WO2013166845A1

WO2013166845A1 - Customized and automatic menu organization and display method and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: WO2013166845A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/087462
Authority: WO
Inventors: 侯继鑫
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2012-05-07
Filing date: 2012-12-26
Publication date: 2013-11-14
Also published as: CN103391351B; CN103391351A

Abstract

A customized and automatic menu organization and display method and mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of: grouping menu items, and defining a group of priorities for the positions taken by each group of menu items on the display screen of the mobile terminal; in the process of using the mobile terminal by a user, recording the click times of each menu item; according to the menu grouping information and the click times of each menu item, generating a menu tree from bottom to top by a menu organization algorithm; and displaying each menu item at the position having corresponding priority on the screen according to the generated menu tree. The present invention groups all menu items, such that the menus are limited by the grouping during updating, thus effectively preventing the inconvenience brought to a user due to disordered menu change, while placing the frequently used menu items at the positions convenient to operate according to the usage habit of the user. Also provided is a method for determining menu updating time, capable of automatically updating the menus of a mobile terminal without direct participation of a user.

Description

Method for realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display, and mobile terminal

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of mobile terminal technologies, and in particular, to a method for implementing menu personalization, automatic organization and display, and a mobile terminal.

Background technique

With the rapid development of mobile phone hardware devices, software and communication technologies, people's demand for mobile phone functions is increasing, and the functions supported by mobile phones are increasing. The number of menus is also increasing rapidly, which will increase users' mobile phones. The complexity of the operation greatly reduces the usability of the phone.

At present, some mobile phone menus are statically organized and cannot be automatically adjusted according to the needs of different users. In response to this problem, some mobile phones are changed to a user-adjustable dynamic menu mode, that is, users can combine menus according to their own hobbies at any time, but this menu display mode requires the user to participate in deliberately, which is a lot of users who are not familiar with new mobile phones. It is difficult to make a better choice.

For the problem of adaptive organization of menus, there is currently no effective way to personalize and automate the organization of menus.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a method for realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display, and a mobile terminal, which can automatically adjust the menu display structure according to the user's usage habits, and meet the personalized use requirements of the user.

To achieve the above object, the embodiment of the present invention uses the following solutions:

A method for realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display, applied to a mobile terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

Grouping menu items and defining a set of priorities for the positions occupied by each set of menu items in the display screen of the mobile terminal;

Recording the number of clicks of each menu item during the process of using the mobile terminal by the user; According to the grouping information of the menu item and the number of clicks of each menu item, the menu tree is generated from the bottom up according to the menu organization algorithm;

Each menu item is displayed to the corresponding priority position of the screen according to the generated menu tree.

Optionally, the method further includes:

When the menu update time is reached, the menu items on the display screen are automatically updated.

Optionally, the menu update time is determined as follows:

It is determined by a preset menu update algorithm or determined by a preset method.

Optionally, the step of determining the menu update time by using the preset menu update algorithm includes: determining whether the total number of clicks of all menu items exceeds a preset update threshold, and if yes, entering an updateable state, and simultaneously starting the mobile terminal status query Thread

After the mobile terminal query thread is started, the mobile terminal status is periodically queried. If the query result in the preset time period is all in the standby state, the menu update is immediately performed, and the total number of clicks is set to 0.

Optionally, the step of generating a menu tree from the bottom up according to the menu organization algorithm comprises: grouping each menu item according to a relationship, and determining a total number of clicks of all the groups;

Each group is treated as a temporary menu item, and the unrelated menu items are grouped together, and the temporary menu tree is constructed according to the number of clicks of the temporary menu item and the unrelated menu item;

Traverse the temporary menu tree. For each temporary menu item, build a submenu tree for its submenu items according to the number of times of use. After traversing all the temporary menu items, the final menu tree is generated.

Optionally, the step of displaying each menu item to a corresponding priority position of the screen according to the generated menu tree comprises:

The menu items with the same parent node are displayed to the corresponding priority menu position according to the number of clicks; the display order is to display each group menu item from the main menu to the bottom, and the menu items with many clicks are placed at the high priority position. .

A mobile terminal for realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display, including a display screen, further comprising a group definition module, a usage statistics module, a menu tree generation module, and a display control module, Medium:

The grouping definition module is configured to: group menu items and define a set of priorities for positions occupied by each set of menu items in the display screen;

The usage statistics module is configured to: record the number of clicks of each menu item during the process of using the mobile terminal by the user;

The menu tree generating module is configured to: generate a menu tree from bottom to bottom according to the menu organization algorithm according to the menu grouping information and the click times of each menu item;

The display control module is configured to: output each menu item to a corresponding priority position display of the screen according to the generated menu tree.

Optionally, the mobile terminal further includes an automatic update activation module, where the automatic update activation module is configured to determine a menu update time by using a preset menu update algorithm or by using a preset manner, and notify the menu when the menu update time is reached. The tree generation module and the display control module perform an update display.

The above technical solution groups each menu item, and the menu is restricted by grouping, which can effectively prevent the inconvenience caused by the disorder of the menu item; meanwhile, the "number of uses" of each menu item is used in the update algorithm. And the position of the menu item is prioritized, so that the menu item of the menu can be placed in a more convenient position according to the user's usage habit; in addition, the embodiment of the present invention simultaneously provides an algorithm for determining the menu update time. It is possible to achieve automatic updating of the mobile phone menu without direct user participation.

BRIEF abstract

The drawings are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be illustrative of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a flow chart of a method for personalizing, automating, organizing, and displaying a menu of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic diagram of a main menu item of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention; 3 is a schematic diagram of a submenu item of an "information" menu item in the embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a menu interface in the form of a nine-square grid in the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the number indicates the priority of the menu item position;

5 is a schematic diagram of a menu interface in the form of a list in an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a menu tree structure of a mobile terminal in an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments, in which It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the method for personalized, automated organization and display of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

101. Determine a menu grouping, the group can be freely set by the user or determined by the mobile terminal manufacturer; and define a set of priorities for the positions occupied by each group of menu items.

102. During the process of using the mobile terminal by the user, record the number of times the user clicks each function menu item.

103. Determine a menu update time by using a menu update algorithm. After the total usage times reach the update threshold, the update status is entered, and the mobile terminal status query thread is started, and the thread determines the specific time of the menu update according to the update algorithm.

A variety of menu update algorithms are available in the related art. These menu update algorithms can be applied to the embodiments of the present invention, and are not described herein again.

104. When the menu is updated, the "grouping relationship" of the menu and the "click times" of each menu item will be loaded first, and the menu tree is organized from the bottom up according to the menu organization algorithm.

105. Display each menu item from the top to the corresponding priority position according to the generated menu tree. In this embodiment, the specific implementation manners of the menu customization, automatic organization and display method of the mobile terminal are mainly divided into the following four steps:

1. Group menu items by relationship Groups can be nested, that is, not only can each function menu item be grouped, but each group can be grouped again. Grouping menu items is mainly used to limit the menu items that are related to each other in a group. It is guaranteed that each menu item can only be swapped in its own group, and cannot jump out of its own group to ensure that the menu update process is It can be done in an orderly manner without disturbing the user's logical thinking. At the same time, it can also rely on the grouping as a buffer to prevent the menu item from changing too much and causing the user to adapt. The grouping of menus can be done by the user or by the mobile terminal manufacturer, but the user cannot modify it after being determined by the mobile terminal manufacturer.

For example: In Figure 2, a mobile terminal has 9 main menu items: information, call history, favorites, settings, transaction manager, network, SIM card application, address book, audio and video, these 9 menu items, Each contains multiple submenu items, for example, "information", which mainly includes submenu items: New Information, Inbox, Email, Draft, Outbox, Sent, Saved, Sent Situation report, instant message, delete message, message settings, as shown in Figure 3. At this time, the "information" menu item can be considered as a group, the group members are "new information", "email mailbox", etc., among which the group member "email mailbox", "send status report", "delete information" and "information" Set the "again" information in the group that is nested within the group.

What needs special explanation is:

(1) The mobile terminal comes with a menu grouping, and the group organized by the user does not overwrite the default packet.

(2) It is not necessary to group the menu items each time. If the user does not group the menu items before this update, the last group is updated, and the original group is provided by the mobile terminal manufacturer.

2, the location of the menu items

Define a set of priorities for each set of menu items. For example, the mobile terminal contains 18 location groups. The 18 location groups define 18 groups of priorities (each group has a priority of 1). . The position of the menu item is sorted by priority according to the number of clicks from the start position to the target menu item and the user's usage habits.

The menu is displayed in a nine-square grid, as shown in Figure 4; there is a list of ways, as shown in Figure 5. However, the classification recommendations for priority are not limited to the following two ways: Priority classification of the position of the nine-square grid menu item: In the Jiugong format menu, the default menu item position (can be reached after 0 steps), the priority number is 1; the position can be reached after one button press, the priority number is 2 ; The menu item that can be reached after two key presses has a priority number of 3 (the lower the priority number, the higher the priority, that is, the priority number is the highest priority).

Priority classification of the menu menu position: Since the default position displayed by the tabular menu is the first menu item, the menu item can be reached without moving, so the priority of the first menu item position is 1 Down, each time you go one step further, the priority number is increased by 1 and the priority is decreased by 1.

3, the statistics of the number of use of menu items

In the statistics menu item, only the number of times the leaf menu item is used is counted, and the user uses the leaf menu item to increase the number of uses by one. If the menu item of the mobile terminal is regarded as a tree, only the leaf node of the tree is counted, and the number of times of use of the upper node is obtained by adding the number of times of use of the lower layer. As shown in Figure 6. For example, in Figure 6, when num(ai) is used for the menu item ai, there are:

Num(cl) = num(dl) + num(d2) + num(d3) + num(d4) + num(d5);

Num(bi) = num(cl) +- . + num(cn);

You can find the number of uses of all menu items by adding them one by one.

4, mobile terminal menu update

4.1. Update algorithm of mobile terminal menu

In the menu personalization, automatic organization and display method proposed by the embodiment of the present invention, the specific time of the menu update is determined by the following algorithm:

1) Is the total number of clicks T exceeding the update threshold? If yes, the value update status is true, and the mobile terminal status query thread is started at the same time.

2) After the mobile terminal query thread is started, the mobile terminal status is queried once every T seconds (T can be set, the default is 60 seconds). If the mobile terminal status is not in the standby state when the i-th (i<N) query is performed, The query counter restarts counting; if the query is in the standby state N times (N can be set, the default is 3 times), the menu update is immediately performed, and the total number of clicks is set to 0.

4.2 menu tree generation process The principle of personalized organization of mobile terminal menus is: The position of each menu item is variable, but the change of position needs to be restricted by grouping. During the menu update process, the menu tree is first generated and stored in the storage area of the mobile terminal, and then the mobile terminal menu is generated according to the new menu tree. When the new menu is displayed, the new menu tree is overwritten with the old menu tree (provided by the mobile terminal manufacturer) The default menu tree will not be overwritten). It is most important to generate the menu tree in these three phases. This phase will be divided into the following two steps:

1) Reverse traversal and build the menu tree; In the first step, group the function menu items according to the relationship to find the total number of clicks of all the groups; The second step, treat each group as a temporary menu item, it does not matter. The menu items are grouped together, and the temporary menu tree is built according to the number of times the temporary menu item and the unrelated menu item are used; the third step is to traverse the temporary menu tree, and for each temporary menu item, according to the number of times of use, its submenu items ( The menu item with the temporary node as the parent node and having a relationship with each other) builds a submenu tree, and traverses all the temporary menu items to generate a final menu tree.

2) Display the menu tree; this process mainly displays the menu items in the menu tree to the corresponding menu positions. The menu items with the same parent node are displayed to the corresponding priority menu position according to the number of times of use; the display order is to display each group of menu items from the main menu to the bottom, and the menu items with high usage times are placed in the high priority position. Make sure that the menu items that are used more frequently do not jump out of the group you are in during menu display. Taking the cl menu node of FIG. 6 as an example, if its submenu item d3 is used many times, then d3 will be in the high priority position of the d group; if the number of times of d3 is increased enough to affect the position of cl, At this time, cl will also be in the high priority position of group c; but d3 will never jump out of the group d to group c.

The menu personalized display method proposed by the embodiment of the present invention does not require direct participation of the user, and can adjust the menu of the mobile terminal to a state suitable for the user without affecting the user's use.

All of the above mobile terminals can be mobile phones.

The above description shows and describes a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but as described above, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the forms disclosed herein, and should not be construed as Other combinations, modifications, and environments are possible and can be modified by the teachings or related art or knowledge within the scope of the inventive concept described herein. Changes and modifications made by those skilled in the art should be protected by the appended claims. Within the scope.

Industrial applicability

The above technical solution groups each menu item, and the menu is restricted by grouping, which can effectively prevent the inconvenience caused by the disorder of the menu item; at the same time, the update algorithm uses the "number of uses" of each menu item, and The position of the menu item is prioritized, so that the commonly used menu items can be placed in a more convenient position according to the user's usage habits; in addition, the automatic updating of the mobile phone menu can be realized without the direct participation of the user.

Claims

claims

1. A method for realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display, applied to mobile terminals, the method includes the steps:

Group menu items and define a set of priorities for the position occupied by each group of menu items on the display screen of the mobile terminal;

While the user is using the mobile terminal, record the number of clicks on each menu item;

Based on the menu item grouping information and the number of clicks on each menu item, a menu tree is generated from bottom to top according to the menu organization algorithm;

Display each menu item to the corresponding priority position on the screen according to the generated menu tree.

2. The method for realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display as claimed in claim 1, the method further includes:

3. The method for realizing personalized, automated organization and display of mobile terminal menus as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the menu update time is determined as follows:

Determined through a preset menu update algorithm or using a preset method.

4. The method for realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display according to claim 3, wherein the step of determining the menu update time through a preset menu update algorithm includes: determining whether the total number of clicks on all menu items exceeds a preset Update threshold, if yes, enter the updateable state, and start the mobile terminal status query thread at the same time;

After the mobile terminal query thread is started, the mobile terminal status is periodically queried. If the query results within the preset time period are all in the standby state, the menu is updated immediately, and the total number of clicks is set to 0.

5. The method for realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of generating a menu tree from the bottom up according to the menu organization algorithm includes:

Group each menu item according to the relationship and find the total number of clicks for all groups;

Treat each group as a temporary menu item, with unrelated menu items forming a group of its own, and build a temporary menu tree based on the number of clicks on the temporary menu item and the unrelated menu items; Traverse the temporary menu tree, and for each temporary menu item, build a submenu tree for its submenu items according to the number of uses. After traversing all temporary menu items, the final menu tree is generated.

6. The method for realizing personalization, automatic organization and display of mobile terminal menus as claimed in claim 1 or 5, wherein the step of displaying each menu item to the corresponding priority position on the screen according to the generated menu tree includes:

Menu items with the same parent node are displayed in the menu position corresponding to the priority according to the number of clicks; the display order is from the main menu downwards to display each group of menu items, and the menu items with the most clicks are placed in the high-priority position. .

7. A mobile terminal that realizes menu personalization, automatic organization and display, including a display screen, a group definition module, a usage statistics module, a menu tree generation module and a display control module, wherein:

The grouping definition module is configured to: group menu items and define a set of priorities for the positions occupied by each group of menu items on the display screen;

The usage statistics module is configured to: record the number of clicks on each menu item while the user is using the mobile terminal;

The menu tree generation module is configured to: generate a menu tree from the bottom up according to the menu organization algorithm according to the menu grouping information and the number of clicks of each menu item;

The display control module is configured to: output each menu item to a corresponding priority position display on the screen according to the generated menu tree.

8. The mobile terminal realizing menu personalization, automatic organization and display as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal further includes an automatic update startup module, and the automatic update startup module is configured to update the menu through a preset menu update algorithm or The menu update time is determined in a preset manner, and when the menu update time is reached, the menu tree generation module and the display control module are notified to update the display.