CN114547395A

CN114547395A - Searching method and device

Info

Publication number: CN114547395A
Application number: CN202210177447.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 方亮亮
Original assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Current assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-02-24
Filing date: 2022-02-24
Publication date: 2022-05-27

Abstract

The application discloses a searching method and a searching device, and belongs to the technical field of electronic equipment. The searching method comprises the following steps: receiving a first input through a first display area of a foldable screen of an electronic device, wherein the first input is used for setting a search condition; and displaying at least two search results in a second display area of the foldable screen in response to the first input, wherein the at least two search results are results obtained by searching at least two application programs for resources meeting the search condition.

Description

Searching method and device

Technical Field

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

Background

With the development of electronic devices and software technologies, more and more applications are installed on electronic devices.

The user can search for resources meeting the user's needs through the search function of the application program. However, in the related art, when a user wants to search for a resource satisfying the user's requirement among a plurality of applications, a search condition needs to be input into each of the plurality of applications, and then a search is performed in each of the plurality of applications. In this process, the user is required to switch among a plurality of applications and to input a search condition in each application, so that the search efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application aims to provide a searching method and a searching device, which can solve the problem of low searching efficiency.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a search method, including:

receiving a first input through a first display area of a foldable screen of an electronic device, wherein the first input is used for setting a search condition;

and displaying at least two search results in a second display area of the foldable screen in response to the first input, wherein the at least two search results are results obtained by searching at least two application programs for resources meeting the search condition.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a search apparatus, including:

the electronic device comprises a first receiving module, a second receiving module and a display module, wherein the first receiving module is used for receiving a first input through a first display area of a foldable screen of the electronic device, and the first input is used for setting a search condition;

and the first display module is used for responding to the first input and displaying at least two search results in the second display area of the foldable screen, wherein the at least two search results are respectively results obtained by searching resources meeting the search conditions in at least two application programs.

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

In a sixth aspect, embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, which is stored in a storage medium and executed by at least one processor to implement the method according to the first aspect.

In the embodiment of the application, an input is received through a first display area of a foldable screen of an electronic device, that is, resources meeting a search condition set by the input can be searched in at least two application programs to obtain at least two search results, and then the at least two search results are displayed in a second display area of the foldable screen. The user is not required to switch the application programs, and the user is not required to set the search condition in each of the at least two application programs, so that the search efficiency can be improved.

Drawings

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of displaying search results provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first interface provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a diagram for displaying historical search results provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a first process for configuring an application according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a second process for configuring an application according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a first diagram illustrating a search process for multi-application search according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a second diagram illustrating a search process for multi-application search according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a search apparatus provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is a hardware configuration diagram of an electronic device implementing 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 will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the application may be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and that the terms "first," "second," and the like are generally used herein in a generic sense and do not limit the number of terms, e.g., the first term can be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the specification and claims means at least one of connected objects, a character "/" generally means that a preceding and succeeding related objects are in an "or" relationship.

The searching method and device provided by the embodiments of the present application are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a search method provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 1, the search method may include:

s101: receiving a first input through a first display area of a foldable screen of an electronic device, wherein the first input is used for setting a search condition;

s102: and displaying at least two search results in a second display area of the foldable screen in response to the first input, wherein the at least two search results are results obtained by searching at least two application programs for resources meeting the search condition.

Specific implementations of the above steps will be described in detail below.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the search condition in the embodiment of the present application may be a search keyword input by a user.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, when searching for a resource satisfying a search condition in at least two applications, a search engine of each of the at least two applications may be invoked to perform a resource search.

Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram for displaying search results provided by an embodiment of the present application. First, a user sets a search condition (e.g., inputs a search keyword XXX) in one display area (i.e., a first display area) of the folder of the electronic device shown in fig. 2, and then clicks a "search" button, and 3 search results, which are results of searching for a resource satisfying the search condition among 3 applications (application X, application Y, and application Z), are displayed in the other display area (i.e., a second display area) of the folder of the electronic device. The 3 search results are the search result derived from application X, the search result derived from application Y, and the search result derived from application Z, respectively.

In the embodiment of the application, at least two search results are displayed in the same display area, so that a user can screen and compare the search results, and the experience effect of the user is improved. For example, if a user wants to compare the prices of a certain product, the user may search for the product in the plurality of application programs, and then display the prices of the product in the plurality of application programs in one display area, which is convenient for the user to compare the prices.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, S102 may include: and displaying at least two search results in the second display area according to the preference information of the user on at least two application programs.

Wherein, the preference information includes but is not limited to: the duration, frequency, etc. of use of the application by the user. For shopping-like applications, the preference information may also include: the number of times the user places an order, the number of times the user pays, the number of items purchased by the user, etc.

Illustratively, assume that at least two applications are application X, application Y, and application Z. When the search result is displayed, sequentially displaying the following results according to the sequence from top to bottom: search results from application Y, search results from application Z, and search results from application X.

In the embodiment of the application, the search result is displayed according to the preference of the user to the two application programs, so that the user experience effect can be improved.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the application, when the number of applications corresponding to a search is large, so that the number of search results is large, and all the search results cannot be displayed in one interface, a user may slide a screen to display search results that cannot be displayed.

Illustratively, 5 search results are predefined to be displayed in one interface, when searching is carried out in 6 application programs (application programs 1-6), the search results corresponding to the application programs 1-5 are firstly displayed in the interface from top to bottom, and when the user slides the screen upwards, the search results corresponding to the application programs 2-6 are displayed from top to bottom.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the search method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: receiving a second input of a first search result, wherein the first search result is any one of at least two search results; and responding to the second input, and displaying a first interface in the first display area, wherein the first interface is an interface of the application program corresponding to the first search result and including the resource corresponding to the first search result.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the second input includes, but is not limited to, a click input, a slide input, and the like.

Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram for displaying a first interface provided in an embodiment of the present application. In fig. 3, when the user clicks on a search result derived from application Z, a resource interface corresponding to application Z including the search result is displayed in the first display area.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can display that the application program corresponding to the search result comprises the resource interface corresponding to the search result by executing an input on the search result, so that the user experience effect can be improved.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the search method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: receiving a deletion input for a second search result, wherein the second search result is any one of at least two search results; in response to a delete input, deleting the second search result in the second display area.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the deletion input includes, but is not limited to, a click input, a slide input, etc. that clicks a deletion button corresponding to the search result.

In the embodiment of the application, the user can delete the search result by executing one input to the search result, so that the user can conveniently browse the rest search results, and the user experience effect can be improved.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the search method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: receiving a third input to the second display area; and responding to the third input, and displaying the historical search result in the second display area, wherein the historical search result is a search result corresponding to the second input received in the history.

It is to be appreciated that the historical search results are search results that the user viewed historically.

Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram for displaying historical search results provided by an embodiment of the present application. In fig. 4, when the user clicks a "view" button for viewing search results of history viewing, the search results of history viewing by the user are displayed. In fig. 4, search results viewed by the user history include: search results from application Z when looking for YYY and search results from application Y when looking for ZZZ.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, before S101, the search method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: and displaying the identification information of at least two application programs in the first display area.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the identification information of the application includes, but is not limited to, an application icon.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, before S101, the search method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: receiving a fourth input; at least two applications are configured in response to a fourth input.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the fourth input may be a movement input to move the application identification information from the second display area to the first display area, wherein the at least two applications include: and the application programs corresponding to the at least two pieces of application program identification information are positioned in the first display area.

Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a first process of configuring an application provided by an embodiment of the present application. Wherein fig. 5 shows a process of configuring an application X of at least two applications. In fig. 5, when the application program X identification information is moved from the second display area into the first display area, the application program X is configured as one of at least two application programs of the multi-application search.

In some possible implementations of the embodiments of the present application, the fourth input may specifically be a movement input to move the application identification information from the second display area to the search area in the first display area.

When the first display area is active (i.e., displaying some content), the search area is not displayed. When the application program identification information is moved from the second display area to the first display area, the first display area is changed into full transparency or gradually changed into full transparency, then the search area is displayed, and the application program identification information is moved to the search area.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the fourth input may also be an input to select the application after clicking an add button ("+") in the first display area.

Exemplarily, as shown in fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a second process for configuring an application provided by an embodiment of the present application. In fig. 6, after the user clicks the add button ("+") in the first display area, an application selection interface is displayed, and after the user clicks some applications and confirms, the application clicked by the user is used as an application of at least two applications of the multi-application search.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, before S101, the search method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: receiving a fifth input; and in response to the fifth input, deleting the application program corresponding to the fifth input from the at least two application programs, and deleting the application program identification information corresponding to the fifth input from the first display area.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the fifth input may be an input to move the application identification information in the search area in the first display area to an area outside the search area.

The searching process of the multi-application program search provided by the embodiment of the application is shown in fig. 7 and 8.

Fig. 7 is a first schematic diagram of a search process of a multi-application search according to an embodiment of the present application.

In fig. 7, the plurality of applications of the multi-application search are first configured by moving the application icons, i.e., moving the application icons in one display area (i.e., the second display area) of the folder into the search area in another display area (i.e., the first display area). In fig. 7, the plurality of applications configured are application X, application Y, and application Z.

When a user inputs a search keyword "XXX" in a search area in the first display area and clicks a "search" button, a search is performed according to the search keyword "XXX" in application X, application Y, and application Z, and then search results derived from application X, search results derived from application Y, and search results derived from application Z are displayed in the second display area.

And after the user clicks the search result from the application program Z, displaying a resource interface corresponding to the search result included by the application program Z in the first display area.

Fig. 8 is a second schematic diagram of a search process of multi-application search provided in an embodiment of the present application.

In fig. 8, a plurality of applications of the multi-application search are first configured by an add button ("+") in the search area in the first display area of the folding screen. In fig. 8, the plurality of applications configured are application X, application Y, and application Z.

When the user inputs a search keyword "XXX" in the search area and clicks a "search" button, a search is performed according to the search keyword "XXX" at application X, application Y, and application Z, and then search results from application X, application Y, and application Z are displayed in the second display area.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, before S101, the search method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include: receiving a sixth input; in response to a sixth input, a multi-application search mode is initiated. In the multi-application search mode, a search area is displayed. By default, the search area includes the identifiers of all the applications that support the search function or the identifiers of the applications in the last multi-application search.

The user may add or delete the identification of the application in the search area to configure the plurality of applications in a multi-application search.

The user may also set the name of the search area based on the type of the plurality of applications. For example, if the plurality of applications are shopping applications and the search area includes icons of the shopping applications, the user may configure the name of the search area as "shopping search".

It should be noted that, in the search method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the execution subject may be a search apparatus. The embodiment of the present application takes a search device executing a search method as an example, and the search device provided in the embodiment of the present application is described.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a search apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 9, the search apparatus 900 may include:

a first receiving module 901, configured to receive a first input through a first display area of a foldable screen of an electronic device, where the first input is used to set a search condition;

a first display module 902, configured to display at least two search results in a second display area of the foldable screen in response to the first input, where the at least two search results are results of searching for resources satisfying the search condition in at least two applications, respectively.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the first display module 902 may be specifically configured to:

and displaying at least two search results in the second display area according to the preference information of the user on at least two application programs.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the search apparatus 900 further includes:

the second receiving module is used for receiving a second input of the first search result, wherein the first search result is any one of the at least two search results;

and the second display module is used for responding to a second input and displaying a first interface in the first display area, wherein the first interface is an interface of the application program corresponding to the first search result and the resource corresponding to the first search result.

the third receiving module is used for receiving a third input to the second display area;

and the third display module is used for responding to a third input and displaying the historical search result in the second display area, wherein the historical search result is a search result corresponding to the second input received in history.

a fourth receiving module for receiving a fourth input;

a configuration module to configure at least two applications in response to a fourth input.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the fourth input may include:

a movement input to move application identification information from a first display area to a second display area, wherein at least two applications include: the at least two application programs located in the first display area identify corresponding application programs.

a fifth receiving module, configured to receive a fifth input;

and the deleting module is used for responding to the fifth input, deleting the application program corresponding to the fifth input in the at least two application programs and deleting the application program identification corresponding to the fifth input in the first display area.

The searching device in the embodiment of the present application may be an electronic device, and may also be a component in the electronic device, such as an integrated circuit or a chip. The electronic device may be a terminal, or may be a device other than a terminal. The electronic Device may be, for example, a Mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palm top computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic Device, a Mobile Internet Device (MID), an Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) Device, a robot, a wearable Device, an ultra-Mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), and the like, and may also be a server, a Network Attached Storage (NAS), a Personal Computer (PC), a Television (TV), a teller machine, a self-service machine, and the like, and the embodiments of the present application are not particularly limited.

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

The search apparatus provided in the embodiment of the present application can implement each process in the search method embodiments of fig. 1 to 8, and is not described here again to avoid repetition.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 10, an electronic device 1000 is further provided in this embodiment of the present application, and includes a processor 1001 and a memory 1002, where the memory 1002 stores a program or an instruction that can be executed on the processor 1001, and when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor 1001, the steps of the above search method embodiment are implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved, and details are not described here to avoid repetition.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present Application, the processor 1001 may include a Central Processing Unit (CPU), or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or may be configured to implement one or more Integrated circuits of embodiments of the present Application.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the Memory 1002 may include Read-Only Memory (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), magnetic disk storage media devices, optical storage media devices, flash Memory devices, electrical, optical, or other physical/tangible Memory storage devices. Thus, in general, the memory 1002 includes one or more tangible (non-transitory) computer-readable storage media (e.g., a memory device) encoded with software comprising computer-executable instructions and when the software is executed (e.g., by one or more processors), it is operable to perform the operations described with reference to the search method according to embodiments of the application.

In some possible implementations of the embodiments of the present application, the electronic device in the embodiments of the present application is an electronic device having a foldable screen.

The electronic device 1100 includes, but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 1101, a network module 1102, an audio output unit 1103, an input unit 1104, a sensor 1105, a display unit 1106, a user input unit 1107, an interface unit 1108, a memory 1109, a processor 1110, and the like.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the electronic device 1100 may further include a power source (e.g., a battery) for supplying power to the various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 1110 via a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption management functions via the power management system. The electronic device structure shown in fig. 11 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 not repeated here.

Wherein, the user input unit 1107 is configured to: receiving a first input through a first display area of a foldable screen of the electronic device 1100, wherein the first input is used to set a search condition;

the display unit 1106 is used for: and displaying at least two search results in a second display area of the foldable screen in response to the first input, wherein the at least two search results are results obtained by searching at least two application programs for resources meeting the search condition.

In this embodiment, an input is received through the first display area of the foldable screen of the electronic device 1100, that is, resources meeting the search condition set by the input can be searched in at least two applications to obtain at least two search results, and then the at least two search results are displayed in the second display area of the foldable screen. The user is not required to switch the application programs, and the user is not required to set the search condition in each of the at least two application programs, so that the search efficiency can be improved.

In some possible implementations of the embodiments of the present application, the display unit 1106 is specifically configured to:

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the user input unit 1107 is further configured to: receiving a second input of a first search result, wherein the first search result is any one of at least two search results;

accordingly, the display unit 1106 is further configured to: and responding to the second input, and displaying a first interface in the first display area, wherein the first interface is an interface of the application program corresponding to the first search result and the resource corresponding to the first search result.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the user input unit 1107 is further configured to: receiving a third input to the second display area;

accordingly, the display unit 1106 is further configured to: and responding to the third input, and displaying the historical search result in the second display area, wherein the historical search result is a search result corresponding to the second input received in history.

In some possible implementations of embodiments of the present application, the user input unit 1107 is further configured to: receiving a fourth input;

accordingly, processor 1110 is further configured to: at least two applications are configured in response to a fourth input.

a movement input to move application identification information from the second display area to the first display area, wherein the at least two applications include: the at least two application programs located in the first display area identify corresponding application programs.

In some possible implementations of the embodiment of the present application, the user input unit 1107 is further configured to: receiving a fifth input;

accordingly, processor 1110 is further configured to: and in response to the fifth input, deleting the application program corresponding to the fifth input from the at least two application programs, and deleting the application program identification corresponding to the fifth input from the first display area.

It should be understood that in the embodiment of the present application, the input Unit 1104 may include a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) 11041 and a microphone 11042, and the Graphics processor 11041 processes image data of still pictures or video obtained by an image capturing device (such as a camera) in a video capturing mode or an image capturing mode. The display unit 1106 may include a display panel 11061, and the display panel 11061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 1107 includes at least one of a touch panel 11071 and other input devices 11072. A touch panel 11071, also called a touch screen. The touch panel 11071 may include two portions of a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 11072 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 1109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 1109 may mainly include a first storage area storing programs or instructions and a second storage area storing data, wherein the first storage area may store an operating system, an application program or instruction (such as a sound playing function, an image playing function, etc.) required for at least one function, and the like. Further, the memory 1109 may include volatile memory or nonvolatile memory, or the memory 1109 may include both volatile and nonvolatile memory. The non-volatile Memory may be a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Programmable ROM (PROM), an Erasable PROM (EPROM), an Electrically Erasable PROM (EEPROM), or a flash Memory. The volatile Memory may be a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (Static RAM, SRAM), a Dynamic Random Access Memory (Dynamic RAM, DRAM), a Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), a Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (Double Data Rate SDRAM, ddr SDRAM), an Enhanced Synchronous SDRAM (ESDRAM), a Synchronous Link DRAM (SLDRAM), and a Direct Memory bus RAM (DRRAM). The memory 1109 in the embodiments of the present application includes, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

Processor 1110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 1110 integrates an application processor, which primarily handles operations related to the operating system, user interface, and applications, and a modem processor, which primarily handles wireless communication signals, such as a baseband processor. It will be appreciated that the modem processor described above may not be integrated into processor 1110.

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 above search method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

The processor is the processor in the electronic device in the above embodiment. The readable storage medium includes a computer readable storage medium, and examples of the computer readable storage medium include non-transitory computer readable storage media such as ROM, RAM, magnetic or optical disks, and the like.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, which 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 an instruction to implement each process of the search method embodiment, and can achieve the same technical effect, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

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.

Embodiments of the present application provide a computer program product, where the program product is stored in a storage medium, and the program product is executed by at least one processor to implement the processes of the foregoing search method embodiments, and achieve the same technical effects, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not described here again.

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 apparatuses in 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 recited, e.g., the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, 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 (e.g., ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk) and includes instructions for enabling a terminal (e.g., 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 searching, the method comprising:

and displaying at least two search results in a second display area of the foldable screen in response to the first input, wherein the at least two search results are respectively results obtained by searching the at least two application programs for resources meeting the search condition.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying at least two search results in the second display area of the foldable screen comprises:

and displaying the at least two search results in the second display area according to the preference information of the user on the at least two application programs.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second input of a first search result, wherein the first search result is any one of the at least two search results;

and responding to the second input, and displaying a first interface in the first display area, wherein the first interface is an interface of the application program corresponding to the first search result, which comprises the resource corresponding to the first search result.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a third input to the second display area;

and responding to the third input, and displaying historical search results in the second display area, wherein the historical search results are search results corresponding to the second input received in history.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to the receiving the first input via the first display region of the foldable screen of the electronic device, the method further comprises:

and displaying the identification information of the at least two application programs in the first display area.

6. A search apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:

and the first display module is used for responding to the first input and displaying at least two search results in a second display area of the foldable screen, wherein the at least two search results are respectively results obtained by searching the at least two application programs for resources meeting the search conditions.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first display module is specifically configured to:

8. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a second receiving module, configured to receive a second input of a first search result, where the first search result is any one of the at least two search results;

and a second display module, configured to display a first interface in the first display area in response to the second input, where the first interface is an interface, in an application program corresponding to the first search result, that includes a resource corresponding to the first search result.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a third receiving module, configured to receive a third input to the second display area;

and the third display module is used for responding to the third input and displaying historical search results in the second display area, wherein the historical search results are search results corresponding to the second input received in history.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

and the fourth display module is used for displaying the identification information of the at least two application programs in the first display area.