WO2022213944A1

WO2022213944A1 - Method and apparatus for referencing information, and electronic device

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Publication number: WO2022213944A1
Application number: PCT/CN2022/085137
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王梦莹
Original assignee: 维沃移动通信有限公司
Priority date: 2021-04-08
Filing date: 2022-04-02
Publication date: 2022-10-13
Also published as: CN113282424A; CN113282424B

Abstract

A method for referencing information, comprising: an electronic device receiving a first input by a user on a first object, the first object being an object in a first page, and an information reference block being suspendedly displayed; displaying the first object in the information reference block; receiving a second input by the user on a second object, the second object being an object in a second page; displaying the second object in the information reference block; and displaying, in an input area, the content indicated by the first object and the content indicated by the second object.

Description

Information citing method, device and electronic device

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202110378002.4 filed in China on Apr. 08, 2021, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

technical field

It belongs to the field of communication technologies, and in particular relates to an information reference method, device and electronic device.

Background technique

With the development of communication technology, electronic devices have more and more functions, and correspondingly, the applications in electronic devices are also more and more abundant.

In the process of displaying a page on an electronic device, users sometimes have a need to refer to content in other pages. In the related art, assuming that the electronic device currently displays page A in application 1, when the user needs to refer to the content 1 of page B in application 2 and the content 2 of page C in application 3 in this page A, the user can trigger the The electronic device performs the following operations in sequence: exiting the currently displayed page A—opening the page B in the application 2—copying the content 1 in the page B—exiting the page B—re-opening the page A in the application 1—the content 1 to be copied Paste in page A - exit page A - open page C in application 3 - copy content 2 in page C - exit page C - reopen page A in application 1 - paste the copied content 2 on page A , so that the entire process of referencing the content can be completed.

However, if the above method of citing content is adopted, the electronic device needs to repeatedly exit and open different pages to copy and paste the content of one page into another page, which will lead to the process of referencing the content by the electronic device. The steps are tedious and time-consuming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of the embodiments of the present application is to provide an information citing method, device and electronic device, which can solve the problem of copying and pasting the content of one page to another page because the electronic device needs to repeatedly exit and open different pages. As a result, the process steps of citing content by the electronic device are cumbersome and time-consuming.

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

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for citing information, the method comprising: an electronic device receiving a first input from a user to a first object, where the first object is an item in a first page displayed on a display screen of the electronic device object, an information reference block is displayed on the display screen; in response to the first input, the electronic device displays the first object in the information reference block; the electronic device receives the user's second input on the second object, the second object is an object in the second page displayed on the above-mentioned display screen; in response to the above-mentioned second input, the electronic device displays the second object in the above-mentioned information reference block; when the electronic device displays the input area on the above-mentioned display screen, in the above-mentioned input area A first content and a second content are displayed in the area, the first content is the content indicated by the first object, and the second content is the content indicated by the second object.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an information citing device, the device includes: a receiving module and a display module; the receiving module is configured to receive a first input from a user to a first object, where the first object is an electronic device The object in the first page displayed on the display screen of the above-mentioned display screen, and the information reference block is displayed in suspension on the above-mentioned display screen; the above-mentioned display module is used for responding to the above-mentioned first input received by the above-mentioned receiving module, displaying the first information reference block in the above-mentioned information reference block. object; the above-mentioned receiving module is also used for receiving the second input of the second object from the user, and the above-mentioned second object is the object in the second page displayed on the above-mentioned display screen; the above-mentioned display module is also used for receiving in response to the above-mentioned receiving module The above-mentioned second input, the second object is displayed in the above-mentioned information reference block; the above-mentioned display module is also used to display the first content and the second content in the above-mentioned input area when the input area is displayed on the above-mentioned display screen, The first content is the content indicated by the first object, and the second content is the content indicated by the second object.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an electronic device, the electronic device includes a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being The processor implements the steps of the method according to the first aspect when executed.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, the steps of the method according to the first aspect are implemented .

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction, and implement the first aspect the method described.

In this embodiment of the present application, after receiving the user's first input for the first object on the first page, the electronic device may display the first object in the information reference block displayed in the floating display on the display screen, and then the electronic device receives the first object. to the second input of the second object pair on the second page by the user, then display the second object in the information reference block displayed in the floating display on the display screen, and finally, when the input area is displayed on the display screen, in the input area The first content indicated by the first object and the second content indicated by the second object can be directly displayed in the . In the above process, when the user needs to refer to different content in multiple pages, he can complete the reference by displaying objects of different content in the information reference block that has been suspended in the display screen, so as to avoid the need to repeatedly enter the input area containing the input area. Pages, pasting and copying are repeated, so that the steps in the process of citing content by the electronic device can be simplified, and the time-consuming process of citing content by the electronic device can be saved.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for citing information provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is one of the schematic diagrams of interfaces to which a method for citing information provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied;

3 is a second schematic diagram of an interface to which a method for citing information provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied;

FIG. 4 is a third schematic diagram of an interface to which an information citing method provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied;

FIG. 5 is a fourth schematic diagram of an interface to which an information citing method provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied;

6 is a fifth schematic diagram of an interface to which an information citing method provided by an embodiment of the present application is applied;

7 is a schematic structural diagram of an information citing apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is one of the schematic structural diagrams of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a second schematic structural diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

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

The terms "first", "second" and the like in the description and claims of the present application are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not used to describe a specific order or sequence. It is to be understood that the data so used are interchangeable under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present application can be practiced in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein, and distinguish between "first", "second", etc. The objects are usually of one type, and the number of objects is not limited. For example, the first object may be one or more than one. In addition, "and/or" in the description and claims indicates at least one of the connected objects, and the character "/" generally indicates that the associated objects are in an "or" relationship.

The information citing method provided by the embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings through specific embodiments and application scenarios thereof.

The information citing method provided in the embodiment of the present application can be applied to a scenario where a user needs to cite content of different pages in an electronic device.

For the scenario where the user needs to refer to the content of different pages in the electronic device, when the electronic device displays page A, sometimes the user may refer to the content in other pages (for example, page B in application 2 and page C in application 3) When required, the user can trigger the electronic device to perform the following operations in sequence: exit the currently displayed page A—open the page B in the application 2—copy the content 1 in the page B—exit the page B—re-open the page A in the application 1 - Paste the copied content 1 in page A - exit page A - open page C in application 3 - copy content 2 in page C - exit page C - reopen page A in application 1 - will copy the Content 2 is pasted in Page A, so that the entire process of referencing the content can be completed. In the above process, the electronic device needs to repeatedly exit and open different pages to copy and paste the content of one page into another page, which makes the process of citing content by the electronic device cumbersome and time-consuming.

In the information citing method provided by this application, when the electronic device displays page A, if it needs to cite page B in application 2 and page C in application 3, the user can trigger the electronic device to perform the following operations in sequence: long press page A ---Trigger the electronic device to display the information reference block suspended in the display screen---Exit the currently displayed page A---Open the page B in the application 2---Drag the content 1 in the page B to the information reference block---Exit Page B—Open Page C in Application 3—Drag content 2 in Page C into the information reference block—Exit Page C—Reopen Page A in Application 1—The content in the information reference block will be displayed directly on the page in the input area of A. In this way, the electronic device does not need to repeatedly enter the page A and repeat pasting and copying, which can simplify the steps in the process of citing content by the electronic device and save time in the process of citing content by the electronic device.

This embodiment provides an information reference method. As shown in FIG. 1 , the information reference method includes the following steps 301 to 305:

Step 301: The information reference apparatus receives a first input of a first object by a user.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first object is an object on a first page displayed on a display screen of the electronic device, and an information reference block is displayed in a floating manner on the display screen.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first page may be any page in any application in the electronic device.

In an example, the above-mentioned first page includes an object for indicating content that can be directly referenced. For example, the page contains a session ID to indicate any session.

In another example, the above-mentioned first page includes content that can be directly quoted, for example, text content, picture content, multimedia content, and the like.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first object may be an object that contains or indicates the content that the user needs to refer to.

In an example, the form of the above-mentioned first object may be all the content corresponding to the quoted content, for example, the above-mentioned first object is all the content of page 65 in the e-book, and the user needs to quote the second paragraph.

In another example, the above-mentioned first object may also be in the form of path information used to indicate the page where the content needs to be referenced by the user, for example, the user ID in the session list page is an object, and the user ID that the user needs to refer to is an object. Indicated dialog information.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first object may include: an object containing or indicating a piece of content that the user needs to reference. For example, the first object includes a user identification for indicating a sentence (a content) in the chat session 1 . The above-mentioned first object may also include: an object containing or indicating a plurality of contents that the user needs to refer to. For example, the first object includes a user ID, and the user ID is used to indicate two sentences (two contents) in the chat session 1, or the first object includes two user IDs, and each user ID is used to indicate the chat A sentence in session 1 (function two content).

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first input may be a touch input, for example, a click input, a drag input, a double-click input, a special gesture input, or a voice input, which is not made in this embodiment of the present application. limited.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first input may be used to select the first object.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned information reference block may be an information display area in the electronic device, and the information display area may display and reference content that the user needs on other pages other than the current page.

In the embodiment of the present application, the above information reference block can be displayed on different pages in a suspended manner, and can be used to display different objects selected by the user, so that subsequent users can select and modify the content corresponding to different objects through the information reference block. deal with.

Step 302: In response to the above-mentioned first input, the information citing apparatus displays the first object in the above-mentioned information quoting block.

Step 303: The information reference apparatus receives a second input of the second object by the user.

In this embodiment of the present application, the second object is an object on the second page displayed on the display screen.

In this embodiment of the present application, the second page and the first page may be different pages, or may be the same page.

Exemplarily, when the second page is a different page, the application to which the first page belongs and the application to which the second page belongs may be different applications, or may be the same application, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Exemplarily, for the description of the second page and the second object, reference may be made to the foregoing description, and details are not repeated here.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned second input may be a touch input, for example, a click input, a drag input, a double-click input, a special gesture input, or a voice input, which is not made in this embodiment of the present application. limited.

Step 304: In response to the above-mentioned second input, the information reference means displays the second object in the above-mentioned information reference block.

Step 305: In the case where the information reference apparatus displays the input area on the display screen, the first content and the second content are displayed in the input area.

In this embodiment of the present application, the first content is content indicated by the first object, and the second content is content indicated by the second object.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned input area may be an area capable of receiving user input and displaying content that the user needs to quote.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned input area may be an input box in any page, for example, an input box of a chat session interface, an input field for inputting a website address, and the like.

In this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first content may be part of the content indicated by the first object, or may be the entire content of the content indicated by the first object. For example, when the first object is the user ID as the object in the session list page, the part of the information in the dialogue information indicated by the user ID that the user needs to reference may also be all the information in the dialogue information indicated by the user ID, This embodiment of the present application does not limit this.

Similarly, the second content may refer to the description of the first content, and the second content may be part of the content indicated by the second object, or may be the entire content of the content indicated by the second object.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned first content is the content in the content indicated by the first object (ie, part of the content or the entire content), which may be preset by the electronic device, or may be user-defined.

In the information referencing method provided by the embodiment of the present application, after receiving the first input of the first object on the first page by the user, the information referencing device may display the first object in the information referencing block displayed in the floating display on the display screen, and then, The information reference device receives the second input of the second object pair on the second page by the user, then displays the second object in the information reference block displayed in the floating display on the display screen, and finally, displays the input area on the display screen Next, the first content indicated by the first object and the second content indicated by the second object may be directly displayed in the input area. In the above process, when the user needs to refer to different content in multiple pages, he can complete the reference by displaying objects of different content in the information reference block that has been suspended in the display screen, so as to avoid the need to repeatedly enter the input area containing the input area. Pages, pasting and copying are repeated, so that the steps in the process of citing content by the electronic device can be simplified, and the time-consuming process of citing content by the electronic device can be saved.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, after the above step 304 and before the above step 305, the information citing method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include the following steps A1 to A4:

Step A1: The information reference apparatus receives a third input from the user to the first target object.

Exemplarily, the first target object is the first object or the second object.

Step A2: In response to the third input, the information reference apparatus displays N contents indicated by the first target object, where N is a positive integer.

Step A3: The information referencing apparatus receives a fourth input from the user on at least one content among the above-mentioned N pieces of content.

Step A4: In response to the above-mentioned fourth input, the information reference device copies the above-mentioned at least one content to the pasteboard.

Exemplarily, the at least one content is the first content or the second content.

Exemplarily, the input manner of the third input may be an input manner different from that of the first input and the second input. For example, when the first input and the second input are drag inputs, the third input may be a double-click input.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned third input may be touch input, for example, click input, drag input, double-click input, may also be input of special gestures, or may be input of voice, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned first target object may indicate N pieces of content. For example, when the first target object is a user identifier, the above-mentioned user identifier may be used to indicate all dialogue information between the user and user 1, specifically, the dialogue information. There are a total of 10 articles (the above N contents).

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned fourth input may be an input for selecting at least one of the N contents.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned paste board may be a temporary buffer space inside the electronic device.

It can be understood that, when the electronic device receives the fourth input from the user, it will automatically place at least one of the N contents corresponding to the fourth input selected by the user in the above-mentioned temporary cache space. When the current display interface includes an input area, the temporary cache space will be automatically released, and the at least one content above will be directly displayed in the input area.

Example 1: In the case where the user needs to refer to different information in different conversations in the chat application, as shown in (a) of FIG. 2 , assuming that the first page and the second page are both the conversation list pages 31 in the chat application, Multiple user IDs are displayed on the session list page 31, and an information reference box 32 (that is, the above-mentioned information reference block) is displayed in suspension on the session list page, and the electronic device receives the user ID 33 ( After the above-mentioned first object) is dragged to the drag input in the information reference box 32, the above-mentioned user identification 33 is displayed in the information reference box 32; then, the electronic device receives the user identification 33 (that is, the above-mentioned first target object) double-click input (that is, the above-mentioned third input), then as shown in (b) in Figure 2, the electronic device will display the dialog box 34 between the user ID 33 and the electronic device user 33 on the current page, A plurality of pieces of dialogue information indicated by the user ID 33 (that is, the above-mentioned N contents) are displayed in this dialog box. At this time, the electronic device receives two pieces of information from the user to the above-mentioned pieces of dialogue information, which are respectively "he called XXX" and "He is XX years old" (that is, the above at least one content, the first content), respectively, perform triple-click input (that is, the above-mentioned fourth input), and the electronic device will copy the above two pieces of information to the pasteboard.

Then, as shown in (c) of FIG. 2 , after receiving the drag input from the user to drag the user ID 35 (ie, the above-mentioned second object) in the session list page to the information reference frame 32, the electronic device will The above-mentioned user identification 35 is displayed in the information reference frame 32; then, the electronic device receives a double-click input (i.e. the above-mentioned third input) on the user identification 35 (i.e. the above-mentioned first target object) by the user, as shown in FIG. 2 ( d), the electronic device will display a dialog box 36 between the user ID 35 and the electronic device user 30 on the current page, and multiple pieces of dialog information indicated by the user ID 35 are displayed in the dialog box (that is, the above N content), at this time, the electronic device receives the user's triple-click input (ie, the fourth input above) on one piece of information "he likes XX" (that is, the above-mentioned at least one content, the second content) in the above-mentioned multiple pieces of dialogue information. ), the electronic device will copy the above 1 piece of information to the pasteboard.

Finally, as shown in (e) of FIG. 2 , when the electronic device receives the user's switch page input, and switches the display page from the conversation list page 31 to the conversation page 37 of the user 37 in the chat application, the conversation page 37 If an input box 38 is displayed, the above-mentioned three pieces of information "his name is XXX", "he is XX years old", and "he likes XX" are displayed in the input box 38 .

In this way, when the electronic device needs to refer to different content in different pages, it does not need to repeatedly enter the page containing the final input area. Through the information reference block, the electronic device stores all the multiple references to different content in the pasteboard. When the page includes an input area, the information stored in the electronic device can be directly copied into the input area, thereby reducing the number of times of entering the input area, saving operation steps, and improving the use efficiency of the electronic device.

Optionally, in the embodiment of the present application, on this basis, after the first content and the second content are displayed in the above input area in the above step 305, the information citing method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include the following: Step B1 and Step B2:

Step B1: The information reference apparatus receives a fourth input from the user in the editing area.

Step B2: In response to the fourth input, the information reference device updates the order in the first content and the second content according to the order information input by the user.

Exemplarily, the order of the above-mentioned first content and the second content corresponds to the above-mentioned order information.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned fourth input is used to adjust the order of different content.

Exemplarily, the fourth input may be a touch input, for example, a click input, a special gesture input, or a voice input, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned editing area may be used for a sequential input area for inputting a sequence, and the sequential input area may be located in the input area, or may be independently suspended on the display interface of the electronic device, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In an example, after the first content and the second content are displayed in the above input area, the electronic device may display the sequential input area on the current page. The order input area may receive a fourth input of the arrangement order of the first content and the second content input by the user, and then sort the different content according to the arrangement order of the different content input by the user. Wherein, the fourth input of the above arrangement sequence may be inputting numbers in the sequence input area, and each number corresponds to the ordering of the first content and the second content. For example, the current first content is ranked before the second content. When the user enters the order of "21" in the order input area, the order of the first content and the second content will be changed, and the second content will be arranged in front of the first content.

In another example, after the first content and the second content are displayed in the above input area, the electronic device may receive a fourth input from the user on the adjustment order of different contents in the input area, and then adjust the order according to the adjustment order input by the user. Enter to sort the content.

It can be understood that the above sequential input area may be automatically displayed by the electronic device after displaying the first content and the second content in the input area, or may be executed after the electronic device displays the first content and the second content in the input area. Displays the specific input in the display sequence input area. The specific input may be an input method preset by the electronic device in advance or user-defined. For example, the specific input may be a triple-click on any area of the current interface, or the electronic device may display the first content and the second content in the input area. After the content, the editing control will be automatically displayed on the current interface, and the sequential input area will be displayed after the electronic device receives the user's input to the marginal control.

In an example, the above-mentioned first content and/or the above-mentioned second content may be composed of several sub-contents, wherein each sub-content may be different content automatically divided by the electronic device in the first content. For example, when the first content includes three different pieces of dialog information in a dialog box, each piece of information may be a sub-content.

Further, the above-mentioned sub-content may be user-defined different content in the first content. For example, when the first content includes different parts of a piece of dialog information in a dialog box, each different part of the piece of information may be a sub-content.

Further, the above-mentioned fourth input may be an input for the user to update different sub-contents. For example, the user may input the sub-content arrangement order for different sub-contents, and the electronic device updates the order of different sub-contents according to the sub-content arrangement order.

Example 2: Combined with the above example 1, as shown in (a) of FIG. 3, the above-mentioned two parts of information are displayed in the input box 38, and the first part of the information (ie the above-mentioned first content) is "His name is XXX", " He is XX years old" and "he likes XX", after the second part of the information (ie the second content above) is "his character XX", a sequence input box 39 will be displayed in the input box 38, and the user will enter the sequence input box 39 in the sequence input box 39 Enter 21 in the box, then the above two parts of information will be arranged in the order of "his character XX", "he likes XX", "his name is XXX", and "his age is XX".

Example 3: Combined with the above example 1, as shown in (b) of FIG. 3 , after displaying the above three pieces of information in the input box 38 “His name is XXX”, “He is XX years old”, and “He likes XX”, In the input box 38, a sequence input box 39 will be displayed, and the user inputs 312 in the sequence input box 39, then the above three pieces of information will be in accordance with, "he likes XX", "his name is XXX", "he is XX years old" in order.

In this way, after the electronic device receives the content quoted by the user on different pages, in order to facilitate the user to sort out the multiple pieces of content cited, the fourth input can be used to conveniently complete the adjustment of the order of different quoted content in the input box, thereby improving the The efficiency with which users cite content.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, after the first content and the second content are displayed in the above input area in the above step 305, the information citing method provided in this embodiment of the present application may further include the following steps C1 to C3: :

Step C1: The information reference apparatus receives a fifth input from the user on the first object and the second object.

Step C2: In response to the fifth input, the information reference device updates the display order of the first object and the second object in the information reference block.

Step C3: The information reference device updates the order of the first content and the second content according to the display order.

Exemplarily, the order of the above-mentioned first content and the above-mentioned second content corresponds to the above-mentioned display order.

Exemplarily, the fifth input may be used to adjust the first content indicated by the first object and the second content indicated by the second content.

Exemplarily, the fifth input may be a touch input, for example, a click input, a special gesture input, or a voice input, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It can be understood that, when the content displayed in the information reference block is the first object and the second object, the electronic device can adjust the first object and the second object by receiving the user's input of the display position of the first object and the second object in the information application block. The location of the first content indicated by an object and the second content indicated by the second object.

In this way, the electronic device receives the user's input of adjusting the first object and the second object displayed in the information application block, and then changes the first content and the second content respectively indicated by the first object and the second object, so that the information reference block can be used in the information reference block. It is more convenient to complete the operation of adjusting the display order of the content, and improve the efficiency of the user in using the electronic device.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned information reference block includes a first area and a second area, the above-mentioned first area is used to display the above-mentioned first object and the above-mentioned second object, and the above-mentioned second area is used to display the above-mentioned first object. The recipient of the first content and the above-mentioned second content. On this basis, the information citing method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include the following steps D1 to D2:

Step D1: The information reference device receives the sixth input from the user to the above-mentioned receiving object.

Step D2: In response to the above-mentioned sixth input, the information reference device displays the above-mentioned receiving object in the above-mentioned second area.

Step D3: The information reference device sends the above-mentioned first content and the above-mentioned second content to the above-mentioned recipient

Exemplarily, the sixth input may be a touch input, for example, a click input, a drag input, a special gesture input, or a voice input, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

It can be understood that, after the electronic device displays the first object and the second object through the first area, and the second area is used to display the receiving objects of the above-mentioned first content and the above-mentioned second content, when the user completes the selection of the reference content, , if the user triggers the electronic device to leave the current page and opens the page containing the input area that contains objects other than the receiving object, the first content and the second content will not be displayed in the input area of the other object's page. , only after the electronic device opens the page of the receiving object, will the first content and the above-mentioned second content be placed in the input area of the page of the receiving object.

Example 4: In combination with the above example 1, as shown in (a) of FIG. 4, an information reference block 32 is displayed on the session list page 31, wherein the information reference block is divided into a first area 41 and a second area 42 , wherein the first area 41 is used to display the user ID 33 (ie, the above-mentioned first object) and the user ID 35 (ie, the above-mentioned second object). After the electronic device will copy the above three pieces of information to the pasteboard, after the electronic device receives the input of dragging the user ID 43 to the second area 42 (that is, the above-mentioned receiving object) from the user (that is, the above-mentioned sixth input), The second area 42 displays the above-mentioned user identification 43 .

When the user triggers the electronic device to leave the current page to the page 45 corresponding to the user ID 44, the above three pieces of information are not displayed in the input box of the page 45, as shown in (b) of FIG. 4, when the user triggers the electronic device When the device leaves the current page to the page 46 corresponding to the user ID 43, the above three pieces of information are displayed in the input box of the page 46, "His name is XXX", "His age is XX", "He likes XX", and then the user clicks The sending control sends the above three messages to the user indicated by the user ID 43 .

In this way, the electronic device can limit the page for receiving the information through the information reference block that can indicate the receiving object, so that the reference paths of the first content and the second content can be clearly defined, which is convenient for the user when it is not possible to all at once. When the reference is completed, other transactions need to be processed and the input area is included in other pages, avoid mistaken pasting and improve the user experience.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first input is a selection input of the above-mentioned first object by the user through a first selection control. On this basis, before the above step 301, the information citing method provided in this embodiment of the present application may further include the following steps E1 and E2:

Step E1: The information citing apparatus receives a seventh input from the user to the addition control in the above-mentioned information citing block.

Step E2: In response to the above-mentioned seventh input, the information reference apparatus displays the above-mentioned first selection control.

Exemplarily, the seventh input may be a touch input, for example, a click input, a drag input, a special gesture input, or a voice input, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned added control is used to instruct the electronic device to display the first selection control.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned first selection control may be used to select the content indicated by the first object.

In an example, the above-mentioned first selection control may be a variable-shaped control, and the control may cover part or all of the content indicated by the first object, and the covered content is the first content, that is, the first object The content of the indicated content.

Example 5: In the case where the user needs to refer different information in the shopping application and the news application to the chat application, as shown in (a) of FIG. 5 , it is assumed that the first page is page 51 in the shopping application, and the second The page is the page 52 in the news application, and an information reference frame 32 (that is, the above-mentioned information reference block) is displayed in suspension on different pages (page 51 and page 52) of the display screen, and an add control 53 is displayed on the information reference frame 32, After the electronic device receives the user's click input on the add control 53 (that is, the above-mentioned seventh input), the electronic device displays the selection content control 54 (that is, the above-mentioned selection control) on the information reference frame 32, as shown in (b) in FIG. 5 . As shown, the electronic device receives the user's drag input on the selection content control 54, changes the shape of the selection content control 54, and the area covered by the selection content control 54 on the page 51 is the content of the page 51 selected by the user, and then, As shown in (c) of FIG. 5 , the selection content control 54 (ie, the above-mentioned first object) of the content in the selected page 51 is then dragged into the information reference box 32 .

Then, as shown in (d) of FIG. 5 , the electronic device switches to the page 52, and similar to the above operation, the electronic device drags the selection content control 55 (ie, the above-mentioned second object) of the selected content in the page 52 to the information reference in box 32.

Finally, as shown in (e) of FIG. 5 , when the electronic device receives the user's switch page input, and switches the display page from the page 52 to the conversation page 37 of the user 37 in the chat application, the conversation page 37 displays the When the input box 38 is entered, the contents “Eye Cream XX Original” and “Eye Cream Has XX Harm” are displayed in the input box 38 , which are selected by the above selection content control 54 and selection content control 55 .

In this way, the electronic device can conveniently refer to different contents in different pages of different applications through the above-mentioned information citing block, without repeatedly entering the page with the final input box, reducing the operation steps of the user when citing the contents, and improving the use efficiency of the electronic device. .

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, after the above-mentioned first selection control is displayed in the above-mentioned step E2, in the above-mentioned step 301, the information citing method provided in the embodiment of the present application may further include the following steps F1 and F2:

Step F1: The information reference apparatus receives a first input from the user to control the above-mentioned first selection control on the first object.

Step F2: In response to the first input, the information reference device adjusts the coverage of the first selection control on the content indicated by the first object, and determines the content within the coverage as the first content.

In one example, the above-mentioned first input may be a drag input.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned first selection controls may be displayed in different shapes. For example, rectangle, oval. The shape of the above-mentioned first selection control may be preset by the electronic device, or may be user-defined, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

In an example, the above-mentioned first selection control may be displayed on the content indicated by the first object with a predetermined transparency. The above-mentioned predetermined transparency may be preset by the electronic device, or may be user-defined.

It can be understood that, after the electronic device receives that the user ends the coverage area of the first selection control on the content indicated by the first object (for example, the user releases the finger on the display screen), the electronic device can automatically place the coverage area within the above-mentioned coverage area. The content of the content is determined as the content that the user needs to reference (ie the first content), or after receiving the confirmation input from the user, the content within the above coverage can be determined as the content that the user needs to reference (ie the first content), for example, After receiving the confirmation input of the "confirmation button" clicked by the user, the electronic device determines the selected content as the content that the user needs to reference (ie, the first content).

Optionally, in the embodiments of the present application, the information citing method provided in the embodiments of the present application may further include the following steps G1 and G2:

Step G1: The information reference apparatus receives a ninth input from the user to the second target object.

Exemplarily, the second target object is the first object and/or the second object.

Step G2: In response to the ninth input, the information reference apparatus edits the second target object.

Exemplarily, the ninth input may be a touch input, for example, a click input, a drag input, an input of a special gesture, or a voice input, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.

Exemplarily, the above-mentioned information citing apparatus may adjust the order, add a URL link, bold text, and highlight text for the second target object, so as to edit the second target object.

In an example, a processing control may be included on the above-mentioned first selection control, and the processing control may be used to trigger the electronic device to display an editing bar, and the user may select the content selected by the editing control in the editing bar for the first selection control to edit.

In combination with the above example 6: as shown in (a) of FIG. 6 , after the electronic device drags the selection content control 55 (ie, the above-mentioned second object) of the content in the selected page 52 into the information reference box 32, the selection content control The processing control 61 on 55, at this time, as shown in (b) of FIG. 6, an edit bar 62 is displayed on the page 52, and the edit bar includes three options: additional URL link, text bold, and text highlight. After the electronic device receives the user's input for the option of adding a website link, as shown in (c) of FIG. 6 , the electronic device will add a corresponding website link to the content in the selected content control 55 .

In this way, the information reference apparatus can conveniently perform editing operations on the content indicated by the second target object by inputting the second target object, which simplifies the steps of subsequent selection and editing by the user.

For the beneficial effects of the various implementations in this embodiment, reference may be made to the beneficial effects of the corresponding implementations in the foregoing method embodiments, which are not repeated here to avoid repetition.

It should be noted that, for the information citing method provided by the embodiments of the present application, the execution subject may be an information citing device, or a control module in the information citing device for executing the information citing method. In the embodiments of the present application, the information citing apparatus provided by the embodiments of the present application is described by taking the information citing apparatus executing the information citing method as an example.

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a possible structure for implementing the information citing apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present application. As shown in FIG. 7 , the above-mentioned apparatus 600 includes: a receiving module 601 and a display module 602; the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is configured to receive a first input from a user to a first object, and the above-mentioned first object is the first object displayed on the display screen of the electronic device. For an object on a page, an information reference block is displayed floating on the above-mentioned display screen; the above-mentioned display module 602 is configured to display the first object in the above-mentioned information reference block in response to the above-mentioned first input received by the above-mentioned receiving module 601; the above-mentioned receiving Module 601 is further configured to receive a second input from a user to a second object, where the second object is an object on the second page displayed on the display screen; the display module 602 is further configured to respond to the above-mentioned receiving module received The second input is to display the second object in the above-mentioned information reference block; the above-mentioned display module 602 is further configured to display the first content and the second content in the above-mentioned input area when the input area is displayed on the above-mentioned display screen, the above-mentioned The first content is the content indicated by the first object, and the second content is the content indicated by the second object.

According to the information reference device provided by the embodiment of the present application, after receiving the user's first input of the first object on the first page, the information reference device can display the first object in the information reference block displayed in the floating display on the display screen, and then , the information reference device receives the second input of the second object pair on the second page by the user, then displays the second object in the information reference block displayed in the floating display on the display screen, and finally displays the input area on the display screen. In this case, the first content indicated by the first object and the second content indicated by the second object may be directly displayed in the input area. In the above process, when the user needs to refer to different content in multiple pages, he can complete the reference by displaying objects of different content in the information reference block that has been suspended in the display screen, so as to avoid the need to repeatedly enter the input area containing the input area. Pages, pasting and copying are repeated, so that the steps in the process of citing content by the electronic device can be simplified, and the time-consuming process of citing content by the electronic device can be saved.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, the above-mentioned apparatus 600 further includes: a copying module 603; the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is further configured to receive a third input from a user to a first target object, where the above-mentioned first target object is the above-mentioned first target object object or the above-mentioned second object; the above-mentioned display module 602 is further configured to display the N contents indicated by the above-mentioned first target object in response to the above-mentioned third input received by the above-mentioned receiving module 601, where N is a positive integer; the above-mentioned receiving module 601, It is also used to receive the fourth input from the user to at least one content in the above-mentioned N contents; the above-mentioned copying module 603 is also used to copy the above-mentioned at least one content to the pasteboard in response to the above-mentioned fourth input received by the above-mentioned receiving module 601 ; wherein, the at least one content is the first content or the second content.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned apparatus 600 further includes an update module 604; the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is further configured to receive a fourth input from the user in the editing area; the above-mentioned update module 604 is used to respond to the above-mentioned receiving module The fourth input received at 601 updates the order of the first content and the second content according to the order information input by the user, where the order of the first content and the second content corresponds to the order information.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned apparatus 600 further includes an update module 604; the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is configured to receive the fifth input of the user on the above-mentioned first object and the above-mentioned second object; the above-mentioned update module 604 is configured with In response to the fifth input received by the above-mentioned receiving module 601, the display order of the above-mentioned first object and the above-mentioned second object in the above-mentioned information reference block is updated; the above-mentioned updating module 604 is also used to update the above-mentioned display according to the above-mentioned updating module 604 The order of the first content and the second content is updated, and the order of the first content and the second content corresponds to the display order.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned information reference block includes a first area and a second area, the above-mentioned first area is used to display the above-mentioned first object and the above-mentioned second object, and the above-mentioned second area is used to display the above-mentioned first object. For the receiving object of the first content and the second content, the above-mentioned apparatus 600 further includes a sending module 605; the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is further configured to receive the sixth input from the user to the above-mentioned receiving object; the above-mentioned display module 602 is used to respond to the above-mentioned receiving The above-mentioned sixth input received by the module 601 displays the above-mentioned receiving object in the above-mentioned second area; the above-mentioned sending module 605 is configured to send the above-mentioned first content and the above-mentioned second content to the above-mentioned receiving object.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned first input is a user's selection input to the above-mentioned first object through a first selection control; the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is further configured to receive the user's addition control in the above-mentioned information reference block. The above-mentioned display module 602 is further configured to display the above-mentioned first selection control in response to the above-mentioned seventh input received by the above-mentioned receiving module 601 .

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present application, the above-mentioned apparatus 600 further includes an adjustment module 606; the above-mentioned receiving module 601 is configured to receive a first input from a user to control the above-mentioned first selection control on the first object; the above-mentioned adjustment module 606, In response to the first input received by the receiving module 601 , adjusting the coverage of the first selection control on the content indicated by the first object, and determining the content within the coverage as the first content.

The information citing device in this embodiment of the present application may be a device, or may be a component, an integrated circuit, or a chip in a terminal. The apparatus may be a mobile electronic device or a non-mobile electronic device. Exemplarily, the mobile electronic device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, an in-vehicle electronic device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, or a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant). assistant, PDA), etc., non-mobile electronic devices can be servers, network attached storage (Network Attached Storage, NAS), personal computer (personal computer, PC), television (television, TV), teller machine or self-service machine, etc., this application Examples are not specifically limited.

The information citing device in this embodiment of the present application may be a device having an operating system. The operating system may be an Android (Android) operating system, an ios operating system, or other possible operating systems, which are not specifically limited in the embodiments of the present application.

The information citing apparatus provided in this embodiment of the present application can implement each process implemented by the method embodiments in FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 , and to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 7 , the modules that must be included in the information reference device 600 are indicated by solid line boxes, such as the receiving module 601; the modules that may or may not be included in the information reference device 600 are indicated by dotted line boxes, such as Update module 604 .

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 8 , an embodiment of the present application further provides an electronic device 800, including a processor 801, a memory 802, a program or instruction stored in the memory 802 and executable on the processor 801, When the program or instruction is executed by the processor 801, each process of the above-mentioned information reference method embodiment is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. To avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

It should be noted that the electronic devices in the embodiments of the present application include the aforementioned mobile electronic devices and non-mobile electronic devices.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an electronic device implementing an embodiment of the present application.

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, a display unit 106, a user input unit 107, an interface unit 108, a memory 109, and a processor 110, etc. part. The user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072, the display unit 106 includes a display panel 1061, the input unit 104 includes an image processor 1041 and a microphone 1042, and the memory 109 can be used to store software programs (eg, an operating system). , applications required for at least one function) and various data.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the electronic device 100 may also include a power source (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components, and the power source may be logically connected to the processor 110 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power management through the power management system. consumption management and other functions. The structure of the electronic device shown in FIG. 9 does not constitute a limitation to the electronic device. The electronic device may include more or less components than the one shown, or combine some components, or arrange different components, which will not be repeated here. .

The above-mentioned user input unit 107 is configured to receive a first input from a user to a first object, where the above-mentioned first object is an object in the first page displayed on the display screen of the electronic device, and the above-mentioned display screen is displayed with an information reference block in a suspended manner The above-mentioned display unit 106 is used to display the first object in the above-mentioned information reference block in response to the above-mentioned first input received by the above-mentioned user input unit 107; the user input unit 107 is used to receive the user's second input to the second object , the above-mentioned second object is an object in the second page displayed on the above-mentioned display screen; the above-mentioned display unit 106 is further configured to display the second object in the above-mentioned information reference block in response to the above-mentioned second input received by the above-mentioned user input unit 107 The above-mentioned display unit 106 is also used to display the first content and the second content in the above-mentioned input area when the input area is displayed on the above-mentioned display screen, and the above-mentioned first content is the content indicated by the above-mentioned first object, and the above-mentioned first content The second content is the content indicated by the second object.

In the electronic device provided by the embodiment of the present application, after receiving the user's first input of the first object on the first page, the electronic device can display the first object in the information reference block displayed in the floating display on the display screen, and then the electronic device After receiving the second input from the user to the second object pair on the second page, and then displaying the second object in the information reference block displayed in the floating display on the display screen, and finally, when the input area is displayed on the display screen, in the The first content indicated by the first object and the second content indicated by the second object may be directly displayed in the input area. In the above process, when the user needs to refer to different content in multiple pages, he can complete the reference by displaying objects of different content in the information reference block that has been suspended in the display screen, so as to avoid the need to repeatedly enter the input area containing the input area. Pages, pasting and copying are repeated, so that the steps in the process of citing content by the electronic device can be simplified, and the time-consuming process of citing content by the electronic device can be saved.

Optionally, the above-mentioned user input unit 107 is further configured to receive a third input from the user to the first target object, where the above-mentioned first target object is the above-mentioned first object or the above-mentioned second object; the above-mentioned display unit 106 is also used to respond The third input received by the above-mentioned user input unit 107 displays N contents indicated by the above-mentioned first target object, where N is a positive integer; the above-mentioned user input unit 107 is also used to receive the user's feedback on at least one of the above-mentioned N contents. the fourth input; the processor 110 is configured to copy the at least one content to the clipboard in response to the fourth input received by the user input unit 107; wherein, the at least one content is the first content or the second content content.

Optionally, the above-mentioned user input unit 107 is further configured to receive the fourth input of the user in the editing area; the above-mentioned processor 110 is used to respond to the above-mentioned fourth input received by the above-mentioned user input unit 107, according to the sequence information input by the user. , to update the order of the first content and the second content, and the order of the first content and the second content corresponds to the order information.

Optionally, the above-mentioned user input unit 107 is specifically configured to receive a fifth input from the user to the above-mentioned first object and the above-mentioned second object; the above-mentioned processor 110 is specifically configured to respond to the above-mentioned fifth input received by the above-mentioned user input unit 107 input, and update the display order of the first object and the second object in the information reference block; the processor 110 is further configured to update the order of the first content and the second content according to the display order, the above The order of the first content and the above-mentioned second content corresponds to the above-mentioned display order.

Optionally, the above-mentioned information reference block includes a first area and a second area, the above-mentioned first area is used to display the above-mentioned first object and the above-mentioned second object, and the above-mentioned second area is used to display the above-mentioned first content and the above-mentioned second content. The above-mentioned user input unit 107 is also used for receiving the sixth input of the user to the above-mentioned receiving object; the above-mentioned display unit 106 is also used for responding to the above-mentioned sixth input received by the above-mentioned user input unit 107, in the above-mentioned second The above-mentioned receiving object is displayed in the area; the above-mentioned radio frequency unit 101 is configured to send the above-mentioned first content and the above-mentioned second content to the above-mentioned receiving object displayed by the above-mentioned display unit 106 .

Optionally, the above-mentioned first input is the user's selection input to the above-mentioned first object through the first selection control; the above-mentioned user input unit 107 is further configured to receive the user's seventh input to the addition control in the above-mentioned information reference block; the above-mentioned The display unit 106 is further configured to display the above-mentioned first selection control in response to the above-mentioned seventh input received by the above-mentioned user input unit 107 .

Optionally, the above-mentioned user input unit 107 is specifically configured to receive the first input from the user to control the above-mentioned first selection control on the first object; the above-mentioned processor 110 is specifically configured to respond to the above-mentioned first input received by the above-mentioned user input unit 107. Upon input, the coverage range of the first selection control on the content indicated by the first object is adjusted, and the content within the coverage range is determined as the first content.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present application, the input unit 104 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 1041 and a microphone 1042. Such as camera) to obtain still pictures or video image data for processing. The display unit 106 may include a display panel 1061, which may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode, or the like. The user input unit 107 includes a touch panel 1071 and other input devices 1072 . The touch panel 1071 is also called a touch screen. The touch panel 1071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Other input devices 1072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which are not described herein again. Memory 109 may be used to store software programs as well as various data including, but not limited to, application programs and operating systems. The processor 110 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes an operating system, a user interface, and an application program, and the like, and the modem processor mainly processes wireless communication. It can be understood that, the above-mentioned modulation and demodulation processor may not be integrated into the processor 110 .

Embodiments of the present application further provide a readable storage medium, where a program or an instruction is stored on the readable storage medium, and when the program or instruction is executed by a processor, each process of the foregoing information citing method embodiment can be achieved, and the same can be achieved. In order to avoid repetition, the technical effect will not be repeated here.

Wherein, the processor is the processor in the electronic device described in the foregoing embodiments. The readable storage medium includes a computer-readable storage medium, such as a computer read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and the like.

An embodiment of the present application further provides a chip, where the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled to the processor, and the processor is configured to run a program or an instruction to implement the information citing method embodiments described above. Each process can achieve the same technical effect. In order to avoid repetition, it will not be repeated here.

It should be understood that the chip mentioned in the embodiments of the present application may also be referred to as a system-on-chip, a system-on-chip, a system-on-a-chip, or a system-on-a-chip, or the like.

It should be noted that, herein, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element. Furthermore, it should be noted that the scope of the methods and apparatus in the embodiments of the present application is not limited to performing the functions in the order shown or discussed, but may also include performing the functions in a substantially simultaneous manner or in the reverse order depending on the functions involved. To perform functions, for example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may also be added, omitted, or combined. Additionally, features described with reference to some examples may be combined in other examples.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method of the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the present application can be embodied in the form of a software product in essence or in a part that contributes to the prior art, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, CD-ROM), including several instructions to make a terminal (which may 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 this application.

The embodiments of the present application have been described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-mentioned specific embodiments, which are merely illustrative rather than restrictive. Under the inspiration of this application, without departing from the scope of protection of the purpose of this application and the claims, many forms can be made, which all fall within the protection of this application.

Claims

A method for citing information, the method comprising:

receiving a first input from a user to a first object, where the first object is an object on a first page displayed on a display screen of the electronic device, and an information reference block is displayed in a suspended manner on the display screen;

displaying a first object in the information reference block in response to the first input;

receiving a second input from a user to a second object, where the second object is an object on a second page displayed on the display screen;

displaying a second object in the information reference block in response to the second input;

When an input area is displayed on the display screen, a first content and a second content are displayed in the input area, the first content is the content indicated by the first object, and the second content is all the Describe the content indicated by the second object.
The method according to claim 1, wherein, after the second object is displayed in the information reference block, and before the first content and the second content are displayed in the input area, the method further comprises:

receiving a third input from a user to a first target object, where the first target object is the first object or the second object;

In response to the third input, displaying N contents indicated by the first target object, where N is a positive integer;

receiving a fourth input from the user on at least one of the N contents;

in response to the fourth input, copying the at least one content to the clipboard;

Wherein, the at least one content is the first content or the second content.
The method of claim 1, wherein after the displaying the first content and the second content in the input area, the method further comprises:

Receive the fourth input from the user in the editing area;

In response to the fourth input, updating the order of the first content and the second content according to the order information input by the user, the order of the first content and the second content corresponding to the order information .
The method of claim 1, wherein after the displaying the first content and the second content in the input area, the method further comprises:

receiving a fifth user input to the first object and the second object;

in response to the fifth input, updating the display order of the first object and the second object in the information reference block;

According to the display order, the order of the first content and the second content is updated, and the order of the first content and the second content corresponds to the display order.
The method of claim 2, wherein the information reference block includes a first area and a second area, the first area is used to display the first object and the second object, the second area a receiving object for displaying the first content and the second content;

The method also includes:

receiving a sixth input from the user to the receiving object;

in response to the sixth input, displaying the recipient object in the second area;

The first content and the second content are sent to the recipient.
The method of claim 1, wherein the first input is a user's selection input of the first object through a first selection control;

Before receiving the first input from the user to the first object, the method further includes:

receiving a seventh input from the user to the add control in the information reference block;

The first selection control is displayed in response to the seventh input.
The method according to claim 5, wherein after the displaying the first selection control, the receiving the first input of the user for the first object comprises:

receiving a first input from the user to control the first selection control on the first object;

In response to the first input, the coverage of the first selection control on the content indicated by the first object is adjusted, and the content within the coverage is determined as the first content.
An information reference device, the device includes: a receiving module and a display module;

The receiving module is configured to receive a first input from a user to a first object, where the first object is an object on a first page displayed on a display screen of the electronic device, and an information reference block is displayed in suspension on the display screen;

the display module, configured to display a first object in the information reference block in response to the first input received by the receiving module;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a second input from a user to a second object, where the second object is an object on the second page displayed on the display screen;

The display module is further configured to display a second object in the information reference block in response to the second input received by the receiving module;

The display module is further configured to display a first content and a second content in the input area when the input area is displayed on the display screen, where the first content is the content indicated by the first object , and the second content is the content indicated by the second object.
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises a replication module;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a third input from a user to a first target object, where the first target object is the first object or the second object;

The display module is further configured to display N contents indicated by the first target object in response to the third input received by the receiving module, where N is a positive integer;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth input from the user to at least one content in the above-mentioned N content;

The copying module is further configured to copy the at least one content to the pasteboard in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module; wherein the at least one content is the first content or the second content .
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises: an update module;

The receiving module is further configured to receive the fourth input of the user in the editing area;

The updating module is configured to, in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module, update the sequence of the first content and the second content according to the sequence information input by the user, the first content and the second content. The order of the second content corresponds to the order information.
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the apparatus further comprises: an update module;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a fifth input from the user to the first object and the second object;

the updating module, configured to update the display order of the first object and the second object in the information reference block in response to the fifth input received by the receiving module;

The update module is further configured to update the sequence of the first content and the second content according to the display sequence updated by the update module, and the sequence of the first content and the second content is the same as the sequence of the first content and the second content. corresponding to the display order described above.
The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the information reference block includes a first area and a second area, the first area is used to display the first object and the second object, the second area a receiving object for displaying the first content and the second content, the apparatus further includes a sending module;

The receiving module is further configured to receive the sixth input of the user to the receiving object;

The display module is further configured to display the receiving object in the second area in response to the sixth input received by the receiving module;

The sending module is configured to send the first content and the second content to the receiving object.
The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the first input is a selection input of the first object by a user through a first selection control,

The receiving module is configured to receive the seventh input from the user to the addition control in the information reference block;

The display module is configured to display the first selection control in response to the seventh input received by the receiving module.
The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus further comprises an adjustment module;

The receiving module is further configured to receive a first input from a user to control the first selection control on the first object;

The adjustment module is configured to, in response to the first input received by the receiving module, adjust the coverage of the first selection control on the content indicated by the first object, and determine the content within the coverage for the first content.
An electronic device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or instruction stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the program or instruction being executed by the processor to achieve as claimed in claims 1-7 The steps of any one of the information citing methods.
A readable storage medium on which programs or instructions are stored, and when the programs or instructions are executed by a processor, the steps of the information referencing method according to any one of claims 1-7 are implemented.
An information citing apparatus, the apparatus is used for executing the information citing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
A chip, the chip includes a processor and a communication interface, the communication interface is coupled with the processor, and the processor is used for running a program or an instruction to implement the information reference according to any one of claims 1-7 method.