TW201602897A - Portable device for displaying simplified message notification and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a portable device. The portable device includes: a main body, a processor, a touch display screen and a message notification module. The touch display screen is provided on the main body, the message notification module is provided at one side of the main body for displaying at least one message option in order to receive an input from a user. When the portable device receives a message, the processor activates a display function of the message option corresponding to the message in order to notify the user that the message is received. After the message option receives an input from the user, a corresponding application is executed and displayed on the touch display screen, and the display function of the message option is closed.

Description

Portable device showing simplified message prompt and method thereof

The present invention relates to a portable device, and more particularly to a portable device having a message prompt and simplifying the steps of referring to a message content and a method thereof.

With the advent of the era of electronic communication, the functions of portable devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers are becoming more diversified and integrated, and various mobile phone functions are constantly being introduced, and the internal applications of mobile phones are combined through the Internet. In addition to traditional contacts and communication, modern mobile phones are equipped with additional functions such as taking photos, photography, audio and video playback, sending and receiving emails, map positioning, instant messaging chat, browsing web pages, personal calendars, etc., which can easily handle various sound effects and images. The digital data has become a smart electronic device that can be carried around, and can meet almost all kinds of needs in life. Coupled with the popularity of social networking sites in recent years, young people like to use photos to share life, such as: food, scenery, shopping spoils, etc., through the combination of mobile phone photos and network functions, you can instantly upload pictures. Like and articles to social networking sites to share with friends.

Moreover, in order to respond to the needs of consumers, the display panel of multimedia mobile phones is getting larger and larger, and the image quality of video images is also constantly increasing, resulting in a larger battery power consumption of multimedia mobile phones. The standby time of the mobile phone is shortened. Usually, the display screen of the multimedia mobile phone is the most important power consumption component. In addition to providing the user with normal operation, when the mobile phone enters the standby mode, the display screen will be turned off to sleep to save the power consumption of the mobile phone. At this time, the user cannot read any information from the display screen. However, when people's lives are closely integrated with portable devices such as mobile phones and tablets, users often have to open screens or even repeatedly in order to know whether mobile phones or tablets have received updates or important instant messages. After unlocking, launch related applications (facebook, line or E-mail) to confirm whether there are new messages or important messages, so that when the user repeatedly operates the phone, more than half of the times may be found. It is an unnecessary confirmation operation and it consumes a lot of power.

Therefore, the main scope of the present invention is to provide a portable device having a message prompt and simplifying the steps of referring to a message content and a method thereof to solve the above problems.

In accordance with the scope of the patent application of the present invention, a portable device that displays a simplified message prompt is disclosed. The portable device includes: a body; a processor; a touch display screen disposed on the body; and a message prompting module disposed on a side of the body for displaying at least one Message option to receive a user input. When the portable device receives a message, the processor enables the display function of the message option corresponding to the message to notify the user to receive the message, and executes a message when the message option receives the user input. The corresponding application, and the display function is displayed on the touch display screen, and the display function of the message option is turned off.

According to the patent application scope of the present invention, another method for displaying a simplified message is disclosed. The method is applied to a portable device. The portable device includes a processor, a touch display screen and a message prompting module. The processor is coupled to the touch display screen and the message prompting module. The message prompting module displays at least one message option; wherein the method step includes: receiving a message; the processor processes and classifies the message; and the processor enables the display function of the message option corresponding to the message; The message option receives a user input; the processor executes the application corresponding to the message option according to the user input, displays the application on the touch display screen; and displays the display function of the message option.

1‧‧‧Portable device

10‧‧‧ Ontology

11‧‧‧ Processor

12‧‧‧Touch display screen

13‧‧‧Message Prompt Module

14‧‧‧Message receiving module

131‧‧‧Message options

132‧‧‧ Input components

133‧‧‧Display components

S301~S306‧‧‧Steps

Figure 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of a portable device of the present invention.

2 is a schematic plan view of an embodiment of a portable device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a simplified message prompting method of the portable device embodiment of the present invention.

Some exemplary embodiments embodying the features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail in the following description. It is to be understood that the present invention is capable of various modifications in the various aspects of the present invention, and the description and illustration are in the nature of

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 . FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are respectively a functional block diagram and a plan view of an embodiment of the portable device 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the portable device 1 includes a main body 10 , a processor 11 , a touch display screen 12 , a message prompting module 13 , and a The message receiving module 14. In this embodiment, the processor 11 and the message receiving module 14 are disposed in the body 10, the touch display screen 12 is disposed at a central position of the body 10, and the message prompting module 13 is disposed on a side frame of the body 10, The message prompting module 13 includes at least one message option 131, at least one input component 132, and at least one display component 133, and each of the message options 131 corresponds to an input component 132 and a display component 133. The processor 11 is coupled to the input component 132 and the display component 133 of the touch display screen 12, the message receiving module 14, and the message prompting module 13, wherein the display component 133 displays the corresponding message option 131 through the light emitting display to notify the user. The message is received, and the user can input an instruction through the input component 132 corresponding to the message option 131 to perform a corresponding operation by the processor 11, such as opening an application.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the embodiment, the message prompting module 13 includes four message options 131, such as: facebook community network service, line instant messaging software, E-mail email, and personal calendar. Wait. The message option 131 is disposed on the frame of the body 10 side, and in order not to affect the design of the portable device 1, the message option 131 is designed to be close to the background color of the side frame of the body 10, and is in the message option. When the display function of the corresponding light-emitting element 133 is turned off (not illuminated), it is hidden as much as possible on the frame of the body 10 so as to be difficult for the user to perceive; and the light-emitting element 133 corresponding to the message option 131 is enabled by the processor 11. After the display function, the user can perceive the message option 131.

The input component 132 of the message prompting module 13 can be a touch panel and disposed on the display component 133. The display component 133 can be a light emitting diode (LED). This is not a limitation of the invention. The following describes the operation mode of the portable device 1. In this embodiment, the portable device 1 is a smart phone. However, this is for illustrative purposes only and is not a limitation of the present invention. In other embodiments, the portable device 1 It can be a tablet.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic flowchart of a simplified message prompting method of the embodiment of the portable device 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, when the message receiving module 14 of the portable device 1 receives a message S301, the processor 11 processes and classifies the message S302, and enables the message option 131 corresponding to the message (ie, The display function of the corresponding display component 133) is to notify the user that the message S303 is received until the input component 132 corresponding to the message option 131 receives the user input (for example, the input mode of the secondary click is required) S304, the processor 11 executes the application corresponding to the message option 131 according to the user input (for example, the user selects the line message option 131 of the line, and the processor 11 directly executes the line instant messaging software), and The application S305 is displayed on the touch display screen 12, and the display function of the display element 133 corresponding to the message option 131 is displayed (indicating that there is no unread message) S306, and the power of the portable device 1 is saved.

As can be seen from the above embodiments, the portable device 1 of the present invention integrates the message option 131, the display component 132 and the input component 133 into a message prompting module 13 as compared with the prior art. Therefore, the user does not need to On the premise that the touch display screen 12 of the portable device 1 is turned on, the light display of the plurality of message options 131 can be used to determine whether the received message is the message currently of interest to the user, and the portable device 1 can receive the message at any time. The current state, in this way, can also reduce the unnecessary operation of the touch display screen 122 to save power consumption and extend the standby time; further, when the user confirms that the received message is an important message, the user can directly select the current The important message corresponding to the message option 131 can quickly execute the application corresponding to the message option 131 to quickly view the important message, thereby reducing the screen unlocking of the portable device 1 and eliminating the operation through the portable device. The cumbersome operation steps such as selection of the interface enable the portable device 1 of the present invention to save power and increase the convenience in use.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and all changes and modifications made to the scope of the present invention should be within the scope of the present invention.

1‧‧‧Portable device

10‧‧‧ Ontology

11‧‧‧ Processor

12‧‧‧Touch display screen

13‧‧‧Message Prompt Module

14‧‧‧Message receiving module

131‧‧‧Message options

132‧‧‧ Input components

133‧‧‧Display components

Claims (9)

A portable device for displaying a simplified message prompt, comprising: a body; a processor; a touch display screen disposed on the body and coupled to the processor; and a message prompting module disposed on the body On one of the sides, at least one message option is displayed to receive a user input; wherein when the portable device receives a message, the processor enables the display function of the message option corresponding to the message to notify The user receives the message, and when the message option receives the user input, the processor executes a corresponding application, displays the application on the touch display screen, and turns off the display function of the message option. . The portable device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message prompting module further comprises: at least one input component coupled to the processor, wherein the user can input the command through the input component corresponding to the message option . The portable device of claim 1, wherein the message prompting module further comprises: at least one display component coupled to the processor for displaying the corresponding message option to notify the user to receive The message. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the message option is a social network service, an instant messaging software, an email, or a line of calendar. In the portable device of claim 1, wherein the display function of the message option is not enabled, the message option is hidden on one side of the body, so that the user is not noticeable. A method for displaying a simplified message prompt for use in a portable device; the portable device package a processor, a touch display screen and a message prompting module, the processor is coupled to the touch display screen and the message prompting module, wherein the message prompting module displays at least one message option; wherein the method The step includes: receiving a message; the processor processes and classifies the message; the processor enables the display function of the message option corresponding to the message; the message option receives a user input; the processor is based on the user Enter an application that corresponds to the option to execute the message and display the application on the touch display screen; and display the option to turn off the message option. The method of claim 6, wherein the message prompting module further comprises at least one input component coupled to the processor, and the user can input the command through the input component corresponding to the message option. The method of claim 6, wherein the message prompting module further comprises at least one display component coupled to the processor for displaying the corresponding message option to notify the user of the receipt of the message. The method of claim 6, wherein the message option is a social network service, an instant messaging software, an email, or a line of calendar.