target message in text form, the communication apparatus may display a text bubble 25 at a lower left of the first indicator 23 and scroll-display the target message in text form in the text bubble 25.

For other descriptions of step 102c and step 102d, reference may be specifically made to the relevant description in step 102, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

In the embodiment of the application, the communication device can scroll and display the message received by the first communication application in the target area of the screen of the electronic equipment, so that not only can the content displayed on the current interface be ensured to be not blocked to the greatest extent, but also the normal output of the audio content corresponding to the content displayed on the current interface can be ensured, and the user experience can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, in the case that the target operation is outputting a target message (i.e. a message received through the first communication application), after the communication apparatus performs the target operation, the user may also trigger the communication apparatus to output a specific message received through the first communication application through another input (different from the first input) to the first identifier. Wherein the specific message may be any one of messages received through the first communication application; for example, the specific message may be the target message, the first message, or a message other than the target message and the first message among messages received through the first communication application.

Exemplarily, in the case that the target operation is to output a message received through the first communication application, after the step 102, the communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application may further include the following steps 103 and 104.

Step 103, the communication device receives the target input of the first identifier from the user.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the target input may be a touch input of the user to the first identifier. Specifically, the target input may be any possible input such as a click input or a slide input of the user on the first identifier.

In the embodiment of the present application, the target input is different from the first input. For example, the first input is a click input on the first marker, and the target input is an input that slides to the right on the first marker.

Step 104, the communication device outputs a second message in response to the target input.

The second message is a message received by the communication device through the first communication application, and the time for receiving the second message by the communication device is earlier than the time for receiving the first message.

It is to be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the second message is a history message that should be received through the first communication, for example, the second message may be an unread message in messages received through the first communication application.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the application, the user can customize the input form of the target input, so that the user can conveniently and quickly browse the history information received through the first communication application.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the user may trigger to output any one of the history messages received through the first communication application through the target input, which may be specifically determined according to an input form of the target input.

For example, assume that 3 messages are received by the first communication application, and the 3 messages are in order of the receiving time: message 1, message 2, and message 3; assuming again that the target operation bit outputs message 2, then: when the target input is that the user slides to the left on the first identifier, the communication device may output the last piece of information (i.e., message 2) received through the first communication application; when the target input is the user sliding right on the first identifier, the communication device may output the next piece of information (i.e., message 1) received through the first communication application.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can trigger the communication device to output the history message received by the communication application indicated by the identifier through target input of one identifier in the M identifiers, so that the flexibility of viewing the message by the user can be further improved on the basis of improving the display effect of the electronic equipment.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the user may trigger the communication apparatus to select the contact objects from the communication application installed in the electronic device through an input, so as to trigger the communication apparatus to display the identifiers indicating the contact objects.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the M identifiers may be set by user triggering.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the user may trigger the communication device to set at least one of the M identifiers at a time.

For example, in the embodiment of the present application, assuming that each identifier of M identifiers indicates one contact object in one communication application, then: before the step 101, the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include the following steps 105 and 106.

Step 105, the communication device receives a second input from the user.

Wherein the second input may be used to select N contact objects in the second communication application, N being a positive integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the second communication application may be any communication application installed in the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the second communication application may be the same as or different from the first communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the user may perform a second input on an interface (hereinafter referred to as a contact list interface) displaying a contact list in the second communication application to trigger the communication apparatus to select N contact objects from the contact list interface.

Step 106, the communication device responds to the second input and displays the N identifications on the screen of the electronic equipment.

Wherein each of the N identifiers may indicate one of the N contact objects, and the N identifiers are ones of the M identifiers.

In this embodiment of the application, after the communication device receives the second input, it may be determined whether the second communication application allows setting the identifier indicating the contact object, and if the second communication application allows setting the identifier indicating the contact object, the communication device may display the N identifiers. If the second communication application does not allow setting of the identifier indicating the contact object, the communication device may display a prompt message to prompt the user to enable the permission of the first application to set the right indicating the identifier of the contact object; for example, the communication device may display a prompt pop-up window that includes "do not open the communication flyover window permissions for the first application? If the user clicks on the 'yes' option, the communication device can open the communication floating window permission of the first application and display N identifications; if the user clicks on the "yes" option, the communication device does not display the N identifiers.

The steps 105 and 106 are described in the following with reference to fig. 4.

Exemplarily, it is assumed that the second communication application allows setting an identification indicating a contact object therein; assuming again that the contact list interface of the second communication application is displayed in the screen of the electronic device, then: if the user desires to set an identifier indicating contact "three by three", the user may long press on contact "three by three" in the contact list interface 40, as shown in fig. 4 (a), to trigger the communication apparatus to display an option 41 of "open chat hover identifier" so that the user may click on this option 41, as shown in fig. 4 (b), the communication apparatus hovers an identifier 42 indicating contact "three by three" on the contact list interface 40. It will be appreciated that the second input described above may include a long press input by the user on the contact "Zhang III" and a click input on the "open chat hover flag" option. Further, when the user triggers the communication device to switch from the contact list interface to the video playback interface, the communication device may display an identifier indicating "zhang san" contact on the video playback interface.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present application, the example is illustrated by taking an example that a user selects one contact object, and in an actual implementation, the contact list interface may be triggered to be in an editable state, and then the user may select a plurality of contact objects in the contact list interface and trigger setting of the identifiers indicating the selected contact objects.

It should be noted that, in practical implementation, when one of the M identifiers indicates one communication application, a user may trigger the communication device to set the identifier indicating the communication application through an input on a setting interface or on a desktop. For example, the user may input an application icon for the communication application displayed in the desktop to trigger the communication apparatus to display an identifier indicating the communication application on the screen of the electronic device.

In the embodiment of the application, on one hand, the user can trigger the electronic equipment to display and indicate the N identifications of the N contact objects through the second input according to the actual use requirement, so that the flexibility of setting the identifications is improved. On the other hand, because the user can directly realize the communication with the contact objects indicated by the identifications through the identifications displayed by the communication device, and the communication with the contact objects can be realized without displaying the communication interface corresponding to the contact objects, the communication interface can be prevented from shielding the originally displayed content of the screen, and the communication efficiency of the electronic equipment can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the user may input any one of the M identifiers to trigger the communication device to set a form of sending a message through a communication application (for example, a third communication application described below) indicated by the identifier, or to set a form of outputting a message received through the third communication application. That is, the user can flexibly set the form of outputting the message and/or sending the message according to the actual use requirement, thereby improving the flexibility of operation.

Exemplarily, in the present embodiment, after the step 101, the communication method provided in the present embodiment may further include the following steps 107 to 110.

Step 107, the communication device receives a third input of the second identifier of the M identifiers from the user.

Wherein the second identification indicates a third communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the second identifier may be the same as or different from the first identifier, and may be determined specifically according to an actual use requirement, which is not limited in this embodiment of the application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, when the second identifier is the same as the first identifier, the third communication application is the same as the first communication application; the third communication application is different from the first communication application when the second identity is different from the first identity.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the third input is a touch input of the user to the second identifier.

For example, the third input may be an input of the user circling the second identifier, or an input of the user clicking a plurality of times (two or more times) on the second identifier.

In an embodiment of the application, the third input is a different input than the first input and the second input.

Step 108, the communication device responds to the third input and displays a setting menu.

The setting menu may include a plurality of menu items, each menu item indicating a form of sending or outputting a message.

It can be understood that, in the embodiment of the present application, the setting menu corresponds to a third communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the setting menu includes a first sub-menu and/or a second sub-menu, a menu item in the first sub-menu is used to set a form of sending a message, and a menu item in the second sub-menu is used to set a form of outputting a message.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the fourth input is a touch input of the user to the target menu item.

For example, the fourth input may be any possible input such as a long press input, a click input, or a swipe input by the user on the target menu item.

Step 109, the communication device receives a fourth input from the user to a target menu item of the plurality of menu items.

Step 110, the communication device sets the form of the message sent or output by the third communication application to the form indicated by the target menu item in response to the fourth input.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the communication device sets the form of the message sent or output by the third communication application to the form indicated by the target menu item, specifically: setting the mind of sending the message through the third communication application as the form of the target menu item indication, or setting the message form of outputting the message received through the third communication application as the form of the target menu item indication.

The above steps 107 to 110 are exemplarily described below with reference to fig. 5.

Illustratively, as shown in fig. 5 (a), a video playing interface 21 (i.e., a first interface) and an identifier 22 indicating "zhang san" of the contact are displayed on a screen of the electronic device, and the user can double-click (i.e., a third input) on the identifier 22, so that as shown in fig. 5 (b), the communication apparatus can display a menu 26, included in this menu 26 is a second submenu 26-1 for setting the form of the outgoing message, the second sub-menu 26-1 includes two menu items, namely a "speech output" menu item and a "text output" menu item, so that if the user needs to output the message sent by the contact "zhang san" in speech form, the user can click on the "speech output" menu item (i.e. the target menu item), in a form that triggers the communication means to set the message sent by the output contact "zhang san" to a voice form (i.e., a form indicated by the destination menu item). In this way, no matter what form the contact "zhang san" sends the message to the communication device, the communication device may output the message sent by the contact "zhang san" in a voice form, for example, the communication device receives the text message sent by the contact "zhang san", and then the communication device may convert the text message into a voice message and then output the voice message. It will be appreciated that after the trigger has set the form of the outgoing message, the user may click on the screen of the electronic device to trigger the communicator to cancel the display of the menu 26.

It will be appreciated that the user may trigger the communication device to set the form in which messages are sent or output by different communication applications to different forms. For example, the form of sending a message through the communication application 1 is set to a voice form, and the form of sending a message through the communication application 2 is set to a text form.

In the embodiment of the application, as the user can trigger the communication device to preset the form of sending or outputting the message by the communication application indicated by the identifier to be set to be the form indicated by the target menu item through the third input and the fourth input aiming at one identifier in the M identifiers; it is thus possible to ensure that the communication device outputs and/or transmits the message in a form that meets the needs of the user. This can improve the flexibility of communication.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, it is assumed that M identifiers indicate M communication applications, and of course, M identifiers may also indicate M contact objects, and for each communication application in the M communication applications, if an unread message is not included in a message received by one communication application, the communication apparatus may display the identifier indicating the communication application in one display manner (for example, a first display manner described below), and if an unread message is included in a message sent by one communication application, the communication apparatus may display the identifier indicating the communication application in another display manner (for example, a second display manner described below). In this way, the user can quickly know which communication applications to receive messages including unread messages.

Exemplarily, in the embodiment of the present application, it is assumed that when a message received through a first communication application does not include an unread message, a first identifier is displayed in a first display manner; then, before the step 102, the communication method provided by the embodiment of the present application may further include the step 111 described below.

Step 111, in case of receiving the message transmitted by the first communication application, the communication device updates the display mode of the first identifier from the first display mode to the second display mode.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the first display mode is different from the second display mode.

For example, assuming that the display color of the first identifier is white (i.e., the first display mode) before the communication apparatus receives the message transmitted through the first communication application, the display color of the first identifier may be updated to red (i.e., the second display mode) after the communication apparatus receives the message transmitted through the first communication application.

In the embodiment of the application, when the message sent by the first communication application is received, the communication device can update the display mode of the first identifier, so that a user can know whether the message received by the first communication application includes an unread message or not based on the display mode of the first identifier, and the user experience can be improved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, in another possible implementation manner, if M is an integer greater than 1, and the M identifiers indicate M contact objects, during a process that the communication device outputs a message sent by one of the M contact objects, if a message sent by another one of the M contact objects is received, the communication device may output the message sent by the another contact object after the message sent by the one contact object is output, so as to avoid that the user misses the message.

Of course, the user may preselect and set the trigger condition for outputting the message sent by the M contact objects, for example, the trigger condition for outputting the message sent by one contact object of the M contact objects may be preset to be automatically output after receiving the message, and the trigger condition for outputting the message sent by the other contact object except the one contact object of the M contact objects may be preselect and set to be output after being triggered by the user. Or, the trigger condition for outputting the message sent by the M contact objects may be set according to the sequence of setting the identifier indicating the M contact objects, for example, if the identifier indicating the contact person "zhangsan" is set first, the communication apparatus may automatically output the message after receiving the message sent by the contact person "zhangsan"; and defaults that the message sent by the contact objects except the contact person 'Zhang III' in the M contact objects is output after the user triggers.

It should be noted that, in the communication method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution main body may be a communication device, or an execution module in the communication device for executing the communication method. In the embodiment of the present application, a communication apparatus executing a communication method is taken as an example, and the communication apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

With reference to fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application provides a communication device 60, where the communication device 60 may include: a display module 61, a receiving module 62 and an execution module 63; the display module 61 may be configured to display a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of an electronic device, where each identifier may indicate a communication application, and M is a positive integer; the display module 61 may be further configured to keep displaying the first interface when the target condition is met; an executing module 63, which may be configured to execute a target operation corresponding to the target condition while the display module 61 keeps displaying the first interface; wherein, when the target condition is that the receiving module 62 receives the first input of the first identifier of the M identifiers, the target operation is any one of the following: sending a message through a first communication application, and outputting the message received through the first communication application, wherein the first communication application is a communication application which can be indicated by a first identifier; alternatively, when the target condition is that the reception module 62 receives the first message through the first communication application, the target operates to output the message received through the first communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, each identifier of the M identifiers may indicate one contact object in one communication application, and the first identifier may indicate a target contact object in the first communication application;

the display module 61 may be specifically configured to keep displaying the first interface when the receiving module 62 receives the first input to the first identifier; the executing module 63 may be specifically configured to send a message to the target contact object or output a message sent by the target contact object under the condition that the display module 61 keeps displaying the first interface; or, the display module 61 may be specifically configured to keep displaying the first interface when the receiving module 62 receives the first message sent by the target contact object; the executing module 63 may be specifically configured to output the message sent by the target contact object when the displaying module 61 keeps displaying the first interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the receiving module 62 may be further configured to receive a target input to the first identifier after the executing module 63 outputs the message received through the first communication application; an execution module 63, further operable to output a second message in response to the target input, the second message being a message received through the first communication application; wherein the second message is received earlier than the first message.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the receiving module 62 may be further configured to receive a second input of the user before the displaying module 61 displays the first interface on the screen, where the second input may be used to select N contact objects in the second communication application; the display module 61 may be further configured to display N identifiers on the screen in response to the second input received by the receiving module 62, where each identifier in the N identifiers may indicate one contact object in the N contact objects, and the N identifiers are identifiers in the M identifiers; wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the receiving module 62 may be further configured to receive a third input to a second identifier of the M identifiers after the displaying module 61 displays the first interface on the screen, where the second identifier may indicate a third communication application; a display unit, further operable to display a setup menu in response to the third input received by the receiving module 62, the setup menu may include a plurality of menu items, each of which may indicate a form of sending or outputting a message; a receiving module 62, further operable to receive a fourth input for a target menu item of the plurality of menu items; the executing module 63 may be further configured to set a form of a message sent or output through the third communication application to a form that the target menu item may indicate, in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module 62.

In the communication apparatus provided in the embodiment of the application, when the first interface and M identifiers indicating the communication applications are displayed on the screen of the electronic device, since a message received by one/some of the M identifiers indicating the communication applications may be received, or when a specific input (for example, a first input) of a user to one of the M identifiers is received, the communication applications indicated by the identifiers may communicate while the first interface is kept displayed, so that the first interface may be prevented from being blocked, and thus the display effect of the electronic device may be improved.

The beneficial effects of the various implementation manners in this embodiment may specifically refer to the beneficial effects of the corresponding implementation manners in the above method embodiments, and are not described herein again to avoid repetition.

The communication device in the embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The device can be mobile electronic equipment or non-mobile electronic equipment. By way of example, the mobile electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and the non-mobile electronic device may be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.

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

The communication device 60 provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the communication method embodiment in the method embodiments of fig. 1 to fig. 5, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

As shown in fig. 7, an electronic device 200 according to an embodiment of the present application is further provided, which includes a processor 202, a memory 201, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory 201 and executable on the processor 202, and when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 202, the processes of the communication method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and details are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

It should be noted that the electronic devices in the embodiments of the present application include the mobile electronic devices and the non-mobile electronic devices described above.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

The electronic device 1000 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1001, a network module 1002, an audio output unit 1003, an input unit 1004, a sensor 1005, a display unit 1006, a user input unit 1007, an interface unit 1008, a memory 1009, and a processor 1010.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 1000 may further comprise a power source (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1010 through a power management system, so as to implement functions of managing charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 8 does not constitute a limitation of the electronic device, and the electronic device may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, and thus, the description is omitted here.

The display unit 1006 may be configured to display a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of the electronic device, where each identifier may indicate a communication application, and M is a positive integer; the display unit 1006, which can be further configured to keep displaying the first interface if the target condition is met; the radio frequency unit 1001/audio output unit 1003/display unit 1006 may be configured to execute a target operation corresponding to a target condition while the display unit 1006 keeps displaying the first interface; when the target condition is that the user input unit 1007 receives a first input to a first identifier of the M identifiers, the target operation is any one of: sending a message through a first communication application, and outputting the message received through the first communication application, wherein the first communication application is a communication application which can be indicated by a first identifier; alternatively, when the target condition is that the first message is received through the first communication application, the target operates to output the message received through the first communication application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, each identifier of the M identifiers may indicate one contact object in one communication application, and the first identifier may indicate a target contact object in the first communication application; the display unit 1006 may be specifically configured to keep displaying the first interface when the user input unit 1007 receives a first input to the first identifier; the radio frequency unit 1001 may be specifically configured to send a message to the target contact object while the display unit 1006 keeps displaying the first interface; or, the audio output unit 1003/the display unit 1006 may be specifically configured to output a message sent by the target contact object when the display unit 1006 keeps displaying the first interface; or, the display unit 1006 may be specifically configured to keep displaying the first interface when the radio frequency unit 1001 receives the first message sent by the target contact object; the audio output unit 1003/the display unit 1006 may be specifically configured to output a message sent by the target contact object when the display unit 1006 keeps displaying the first interface.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the user input unit 1007 may be further configured to receive a target input for the first identifier after the audio output unit 1003/the display unit 1006 outputs the message received through the first communication application; the audio output unit 1003/display unit 1006, may be further configured to output a second message in response to the target input, where the second message is a message received through the first communication application; wherein the second message is received earlier than the first message.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the user input unit 1007 may be further configured to receive a second input from the user before the display unit 1006 displays the first interface on the screen, where the second input may be used to select N contact objects in the second communication application; a display unit 1006, which may be further configured to display N identifiers on the screen in response to a second input received by the user input unit 1007, where each identifier of the N identifiers may indicate one contact object of the N contact objects, and the N identifiers are identifiers of the M identifiers; wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the application, the user input unit 1007 may be further configured to receive a third input to a second identifier of the M identifiers after the display unit 1006 displays the first interface on the screen, where the second identifier may indicate a third communication application; a display unit, which may also be used to display a setting menu in response to a third input received by the user input unit 1007, where the setting menu may include a plurality of menu items, and each menu item may indicate a form of sending or outputting a message; the user input unit 1007 may be further configured to receive a fourth input for a target menu item of the plurality of menu items; the execution module may be further configured to set a form in which a message is transmitted or output through the third communication application to a form in which the destination menu item may be indicated, in response to a fourth input received by the user input unit 1007.

In the electronic device provided in the embodiment of the application, when the first interface and M identifiers indicating the communication applications are displayed on the screen of the electronic device, since a message received by one/some of the M identifiers indicating the communication applications may be received, or when a specific input (for example, a first input) of a user to one of the M identifiers is received, the communication applications indicated by the identifiers may communicate while the first interface is kept displayed, so that the first interface may be prevented from being blocked, and thus the display effect of the electronic device may be improved.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 1004 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 10041 and a microphone 10042, and the Graphics Processing Unit 10041 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 1006 may include a display panel 10061, and the display panel 10061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1007 includes a touch panel 10071 and other input devices 10072. The touch panel 10071 is also referred to as a touch screen. The touch panel 10071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 10072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (e.g., volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), a trackball, a mouse, and a joystick, which are not described in detail herein. The memory 1009 may be used to store software programs as well as various data, including but not limited to application programs and operating systems. Processor 1010 may integrate an application processor that handles primarily operating systems, user interfaces, applications, etc. and a modem processor that handles primarily wireless communications. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 1010.

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

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

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to execute a program or an instruction to implement each process of the communication method embodiment, and the same technical effect can be achieved.

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

It should be noted that, in this document, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element. Further, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order illustrated or discussed, but may include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in a reverse order based on the functions involved, e.g., the methods described may be performed in an order different than that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with reference to certain examples may be combined in other examples.

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

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

Claims

1. A method of communication, the method comprising:

displaying a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of electronic equipment, wherein each identifier indicates a communication application, and M is a positive integer;

under the condition that target conditions are met, the first interface is kept displayed, and target operation corresponding to the target conditions is executed;

wherein when the target condition is that a first input to a first identifier of the M identifiers is received, the target operation is any one of: sending a message through a first communication application, and outputting the message received through the first communication application, wherein the first communication application is the communication application indicated by the first identifier;

alternatively, when the target condition is that a first message is received through the first communication application, the target operation is to output the message received through the first communication application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each identifier indicates one contact object in the one communication application, and wherein the first identifier indicates a target contact object in the first communication application;

under the condition that a target condition is met, the first interface is kept displayed, and target operation corresponding to the target condition is executed, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

under the condition that the first input of the first identifier is received, keeping displaying the first interface, and sending a message to the target contact object or outputting the message sent by the target contact object; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

and under the condition of receiving the first message sent by the target contact object, keeping displaying the first interface, and outputting the message sent by the target contact object.

3. The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein after outputting the message received by the first communication application, the method further comprises: receiving a target input to the first identification;

outputting a second message in response to the target input, the second message being a message received through the first communication application;

wherein the second message is received earlier in time than the first message.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein prior to displaying the first interface on the screen of the electronic device, the method further comprises:

receiving a second input for selecting N contact objects in a second communication application;

displaying N identifiers on the screen in response to the second input, wherein each identifier in the N identifiers indicates one contact object in the N contact objects, and the N identifiers are identifiers in the M identifiers;

wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein after displaying the first interface on the screen of the electronic device, the method further comprises:

receiving a third input to a second one of the M identities, the second identity indicating a third communication application;

in response to the third input, displaying a setup menu, the setup menu including a plurality of menu items, each menu item indicating a form of sending or outputting a message;

receiving a fourth input to a target menu item of the plurality of menu items;

in response to the fourth input, setting a form of a message transmitted or output through the third communication application to a form indicated by the target menu item.

6. A communications apparatus, the apparatus comprising: the device comprises a display module, a receiving module and an execution module;

the display module is used for displaying a first interface and M identifiers on a screen of the electronic equipment, each identifier indicates one communication application, and M is a positive integer;

the display module is further used for keeping displaying the first interface under the condition that a target condition is met;

the execution module is used for executing target operation corresponding to the target condition under the condition that the display module keeps displaying the first interface;

wherein, when the target condition is that the receiving module receives a first input to a first identifier of the M identifiers, the target operation is any one of: sending a message through a first communication application, and outputting the message received through the first communication application, wherein the first communication application is the communication application indicated by the first identifier; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the target operation is to output a message received through the first communication application when the target condition is that the receiving module receives a first message through the first communication application.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein each identifier indicates one contact object in the one communication application, and wherein the first identifier indicates a target contact object in the first communication application;

the display module is specifically configured to keep displaying the first interface when the receiving module receives the first input to the first identifier; the execution module is specifically configured to send a message to the target contact object or output a message sent by the target contact object under the condition that the display module keeps displaying the first interface;

alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,

the display module is specifically configured to keep displaying the first interface when the receiving module receives the first message sent by the target contact object; and the execution module is specifically configured to output the message sent by the target contact object under the condition that the display module keeps displaying the first interface.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 or 7,

the receiving module is further configured to receive a target input to the first identifier after the executing module outputs the message received through the first communication application;

the execution module is further configured to output a second message in response to the target input, where the second message is a message received through the first communication application;

wherein the second message is received earlier in time than the first message.

9. The apparatus of claim 7,

the receiving module is further configured to receive a second input of the user before the displaying module displays the first interface on the screen, where the second input is used to select N contact objects in a second communication application;

the display module is further configured to display N identifiers on the screen in response to the second input received by the receiving module, where each identifier in the N identifiers indicates one contact object in the N contact objects, and the N identifiers are identifiers in the M identifiers;

wherein N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

10. The apparatus of claim 6,

the receiving module is further configured to receive a third input of a second identifier of the M identifiers after the displaying module displays the first interface on the screen, where the second identifier indicates a third communication application;

the display unit is further configured to display a setting menu in response to the third input received by the receiving module, where the setting menu includes a plurality of menu items, and each menu item indicates a form of sending or outputting a message;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth input to a target menu item of the plurality of menu items;

the executing module is further configured to set a form of a message sent or output by the third communication application to a form indicated by the target menu item in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module.

11. An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instructions stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instructions, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

12. A readable storage medium, characterized in that it stores thereon a program or instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the communication method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.