WO2015172507A1

WO2015172507A1 - Method, device and mobile terminal for starting applications

Info

Publication number: WO2015172507A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/088625
Authority: WO
Inventors: 房稳; 刘雪娟
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2014-05-12
Filing date: 2014-10-15
Publication date: 2015-11-19
Also published as: CN105094656A

Abstract

A method, device and mobile terminal for starting applications are provided, wherein the method comprises: establishing a shortcut of a sub-screen starting application on the screen for multiple applications to be displayed on the sub-screen; after the shortcut is established, starting multiple applications synchronously via the shortcut, so as to display multiple applications in different positions on the screen.

Description

Method, device and mobile terminal for application startup

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus, and a mobile terminal for starting an application.

Background technique

On a large-screen terminal, sometimes users need to do two things at the same time, such as chatting with a friend while watching a video, or performing video communication while browsing a webpage. The split screen function is an innovative application that appears on large screen smart terminals to address this need. This feature allows the user to display two different applications simultaneously on one screen, which can be divided into up and down, left and right, and so on. The display of the two applications can be adjusted before and after, and the size ratio on the interface can be adjusted, which is very convenient.

At present, there are two ways to start the split screen function that has been implemented. One is to start the second application in the process of running the first application, and the second application and the original first application occupy part of the screen display area. The split screen effect is formed; the other is that there is a split screen entry. When the user wants to use the split screen, the user can manually add two applications to the split screen portal, then start two applications and make the two applications after startup. Keep the split screen effect.

The difference between the split screen function and the window function is that the windows function overlaps in the different functions of the window function, and the split screen divides the screen display area into non-overlapping areas.

Regarding the window function, the related art discloses a method for displaying a plurality of windows on a mobile terminal. When the mobile terminal displays and runs the first application, detecting a multi-window trigger operation of the user, and opening a new one in the display area of the mobile terminal The window, and the new window has an overlapping area with the original window, and the second application is displayed and run in the new window.

Related art is also a method for watching a mobile TV while browsing a webpage. The method can start a mobile TV module through a browser during browsing, and display the mobile TV in a window mode that overlaps and is smaller than the browser.

As can be seen from the above description, most of the split screen or window applications in related technologies and products The startup methods are all in tandem. Even the latest split-screen function requires the user to manually select two applications each time before enabling the function, and then add them before they can be opened for use. .

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device and a mobile terminal for starting an application, which are used to solve the related art. The startup mode of the split screen function is complicated, and needs to be started one after the other, or each time the split screen function is started. It is necessary to repeatedly add the determined application, the operation process is cumbersome, and the user experience is low.

To solve the above technical problem, in one aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for starting an application, including: establishing, on a screen, a shortcut for launching an application for a split screen for a plurality of applications to be displayed on a screen; establishing the shortcut Thereafter, the plurality of applications are simultaneously launched by the shortcut to cause the plurality of applications to be displayed at different positions on the screen.

Optionally, before the shortcut of the split-screen launch application is established on the screen for the plurality of applications to be displayed on the screen, the method further includes: determining, according to the manual setting of the user or the usage of the application, the plurality of applications to be displayed by the split screen.

Optionally, when the number of applications to be displayed by the split screen is two, determining, according to the usage of the application, the two applications to be displayed on the split screen includes: counting the number of times that any two applications are displayed together in a predetermined time period. When the number of times reaches a preset number of times, a shortcut of the split screen launch application corresponding to the two applications is established on the screen.

Optionally, after the shortcut of the split-screen launch application corresponding to the two applications is established on the screen, the method further includes: detecting a touch operation of the shortcut startup entry, and performing the touch operation and the pre-stored two The touch operation types corresponding to the layout manners of the applications are matched; and the two applications are presented on the screen according to the layout presentation manner corresponding to the touch operation type matched with the touch operation.

Optionally, when the number of applications to be displayed by the split screen is two, determining two applications to be displayed by the split screen according to the usage of the application includes:

Count the number of times to reach the preset number by counting the number of times the user switches the application between different applications. The two applications are determined to be the two applications to be displayed on the split screen.

Optionally, the method further includes: receiving a startup password from the user in the case of starting a shortcut generated according to the usage situation; and in the case that the startup password matches the preset password, passing the shortcut Launch the app.

On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus for starting an application, comprising: an establishing module, configured to establish, on a screen, a shortcut for launching an application of a split screen for a plurality of applications to be displayed on the screen; and a startup module, After the shortcut is established, the plurality of applications are simultaneously started by the shortcut, so that the plurality of applications are displayed at different positions on the screen.

Optionally, the device further includes: a determining module configured to determine the plurality of applications to be displayed by the screen according to the manual setting of the user or the usage of the application.

Optionally, the determining module is further configured to: when the number of applications to be displayed on the screen is two, count the number of times that any two applications are displayed together in a predetermined time period; the establishing module is further configured In the case that the number of times reaches a preset number of times, a shortcut of the split screen launch application corresponding to the two applications is established on the screen.

Optionally, the device further includes: a detecting module configured to detect a touch operation of the shortcut activation entry, and the touch operation corresponding to the pre-stored layout manner of the two applications The type is matched; the presentation module is configured to present the two applications on the screen according to the layout presentation manner corresponding to the touch operation type matched with the touch operation.

Optionally, the determining module is further configured to: by counting, the number of times the user switches the application between different applications; the establishing module is further configured to: when the number of times reaches a preset number of times, establish the A shortcut for launching the application by the split screen corresponding to the two applications.

In a further aspect, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, comprising: the device activated by the application according to any one of the above items.

The embodiment of the invention further provides a computer program, comprising program instructions, when the program instruction is executed by the mobile terminal, enabling the mobile terminal to execute the above method.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer readable storage medium carrying the above computer program.

The embodiment of the present invention establishes a shortcut mode for the application to be split screen on the screen, and the user can enter the multiple applications that need to be split screen simultaneously and quickly through the shortcut mode, and can directly enter from the shortcut mode when used again. There is no need to establish a shortcut twice, which improves the performance of the system and improves the user experience. In the related technology, the startup mode of the split screen function is complicated, and it needs to be started one after the other, or every time the split screen function is started, It is necessary to repeatedly add the determined application, the operation process is cumbersome, and the user experience is low.

BRIEF abstract

1 is a flow chart of a method for starting an application in an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for starting an application in an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram showing a preferred structure of an apparatus for starting application in an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram showing still another preferred structure of an apparatus for starting application in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart corresponding to a method for starting an application in an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram of a software interface in an embodiment of the present invention;

7 is a schematic diagram of an application after startup according to an embodiment of the present invention;

8 is a schematic diagram of a setting method of an application startup portal in an embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a schematic diagram showing an icon display of an application startup portal in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of generating a split screen startup entry according to statistics of user operation habits according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of determining an application display position according to a touch operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

In order to solve the related art, the startup mode of the split screen function is complicated, and it needs to be started one after another, or each time the split screen function is started, the determined application is repeatedly added, the operation process is cumbersome, and the user experience is low. The present invention provides a method, an apparatus, and a mobile terminal for application initiation. The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. In the absence of conflict, The features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present invention may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for starting an application. The process is as shown in FIG. 1 and includes steps S102 to S104:

S102. Create a shortcut for splitting the application on the screen for the plurality of applications to be displayed on the screen.

In the implementation process, the number of applications may be two or three. Generally, in the case of split screen, the same screen will not exceed three, and those skilled in the art can set according to actual needs, such as dividing the current screen into Displaying three applications, you can apply different applications to different locations in advance according to your needs.

S104: After the shortcut is established, multiple applications are simultaneously launched by using a shortcut, so that multiple applications are displayed at different positions on the screen.

Before establishing a shortcut for the split-screen launch application for multiple applications to be displayed on the screen, multiple applications to be displayed on the screen may be determined according to various manners, for example, according to the manual setting of the user, or according to the application. The situation is determined.

When the number of applications to be displayed on the screen is two, determining two applications to be displayed according to the usage of the application includes: counting the number of times that any two applications are displayed together in a predetermined time period; In the case of a preset number of times, a shortcut for launching the application corresponding to the split screen of the two applications is established on the screen. In this embodiment, the number of applications is two, and the case for three or more applications can be obtained according to the situation of the above two applications.

After the shortcut of the split application of the two applications is established on the screen, the touch operation of the shortcut startup entry may be detected, and the touch operation corresponding to the pre-stored layout manner of the two applications is displayed. The type is matched; according to the layout presentation mode corresponding to the touch operation type matched with the touch operation, two applications are presented on the screen, wherein the touch operation It can be a long press shortcut, a quick click twice, and so on.

For shortcuts automatically generated by the system according to the usage of the application, the user can modify the icon of the shortcut according to the picture stored in the terminal, so that the application name and the application icon are not reflected in the shortcut icon.

In the case of starting a shortcut generated according to usage, the startup password is received from the user; when the startup password matches the preset password, the application is launched by a shortcut. In the case where the shortcut has been activated, the position of the application on the screen is changed by dragging and dropping.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides an apparatus for starting an application. The structure of the apparatus is as shown in FIG. 2, and includes: an establishing module 10, configured to establish a split screen launching application for multiple applications to be displayed on the screen. The shortcut module is coupled to the establishing module 10, and is configured to simultaneously launch multiple applications through shortcuts after the shortcut is established, so that multiple applications are displayed at different positions on the screen.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a preferred structure of the above device. The device further includes: a determining module 30 coupled to the establishing module 10, configured to determine a plurality of applications to be displayed by the screen according to the manual setting of the user or the usage of the application. .

In the implementation process, the determining module 30 is further configured to count the number of times that any two applications are displayed together in a predetermined time period when the number of applications to be displayed on the screen is two; the establishing module 10 is further configured to When the number of times reaches the preset number of times, a shortcut for the split screen launch application corresponding to the two applications is established on the screen.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing still another preferred structure of the above device. On the basis of FIG. 3, the device may further include: a detecting module 40 coupled to the establishing module 10 and configured to detect a touch operation of the shortcut starting port. The touch operation is matched with the touch operation type corresponding to the pre-stored layout of the two applications; the presentation module 50 is coupled with the detection module 40 and the activation module 20, and is configured to match the touch operation. The layout of the operation type corresponds to the presentation of the two applications on the screen. In this embodiment, the presentation module 50 triggers the startup module 20 to start a shortcut. After the triggering, the presentation is performed according to the result corresponding to the pre-operation. In the process, there is interaction between the presentation module 50 and the startup module 20.

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a mobile terminal, where the mobile terminal includes any of the foregoing With the activated device, the mobile terminal has the corresponding function of the device activated by the above application. Moreover, those skilled in the art can know how to present the method in the form of a separate software or application on the mobile terminal according to the content disclosed by the embodiment of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for starting an application. By using the method, the user can simultaneously start two related applications that are frequently used by the user or need to be used together by the user, so as to facilitate the user operation and improve. The effect of the terminal experience.

The technical solution adopted by the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

Set a new application portal on the mobile phone interface, and only need to touch the application portal to start more than one other application at the same time. After more than one other application is started, the screen is displayed differently in a split screen manner. position. The touch operation may include clicking, long pressing, double clicking, and the like. The identifiable features of the touch operation, such as long press time, number of clicks, etc., may affect the activation state of more than one other application, such as determining the display arrangement position of multiple applications in the split screen state.

The more than one other applications that are activated may be set by the user, or may be automatically generated by statistics on user usage habits, and other policies; the statistics on user usage habits include but are not limited to application usage. The number of times, the number of simultaneous starts in the split screen application, the time characteristics of the user using the application, etc.; the other policies include, but are not limited to, security policies, such as according to the currently used user, according to the password input by the user.

When the user sets or automatically counts and generates a plurality of applications that can be started in a split screen mode, the user can switch the selection application by performing a sliding operation on the application portal; when the statistics of the user usage habits are used, the frequency of the user using the split screen combination is obtained. Or other features, automatically aligning the positions of different applications in the sliding switch according to the statistical features.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart corresponding to a method for starting an application according to an embodiment of the present invention, including steps S502 to S506.

Step S502: Generate a shortcut for launching the application by using the screen according to the manual setting or usage statistics of the user.

Step S504: Accept the operation of the user applying the shortcut to the split screen.

Step S506: Simultaneously launch multiple applications corresponding to the shortcut in a split screen manner.

6 is a schematic diagram of a software interface after designing software according to the above startup method, as shown in the figure, A multi-application launch entry icon 2011 has been generated on the standby interface 201. As shown in FIG. 7 , when the user touches the icon, the video and chat application corresponding to the icon 2011 can be simultaneously activated, and the two applications are split after being activated. The way is displayed on the phone interface.

The application launching portal of the embodiment of the present invention may have an icon (including an application name display) that is fixed or may be flexibly switched according to an operation of the user. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a setting method of an application startup portal, and FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing an icon display of an application startup portal. When setting, the user can set the application that is started by split screen at the same time. After setting, the corresponding icon is generated on the interface, as shown in FIG. 8 , which is one of the embodiments, and the split screen startup setting is added in the setting interface, and the user can In the setting, set the entrance of multiple split screens, and the split screens start A and B as shown in the figure.

As shown in FIG. 9, after the setting is completed, a split screen start entry 3021 is generated on the standby interface 302, and the split screen start entry 3021 is divided into upper and lower portions. As shown in the figure, the applications of the upper and lower parts respectively correspond to the split screen start A page and the split screen start B page in the setting interface 301. Both the upper and lower portions can generate a looping dial effect by a sliding operation of the user. The front part of the turntable is the split screen application that can be activated when clicked.

Through the embodiment, the user can switch the combination of the split screen application arbitrarily by sliding operation, and can set the application placed in the turntable by himself, which is very convenient.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the split-screen boot entry can be automatically generated according to statistical conditions such as user usage habits and security, thereby improving the convenience of the function according to the user's usage manner, as shown in FIG. It is a flow chart for generating a split screen start entry based on statistics on user operation habits. In general, an application that users switch to each other can be understood as an application that needs to be split-screened at the same time. Therefore, by counting the number of times the user switches applications between different applications, the user needs to start the split-screen startup of different applications. The degree, thus automatically generating the split screen launch application entry. As shown in FIG. 10, steps S1001 through S1007 are included:

S1001: Monitor the user to switch the application to the background, determine whether the user switches the application to the background, if yes, go to step S1002, if no, repeat step S1001.

S1002: Record the application that the user recently switched to the background (for example, application A).

S1003: Monitor the operation of the user in the foreground to determine whether a new application is available in the foreground. If yes, step S1004 is performed, and if no, step S1003 is repeatedly executed.

S1004: Record an application (such as application B) that the user starts in the foreground.

S1005: It is determined whether the applications recorded in the application A and the application B are the same application. If the application is the same application, the process returns to step S1002. If not, the process proceeds to step S1006.

S1006: Counting the combination of the application A and the application B by one.

S1007: Generate a split screen launch application entry according to the N pair of application combinations with the highest current count.

The above is one of the embodiments for automatically generating a split screen application launch entry suitable for the user by using the behavior statistics of the user. It should be noted that, in addition to the statistical policy shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, the following strategy also has Certain practical value: In some products, the user can manually start the application B in the state that the application A has been started, and make the application A and the application B in the split screen display state, and the statistics of the manual application of the split screen application. It can accurately see the user's startup requirements for the split-screen application; it can also automatically display and hide the already-stated split-screen launch application portal by judging whether the current user is the default user allowed by the system. The above described strategies may be used in combination or separately on the premise that the basic idea of the embodiments of the present invention is met.

The embodiments in which the shortcuts are separately established in different manners may also be combined, that is, the user does not use the user setting, and the split screen startup entry 3021 on the standby interface 302 is generated by using automatic statistics, and the application in the startup portal is in the turntable. The distance of the starting position is determined according to the statistical amount described above.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after the mobile terminal detects the touch operation for the split screen application portal, the mobile terminal may also change the split screen display feature of the corresponding application according to the operation feature of the touch operation. As shown in FIG. 11, in order to determine which application displays the previous example flow description after the multiple applications of the split screen are started by the detection of the click and the double click, the steps include: S1101 to S1106:

S1101: Detecting a user's touch operation on the split screen start entry.

S1102: Determine whether the detected operation is a click operation, if yes, execute step S1103, and if no, execute step S1104.

S1103: The application is applied in split mode after the A application is applied to the B application (if the upper and lower modes are applied to the top, and the left and right modes are applied to the left).

S1104: Determine whether the detected operation is a double-click operation, if yes, execute step S1105, and if no, execute step S1101.

S1105: The application is started by splitting the screen in the manner that the B application is before the A application.

S1106: End the process.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for quickly launching an application in a split screen manner. The method can directly start more than one application by starting a single application, so that the user avoids the trouble of separately searching for multiple applications when starting the application. . The solution is highly scalable and can automatically generate statistics based on user security and user behavior and generate applications that need to be split-screened to achieve user-friendly operation and enhance user experience.

While the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for purposes of illustration, those skilled in the art will recognize that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, and the scope of the invention should not be limited to the embodiments described above.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When each device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

Industrial applicability

The embodiment of the present invention establishes a shortcut for the application to be split on the screen, and the user can pass The shortcut enters multiple applications that need to be split screen at the same time and quickly. When you use it again, you can enter it directly from the shortcut. There is no need to establish shortcuts twice, improve system performance and improve user experience, and solve related technologies. In the middle, the startup mode of the split screen function is complicated, and it needs to be started one after another, or each time the split screen function is started, the determined application is repeatedly added, the operation process is cumbersome, and the user experience is low.

Claims

An application launch method includes:

Establishing a shortcut for split-screen launching of the application for multiple applications to be displayed on the screen;

After the shortcut is established, the plurality of applications are simultaneously started by the shortcut, so that the plurality of applications are displayed at different positions on the screen.
The method of claim 1, before the method of establishing a shortcut for the split-screen launch application for the plurality of applications to be displayed on the screen, the method further includes:

The plurality of applications to be displayed by the screen are determined according to the user's manual settings or the usage of the application.
The method of claim 2, wherein when the number of applications to be displayed on the screen is two, determining two applications to be displayed by the screen according to the usage of the application comprises:

Counting the number of times that any two applications are displayed together in a predetermined time period;

The two applications whose number of times reaches the preset number of times are determined as two applications to be displayed by the split screen.
The method of claim 3, after the shortcut of the split screen launch application corresponding to the two applications is established on the screen, the method further includes:

Detecting the touch operation of the shortcut startup entry, and matching the touch operation with a touch operation type corresponding to a pre-stored layout manner of two applications;

The two applications are presented on the screen according to the layout presentation manner corresponding to the touch operation type matched with the touch operation.
The method of claim 2, wherein when the number of applications to be displayed on the screen is two, determining two applications to be displayed by the screen according to the usage of the application comprises:

By counting the number of times the user switches the application between different applications, the two applications whose number of times reaches the preset number are determined as the two applications to be displayed by the split screen.
The method of any of claims 1 to 5, the method further comprising:

Receive a startup password from the user in the case of launching a shortcut generated according to usage;

In the case that the startup password matches the preset password, the shortcut should be initiated by the shortcut use.
An application-enabled device, comprising:

Establishing a module, which is configured to establish a shortcut for launching the application of the split screen on the screen for the plurality of applications to be displayed on the screen;

The startup module is configured to simultaneously start the plurality of applications by the shortcut after the shortcut is established, so that the plurality of applications are displayed at different positions on the screen.
The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising:

A determination module is configured to determine a plurality of applications to be displayed by the screen according to the user's manual settings or usage of the application.
The device of claim 8 wherein

The determining module is further configured to: when the number of applications to be displayed on the screen is two, count the number of times that any two applications are displayed together in a predetermined time period;

The establishing module is further configured to establish a shortcut of the split screen launching application corresponding to the two applications on the screen when the number of times reaches a preset number of times.
The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising:

a detecting module configured to detect a touch operation of the shortcut activation entry, and matching the touch operation with a touch operation type corresponding to a pre-stored layout manner of two applications; and

And a presentation module configured to present the two applications on the screen according to the layout presentation manner corresponding to the touch operation type matched with the touch operation.
The device of claim 8 wherein

The determining module is further configured to count the number of times the user switches the application between different applications by counting statistics;

The establishing module is further configured to establish a shortcut of the split screen launching application corresponding to the two applications on the screen when the number of times reaches a preset number of times.
A mobile terminal comprising: the application-enabled device of any one of claims 7 to 11.
A computer program comprising program instructions that, when executed by a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to perform the method of any of claims 1-6.
A computer readable storage medium carrying the computer program of claim 13.