WO2021213496A1

WO2021213496A1 - Message display method and electronic device

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Publication number: WO2021213496A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/089228
Authority: WO
Inventors: 祁学文
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2020-04-24
Filing date: 2021-04-23
Publication date: 2021-10-28
Also published as: CN111596818A

Abstract

A message display method and an electronic device. The method comprises: the electronic device receives first input of a user to a first interface of a target application (201); in response to the first input, the electronic device displays M message identifiers (202); the electronic device receives second input of the user for a first message identifier in the M message identifiers (203); and in response to the second input, the electronic device displays a first target message (204), wherein the first target message is a message indicated by the first message identifier in the target application, and M is a positive integer.

Description

Message display method and electronic equipment

Cross-references to related applications

This application claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 202010335171.5 filed in China on April 24, 2020, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a message display method and electronic equipment.

Background technique

With the development of electronic devices (such as smart phones), applications (Apps) are widely used in people's daily lives. An APP in an electronic device usually stores a large number of messages, which may include received messages, sent messages, locally stored messages, and so on.

In related technologies, when a user wants to view a certain historical message in a certain APP in an electronic device, he can control the electronic device to update and display the message in the message conversation interface by sliding down on the message conversation interface of the APP. Historical messages, so that you can find historical messages in the updated message conversation interface.

However, when the number of historical messages in the APP is large, in order to find the historical messages of interest, the user needs to continuously slide down on the message conversation interface, so that more messages can be updated in the message conversation interface. Historical news. As a result, the entire search process is cumbersome and the search efficiency is low.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the present invention provides a message display method and electronic device, which can solve the problem of complicated operations and low efficiency in the process of manually searching historical messages by sliding up and down in the message conversation interface of a target application in related technologies. .

In order to solve the above technical problems, this application is implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a message display method. The method includes: the electronic device receives a user's first input on the first interface of the target application; in response to the first input, the electronic device displays M message identifiers The electronic device receives the user's second input to the first message identification in the M message identifications; in response to the second input, the electronic device displays a first target message; wherein, the first target message is in the target application The message indicated by the first message identifier, and M is a positive integer.

In the second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention also provides an electronic device, the electronic device includes a receiving module and a display module; the receiving module is used to receive a user's first input to the first interface of the target application; the display module is used In response to the first input received by the receiving module, display M message identifiers; the receiving module is further configured to receive a user's second input to the first message identifier of the M message identifiers; the display module also uses In response to the second input received by the receiving module, a first target message is displayed; wherein, the first target message is a message indicated by the first message identifier in the target application, and M is a positive integer.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor. The computer program is executed by the processor to achieve the following In one aspect, the steps of a message display method are described.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for displaying a message as described in the first aspect is implemented A step of.

In the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the user's first input on the first interface of the target application, the electronic device may display M message identifiers, and then, after receiving the user's first input of the M message identifiers, After the second input of the message identifier, the electronic device can directly display the first target message indicated by the first message identifier. Compared with the related art where the user needs to slide up and down in the message conversation interface of the target application to manually search for historical messages, the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention sets corresponding message identifiers for the messages of interest to the user in the target application in advance. Therefore, when the user wants to find historical messages, by showing one or more message identifiers to the user, the user can quickly locate the message with the message identifier by selecting the corresponding message identifier. The entire search process does not require the user to manually search. This not only reduces the message search time, but also improves the efficiency of message search.

Description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a possible Android operating system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of a message display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is one of the schematic diagrams of an interface applied by a message display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a second schematic diagram of an interface applied by a message display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is the third schematic diagram of an interface applied by a message display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a fourth schematic diagram of an interface applied by a message display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a fifth schematic diagram of an interface applied by a message display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a sixth schematic diagram of an interface applied by a message display method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of this application.

It should be noted that the "/" in this article means or, for example, A/B can mean A or B; the "and/or" in this article is only an association relationship describing associated objects, indicating that there may be three A relationship, for example, A and/or B, can mean that: A alone exists, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone.

It should be noted that the "plurality" in this article refers to two or more than two.

It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used as examples, illustrations, or illustrations. Any embodiment or design solution described as "exemplary" or "for example" in the embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as being more preferable or advantageous than other embodiments or design solutions. To be precise, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to present related concepts in a specific manner.

It should be noted that, in order to facilitate the clear description of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, in the embodiments of the present invention, the words "first", "second", etc. are used for the same or similar items with basically the same function or effect. Distinguishing, those skilled in the art can understand that words such as "first" and "second" do not limit the quantity and execution order. For example, the first input and the second input are used to distinguish different inputs, not to describe a specific order of input.

The execution subject of a message display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device (including mobile electronic devices and non-mobile electronic devices), or may be a functional module and/or that can implement the message display method in the electronic device. Or functional entities, which can be specifically determined according to actual usage requirements, which are not limited in the embodiment of the present invention. In the following, an electronic device is taken as an example to illustrate a message display method provided in an embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile electronic device or a non-mobile electronic device. Mobile electronic devices can be mobile phones, tablets, laptops, palmtops, in-vehicle electronic devices, wearable devices, ultra-mobile personal computers (UMPC), netbooks, or personal digital assistants (personal digital assistants, PDAs) The non-mobile electronic device may be a personal computer (PC), a television (television, TV), a teller machine, or a self-service machine, etc.; the embodiment of the present invention does not specifically limit it.

The electronic device in the embodiment of the present invention may be an electronic device with an operating system. The operating system may be an Android operating system, an iOS operating system, or other possible operating systems, which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The following takes the Android operating system as an example to introduce a software environment to which a message display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is a schematic structural diagram of a possible Android operating system provided by an embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 1, the architecture of the Android operating system includes 4 layers, which are: application layer, application framework layer, system runtime library layer, and kernel layer (specifically, it may be the Linux kernel layer).

Among them, the application layer includes various applications (including system applications and third-party applications) in the Android operating system.

The application framework layer is the framework of the application. Developers can develop some applications based on the application framework layer while complying with the development principles of the application framework.

The system runtime layer includes a library (also called a system library) and an Android operating system runtime environment. The library mainly provides various resources needed by the Android operating system. The Android operating system operating environment is used to provide a software environment for the Android operating system.

The kernel layer is the operating system layer of the Android operating system and belongs to the lowest level of the Android operating system software level. The kernel layer is based on the Linux kernel to provide core system services and hardware-related drivers for the Android operating system.

Taking the Android operating system as an example, in the embodiment of the present invention, a developer can develop a software program that implements the message display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the Android operating system as shown in FIG. This method for displaying messages can be run based on the Android operating system as shown in FIG. 1. That is, the processor or the electronic device can implement the message display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention by running the software program in the Android operating system.

The message display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied in a message search scenario.

Exemplarily, take the "chat" APP in the electronic device as an example. When user A wants to find historical messages in the conversation interface 1 of the "chat" APP, in related technologies, user A can slide down on the conversation interface 1, thereby triggering the electronic device to display in the conversation interface 1. Historical messages of this conversation interface 1. At this time, user A can trigger the electronic device to continuously update the historical message displayed in the conversation interface 1 by continuously sliding down on the conversation interface 1, until the historical message displayed in the conversation interface 1 contains that user A wants to find So far. In this way, the entire historical information search process is required.

In order to solve this problem, in the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when user A chats with user B through the conversation interface 1 in the "chat" APP, user A can use the electronic device to get interested in the conversation interface 1 Set the message ID for the message, for example, set the message ID 1 for the message 1. In this way, if user A subsequently wants to find the message 1, user A can trigger the electronic device to display the message identifier (including message identifier 1) set in the "chat" APP on the interface of the "chat" APP, and then, The user can trigger the electronic device to display the message 1 marked by the message identifier 1 by clicking the above message identifier 1. The entire message search process does not require user A to manually search in the conversation interface 1, and can realize rapid positioning of historical messages, which not only reduces the message search time, but also improves the efficiency of message search.

In the following, a message display method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the following drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, a message display method provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes steps 201 to 204:

Step 201: The electronic device receives the user's first input on the first interface of the target application.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned application program is a pre-installed application program in the electronic device or a downloaded application program.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned target application program is: an application program with functions such as message sending and receiving and message storage in an electronic device. For example, "SMS" APP, "Notepad APP", "Make Friends" APP, etc.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first interface may be any interface of the above-mentioned target application. For example, taking the target application as a "chat" application as an example, the above-mentioned first interface may be the main interface of the "chat" application or the chat interface in the "chat" application.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first input may be: a touch input by the user on the first interface of the target application, or a voice command input by the user, or a specific gesture input by the user, which may be specifically based on actual conditions. The use requirement is determined, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limit it. Exemplarily, the aforementioned touch input may be a user's click input on the first interface of the target application.

Step 202: In response to the above-mentioned first input, the electronic device displays M message identifiers.

Wherein, the above-mentioned message identifier is an identifier used to mark a message.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned message identifier may be: at least one of geometric figures, characters, and pictures.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, one message identifier is used to indicate one message.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device sets a message identifier for a certain message in the target application, the electronic device may add a message identifier to the message.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, a message identifier is used to indicate a message type.

Exemplarily, the electronic device may classify the message before setting the message identifier for the message.

In an example, the electronic device may classify messages according to message types, and classify messages of the same message type into one type. For example, the foregoing message types may include: character type, picture type, voice type, video type, and so on.

In an example, the electronic device can classify the message according to the sender information of the message (for example, the sender's nickname, account number, etc.), and classify the messages of the same sender into one category. For example, for messages in a group chat interface, the messages sent by each group member in the corresponding group corresponding to the group chat interface belong to the same message category.

In an example, the electronic device may also be classified according to the application program where the message is located, and the messages in the same application program may be classified into one type.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device sets a message identifier for a certain message in the target application, the electronic device may obtain the message type of the message, and then set the message identifier corresponding to the message type for the message.

In an example, when the electronic device sets a message identifier for a message in a target application, the electronic device may set different message identifiers for messages of different message types.

Example 1: The electronic device can have different message identifiers for messages of different message types. For example, taking the message identifier as a geometric figure as an example, a rectangular identifier may be used to mark a character message, and a circular identifier may be used to mark a voice message. Specifically, it can be set according to actual needs, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Example 2: The electronic device can set different color message identifiers for messages of different message types. For example, taking the message identifier as a rectangle identifier, you can use a red rectangle identifier to mark a character type message, a yellow rectangle identifier to mark a picture type message, a blue rectangle identifier to mark a voice type message, and an orange rectangle The message that identifies the video type, etc., can be specifically set according to actual requirements, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the first input, the electronic device may directly superimpose and display the foregoing M message identifiers on the first interface of the target application.

Exemplarily, after the electronic device receives the first input, the electronic device may directly obtain the stored message identifier, and display the obtained message identifier.

In an example, after the electronic device sets a message identifier for a certain message, the electronic device stores the identification information of the message identifier in a preset storage location (for example, the storage location of the message information of the message). In this way, after the electronic device receives the first input, the electronic device can read the stored identification information of the message identification from the preset storage location, and then display the message identification according to the identification information.

Exemplarily, after the electronic device receives the first input, the electronic device screens all messages in the target application, screens out all messages with message identifiers, and then obtains the message identifiers set by these messages, and finally , Select all or part of the message identifiers from these message identifiers and display them on the display screen of the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the first input, the electronic device displays a third interface on the first interface. Wherein, the foregoing M message identifiers are displayed on the foregoing third interface.

Exemplarily, the aforementioned third interface may be a message identification display window. That is, after receiving the first input, the electronic device can display the message identification display window on the first interface.

Exemplarily, the electronic device may superimpose and display the above third interface on the target position (eg, top, bottom, left, right, middle position) of the first interface of the target application, or it may display the third interface on the target application. The target location of the first interface of the first interface displays the third interface in a pop-up manner. In addition, when the third interface is displayed in a pop-up, if the user touches a display interface other than the third interface, the third interface is hidden. Specifically, it can be set according to actual needs, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

For example, take the target application as the "chat" APP as an example. Assume that 5 historical messages in the chat interface 31 of "Group Chat 1" of the "Chat" APP (that is, the above-mentioned first interface) are set with message identifiers, as shown in Figure 3 (a), when the user wants to view the settings When there is a certain historical message with a message identifier, the user can slide down on the chat interface 31 (that is, the above-mentioned first input). At this time, as shown in Figure 3 (b), the chat interface 31 is superimposed A message identifier display window 32 (that is, the aforementioned third interface) is displayed, and five message identifiers (that is, the aforementioned M message identifiers) are displayed on the message identifier display window 32.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, after receiving the first input of the user, the electronic device may filter the message identifiers that meet the search conditions according to the search conditions, and display the filtered message identifiers on the first interface, thereby When searching for a message, the user can narrow the search range of the message according to the search condition, thereby improving the efficiency of message search.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the foregoing M message identifiers are: message identifiers set for the message of the foregoing target application within a predetermined period of time.

Exemplarily, the foregoing predetermined time period may be a fixed time period (for example, one week before the receiving time when the first input is received), or a time period set by the user. Specifically, it can be set according to actual needs, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

Exemplarily, when an electronic device sets a message identifier for a certain message, the electronic device obtains the setting time of the current message identifier, and stores the setting time. In this way, after the electronic device receives the first input, the electronic device will filter out the message identifiers in the predetermined time period according to the setting time of the message identifier, and then display the message identifiers in the predetermined time period.

Exemplarily, after the electronic device receives the first input from the user, the electronic device obtains the setting time of the above M message identifiers, and then, according to the sequence of the setting time of the M message identifiers, displays the above M message identifiers in sequence. Message ID.

Step 203: The electronic device receives a user's second input of the first message identifier among the M message identifiers.

Step 204: In response to the above-mentioned second input, the electronic device displays a first target message.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the description of the above-mentioned second input can be referred to the description of the above-mentioned first input, which will not be repeated here.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned first target message is a message indicated by the first message identifier in the above-mentioned target application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, a first message identifier is set on the above-mentioned first target message.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, after the electronic device receives the second input, the electronic device displays the fourth interface on the first interface. Wherein, the first target message is displayed on the above-mentioned fourth interface.

Exemplarily, the foregoing fourth interface may be a first target message display window. That is, after receiving the second input, the electronic device can display the first target message display window on the first interface.

For example, in conjunction with FIG. 3, as shown in (a) in FIG. 4, when the user wants to view the message marked by the message identifier 2 (that is, the first message identifier) in the message identifier display window 32, the user can Click the message identifier 2 (that is, the above-mentioned second input) in the message identifier display window 32. At this time, as shown in (b) in FIG. The interface 33 (that is, the above-mentioned fourth interface), on which a message marked with a message identifier 2 (that is, the above-mentioned first target message) is displayed on the square interface 33.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, in a case where a message identifier indicates a message type, the foregoing step 204 may include the following step 204a:

Step 204a: In response to the second input, the electronic device displays the message corresponding to the message type indicated by the target message identifier in the target application.

Exemplarily, after the electronic device receives the second input, the electronic device screens all messages in the target application with message identifiers set, and screens out messages corresponding to the message type indicated by the target message identifier, and selects the message in the first Displayed on an interface.

In this way, when the electronic device sets the message identifier for the message in the application, by setting different identifiers for different types of messages, the user can quickly determine the type of message to be searched through the message identifier, further narrowing the search range and improving Improve the efficiency of message search.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the first interface is used to display the message in the target application, the electronic device may directly locate the location of the first target message in the first interface.

Exemplarily, the foregoing step 204 may include the following step 204b:

Step 204b: In response to the second input, the electronic device jumps to the location of the first target message in the above-mentioned first interface.

Exemplarily, after the electronic device receives the second input, the electronic device obtains the message information of the first target message indicated by the first identifier (for example, the time when the first target message is sent and received, the interface information where the first target message is located) , And further locate the location of the first target message in the target application according to the message information of the first target message, thereby jumping to the location of the first target message.

In an example, in the case where the above-mentioned first target message may include a message, after the electronic device receives the second input, the electronic device will directly jump to the location of the message.

Exemplarily, after the electronic device jumps to the location of the first target message in the first interface, the electronic device displays the first target message in the middle of the first interface, and in addition, displays the first target message on the first interface. At least one message before a target message and after the first target message.

For example, in conjunction with the above Figure 3, as shown in Figure 5 (a), when the user wants to view the message indicated by the message identifier 2 (i.e., the above-mentioned first message identifier), the user can click on the message identifier 2 (i.e., the above-mentioned first message identifier). 2 input). At this time, as shown in (b) in Figure 5, the chat interface 31 of the "chat 1" of the electronic device will display the location of the message marked by the message identifier 2, as shown in (b) in Figure 5 The square selection box 41 shown in, also displays 3 messages before the message and 1 message after the message.

In an example, in the case where the above-mentioned first target message includes multiple messages, after the electronic device receives the second input, the electronic device will preferentially jump to the first sending and receiving time distance according to the sending and receiving time of the multiple messages. 2. The location of the most recent message entered.

In another example, in the case where the above-mentioned first target message includes multiple messages, after the electronic device jumps to the location of the first message, the electronic device can jump to the next message in sequence according to a predetermined time interval ’S location.

In another example, in the case where the above-mentioned first target message includes multiple messages, after the electronic device jumps to the location of the first message, the electronic device may display a jump control, and when the electronic device is receiving When the user touches the jump control, it jumps to the location of the next message.

In this way, the electronic device sets the message identifier for the message in the application, so that the user can quickly locate the location of the message indicated by the message identifier through the message identifier, so that the user can not only quickly find the message when searching for a message, but also You can also view other messages before and after the message, which improves the efficiency of message search and improves user experience.

According to the message display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may display M message identifiers after receiving the user's first input on the first interface of the target application program, and then, after receiving the user's input to the above M message identifiers After the second input of the first message identifier, the electronic device can directly display the first target message indicated by the first message identifier. Compared with the related art where the user needs to slide up and down in the message conversation interface of the target application to manually search for historical messages, the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention sets corresponding message identifiers for the messages of interest to the user in the target application in advance. Therefore, when the user wants to find historical messages, by showing one or more message identifiers to the user, the user can quickly locate the message with the message identifier by selecting the corresponding message identifier. The entire search process does not require the user to manually search. This not only reduces the message search time, but also improves the efficiency of message search.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, before receiving the first input, the electronic device can set a message identifier for the message that the user is interested in in the target application, so that the user can subsequently search for messages in the target application through The message identifier directly finds the message indicated by the message identifier, thereby improving the efficiency of message search.

Exemplarily, before the foregoing step 202, the message display method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following steps 202a1 to 202a3:

Step 202a1: The electronic device displays the second interface of the above-mentioned target application.

Exemplarily, N pieces of first messages are displayed on the above-mentioned second interface, and N is a positive integer.

Step 202a2: The electronic device receives the third input of the user on the second target message among the N first messages.

Step 202a3: In response to the third input, the electronic device sets a second message identifier on the second target message.

Exemplarily, the foregoing second message identifier is one of the foregoing M message identifiers.

Exemplarily, the foregoing third input may refer to the description of the foregoing first input, which will not be repeated here.

Exemplarily, the foregoing second interface may be an interface for sending and receiving messages of the foregoing target application or a historical message display interface dedicated to displaying historical messages.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device sets the second message identifier for the second target message, it may also set the size and style of the second message identifier. It should be noted that the style of the above-mentioned second message identifier may be a preset style or a user-defined style. The embodiments of the present invention are not limited.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned second message identifier includes the information of the sender who sends the second target message. Wherein, the above-mentioned sender information may be the account nickname, avatar, etc. of the electronic device sending the second target message.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device sets the second message identifier for the second target message, the electronic device obtains the sender information that sends the second target message, and adds the sender information to the second message identifier, so that the electronic device When the device displays the second message identifier on the second target message, it can intuitively display the sender information of the message to the user.

Exemplarily, in addition to the information of the sender sending the second target message, the second message identifier may also include message content in the second target message, such as keywords in the second target message.

In an example, if the second target message is a character-type message, when the electronic device sets a message identifier for the character-type message, the electronic device will obtain the keyword in the character-type message and obtain The keyword is used as part of the message ID.

In an example, if the second target message is a voice-type message, when the electronic device sets a message identifier for the voice-type message, the electronic device will convert the voice-type message into a character-type message, and change it from A keyword is obtained from the converted character type message, and the obtained keyword is used as a part of the message identification.

In an example, if the second target message is a video type message, when the electronic device sets a message identifier for the video type message, the electronic device converts the voice message in the video type message into a character type Message, and obtain the keyword from the converted character type message, and use the obtained keyword as a part of the message identification.

In an example, if the second target message is a picture-type message, when the electronic device sets a message identifier for the picture-type message, the electronic device will recognize the picture content of the picture-type message and obtain The content of the picture as part of the message identification. For example, the above-mentioned picture content may be people, landscapes, buildings, and so on.

Exemplarily, the foregoing second message identifier may also include user-defined content. For example, the second message identifier also includes character information manually input by the user.

For example, taking the target application as the "chat" APP as an example, as shown in FIG. 6, the electronic device currently displays the chat interface 51 of "group chat 1" in the "chat" APP, and the chat interface 51 is displayed There are text messages "Hello!" sent by user A corresponding to electronic device A, picture messages sent by user B corresponding to electronic device B, voice messages sent by user C corresponding to electronic device C, and video messages sent by user D corresponding to electronic device D, Among them, the message identifier set in the text message also displays the information "User A: Hello" (52 in Figure 6), and the message identifier set in the picture message also contains the information "User B: Landscape" (such as 53) in Figure 6, the message identifier set in the voice message also contains the information "User C: Meeting" (54 in Figure 6), and the message identifier set in the video message also contains "User D: Voice 1 "Information" (55 in Fig. 6), where "User A", "User B", "User C" and "User D" contained in the above four message identifiers are the sender information of the message. The above message The "hello" contained in the identifier 52, the "meeting" contained in the message identifier 54 are the corresponding keywords in each of the above-mentioned messages, and the "landscape" contained in the above-mentioned message identifier 53 is the image message identified by the electronic device. Message content.

Exemplarily, after the electronic device sets the second message identifier for the second message, when the user manually slides the second interface to view historical messages, the second message identifier will be displayed along with the second message, and when the user manually slides the second interface to view When there is a new message, the second message identifier is hidden.

In this way, when the electronic device sets the message identifier for the message, it can also obtain the information of the sender who sent the message, and use the information of the sender as the information in the message identifier, so that the user can search for the message according to the information contained in the message identifier. Information, quickly determine the message you want to find.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the electronic device sets a message identifier for a multimedia file, it can set a message identifier for a segment in the multimedia file, so that when the user views the multimedia file again, the multimedia file marked by the identifier can be directly played. Fragments without playing complete multimedia files.

Exemplarily, the above step 202a3 may include the following steps 202b1 to 202b3:

Step 202b1: In response to the third input, if the second target message includes a multimedia file, the electronic device plays the multimedia file.

Exemplarily, the foregoing multimedia files include audio files or video files.

Step 202b2: When the electronic device is playing the above-mentioned multimedia file, the electronic device receives the fourth input of the user to the above-mentioned multimedia file.

Step 202b3: In response to the fourth input, a second message identifier is set for the target multimedia content of the multimedia file.

Exemplarily, the target multimedia content is: multimedia content between the first time node and the second time node in the multimedia file; the first time node and the second time node are determined based on the fourth input.

Exemplarily, the foregoing fourth input may be: a user's touch input to a multimedia file, or a voice command input by the user, or a specific gesture input by the user, which can be specifically determined according to actual use requirements, and the embodiment of the present invention does not limited.

Exemplarily, taking the fourth input as the long-press input as an example, in the process of the electronic device playing a multimedia file, when the electronic device receives the user's long-press input, the electronic device will obtain the corresponding multimedia file at the beginning of the long-press input The time information of the first time node at the playing position of, and the time information of the second time node at the corresponding multimedia file playing position at the end of the long-press input.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned first time node is used to indicate the time node at which the electronic device starts to play the above-mentioned multimedia file.

Exemplarily, the second time node is used to instruct the electronic device to stop playing the time node of the multimedia file.

Exemplarily, when the electronic device sets the second message identifier for the target multimedia content of the multimedia file, the electronic device stores the time information of the first time node and the second time node. In this way, after the electronic device receives the fourth input, the electronic device will read the time information of the first time node and the second time node corresponding to the second message identifier, and start playing the target multimedia content from the first time node .

In an example, when the electronic device is playing the target multimedia content, before the target multimedia content is played to the second time node, the user may also choose to manually stop playing.

For example, take the "chat" APP as an example, as shown in (a) in Figure 7, the electronic device currently displays the "group chat 1" interface 61 of the "chat" APP, and the "group chat 1" interface It is shown on 61 that user C sends a voice message (that is, the above-mentioned multimedia file, as shown in Figure 7 (a) in 62). The voice message has a duration of 45 seconds. When the user wants to mark the voice message 62 in 5- When the content of the message is between 15 seconds, the user can click on the voice message (that is, the third input above). At this time, the voice message starts to play, as shown in (b) in Figure 7, when the voice message is played to the 5th second (That is, the first time node), the user starts to press and hold the voice message (that is, the fourth input), when the voice message is played to the 15th second (that is, the second time node), the user stops long pressing the voice message At this time, as shown in Figure 7 (c), the message identifier is displayed below the current voice message, and the message identifier displays "User C: Segment 1: Meeting tomorrow at ten o'clock, 5"-15"", etc. The content (that is, the above-mentioned second message identifier, 63 in (c) in Fig. 7), at this time, the message identifier set for part of the content of the voice message is completed.

In this way, the electronic device sets a message identifier for the content from the first time node to the second time node in the multimedia file, so that after the user finds the multimedia file, it does not need to be played from the beginning when the user views the multimedia file. The multimedia content marked by the message identifier can be directly played, thereby improving the user experience.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device may also set multiple message identifiers for the multimedia file.

Exemplarily, if the multimedia file is provided with multiple message identifiers, the above-mentioned second message identifier may include multiple sub-message identifiers. Each sub-message identifier indicates the content of a time period in the multimedia.

In an example, if the multimedia file is provided with two message identifiers, the second message identifier may include the first sub-message identifier and the second sub-message identifier. For example, after the electronic device receives the second input of the second message identifier from the user, the electronic device displays the multimedia file indicated by the second message identifier, and simultaneously displays the first sub-message identifier and the second sub-message identifier.

For example, in conjunction with FIG. 7, if the electronic device sets two message identifiers for the voice message 62 sent by user C, as shown in (a) in FIG. 8, the "group chat 1" interface 71 of the electronic device is displayed And the message identifier 72 displayed below the voice message, where the message identifier also contains content that displays "User C: Fragment 1, Fragment 2" (fragment 1, fragment 2 indicate that the voice message is set with the first sub-message identifier And the second sub-message identifier), when the user wants to listen to the voice message marked "Segment 2" in the voice message, the user can click the message identifier 72. At this time, as shown in (b) in Figure 7, The interface 71 of the "group chat 1" of the electronic device will display the voice message and two message identifiers of "fragment 1: meeting at ten o'clock tomorrow" and "fragment 2: meeting subject xx" (as shown in (b) in Figure 8 ) In 72). The user can click on the message identifier of "segment 2", and the electronic device directly starts to play the voice message at the time node marked by "segment 2".

In this way, the electronic device sets a message identifier for the multimedia content between the first time node and the second time node, so that the user can directly read the multimedia content between the first time node and the second time node through the message identifier, thereby improving the message Find efficiency.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, the message display methods shown in the figures of the above methods are all exemplified in conjunction with a figure in the embodiment of the present invention. In specific implementation, the message display method shown in the figures of the above methods can also be implemented in combination with any other figures that can be combined as illustrated in the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a possible structure for implementing an electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the electronic device 600 includes: a receiving module 601 and a display module 602, wherein: the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is used to receive users The first input to the first interface of the target application; the above-mentioned display module 602 is configured to display M message identifiers in response to the first input received by the above-mentioned receiving module 601; the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is also used to receive the user’s The second input of the first message identifier in the M message identifiers; the display module 602 is further configured to display the first target message in response to the second input received by the receiving module 601; wherein, the first target message is the above The message indicated by the first message identifier in the target application, and M is a positive integer.

Optionally, the above-mentioned electronic device 600 further includes a setting module 603; the above-mentioned display module 602 is also used to display a second interface of the above-mentioned target application, and N first messages are displayed on the second interface; the above-mentioned receiving module 601, It is also used to receive a user's third input on the second target message among the N first messages; the above setting module 603 is used to set the second target message on the second target message in response to the third input received by the receiving module 601 Two message identifiers; wherein, the above-mentioned second message identifier is one of the above-mentioned M message identifiers, and N is a positive integer.

Optionally, the above-mentioned second message identifier includes the information of the sender who sends the above-mentioned second target message.

Optionally, the electronic device 600 further includes a playing module 604; the playing module 604 is configured to respond to the third input received by the receiving module, and if the second target message contains a multimedia file, play the multimedia file; the receiving module 601 is further configured to receive a user's fourth input to the multimedia file during the process of playing the multimedia file by the playback module 604; the setting module 603 is configured to respond to the fourth input received by the receiving module 601, which is the foregoing A second message identifier is set for the target multimedia content of the multimedia file; wherein, the target multimedia content is: the multimedia content between the first time node and the second time node in the multimedia file; the first time node and the second time node are Determined based on the above fourth input.

Optionally, the foregoing M message identifiers are: message identifiers set for the message of the foregoing target application within a predetermined time period.

Optionally, the above-mentioned first interface is used to display the message in the above-mentioned target application; the above-mentioned display module 602 is specifically used to jump to the location of the first target message in the above-mentioned first interface.

Optionally, a message identifier indicates a message type; the display module 602 is specifically configured to display a message corresponding to the message type indicated by the target message identifier in the target application.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 9, the modules that must be included in the electronic device 600 are indicated by solid lines, such as the receiving module 601; the modules that may or may not be included in the electronic device 600 are indicated by dashed frames, such as the setting module 603.

The electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present invention may display M message identifiers after receiving the user's first input on the first interface of the target application program, and then, after receiving the user's response to the M message identifiers After the second input of the first message identifier, the electronic device can directly display the first target message indicated by the first message identifier. Compared with the related art where the user needs to slide up and down in the message conversation interface of the target application to manually search for historical messages, the solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention sets corresponding message identifiers for the messages of interest to the user in the target application in advance. Therefore, when the user wants to find historical messages, by showing one or more message identifiers to the user, the user can quickly locate the message with the message identifier by selecting the corresponding message identifier. The entire search process does not require the user to manually search. This not only reduces the message search time, but also improves the efficiency of message search.

The electronic device provided in the embodiment of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the electronic device in the foregoing method embodiment. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

10 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. The electronic device 100 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 101, a network module 102, an audio output unit 103, an input unit 104, a sensor 105, and a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, a processor 110, and a power supply 111 and other components. Those skilled in the art can understand that the structure of the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 10 does not constitute a limitation on the electronic device. The electronic device 100 may include more or less components than those shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or Different component arrangements. In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 100 includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a vehicle-mounted electronic device, a wearable device, and a pedometer.

Among them, the user input unit 107 is configured to receive a user's first input on the first interface of the target application; the processor 110 is configured to display M message identifiers in response to the first input received by the user input unit 107; user input The unit 107 is further configured to receive a second input from the user to the first message identifier among the M message identifiers; the processor 110 is also configured to display the first target message in response to the second input received by the user input unit 107; Wherein, the first target message is the message indicated by the first message identifier in the target application, and M is a positive integer.

It should be understood that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 101 can be used for receiving and sending signals in the process of sending and receiving information or talking. Specifically, the downlink data from the base station is received and processed by the processor 110; in addition, Uplink data is sent to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 101 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 101 can also communicate with the network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The electronic device 100 provides users with wireless broadband Internet access through the network module 102, such as helping users to send and receive emails, browse web pages, and access streaming media.

The audio output unit 103 can convert the audio data received by the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102 or stored in the memory 109 into an audio signal and output it as sound. Moreover, the audio output unit 103 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the electronic device 100 (for example, call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 103 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 104 is used to receive audio or video signals. The input unit 104 may include a graphics processing unit (GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the graphics processor 1041 is configured to monitor images of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. Data is processed. The processed image frame can be displayed on the display unit 106. The image frame processed by the graphics processor 1041 may be stored in the memory 109 (or other storage medium) or sent via the radio frequency unit 101 or the network module 102. The microphone 1042 can receive sound, and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio data can be converted into a format that can be sent to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 101 for output in the case of a telephone call mode.

The electronic device 100 further includes at least one sensor 105, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor. The ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 1061 according to the brightness of the ambient light. The proximity sensor can close the display panel 1061 and the display panel 1061 when the electronic device 100 is moved to the ear. / Or backlight. As a kind of motion sensor, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in various directions (usually three axes), and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of electronic devices (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games) , Magnetometer attitude calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, percussion), etc.; sensor 105 can also include fingerprint sensors, pressure sensors, iris sensors, molecular sensors, gyroscopes, barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, Infrared sensors, etc., will not be repeated here.

The display unit 106 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, and the display panel 1061 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), etc.

The user input unit 107 may be used to receive input numeric or character information, and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of the electronic device 100. Specifically, the user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072. The touch panel 1071, also called a touch screen, can collect the user's touch operations on or near it (for example, the user uses any suitable objects or accessories such as fingers, stylus, etc.) on the touch panel 1071 or near the touch panel 1071. operate). The touch panel 1071 may include two parts: a touch detection device and a touch controller. Among them, the touch detection device detects the user's touch position, detects the signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts it into contact coordinates, and then sends it To the processor 110, the command sent by the processor 110 is received and executed. In addition, the touch panel 1071 can be implemented in multiple types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 1071, the user input unit 107 may also include other input devices 1072. Specifically, other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackball, mouse, and joystick, which will not be repeated here.

Further, the touch panel 1071 can be overlaid on the display panel 1061. When the touch panel 1071 detects a touch operation on or near it, it transmits it to the processor 110 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 110 determines the type of touch event according to the touch. The type of event provides corresponding visual output on the display panel 1061. Although in FIG. 10, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 are used as two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the electronic device 100, in some embodiments, the touch panel 1071 and the display panel 1061 may be combined. The input and output functions of the electronic device 100 are realized by integration, which is not specifically limited here.

The interface unit 108 is an interface for connecting an external device with the electronic device 100. For example, the external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power source (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device with an identification module, audio input/output (I/O) port, video I/O port, headphone port, etc. The interface unit 108 can be used to receive input (for example, data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements in the electronic device 100 or can be used to connect to the electronic device 100 and the external device. Transfer data between devices.

The memory 109 can be used to store software programs and various data. The memory 109 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store an operating system, an application program required by at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc.; Data created by the use of mobile phones (such as audio data, phone book, etc.), etc. In addition, the memory 109 may include a high-speed random access memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, a flash memory device, or other volatile solid-state storage devices.

The processor 110 is the control center of the electronic device 100, which uses various interfaces and lines to connect the various parts of the entire electronic device 100, runs or executes the software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 109, and calls the storage in the memory 109 , Execute various functions of the electronic device 100 and process data, so as to monitor the electronic device 100 as a whole. The processor 110 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, where the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, and application programs, etc. The adjustment processor mainly deals with wireless communication. It can be understood that the foregoing modem processor may not be integrated into the processor 110.

The electronic device 100 may also include a power source 111 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. Optionally, the power source 111 may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system. Management and other functions.

In addition, the electronic device 100 includes some functional modules not shown, which will not be repeated here.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an electronic device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and running on the processor 110. The computer program implements the above-mentioned one when executed by the processor. Each process of the embodiment of the message display method can achieve the same technical effect. To avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

The embodiment of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, and a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium. In order to avoid repetition, I won’t repeat them here. Wherein, the computer-readable storage medium, such as read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM for short), random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM for short), magnetic disk, or optical disk, etc.

It should be noted that in this article, the terms "include", "include" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, It also includes other elements that are not explicitly listed, or elements inherent to the process, method, article, or device. If there are no more restrictions, the element defined by the sentence "including a..." does not exclude the existence of other identical elements in the process, method, article, or device that includes the element.

Through the description of the above implementation manners, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the above-mentioned embodiment method can be implemented by means of software plus the necessary general hardware platform, of course, it can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better.的实施方式。 Based on this understanding, the technical solution of this application essentially or the part that contributes to the existing technology can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, The optical disc) includes several instructions to make an electronic device (which can be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.

The embodiments of the application are described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments. The above-mentioned specific embodiments are only illustrative and not restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art are Under the enlightenment of this application, many forms can be made without departing from the purpose of this application and the scope of protection of the claims, all of which fall within the protection of this application.

Claims

A message display method, applied to an electronic device, the method including:

Receiving a user's first input on the first interface of the target application;

In response to the first input, display M message identifiers;

Receiving a user's second input of the first message identifier in the M message identifiers;

In response to the second input, display a first target message;

Wherein, the first target message is a message indicated by the first message identifier in the target application, and M is a positive integer.
The method according to claim 1, wherein before said receiving a user's first input on the first interface of the target application, the method further comprises:

Displaying a second interface of the target application, where N first messages are displayed on the second interface;

Receiving a user's third input to a second target message among the N first messages;

In response to the third input, setting a second message identifier on the second target message;

Wherein, the second message identifier is one of the M message identifiers, and N is a positive integer.
The method according to claim 2, wherein the setting a second message identifier on the second target message in response to the third input comprises:

In response to the third input, if the second target message includes a multimedia file, play the multimedia file;

In the process of playing the multimedia file, receiving a user's fourth input to the multimedia file;

In response to the fourth input, setting a second message identifier for the target multimedia content of the multimedia file;

Wherein, the target multimedia content is: multimedia content between a first time node and a second time node in the multimedia file; the first time node and the second time node are determined based on the fourth input .
The method according to claim 1, wherein the first interface is used to display a message in the target application; the displaying the first target message comprises:

Jump to the location of the first target message in the first interface.
An electronic device including a receiving module and a display module;

The receiving module is configured to receive a user's first input on the first interface of the target application;

The display module is configured to display M message identifiers in response to the first input received by the receiving module;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a second input of the user to the first message identifier of the M message identifiers;

The display module is further configured to display a first target message in response to the second input received by the receiving module;

Wherein, the first target message is a message indicated by the first message identifier in the target application, and M is a positive integer.
The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the electronic device further comprises a setting module;

The display module is further configured to display a second interface of the target application, where N first messages are displayed on the second interface;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a user's third input to a second target message among the N first messages;

The setting module is configured to set a second message identifier on the second target message in response to the third input received by the receiving module;

Wherein, the second message identifier is one of the M message identifiers, and N is a positive integer.
The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the electronic device further comprises a playing module;

The playing module is configured to respond to the third input received by the receiving module, and if the second target message includes a multimedia file, play the multimedia file;

The receiving module is configured to receive a user's fourth input to the multimedia file during the process of playing the multimedia file by the playing module;

The setting module is configured to set a second message identifier for the target multimedia content of the multimedia file in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module;

Wherein, the target multimedia content is: multimedia content between a first time node and a second time node in the multimedia file; the first time node and the second time node are determined based on the fourth input .
The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the first interface is used to display messages in the target application;

The display module is specifically configured to jump to the location of the first target message in the first interface.
An electronic device comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and capable of running on the processor. The computer program is executed by the processor to implement any of claims 1 to 4 The steps of a message display method described in one item.
An electronic device configured to execute the message display method according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of a message display method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 are realized .