WO2013034020A1

WO2013034020A1 - Method and device for performing event reminding on terminal devices

Info

Publication number: WO2013034020A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/077952
Authority: WO
Inventors: 双丹
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2011-09-09
Filing date: 2012-06-29
Publication date: 2013-03-14
Also published as: CN102325222A; CN102325222B

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for performing event reminding on terminal devices, used to solve the problem that terminal devices are unable to perform event reminding when the operating system is in sleep mode. The method includes: receiving a command for making the operating system of a terminal device enter into sleep mode; and controlling a reminder in the terminal device to work when a reminding event exists. Compared with the prior art, the above-mentioned technical solution enables the terminal device to perform event reminding after the operating system enters into sleep mode, enhancing user experience.

Description

Method and device for event reminding of terminal device

The present invention relates to the field of event reminding technology for terminal devices, and in particular, to a method and device for event reminding of a terminal device. Background technique

The existing terminal device often has the function of event reminding, that is, using the prompting device on the terminal device to remind the user to have a birthday on a certain day, to attend a meeting at a certain time, and the like.

Generally, the prompting device of the terminal device is controlled by an application module. When there is a reminding event, the application module controls the prompting device to work; when there is no reminding event, the application module turns off the prompting device. Generally, the application module performs mode conversion with the operating system. For example, when the operating system enters the sleep mode, the application module enters the sleep mode with it; when the operating system enters the awake mode, the application module enters the wakeup mode with it. mode. Therefore, when the terminal device has a reminder event and the operating system just enters the sleep mode, the application module also enters the sleep mode, and the prompter cannot be controlled, so that the terminal device cannot perform event reminding, which affects the user experience. For example, the Android (Android) mobile phone uses the prompt light to perform event reminding, and the application (APP) terminal controls the prompt light to flash when there is a reminding event. When the operating system of the Android mobile phone enters the sleep mode, the APP terminal goes into sleep. Mode, at this time, the APP side cannot control the flashing of the indicator light, and the event reminder cannot be realized.

It can be seen that the existing terminal device cannot affect the user experience because the operating system enters the sleep mode and cannot be reminded of the event. Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and device for an event reminder of a terminal device, which is used to solve the problem that the terminal device cannot perform event reminding after the operating system enters the sleep mode. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for an event reminder of a terminal device, where the method includes: receiving a command to cause an operating system of the terminal device to enter a sleep mode;

When there is a reminder event, the prompter in the terminal device is controlled to work.

Preferably, the controlling the prompting operation in the terminal device when there is a reminding event includes:

When the reminder event exists, the first application module in the terminal device sends the working parameter of the prompter to the second application module in the terminal device;

The second application module controls the prompter to work according to the working parameter of the prompter; wherein the first application module controls the work of the prompter when the operating system is in the awake mode, and An application module that can enter a sleep mode with the operating system; the second application module is an application module that does not enter a sleep mode with the operating system. After the prompting event is controlled, after controlling the prompter in the terminal device to work, the method further includes:

Controlling the operating system to enter an awake mode;

The second application module closes the prompter.

Preferably, after the prompting event occurs, after the prompting device in the terminal device is operated, the method further includes:

When the prompter is working, the second application module is prohibited from entering a sleep mode.

Preferably, the first application module is an application (APP) end; and the second application module is a modem (Modem) end.

Preferably, the working parameters of the prompter may include an identifier and a working period of the prompter.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a device for performing event reminding by a terminal device, where the device includes: a command receiving unit and a prompter control unit;

a command receiving unit, configured to receive an operating system of the terminal device to enter a sleep mode Command

The prompter control unit is configured to, after the command receiving unit receives the command, control the prompter in the terminal device to work when the reminding event exists.

Preferably, the prompter control unit includes a first application module and a second application module, where the first application module controls the work of the prompter when the operating system is in the awake mode, and can The application module enters a sleep mode with the operating system; the second application module is an application module that does not enter the sleep mode with the operating system;

The first application module is configured to send the working parameter of the prompter to the second application module when a reminder event exists;

The second application module is configured to control the prompter to work according to the working parameter of the prompter sent by the first application module.

Preferably, the device further includes:

a mode control unit, configured to control the operating system to enter an awake mode after the second application module controls the prompter to work;

Correspondingly, the second application module is further configured to close the prompter after the mode control unit controls the operating system to enter an awake mode.

Preferably, the device further includes: a prohibiting unit, configured to prohibit the second application module from entering a sleep mode when the prompter is working.

Preferably, the first application module is an APP end; and the second application module is a Modem end.

In the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, after the terminal device receives the command to put the operating system into the sleep mode, if there is a reminding event, the terminal device controls the prompter to work. Compared with the prior art, the foregoing technical solution enables the terminal device to perform event reminding after the operating system enters the sleep mode, thereby improving the user experience. DRAWINGS

1 is a flowchart of a method for an event reminder of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for event reminding of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a structural diagram of an apparatus for performing event reminding by a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. detailed description

The technical problems, the technical solutions, and the advantages of the embodiments of the present invention will be more clearly described in the following description.

As shown in FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for an event reminder of a terminal device, which includes the following steps:

Step S11: Receive a command to cause the operating system of the terminal device to enter a sleep mode. End device.

Step S12: When there is a reminder event, the prompter in the control terminal device works.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the reminding event includes: a birthday reminding event, a meeting reminding event, an important event, and the like. The above reminder events can be stored in the terminal device in the existing settings.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the present invention provides the foregoing method, so that the terminal device can still perform event reminding after the operating system enters the sleep mode, thereby improving the user experience.

Preferably, step S12 can be specifically implemented as the following steps A1-A2:

Step A1: When there is a reminder event, the first application module in the terminal device sends the working parameter of the prompter to the second application module in the terminal device.

The first application module refers to: when the operating system is in the awake mode, the work of the prompter is controlled, and the operating system enters the sleep mode (ie, when the operating system enters the sleep mode, the first application module also operates The system goes into sleep mode with the application module. The foregoing second application module refers to an application module that does not enter the sleep mode (that is, the second application module does not enter the sleep mode along with the operating system but maintains the awake mode after the operating system enters the sleep mode).

For example, for an Android phone, the first application module can be implemented as an APP terminal of the Andriod mobile phone (the APP terminal is controlled by a chip of the Andriod mobile phone, and when the operating system of the Andriod mobile phone enters a sleep mode, the APP terminal can follow When entering the sleep mode, when the operating system of the Andriod mobile phone enters the awake mode, the APP terminal can enter the awake mode; the second application module can be embodied as the modem (Modem) end of the Andriod mobile phone (the Modem end is controlled by the Andriod mobile phone) Another chip control, when the operating system of the Andriod mobile phone enters sleep mode, the Modem end usually does not follow it to enter sleep mode). The APP can send the working parameters of the prompter to the Modem through the PROC interface, so that the APP can transfer the control of the prompter to the Modem, so that the Modem can control the work of the prompter. Of course, the embodiment is not limited to the application of the Andriod mobile phone, and similar technical solutions can be adopted for the mobile phones of other systems, and will not be described here.

Of course, the first application module and the second application module may be implemented in different forms according to different terminal devices, which may be determined according to actual conditions.

Step A2: The second application module controls the prompter to work according to the working parameters of the prompter.

The prompter in the embodiment of the present invention may be specifically implemented as a prompt light, a prompt sound, and the like.

The working parameters of the prompter are set in the first application module according to the actual situation when the terminal device is in the awake mode; the working parameters of the prompter include: the identifier and the working period of the prompter. For example, when the prompter is specifically implemented as a prompt light, the working parameter may specifically include the identifier of the prompt light and the blinking period. For example, the terminal device includes two prompt lights: a green prompt light and a red prompt light, and the working parameters may include the identifier of the prompt light specifically used for the event reminder (when only one prompt light is used for event reminding, the working parameters only include green The indicator light or the red indicator light; when two reminder lights are used for event reminding, the working parameters should include the green indicator light and the red warning light. Identification), the working parameters also include the blinking period of the indicator light (for example, the period is Is, the light is 10ms, the 990ms is off, if the green and red warning lights need to flash, it will be on and off at the same time), specifically can be set as needed . Of course, if there is only one prompter on the terminal device, only the working period of the prompter may be included in the working parameter.

Specifically, when the second application module controls the prompter according to the working parameters of the prompter, the second application module can be performed by using a timer. For example, if the blinking period of the prompt light is 10ms, the second application module makes the initial t=0, and records the time t of each cable pulse. If t, -t>10ms, the prompt light starts to blink for 10ms (ie, one blinking period) The duration, after the flashing is completed, the timer will be re-timed), then it will be extinguished, waiting for the next timer to expire, so that the indicator light flashes again, and so on.

In addition, preferably, the event reminding method may further perform the following steps B1-B2 after performing step S12:

Step B1: Control the operating system to enter the awake mode;

Step B2: The second application module closes the prompter; at this time, the second application module releases the control right to the prompter.

That is, when the operating system enters the awake mode, the related information of the reminder event can be obtained through the display screen of the terminal device. At this time, the prompter is not required to perform the reminder. Therefore, the prompting device can be avoided by using the second application module to close the prompter. The necessary work saves the power consumption of the terminal device without affecting the user experience.

In addition, the control prompter works or closes the prompter on the premise that the second application module is in the awake mode. If the second application module enters the sleep mode when the prompter works, the prompter will enter the awake state before the second application module enters the awake state. Always keep a working state, affecting the user experience, for example, for Android phones, if the prompt light is on, the Modem end enters the sleep mode, then the prompt light will be on for a long time before the Modem enters the wake mode. The power consumption of the Android mobile phone is increased, which affects the user experience. In order to prevent this from happening, preferably, the event reminding method described above may further perform the following steps after performing step S12: Step CI: When the prompter is working, the second application module is prohibited from entering the sleep mode.

That is to say, the prompting device participates in the voting mechanism of the second application module: when the prompting device works, the second application module is prohibited from entering the sleep state, so that the above situation can be avoided, the power consumption of the terminal device is saved, and the user experience is not affected.

As shown in FIG. 2, a method for performing event reminding by a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided. The embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus for event reminding of a terminal device, including:

a command receiving unit, configured to receive a command to cause an operating system of the terminal device to enter a sleep mode;

The prompter control unit is configured to control the prompter in the terminal device to work when the command receiving unit receives the command and when there is a reminder event.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the present invention provides the foregoing apparatus, so that the terminal device can still perform event reminding after the operating system enters the sleep mode, thereby improving the user experience.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 3, the prompter control unit includes: a first application module and a second application module;

The first application module refers to an application module that controls the work of the prompter when the operating system is in the awake mode and can enter the sleep mode with the operating system; the second application module refers to the application module that does not enter the sleep mode with the operating system. ; among them:

a first application module, configured to send a working parameter of the prompter to the second application module when there is a reminding event;

The second application module is configured to control the prompter to work according to the working parameters of the prompter sent by the first application module.

The first application module may be specifically implemented as an application APP end; and the second application module may be specifically implemented as a modem Modem end.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus may further include: a mode control unit, configured to control the operating system to enter an awake mode after the second application module controls the prompter to work; The second application module is further configured to: when the mode control unit controls the operating system to enter the awake mode, close the prompter.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus may further include: a prohibiting unit, configured to prohibit the second application module from entering the sleep mode when the prompter works.

The apparatus for performing event reminding by the terminal device provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be disposed in a terminal device such as a mobile phone, a computer, or a personal digital assistant.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of the method for realizing the above facts may be completed by a program instructing related hardware, and the above program may be stored in a storage medium readable by a computer, the program When executed, the above steps are included. The above storage medium may be a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like.

The above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that those skilled in the art can also make several improvements and retouchings without departing from the principles of the present invention. It should be considered as the scope of protection of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A method for an event reminder of a terminal device, the method comprising: receiving a command to cause an operating system of the terminal device to enter a sleep mode;

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the prompter in the terminal device when there is a reminding event comprises:

The second application module controls the prompter to work according to the working parameter of the prompter; wherein the first application module controls the work of the prompter when the operating system is in the awake mode, And the application module that can enter the sleep mode with the operating system; the second application module is an application module that does not enter the sleep mode with the operating system.

The method of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises: after the prompting event, controlling the prompter in the terminal device to work, the method further comprises:

Controlling the operating system to enter an awake mode;

The second application module closes the prompter.

The method according to claim 2, wherein, after the reminder event is present, after the prompting device in the terminal device is operated, the method further includes:

5. A method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that

The first application module is an application APP end;

The second application module is a modem Modem end.

The method according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the working parameters of the prompter include: an identifier of the prompter and a duty cycle.

7. A device for alerting an event of a terminal device, characterized in that the device comprises: a receiving unit and a prompting unit; wherein

The device according to claim 7, wherein the prompter control unit comprises: a first application module and a second application module, wherein the first application module is when the operating system is in an awake mode The prompting device is an application module that is work-controlled and can enter a sleep mode with the operating system; the second application module is an application module that does not enter the sleep mode with the operating system;

The device according to claim 8, wherein the device further comprises: a mode control unit, configured to control the operating system to enter an awake mode after the second application module controls the prompter to work ;

The device according to claim 7, wherein the device further comprises: a prohibiting unit, configured to prohibit the second application module from entering a sleep mode when the prompter is working.

The device according to any one of claims 8 to 10, wherein the first application module is an APP terminal; and the second application module is a Modem terminal.