WO2015032100A1

WO2015032100A1 - Terminal and timeline-based method for multi-application management

Info

Publication number: WO2015032100A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/083156
Authority: WO
Inventors: 周长占
Original assignee: 东莞宇龙通信科技有限公司; 宇龙计算机通信科技(深圳)有限公司
Priority date: 2013-09-09
Filing date: 2013-09-09
Publication date: 2015-03-12
Also published as: CN104904247A; CN104904247B

Abstract

Provided in the present invention is a terminal that comprises: a display unit that displays, on a multi-application management interface, data of multiple applications according to a time sequence. Also provided in the present invention is a timeline-based method for multi-application management. The technical solution of the present invention allows a user to observe and operate simultaneously multiple applications, and allows a timeline to serve as the core for management of applications, thus facilitating user operation.

Description

Description Terminal and time-based multi-application management method

The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a terminal and a time-based multi-application management method. Background technique

Currently, multiple application icons in a mobile terminal are tiled by default on the screen, and the user can change the location by dragging the application application icon, or use a custom folder for each application (such as a smartphone). In the APP) for grouping or classification management.

In general, the use and viewing of each application are relatively independent. There is no management solution for each application system. View or operate different or similar types (such as SMS, email, third-party WeChat, Weibo, QQ, etc.) The application information needs to be accessed separately for different applications. Although the multi-tasking switching mode can switch between applications, the screen can only display one application at a time, and the user can only view one application at a time or Operation, for example, when writing emails on the mail interface, to view the WeChat message, you need to log out of the email application and start WeChat, or switch from the email application interface to the WeChat application interface, which is cumbersome.

It can be seen that the prior art has the following problems:

1. With the increase in the number of applications in mobile terminals, when operating or managing applications, there are many operational steps required, inefficient, and lack of an effective application classification management and viewing method to reduce operating costs.

2. When users use each application, they need to frequently switch between applications. The time and operation experience of the user's original fragmentation continue to be cut into pieces, which cannot create a unified and immersive operation experience.

3. The current screen can only display one application at a time, and the user can only view or operate one application at a time.

4. Lack of a system-level, continuous record and management model. Summary of the invention

In order to solve at least one of the above problems, a new multi-application management solution is proposed, which enables a user to view and operate multiple applications at the same time, and can manage the application with the time axis as the core.

In view of this, the present invention provides a terminal, including: a display unit, in which a plurality of application data are displayed in chronological order in a multi-application management interface.

In this technical solution, by displaying data of multiple applications in chronological order, data of multiple applications is simultaneously displayed on one interface in chronological order, so that users can view data of multiple applications simultaneously and quickly. And processing, and easy to manage multiple applications.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the plurality of applications belong to an application in the same group.

In this technical solution, by grouping a plurality of applications, it is possible to centrally manage a plurality of applications in the same group. Specifically, applications with similar functions can be grouped into the same group. For example, notification messages, emails, and QQ have similar functions. Then these applications can be set as a group, and the group can be named as "message". The "message" grouping operation can complete the centralized management of multiple applications, making the user's operation more convenient. When displaying, the data belonging to the same group of applications can be uniformly displayed and displayed on an interface at the same time. In this way, in the case where more applications, such as dozens of applications, should be applied, the confusion caused by the distribution of various data can be avoided, and the user can group the applications according to the customization, and can be treated differently while being centrally managed. .

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display unit includes a display controller, configured to uniformly display data of the plurality of applications in a time axis manner, and display at least each application in the time axis direction A piece of data, the data including the latest data.

When multiple data are displayed simultaneously on the same interface, they can be arranged in chronological order, such as horizontal multi-row row ij, or vertical multi-column arrangement. The most typical arrangement is timeline, and each data is around the time axis. Display, intuitive and beautiful, at least one piece of data can be new data for a period of time or data of interest to the user, and in order to make the interface display more concise, only one piece of data can be displayed for each application, and other data is hidden. By displaying the latest data, users can visually understand the real-time progress information of the application.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display controller expands and displays all data of the application in chronological order when data of an application on the time axis is selected.

In this technical solution, when data of an application is selected, all data of the application can be expanded, which can be conveniently viewed by the user. For example, in the QQ application, contact A sends multiple messages to the user, then Display the latest message record on the timeline, and display the number of unlisted messages in the bubble box next to the message record. When the user clicks the latest message record, it can expand and display all the chat records. The timeline is stretched. When the user needs to reply to the message, he can reply by clicking the message record to pop up the virtual keyboard.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display unit is further configured to display an application group identifier and an application identifier that is not grouped in the multi-application management interface.

In the technical solution, in addition to displaying corresponding data, the multi-application management interface may also display an application group identifier and an application identifier that is not grouped, so that the user can conveniently manage the multi-application while viewing the data. Switching between multiple groups and a single application on the interface improves the user experience.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display unit is further configured to: when receiving a signal triggering the application group identifier, or when detecting a non-contact signal that switches display to an application group view, in the multiple application In the management interface, the data of the plurality of applications under the application group is uniformly displayed in time sequence, and when the signal for triggering the unidentified application identifier is received, or when the switch is displayed to the single application view When the signal is touched, in the multi-application management interface, data of a single application is displayed in chronological order.

In the technical solution, when the user switches between multiple application groups and/or applications, the user can perform contact operations such as sliding, tapping, or screenping, or through non-operation such as voice, gesture, and eyeball recognition. The contact method is used to switch between the application group and the application, which facilitates the user's operation and makes the switching between application groups and/or applications more flexible.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display controller is further configured to add the data to a corresponding time period of the time axis according to time information included in the input data, or according to the A time period selected on the time axis, the input data is associated to the selected time period.

In this technical solution, the user can customize the timeline application management plan in a variety of ways to facilitate the user's management of the timeline. Specifically, for example, if the user sets to play music at 7:00 in the morning, the application of playing music can be increased to the time axis 7:00 by detecting the time information 7:00; on the other hand, it can also be directly The time axis of 7:00 this time point increases the application of playing music.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a matching unit, matching preset information associated with the specified application with the received input information, and continuing to determine the identifier when the input information matches the preset information Whether the input time of the input information matches the execution time in the preset information; and the execution unit executes the specified application when the input time matches the execution time. In the technical solution, by judging whether the input time of the input information matches the execution time of the preset information, it can be ensured that the application is executed within a specified time period. For example, it can be set between 7:30 and 8:00 am (this time period is the execution time). When the voice "weather" is recognized (the recognized voice "weather" is the input information), the playback is performed. The application of the weather forecast, and in other time periods, even if the voice "weather" is recognized, the application for playing the weather notice is not executed. Improves the accuracy of application execution time and optimizes system performance.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a grouping unit, when newly creating an application group, selecting a plurality of applications from the managed applications, and the selected plurality of applications are grouped into one group.

In this technical solution, when creating a new application grouping, you can pop up the application list by clicking "New", select an application from the application list, and group the selected applications into a new group; or when clicking New, it can be displayed. An area (such as a circular area) in which a user drags an selected application into the area, and the applications in that area belong to a group. Of course, users can personalize the timeline of the specified group, such as encryption, hiding, etc., to improve data security.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display unit is further configured to display, on the multi-application management interface, an identifier of the set remote control group, where the remote control group includes an application that controls an operation state of the external device; When the group view is controlled, the controller of the terminal remotely controls the running state of the external device according to the touch operation of the detected user.

In this technical solution, a remote control group can be established to control the operating state of the external device through the time axis in the remote control group. Specifically, you can set up a remote control group on the mobile phone, set the 20:00 point on the time axis of the remote control group to turn on the TV, and the wireless connection between the mobile phone and the TV. The time detected by the mobile phone is

At 20:00, the signal is sent to the TV via remote control, and the TV receives the signal from the mobile phone and starts working automatically.

The invention also proposes a time axis based multi-application management method, comprising: displaying data of a plurality of applications in chronological order in a multi-application management interface.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the plurality of applications belong to an application in the same group. In this technical solution, by grouping a plurality of applications, it is possible to centrally manage a plurality of applications in the same group. Specifically, applications with similar functions can be grouped into the same group. For example, notification messages, emails, and QQ have similar functions. Then these applications can be set as a group, and the group can be named as "message". The "message" grouping operation can complete the centralized management of multiple applications, making the user's operation more convenient. When displaying, the data belonging to the same group of applications can be uniformly displayed and displayed on an interface at the same time. In this way, in the case where more applications, such as dozens of applications, should be applied, the confusion caused by the distribution of various data can be avoided, and the user can group the applications according to the customization, and can be treated differently while being centrally managed. .

In the above technical solution, preferably, the data of the plurality of applications is uniformly displayed in a time axis manner, and at least one piece of data of each application is displayed in the time axis direction, and the data includes latest data.

When multiple data are displayed simultaneously on the same interface, they can be arranged in chronological order, such as horizontal multi-row row ij, or vertical multi-column arrangement. The most typical arrangement is timeline, and each data is around the time axis. The display is intuitive and beautiful, and in order to make the interface display more concise, only one piece of data can be displayed for each application, and other data is hidden. When only one piece of data is displayed, the data can be the latest data. By displaying the latest application data, the user can intuitively understand the real-time progress information of the application.

In the above technical solution, preferably, when data of an application on the time axis is selected, all data of the application is displayed in chronological order.

In this technical solution, when data of an application is selected, all data of the application can be expanded, which can be conveniently viewed by the user. For example, in the QQ application, when contact A sends a message to the user, the latest message record can be displayed on the timeline, and a number of unspoken messages are displayed next to the message record. When the user clicks on the latest message record, all the chat records can be expanded and displayed, and the timeline is stretched. When the user needs to reply to the message, he can reply by clicking the message record to pop up the virtual keyboard.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the application group identifier and the application identifier that is not grouped are displayed on the multi-application management interface.

In the technical solution, in addition to displaying corresponding data, the multi-application management interface may also display an application group identifier and an application identifier that is not grouped, so that the user can conveniently manage the multi-application while viewing the data. Switching between multiple groups and a single application on the interface improves the user experience. In the above technical solution, preferably, when the signal triggering the application group identifier is received, or when the non-contact signal for switching to the application group view is detected, the application group is grouped in the multi-application management interface. The data of the plurality of applications under the unified display is performed in time series; when receiving the signal triggering the unidentified application identifier, or when detecting the non-contact signal that is displayed to switch to the single application view, In the application management interface, the data of a single application is displayed in chronological order.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the data is added to a corresponding time period of the time axis according to time information included in the input data, or according to a time period selected on the time axis, The entered data is associated to the selected time period.

In the above technical solution, preferably, when the input information matching the preset information associated with the specified application is acquired, determining whether the input time of the input information matches the execution time in the preset information; The specified application is executed when the input time matches the execution time.

In this technical solution, by judging whether the input time of the input information matches the execution time of the preset information, it is ensured that the application is executed within a specified period of time. For example, it can be set between 7:30 am and 8:00 am (the time period is the execution time), and when the voice "weather" is recognized (the recognized voice "weather" is the input information), the playback is performed. The application of the weather forecast, and in other time periods, even if the voice "weather" is recognized, the application for playing the weather notice is not executed. Improves the accuracy of application execution time and optimizes system performance.

In the above technical solution, preferably, when a new application group is newly created, a plurality of applications are selected from the managed applications, and the selected plurality of applications are grouped into one group.

In the technical solution, when creating a new application grouping, you can click "New" to pop up the application list, select an application from the application list, and group the selected applications into a new group; or when clicking New, An area (such as a circular area) is displayed, and the user drags the selected application into the area, and the applications in the area belong to a group. Of course, the user can personalize the timeline of the specified group, such as encryption, hiding, etc., to improve the security of the data.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the identifier of the set remote control group is displayed on the multi-application management interface, the remote control group includes an application for controlling an operation state of the external device; when the remote control group view is displayed, according to the detection The touch operation of the user to remotely control the running state of the external device.

In this technical solution, a remote control group can be established to control the operating state of the external device through the time axis in the remote control group. Specifically, you can set up a remote control group on the mobile phone, set the 20:00 point on the time axis of the remote control group to turn on the TV, and the mobile phone and the TV are connected wirelessly. When the mobile phone detects the time is 20:00. , through the remote control to send a signal to the TV, the TV receives the signal sent by the mobile phone, and automatically starts working.

Through the above technical solutions, the user can view and operate multiple applications at the same time, and can manage the application with the time axis as the core, which is convenient for the user's operation.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a program product stored on a non-transitory machine readable medium for display control, the program product comprising machine executable instructions for causing a computer system to perform the following steps : Display data of multiple applications in chronological order in the multi-application management interface.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a non-volatile machine readable medium storing a program product for display control, the program product comprising machine executable instructions for causing a computer system to perform the following steps: The application management interface displays data of multiple applications in chronological order.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a machine readable program, the program causing a machine to execute the time axis based multi-application management method according to any one of the above-described technical solutions.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is further provided a storage medium storing a machine readable program, wherein the machine readable program causes a machine to execute a time axis based multi-application as described in any one of the technical solutions described above Management method.

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FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

2 shows a flow chart of a time axis based multi-application management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 3 shows a specific flow chart of a time axis based multi-application management method according to an embodiment of the present invention; 4A to 4C are diagrams showing an interface of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments thereof. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to facilitate a full understanding of the invention, but the invention may be practiced otherwise than as described herein. Limitations of specific embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display unit 102 that displays data of a plurality of applications in chronological order in a multi-application management interface.

By displaying the data of multiple applications in chronological order, the data of multiple applications is simultaneously displayed on one interface in chronological order, so that the user can view and process the data of multiple applications simultaneously and quickly, and conveniently Manage multiple applications.

The data of the application includes data received by the terminal, such as data from other terminals or data input by the user, and data generated by the application itself, such as prompt data, warning data, and the like.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display unit 102 includes a display controller 1022, configured to uniformly display data of the plurality of applications in a time axis manner, and display each application in the time axis direction. At least one piece of data.

When multiple data are displayed simultaneously on the same interface, they can be arranged in chronological order, such as horizontal multi-row row ij, or vertical multi-column arrangement. The most typical arrangement is time axis, and each data surrounds the time axis. The line display is intuitive and beautiful, and in order to make the interface display more concise, only one piece of data can be displayed for each application, and other data is hidden. When only one piece of data is displayed, the data can be the latest data. By displaying the latest data, the user can intuitively understand the real-time progress information of the application.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display controller 1022 expands and displays all the data of the application in chronological order when the data of an application on the time axis is selected.

In the foregoing technical solution, the display unit 102 is further configured to display an application group identifier and an application identifier that is not grouped in the multi-application management interface.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display unit 102 is further configured to: when receiving a signal triggering the application group identifier, or when detecting a non-contact signal that is switched to display an application group view, In the application management interface, the data of the plurality of applications under the application group are uniformly displayed in time sequence, and when the signal for triggering the unidentified application identifier is received, or when the switch display is detected to the single application view In the case of a non-contact signal, data of a single application is displayed in chronological order in the multi-application management interface.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display controller 1022 is further configured to add the data to a corresponding time period of the time axis according to time information included in the input data, or according to The selected time period on the time axis associates the input data to the selected time period.

In this technical solution, the user can customize the timeline application management plan in various ways to facilitate use. The management of the timeline by the user. Specifically, for example, if the user sets to play music at 7:00 in the morning, the application of playing music can be increased to the time axis 7:00 by detecting the time information 7:00; on the other hand, it can also be directly The time axis of 7:00 this time point increases the application of playing music.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a matching unit 104, matching preset information associated with the specified application with the received input information, and continuing to determine the location when the input information matches the preset information Whether the input time of the input information matches the execution time in the preset information; and the execution unit 106 executes the specified application when the input time matches the execution time.

In this technical solution, by judging whether the input time of the input information matches the execution time of the preset information, it is ensured that the application is executed within a specified period of time. For example, it can be set between 7:30 and 8:00 am (this time period is the execution time). When the voice "weather" is recognized (the recognized voice "weather" is the input information), the playback is performed. The application of the weather forecast, and in other time periods, even if the voice "weather" is recognized, the application for playing the weather notice is not executed. Improves the accuracy of application execution time and optimizes system performance.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the method further includes: a grouping unit 108, when newly creating an application group, selecting a plurality of applications from the managed applications, and the selected plurality of applications are grouped into one group.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the display unit 102 is further configured to display, on the multi-application management interface, an identifier of the set remote control group, where the remote control group includes an application that controls an operation state of the external device; When the group view is remotely controlled, the controller of the terminal remotely controls the running state of the external device according to the touch operation of the detected user.

In this technical solution, a remote control group can be established to control the operating state of the external device through the time axis in the remote control group. Specifically, you can set up a remote control group on the mobile phone, set the 20:00 point on the time axis of the remote control group to turn on the TV, and the mobile phone and the TV are connected wirelessly. When the mobile phone detects the time is 20:00. , through the remote control to send a signal to the TV, the TV receives the signal sent by the mobile phone, and automatically starts working. 2 shows a flow chart of a timeline based multi-application management method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, a time axis-based multi-application management method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: Step 202: Display data of a plurality of applications in chronological order in a multi-application management interface.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the data of the plurality of applications is uniformly displayed in a time axis manner, and at least one piece of data of each application is displayed in the time axis direction.

When multiple data are displayed simultaneously on the same interface, they can be arranged in chronological order, such as horizontal multi-row row ij, or vertical multi-column arrangement. The most typical arrangement is timeline, and each data is around the time axis. The display is intuitive and beautiful, and in order to make the interface display more concise, only one piece of data can be displayed for each application, and other data is hidden. When only one piece of data is displayed, the data can be the latest data. By displaying the latest data, the user can intuitively understand the real-time progress information of the application.

In the above technical solution, preferably, one piece of data of each application is latest data; when data of an application on the time axis is selected, all data of the application is displayed in chronological expansion.

In this technical solution, when data of an application is selected, all data of the application can be expanded, which can be conveniently viewed by the user. For example, in the QQ application, when contact A sends a message to the user, the latest message record can be displayed on the timeline, and a number of unspoken messages are displayed next to the message record. When the user clicks on the latest message record, all the chat records can be expanded and displayed, and the timeline is stretched. When the user needs to reply to the message, he can pop up the virtual key by clicking on the message record. The disk responds.

In the above technical solution, preferably, when the signal triggering the application group identifier is received, or when the non-contact signal for switching to the application group view is detected, the application group is grouped in the multi-application management interface. The data of the plurality of applications under the unified display is performed in time series; when receiving the signal triggering the unidentified application identifier, or when detecting the non-contact signal that is displayed to switch to the single application view, In the application management interface, the data of a single application is displayed in chronological order.

In the technical solution, by judging whether the input time of the input information matches the execution time of the preset information, it can be ensured that the application is executed within a specified time period. For example, it can be set between 7:30 and 8:00 am (this time period is the execution time). When the voice "weather" is recognized (the recognized voice "weather" is the input information), the playback is performed. Weather forecast application, and in other time periods, even if the voice is recognized "Gas" also does not perform applications that play weather forecasts. It improves the accuracy of application execution time and optimizes system performance.

FIG. 3 illustrates a detailed flow chart of a timeline based multi-application management method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, a timeline-based multi-application management method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: Step 302: Turn on a timeline-based application management mode to enter all applications.

Step 304: Enter the "All Application" view. The multi-application management method in the present invention can memorize the view viewed by the user when exiting last time. When entering the "All Apps" view, the view is viewed by default.

Step 306, selecting a group or an application, viewing information in the group or application, or selecting to create a new custom group. When creating a new application group, you can click on "New" to pop up the application list, select an application from the application list, and group the selected applications into a new group. You can also display an area (such as a circle when you click New). Area), the user drags the selected application into the area, and the applications in the area belong to a group. Of course, the user can personalize the timeline of the specified group, such as encryption, hiding, etc., to improve the security of the data. Step 308: Switch to the group or application view to view or edit an application or a group of data. When switching, it can be switched between the application group and the application through a contact operation such as sliding screen, touch, or screen, or through a non-contact manner such as voice, gesture, eyeball recognition, etc., which facilitates the user's operation. Make application grouping and/or switching between applications more flexible.

Step 310, enter a specific application to view or edit.

Step 312, after viewing or editing the specific application, you can switch back to other groups or applications. Step 3 14 On the timeline, define when an application or a group of applications is turned on, off, or when an operation is performed. For example, you can define to play music at 7:00 in the morning, and when the time is 7:00, start the music player to play.

The technical solution of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to Figs. 4A to 4C.

4A through 4C are diagrams showing an interface of a terminal in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4A, in the terminal 400, when the user enters the timeline application management mode, the group and application 402 displays the current application group and the single application information that is not grouped, and the user can use the "new group" to multiple Applications are divided into the same group. Specifically, you can click "New Group" to pop up the application list, select the application from the application list, and group the selected applications into a new group. You can also display an area (such as a circular area) when you click New, the user will When the selected application is dragged into the area, the applications in that area belong to a group. Of course, the user can personalize the timeline of the specified group, such as encryption, hiding, etc., to improve the security of the data. When the user needs to delete the group or the application, the group or application can be dragged to the "Recycle Bin" (not shown) icon on the interface to delete, or the deletion area can be set, when the group or application is dragged to the settings. When you are in a zone, delete the group and the app. When the user needs to install a new application, he can enter the application market, download the installation program from the application market and install it. After the installation is completed, the identification information of the application is displayed on the multi-application management interface as shown in FIG. 4A, The user installs the Storm Video player, and the "Storm Video" logo will be added to the grouping and application 402.

When a user switches between multiple application groups and/or applications, the user can perform grouping operations through contact operations such as sliding, tapping, and slamming, or through contactless methods such as voice, gesture, and eyeball recognition. Switching between applications facilitates user operations and makes application grouping and/or application switching more flexible.

In this embodiment, the user uses the Renren application, the QQ application, and the Sina^:Bo application as a group and is named "message". When the user selects the "message" group, the timeline 404 is displayed, since three applications (Sina ^: Bo 14, Renren 10, QQ 12) are included in the "message" group, therefore, on the timeline 404 A message reminder record for the three applications arranged in chronological order is displayed. Each application displays a piece of data to make the interface display clear and concise. As shown in Figure 406, QQ data (ie, message reminder), and data 406 is QQ's latest message reminder. When there are multiple messages recorded, A bubble box 408 that does not view the number of messages is displayed next to the data 406. When the user clicks on the message record, all the chat records can be displayed and replies. The user can synchronize the data information to the cloud to save the history and usage records of the group or application even after the application or group is deleted.

Users can customize the timeline application management plan in a variety of ways to facilitate user timeline management. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4B, if the user sees the friend M on the 14th birthday when viewing the schedule timeline 404, the time-critical task 410 can be set at "00:00" on the timeline. At the set time point, send a message to the friend M.

The terminal may also obtain the input information matching the preset information associated with the specified application, and determine whether the input time of the input information matches the execution time in the preset information. If the input time matches the execution time, Then execute the specified application. As shown in FIG. 4C, in the schedule timeline 404, the preset information 412 set by the user is between 7:30 and 8:00, and when the speech recognition is recognized as "news", the technology news is played, at 8:00- If the condition is that the earphone is inserted between 8:15, the new concept English is played. By setting the preset information 412 to match the input information, the accuracy of the application execution timing is improved, and the performance of the system is optimized.

As can be seen from FIG. 4A to FIG. 4C, the predetermined area on the display interface of the terminal displays the identifier of each application and the identifier of the group. When the user triggers an application identifier, the application is displayed in other areas of the display interface. Data, when the data relates to time information, the data can be sorted and displayed in chronological order. When the data does not involve time information, such as a player application, the main control interface of the player is displayed and played in the other area. Song information. When the user wants to switch to another application, for example, switching to the call record, the call record identifier on the predetermined area can be directly triggered, and after the trigger, the other area immediately displays the corresponding data of the call record. Therefore, on the same display interface, each application can be switched, viewed, edited, etc. quickly and conveniently. If the display interface area is limited, the application identifiers may be hidden and displayed, that is, the 402 in FIG. 4A is hidden, and when the application needs to be switched, the application identifiers are called out.

As shown in FIG. 4C, a remote control group 414 can be established, in which the application for controlling the running state of the external device is included in the remote control group; when the remote control group view (not shown) is displayed, according to the detected user Touch operation, remote control of the operating status of external devices, enhances the user experience.

Specifically, the home appliance control group can be established on the mobile phone, and the time zone on the home appliance control group is set at 20:00. Turn on the TV, and the wireless connection between the mobile phone and the TV. When the mobile phone detects the time is 20:00, the control signal is sent to the TV through the remote control. After the TV receives the control signal sent by the mobile phone, the TV will receive the control signal sent by the mobile phone. Start working automatically.

The technical solution according to the present invention is described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings. The method of the present invention can solve the problem that the current mobile terminal has many applications, management chaos, and separation of applications, and can effectively perform multiple applications on the current screen. View or operate, such as viewing and editing data information of multiple applications (including history, latest notifications, and future planning), truly realize multi-task operation of one screen; freely set the opening time of each application with the time axis as the core, The running time period, or a certain time period triggers the conditions for opening the application, and enables systematic remote control, providing intelligent and personalized system level GTD (Get Things Done) application management mode.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

Claim

A terminal, comprising:

The display unit displays the data of multiple applications in chronological order in the multi-application management interface.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of applications belong to an application in the same group.

The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display unit comprises a display controller, configured to uniformly display data of the plurality of applications in a time axis manner, in the direction of the time axis, Display at least one piece of data for each application;

The data includes the latest data.

4. The terminal according to claim 3, wherein the display controller expands and displays all application data of the application in chronological order when data of an application on the time axis is selected.

The terminal according to claim 2, wherein the display unit is further configured to display an application group identifier and an application identifier that is not grouped in the multi-application management interface.

The terminal according to claim 5, wherein the display unit is further configured to: when receiving a signal triggering the application group identifier, or when detecting a non-contact signal that is switched to display an application group view In the multi-application management interface, the data of the plurality of applications under the application group are uniformly displayed in time sequence, and when the signal for triggering the unidentified application identifier is received, or the switching display is detected In the multi-application management interface, the data of a single application is displayed in chronological order when the contactless signals are sent to a single application view.

The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display controller is further configured to add the application data to a corresponding time period of the time axis according to time information included in the input data. Or, the input data is associated to the selected time period according to the time period selected on the time axis.

The terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: a matching unit, matching preset information associated with the specified application with the received input information, and matching the input information with the preset information And continuing to determine whether the input time of the input information is the same as The execution time in the preset information matches;

And an execution unit that executes the specified application when the input time matches the execution time.

The terminal according to any one of claims 2 to 8, further comprising: a grouping unit, when newly creating an application group, selecting a plurality of applications from the managed applications, and selecting the plurality of applications to be Form a group.

The terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the display unit is further configured to display, on the multi-application management interface, an identifier of a set remote control group, where the remote control group includes An application that controls the operational status of an external device;

When the remote control group view is displayed, the controller of the terminal remotely controls the operating state of the external device according to the detected user's touch operation.

A time-based multi-application management method, comprising: displaying data of a plurality of applications in chronological order in a multi-application management interface.

12. The time axis based multi-application management method according to claim 11, wherein the plurality of applications belong to an application in the same group.

The time axis-based multi-application management method according to claim 11, wherein data of the plurality of applications is uniformly displayed in a time axis manner, and each application is displayed in the time axis direction. At least one piece of data;

The data includes the latest data.

14. The time axis based multi-application management method according to claim 13, wherein when data of an application on the time axis is selected, all data of the application is displayed in chronological expansion.

15. The timeline based multi-application management method according to claim 12, wherein an application group identifier and an application identifier that is not grouped are displayed on the multi-application management interface.

16. The time axis based multi-application management method according to claim 15, wherein when receiving a signal triggering the application group identifier, or when detecting a non-contact signal that switches display to an application group view In the multi-application management interface, data of multiple applications under the application group is uniformly displayed in chronological order; When receiving a signal triggering the un-applied application identification, or upon detecting a non-contact signal that switches display to a single application view, in the multi-application management interface, data of a single application is displayed in chronological order.

The time axis-based multi-application management method according to claim 11, wherein the data is added to a corresponding time period of the time axis according to time information included in the input data, or The input data is associated to the selected time period based on the time period selected on the time axis.

The time axis-based multi-application management method according to claim 11, wherein when the input information matching the preset information associated with the specified application is acquired, determining whether the input time of the input information is Matching the execution time in the preset information;

The specified application is executed when the input time matches the execution time.

The time axis-based multi-application management method according to any one of claims 12 to 18, wherein, when creating an application group, selecting a plurality of applications from the managed applications, and selecting a plurality of applications Be grouped into a group.

The time axis-based multi-application management method according to any one of claims 1 to 18, wherein the identifier of the set remote control group is displayed on the multi-application management interface, the remote control group Contains applications that control the operational status of external devices;

When the remote control group view is displayed, the running state of the external device is remotely controlled according to the detected touch operation of the user.