JP7464462B2 - Human-computer interaction method and device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular to a human-computer interaction method and device.

Currently, all existing smartphones have basic copy and paste functionality: a user performs a copy operation on a panel with the content that needs to be copied in order to copy the content to the clipboard, then opens another application or switches to another page, selects a target area, and long presses on the target area to paste the copied content before the user can finally perform any further operations desired.

After users open these applications or switch to these pages, the actions to be performed are usually predictable. However, users always need to perform multiple repetitive actions to complete the expected actions. For example, a user copies "Nanjing South Railway Station" to the clipboard, opens a map application, enters the map page, first selects the address input box, and then long-presses the address input box to paste before the user can further tap the search option to see the desired information. This obviously burdens users with several unnecessary and trivial operations.

In the prior art, taking location on an electronic map as an example, the whole copy-paste procedure includes the following steps: select the text you want to copy; tap the text to copy the text; open an application software page; select an input box and long press the input box to paste; and paste the text into the input box of the electronic map for searching and location.

The disadvantages of the above-mentioned paste method of the prior art are as follows: First, the user needs to tap the input box (target area) further, long press the input box, wait until the paste option appears, and tap the paste option to paste before the user can finally find the target information. Second, the user probably needs to perform multiple taps to select the input box, and unintentional sliding may occur during the long press after the input box is selected, and the user needs to long press the input box again. Moreover, the user may forget the copy content, and multiple operations are required before the user can confirm the copy content.

To overcome the shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides a human-computer interaction method and device thereof. The method can reduce the complexity of user operations.

A first aspect of the present invention provides a human-computer interaction method applied to an electronic device. The method includes the steps of obtaining a content copied by a user to a first page and determining a category to which the content belongs, obtaining a category of a second page, matching the category of the content with the category of the second page, and, if the matching result is not empty, displaying at least one operation option on the second page, where the at least one operation option has a function of performing an operation on the content on the second page, such that the electronic device directly performs the function after the user selects the operation option.

In a first possible implementation of the first aspect, determining the category to which the content belongs includes performing a semantic analysis on the copied text content to extract keywords for the copied content and matching the keywords against a keyword category library to obtain the category to which the content belongs.

With respect to the first possible implementation of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation, the copy text content includes one or more keywords, and the keywords have one or more categories.

In a third possible implementation of the first aspect, the second page has one or more categories.

With respect to the third possible implementation of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation, the one or more categories to which the content belongs are individually matched with the one or more categories of the second page.

In a fifth possible implementation of the first aspect, prior to the step of obtaining the category of the second page, the method further includes a step of determining that the time interval between the user's copy operation and opening the second page is within a preset time limit range.

With respect to the first, second, third, fourth, or fifth possible implementations of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation, the copy content is text information, the copy text content is text information rather than image, audio, or video data, and common text document name extensions include .txt, .doc, .docx, .wps, etc.

In a seventh possible implementation of the first aspect, the category of the second page is predefined and the category of the second page matches the categorization of the keywords, thereby making it more convenient to match the category of the second page with the category of the keywords.

The second aspect of the present invention provides a human-computer interaction device. The device includes a module for acquiring a category of a content copied by a user, a second page category acquisition module, a matching module, and a prompt operation module. The module for acquiring a category of a content copied by a user is configured to acquire a content copied by a user to a first page and determine a category to which the content belongs. The second page category acquisition module is configured to acquire a category of the second page. The matching module is configured to match the category of the content with the category of the second page. The prompt operation module is configured to display at least one operation option on the second page if the matching result is not empty. The at least one operation option has a function of performing an operation on the content on the second page, and the function is directly performed after the user selects the operation option.

In a first possible implementation of the second aspect, the module for obtaining a category of the content copied by the user is configured to perform a semantic analysis on the text content copied by the user to obtain keywords of the copied text content, and match the keywords against a keyword category library to extract a category to which the content belongs.

In a second possible implementation of the second aspect, the matching module is configured to individually match one or more categories of the keywords with one or more categories of the second page to obtain one or more matched combinations of the keywords and the second page.

Devices include mobile phones, tablet computers, palmtop computers, and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

In an embodiment of the present invention, the categories of the extracted copied text content are matched with the categories of keywords, and the matched group is used as a prompt operation. The prompt operation is displayed in the form of a dialog box to prompt the next action that can be performed by the user, thereby reducing the complexity of the user operation and improving the accuracy of pasting the text information.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of Smart Paste in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a smart paste method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2a is a schematic flow chart of the steps of extracting keywords according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2b is a schematic diagram of matching keywords against a keyword category library according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2c is a schematic diagram of the life cycle of each activity maintained by the Android system, according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2d is a schematic diagram of matching keyword categories with application software page categories according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2e is a schematic diagram of a prompt operation displayed on an electronic map according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of prompt operations displayed in an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a human-computer interaction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The technical solutions of the present application are described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and in relation to the embodiments.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when a user copies text, the keywords in the copied text content are categorized. When a user enters an application software page, the category of the application software page is obtained and matched with the category of the keyword. Finally, the matched category is used as a prompt operation option, and the prompt operation option is displayed in the form of a dialog box. The user performs a tap operation on the prompt operation option. Thus, the problems of complex operation, low accuracy, and trivial operation in the traditional copy-paste method are solved.

The method of the present invention is applied to the terminal's system software (the system software is a system that supports the development and execution of application software, a set of various programs that do not require user intervention). The terminal includes multiple application software (the application software is a set of application programs compiled using various programming languages, computer software programs designed to solve various application problems, such as a navigation app or Word).

The terminal may include a processor, a memory, an input module, a display module, a network communication module, and a system bus. The system bus is configured to perform information transfer between components of the terminal. The input module may include one or more components such as a keyboard, a touch screen, and a mouse, and is configured to receive information input by a user and send the received information to the processor for processing. The display module is configured to display content that the terminal needs to display. The input module and the display module may be integrated into one touch screen. The network communication module is configured to realize the function of communication between the terminal and an external device. The memory may include one or more computer-readable storage media and may store corresponding programs such as an operating system and application software. For example, when a navigation app is installed on the terminal, the application software used to install the navigation app is stored in the memory of the mobile phone terminal. The processor executes the software programs and modules stored in the memory to execute various functional applications of the terminal and perform data processing.

The following description will be given by taking FIG. 1 as an example. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of smart paste according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the block diagram includes system software 101 and application software 102. In this embodiment of the present invention, the system software 101 is developed based on the operating system of the terminal, and the application software 102 on the terminal is developed based on the system software 101. After the user copies text, the category of the keyword COPYKEY of the copied text content is matched with the category of the page of the application software 102. Since one application software 102 includes multiple application software pages, the page category ACTIVITYTYPE exists in the attributes of the application software page. In other words, the category attribute TYPE is added to the application software page ACTIVITY. Therefore, when the system software 101 runs, the category ACTIVITYTYPE of the page of the application software 102 can be directly read and matched with the category COPYTYPE of the keyword. Finally, the matched category is used as an operation option, and the operable operations are displayed in a dialog box to complete the entire copy-paste process. The paste described here is not an operation of pasting text temporarily stored on the clipboard as in conventional technology, but rather a process in which system software 101 displays matching categories in a dialog box for the user to select.

In addition, in the implementation of the present invention, the terminal may be a terminal device having a function for installing application software, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a palmtop computer, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). This is not limited.

The present invention provides a human-computer interaction method applied to an electronic device, comprising:
obtaining content copied by a user onto a first page and determining a category to which the content belongs;
obtaining a category of the second page;
Matching a category of the content with a category of the second page;
and if the matching result is not empty, displaying at least one operation option on a second page, where the at least one operation option has a function of performing an operation on the content on the second page, so that the electronic device directly performs the function after the user selects the operation option.

This embodiment of the present invention is based on the Android operating system. The first page and the second page are both application software pages. The first page and the second page may be the same application software page or different application software pages. Hereinafter, an electronic map application is used as an example for illustration. FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a smart paste method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the method includes steps S601 to S608.

Step S601: Start copying.

The user selects to copy text on an application software page on the terminal, and the copied text content is temporarily stored in the clipboard.

Note that a piece of application software in a terminal may include one or more application software pages. For example, an electronic map may have an application software page for location determination, an application software page for navigation, and even an application software page for viewing real-time traffic, which are collectively referred to as application software pages in embodiments of the present invention. Application software includes an electronic map app, an electronic address book app, a browser app, and the like, which are not individually listed in this specification.

In this embodiment of the invention, copy text is a document type in a computer, used primarily to record and store text information rather than image, audio or video data. Common text document name extensions include, but are not limited to, .txt, .doc, .docx, .wps, etc., collectively referred to as text.

Step S602: Extract keywords from the copied text content.

As shown in FIG. 2a, FIG. 2a is a schematic flowchart of extracting keywords according to an embodiment of the present invention. After semantic analysis is performed on the copied text content by a user, N keywords (N is an integer equal to or greater than 1) are extracted from the copied content.

For example, a keyword "Nanjing South Railway Station" is extracted from the copy text content "Passengers can take Nanjing Metro Line 1 to Nanjing South Railway Station." Multiple keywords may be extracted from the copy text content, and a keyword index is established. The extracted keywords are shown in Table 1. Table 1 is a schematic diagram after keywords are extracted according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Note that when a user copies text content, the user may choose to directly copy "Nanjing South Station", and semantic analysis is performed on the copied text content "Nanjing South Station" to obtain the keyword "Nanjing South Station". Specifically, the semantic analysis is performed for the purpose of more convenient and accurate processing of obtaining keywords from the copied text content. For example, when a user performs a copy operation, even if the copied text content is "To Nanjing South Station", the keyword "Nanjing South Station" can be obtained by semantic analysis.

Step S603: Analyze and categorize keywords.

As shown in FIG. 2b, FIG. 2b is a schematic diagram of matching keywords against a keyword category library according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The extracted keywords are matched against a keyword category library to determine the keyword category.

It should be noted that the keyword category library is stored in the memory of the terminal. In this embodiment of the present invention, the path of the keyword category library is written into the program of the system software. When the program of the system software is run, the processor directly calls the keyword category library to match the extracted keywords with the keyword category library. The keyword category library is pre-configured and supports expansion. The keyword category library includes a location category, a contact category, a search category, a web address category, a text path category, a video resource path category, an audio resource path category, etc. Each category of keyword has multiple attributes that belong to the characteristics of the category pre-stored, for example, "Nanjing South Station", "Beijing West Station", etc. are stored in the location category.

In this embodiment of the present invention, each keyword may belong to multiple categories. For example, the keyword "Nanjing South Railway Station" belongs to the location category for navigating and locating "Nanjing South Railway Station", and also belongs to the browser category for searching on a browser page. After the category of the keyword is determined, as shown in Table 2, which is a schematic diagram obtained after the keyword is matched against the keyword category library according to an embodiment of the present invention. Table 2 shows one keyword "Nanjing South Railway Station" and two keyword categories: keyword category 1 "location category" and keyword category 2 "search category".

Step S604: Open the co-application software page and determine whether the keyword is within the expiration date.

The user copies text and then opens the application software page after a certain time. In other words, there is a certain time interval between the operation of copying the text and the operation of opening the application software. When the user opens the application software, for the keyword temporarily stored in the clipboard, the system software program needs to determine whether the time interval between the operation of copying the text and the operation of opening the application software falls within a predetermined time.

If the determination result is that the time interval between the copying of the text and the opening of the application software is within or equal to the predetermined time, step S605 is executed. If the determination result is that the time interval between the copying of the text and the opening of the application software exceeds the predetermined time, step S605 is not executed, and therefore step S608 is executed.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the predetermined time is a time set by default by the program of the system software. The user may customize the predetermined time based on requirements. For example, the time interval between copying the text and opening the application software is set to 5 minutes using the setting menu bar of the mobile terminal. In this case, after the copy operation is completed, the expiration time of the copied content is 5 minutes. When the time interval between copying the text and opening the application software exceeds 5 minutes, the copied text becomes valid, and the subsequent steps are not further executed, and step S608 is executed directly instead.

Compared to the duration of steps S603 and S604, the duration of steps S601 and S603 is negligible. The time interval between copying the text and opening the application software, as described in this embodiment of the invention, is the time between steps S603 and S604. For example, between steps S603 and S604, the user does not open the application software for an extended period of time after copying the text, and instead chooses to turn off the terminal. In this case, the copied text becomes valid.

Step S605: Get the category of the application software page.

The application software opens an interface to the system software vendor or the terminal device, or supports a system architecture such as Android's Internet architecture, to enable the terminal device to obtain and use the application software page categories.

The application software page categories include location category, contacts category, search category, web address category, text path category, video resource path category, audio resource path category, etc.

Application software pages and categories of application software pages are shown in Table 3. Table 3 is a schematic diagram of application software pages and categories of application software pages according to an embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that the category of the application software page matches the category in the keyword category library, facilitating the matching in step S606. Because the category attribute TYPE is added to the application software page ACTIVITY, the system software program reads the category ACTIVITYTYPE of the application software page. However, if the category attribute TYPE is not added to the application software page ACTIVITY, the system software program obtains the category of the application software and uses the category of the application software as the category of the application software page. The steps of obtaining the category of the application software in this specification are as follows: The application software apps with the top quantity rank in the market are pre-categorized to obtain a category table, which is stored in a server or cloud and stored in the memory of the terminal during the installation of the application software app on the terminal. Alternatively, the terminal may obtain the category of the application software from the server or cloud when querying the category of the application software. In another method, the user may manually add the category of the application software. When the user manually adds the category, the system may prompt the user to select and add a category that can be added. Alternatively, the application software category may be obtained from another terminal, for example, the application software category information is obtained by a method such as Bluetooth or WLAN. When the system software program executes step S605, to obtain the application software category, the category table is read directly from the memory of the terminal, or the application software category is obtained from the network side, or the information is obtained from another terminal.

After the category of the application software page is obtained, it needs to be matched with the category of the keywords extracted from the copy text. Matching means searching one or more categories one by one for the keywords extracted from the copy text and determining whether the category of the keywords matches the category of the application software page.

Note that application software pages and keywords can each belong to more than one category. Therefore, a two-tiered cyclical scheme needs to be used to perform a comparison for each combination.

Hereinafter, a specific embodiment of obtaining a category of an application software page will be described using FIG. 2c as an example. Specifically, FIG. 2c shows the life cycle of each activity maintained by the Android system. When an Activity is first entered, the onCreate() method of Activity is executed. The operations of obtaining the Activity's category and matching the Activity's category with the content in the clipboard can be added to the onCreate() method of Activity.java.

The category of each Activity is set in the AndroidManifest.xml file as follows:
<activity
android:name="com.example.smartpaste.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name">
<meta-data
android:name="sort"
android:value="search|navigation|location"/>
</intent-filter>
</activity>

Categories are set in the form of key-value pairs. Multiple values can be set in "value", separated by "|".
Modify Activity.onCreate():
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
...
String sort[] = readCategory();//Read a category of an Activity
matchClipboard(sort);//Match a category against a keyword in a clipboard
...
}
private String[] readCategory() {
try {
ActivityInfo activityInfo = this.getPackageManager().getActivityInfo(
getComponentName(), PackageManager.GET_META_DATA);
String value = activityInfo.metaData.getString("sort", null);
if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(value)) {
String sort[] = value.split("＼＼|");
return sort;
}
} catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
private void matchClipboard(String[] sort) {
//TODO
}

Call back after an option is tapped.
//Callback, a callback after "Search for xxx" is tapped:
public void onSmartPasteForSearch(String value) {}
//Callback, a callback after "Locate xxx" is tapped
public void onSmartPasteForLocation(String loc) {}
Callback, a callback after "Navigate to xxx" is tapped
public void onSmartPasteForNavigation(String loc) {}

For the purposes of illustration, FIG. 2d is used as an example. FIG. 2d is a schematic diagram of matching keyword categories with application software page categories according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2d, the keywords extracted from the copy text may belong to multiple categories, N (N is an integer greater than 0) keyword categories. The application software pages may belong to multiple categories, M (M is an integer greater than 0) application software page categories. Each category of keywords needs to be matched with each category of application software pages. If the match fails, the combination for the match is ignored, and step S608 is executed. If the match is successful, all the matched combinations are stored, and the matched combinations are stored in a buffer allocated to the system software by the processor of the terminal in the embodiment of the present invention, and step S607 is executed. There may be multiple matched combinations, X (X is an integer greater than 0) matched groups.

The matching results are shown in Table 4, which is a schematic diagram of matching keyword categories with application software page categories according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Step S607: Display available options.

After the application software page category is matched with the keyword category, there may be multiple X matched groups. In this case, all matched groups are displayed. In other words, the "paste" operation is completed.

Table 5 is a schematic diagram of the results obtained after matching keywords with application software according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in Figure 5, the categories of the keyword "Nanjing South Station" include a location category and a search category. The electronic map page belongs to the location category. After the matching is successful, the matched group is displayed in the form of a dialog box. Specifically, "Locate: Nanjing South Station" and "Navigate to: Nanjing South Station" are displayed during the prompt operation. The browser page belongs to the search category, and after the matching is successful, the matched group is displayed in the form of a dialog box. Specifically, "Search for: Nanjing South Station" is displayed during the prompt operation.

This is explained below using an electronic map as an example. Figure 2e is a schematic diagram of a prompt operation displayed on an electronic map of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2e, the matched group is displayed on the electronic map. Specifically, the location category of the keyword "Nanjing South Station" matches the location category of the electronic map page. The electronic map page belongs to the location category, but the category of the electronic map is more precisely classified into "navigate" and "locate". Therefore, after the user opens the electronic map page, "locate: Nanjing South Station" and "navigate to: Nanjing South Station" are displayed. Obviously, this specification is unlikely to display all the operations that the user wants to perform. In other words, the user may want to perform operations other than "navigate" or "locate". Therefore, the "ignore" operation is provided in the displayed dialog box for the user to select. The user can directly perform the operation of navigating to or locating "Nanjing South Station" by tapping "navigate" or "locate".

The following describes a smart paste method according to an embodiment of the present invention using address book application software as an example.

The user copies a piece of text information "Xiaomin's phone number is 12312345678" onto the page of the application software. The system software program performs semantic analysis on the copied text information to obtain the keyword "Xiaomin/12312345678". In this case, the system software program calls the keyword category library to match the keyword with the keyword category library, and obtains that the category of the keyword is "contact category". When the user opens the page of the address book application software, the expiration date of the keyword temporarily stored in the clipboard is determined. If the time interval between the operation of copying the text and opening the application software exceeds the expiration date, the operation of the system software program is directly terminated. If the time interval is within the expiration date, it is obtained that the category of the page of the address book application software is "contact category", and the obtained keyword "contact category" is matched with the category of the page of the address book application software to obtain the matching result "contact category matching succeeded".

As shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a prompt operation displayed in an address book according to an embodiment of the present invention. A dialog box is displayed on a page of an address book application software. The available options "Add contact: Xiaomin/12312345678" and "Ignore" are displayed for the user to select. The user can directly perform the operation of adding a contact by tapping "Add contact: Xiaomin/12312345678".

In this embodiment of the present invention, the categories of the copied text content are extracted and matched with the categories of keywords, and the matched groups are used as prompt operations. The prompt operations are displayed in the form of dialog boxes to intelligently push the next actions that may be taken by the user, thereby reducing the complexity of user operations and improving the accuracy of pasting the text information.

Below, an embodiment of the present invention will be described using a smart terminal as an example. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of a human-computer interaction device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the device includes a module 401 for acquiring a category of the content copied by the user, a second page category acquisition module 402, a matching module 403, and a prompt operation module 404.

The module 401 for obtaining a category of content copied by a user is configured to obtain the content copied by a user to the first page and determine the category to which the content belongs.

The second page category acquisition module 402 is configured to acquire a category of the second page.

The matching module 403 is configured to match the category of the content with the category of the second page.

The prompt operation module 404 is configured to display at least one operation option on the second page if the matching result is not empty, and the at least one operation option has a function of performing an operation on the content on the second page, and the function is directly executed after the user selects the operation option.

In the present device, the module 401 for obtaining a category of the content copied by the user is further configured to perform a semantic analysis on the text content copied by the user to obtain keywords of the copied text content, and to extract a category of the keywords by matching the keywords with a keyword category library.

In the present device, the matching module 403 is configured to individually match one or more categories of keywords with one or more categories of application software pages to obtain one or more matched combinations of keywords and application software pages.

The device completes the "paste" operation in an embodiment of the present invention by using the matching combination of keyword categories and application software page categories as operable options and displaying them in the form of a dialog box.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the categories of the copied text content are extracted and matched with the categories of keywords, and the matched groups are used as prompt operations. The prompt operations are displayed in the form of dialog boxes to intelligently push the next actions that may be taken by the user, thereby reducing the complexity of user operations and improving the accuracy of pasting the text information.

In combination with the examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein, those skilled in the art may further recognize that the units and algorithm steps may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination thereof. In order to clearly explain the compatibility between hardware and software, the above generally describes the compositions and steps of each example according to function. Whether a function is performed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Those skilled in the art may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be considered to go beyond the scope of the present invention.

The steps of the methods or algorithms described in the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented by hardware, software modules executed by a processor, or a combination thereof. The software modules may reside in random access memory (RAM), memory, read-only memory (ROM), electrically programmable ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM, registers, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art.

In the above specific embodiments, the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention are further described in detail. It should be understood that the above description is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement or improvement made without departing from the principle of the present invention should be included within the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A method of displaying text strings from a separate and distinct application within an electronic mapping application on a user device, the electronic mapping application comprising a plurality of user interface pages that enable a user to interact with the electronic mapping application, the method being performed by a processor configured to execute machine-readable instructions such that, when executed, the processor:
when a first user interface page of the plurality of user interface pages of the electronic mapping application is opened, retrieving from a repository that temporarily stores user copied text without the user initiating a text paste operation a text string copied from an application, the application being separate and distinct from the electronic mapping application, the text string not having been entered into the electronic mapping application by the user, and the text string indicating a location;
displaying the found text string in the form of a dialog box within the first user interface page along with one or more executable action options that enable the user to perform one or more executable action options, thereby enabling the user to interact with the electronic map application using the location indicated by the found text string. determining an interval between the text string being copied from the application and the first user interface page being opened;
comparing said interval with a preset threshold;
and determining that the interval is valid based on the interval not exceeding the preset threshold, wherein displaying the text string is based on the interval determined to be valid. The method of claim 1, wherein the text string is obtained from a storage device associated with the user device, the storage device being the basis of a clipboard implemented on the user device. The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the one or more executable operation options include an executable operation option that enables the user to open a second user interface page of the plurality of user interface pages, the second user interface page displaying the location indicated by the text string on a map. The method of any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the one or more executable operation options include an executable operation option that enables the user to open a second user interface page of the plurality of user interface pages, the second user interface page enabling the user to navigate to or identify a location indicated by the text string. 1. A method of displaying executable operation options within an electronic mapping application running on a user device without user initiation, the electronic mapping application including a plurality of user interface pages that allow a user to interact with the electronic mapping application, the method being performed by a processor configured to execute machine-readable instructions such that, upon execution of the machine-readable instructions, the processor:
detecting, when one of the user interface pages of the electronic mapping app is opened, that text is stored in a storage device within the user device, the text being copied by the user from a distinct app that is separate from the electronic mapping app and not entered by the user into the electronic mapping app, the text comprising a text string belonging to a location category;
displaying, within the user interface page, one or more executable operation options in the form of a dialog box that enables the user to perform one or more executable operation options, the one or more executable operation options being associated with the text string that belongs to a location category. determining an interval between the text being copied from the app and the user interface page being opened;
comparing said interval with a preset threshold;
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising: determining that the interval is valid based on the interval not exceeding the preset threshold, and wherein displaying the one or more executable operation options is based on the interval determined to be valid. The method of claim 6 , wherein the storage device records text entered by a user on the user device over a period of time. 9. The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more executable operation options include an executable operation option that enables the user to view a location indicated by the text string on a map within the electronic map application. 9. The method of claim 6, wherein the one or more executable action options include an executable action option that enables the user to navigate to or identify a location indicated by the text string. 11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising displaying the text string in the user interface page adjacent to the one or more actionable operation options without user initiation. A user equipment comprising a processor configured to execute machine-readable instructions such that, when executed, said machine-readable instructions cause said processor to perform a method according to any one of claims 1 to 5 . A user device configured to display operational options executable within an electronic map app running on the user device without user initiation, the electronic map app including a plurality of user interface pages that allow a user to interact with the electronic map app, the user device comprising a processor configured to execute machine-readable instructions such that, when executed, the machine-readable instructions cause the processor to perform a method according to any one of claims 6 to 11 . A computer storage medium storing a program which, when executed, performs the method of any one of claims 1 to 5 . A computer storage medium storing a program which, when executed, performs the method of any one of claims 6 to 11 .

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