KR20140123623A - Apparatus for execution application, control method, and recording medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an application execution apparatus, a control method thereof, and a recording medium for the same. According to the present invention, a method for controlling an application execution apparatus executes an application module as one of an activity type and a service type. The method comprises the steps of: executing a player module as a service type and reproducing a predetermined content using the player module; displaying a selection menu corresponding to an external activity in an area of a screen in a state where the reproduction of the content is maintained when generation of the external activity is detected; and calling and performing a function corresponding to a selected item when a user′s selection for an item included in the selection menu is detected.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an application execution terminal, a control method thereof, and a recording medium therefor.

The present invention relates to an application execution terminal, a control method thereof, and a recording medium therefor, and more particularly, to an application execution terminal that executes an application module in at least one of an activity type and a service type, And a recording medium therefor.

With recent advances in technology, it has become possible to play videos on communication terminals such as smart phones.

Conventionally, when a call is received while a moving image is being played back, the playback of the moving image is stopped, and a message indicating that a call has been received is displayed on the entire screen on which the moving image is displayed.

For example, when a call is received while watching DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), the DMB is terminated and a call reception notification screen is displayed.

This is a phenomenon that occurs because the video playback module is not driven in the service form but is driven in the form of an activity like the incoming call processing module.

For reference, a method of operating a specific module in an application or an application is largely classified into a service type and an activity type. In this case, if the other type of activity is executed, the entire screen disappears as described above However, in the case of the activity type, when the other activity is executed, the displayed screen is replaced with the screen according to the newly generated activity.

This is because the priority of the newly generated activity is set higher than that of the existing activity by the OS (Operating System) or the like.

However, many telecommunication terminal users want to be able to watch video continuously even if a call is received while watching a video of a DMB and the like.

Published Patent No. 10-2007-0013688

An object of the present invention is to provide an application execution terminal that enables a user to view a video without interruption without switching to a call screen even if a call is received while watching a video, .

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application execution terminal for executing an application module in at least one of an activity type and a service type according to the present invention includes a sensing unit for sensing occurrence of an external activity; The player module is executed in a service form and a predetermined content is reproduced by using the player module, and when the occurrence of an external activity is detected by the sensing module, A service execution unit displaying a selection menu corresponding to the external activity; And a call execution unit for calling or performing a function corresponding to the selected item when the user selection of the item included in the selection menu is sensed.

In order to achieve the above object, a control method of an application execution terminal for executing an application module in at least one of an activity type and a service type according to the present invention includes: Reproducing a predetermined content using the player module; Displaying a selection menu corresponding to the external activity in one area of the screen in a state of maintaining reproduction of the content when an occurrence of an external activity is detected; And calling or performing a function corresponding to the selected item when the user selection of the item included in the selection menu is sensed.

As described above, according to the present invention, a terminal user can continue watching a moving picture without interruption even if a call is received while the moving picture is being viewed. In addition, a menu for receiving a call is displayed in one area of the screen on which the moving picture is displayed, so that the user can stop watching the moving picture and receive the call according to the user's selection.

Particularly, by setting the priority of the user interface activity related to the video player higher than the call activity, it is possible to prevent a predetermined indicator from being displayed according to the call activity.

1 is a functional block diagram of an application execution terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a control flowchart of an application execution terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is an example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the application executing terminal of FIG. 2,
4 is a diagram illustrating a hierarchical structure between application modules generated according to the process of FIG.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1, an application execution terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing unit 110, a service execution unit 120, a call execution unit 130, an activity execution unit 140, (150), and a storage unit (160). And a display unit 170.

The storage 160 may store information necessary for the operation of the application executing terminal 100 or information generated during the operation of the application executing terminal 100. The storage 160 may correspond to an external activity Can be stored.

For example, the storage unit 160 may store a selection menu corresponding to a call activity for processing an incoming call.

Here, an external activity means an activity that is not directly related to a module that is currently running in the service type.

The sensing unit 110 senses the occurrence of an external activity. For example, if a call is received, a call activity for processing the incoming call may occur. The detection unit 110 may detect occurrence of a call activity by checking that a ring tone is generated in the audio manager. Here, the occurrence of the call activity means that a predetermined process, application or application module for call processing is newly executed in the form of an activity.

The above-described audio manager enables a module included in each application or application to check the type of sound to be generated, the type of a sound issuing application, or an application module. When a call is made, a ring tone is generated, 110 to detect the occurrence of a call activity depending on whether or not the audio manager generates a ring tone.

The service execution unit 120 executes a function of playing a predetermined content by using a player module after executing the player module in a service form. Here, to reproduce the content means to process at least one of the moving image, the image, and the text according to the content type, and display it on the display unit 170.

 For reference, when a predetermined application or application module is executed in the form of a service in the application execution terminal 100 according to the present invention, its execution state is not influenced by other applications or application modules executed in the form of activity. This is why you are running an application or application module in the form of a service.

For example, in the case where a call activity is generated in a state in which a video player is played as a service and a predetermined video content is being played back, the video content can be continuously played back without interruption regardless of the occurrence of the call activity.

In addition, when the detection unit 110 detects the occurrence of an external activity, the service execution unit 120 stores the content in the external activity in one area of the display unit 170 And displays a corresponding selection menu. For example, when the call activity is generated, the service execution unit 120 extracts a selection menu corresponding to the call activity from the storage unit 160 and displays the selected menu.

That is, as described above, since the service execution unit 120 operates the player module in the service form, the call activity is not displayed even when the call activity occurs. In this case, the user does not know the existence of the incoming call at all The selection menu corresponding to the call activity is extracted from the storage unit 160 and displayed.

Conventionally, when the call activity is generated due to the execution of the player module in the form of an activity, the content playback is stopped and the entire screen is switched to the screen according to the call activity. However, according to the present embodiment, When the call activity occurs due to execution, the content playback is maintained and a selection menu corresponding to the call activity is displayed on a part of the screen.

The call execution unit 130 performs a function of calling or performing a function corresponding to the selected item when the user selection of the item included in the selection menu is sensed. For example, when the call execution unit 130 detects the execution item selection of the external activity among the items included in the selection menu, the call execution unit 130 stops the reproduction of the content by the player module and switches the player module and the user interface module to the background .

Switching to the background here means switching the execution state of the process to the inactive state, which is activated when the process is in the foreground state, so that the user can accept the input operation and perform the corresponding display, And can not accept such user input operations when in the state.

The call execution unit 130 may also invoke a specific function of the call activity according to the selection of items included in the user's selection menu.

On the other hand, the activity executing unit 140 performs a function corresponding to the player module and executing a user interface module that receives a user's input for the content reproduction control, in the form of an activity.

For example, the interface module performs a function of accepting a touch input or a drag input of a user, and the activity executing unit 140 executes the interface module in the form of an activity, not a service type.

When the activity priority of the external activity becomes higher than the activity priority of the user interface module while the external activity occurs, the activity execution unit 140 sets the activity priority of the user interface module higher than the activity priority of the external activity Can be set. Here, 'activity priority' means priority among processes, applications, and application modules executed in the form of activities.

That is, each activity (that is, a process, an application or an application module that is being executed in an activity manner) has an activity priority, and a specific function according to an activity having the highest priority among the activities may be performed.

For example, when the call activity occurs and has a higher priority than the user interface activity, an indicator (an indicator indicating the remaining battery level or the size of the base station signal) displayed on the initial screen of the mobile phone or the like may appear on the display unit 170.

Therefore, in order to prevent such an indicator from appearing at the time of moving image reproduction, the activity executing unit 140 sets the activity priority of the user interface module higher than the activity priority of the external activity (for example, call activity).

That is, the activity executing unit 140 executes the user interface module in the form of an activity, not a service type, because a module implemented in a service form can continuously occupy a top screen, but can receive input such as a drag The user interface activity for such processing is required and if the external activity such as the call activity occurs as described above, the display of the screen system indicator by the external activity can be prevented through the switching of the activity priority to be.

Meanwhile, when the execution of the external activity is terminated after the external activity is switched to the foreground according to the background switching of the player module and the user interface module, And then switches to the foreground again.

For example, as described above, if the user selects an execution item of the external activity among the items included in the selection menu, and after the player module and the user interface module are switched in the background and the call screen is displayed, 150 converts both the player module and the user interface module to the foreground so that the existing content is reproduced again.

The service execution unit 120, the call execution unit 130, the activity execution unit 140, the restoration unit 150, and the storage unit 160 described above. And at least one of the display units 170 may be included in one application.

Hereinafter, a control flow of the application executing terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the description of the present embodiment, the player module and the user interface module described above correspond to the module included in the moving picture processing application, and the external activity is a call activity for processing the incoming call. That is, a case where a call activity occurs while the application execution terminal 100 is executing a moving image processing application will be described as an example.

When detecting the execution request, the moving image processing application executes the moving picture player module in the service form and reproduces the moving picture designated or preset by the user (step S1). An example of a screen on which a moving picture is reproduced is shown in Fig. 3 (a).

The video processing application also executes the user interface module in the form of an activity (step S3). Hereinafter, a user interface module that is executed in the form of an activity is referred to as a " user interface activity ".

In this state, the user can watch a moving picture to be played back, and can control (e.g., pause, fast forward, rewind, end, etc.) a moving picture to be played through a touch input or the like.

When a call is received and a call activity occurs (step S5), the moving picture processing application displays the selection menu corresponding to the call activity on one area of the screen while maintaining the moving picture playback by the moving picture player (step S7).

One example of the selection menu corresponding to the call activity is as shown in Fig. 3 (b). Referring to the figure, the selection menu corresponding to the call activity can be displayed at the top of the screen, and the selection items may include 'hang up call', 'rejection message sending', 'call reception', and the like.

In addition, the video processing application makes the priority of the user interface activity higher than the priority of the call activity so as to have the highest priority (step S9).

This is to prevent the call activity from being displayed on the screen by having the highest priority as described above.

In the case where the user selects a 'call reception' item (step S11), the moving picture processing application pauses the moving picture playback by the moving picture player (step S13), and the user interface activity and the moving picture player (Step S15).

Thus, the call connection by the call activity is processed as shown in Fig. 3 (c). The process of making a call according to the call connection process corresponds to the known technology, and therefore, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the end of the call is detected after the call is established (step S17), the moving image processing application, that is, the moving picture player and the user activity are switched to the foreground by an OS (Operating System) included in the application executing terminal 100 (step S19) .

A screen in which the moving picture player is switched to the foreground and a moving picture is reproduced on the screen is as shown in FIG. 3D. In FIG. 3 (d), a title bar is displayed for operation related to the execution of a moving picture. When a predetermined time has elapsed or there is a touch input from the user, the title bar disappears and may be as shown in FIG. 3 (a).

In the above-described embodiment, the user selects the item 'receive a call'. For example, when 'send rejection message' is selected, the moving image processing application calls an application or application module for text transmission, The set text message may be transmitted.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating each of the processes of FIG. 2 as a hierarchical structure.

Referring to FIG. 4 (a), a moving picture player module is executed in a service form and a user interface module is executed in an activity form, so that a moving picture player and a user activity are layered in order. It can be seen that the video player is located in an upper layer than the user interface activity because it is always prioritized to be executed in the service form rather than in the activity form.

When a call activity occurs in this state, since the priority of the call activity is higher than that of the user interface activity, it can be seen that the hierarchy is formed in the order of the video player, the call activity, and the user interface activity as shown in FIG. 4 (b) .

Here, the call activity may have a higher priority than the user interface activity due to the function of the OS provided in the application execution terminal 100. For example, the OS may automatically generate a new activity You can set the highest priority, or you can follow a preset priority for each activity.

In this state, the video processing application can forcibly set the priority of the user interface activity to be higher than the priority of the call activity, so that the video processing application can have a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. 4 (c).

In this state, a selection menu corresponding to the call activity is displayed in one area of the screen. When the user selects the call connection, the video playback is temporarily stopped, and the video player and the user interface activity are switched to the background.

As a result, the call activity is left as the highest layer as shown in FIG. 4 (d), and the call processing is performed.

When the call ends, the video player and the user interface activity are switched to the foreground and have a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. 4 (e).

Needless to say, the process of performing each of the above-described embodiments can be performed by a program stored in a predetermined recording medium (for example, a computer readable medium).

The present invention is not limited to the above-described specific embodiments, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. It is to be understood that such variations and modifications are intended to be included in the scope of the appended claims.

100: Application execution terminal 110:
120: service execution unit 130: call execution unit
140: activity executing unit 150:
160: storage unit 170: display unit

Claims (11)

A control method of an application execution terminal for executing an application module in at least one of an activity type and a service type,
(a) executing a player module in the form of a service and reproducing a predetermined content using the player module;
(b) displaying a selection menu corresponding to the external activity in one area of the screen in a state where reproduction of the content is maintained when an occurrence of an external activity is detected;
(c) calling or performing a function corresponding to the selected item when the user selection of the item included in the selection menu is detected. The method according to claim 1,
The step (a)
Further comprising executing, in the form of an activity, a user interface module corresponding to the player module and accepting a user input for content reproduction control. 3. The method of claim 2,
The step (b)
Setting an activity priority of the user interface module higher than an activity priority of the external activity when the activity priority of the external activity becomes higher than the activity priority of the user interface module while the external activity occurs Further comprising the steps of: The method of claim 3,
Stopping the reproduction of the content by the player module and switching the player module and the user interface module to a background when detecting the execution item selection of the external activity among the items included in the selection menu And a control unit for controlling the application execution terminal. 5. The method of claim 4,
When the execution of the external activity is terminated after the player module and the user interface module are switched to the foreground and the external activity is switched to the foreground and executed, To the ground, based on a result of the comparison. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5. An application execution terminal for executing an application module in at least one of an activity type and a service type,
A sensing unit sensing an occurrence of an external activity;
The player module is executed in a service form and a predetermined content is reproduced by using the player module, and when the occurrence of an external activity is detected in the sensing module, A service execution unit displaying a selection menu corresponding to the external activity;
And a call execution unit for calling or performing a function corresponding to the selected item when the user selection of the item included in the selection menu is sensed. 8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising an activity executing unit for executing, in an activity form, a user interface module corresponding to the player module and accepting a user input for content reproduction control. 9. The method of claim 8,
If the activity priority of the external activity becomes higher than the activity priority of the user interface module while the external activity occurs, the activity execution unit may set the activity priority of the user interface module to be higher than the activity priority of the external activity And the setting value of the application execution terminal is set to a high value. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the call execution unit stops playback of the content by the player module and switches the player module and the user interface module to a background when detecting the execution item selection of the external activity among the items included in the selection menu And an application execution terminal. 11. The method of claim 10,
When the execution of the external activity is terminated after the external activity is switched to the foreground as the player module and the user interface module are switched to the background, the player module and the user interface module are moved to the foreground To the application execution terminal.

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