TWI539378B - Application program sharing method and electronic device - Google Patents

Description

Application sharing method and electronic device

The present invention relates to an electronic device, and more particularly to an application sharing method and an electronic device.

With the advancement of technology, today's mobile electronic devices have the functions of sending and receiving emails, transmitting newsletters, and browsing the web, in addition to the basic call functions. In addition, mobile electronic devices offer a wide range of functions by installing a wide range of applications. Currently, many mobile electronic device manufacturers or independent developers continue to develop new applications to provide new uses or to enhance existing applications. Mobile electronic devices can acquire applications or software by searching or browsing online stores or malls. Users can download these applications and install them on their personal devices immediately.

Therefore, when the user experiences or uses these applications, the application with high satisfaction is often recommended to other users. Generally speaking, when a user wants to download an application recommended by a friend, it is usually a keyword search in the application store by a keyword provided by a friend to find an application recommended by the friend. It can be known that the number of applications available in the app store is huge, and the names of many applications are very similar, so users often cannot accurately and quickly search for apps recommended by friends. In addition, although the user can share the application through the QR code or share the application through the sharing function of the application store, the operation of the above method is for the user who wants to share multiple applications to others. The process is very complicated and inconvenient.

In view of this, the present invention provides an application sharing method and an electronic device, which can improve user convenience for sharing an application to other users.

The present invention provides an application sharing method for an electronic device including a plurality of applications, and the application sharing method includes the following steps. Firstly, a plurality of selected applications associated with the touch operation are collected from the application according to the touch operation applied on the touch screen, and an icon of the selected application is displayed on the touch screen. Sharing area. Obtain the corresponding link information of these selected applications, and the above link information indicates the connection between the application and the application providing platform. After that, the connection information corresponding to each of the selected applications is transmitted to another electronic device.

From another point of view, the present invention provides an electronic device including a touch screen, a plurality of modules, a plurality of application storage units, and a processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the touch screen and the storage unit to access and execute the module recorded in the storage unit, and the module includes an application management module and a connection resource. The acquisition module and the application information transfer module. The application management module collects a plurality of selected applications associated with the touch operation from the application according to the touch operation applied on the touch screen, and displays an icon (icon) of the selected application. Control the sharing area on the screen. The link information acquisition module obtains the corresponding link information of the selected application, and the link information indicates the connection between the application and the application providing platform. The application information transfer module transmits the link information corresponding to the selected application to another electronic device.

Based on the above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device can automatically generate the connection information of the plurality of selected applications selected by the touch operation, and transmit the connection information of the selected applications to another electronic device. In this way, the user of another electronic device can accurately and quickly connect to the recommended download page of these selected applications. The invention can save complicated operation steps to share a large number of applications, and improve the operation convenience of the electronic device when sharing the application.

The above described features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description.

10‧‧‧Application Sharing System

90‧‧‧Network

100a, 100b, 700a‧‧‧ electronic devices

100e‧‧‧Application platform

100f‧‧‧Communication software service delivery platform

100g‧‧‧share function providing platform

110, 710‧‧‧ touch screen

120, 720‧‧‧ processing unit

130, 730‧‧‧ storage unit

131, 731‧‧‧Application Management Module

132, 732‧‧‧ Link Information Acquisition Module

133, 733‧‧‧Application Information Transfer Module

734‧‧‧Connected information selection module

410, 510, 521, 530, 610, 620, 660, 670‧‧‧ operation interface

420, 430, 520, 530, 540, 630, 640, 650 ‧ ‧ select the application

440, 450‧‧‧ applications

Z1, z4, z5‧‧‧ shared area

Z2, z3‧‧‧ screen table area

B1, b2, b3‧‧‧ virtual buttons

I1‧‧‧ icon

T1‧‧‧ touch operation

53, 54, 55‧‧‧ Hyperlink URL

53a‧‧‧The previous paragraph

53b‧‧‧After URL

660a, 660b, 660c‧‧‧ transfer objects

670a, 670b, 670c‧‧‧ display box

S301~S305‧‧‧ steps of the application sharing method according to an embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture of an application sharing system according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device 100a according to the embodiment of FIG. 1.

3 is a data replication between electronic devices according to an embodiment of the invention. Flow chart of the method.

FIG. 4 is an application embodiment of an operation interface according to an embodiment of the invention.

5A-5C are schematic diagrams showing an application of an application sharing method according to an embodiment of the invention.

6A-6D are schematic diagrams showing an application of an application sharing method according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention.

In general, users can find the application to download by linking to the application providing platform. The electronic device of the present invention can simultaneously transmit the connection information of more than one application to another electronic device through a simple touch operation and operation interface, so that another electronic device can be connected to the application according to the received connection information. The platform directly opens the download page of the recommended application. In order to make the content of the present invention clearer, the following specific embodiments are examples of the invention that can be implemented.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture of an application sharing system according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the application sharing system 10 includes an electronic device 100a, an electronic device 100b, an application providing platform 100e, a communication software service providing platform 100f, and a sharing function providing platform 100g. The electronic device 100a and the electronic device 100b are, for example, mobile phones, smart phones, and personal digital assistants (Personal) Electronic devices with touch screens such as Digital Assistant (PDA), tablet, e-book or notebook computer. The electronic device 100a and the electronic device 100b can be connected to the application providing platform 100e, the communication software service providing platform 100f, and the sharing function providing platform 100g via the network 90.

In this embodiment, the network 90 can be a wireless or wired communication network, such as a wired Internet, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), third generation communication (3G), and fourth. Generation communication (4G), ultra wideband communication (UWB), etc. The network 90 may also include a wired or wireless area network, such as a wireless intranet, a Wi-Fi, a local area network (LAN), a Bluetooth, etc., and the invention is not limited thereto. The electronic device 100a and the electronic device 100b can be downloaded to the application providing platform 100e to download various applications, such as Google Play Store, Microsoft Windows Store or Apple App Store. , but not limited to this. In addition, when the electronic device 100a and the electronic device 100b execute the communication software, the communication software service providing platform 100f can provide the communication software service to the electronic device 100a and the user of the electronic device 100b. The communication software is, for example, an instant messaging software, an e-mail receiving and dispatching software, a short message software or a community service software, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 100a and the electronic device 100b can share the application through the communication software service providing platform 100f, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In another embodiment, the sharing function providing platform 100g can provide an application sharing function to the electronic device 100a and the user of the electronic device 100b. Enter one In step, the electronic device 100a can share the application to the electronic device 100b according to the account registered by the user of the electronic device 100b on the sharing function providing platform 100g.

For example, the electronic device 100a can download a plurality of applications by connecting to the application providing platform 100e. When the electronic device 100a wants to share the plurality of selected applications in the downloaded application to the electronic device 100b, the electronic device 100a can generate the download page of the selected applications according to the connection information of the selected applications. The hyperlink URLs are transmitted to the electronic device 100b via the communication software service providing platform 100f or the sharing function providing platform 100g. Alternatively, the electronic device 100a can directly transmit the connection information of the selected applications to the electronic device 100b through the sharing function providing platform 100g, so that the electronic device 100b can generate the selected applications according to the connection information of the selected applications. The hyperlink URL of the download page. The link information of these selected applications may include the name of the application, the application identifier, the developer or the applicable operating system, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto.

It should be particularly noted that the present invention does not limit the number of objects to be shared by the application. That is to say, in addition to the electronic device 100b, the electronic device 100a can simultaneously transmit the same link information to other plurality of electronic devices.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device 100a according to the embodiment of FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 2 , the electronic device 100 a includes a touch screen 110 , a processing unit 120 , and a storage unit 130 .

The touch screen 110 is a display device integrated with a touch detecting component, and can simultaneously provide display and input functions. This display device is, for example, a liquid crystal display (Liquid) A Crystal Display (LCD), a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) display, a Field Emission Display (FED), or other types of displays, the present invention is not limited thereto. The touch detection elements are disposed on the display device and the sensing elements are configured to receive a touch event. The touch event includes a touch of the touch screen 12 by a finger, a palm, a body part, or other object. The touch detecting elements may be, for example, a capacitive touch detecting element, a surface acoustic wave touch detecting element, an electromagnetic touch detecting element, a near field imaging touch detecting element, and the like.

The storage unit 130 is, for example, any type of fixed or removable random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), flash memory (Flash memory), hard The disc or other similar device or combination of these devices, the storage unit 140 stores a plurality of applications that can be loaded and executed by the processing unit 120 to provide corresponding functions. For example, the application in the storage unit 140 can include a social networking application. When the processing unit 120 executes the social network application, the user can receive the message transmitted by the friend through the electronic device 100a. The application can also include a music player. When the processing unit 120 executes the music playing program, the user can listen to the music through the electronic device 100a. In addition, the application may be an electronic calendar application or the like, and the present invention does not limit the type of the application. It should be noted that the storage unit 130 of the embodiment is further configured to record a plurality of modules executable by the processing unit 120, and the modules can be loaded into the processing unit 120 to perform functions related to sharing applications.

The processing unit 120 is, for example, a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), or other programmable general purpose or special purpose microprocessor (Microprocessor), digital signal processor (DSP), programmable controller, special application integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), or other similar devices or combinations of these devices. The processing unit 120 is coupled to the touch screen 110 and the storage unit 130 to access and execute the modules recorded in the storage unit 130. The above modules include an application management module 131, a connection information acquisition module 132, and an application information transmission module 133. These modules are, for example, computer programs, programs or instructions that can be loaded into the processing unit 120 to perform the functions of sharing applications. The following is a detailed description of the detailed steps of the electronic device 100a executing the application sharing method between the electronic devices.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for copying data between electronic devices according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 3, the method of the present embodiment is applied to the electronic device 110a of FIG. 2, and the detailed steps of the application sharing method of the present invention are described below with the components in the electronic device 110a.

In step S301, the application management module 131 collects a plurality of selected applications associated with the touch operation from the application according to the touch operation applied to the touch screen 110, and displays the selected application by using the touch screen 110. The icon of the program is in the sharing area on the touch screen 110. Here, the application is selected as an application selected to be shared with another electronic device in the application. Further, when the electronic device 100a performs the application sharing function, the touch screen 110 can provide an operation interface, and the operation interface includes a sharing area. Multiple selected applications in the sharing area Graphical representation of the program. Based on the touch operation applied to the touch screen 110, the application management module 131 can identify the application selected by the user as the selected application, and display the icons of the selected applications on the touch screen. 110 in the sharing area.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the application management module 131 displays an icon corresponding to the application on the touch screen 110, and provides a sharing area on the touch screen 110 by using an interface tool set (widget). Based on this, the application management module 131 can identify the application corresponding to the icon dragged to the sharing area by the touch operation to identify the application, and add the icon of the selected application to the sharing area. In another embodiment of the present invention, the application management module 131 displays the application list of the application on the touch screen 110, and identifies the application selected by the touch operation in the application list as the selected application. An icon for selecting an application is added to the sharing area.

For example, FIG. 4 is an application embodiment of an operation interface according to an embodiment of the invention. When the electronic device 100a performs an application sharing function, the touch screen 110 can provide an operation interface 410. The operation interface 410 includes a sharing area z1 and a Wall Paper area z2. The sharing area z1 includes an illustration of the selected application 420 and an icon for determining the application 420. The application management module 131 displays an icon corresponding to the application on the screen table area z2 of the touch screen 110, such as an icon including the application 440 and an icon of the application 450. Although the sharing area z1 is located above the touch screen 110, the present invention is not limited to the location of the sharing area on the touch screen 110. In other embodiments, The sharing area can be located at any position of the touch screen 110. Even the sharing area can be moved based on a drag operation applied by the user on the touch screen 110.

Specifically, the user can add an application by dragging the icon of the screen table area z2 to the sharing area z1. Alternatively, when the virtual button b1 displayed on the touch screen 110 is clicked, the touch screen 110 displays a list of applications, so that the user can select an application to share with others through the application list. In other words, the application management module 131 can collect the selected application based on the touch operation described above.

In step S303, the link information acquisition module 133 obtains the corresponding link information of the selected application, wherein the link information indicates the connection relationship between the application and the application providing platform 100e. Finally, in step S305, the application information transmission module 135 transmits the connection information corresponding to each of the selected applications to the other electronic device 100b. It should be noted that the link information obtaining module 133 can determine the corresponding link information of the application according to the hyperlink URL of the selected application, or directly determine the relevant information of the application directly. Select the corresponding link information for the application. Therefore, when the electronic device 100b receives the hyperlinked website of the selected application, the download page of the selected application can be directly opened according to the hyperlinked URL of the selected application. In addition, when the electronic device 100b receives the relevant information of the selected application, the electronic device 100b may generate the hyperlinked URL of the selected application according to the received related information, and then open the hyperlink according to the selected application. Make sure the application's download page.

In order to explain the present invention in further detail, the application implementation will be listed separately below. The example illustrates how the electronic device 100a will share the application through the communication software service providing platform 100f or the sharing function providing platform 100g.

5A-5C are schematic diagrams showing an application of an application sharing method according to an embodiment of the invention. The method of this embodiment is applicable to the electronic device 110a of FIG. 2, and the details of the application sharing method of the present invention are described below with the components in the electronic device 110a. Referring to FIG. 5A, the application management module 131 provides an operation interface 510 through the touch screen 110. The operation interface 510 includes a sharing area z4 and a screen table area z3. The screen table area z3 includes at least one application icon, image or shortcut. The sharing area z4 includes an application 520 and an application 530. In addition, when the user drags the icon I1 of the application into the sharing area z4 through the touch operation T1, the selection application 540 corresponding to the icon I1 is added in the sharing area z4.

At this time, the link information acquisition module obtains the identification code of the selected application programs 520-540, and generates a hyperlink website corresponding to each of the application programs 520-540. In this embodiment, the hyperlink URL may be generated according to a specific identifier of the application and a method of combining the tail code with the first code. The first code can be a partial URL, which will usually be fixed and known in advance, and the last code will be the actual application specific code. Therefore, the entire hyperlink URL will be the URL indicating where the selected application is to be shared, and the application-specific code stored in the server.

Next, in FIG. 5B, when the click operation is applied to the virtual button b2, the application information transmission module 135 displays the sub-menu 550 on the operation interface 521 of the touch screen 110, and the sub-menu 550 provides at least one communication software option. User selection A specific communication software to transmit the hyperlink URL of the selected application 520~540. For example, the user can choose to use the e-mail software to transmit the hyperlink URL of the selected application 520~540 to the friend or use the instant messaging software to transmit the hyperlink URL of the selected application 520~540 to the friend. The application information transmission module 135 determines the transmission mode according to the touch operation applied to the sub-menu 550 and connects to the corresponding communication software service providing platform 100f.

With the assistance of the communication software service providing platform 100f, the electronic device 100a can use the communication software to transmit the hyperlinked websites of the selected applications 520-540 to another electronic device 100b. For example, after the electronic device 100a transmits the connection information to the electronic device 100b through the communication software service providing platform 100f, referring to FIG. 5C, when the electronic device 100b executes the corresponding communication software, the screen of the electronic device 100b displays the operation interface 530. . The operation interface 530 is displayed to include a hyperlink website 53, a hyperlink website 54, and a hyperlink website 55. The hyperlink website 53, the hyperlink website 54, and the hyperlink website 55 correspond to the selected applications 520-540, respectively. For example, the hyperlink website 53 corresponds to the confirmation application 520, and the hyperlink website 53 includes the hyperlink URLs of the previous and subsequent URLs. The previous segment URL is generated based on the application providing platform 100e, and the latter segment URL includes an identification code identifying the application 520. In this way, the electronic device 100b can connect to the application providing platform 100e based on the hyperlink websites 53-55 of the selected applications 520-540 and open the download page of the selected applications 520-540.

6A-6D are schematic diagrams showing an application of an application sharing method according to an embodiment of the invention. The method of this embodiment is applicable to the electronic device of FIG. 110a, the following is a description of the details of the application sharing method of the present invention with various components in the electronic device 110a. Referring to FIG. 6A, the application management module 131 provides an operation interface 610 through the touch screen 110. The operation interface 610 includes an application list. The application management module 131 selects a plurality of selected applications 630-650 from the application list in response to a click touch operation on the touch screen 110.

Next, referring to FIG. 6B, the application management module 131 provides an operation interface 620. The operation interface 620 includes a sharing area z5, and the sharing area z5 includes a selection application 630-650. It is worth mentioning that, in this embodiment, the link information obtaining module 133 obtains the identification code of the selected application 630~650, and selects the identification code of the application program 630~650 as the selected application program 630~ The corresponding link information of each of the 650. The application information transmission module 135 is connected to the application sharing platform 100g and displays the operation interface 660 through the touch screen 110 when the touch screen 110 detects the click operation on the virtual button b3. The operation interface 660 includes a transfer object 660a, a transfer object 660b, and a transfer object 660c. The application sharing platform 100g transmits the identification code and related information of the selected applications 630-650 to another electronic device 100b according to the object selected by the electronic device 100a.

Based on this, the application management module of the electronic device 100b can display the operation interface 670 according to the identification code of the application 630-650 and related information. The operation interface 670 includes the display blocks 670a-670c of the respective application programs 630-650. The display frames 670a-670c include the icons and application names of the application programs 630-650, but the invention is not limited thereto. When the electronic device 100b receives the selection operation of one of the selected applications 630-650, the electronic device 100b is based on Select one of the application codes 630~650 to generate the hyperlink URL of one of the application programs 630~650, and connect to the application providing platform 100e to enable the selected application 630~650. A download page. However, it should be noted that FIGS. 5A-5C and FIGS. 6A-6D are merely exemplary illustrations and are not intended to limit the present invention.

In addition, applications on the market will have application versions for multiple operating systems, and electronic devices running different operating systems will download the correct application versions from different application providing platforms. For example, the application may have a program version of an operating system (eg, an Android system) corresponding to the mobile device and a program version of another operating system (eg, an ios operating system) corresponding to the mobile device. An embodiment will be further described below to illustrate an application sharing method between platforms provided across applications. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 7, the electronic device 700a includes a touch screen 710, a processing unit 720, and a storage unit 730. The storage unit 730 records an application management module 731, a link information acquisition module 732, an application information transmission module 733, and The information selection module 734 is linked. The touch screen 710, the processing unit 720 and the storage unit 730, the application management module 731, the connection information acquisition module 732, and the application information transmission module 733 are combined with the touch screen 110, the processing unit 120, and the storage shown in FIG. The unit 130, the application management module 131, the connection information acquisition module 132, and the application information transmission module 133 are similar or identical, and are not described herein again.

Different from the foregoing embodiment, the connection information obtaining module 732 can respectively generate the connection information corresponding to different application providing platforms, and the storage of the embodiment The storage unit 730 further records the link information selection module 734. When the electronic device 700a receives the link information corresponding to the different application providing platform, the link information selection module 734 can select the download page of the selected application by using the appropriate link information according to the operating system of the electronic device 700a itself.

In other words, the application providing platform of the embodiment may include the first type of platform and the second type of platform, and the corresponding link information of the selected application includes the first link information corresponding to the first type of platform and corresponds to the first The second link information of the second type platform. In other words, the first link information indicates the connection between the application and the first type of platform, and the second link information indicates the connection between the application and the second type of platform. Therefore, the application information transmission module 733 can simultaneously transmit the first type of connection information corresponding to the first type of platform and the second type of connection information corresponding to the second type of platform to another electronic device.

On the other hand, when the electronic device 700a receives the third link information and the fourth link information associated with the recommended application transmitted by the other electronic device, the third link information corresponds to the first type of platform and the fourth link information corresponds to In the second type of platform, the connection information selection module 734 selects to open the download page of the first type platform through the third link information or open the second type platform through the fourth link information according to the operating system run by the processing unit 720 of the electronic device 700a. Download page. For example, when the electronic device 700a receives the hyperlinked websites of different versions of the recommended application (for example, the hyperlink of the ios version of the recommended application and the hyperlink of the recommended version of the application), the electronic device 700a can automatically select from different versions of hyperlinked websites according to the operating system it runs. When the hyperlink URL. Further, the link information selection module 734 can identify the hyperlink URL corresponding to the first type platform and the second type platform according to the previous URL of the hyperlink website, and select an appropriate hyperlink URL according to the operating system running by itself. .

In summary, the electronic device of the present invention can collect a plurality of selected applications by simple touch operation, and generate connection information of the selected application selected by the touch operation, and select these applications. The link information of the program is simultaneously transmitted to another electronic device. In this way, the user of another electronic device can accurately and quickly connect to the recommended download page of these selected applications. The invention can save complicated operation steps to share a large number of applications, and improve the operation convenience of the electronic device when sharing the application. In addition, the application sharing method of the present invention can realize the cross-platform application sharing function by generating and simultaneously transmitting the hyperlinked websites corresponding to different application providing platforms, thereby improving the operation convenience of the electronic device.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and any one of ordinary skill in the art can make some changes and refinements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

S301~S305‧‧‧ steps of the application sharing method described in one embodiment

Claims (14)

An application sharing method is applicable to an electronic device including a plurality of applications, and the application sharing method includes: collecting, from the application, a touch operation associated with the touch operation according to a touch operation applied to a touch screen Selecting an application and displaying an icon of the selected application on the shared area of the touch screen; obtaining corresponding link information of the selected application, wherein the link information Declaring a connection between the application and the application providing platform, wherein the application providing platform comprises a first type of platform and a second type of platform; and transmitting the respective corresponding to the selected application Linking the information to another electronic device; and receiving the third link information and the fourth link information associated with a recommended application transmitted by the other electronic device, wherein the third link information corresponds to the first type of platform And the fourth link information corresponds to the two types of platforms, and the third connection is selected according to the operating system run by the electronic device. News open the download page of the first type of platform or open the download page of the second type platform through the fourth link information. The application sharing method of claim 1, wherein the selected application is associated with the touch operation from the application according to the touch operation applied to the touch screen, and The steps of displaying the icon of the selected application on the sharing area of the touch screen include: Displaying an icon corresponding to the application on the touch screen; providing the sharing area on the touch screen by using an interface tool set; and dragging the touch operation to the sharing area The corresponding application is identified as the selected application, and an icon of the selected application is added to the sharing area. The application sharing method of claim 1, wherein the selected application is associated with the touch operation from the application according to the touch operation applied to the touch screen, and The step of displaying the icon of the selected application on the shared area of the touch screen includes: displaying an application list of the application on the touch screen; and receiving the touch in the application list The selected application identified by the control operation is identified as the selected application, and an icon of the selected application is added to the sharing area. The application sharing method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the corresponding connection information of the selected application comprises: obtaining an identification code of the selected application; and The identification code of the application is determined directly as the corresponding connection information of the selected application, so that the another electronic device generates the hyperlinked website of the selected application according to the identification code. The application sharing method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining the corresponding connection information of the selected application comprises: obtaining an identification code of the selected application; And generating, by the application providing platform, the hyperlink code includes: The identification code. The application sharing method of claim 1, wherein the link information corresponding to each of the selected applications includes first link information corresponding to the first type of platform and corresponding to the second type of platform. The second link information. The application sharing method of claim 6, wherein the transmitting the link information corresponding to each of the selected applications to the another electronic device comprises: simultaneously transmitting the platform corresponding to the first type of platform The first link information and the second link information corresponding to the second type of platform to the another electronic device. An electronic device comprising: a touch screen; a storage unit for recording a plurality of modules and a plurality of applications; and a processing unit coupled to the touch screen and the storage unit for accessing and executing the storage unit The module is recorded in the module, the module includes: an application management module, and collecting, according to the touch operation applied to the touch screen, the plurality of applications associated with the touch operation from the application Selecting an application, and using the touch screen to display an icon of the selected application (icon) on the shared area on the touch screen; a link information acquisition module to obtain respective pairs of the selected application The link information, wherein the link information indicates a connection between the selected application and an application providing platform, wherein the application providing platform includes a first type platform and a second type platform; a program information transmission module that transmits the link information corresponding to each of the selected applications to another electronic device; and a link information selection module that receives the association information transmitted by the other electronic device The third link information of the program and the fourth link information, wherein the third link information corresponds to the first type of platform and the fourth link information corresponds to the two types of platforms, and the link information selection module operates according to the electronic device The operation system selects to open the download page of the first type platform through the third link information or open the download page of the second type platform through the fourth link information. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the application management module displays an icon corresponding to the application on the touch screen, using an interface tool set (widget) The sharing area is provided on the touch screen, and the application corresponding to the icon dragged to the sharing area by the touch operation is recognized as the selected application, and the selected application is added in the sharing area. Icon. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the application management module displays an application list of the application on the touch screen, and the application list is selected by the touch operation. The application recognizes the selected application and adds an icon of the selected application to the sharing area. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the connection is The acquisition module obtains the identification code of the selected application, and directly uses the identification code of the selected application as the corresponding connection information of the selected application, so that the other electronic device is caused. Generating a hyperlink URL of the selected application according to the identification code. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the link information acquisition module acquires an identification code of the selected application, and generates a hyperlink URL corresponding to each of the selected applications, wherein the hyperlink The link URL includes a hyperlink URL of the front segment URL and the back segment URL, the previous segment URL is generated based on the application providing platform, and the last code includes the identifier. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the link information corresponding to each of the selected applications includes first link information corresponding to the first type of platform and a page corresponding to the second type of platform Second link information. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein the application information transfer module simultaneously transmits the first type of link information corresponding to the first type of platform and the second type corresponding to the second type of platform Link information to the other electronic device.