WO2012149707A1

WO2012149707A1 - Method and device for making mobile terminal enter standby

Info

Publication number: WO2012149707A1
Application number: PCT/CN2011/078410
Authority: WO
Inventors: 邵敏茹; 谭辉; 田超
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-05-03
Filing date: 2011-08-15
Publication date: 2012-11-08
Also published as: CN102769897B; CN102769897A

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for making a mobile terminal enter standby, including: obtaining the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program of a mobile terminal, wherein the screen standby duration corresponding to each program in the mobile terminal is preset; when a user stops the operation of the mobile terminal, starting a timer; and when the timing duration of the timer reaches the screen standby duration, entering a screen standby state. Also proposed is a corresponding device. The method and device for making a mobile terminal enter standby provided in the present invention can flexibly set the screen standby duration of each program in the mobile terminal, and enter screen standby intelligently according to the currently running program of the mobile terminal. The present invention takes full account of user experience, and improves user experience to a great extent while saving power for the terminal.

Description

Method and device for making mobile terminal standby

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby. Background technique

With the continuous development of mobile communication technology, mobile terminals have penetrated into people's lives, and mobile communication has become the most widely used communication method. Taking mobile phones as an example, mobile phones, as tools for everyday life and business affairs, play an important role in the lives of users. At the same time, relying on the value-added services of mobile communication, the mobile terminal has been further developed.

Common value-added service implementation methods include SMS and voice. With the development of mobile communication technologies, mobile terminals have more and more functions, such as wireless Internet access functions and instant messaging functions.

For traditional value-added services, such as short message service, the user often operates continuously during the use process. The user edits the short message and sends the short message to be almost synchronized with the stop keyboard operation. When the user stops the keyboard operation for a period of time, the mobile terminal will be based on The screen standby time set by the user automatically turns off the screen of the mobile terminal to save the power of the mobile terminal.

With the expansion of value-added services, especially data services, mobile terminals are gradually integrating functions such as browsers, instant messaging, and e-books. Taking e-books as an example, such services are different from traditional value-added services, keyboard operations and services. The synchronization at the end of use is extremely poor, so users are often using services when the screen of the mobile terminal is turned off. Although the user can restore the screen of the mobile terminal to the light state through the keyboard operation, it is often required to input the unlock pattern or input a password to open the function of the mobile terminal after opening the screen of the mobile terminal, which is cumbersome. But when the user tries When the above problem is solved by extending the standby time of the screen, the longer screen standby time is not applicable to the more interactive services, such as SMS, call, alarm clock, calculator, etc., the extension of the screen standby time will cause the power of the mobile terminal. waste.

It can be seen that the current method for the mobile terminal to enter the screen standby has the following obvious drawbacks: The screen standby time setting of the mobile terminal is not flexible, so that the mobile terminal cannot intelligently enter the screen standby according to the service type, if the screen standby time is set too If it is short, it will affect the user experience when using services such as browsers, e-books, and instant messaging. If the screen standby time is set too long, the mobile terminal will be wasted. Summary of the invention

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby, thereby achieving a user experience while achieving power saving of the mobile terminal.

The present invention provides a method for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby, including:

Obtaining a screen standby duration corresponding to a program currently running by the mobile terminal; the screen waiting time is preset;

When the user stops the mobile terminal operation, the timer is started;

When the timer duration of the timer reaches the screen standby duration, the mobile terminal is brought into the screen standby state.

Preferably, the acquiring the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program includes: determining whether the mobile terminal enables the non-default duration function;

When the mobile terminal does not enable the non-default duration function, the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program is set as the default screen standby duration of the mobile terminal;

When the mobile terminal enables the non-default duration function, it queries the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program.

Preferably, when the mobile terminal enables the non-default duration function, the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program is: When there are more than one program currently running, extracting a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs; comparing a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs;

The maximum value of the screen standby duration of the plurality of programs is set to the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program.

Preferably, before the timer is started when the user stops the operation of the mobile terminal, the method further includes:

It is periodically detected whether the user stops the mobile terminal operation.

Preferably, the currently running program includes:

A program that is currently running on the front end and that has been running for more than a preset time.

The present invention also provides an apparatus for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby, including:

An acquisition module, configured to acquire a screen standby duration corresponding to a currently running program; the screen standby duration is preset;

The timing module is configured to start a timer when the user stops the operation of the mobile terminal, and the standby module is configured to enable the mobile terminal to enter a screen standby state when the timer duration of the timer reaches the screen standby duration.

Preferably, the acquiring module includes:

a determining unit, configured to determine whether the mobile terminal enables a non-default duration function; a default duration unit, configured to set a screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program to be mobile when the mobile terminal does not enable the non-default duration function The default screen standby time of the terminal;

The non-default duration unit is used to query the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program when the mobile terminal enables the non-default duration function.

Preferably, the non-default duration unit comprises:

Extracting a subunit, configured to extract a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs when there are multiple programs currently running; a comparison subunit, configured to compare a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs;

The value subunit is configured to set a maximum value of the screen standby duration of the plurality of programs to a screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program.

Preferably, the device for causing the mobile terminal to enter standby further includes:

The detecting module is configured to periodically detect whether the user stops the mobile terminal operation.

Preferably, the currently running program includes:

The invention provides a method and a device for causing a mobile terminal to enter a standby state, which can flexibly set a screen standby duration of each program in the mobile terminal, and intelligently enter the screen standby according to a program currently running by the mobile terminal, and the present invention fully considers the user experience. , greatly improving the user experience while achieving terminal power saving. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic flowchart of an embodiment of a method for causing a mobile terminal to enter a standby mode according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of an obtaining step in an embodiment of a method for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby mode according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a step of acquiring a non-default duration function according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic flow chart of still another embodiment of a method for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby according to the present invention; FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a device for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby according to the present invention; FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the present invention for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby mode. A schematic structural diagram of an acquisition module in an embodiment of the apparatus;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a non-default duration unit 13 in an embodiment of the apparatus for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of still another embodiment of a device for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby. detailed description

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the embodiments herein.

It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an embodiment of a method for the mobile terminal to enter standby is provided. The method includes the following steps: Step S10: Obtain a screen standby duration corresponding to a program currently running by the mobile terminal; the screen standby duration is preset.

In this embodiment, the mobile terminal sets a non-default duration function, and the non-default duration function refers to setting different screen standby durations according to the service type of the mobile terminal, for example, the screen standby duration set by the instant messaging service is set to 2 minutes, the browser The screen standby time of the business setting is set to 1 minute, the screen standby time of the reading service setting such as e-book is set to 5 minutes, and the screen standby time set for the circuit domain service such as SMS/voice is set to 10 seconds. The opening or closing of the non-default duration function can be manually set by the user of the mobile terminal, and the screen standby duration corresponding to different service types can also be preset by the user of the mobile terminal as needed.

First, the mobile terminal queries the program running on the front end of the mobile terminal: The mobile terminal can obtain the program running on the front end of the mobile terminal by querying the front-end process, and the front-end process refers to the program process that interacts with the user. Taking the Android smart operating system as an example, one of the following four conditions is the front-end process: First, there is a process that displays an Activity that is displayed at the forefront of the screen and interacts with the user (ie, the onResume() method of the Activity object is Call)) Second, there is a Service that is interacting with the user; Third, there is a Servcie object, which is executing the lifecycle method (Oncreat(), Onstart(), or Ondestroy()); Fourth, there is a BroadcastReceiver object. , which is executing the onReceive() method. Then, when the mobile terminal queries the program running on the front end of the mobile terminal, the screen standby time of the program is obtained. Each program and the corresponding screen standby duration may be a mapping table stored in the mobile terminal, by querying the mapping In the table, the mobile terminal can obtain the screen standby duration corresponding to each program. Finally, the acquired screen standby duration is sent to a timer that counts the screen standby.

The mobile terminal referred to in this embodiment specifically refers to a mobile communication device having a screen or a display device through other products such as a mobile phone, a PDA, or an internet box.

Step S11: When the user stops the operation of the mobile terminal, the timer is started.

The mobile terminal detects whether the user has stopped operating the mobile terminal, such as keyboard operation, sliding operation, etc. If the user has stopped operating, the timer is started according to the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program that the mobile terminal has acquired.

Step S12: When the time duration of the timer reaches the standby time of the screen, the mobile terminal is brought into the screen standby state.

When the timer duration of the timer reaches the screen standby duration of the current program, the screen of the mobile terminal is closed, and the mobile terminal enters the screen standby state.

In this embodiment, the screen standby duration of each program in the mobile terminal can be flexibly set, and the screen standby is intelligently entered according to the program currently running by the mobile terminal. The present invention fully considers the user experience, and achieves a large degree of power saving at the terminal. Improve the user experience.

Referring to FIG. 2, in this embodiment, step S10 may include:

Step S101: Determine whether the mobile terminal enables a non-default duration function.

Step S102: When the mobile terminal does not enable the non-default duration function, set the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program to the default screen standby duration of the mobile terminal.

If the non-default duration function is not enabled, the screen standby duration of all programs is set to the preset default screen standby duration, and the mobile terminal's timer counts the screen standby by the default screen standby duration.

Step S103: When the mobile terminal enables the non-default duration function, query the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program.

If the non-default duration function is enabled, query the screen corresponding to the currently running program. The machine is long and sent to the timer.

In this embodiment, the screen standby time can be made more flexible according to whether the non-default duration function is enabled or not to determine the default screen standby duration or the screen standby duration corresponding to the current program.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the above embodiment, step S103 may further include:

Step S1031: When there are a plurality of programs currently running, the screen standby time of the plurality of programs is extracted.

When there are multiple programs currently running, the mobile terminal obtains a list of currently running programs: The mobile terminal can open a temporary space Space - App is used to store the currently running program, such as Space_App[l] stored program Browser, Space [2] The program Mobile_QQ is stored, and when the mobile terminal has no other programs running, the other values of Space-App are 0. The mobile terminal extracts the screen standby time of a plurality of programs in the temporary space.

Step S1032: Compare the screen standby duration of the plurality of programs.

Compare the screen standby duration of multiple programs in the program list to get the maximum value. Step S1033: The maximum value of the screen standby duration of the plurality of programs is set to the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program.

The maximum value is set to the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program, and is sent to the timer for timing of the screen standby.

In this embodiment, when there are a plurality of programs currently running, the timing of the screen standby is performed using the maximum value of the screen standby duration.

Referring to FIG. 4, another embodiment of the method for the mobile terminal to enter the standby mode is proposed. In the foregoing embodiment, before performing step S11, the method further includes:

Step S13: Timely detecting whether the user stops the operation of the mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal periodically detects whether the user stops the mobile terminal operation to determine whether to turn on the timing of the screen standby. The timing when entering the screen standby provides preparation.

In the above embodiment, the currently running program includes:

Since the user has a normal operation such as program switching when using the mobile terminal, it is possible to determine the program that is running on the front end of the mobile terminal for a predetermined period of time, thereby using the program as the currently running program, instead of being at the front end of the mobile terminal at a certain point in time. The program that runs. For example, it is determined that the program running on the front end of the mobile terminal continues for 60 minutes, and the program is added to the opened temporary space as a program running on the front end of the mobile terminal in this time period.

In this embodiment, the currently running program is defined to better simulate the user's usage scenario.

Referring to FIG. 5, an embodiment of the device for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby is provided. The method includes: an obtaining module 10, configured to acquire a screen standby duration corresponding to a program currently running by the mobile terminal; and the screen standby duration is preset.

The timing module 20 is started to start a timer when the user stops the operation of the mobile terminal. The standby module 30 is configured to enable the mobile terminal to enter a screen standby state when the timer duration of the timer reaches the screen standby duration.

In this embodiment, the non-default duration function refers to setting different screen standby durations according to the service type of the mobile terminal, such as: the screen standby duration set by the instant messaging service is set to 2 minutes, and the screen standby duration of the browser service setting is set to 1 Minutes, the screen standby time set for reading services such as e-books is set to 5 minutes, and the screen standby time set for circuit domain services such as SMS/voice is set to 10 seconds. The opening or closing of the non-default duration function can be manually set by the user of the mobile terminal, and the screen standby duration corresponding to different service types can also be preset by the user of the mobile terminal as needed.

First, the mobile terminal queries a program that is running on the front end of the mobile terminal: the mobile terminal can obtain a program that is running on the front end of the mobile terminal by querying the front-end process, and the front-end process refers to the user. There are interactive program processes. Taking the Android smart operating system as an example, one of the following four conditions is the front-end process: First, there is a process that displays an Activity that is displayed at the forefront of the screen and interacts with the user (ie, the onResume() method of the Activity object is Call)) Second, there is a Service that is interacting with the user; Third, there is a Servcie object, which is executing the lifecycle method (Oncreat(), Onstart(), or Ondestroy()); Fourth, there is a BroadcastReceiver object. , which is executing the onReceive() method. Then, after the mobile terminal queries the program running on the front end of the mobile terminal, the obtaining module 10 acquires the screen standby duration of the program. Each program and the corresponding screen standby duration may be a mapping table stored in the mobile terminal, and the obtaining module 10 may query the mapping table, and the mobile terminal may acquire the screen standby duration corresponding to each program. Finally, the acquired screen standby duration is sent to a timer that counts the screen standby.

The mobile terminal detects whether the user has stopped operating the mobile terminal, such as keyboard operation, sliding operation, etc. If the user has stopped operating, the startup timing module 20 starts timing according to the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program that the mobile terminal has acquired. The device starts timing.

When the timer duration of the timer reaches the screen standby duration of the current program, the standby module 30 closes the screen of the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal enters the screen standby state.

In this embodiment, the screen standby duration of each program in the mobile terminal can be flexibly set, and the screen standby is intelligently entered according to the currently running program. The present invention fully considers the user experience and greatly improves the terminal power saving. The user experience.

Referring to FIG. 6, in an embodiment, the obtaining module 10 may include:

The determining unit 11 is configured to determine whether the mobile terminal enables the non-default duration function.

The default duration unit 12 is configured to set the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program to the default screen standby duration of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal does not enable the non-default duration function. The non-default duration unit 13 is configured to query the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program when the mobile terminal enables the non-default duration function.

If the non-default duration function is not enabled, the default duration unit 12 sets the screen standby duration of all programs to the preset default screen standby duration, and the mobile terminal's timer counts the screen standby through the default screen standby duration.

If the non-default duration function is enabled, the non-default duration unit 13 queries the screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program and sends it to the timer.

Referring to FIG. 7, in the above embodiment, the non-default duration unit 13 includes:

The extracting sub-unit 131 is configured to extract a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs when there are multiple programs currently running.

The comparison subunit 132 is configured to compare the screen standby duration of the plurality of programs.

The value sub-unit 133 is configured to set a maximum value of the screen standby duration of the plurality of programs to a screen standby duration corresponding to the currently running program.

When there are multiple programs currently running, the mobile terminal obtains a list of currently running programs: The mobile terminal can open a temporary space Space - App is used to store the currently running program, such as Space_App[l] stored program Browser, Space [2] The program Mobile_QQ is stored, and when the mobile terminal has no other programs running, the other values of Space-App are 0. The extraction sub-unit 131 extracts the screen standby duration of a plurality of programs in the temporary space.

The comparison sub-unit 132 compares the screen standby durations corresponding to the plurality of programs in the program list to obtain the maximum value therein.

The value sub-unit 133 sets the maximum value to the screen standby time corresponding to the currently running program, and sends it to the timer for timing of the screen standby.

In this embodiment, when there are multiple programs currently running, the screen standby is used. The maximum value of the duration is the timing of the screen standby.

Referring to FIG. 8, another embodiment of the apparatus for causing the mobile terminal to enter the standby mode is provided. In the above embodiment, the method further includes:

The detecting module 40 is configured to periodically detect whether the user stops the mobile terminal operation.

The detecting module 40 periodically detects whether the user stops the operation of the mobile terminal to determine whether to turn on the timing of the screen standby. The timing when entering the screen standby provides preparation.

In the above embodiment, the currently running program includes:

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and the equivalent structure or equivalent flow transformation made by the specification and the drawings of the present invention may be directly or indirectly applied to other related The technical field is equally included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for causing a mobile terminal to enter a standby state, the method comprising: obtaining a preset screen standby duration corresponding to a program currently running by the mobile terminal; and starting a timer when the user stops the operation of the mobile terminal;

2. The method for causing a mobile terminal to enter a standby mode according to claim 1, wherein the preset screen standby duration corresponding to the program currently acquiring the mobile terminal is:

Determining whether the mobile terminal enables a non-default duration function;

3. The method for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby according to claim 2, wherein when the mobile terminal enables the non-default duration function, the duration of the screen standby corresponding to the currently running program includes:

When there are more than one program currently running, extracting a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs; comparing a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs;

The method for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, before starting the timer, the method further comprises:

5. A method of causing a mobile terminal to enter standby as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that The program currently running includes:

A program that is currently running on the front end and that runs longer than the preset time.

A device for causing a mobile terminal to enter a standby state, the device comprising: an acquiring module, configured to acquire a preset screen waiting time corresponding to a program currently running by the mobile terminal;

7. The device for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby according to claim 6, wherein the obtaining module comprises:

8. The device for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby according to claim 7, wherein the non-default duration unit comprises:

Extracting a subunit, configured to extract a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs when there are multiple programs currently running;

a comparison subunit, configured to compare a screen standby duration of the plurality of programs;

The device for causing the mobile terminal to enter the standby state according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the device further comprises: The detecting module is configured to periodically detect whether the user stops the mobile terminal operation.

10. The apparatus for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the currently running program comprises:

A mobile terminal, comprising the apparatus for causing a mobile terminal to enter standby as claimed in any one of claims 6 to 10.