RU2741322C1 - Method and device for displaying possible word and graphical user interface - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: physics.SUBSTANCE: invention relates to interaction means based on graphical user interfaces, specifically to means of displaying a possible word. For this purpose, the first action is received with respect to the first application, in response to the first action, displaying the first application interface for the first application, the first input window displayed empty, a first input method interface and a first possible version region, wherein the first possible version region comprises first possible versions, obtaining a second action with respect to a second application different from the first application, in response to the second action, displaying a second application interface for the second application, a second input window displayed as empty, a second input method interface and a second region of the possible version, wherein second region of possible version contains second possible versions. At the same time the first input method interface and the second input method interface are displayed with the same input method application and the first possible versions differ from the second possible versions.EFFECT: technical result is enabling possibility to improve efficiency of user input of information using input method.25 cl, 16 dwg, 6 tbl

Description

The technical field to which the invention relates

[0001] The present invention relates to the field of terminal technology and, in particular, to a method and apparatus for displaying a candidate word and a graphical user interface.

State of the art

[0002] With the continuous development of terminal technologies, intelligent terminals are increasingly used. On a smart terminal, most of the information is entered using an input method. Therefore, the input method becomes an integral application on the smart terminal, and improving the efficiency of user input by the input method also becomes a problem that needs to be urgently solved.

[0003] In general, in order to improve the efficiency of the user inputting information using the input method, when the user enters information using the input method, the input method display interface provides an option area for the user. The option area includes some of the options that are recommended by the input method to the user. Before the user starts entering information, the candidate area is called the default candidate area. FIG. 1 (a) and FIG. 1 (b) are schematic diagrams of default candidate regions provided by two input methods, respectively. FIG. 1 (a), the default candidate area A provided by the input method includes an input method toolbar such as an emotion symbol and a setting for the input method. FIG. 1 (b) the default candidate area A provided by the input method includes some words that are frequently input by the majority of users according to the statistics of the input method.

[0004] FIG. 1 (a) the default candidate area provided by the input method may only recommend the input method toolbar to the user, but the input method toolbar is not frequently used. FIG. 1 (b) the default candidate area provided by the input method may recommend only words frequently entered by the majority of users to a user, but this may not be applicable to individual users. Therefore, the default candidate areas provided by the two input methods are not useful for improving the user's input efficiency with the input methods.

The essence of the invention

[0005] This application provides a method and apparatus for displaying possible words and a graphical user interface for improving the efficiency of user input using the input method.

[0006] To achieve the above goal, the following technical solutions are used in this application:

[0007] According to a first aspect, a graphical user interface is provided on a computing device, the computing device having a display, a touch-sensitive surface, memory, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, and a graphical user interface includes an application interface, an input window and an input method interface, and

in response to detecting that the user initiates the first application, the application interface and the first input window of the first application are displayed; in response to detecting that the user selects the first input window, the first input method interface is displayed, the default candidate area of the first input method interface including the first group of default candidate words; in response to detecting that the user initiates the second application, the application interface and the second input window of the second application are displayed; when, in response to detecting that the user selects a second input window, a second input method interface is displayed, the default candidate area of the second input method interface including a second group of default candidate words; and the first application and the second application are different applications, and the first group of possible default words and the second group of possible default words include different possible words.

[0008] In a possible implementation of the first aspect, the first application type is a conversation type, a cartographic type, a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type; and the second app type is a conversation type, a map type, a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type.

[0009] In another possible implementation of the first aspect, the first group of possible words by default is the updated content in the clipboard; and / or the second group of possible words by default is the updated content in the clipboard.

[0010] In the graphical user interface provided by this application, when the user initiates other applications, since the input method interfaces displayed when input windows in other applications' interfaces are selected may include various possible default words can be guaranteed to some extent that the possible default words can be words that the user must enter in the input box; and optionally, default candidate words are displayed in the default candidate area for the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0011] According to a second aspect, a graphical user interface is provided on a computing device when the computing device has a display, a touch-sensitive surface, memory, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, and a graphical user interface includes an application interface, an input window and an input method interface, and

in response to detecting that the user initiates copying of the content, the copied content is selected and displayed; in response to detecting that the user is initiating the application, the application interface and the application input window are displayed; and in response to detecting that the user selects the input box, an input method interface is displayed, wherein the default candidate area of the input method interface includes the default candidate word group, and the default candidate word group is the copied content.

[0012] In the graphical user interface provided by this application, after the user initiates the smart terminal to copy a piece of content, the user can continue to initiate the smart terminal to paste the copied content. Therefore, in this application, after the user initiates the smart terminal to copy when the user initiates the application, since the input method interface displayed when the input window in the application interface for the application is selected may include content for which the user can copy. triggers the smart terminal, the content for which the user triggers the smart terminal to copy is displayed in the default candidate area of the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0013] According to a third aspect, a method is provided for displaying a candidate word when the method is applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method, and the method includes: determining an application type that invokes the input method; determining, according to the type, the context area information corresponding to the type; determining, according to the information of the context area, a dictionary corresponding to the information of the context area; and displaying, in the default candidate area of the input method, at least one candidate word that is in the dictionary and satisfies a predetermined condition.

[0014] In the method for displaying a candidate word according to this application, when the candidate word is displayed in the default candidate area of the input method, reference can be made to a scenario of applying the input method, i.e., by which type of application the input method is invoked, then the corresponding context area information is determined according to the type of application, and a dictionary corresponding to the context area information is determined, that is, the dictionary is a dictionary that corresponds to the application scenario of the input method. Therefore, it can be guaranteed to some extent that the candidate words determined from the vocabulary can be words that the user must enter, and additionally, the candidate words are displayed in the default candidate area for the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0015] In a possible implementation of the third aspect, determining, according to the type, the contextual area information corresponding to the type may include: determining, according to the type and a predetermined set of mappings, the contextual area information corresponding to the type, the set of mappings including the correspondence between the type and information of the context area.

[0016] For example, the application type may include a conversation type, a cartographic type, a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type. The contextual area information corresponding to the types may be, inter alia, the following: The contextual area information corresponding to the conversation type may be the date context area and or the date context area and the conversation object context area; the contextual area information corresponding to the cartographic type may be the contextual area of the historical record; and the contextual area information corresponding to a product type, audio / video type, or app store type may be the contextual area of a historical record and / or a search popularity contextual area.

[0017] In another possible implementation of the third aspect, before determining the type of application that invokes the input method, the method for displaying the candidate according to this application may further include: determining that the content on the clipboard is updated; and displaying, in the area of the default input method, the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate word.

[0018] When the user initiates the copy process, he may need to use an input method to paste the copied content. Therefore, in the method for displaying the candidate word according to this application, the candidate word displayed in the default candidate area of the input method can be determined according to whether the content in the clipboard is updated. That is, if the content on the clipboard is updated, the updated content on the clipboard may be displayed in the default candidate area of the input method (i.e., the updated content on the clipboard is displayed as at least one candidate word in the area of the default input method option). Therefore, the efficiency of the user inputting information using the input method can be further improved.

[0019] According to a fourth aspect, a method is provided for displaying a candidate word when the method is applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method, and the method includes: determining that the content in the clipboard is updated; and displaying, in the area of the default input method, the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate word.

[0020] After the user copies a portion of the content, the user can paste the copied content. Therefore, in this application, if it is determined that the content on the clipboard is updated, the updated content on the clipboard may be displayed in the default candidate area of the input method (i.e., the updated content on the clipboard is displayed as at least , one possible word in the default possible input field). Therefore, the efficiency of the user inputting information using the input method can be improved.

[0021] According to a fifth aspect, an apparatus for displaying a candidate word is provided, the apparatus being applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method, and the apparatus includes a dictionary selection module and a default candidate module.

[0022] The vocabulary selection module is configured to determine the type of application that invokes the input method, to determine, according to the type, context area information corresponding to the type, and to determine, according to the context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information; and the default candidate is configured to display, in the default candidate area of the input method, at least one candidate word that is in the dictionary selected by the dictionary selection unit and satisfies a predetermined condition.

[0023] In an exemplary implementation of the fifth aspect, the vocabulary selection module is specifically configured to determine, according to the type of application that invokes the input method and a predetermined set of mappings, context region information corresponding to the type, the mappings set including the correspondence between the type and information of the context area.

[0024] In another possible implementation of the fifth aspect, the dictionary selection module is further configured to determine, prior to determining the type of application that invokes the input method, that the content in the clipboard is updated; and the default candidate module is further configured to display, in the default candidate area of the input method, the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate word.

[0025] For detailed descriptions about the technical results of the fifth aspect and each possible implementation of the fifth aspect, we will refer to the descriptions about the technical results of the third aspect and each possible implementation of the third aspect. The details are not further described in this document.

[0026] According to a sixth aspect, an apparatus is provided for displaying a candidate word when the apparatus is applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method, and the apparatus includes a dictionary selection module and a default candidate module.

[0027] The dictionary selection module is configured to determine that the content in the clipboard is updated; and the default candidate is configured to display, in the default candidate area of the input method, the updated content in the clipboard as at least one candidate word according to the result determined by the dictionary selection unit.

[0028] For detailed descriptions of the technical results of the sixth aspect, reference will be made to the descriptions of the technical results of the fourth aspect. The details are not further described in this document.

[0029] In third to sixth aspects, one vocabulary uniquely corresponds to one piece of context-area information.

[0030] For example, a date contextual area uniquely corresponds to a date dictionary; the conversation object contextual area uniquely matches the conversation object dictionary; the contextual area of the historical record uniquely corresponds to the dictionary of the historical record; and the search popularity contextual scope uniquely matches the search popularity dictionary.

[0031] In this application, if the context area information corresponding to the type of application that invokes the input method is a date context area, a possible word can only be defined in a date dictionary uniquely corresponding to the date context area; if the contextual area information corresponding to the type of application that invokes the input method is the contextual area of the conversation object, a possible word can only be defined in the conversation object dictionary uniquely corresponding to the contextual area of the conversation object; if the contextual area information corresponding to the type of application that invokes the input method is the contextual area of the historical record, a possible word can only be defined in the historical record dictionary uniquely corresponding to the contextual area of the historical record; or if the contextual area information corresponding to the type of application that invokes the input method is the search popularity contextual area, a possible word can only be determined in a search popularity dictionary uniquely corresponding to the search popularity contextual area. Therefore, when the input method is applied to various application scenarios, it can be guaranteed to some extent that the candidate words determined from the corresponding vocabulary can be words that the user has to enter, and additionally, the candidate words are displayed in the default candidate area of the input method. ... This can further improve the efficiency of user input by the input method.

[0032] In the third to sixth aspects, the type of application that invokes the input method is a conversation type, the context area information is the date context area, the dictionary is a date dictionary corresponding to the date context area, and at least one possible word that satisfies the predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the date dictionary and corresponds to the first date, the first date being a date that is in the date dictionary and is the same as the current date.

[0033] In the third to sixth aspects, the type of application that invokes the input method is a conversation type, the context information is the date context area and the conversation object context area, the dictionary is a date dictionary corresponding to the date context area and a conversation object dictionary corresponding to the context of the conversation object area, and at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the date dictionary and corresponds to the first date, the first date being the date that is in the dictionary dates and is the same as the current date, a linking relationship exists between the first date and the first relationship, and the relationship between the user and the entity currently chatting with the user is the first relationship in the conversation object dictionary.

[0034] In the third to sixth aspects, the type of application that invokes the input method is a cartographic type, the information of the context area is the context area of the historical record, the dictionary is a dictionary of historical records corresponding to the context area of the historical record, and at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the dictionary of historical records and corresponds to the first latitude and longitude and the application, where the first latitude and longitude is the latitude and longitude that is in the dictionary of historical records and is the same as the latitude and longitude of the user's current location.

[0035] In the third to sixth aspects, the application type that invokes the input method is a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type, the context area information is a historical record context area and / or search popularity context area, a dictionary is a historical record dictionary corresponding to the contextual area of the historical record, and a search popularity dictionary corresponding to the contextual area of search popularity, and at least one possible word that satisfies the predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the dictionary of historical records and the search popularity dictionary and matches the application whose search frequency is the highest and the last search date of which is closest to the current date.

[0036] When the information of the context area is the context area of a historical record, the dictionary is a dictionary of historical records; in such a case, at least one possible word that satisfies the predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the dictionary of historical records and corresponds to the application, and the search frequency of which is the highest, and the last search date of which is the closest to today's date. When the contextual area information is the search popularity contextual area, the dictionary is the search popularity dictionary; in such a case, at least one possible word that satisfies the predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the search popularity dictionary and corresponds to the application and the search frequency of which is the highest and the last search date of which is the closest to today's date. When the contextual area information is the historical record contextual area and the search popularity contextual area, the dictionary is a historical record dictionary and a search popularity dictionary; in such a case, at least one possible word that satisfies the predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is found in the history dictionary and the search popularity dictionary and matches the application and whose search frequency is the highest, and whose last search date is the closest to the current date.

[0037] In the third to sixth aspects, when a plurality of pieces of context area information correspond to an application type, each of the plurality of pieces of context area information corresponds to one dictionary; in such a case, according to the weights predetermined for the plurality of pieces of context area information, several possible words can be determined from a dictionary corresponding to each piece of context area information. Therefore, candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for the input method can be determined with reference to a plurality of pieces of contextual area information. Therefore, certain candidate words can better meet the user's input requirement, and the user input efficiency by the input method can be further improved.

[0038] According to a seventh aspect, an intelligent terminal is provided, wherein the intelligent terminal includes at least one processor, an interface circuit, a memory, and a system bus. The memory is configured to store a computer-executable instruction, at least one processor, the interface circuitry, and the memory are interconnected through the system bus, and when the smart terminal is operating, the at least one processor executes the computer-executable instruction stored in the memory so that the smart terminal performs a method for displaying a candidate word according to any one of the third aspect or every possible implementation of the third aspect.

[0039] According to an eighth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs, the one or more programs include a computer-executable instruction, and when at least one intelligent terminal processor executes computer-executable instruction, the smart terminal performs a method for displaying a possible word according to any one of the third aspect or every possible implementation of the third aspect.

[0040] For detailed descriptions of the technical results of the seventh aspect and the eighth aspect, refer to the descriptions of the technical results of the third aspect. The details are not further described in this document.

[0041] According to a ninth aspect, an intelligent terminal is provided, wherein the intelligent terminal includes at least one processor, an interface circuit, a memory, and a system bus. The memory is configured to store a computer-executable instruction, at least one processor, the interface circuitry, and the memory are interconnected through the system bus, and when the smart terminal is operating, the at least one processor executes the computer-executable instruction stored in the memory so that the smart terminal performs a method for displaying a candidate word according to any one of the fourth aspect or every possible implementation of the fourth aspect.

[0042] According to a tenth aspect, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, when the computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs, one or more programs include a computer-executable instruction, and when at least one intelligent terminal processor executes computer-executable instruction, the smart terminal performs a method for displaying a candidate word according to any one of the fourth aspect or every possible implementation of the fourth aspect.

[0043] For detailed descriptions of the technical results of the ninth aspect and the tenth aspect, refer to the descriptions of the technical results of the fourth aspect. The details are not further described in this document.

Brief Description of Drawings

[0044] To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required to describe the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description simply show some embodiments of the present invention.

[0045] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for a prior art input method;

[0046] FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0047] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a candidate region and a default candidate region for an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0048] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram 1 of a candidate word mapping method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0049] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of 1 candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0050] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of 2 candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0051] FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of 3 candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0052] FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of 4 candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0053] FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram 2 of a candidate word display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0054] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of 5 candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for an input method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0055] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram 1 of another method for displaying a candidate word according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0056] FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram 2 of another method for displaying a candidate word according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0057] FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for displaying a candidate word according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0058] FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of smartphone hardware according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0059] FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram 1 of a graphical user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

[0060] FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram 2 of a graphical user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description of Embodiments

[0061] The term "and / or" in this specification describes only an association relationship for describing associated objects and represents that three relationships may exist. For example, A and / or B can represent the following three cases: Only A exists, A and B exist, and only B exists. The "/" symbol in this specification indicates the relationship "or" between associated objects. For example, A / B indicates A or B.

[0062] In the specification and claims of the present invention, the term "first" is used to indicate a corresponding object, but does not indicate a particular order of the described objects. For example, the first date is used to indicate the corresponding date instead of describing a specific sequence of dates.

[0063] In embodiments of the present invention, terms such as "example" or "for example" are used to represent examples, illustrations, or explanations. Any embodiment or design described as "example" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present invention should not be interpreted as preferable or advantageous over other embodiments or designs. In particular, terms such as "example" or "for example" are intended to represent related ideas in a specific way.

[0064] In the descriptions of the present invention, "plurality" means two or more than two, unless otherwise indicated. For example, the plurality of pieces of context area information are two or more pieces of context area information.

[0065] The following describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention.

[0066] A method and apparatus for displaying a candidate word and a graphical user interface provided by embodiments of the present invention can be applied to an intelligent terminal. In a scenario in which a user is to input information using an input method, according to a method and apparatus for displaying a candidate word and a graphical user interface provided by embodiments of the present invention, at least one candidate word is displayed in the default candidate area for the method input. Thus, some words that the user may need to enter are recommended to the user, and therefore, the efficiency of the user inputting information by the input method can be improved.

[0067] In embodiments of the present invention, a candidate word may include a single character or multiple characters. For example, suppose that the input method language is Chinese, a possible word may include a single Chinese character, a word formed by a plurality of Chinese characters, a phrase formed by a plurality of Chinese words, a sentence formed by a plurality of Chinese characters, or the like. In particular, it can be determined according to the actual requirement of use and is not limited in the present invention.

[0068] As shown in FIG. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an implementation of an input method (also called an input method application) according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2, the input method includes the input method engine 10, the candidate module 11 and the default candidate recommendation module 12. The default candidate recommendation module 12 may include a vocabulary selection module 120 and a default candidate module 121. In a particular implementation, candidate module 11 and default candidate module 121 may be two different modules, but two different modules may be implemented with the same program code. Of course, the candidate module 11 and the default candidate module 121 can also be implemented with a single module, ie, two modules can be combined in an implementation (as shown by the dashed box in FIG. 2). In particular, it can be determined according to the actual requirement of use and is not limited in the present invention.

[0069] The following describes each module of the input method shown in FIG. 2 using examples.

[0070] The input method engine is configured to search, according to a character string (namely, a character string entered in a text input window by a user using an input method) captured from a text input window in an input method, in a dictionary (including a system dictionary and a user dictionary) the character or word corresponding to the character string, and pass the character or word to the candidate module.

[0071] The system dictionary is a dictionary predefined in the input method, namely, the default dictionary in the input method. With regard to the user dictionary, in the process of entering information by the user using the input method, if the character or word entered by the user is not in the system dictionary, the symbol or word can be stored in the user dictionary, i.e., the user dictionary is a dictionary formed in the process of entering information by the user using the input method.

[0072] The candidate unit is configured to display, in the input method candidate area, a character or word transmitted by the input method engine.

[0073] The vocabulary selection module is configured to determine the type of application that invokes the input method, to determine according to the type, the context area information corresponding to the type, to determine, according to the context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information (including a user dictionary, corresponding to each piece of context-area information when multiple pieces of context-area information exist), and then look up in the dictionary for at least one candidate word that satisfies a predetermined condition, and transmit at least one candidate word to the candidate module on default.

[0074] In this embodiment of the present invention, the application type corresponds to one or more pieces of context area information, and one piece of context area information uniquely corresponds to one dictionary. The dictionary corresponding to each piece of information in the context area may be a system dictionary or may be a user dictionary. In particular, it can be determined according to the actual usage requirement and is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

[0075] For example, if the type of application that invokes the input method determined by the dictionary selector is a conversation type (i.e., the application is a conversation type application), the contextual area information corresponding to the conversation type is a date contextual area, or is the contextual date area and the contextual area of the conversation object; and the dictionary corresponding to the date context area is a date dictionary, and the dictionary corresponding to the conversation object context area is the conversation object dictionary. A dictionary of dates can store each holiday and greetings corresponding to each holiday; since every holiday of the year is in principle a specific one, the date dictionary can be a system dictionary (that is, the date dictionary can be a predefined dictionary). A conversation object dictionary can store specific relationships between users who use an application and some specific users. Since the users who use the application are different, and the specific users who have a special relationship with the users are also different, the conversation object dictionary can be a custom dictionary (i.e., the conversation object dictionary can be a dictionary generated as the user enters information using the input method).

[0076] The candidate area by default is configured to display, in the candidate area for the input method, at least one candidate word transmitted by the dictionary selection unit, where the candidate area is also called the default candidate area when the input information the user is not captured.

[0077] For example, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the region A is called the candidate region in this case. As shown in FIG. 3 (b), the region A is called the default candidate region in this case.

[0078] A method for displaying a candidate word according to this embodiment of the present invention may be performed by a candidate word display device (referred to as a display device for ease of description in general, in the following method embodiments). The display device can be an independent functional unit that can implement the method; or can be an input method application; or can be a functional unit that integrates with an input method application and can implement the method; or can be an intelligent terminal; or it can be a functional module that integrates with an intelligent terminal and can implement the method. In particular, it can be determined according to the actual requirement of use and is not limited in the present invention.

[0079] As shown in FIG. 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a candidate word. The method is applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method, and the input method is set in the operating system of the smart terminal. The method may include the following steps.

[0080] S101. The display device defines the type of application that invokes the input method.

[0081] Typically, when using an application, the user must enter information using an input method. For example, when entering short information using a short message application, the user must enter short information using the input method.

[0082] In this embodiment of the present invention, an application may also be called an application program (application, APP). The application can be an application included in the operating system of the smart terminal, or it can be a third-party application installed in the operating system of the smart terminal. This is not particularly limited in the present invention.

[0083] An application type may include a conversation type, a cartographic type, a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type. For example, a conversation-type application may include a short message application included in the operating system of the smart terminal, a third-party communication application installed in the operating system of the smart terminal, or the like. A map-type application may include a map application included in the operating system of the smart terminal, a third-party mapping application installed in the operating system of the smart terminal, other applications (such as various travel or taxi applications), or the like. The item type application may include a shopping application included in the operating system of the smart terminal, a third-party shopping application installed in the operating system of the smart terminal, or the like. An audio / video type application may include an audio playback application or a video playback application included in the operating system of the smart terminal, an audio playback application or video playback application installed in the operating system of the intelligent terminal, or the like. An application, such as an application store, may include an application store included in the operating system of the smart terminal, an application store installed in the operating system of the smart terminal, or the like.

[0084] S102. The display device determines, according to the type of application, the context area information corresponding to the type of application.

[0085] In this embodiment of the present invention, since the types of applications are different, the scenarios in which the applications are used may also change. To indicate scenarios in which different applications are used, contextual area information is used in this embodiment of the present invention.

[0086] In a specific implementation, the correspondence between the type of application and the context information is pre-stored. For example, with respect to the conversation type application, on a special holiday, when the conversation type application invokes the input method, some possible words related to the special holiday may be needed to recommend to the user using the default candidate area for the input method. In such a case, the contextual area information corresponding to the type of conversation may be associated with a date. For example, the contextual area information can be a date contextual area. As another example, for a product type app, a user can search for a product after launching that type of app. This requires that the products that the user is looking for and / or products that other users are popularly looking for must be recommended to the user. In this case, the contextual area information corresponding to the type of product may be associated with a historical search record and / or a search popularity record for a user. For example, the contextual area information may be the contextual area of a historical record and / or the search popularity contextual area.

[0087] Optionally, in a method for displaying a candidate word according to this embodiment of the present invention, step S102 may specifically include:

[0088] S102a. The display device determines, according to the type of application and a predetermined set of mappings, the context area information corresponding to the type of application, where the set of mappings includes a mapping between the type of application and the information of the context area.

[0089] The predefined set of mappings may include mappings between types of multiple applications and contextual area information. The match between the application type and the context area information in step S102a is only one match in the set of matches. To aid in understanding the technical solution provided by this embodiment of the present invention, in this document, only the type of application that invokes the input method and the context area information corresponding to the type are used as an example for the description. The rest is not described in detail in this document.

[0090] For example, as shown in Table 1, Table 1 is a form of realizing possible correspondences between application types and context area information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Table 1

Application type Contextual area information Conversation type Date contextual area Date context area and conversation object context area Cartographic type Historical record context area Product type, audio / video type, or app store type Historical record contextual area and / or search popularity contextual area

[0091] Table 1 can be understood as a predefined set of correspondences. If the application type is a conversation type, the context area information corresponding to the type is the date context area, or the date context area and the conversation object context area. If the application type is a cartographic type, the context area information corresponding to the type is the context area of the historical record. If the application type is a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type, the contextual area information corresponding to the type is the historical record contextual area and / or search popularity contextual area.

[0092] It should be noted that the types of applications and contextual area information shown in Table 1 are illustrative only. In a particular implementation, more types of applications and context area information, for example, other types of applications and context area information that satisfy the usage requirement may also be included.

[0093] In the method for displaying a candidate word according to this embodiment of the present invention, since context area information corresponding to the type of each application is preset after the display device determines the type of application that invokes the input method, the display device can determine according to the type , context area information corresponding to the type. In addition, since each piece of context area information uniquely corresponds to one dictionary, after determining the context area information, the display device can determine, according to the context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information.

[0094] S103. The display device determines, according to the context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information.

[0095] In this embodiment of the present invention, for each piece of context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information can be stored.

[0096] Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, dictionaries corresponding to the contextual area information shown in Table 1 may be, respectively, as follows: The dictionary corresponding to the date context area is a date dictionary; the dictionary corresponding to the contextual area of the conversation object is the conversation object dictionary; the dictionary corresponding to the contextual area of the historical record is a dictionary of historical records; and the dictionary corresponding to the search popularity contextual area is the search popularity dictionary.

[0097] For example, as shown in Table 2, Table 2 is a form of realizing possible correspondences between contextual area information and dictionaries according to this embodiment of the present invention.

table 2

Contextual area information Dictionary Date contextual area Dictionary of dates Conversation object context area Conversation Object Dictionary Historical record context area Dictionary of Historical Records Search Popularity Context Area Search popularity dictionary

[0098] It should be noted that the contextual area information and vocabularies shown in Table 2 are illustrative only. In a particular implementation, more context area information and vocabularies, for example, other context area information and vocabularies that satisfy the usage requirement, may also be included.

[0099] For example, for the context area information shown in Table 1, dictionaries corresponding to the context area information in this embodiment of the present invention may be pre-stored or may be saved during user input using the input method. For example, a date dictionary corresponding to a date contextual area may be pre-stored, that is, greetings corresponding to each holiday are pre-stored in a date dictionary. As another example, a conversation object dictionary corresponding to the contextual area of a conversation object can be stored when a user talks to a conversation object using a conversation-type application, i.e., the relationship between user and conversation object can be stored in the conversation object dictionary according to the alias of the conversation object that is set by the user in the conversation type application, the content that the user talks about with the conversation object using the conversation type application, the title often used when the user talks to the conversation object using the conversation type application, or the like. As another example, a historical record dictionary corresponding to the contextual area of a historical record may be stored when a user is using a map type application, a product type application, an audio / video type application, or an app store type application, i.e., a search record. the user can be stored in a dictionary of historical records according to the search record when the user uses these types of applications.

[0100] Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, one dictionary uniquely corresponds to one piece of context area information, ie, the dictionaries correspond to context area information on a one-to-one basis.

[0101] For example, as shown in Table 2, the date context area uniquely corresponds to a dictionary of dates; the conversation object contextual area uniquely matches the conversation object dictionary; the contextual area of the historical record uniquely matches the dictionary of historical records; and the search popularity contextual scope uniquely matches the search popularity dictionary.

[0102] In this embodiment of the present invention, if the context area information corresponding to the type of application that invokes the input method is the date context area, a possible word displayed in the default candidate area for the input method can only be defined in the date dictionary that uniquely matches the contextual date area; if the contextual area information corresponding to the type of application that invokes the input method is the contextual area of the conversation object, a possible word displayed in the default candidate area for the input method can only be defined in the conversation object dictionary uniquely corresponding to the contextual area of the conversation object; If the contextual area information corresponding to the type of application that invokes the input method is the contextual area of the historical record, a possible word displayed in the default candidate area for the input method can only be defined in the historical record dictionary uniquely corresponding to the historical record contextual area; or if the contextual area information corresponding to the type of application that invokes the input method is the search popularity contextual area, the possible word displayed in the default candidate area for the input method can only be determined in the search popularity dictionary uniquely corresponding to the search popularity contextual area ... Therefore, when the input method is applied to various application scenarios, it can be guaranteed to some extent that the candidate words determined from the corresponding vocabulary can be words that the user has to input, and additionally, the candidate words are displayed in the default candidate area for the method input. This can further improve the efficiency of user input by the input method.

[0103] S104. The display device displays, in the area of the default input method, at least one candidate word that is in the dictionary and satisfies a predetermined condition.

[0104] In this embodiment of the present invention, according to the application type and context area information shown in Table 1 and the context area information and vocabulary shown in Table 2, at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition in step S104 may be as follows:

[0105] When the application type is a conversation type and the context area information is a date context area and the dictionary is a date dictionary, at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the date dictionary and matches the first date, with the first date being the date that is in the date dictionary and is the same as the current date.

[0106] When the application type is a conversation type and the context area information is a date context area and a conversation object context area and the dictionary is a date dictionary and a conversation object dictionary, at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the date dictionary and corresponds to the first date, wherein the first date is a date that is in the date dictionary and is the same as the current date, a linking relationship exists between the first date and the first relationship, and the relationship between the user and the entity currently chatting with the user is the first relationship in the conversation entity dictionary.

[0107] When the application type is a cartographic type and the context area information is a historical record context area and the dictionary is a historical record dictionary, at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: at least one possible word which is in the historical dictionary and corresponds to the first latitude and longitude and the application, with the first latitude and longitude being the latitude and longitude that is in the historical records dictionary and is the same as the latitude and longitude of the user's current location.

[0108] When the application type is a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type, and the contextual area information is a historical record contextual area and / or a search popularity context area, and the dictionary is a historical record dictionary and / or a search popularity dictionary, according to at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the history dictionary and / or search popularity dictionary and matches the application and the search frequency of which is the highest and the last search date which is the closest to the current date.

[0109] In the aforementioned types of applications, descriptions about at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition are merely illustrative descriptions about the listed types of applications in this embodiment of the present invention. Undoubtedly, in an actual implementation, more types of applications could be included. Accordingly, since the type of application is changed, at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition in this embodiment of the present invention may also be different. Details are not further described in detail in this embodiment of the present invention.

[0110] According to the dictionaries shown in Table 2, the following describes several dictionaries separately using examples.

[0111] For example, as shown in Table 3, Table 3 is a possible form of implementing a date dictionary according to this embodiment of the present invention.

Table 3

Date or name of the holiday Possible word Spring Festival (8 February) Happy Spring Festival Valentine's Day (February 14) Happy Valentine's day Mother's Day (8 May) Happy Mother's Day and Good Health

[0112] In actual application, the dates of some holidays are fixed in each year. For example, Valentine's Day is typically February 14th every year. However, the dates of some holidays may change every year. For example, Spring Festival is February 19 in 2015, but February 18 in 2016; Mother's Day is May 10 in 2015 but May 8 in 2016. Therefore, the dates in the date dictionary in this embodiment of the present invention may be implemented with specific dates or may be implemented with holiday names. When the date in the date dictionary is realized with a specific date, the date dictionary can be updated at least once every year, and the display device can determine the corresponding candidate word directly according to the date in step S104. When the date in the date dictionary is realized with the holiday name, in the above step S104, the display device must first determine whether the current date is a date corresponding to the holiday name in the year to which the current date belongs, and if so, the display device determines the corresponding possible word according to the name of the holiday.

[0113] The date and name of the holiday are only two implementations illustrated in this embodiment of the present invention. Since a holiday name generally also corresponds to a date, in this embodiment of the present invention, the date used when at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is determined can also be indicated by the holiday name. This is not particularly limited in the present invention.

[0114] For example, for a conversation type application, suppose the current date is February 8, 2016, at least one possible word that satisfies a predefined condition is: a possible word that is in the date dictionary shown in Table 3 , and corresponds to February 8, namely, "Happy Spring Festival". February 8th (namely, the first date) is the date that is in the date dictionary shown in Table 3 and is the same as the current date. Therefore, when the user is chatting with a friend of the user using the February 8 conversation type application, that is, when the conversation type application invokes the input method, the display device can display the aforementioned "Happy Spring Festival" in the default candidate area for the input method.

[0115] It can be understood that, as shown in FIG. 5, in the possible word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention, suppose it is Spring Festival when the user talks to the conversation object using the conversation type application, i.e., when the conversation type application invokes the input method, the display device can display possible words such as "Happy Spring Festival and good luck" in the default possible input area.

[0116] Table 3 shows an example in which the Spring Festival is only one day. In actual implementation, the Spring Festival may be a period of time (for example, from the first day in the first lunar month to the fifteenth day in the first lunar month). Therefore, on all fifteen days, the display device can display the above candidate word in the default candidate area for the input method.

[0117] It should be noted that the date dictionary shown in Table 3 is illustrative only. In a particular implementation, the date dictionary may further include more dates or holiday names and possible words, for example, other dates or holiday names and possible words that satisfy the usage requirement.

[0118] For example, as shown in Table 4, Table 4 is a possible embodiment of a conversation object dictionary according to this embodiment of the present invention.

Table 4

Conversation object User relationship User 1 Lovers User 2 Mother and son User 3 Friends

[0119] For example, for a conversation type application, suppose the current date is February 14, 2016, and that the entity chatting with the user is user 1, at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: possible the word that is in the date dictionary shown in Table 3 and corresponds to February 14, namely "Happy Valentine's Day." February 14 (namely, the first date) is the date that is in the date dictionary shown in Table 3, and is the same as the current date, the linking relationship exists between February 14 and "in love" (namely, the first relationship) , and the relationship between user and user 1 is "in love" in the conversation object dictionary shown in Table 4. Therefore, when user 1 is chatting with user 1 using the February 14 conversation type application, i.e. when the conversation type application calls the input method , the display device may display the aforementioned "Happy Valentine's Day" in the default candidate area for the input method.

[0120] It can be understood that, as shown in FIG. 6, in the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention, assume it is Mother's Day when the user talks to the user's mom using the conversation type application, i.e., when the conversation type application calls the input method, the display device can display possible words such as "Happy Mother's Day and good health" in the default candidate area for the input method.

[0121] In a particular implementation, the conversation object column (namely, user 1, user 2, and user 3) in the conversation object dictionary shown in Table 4 may be represented by the conversation object alias given by the user in the conversation type application, a title, often used when a user talks to a conversation object using an application such as a conversation, or the like. In particular, this can be set according to the actual usage requirement and is not limited in the present invention.

[0122] It should be noted that the conversation object dictionary shown in Table 4 is illustrative only. In a particular implementation, the conversation object dictionary may further include more conversation objects and relationships between conversation objects and the user, for example, other conversation objects and relationships between conversation objects and the user, that satisfy the usage requirement.

[0123] For example, as shown in Table 5, Table 5 is a possible form of implementing a historical dictionary according to this embodiment of the present invention.

Table 5

app name Possible word Number of searches The number of days from the last search date to the current date Latitude and longitude Attachment 1 Coffee five Less than 1 - Attachment 1 Router 2 3 - Appendix 2 Coffee 4 Less than 1 - Appendix 2 Sweater 6 2 - Appendix 3 Big Wild Goose Pagoda 3 five Latitude and longitude 1 Appendix 3 Temple of Confucius one thirty Latitude and longitude 2 Appendix 4 Temple of Confucius one 16 Latitude and longitude 2 Attachment 1 Portable power supply 4 2 -

[0124] In this embodiment of the present invention, since the historical record dictionary records historical search records corresponding to a plurality of applications, when a possible word is determined from the historical record dictionary, it is additionally necessary to determine which application is the application invoking the input method (in particular, it may be realized by performing step S101).

[0125] For example, for a map-type application, assume that the latitude and longitude of the user's current location is latitude and longitude 2, and that the application that invokes the input method is application 3, at least one possible word that satisfies the predefined the condition is: a possible word, which is in the dictionary of historical records shown in Table 5, and corresponds to latitude and longitude 2 and Appendix 3, namely, "Temple of Confucius". Latitude and longitude 2 (namely, the first latitude and longitude) is the latitude and longitude that is in the dictionary of historical records and is the same as the latitude and longitude of the user's current location. Therefore, when the user at the location indicated by the latitude and longitude 2 uses the application 3 to search for the destination, i.e. when the application 3 invokes the input method, the display device can display the aforementioned "Temple of Confucius" in the default option area for the method input.

[0126] It can be understood that, as shown in FIG. 7, in the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention, assume that the user is in a city when the user searches for a destination using a map-type application, i.e., when a map-type application calls the input method, the display device can display , in the area of the default option for the input method, the names of the destinations the user has been to, for example, the possible words "Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and Terracotta Warriors".

[0127] It should be noted that the dictionary of historical records shown in Table 5 is illustrative only. In a particular implementation, the historical record dictionary may further include more application names, possible words, number of searches, number of days from the last search date to the current date, and latitude and longitude, for example, other application names, possible words, number of searches, number of days since the last date of the search to the current date and the latitude and longitude that satisfy the usage requirement.

[0128] For example, as shown in Table 6, Table 6 is a possible form of implementing a search popularity dictionary according to this embodiment of the present invention.

Table 6

app name Possible word Number of searches The number of days from the last search date to the current date Attachment 1 Coffee 20,000 2 Attachment 1 Router 31000 Less than 1 Appendix 2 Portable power supply 120,000 Less than 1

[0129] For example, for a product type application, an audio / video type application, or an app store type application, if the dictionary corresponding to the type application is a dictionary of historical records, suppose the application that invokes the input method is application 1 at least , one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: a possible word that is found in the history dictionary shown in FIG. 5, and corresponds to application 1, and the search frequency of which is the highest, and the last search date of which is the closest to the current date, namely "coffee". Therefore, when the user searches for an item using the application 1, that is, when the application 1 invokes the input method, the display device can display the aforementioned “coffee” in the default option area for the input method.

[0130] For a product type application, an audio / video type application, or an app store type application, if the dictionary corresponding to the type application is a search popularity dictionary, suppose the application that invokes the input method is application 1, at least one a possible word that satisfies the predetermined condition is: a possible word that is in the search popularity dictionary shown in FIG. 6, and corresponds to Appendix 1, and the search frequency of which is the highest, and the last search date of which is closest to the current date, namely, "router". Therefore, when the user searches for an item using the application 1, that is, when the application 1 invokes the input method, the display device can display the aforementioned “router” in the default option area for the input method.

[0131] For a product type application, an audio / video type application, or an app store type application, if the dictionary corresponding to the type application is a dictionary of historical records and a search popularity dictionary, suppose the application that invokes the input method is application 1, at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: a possible word that is in the dictionary of historical records shown in Table 5 and complies with Appendix 1, and the search frequency of which is the highest, and the last search date of which is closest to current date, and a possible word that is in the search popularity dictionary shown in Table 6 and corresponds to Appendix 1, and the search frequency of which is the highest, and the last search date of which is closest to the current date, namely, "coffee" and " router ". Therefore, when the user searches for an item using the application 1, that is, when the application 1 invokes the input method, the display device can display the aforementioned “coffee” and “router” in the default option area for the input method.

[0132] It can be understood that, as shown in FIG. 8, in the possible word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention, assuming it is a specific date, the user searches for an item using the item type application, i.e., when the item type application calls the input method, the display device can display, in the area the possible default for the input method, the names of the products that the user searches most often lately, and the names of the products that all the users are searching for recently due to their popularity, for example, the possible words "portable power supply, router, coffee".

[0133] It should be noted that the search popularity vocabulary shown in Table 6 is illustrative only. In a particular implementation, the search popularity dictionary may further include more app names, possible words, number of searches, and number of days from last search date to current date, for example, other app names, possible words, number of searches, and number of days from last search date to the current date that satisfy the usage requirement.

[0134] In all the examples illustrated in Tables 3-6, assume that the candidate word determined by the display device by performing step S104 is one or two possible words. In particular, the number of possible words can be determined according to the actual usage requirement. For example, the number of possible words may be determined according to the size of the default candidate area for the input method and / or the scale of the displayed candidate words. This is not limited in the present invention.

[0135] Additionally, when the plurality of pieces of context area information correspond to an application type, each of the plurality of pieces of context area information corresponds to one dictionary. In such a case, in this embodiment of the present invention, according to the weights predetermined for the plurality of pieces of context area information, the display device can determine multiple possible words from a dictionary corresponding to each piece of context area information. Specifically, the method for determining a candidate word from the dictionary corresponding to each piece of context area information is the same as the above method for determining a candidate word from the dictionary corresponding to the corresponding context area information. The details are not further described in this document.

[0136] For example, suppose that two pieces of context area information, namely context area information 1 and context area information 2, correspond to the type of application, and the dictionary corresponding to context area information 1 is dictionary 1, and the dictionary corresponding to context information 2 context area is dictionary 2, and the weight of the context area information 1 is 2 and the weight of the context area information 2 is 3, if the default candidate area for the input method can display only five possible words, the display device can determine two possible words from dictionary 1 and determine three possible words from dictionary 2. In particular, it can be determined according to the actual requirement of use and is not limited in the present invention.

[0137] In the above method, candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for the input method may be determined with reference to a plurality of pieces of contextual area information. Therefore, certain candidate words can better meet the user's input requirement, and the user input efficiency by the input method can be further improved.

[0138] Additionally, Tables 1-6 are just examples for describing a method for displaying a candidate word according to this embodiment of the present invention. In a particular implementation, more attributes or conditions (one column of each column is an attribute or condition) may additionally be included in Tables 1-6. This is not particularly limited in the present invention.

[0139] This embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a candidate word. The method is applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method, and the method includes: determining the type of application that invokes the input method; determining, according to the type, the context area information corresponding to the type; determining, according to the information of the context area, a dictionary corresponding to the information of the context area; and displaying, in the default candidate area for the input method, at least one candidate word that is in the dictionary and satisfies a predetermined condition.

[0140] Based on the above method, in the method for displaying a candidate word according to this embodiment of the present invention, when the candidate word is displayed in the default candidate area for the input method, reference can be made to an application scenario of the input method, i.e. by which type of application the input method is called, then the corresponding context area information is determined according to the application type, and the dictionary corresponding to the context area information is determined, that is, the dictionary is a dictionary that corresponds to the application scenario of the input method. Therefore, it can be guaranteed to some extent that the candidate words determined from the vocabulary can be words that the user must enter, and additionally, the candidate words are displayed in the default candidate area for the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0141] Optionally, with reference to FIG. 4 as shown in FIG. 9, before step S101, the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention may further include:

[0142] S100a. The display device determines if the content on the clipboard is updated.

[0143] If the display device determines that the content in the clipboard is updated, the display device performs step S100b. If the display device determines that the content on the clipboard is not updated, the display device performs step S101.

[0144] S100b. The display device displays, in the default candidate area for the input method, the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate word.

[0145] For example, as shown in FIG. 10, figs. 10 is a schematic diagram of candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for an input method when a user initiates a copy process. FIG. 10 (a) the user initiates the copy process, i.e., the smart terminal operating system performs a copy action (in particular, the smart terminal operating system copies the Chinese Dream content to be copied to the smart terminal memory, namely the clipboard ). FIG. 10 (b), when the input method is called for the first time after copying is completed, the display device can display, in the default candidate area for the input method, content (namely, "To a Chinese Dream") on the clipboard. That the input method is called for the first time after copying is completed can be specifically realized by performing step S100a when the input method is called, that is, the display device determines whether the content in the clipboard is updated. If the content in the clipboard is updated, this indicates that the input method is called the first time after copying is complete; or if the content in the clipboard is not updated, this indicates that the input method is not called the first time after copying is complete.

[0146] In this embodiment of the present invention, each application installed on the smart terminal can access content in the memory of the smart terminal.

[0147] After the user copies a portion of the content, the user can paste the copied content. Therefore, in this embodiment of the present invention, before performing step S101, the display device may first determine whether the content in the clipboard is updated (generally, if the content in the clipboard is updated, it indicates that the operating system of the intelligent terminal is performing a copy action, i.e. (i.e., the user initiates the copy process; or if the content in the clipboard is not updated, this indicates that the smart terminal operating system is not performing the copy action, i.e., the user is not initiating the copy process). If the content in the clipboard is not updated, the display device performs step S101, that is, the display device determines, according to the script of the input method, a possible word displayed in the default candidate area for the input method. If the content on the clipboard is updated, the display device may display, in the default candidate area for the input method, the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate word. This can further improve the efficiency of user input of content.

[0148] In the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention, the vocabulary that corresponds to the application scenario can be determined according to the application scenario of the input method. Therefore, it can be guaranteed to some extent that the possible words determined from the dictionary can be words that the user must enter. Therefore, possible words are displayed in the default candidate area for the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0149] Additionally, when the user initiates the copying process, the user may need to paste the copied content using an input method. Therefore, in the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention, when the input method is called, the candidate word displayed in the input method default candidate area can be determined according to whether the content in the clipboard is updated. That is, if the user initiates the copy process, the content in the clipboard is updated. Therefore, the updated content on the clipboard can be displayed in the default candidate area for the input method (i.e., the updated content on the clipboard is displayed as at least one candidate word in the default candidate area for the input method ). This can further improve the efficiency of user input by the input method.

[0150] As shown in FIG. 11, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for displaying a candidate word. The method is applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method, and the input method is set in the operating system of the smart terminal. The method may include the following steps.

[0151] S201. The display device detects that the content on the clipboard has been updated.

[0152] S202. The display device displays, in the default candidate area for the input method, the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate word.

[0153] For example, as shown in FIG. 10, figs. 10 is a schematic diagram of candidate words displayed in the default candidate area for an input method when a user initiates a copy process. In particular, for the descriptions with respect to FIG. 10, referring to the above descriptions with respect to FIG. 10 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9. Details are not further described in this document.

[0154] After the user copies a piece of content, the user can paste the copied content. Therefore, in this embodiment of the present invention, if the display device determines that the content on the clipboard is updated, the display device may display, in the default candidate area for the input method, the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate. words (to recommend content to the user that the user may need to enter). Therefore, the efficiency of the user inputting information using the input method can be improved.

[0155] Optionally, with reference to FIG. 11 as shown in FIG. 12, before step S201, the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention may further include:

[0156] S200. The display device determines if the content on the clipboard is updated.

[0157] In this embodiment of the present invention, when the input method is called, the display device may first determine if the content in the clipboard is updated (generally, if the content in the clipboard is updated, it indicates that the operating system of the smart terminal is performing a copy action, i.e., the user initiates the copying process; or if the content in the clipboard is not updated, this indicates that the operating system of the smart terminal is not performing the copying action, i.e. the user does not initiate the copying process). Then, the display device performs an appropriate action according to the determination result.

[0158] Additionally, as shown in FIG. 12, after step S200, the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention may further include:

[0159] S203. The display device detects that the content on the clipboard has not been updated.

[0160] S204. The display device performs the method routine shown in FIG. 4, or displays the candidate word in the default candidate area for the input method in the usual way.

[0161] In this embodiment of the present invention, if the display device determines that the content in the clipboard is not updated, i.e., the user does not initiate the copying process, the display device can determine the possible word displayed in the default candidate area for the method input using the method procedure shown in FIG. 4 in the above embodiment, or the display device may display a candidate word in the default candidate area for the input method in a conventional manner (for example, in the two ways shown in FIG. 1).

[0162] In the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention, when the user initiates the copy process, the user may need to paste the copied content using the input method. Therefore, in the candidate word display method according to this embodiment of the present invention, when the input method is called, the candidate word displayed in the input method default candidate area can be determined according to whether the content in the clipboard is updated. That is, if the user initiates the copy process, the content in the clipboard is updated. Therefore, the updated content on the clipboard can be displayed in the default candidate area for the input method (i.e., the updated content on the clipboard is displayed as at least one candidate word in the default candidate area for the input method ). This can further improve the efficiency of user input by the input method.

[0163] As shown in FIG. 13, an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for displaying a candidate word. The device is applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method. The device is configured to perform the steps performed by the display device in the above method embodiment shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 9. The device may include modules corresponding to the respective steps. For example, the device may include a dictionary selection module 20 and a default option module 21.

[0164] The vocabulary selection unit 20 is configured to determine the type of application that invokes the input method, to determine according to the type, context area information corresponding to the type, and to determine, according to the context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information. The default candidate unit 21 is configured to display, in the default candidate area for the input method, at least one candidate word that is in the dictionary selected by the dictionary selection unit 20 and satisfies a predetermined condition.

[0165] It should be noted that the device for displaying the candidate word in this embodiment may be the default candidate recommending module 12 in the input method shown in FIG. 2; the dictionary selection unit 20 in this embodiment may be the dictionary selection unit 120 in the input method shown in FIG. 2; and the default candidate unit 21 may be the default candidate unit 121 in the input method shown in FIG. 2.

[0166] Optionally, the vocabulary selection module 20 is specifically configured to determine, according to the type and a predetermined set of mappings, the context area information corresponding to the type, where the mapping set includes a match between the type and the context area information.

[0167] Optionally, one dictionary uniquely corresponds to one piece of context area information.

[0168] Optionally, in a first possible implementation, the type is a conversation type, the contextual area information is a date contextual area, and at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the date dictionary and matches the first date, with the first date being the date that is in the date dictionary and is the same as the current date.

[0169] Optionally, in a second possible implementation, the type is a conversation type, the context information is a date context area and a conversation object context area, the dictionary is a date dictionary corresponding to a date context area and a conversation object dictionary corresponding to a conversation object context area, and at least one possible word that satisfies a predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the date dictionary and corresponds to the first date, wherein the first date is a date that is in the date dictionary and is the same As the current date, the relationship between the user and the entity currently chatting with the user is the first relationship in the conversation object dictionary, and a linking relationship exists between the first date and the first relationship.

[0170] Optionally, in a third possible implementation, the type is a cartographic type, the information of the context area is the context area of the historical record, the dictionary is a dictionary of historical records corresponding to the context area of the historical record, and at least one possible word that satisfies a predefined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the dictionary of historical records and corresponds to the first latitude and longitude and the appendix, with the first latitude and longitude being the latitude and longitude that are in the dictionary of historical records and are the same as the latitude and longitude of the user's current location.

[0171] Optionally, in a fourth possible implementation, the type is a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type, the context area information is a historical record context area and a search popularity context area, a dictionary is a historical record dictionary corresponding to the historical record context area, and a search popularity dictionary corresponding to the search popularity context area, and at least one possible word that satisfies the predetermined condition is: at least one possible word that is in the historical records dictionary and the search popularity dictionary and matches the application , and the search frequency of which is the highest, and the last search date of which is the closest to the current date.

[0172] Optionally, the dictionary selection module 20 is further configured to determine, prior to determining the type of application that invokes the input method, that the content in the clipboard is updated; and the default candidate module 21 is further configured to display, in the input method default candidate region, the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate word.

[0173] In this embodiment of the present invention, in a specific implementation, both the vocabulary selection module and the default candidate module may be implemented by at least one processor. The module of the default candidate can be, in particular, implemented through a display instructed by the processor.

[0174] It can be understood that the candidate word display device in this embodiment may correspond to the display device in the candidate word display method in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 9, and the division and / or functions of the modules in the device for displaying the candidate word in this embodiment are / are intended to implement the procedure of the method shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 9. To avoid repetition, details are not further described in this document.

[0175] This embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for displaying a candidate word. When the candidate word is displayed in the default candidate area for the input method, the device can refer to the script of the input method, i.e., by which type of application the input method is invoked, then determine the corresponding context area information according to the type of application, and determine the dictionary corresponding contextual area information, that is, the dictionary is a dictionary that corresponds to the input scenario. Therefore, it can be guaranteed to some extent that the candidate words determined from the vocabulary can be words that the user must enter, and additionally, the candidate words are displayed in the default candidate area for the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0176] As shown in FIG. 13, an embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for displaying a candidate word. The device is applied to a scenario in which a user enters information using an input method. The device is configured to perform the steps performed by the display device in the above method embodiment shown in FIG. 11 or FIG. 12. The device may include modules corresponding to the respective steps. For example, the device may include a dictionary selection module 20 and a default option module 21.

[0177] Dictionary selection module 20 is configured to determine that the content in the clipboard is updated; and the default candidate unit 21 is configured to display, in the default candidate area for the input method, the updated content in the clipboard as at least one candidate word according to the result determined by the dictionary selection unit 20.

[0178] It should be noted that the device for displaying the candidate word in this embodiment may be the default candidate recommendation module 12 in the input method shown in FIG. 2; the dictionary selection unit 20 in this embodiment may be the dictionary selection unit 120 in the input method shown in FIG. 2; and the default candidate unit 21 may be the default candidate unit 121 in the input method shown in FIG. 2.

[0179] In this embodiment of the present invention, in a particular implementation, both the dictionary selection module and the default candidate module may be implemented by at least one processor. The module of the default candidate can be, in particular, implemented through a display instructed by the processor.

[0180] It can be understood that the candidate word display device in this embodiment may correspond to the display device in the candidate word display method in the embodiment shown in FIG. 11 or FIG. 12, and the separation and / or functions of the modules in the device for displaying the candidate word in this embodiment is / are intended to implement the procedure of the method shown in FIG. 11 or FIG. 12. To avoid repetition, details are not further described in this document.

[0181] This embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for displaying a candidate word. After the user copies some of the content, the user can paste the copied content. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the input method is called, if the device determines that the content on the clipboard has been updated, the device may display the updated content on the clipboard in the default option area for the input method (i.e., display the updated content in clipboard as at least one candidate word in the default candidate area for the input method). Therefore, the efficiency of the user inputting information using the input method can be further improved.

[0182] An embodiment of the present invention provides an intelligent terminal where a plurality of applications are installed on an operating system of the intelligent terminal. The plurality of applications include an input method (also called an input method application), a conversation type application, a map type application, a product type application, an audio / video type application, an app store type application, and the like. The input method includes a device for displaying a candidate word as shown in FIG. 13. The device may be configured to perform a method for displaying an example as shown in FIG. 4, figs. 9, figs. 11 or FIG. 12.

[0183] An intelligent terminal may include at least one processor, an interface circuit, a memory, and a system bus.

[0184] The memory is configured to store a computer-executable instruction. At least one processor, interface circuit and memory are interconnected via the system bus and communicate with each other. When the smart terminal is operating, the at least one processor executes the computer-executable instruction stored in the memory, so that the smart terminal performs a candidate word display method as shown in FIG. 4, figs. 9, figs. 11 or FIG. 12. With regard to a specific method for displaying a candidate word, referring to the descriptions regarding the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, figs. 9, figs. 11 or FIG. 12. Details are not further described in this document.

[0185] The intelligent terminal may be an intelligent terminal device such as a smartphone, tablet computer, laptop, ultra-mobile personal computer (English: ultra-mobile personal computer, UMPC), netbook, or personal digital assistant (English: personal digital assistant, PDA ). This embodiment of the present invention will be described with an example in which the smart terminal is a smartphone. FIG. 14 shows a schematic block diagram of a portion of the structure of a smartphone associated with each embodiment of the present invention.

[0186] As shown in FIG. 14, a smartphone may specifically include components such as radio frequency (in English: radio frequency, RF) circuit 30, memory 31, input unit 32, display unit 33, audio unit 34, processor 35, power supply 36, and interface 37. A person skilled in the art can understand that the structure of the smartphone shown in FIG. 14 does not constitute a limitation for a smartphone. The specific number of components included in the smartphone may be more or less than the number shown in FIG. 14, or some components are combined, or different components are distributed in different positions.

[0187] The processor 35 may be at least one processor. The memory 31 may be the aforementioned memory. RF circuit 30, input unit 32, audio unit 34, power supply 36, and interface 37 may be the aforementioned interface circuit. The connecting lines connecting the components in FIG. 14 may be the aforementioned system bus.

[0188] The following describes each component of the smartphone in detail with reference to FIG. 14.

[0189] The RF circuit 30 may be configured to receive or transmit signals when receiving or transmitting information or a call process, and in particular after receiving a signal on a downlink, transmitting a signal on a downlink to a processor 35 for processing, and besides addition, signal transmission over the uplink. Typically, an RF circuit includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, an antenna matching device, a low noise amplifier (LNA), a duplexer, or the like. In addition, RF circuitry 30 can further communicate with a network and other devices wirelessly. Wireless communication can use any communication standard or protocol, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications (English: Global System for Mobile Communications, GSM), General Packet Radio Service (English: General Packet Radio Service, GPRS) , Code Division Multiple Access (English: Code Division Multiple Access, CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (English: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA), Long Term Development Project (by -English: long-term development project, LTE), e-mail, short message service (in English: short message service, SMS), etc.

[0190] The memory 31 can be configured to store a software system program and a module. The processor 35 executes various functional applications and signal processing of the smartphone by running a software system program and a module stored in the memory 31. The memory 31 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store a smartphone operating system, an application required by at least one function (such as an application required by an information input function, namely, an input method application, an audio playback function, or an image playback function), or the like. The data storage area may store data (such as a dictionary, audio data, image data, or a phone book created by using the user input method) that is created according to the use of a smartphone or the like. In addition, memory 31 may include high speed random access memory and may further include nonvolatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk memory, flash memory, or other volatile solid state memory.

[0191] The input unit 32 may be configured to receive input digital or character information and generate an input of a key signal associated with customization and control of a smartphone function. In particular, the input unit 32 may include a touchscreen 321 and another input device 322. A touchscreen 321, also referred to as a touchpad, can capture a user's touch action on or near the touchscreen (e.g., an action performed by a user with some suitable object or accessory, such as a finger or a stylus, on or near the touchscreen 321 touch screen 321) and operate the corresponding connected device according to a predetermined program. Optionally, the touch screen 321 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the direction of the user's touch, detects a signal generated by the touch action, and transmits the signal to the touch controller. The touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts the touch information into touch point coordinates, and transmits the touch point coordinates to the processor 35, and may receive the command sent by the processor 35 and execute the command. In addition, the touch screen 321 can be implemented with a variety of types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. Other input device 322 may include, but is not limited to, one or more of a physical keyboard, a function key (such as a volume control key or a power key), a trackball, mouse, joystick, or the like.

[0192] The display unit 33 may be configured to display information entered by the user or information provided to the user and various menus of the smartphone. The display unit 33 may include a display panel 331. Optionally, the display panel 331 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organic light emitting diode (organic light emitting diode, OLED), or the like. Additionally, the touch screen 321 may cover the display panel 331. When the touch screen 321 detects a touch action on or near the touch screen, the touch screen 321 transmits the touch action to the processor 35 to determine the type of touch event. Subsequently, the processor 35 provides a corresponding visual output on the display panel 331 according to the type of touch event. Although the touch screen 321 and the display panel 331 are used as two independent components to implement the smartphone input and output functions in FIG. 14, the touch screen 321 and the display panel 331 may be combined to implement smartphone input and output functions in some embodiments.

[0193] Audio block 34 includes audio circuit 341, speaker 342, and microphone 343. Audio block 34 may provide an audio interface between a user and a smartphone. The audio circuit 341 can transmit the electrical signal converted from the received audio data to the speaker 342, and the speaker 342 converts the electrical signal to an audio signal for output. On the other hand, the microphone 343 converts the captured audio signal into an electrical signal, and the audio circuit 341 converts the received electrical signal into audio data and then outputs the audio data to the RF circuit 30; then the audio data is transferred to another smartphone, or the audio data is output to the memory 31 for further processing.

[0194] The processor 35 is the control center of the smartphone. The processor 35 uses various interfaces and lines to connect all parts of the entire smartphone, and performs various functions and data processing of the smartphone by running or executing the software system program and the module stored in the memory 31, and recalling the data stored in the memory 31, thereby realizing corresponding smartphone functions. Optionally, processor 35 may include one or more processing units. Preferably, processor 35 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor. The application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, application, and the like. The modem's processor primarily handles wireless communications. It can be understood that the modem processor may also not be integrated with the processor 35.

[0195] The smartphone further includes a power supply 36 (such as a battery) supplying power to each component. Preferably, the power supply can be logically coupled to the processor 35 by a power control system so as to implement functions such as charge and discharge control and power consumption control by a power control system.

[0196] The interface 37 can be configured to connect to another device and transfer data between the smartphone and the other device.

[0197] Optionally, the smartphone may further include a wireless fidelity (WiFi) module, not shown in FIG. 14, bluetooth module or the like. Details are not further described here in this embodiment of the present invention.

[0198] An embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium. A computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs, one or more programs include a computer-executable instruction, and when at least one processor of the intelligent terminal executes the computer-executable instruction, the intelligent terminal performs a method to display a possible word like shown in FIG. 4, figs. 9, figs. 11 or FIG. 12. With regard to a specific method for displaying a candidate word, referring to the descriptions regarding the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, figs. 9, figs. 11 or FIG. 12. Details are not further described in this document.

[0199] On the other hand, when displaying the candidate word in the default candidate area for the input method, the smart terminal provided by this embodiment of the present invention can refer to the application scenario of the input method, that is, what type of application the input method is invoked, then determine the corresponding context area information according to the type of application, and determine the dictionary corresponding to the context area information, that is, the dictionary is a dictionary that corresponds to the application scenario of the input method. Therefore, it can be guaranteed to some extent that the candidate words determined from the vocabulary can be words that the user must enter, and additionally, the candidate words are displayed in the default candidate area for the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0200] On the other hand, after the user copies a piece of content, the user can paste the copied content. Therefore, in this embodiment of the present invention, if the smart terminal provided by this embodiment of the present invention determines that the content in the clipboard is updated, the smart terminal can display the updated content in the clipboard in the default option area for the input method (i.e. that is, display the updated content on the clipboard as at least one candidate word in the default candidate area for the input method). Therefore, the efficiency of the user inputting information using the input method can be improved.

[0201] An embodiment of the present invention provides a graphical user interface (graphical user interface, GUI) on a computing device. The computing device has a display, a touch-sensitive surface, memory, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more programs stored in the memory. The graphical user interface includes an application interface, an input window, and an input method interface.

[0202] On the other hand, in response to detecting that the user initiates the first application, the application interface and the first input window of the first application are displayed; and in response to detecting that the user selects the first input window, a first input method interface is displayed, the default candidate area of the first input method interface including a first group of default candidate words;

[0203] On the other hand, in response to detecting that the user initiates the second application, the application interface and the second input window of the second application are displayed; and in response to detecting that the user selects the second input window, a second input method interface is displayed, wherein the default candidate area of the second input method interface includes a second group of default candidate words.

[0204] The first application and the second application are different applications, and the first group of possible default words and the second group of possible default words include different possible words. The number of possible words included in the first possible default word group is at least one, and the number of possible words included in the second default possible word group is also at least one. The fact that the first group of default possible words and the second group of default possible words include different possible words may mean that the first group of default possible words and the second group of default possible words include at least one different possible word, or that all possible words included are different.

[0205] The detection that the user initiates the first application or the second application may be confirmation of the user touching the application icon to launch the application in the scenario shown in FIG. 15 (a), or may be in another way, such as switching, using a gesture, an application running in the background to a screen for display. That the application interface and the first input window of the first application are displayed and that the application interface and the second input window of the second application are displayed may be, in particular, that: the application interface and the first input window of the first application are not simultaneously displayed on the interface screen applications and the second input window of the second application; or the application interface and the first input window of the first application and the application interface and the second input window of the second application are displayed in a split screen manner, for example, displayed in the upper half and the lower half of the screen, respectively.

[0206] Detecting that the user selects the first input window or the second input window may be detecting that the user clicks on the first input window or the second input window on the touch screen so that the input method interface is activated to receive user input.

[0207] Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first application type is a conversation type, a cartographic type, a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type; and the second app type is a conversation type, a map type, a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type.

[0208] It can be understood that, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first application and the second application may be two different applications of the same type of application. For example, the first application and the second application can be two different applications, such as a chat application. The first application and the second application can also be two different applications of different types of application. For example, the first application is a chat application type application, and the second application is a mapping application type application.

[0209] Optionally, the first group of possible words by default is the updated content in the clipboard; and / or the second group of possible words by default is the updated content in the clipboard. In particular, for detailed descriptions regarding a possible default word being updated content on the clipboard, reference is made to the above related descriptions in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 9-12. The details are not further described in this document.

[0210] It should be noted that the computing device in this embodiment may be an intelligent terminal in the above embodiment. For example, the computing device may be a smartphone in the aforementioned embodiment shown in FIG. 14; the display of the computer device may be a smartphone display unit 33; the touch-sensitive surface of the computer device may be a smartphone touchscreen 321; the memory and processor of the computing device may be the memory 31 and processor 32 of a smartphone.

[0211] In addition, the first group of possible default words and the second group of possible default words in this embodiment may be at least one candidate word displayed in the default candidate area for the input method when the input method is invoked by applications of various types in the embodiments shown in FIG. 2-14.

[0212] With reference to FIG. 15 as an example, the following describes a graphical user interface provided by this embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 15 is described by way of example in which the computing device in this embodiment is an intelligent terminal.

[0213] FIG. 15 (a) shows the home page of the smart terminal. The home page includes thumbnail icons for multiple applications, and multiple applications include first application 40 and second application 41. When the user initiates the first application 40 (eg, the user taps the thumbnail icon of the first application 40), as shown in FIG. 15 (b), the smart terminal detects that the user initiates the first application 40, and in response to the initiation, the smart terminal displays the application interface 42 and the first input window 43 of the first application 40 on the display. When the user selects the first input window 43 (for example, the user touches the first input window 43) as shown in FIG. 15 (c), the smart terminal detects that the user selects the first input window 43, and in response to the selection, the smart terminal displays the first input method interface 44 (namely, the first input method interface, the first input method being invoked by the first application, so that the smart terminal displays the first input method interface 44) on the display. The default candidate area A of the first input method interface 44 includes the first group of default candidate words, for example, "Happy Spring Festival" and "good luck" shown in FIG. 15 (c). When the user initiates the second application 41 (for example, the user taps the thumbnail icon of the second application 41) as shown in FIG. 15 (d), the smart terminal detects that the user initiates the second application 41, and in response to the initiation, the smart terminal displays the application interface 45 and the second input window 46 of the second application 41 on the display. When the user selects the second input window 46 (eg, the user touches the second input window 46) as shown in FIG. 15 (e), the smart terminal detects that the user selects the second input window 46, and in response to the selection, the smart terminal displays the second input method interface 47 (namely, the interface of the second input method, the second input method being invoked by the second application, so that the smart terminal displays the second input method interface 47) on the display. Area A of the default candidate second input method interface 47 includes a second set of default candidate words such as "portable power supply", "router" and "coffee" shown in FIG. 15 (e).

[0214] It should be noted that after the user initiates the first application 40 and selects the first input window 43 shown in FIG. 15, the user may first press the Home key (namely, the return key) to return to the home page of the smart terminal, for example, as shown in FIG. 15 (a), and then the user initiates the second application 41 on the home page of the smart terminal to display the application interface 45 and the second input window 46 of the second application 41.

[0215] Additionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the user initiates the first application, the display of the smart terminal may display the application interface, the first input window, and the first interface of the first application input method. After the user initiates the second application, the display of the smart terminal can display the application interface, the second input window and the second input method interface of the second application, while displaying the application interface, the first input window and the first input method interface of the first application. That is, the application interface, the first input window and the first input method interface of the first application, and the application interface, the second input window and the second input method interface of the second application are displayed on the same graphical user interface.

[0216] Of course, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the user initiates the first application, the display of the smart terminal can display the application interface, the first input window, and the first input method interface of the first application. After the user initiates the second application, the smart terminal display may stop displaying the application interface, the first input window, and the first input method interface of the first application, and display the application interface, the second input window and the second input method interface of the second application. That is, the application interface, the first input window, and the first interface of the input method of the first application are displayed on one graphical user interface; and the application interface, the second input window and the second interface of the input method of the second application are displayed on the other graphical user interface. In particular, it can be determined according to the actual requirement of use and is not limited in the present invention.

[0217] It should be noted that, for a particular implementation in which the first group of possible words by default is the updated content in the clipboard and / or the second group of possible words by default is the updated content in the clipboard, it is only necessary to replace the possible default words shown in FIG. 15 (c) and / or FIG. 15 (e) updated content on the clipboard. With regard to a particular display schematic, refer to the possible default words shown in FIG. 15 (c) and / or FIG. 15 (e). The details are not further described in this document.

[0218] In the graphical user interface provided by this embodiment of the present invention, when the user initiates other applications, since the input method interfaces displayed when input windows in other application interfaces are selected may include various possible default words, may be guaranteed to some extent that the default possible words can be words that the user must enter in the input box; and optionally, default candidate words are displayed in the default candidate area of the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0219] An embodiment of the present invention provides a graphical user interface on a computing device. The computing device has a display, a touch-sensitive surface, memory, and one or more processors configured to execute one or more programs stored in the memory. The graphical user interface includes an application interface, an input window, and an input method interface.

[0220] In response to detecting that the user initiates copying of the content, the copied content is selected and displayed;

in response to detecting that the user is initiating the application, the application interface and the application input window are displayed; and in response to detecting that the user selects the input box, an input method interface is displayed, wherein the default candidate area of the input method interface includes the default candidate word group, and the default candidate word group is the copied content.

[0221] In this embodiment, the copied content is temporarily stored on the clipboard in a particular implementation, ie, the original content on the clipboard is replaced with the copied content. Therefore, the copied content is also the updated content on the clipboard.

[0222] For detailed descriptions regarding the application in this embodiment, refer to descriptions regarding the application in each of the above embodiments (including the above method embodiments, device embodiments, and graphical user interface embodiments). The details are not further described in this document.

[0223] For detailed descriptions regarding the computing device, display, touch sensitive surface, memory, and processor in this embodiment of the present invention, reference is made to the related descriptions in the above graphical user interface embodiment. The details are not further described in this document.

[0224] In addition, the default candidate word group in this embodiment may be at least one candidate word displayed in the input method default candidate area when the input method is invoked by various types of applications in the embodiments shown in fig. 2-14.

[0225] With reference to FIG. 16, by way of example, the following describes a graphical user interface provided by this embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 16 is described by way of example, in which the computing device in this embodiment is an intelligent terminal.

[0226] FIG. 16 (a) shows a display interface of an intelligent terminal. When the user initiates the smart terminal to copy a piece of content such as "To a Chinese Dream" shown in FIG. 16 (a), the smart terminal detects that the user initiates copying of the content, and in response to the initiation, the smart terminal selects and displays the copied content on the display (i.e., the copied content is displayed in a selection manner; and in an internal implementation, the copied content may be temporarily saved to the clipboard, i.e. the copied content is the updated content on the clipboard). FIG. 16 (b) shows the home page of the smart terminal. The home page includes thumbnail icons for multiple applications, and multiple applications include application 50. When the user initiates the application 50 (eg, the user taps the thumbnail icon of the application 50), as shown in FIG. 16 (c), the smart terminal detects that the user initiates the application 50, and in response to the initiation, the smart terminal displays the application interface 51 and the input window 52 of the application 50 on the display. When the user selects the input box 52 (eg, the user taps the input box 52) as shown in FIG. 16 (d), the smart terminal detects that the user selects the input window 52, and in response to the selection, the smart terminal displays the input method interface 53 (i.e., the input method interface when the input method is called by the application 50, so that the smart terminal displays the input method interface 53) on the display. The default candidate area A of the input method interface 53 includes the default candidate word group, and the default candidate word group is the content (i.e., the content selected and displayed by the smart terminal) that the user initiates copying as shown in fig. 16 (a), for example, "Towards a Chinese Dream" shown in FIG. 16 (d).

[0227] It should be noted that the content to copy which the user initiates the smart terminal may be content to copy which the user initiates the smart terminal in the application interface for the application 50, or content to copy which the user initiates the smart terminal in any other case ( for example, content for which a user initiates a smart terminal in an application interface for another application, as shown in Fig. 16 (a)) to copy. This is not particularly limited in the present invention.

[0228] For example, as shown in FIG. 16 (a), after the user initiates the smart terminal to copy the content, in the application interface for another application other than the application 50, the user may first press the Home key (namely, the return key) to return to the home page smart terminal, for example, as shown in FIG. 16 (b), and then the user initiates the application 50 on the home page of the smart terminal to complete the display of the application interface and the application input window 50.

[0229] In this embodiment of the present invention, after the user initiates the smart terminal to perform copying, when the user initiates the application for the first time and selects the input box in the application interface for the application, the default possible area of the input method interface displayed by the smart by the terminal includes content copied by the smart terminal (i.e., the default option area of the input method interface displayed for the first time includes updated content only after the content in the clipboard is updated).

[0230] s On the graphical user interface provided by this embodiment of the present invention, after the user initiates the smart terminal to copy a piece of content, the user can continue to initiate the smart terminal to paste the copied content. Therefore, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the user initiates the smart terminal to perform copying when the user initiates the application, since the input method interface displayed when the input window in the application interface for the application is selected may include content for copying of which the user initiates the smart terminal, the content for which the user initiates the smart terminal to copy is displayed in the default candidate area for the input method. This can improve the efficiency of user input with the input method.

[0231] The above descriptions about implementations enable a person skilled in the art to understand that, for the sake of convenience and brevity of description, the separation of the above functional modules is taken as an example for illustration. In actual application, the aforementioned functions can be assigned to different modules and implemented as needed, i.e. the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional modules to implement all or part of the functions described above. With regard to the detailed operation process of the above system, apparatus and unit, reference will be made to the corresponding process in the above method embodiments, and the details will not be described here again.

[0232] In several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed system, device, and method may be implemented in various ways. For example, the described device embodiment is merely exemplary. For example, a module or block division is simply a logical function division and may be a different division in the actual implementation. For example, many blocks or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not implemented. In addition, the displayed or discussed interconnections or direct connections or communication connections can be realized using some interfaces. Indirect connections or communication connections between devices or units can be implemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.

[0233] Blocks described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as blocks may or may not be physical blocks, may be located at the same position, or may be distributed across multiple network blocks. Some or all of the blocks may be selected according to actual requirements to achieve the goals of the solutions of the embodiments.

[0234] In addition, functional blocks in embodiments of the present invention may be combined into one processing unit, or each of the blocks may exist separately physically, or two or more blocks may be combined into one block. The combined block can be implemented in hardware or can be implemented as a software functional block.

[0235] When the combined unit is implemented in the form of a software functional block and is sold or used as an independent product, the combined unit can be stored on a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention, essentially or part of contributing to the prior art, or all or some of the technical solutions may be implemented in the form of a software product. The software product is stored on a storage medium and includes several instructions for instructing a computing device (which may be a personal computer, server, network device, or the like) to perform all or some of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: any medium that can store program code such as flash memory, removable hard disk, read-only memory, random access memory, magnetic disk, or optical disk.

[0236] The above descriptions are merely specific implementations of the present invention, but are not intended to limit the protection of the present invention. Any variation or substitution readily conceivable by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention falls within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be governed by the protection scope of the claims.

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1. An electronic device containing: display; at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory contains instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, instruct the electronic device to do at least the following: getting the first action in relation to the first application; in response to the first action, displaying a first application interface for the first application, a first input window shown blank, a first input method interface, and a first candidate region, the first candidate region containing the first candidates; receiving a second action with respect to a second application different from the first application; in response to the second action, displaying a second application interface for the second application, a second input window shown blank, a second input method interface, and a second candidate region, the second candidate region containing second candidates; wherein the first input method interface and the second input method interface are displayed by the same input method application, and the first options are different from the second options. 2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first application is a conversation type and the second application is a conversation type. 3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first or second options comprise a group of emotion symbols. 4. The electronic device of claim. 1, wherein the first candidate options comprise a group of words. 5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the candidate region is referred to as the default candidate region before the user begins entering information. 6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first candidates are updated content on the clipboard and / or the second candidates are updated content on the clipboard. 7. The electronic device according to claim 2, in which, according to the type of the first application, the context area information corresponding to the application type has been determined, the context area information including metadata information related to the application type; according to the context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information has been determined. 8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the application type is a conversation type, the contextual information is a date contextual area, the dictionary is a date dictionary corresponding to a date contextual area, and at least one possible word that satisfies the following predefined condition: at least one possible word is in the date dictionary and corresponds to the first date, wherein the first date is a date that is in the date dictionary and is the same as the current date; or type is the type of conversation, the contextual area information is the date context area and the conversation object context area, the dictionary is the date dictionary corresponding to the date context area and the conversation object dictionary corresponding to the conversation object context area, and at least one possible word that satisfies the following a predetermined condition: at least one possible word is in the date dictionary and corresponds to the first date, where the first date is a date that is in the date dictionary and is the same as the current date, a linking relationship exists between the first date and the first relationship and the relationship between the user and the entity currently chatting with the user is the first relationship in the conversation entity dictionary. 9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the type is a cartographic type, the contextual area information is the contextual area of the historical record, the dictionary is a dictionary of historical records corresponding to the contextual area of the historical record, and at least one possible word satisfies the following predefined condition: at least one possible word is found in the history dictionary and corresponds to the first latitude and longitude, with the first latitude and longitude being the latitude and longitude in the historical dictionary and being the same as the latitude and longitude of the user's current location. 10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the type is a product type, an audio / video type, or an app store type, the contextual area information is the contextual area of the historical record and the contextual area of search popularity, the dictionary is a dictionary of historical records corresponding to the contextual area of the historical record and a search popularity dictionary corresponding to the search popularity contextual area, and at least one possible word that satisfies the following predetermined condition: at least one possible word is in the historical records dictionary and the search popularity dictionary, and the search frequency of at least one possible word is the highest in the dictionary, and the last search date for at least one possible word is closest to the current date. 11. Computer-readable storage media containing instructions that, when executed by an electronic device, instruct the electronic device to do the following: getting the first action in relation to the first application; in response to the first action, displaying a first application interface for the first application, a first input window shown blank, a first input method interface, and a first candidate region, the first candidate region containing the first candidates; receiving a second action with respect to a second application different from the first application; in response to the second action, displaying a second application interface for the second application, a second input window shown blank, a second input method interface, and a second candidate region, the second candidate region containing second candidates; wherein the first input method interface and the second input method interface are displayed by the same input method application, and the first candidates differ from the second candidates. 12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the first application type is a conversation type; the second application type is the conversation type. 13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the first choices are the updated content on the clipboard and / or the second choices are the updated content on the clipboard. 14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the first options comprise a word group or a word group of a historical record. 15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the candidate region is referred to as the default candidate region before the user begins entering information. 16. The computer-readable storage medium according to claim 11, in which, according to the type of the first application, context area information corresponding to the type of application has been determined, wherein the context area information includes metadata information related to the type of application; according to the context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information has been determined. 17. An electronic device containing: display; at least one processor and at least one memory, wherein the at least one memory contains instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, instruct the electronic device to do at least the following: displaying the first application interface for the first application, and the first application interface contains text content; detecting copying action with respect to text content; in response to the copy action, it is determined that the content in the clipboard has been updated; displaying a second application interface for the second application, and the second application interface contains a first input box shown blank; detecting a click in an empty first input window; in response to the click, displaying the first input method interface, the first input method interface comprising the first candidate area and the first candidate area containing text content. 18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the first is a conversation type and the second application is a conversation type. 19. Method of input, containing stages at which: get the first action in relation to the first application; in response to the first action, displaying a first application interface for the first application, a first input window shown blank, a first input method interface and a first candidate area, the first candidate area containing the first candidates; a second action is obtained with respect to a second application different from the first application; in response to the second action, displaying a second application interface for the second application, a second input window shown blank, a second input method interface, and a second candidate area, the second candidate area containing second candidates; wherein the first input method interface and the second input method interface are displayed by the same input method application, and the first candidates are different from the second candidates. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the first application type is a conversation type; the second application type is the conversation type. 21. The method of claim. 20, in which the first options are updated content in the clipboard; and / or second choices are the updated content in the clipboard. 22. The method of claim 20, wherein the first candidates comprise a group of words. 23. The method of claim 20, wherein the candidate region is referred to as the default candidate region before the user begins entering information. 24. The method of claim 21, wherein, according to the type of the first application, context area information corresponding to the type of application has been determined, wherein the context area information includes metadata information related to the type of application; according to the context area information, a dictionary corresponding to the context area information has been determined. 25. The method of claim 19, wherein the first candidates comprise a group of historical record words.

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