CN106445291B - Method and terminal for realizing application processing - Google Patents

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CN106445291B
CN106445291B CN201610832623.4A CN201610832623A CN106445291B CN 106445291 B CN106445291 B CN 106445291B CN 201610832623 A CN201610832623 A CN 201610832623A CN 106445291 B CN106445291 B CN 106445291B
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A method and a terminal for realizing application processing comprise the following steps: selecting an application to be used within a first preset time according to a preset mode; opening the selected application to be used, and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar; and executing operation processing on the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar. According to the embodiment of the invention, the application icons are loaded through the toolbar, so that the operation of application switching is simplified, the efficiency of application switching is improved, and the use experience of a terminal user is improved.

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Method and terminal for realizing application processing
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to, but not limited to, terminal application technologies, and in particular, to a method and a terminal for implementing application processing.
Background
With the increasing variety and functions of Applications (APPs), there are more APPs installed and used in mobile phones, tablet phones, and other terminals, and their applications are almost all in every aspect of life.
When the APP is used, if application switching is required, the related technology mainly exits the currently running application of the foreground through a BACK key or a HOME page (HOME), and starts the application required to run by searching and clicking a shortcut icon of the application required to run; when exiting the application in the background, the application in the background also needs to be searched, and the exiting processing is performed on the application through a preset operation.
According to the related technology, when application switching is carried out and quit processing is carried out on application in a background, the operation is complex, the efficiency is low, and the operation experience of a user is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The following is a summary of the subject matter described in detail herein. This summary is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.
The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a terminal for realizing application processing, which can simplify application switching operation.
The embodiment of the invention provides a terminal for realizing application processing, which comprises: the device comprises a selection unit, a loading unit and an operation processing unit; wherein the content of the first and second substances,
the selection unit is used for selecting the application to be used within a first preset time length according to a preset mode;
the loading unit is used for opening the selected application to be used and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar;
and the operation processing unit is used for operating the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar.
Optionally, the selecting unit is specifically configured to:
selecting one or more applications which need to be used within the first preset time length through application icons through which the stroke tracks pass in the continuous stroke process; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and adding one or more applications which need to be used in the first preset time length into a preset folder one by one.
Optionally, the operation processing unit is specifically configured to,
when application switching is needed, clicking an application icon of a first application needing to be operated on a foreground in the toolbar, switching a second application currently operating in the foreground into a background, and triggering the first application to operate in the foreground;
and when the third application needs to be closed, clicking a closing key on an application icon corresponding to the third application in the toolbar to close the third application.
Optionally, the terminal further includes a display processing unit, configured to perform any combination of the following processes:
receiving an external instruction through an adding key preset on the toolbar, and adding one or more application icons needing to be used within a second preset time length into the toolbar;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within a third preset time, performing first processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the third preset time;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fourth preset time, performing second processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fourth preset time;
and when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fifth preset time, performing third processing on the application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fifth preset time.
Optionally, the terminal further includes a toolbar adjusting unit, configured to:
stretching the tool bar according to a preset stretching key on the tool bar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
contracting the toolbar according to a preset contraction key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
hiding the toolbar according to a preset hidden key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and canceling hiding of the toolbar according to a preset recovery key.
On the other hand, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for implementing application processing, including:
selecting an application to be used within a first preset time according to a preset mode;
opening the selected application to be used, and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar;
and executing operation processing on the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar.
Optionally, the selecting the application to be used within the first preset duration according to the preset mode includes:
selecting one or more applications which need to be used within the first preset time length through application icons through which the stroke tracks pass in the continuous stroke process; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and adding one or more applications which need to be used in the first preset time length into a preset folder one by one.
Optionally, the running processing on the application includes processing in any combination of the following:
when application switching is needed, clicking an application icon of a first application needing to be operated on a foreground in the toolbar, switching a second application currently operating in the foreground into a background, and triggering the first application to operate in the foreground;
and when the third application needs to be closed, clicking a closing key on an application icon corresponding to the third application in the toolbar to close the third application.
Optionally, the method further comprises any combination of the following processes:
receiving an external instruction through an adding key preset on the toolbar, and adding one or more application icons needing to be used within a second preset time length into the toolbar;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within a third preset time, performing first processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the third preset time;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fourth preset time, performing second processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fourth preset time;
and when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fifth preset time, performing third processing on the application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fifth preset time.
Optionally, the method further includes:
stretching the tool bar according to a preset stretching key on the tool bar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
contracting the toolbar according to a preset contraction key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
hiding the toolbar according to a preset hidden key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and canceling hiding of the toolbar according to a preset recovery key.
Compared with the related art, the technical scheme of the application comprises the following steps: selecting an application to be used within a first preset time according to a preset mode; opening the selected application to be used, and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar; and executing operation processing on the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar. According to the embodiment of the invention, the application icons are loaded through the toolbar, so that the operation of application switching is simplified, the efficiency of application switching is improved, and the use experience of a terminal user is improved.
Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the attached drawings and detailed description.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for implementing application processing according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention selecting an application to be used through a stroking process;
FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a display of a toolbar according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an application icon display according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a flow diagram of a method for implementing application processing according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a block diagram of a terminal for implementing application processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other without conflict.
A mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, suffixes such as "module", "component", or "unit" used to denote elements are used only for facilitating the explanation of the present invention, and have no specific meaning in themselves. Thus, "module" and "component" may be used in a mixture.
The mobile terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in the present invention may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcast receiver, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a PAD (tablet computer), a PMP (portable multimedia player), a navigation device, and the like, and a stationary terminal such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like. In the following, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to a fixed type terminal in addition to elements particularly used for moving purposes.
Fig. 1 is a schematic hardware configuration of a mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention.
The mobile terminal 100 may include a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190, etc. Fig. 1 illustrates a mobile terminal having various components, but it is to be understood that not all illustrated components are required to be implemented. More or fewer components may alternatively be implemented. Elements of the mobile terminal will be described in detail below.
The user input unit 130 may generate key input data according to a command input by a user to control various operations of the mobile terminal. The user input unit 130 allows a user to input various types of information, and may include a keyboard, dome sheet, touch pad (e.g., a touch-sensitive member that detects changes in resistance, pressure, capacitance, and the like due to being touched), scroll wheel, joystick, and the like. In particular, when the touch pad is superimposed on the display unit 151 in the form of a layer, a touch screen may be formed.
The sensing unit 140 detects a current state of the mobile terminal 100 (e.g., an open or closed state of the mobile terminal 100), a position of the mobile terminal 100, presence or absence of contact (i.e., touch input) by a user with the mobile terminal 100, an orientation of the mobile terminal 100, acceleration or deceleration movement and direction of the mobile terminal 100, and the like, and generates a command or signal for controlling an operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is implemented as a slide-type mobile phone, the sensing unit 140 may sense whether the slide-type phone is opened or closed.
The output unit 150 is configured to provide output signals (e.g., audio signals, video signals, alarm signals, vibration signals, etc.) in a visual, audio, and/or tactile manner. The output unit 150 may include a display unit 151.
The display unit 151 may display information processed in the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a phone call mode, the display unit 151 may display a User Interface (UI) or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) related to a call or other communication (e.g., text messaging, multimedia file downloading, etc.). When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or an image capturing mode, the display unit 151 may display a captured image and/or a received image, a UI or GUI showing a video or an image and related functions, and the like.
Meanwhile, when the display unit 151 and the touch pad are overlapped with each other in the form of a layer to form a touch screen, the display unit 151 may serve as an input device and an output device. The display unit 151 may include at least one of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display, a flexible display, a three-dimensional (3D) display, and the like. Some of these displays may be configured to be transparent to allow a user to view from the outside, which may be referred to as transparent displays, and a typical transparent display may be, for example, a TOLED (transparent organic light emitting diode) display or the like. Depending on the particular desired implementation, the mobile terminal 100 may include two or more display units (or other display devices), for example, the mobile terminal may include an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown). The touch screen may be used to detect a touch input pressure as well as a touch input position and a touch input area.
The memory 160 may store software programs and the like for processing and controlling operations performed by the controller 180, or may temporarily store data (e.g., a phonebook, messages, still images, videos, and the like) that has been or will be output. Also, the memory 160 may store data regarding various ways of vibration and audio signals output when a touch is applied to the touch screen.
The memory 160 may include at least one type of storage medium including a flash memory, a hard disk, a multimedia card, a card-type memory (e.g., SD or DX memory, etc.), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, and the like. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may cooperate with a network storage device that performs a storage function of the memory 160 through a network connection.
The controller 180 generally controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, the controller 180 performs control and processing related to voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process to recognize a handwriting input or a picture drawing input performed on the touch screen as a character or an image.
The power supply unit 190 receives external power or internal power and provides appropriate power required to operate various elements and components under the control of the controller 180.
The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer-readable medium using, for example, computer software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented using at least one of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Digital Signal Processing Device (DSPD), a Programmable Logic Device (PLD), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a processor, a controller, a microcontroller, a microprocessor, an electronic unit designed to perform the functions described herein, and in some cases, such embodiments may be implemented in the controller 180. For a software implementation, the implementation such as a process or a function may be implemented with a separate software module that allows performing at least one function or operation. The software codes may be implemented by software applications (or programs) written in any suitable programming language, which may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the controller 180.
Up to this point, mobile terminals have been described in terms of their functionality. Hereinafter, a slide-type mobile terminal among various types of mobile terminals, such as a folder-type, bar-type, swing-type, slide-type mobile terminal, and the like, will be described as an example for the sake of brevity. Accordingly, the present invention can be applied to any type of mobile terminal, and is not limited to a slide type mobile terminal.
Based on the above mobile terminal hardware structure and communication system, the present invention provides various embodiments of the method.
Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for implementing application processing according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, including:
200, selecting an application to be used within a first preset time length according to a preset mode;
optionally, the selecting, according to the preset mode, the application that needs to be used within the first preset duration in the embodiment of the present invention includes:
selecting one or more applications to be used within a first preset time length through application icons through which the stroke tracks pass in the continuous stroke process; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and adding one or more applications which need to be used for the first preset duration into a preset folder one by one.
It should be noted that the sliding process may be the same as the sliding process of sliding unlocking in the related art, and the embodiment of the present invention selects the application corresponding to each application icon through which the sliding trajectory passes based on the sliding process, so as to simplify the selection process of the application to be used, and achieve high operation efficiency; fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of selecting an application to be used through a stroke process according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 3, selection of 7 applications to be used is achieved through a Z-shaped stroke track, and the selection process is convenient and efficient.
Step 201, opening the selected application to be used, and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar;
it should be noted that, the opening of the selected application to be selected in the embodiment of the present invention may include opening all the selected applications to be used in a unified manner, or opening all the selected applications to be used in a one-by-one manner. The method for loading the application icon can adopt a method for loading the application icon of shortcut operation of the application in the related technology, the application icon of the embodiment of the invention has the function of shortcut, and the operation of application operation starting, application closing and the like can be carried out through the application icon.
And 202, running the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar.
It should be noted that the method in the embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in a terminal such as a mobile phone or a tablet.
Optionally, the running processing on the application in the embodiment of the present invention may include any combination of the following processing:
when application switching is needed, clicking an application icon of a first application needing to be operated on a foreground in a toolbar, switching a second application currently operating in the foreground into a background, and triggering the first application to operate in the foreground;
and when the third application needs to be closed, clicking a closing key on an application icon corresponding to the third application in the toolbar to close the third application.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the application switching process is performed, the application icon of the second application switched to the background may be continuously retained in the toolbar; when the closing process is performed on the third application, the application icon corresponding to the third application may be deleted from the toolbar. Here, the first application, the second application, and the third application are merely distinguished for clear statement of the embodiment of the present invention, and they may be any applications added to the toolbar. Fig. 4 is a display schematic diagram of a toolbar according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 4, the toolbar includes a plurality of application icons, the number of the application icons may be set according to system configuration, a size of a display window of a terminal, and a user use condition, generally, the number of the application icons is greater than two and smaller than nine, and the number of the application icons may be appropriately expanded by adjusting the size of the icons and setting a manner of dragging the display toolbar. When the application is switched, the operation of exiting the application running in the foreground is not needed, the processing of switching the application in the foreground to the background is realized by clicking the application icon in the toolbar, the application needing to be used is switched to the foreground to run, the operation of switching the application is simplified, and the use experience of a user is improved.
Optionally, the method according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes any combination of the following processes:
receiving an external instruction through an adding key preset on the toolbar, and adding one or more application icons needing to be used within a second preset time length into the toolbar;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the third preset time, performing first processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the third preset time;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fourth preset time, performing second processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fourth preset time;
and when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fifth preset time, performing third processing on the application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fifth preset time.
It should be noted that the first process may include a transparency process for presetting transparency, for example, a process for performing 50% transparency on the icon; the second processing may include a first preset percentage of hiding processing, where the first preset percentage may be other values, and may be set by default according to user habits or statistical data; for example, hide 50% of the application icons; the second processing may also be based on the hiding processing of the second preset percentage after the first processing, for example, when the first processing is processing of performing 50% transparency on the icon, the second processing performs hiding processing of applying 50% of the icon on the basis of performing 50% transparency on the icon; the third processing may include processing to delete an application icon, and when the application icon is deleted, the application of the deleted application icon may not be able to implement fast application switching through the toolbar. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating application icon display according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, an application 1 runs in the foreground, and an application icon of the application 1 is normally displayed; the application 2 assumes that the application icon is always in the background within a third preset duration, and performs 50% transparency processing on the application icon of the application 2 according to a preset first processing mode, wherein the 50% transparency processing is represented by left oblique lines in the figure; the application 3 assumes that the application icon is always in the background within the fourth preset duration, according to a preset second processing mode, 50% transparency and 50% hiding processing is performed on the application icon of the application 3, the processing that the 50% transparency is represented by a left oblique line of the right half part (a crescent display part) of the application icon of the application 3 in the figure, and the hiding is represented by not displaying the left half part of the left oblique line display part, so that the use condition of the application is distinguished by different displays of the application icon, and a user can clearly master the use condition of the application; the first processing, the second processing, and the third processing in the embodiment of the present invention may include other processing, for example, processing for reducing the application icon, and how much the reduction is may be analyzed and set according to an actual situation, for example, reducing the application icon to one fourth of the original size; and adjusting the application icons to be displayed in gray, and distinguishing whether the application is used in each preset time length or not through gray display.
According to the embodiment of the invention, a first preset time, a second preset time, a third preset time, a fourth preset time and a fifth preset time can be set according to the processing of the application icon; generally, the first preset time period is longer than a fifth preset time period, the fifth preset time period is longer than a fourth preset time period, the fourth preset time period is longer than a third preset time period, and the first preset time period may be longer than the second preset time period; the third preset time can be any time of 15-30 minutes, and can also be adjusted according to experience, habits of users in using applications and the like; correspondingly, the first preset time length, the second preset time length, the fourth preset time length and the fifth preset time length can be set by referring to the third preset time length; whether the application is used by the user can be obtained by reading a running log of the application or related parameters of the system. The embodiment of the invention can also perform other processing on the application icons in the toolbar based on the implementation principle.
Optionally, the method in the embodiment of the present invention further includes:
stretching the toolbar according to a preset stretching key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
contracting the toolbar according to a preset contraction key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
hiding the toolbar according to a preset hidden key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and canceling hiding of the toolbar according to a preset recovery key.
It should be noted that the preset recovery key in the embodiment of the present invention may be a predefined combination key or an independently arranged trigger key. The embodiment of the invention avoids the toolbar occupying the terminal display screen by extending, contracting, hiding and canceling the hiding processing of the toolbar.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the application icons are loaded through the toolbar, so that the operation of application switching is simplified, the efficiency of application switching is improved, and the use experience of a terminal user is improved.
Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a method for implementing application processing according to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, including:
step 600, selecting an application to be used within a first preset time according to a preset mode;
optionally, the selecting, according to the preset mode, the application that needs to be used within the first preset duration in the embodiment of the present invention includes:
selecting one or more applications to be used within a first preset time length through application icons through which the stroke tracks pass in the continuous stroke process; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and adding one or more applications which need to be used for the first preset duration into a preset folder one by one.
It should be noted that the sliding process may be the same as a sliding process of sliding unlocking in the related art, and the embodiment of the present invention selects an application corresponding to each application icon through which a sliding trajectory passes based on the sliding process, so that a selection process of an application to be used is simplified, and the operation efficiency is high.
Step 601, opening the selected application to be used, and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar;
it should be noted that, the opening of the selected application to be selected in the embodiment of the present invention may include opening all the selected applications to be used in a unified manner, or opening all the selected applications to be used in a one-by-one manner. The method of loading the application icon may adopt a method of loading an application icon for shortcut operation of an application in the related art.
And step 602, running the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar.
Optionally, the running processing on the application in the embodiment of the present invention may include any combination of the following processing:
when application switching is needed, clicking an application icon of a first application needing to be operated on a foreground in a toolbar, switching a second application currently operating in the foreground into a background, and triggering the first application to operate in the foreground;
and when the third application needs to be closed, clicking a closing key on an application icon corresponding to the third application in the toolbar to close the third application.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the application switching process is performed, the application icon of the second application switched to the background may be continuously retained in the toolbar; when the closing process is performed on the third application, the application icon corresponding to the third application may be deleted from the toolbar. Here, the first application, the second application, and the third application are merely distinguished for clear statement of the embodiment of the present invention, and they may be any applications added to the toolbar. The toolbar of the embodiment of the invention can contain a plurality of application icons, the number of the application icons can be set according to system configuration, the size of a display window of a terminal and the use condition of a user, generally, the number of the application icons is more than two and less than nine, and the number of the application icons can be expanded properly by adjusting the size of the icons and setting a dragging display toolbar. When the application is switched, the operation of exiting the application running in the foreground is not needed, the processing of switching the application in the foreground to the background is realized by clicking the application icon in the toolbar, the application needing to be used is switched to the foreground to run, the operation of switching the application is simplified, and the use experience of a user is improved.
Step 603, when the application in the toolbar is not used within a third preset time period, performing first processing on an application icon corresponding to the application not used within the third preset time period;
step 604, when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fourth preset time period, performing second processing on an application icon corresponding to the unused application within the fourth preset time period;
and 605, when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fifth preset time period, performing third processing on the application icon corresponding to the application not used within the fifth preset time period.
It should be noted that the first process may include a transparency process for presetting transparency, for example, a process for performing 50% transparency on the icon; the second processing may include a first preset percentage of hiding processing, where the first preset percentage may be other values, and may be set by default according to user habits or statistical data; for example, hide 50% of the application icons; the second processing may also be based on the hiding processing of the second preset percentage after the first processing, for example, when the first processing is processing of performing 50% transparency on the icon, the second processing performs hiding processing of applying 50% of the icon on the basis of performing 50% transparency on the icon; the third processing may include processing to delete an application icon, and when the application icon is deleted, the application of the deleted application icon may not be able to implement fast application switching through the toolbar. The first processing, the second processing, and the third processing in the embodiment of the present invention may include other processing, for example, processing for reducing the application icon, and how much the reduction is may be analyzed and set according to an actual situation, for example, reducing the application icon to one fourth of the original size; and adjusting the application icons to be displayed in gray, and distinguishing whether the application is used in each preset time length or not through gray display.
According to the embodiment of the invention, a first preset time, a second preset time, a third preset time, a fourth preset time and a fifth preset time can be set according to the processing of the application icon; generally, the first preset time period is longer than a fifth preset time period, the fifth preset time period is longer than a fourth preset time period, the fourth preset time period is longer than a third preset time period, and the first preset time period may be longer than the second preset time period; the third preset time can be any time of 15-30 minutes, and can also be adjusted according to experience, habits of users in using applications and the like; correspondingly, the first preset time length, the second preset time length, the fourth preset time length and the fifth preset time length can be set by referring to the third preset time length; whether the application is used by the user can be obtained by reading a running log of the application or related parameters of the system. The embodiment of the invention can also perform other processing on the application icons in the toolbar based on the implementation principle.
The embodiment of the invention can also comprise: receiving an external instruction through an adding key preset on the toolbar, and adding one or more application icons needing to be used within a second preset time length into the toolbar;
optionally, the method in the embodiment of the present invention further includes:
stretching the toolbar according to a preset stretching key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
contracting the toolbar according to a preset contraction key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
hiding the toolbar according to a preset hidden key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and canceling hiding of the toolbar according to a preset recovery key.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the toolbar is prevented from occupying the terminal display screen by extending, contracting, hiding, and canceling the hiding process for the toolbar.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the application icons are loaded through the toolbar, so that the operation of application switching is simplified, the efficiency of application switching is improved, and the use experience of a terminal user is improved.
Fig. 7 is a block diagram of a terminal for implementing application processing according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, including: the device comprises a selection unit, a loading unit and an operation processing unit; wherein the content of the first and second substances,
the selection unit is used for selecting the application to be used within a first preset time length according to a preset mode;
optionally, the selecting unit is specifically configured to:
selecting one or more applications to be used within a first preset time length through application icons through which the stroke tracks pass in the continuous stroke process; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and adding one or more applications which need to be used for the first preset duration into a preset folder one by one.
It should be noted that the sliding process may be the same as a sliding process of sliding unlocking in the related art, and the embodiment of the present invention selects an application corresponding to each application icon through which a sliding trajectory passes based on the sliding process, so that a selection process of an application to be used is simplified, and the operation efficiency is high.
The loading unit is used for opening the selected application to be used and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar;
and the operation processing unit is used for operating the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar.
It should be noted that, the opening of the selected application to be selected in the embodiment of the present invention may include opening all the selected applications to be used in a unified manner, or opening all the selected applications to be used in a one-by-one manner.
Optionally, the operation processing unit is specifically configured to,
when application switching is needed, clicking an application icon of a first application needing to be operated on a foreground in a toolbar, switching a second application currently operating in the foreground into a background, and triggering the first application to operate in the foreground;
and when the third application needs to be closed, clicking a closing key on an application icon corresponding to the third application in the toolbar to close the third application.
It should be noted that, when the application switching process is performed in the embodiment of the present invention, the application icon of the second application switched to the background may be continuously retained in the toolbar; when the third application is closed, the application icon corresponding to the third application can be deleted from the toolbar; the application icons in the toolbar have the shortcut operation function of the application icons of the terminal display window, and the application can be triggered to run in the foreground by clicking the icons. Here, the first application, the second application, and the third application are merely distinguished for clear statement of the embodiment of the present invention, and they may be any applications added to the toolbar. The toolbar of the embodiment of the invention can contain a plurality of application icons, the number of the application icons can be set according to system configuration, the size of a display window of a terminal and the use condition of a user, generally, the number of the application icons is more than two and less than nine, and the number of the application icons can be expanded properly by adjusting the size of the icons and setting a dragging display toolbar. When the application is switched, the operation of exiting the application running in the foreground is not needed, the processing of switching the application in the foreground to the background is realized by clicking the application icon in the toolbar, the application needing to be used is switched to the foreground to run, the operation of switching the application is simplified, and the use experience of a user is improved.
Optionally, the terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention further includes a display processing unit, configured to perform processing in any combination of the following:
receiving an external instruction through an adding key preset on the toolbar, and adding one or more application icons needing to be used within a second preset time length into the toolbar;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the third preset time, performing first processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the third preset time;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fourth preset time, performing second processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fourth preset time;
and when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fifth preset time, performing third processing on the application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fifth preset time.
It should be noted that the first process may include a transparency process for presetting transparency, for example, a process for performing 50% transparency on the icon; the second processing may include a first preset percentage of hiding processing, where the first preset percentage may be other values, and may be set by default according to user habits or statistical data; for example, hide 50% of the application icons; the second processing may also be based on the hiding processing of the second preset percentage after the first processing, for example, when the first processing is processing of performing 50% transparency on the icon, the second processing performs hiding processing of applying 50% of the icon on the basis of performing 50% transparency on the icon; the third processing may include processing to delete an application icon, and when the application icon is deleted, the application of the deleted application icon may not be able to implement fast application switching through the toolbar. The first processing, the second processing, and the third processing in the embodiment of the present invention may include other processing, for example, processing for reducing the application icon, and how much the reduction is may be analyzed and set according to an actual situation, for example, reducing the application icon to one fourth of the original size; and adjusting the application icons to be displayed in gray, and distinguishing whether the application is used in each preset time length or not through gray display.
According to the embodiment of the invention, a first preset time, a second preset time, a third preset time, a fourth preset time and a fifth preset time can be set according to the processing of the application icon; generally, the first preset time period is longer than a fifth preset time period, the fifth preset time period is longer than a fourth preset time period, the fourth preset time period is longer than a third preset time period, and the first preset time period may be longer than the second preset time period; the third preset time can be any time of 15-30 minutes, and can also be adjusted according to experience, habits of users in using applications and the like; correspondingly, the first preset time length, the second preset time length, the fourth preset time length and the fifth preset time length can be set by referring to the third preset time length; whether the application is used by the user can be obtained by reading a running log of the application or related parameters of the system.
The terminal of the embodiment of the invention also comprises a toolbar adjusting unit, which is used for:
stretching the toolbar according to a preset stretching key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
contracting the toolbar according to a preset contraction key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
hiding the toolbar according to a preset hidden key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and canceling hiding of the toolbar according to a preset recovery key.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the toolbar is prevented from occupying the terminal display screen by extending, contracting, hiding, and canceling the hiding process for the toolbar.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the application icons are loaded through the toolbar, so that the operation of application switching is simplified, the efficiency of application switching is improved, and the use experience of a terminal user is improved.
An embodiment of the present invention further provides another terminal for implementing application processing, including: the system comprises a selection unit, a loading unit, an operation processing unit, a display processing unit and a toolbar adjusting unit; wherein the content of the first and second substances,
the selection unit is used for selecting the application to be used within a first preset time length according to a preset mode;
optionally, the selecting unit is specifically configured to:
selecting one or more applications to be used within a first preset time length through application icons through which the stroke tracks pass in the continuous stroke process; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and adding one or more applications which need to be used for the first preset duration into a preset folder one by one.
It should be noted that the sliding process may be the same as a sliding process of sliding unlocking in the related art, and the embodiment of the present invention selects an application corresponding to each application icon through which a sliding trajectory passes based on the sliding process, so that a selection process of an application to be used is simplified, and the operation efficiency is high.
The loading unit is used for opening the selected application to be used and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar;
and the operation processing unit is used for operating the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar.
It should be noted that, the opening of the selected application to be selected in the embodiment of the present invention may include opening all the selected applications to be used in a unified manner, or opening all the selected applications to be used in a one-by-one manner.
Optionally, the operation processing unit is specifically configured to,
when application switching is needed, clicking an application icon of a first application needing to be operated on a foreground in a toolbar, switching a second application currently operating in the foreground into a background, and triggering the first application to operate in the foreground;
and when the third application needs to be closed, clicking a closing key on an application icon corresponding to the third application in the toolbar to close the third application.
It should be noted that, when the application switching process is performed in the embodiment of the present invention, the application icon of the second application switched to the background may be continuously retained in the toolbar; when the third application is closed, the application icon corresponding to the third application can be deleted from the toolbar; the application icons in the toolbar have the shortcut operation function of the application icons of the terminal display window, and the application can be triggered to run in the foreground by clicking the icons. Here, the first application, the second application, and the third application are merely distinguished for clear statement of the embodiment of the present invention, and they may be any applications added to the toolbar. The toolbar of the embodiment of the invention can contain a plurality of application icons, the number of the application icons can be set according to system configuration, the size of a display window of a terminal and the use condition of a user, generally, the number of the application icons is more than two and less than nine, and the number of the application icons can be expanded properly by adjusting the size of the icons and setting a dragging display toolbar. When the application is switched, the operation of exiting the application running in the foreground is not needed, the processing of switching the application in the foreground to the background is realized by clicking the application icon in the toolbar, the application needing to be used is switched to the foreground to run, the operation of switching the application is simplified, and the use experience of a user is improved.
The display processing unit is used for carrying out the following processing in any combination:
receiving an external instruction through an adding key preset on the toolbar, and adding one or more application icons needing to be used within a second preset time length into the toolbar;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the third preset time, performing first processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the third preset time;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fourth preset time, performing second processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fourth preset time;
and when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fifth preset time, performing third processing on the application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fifth preset time.
It should be noted that the first process may include a transparency process for presetting transparency, for example, a process for performing 50% transparency on the icon; the second processing may include a first preset percentage of hiding processing, where the first preset percentage may be other values, and may be set by default according to user habits or statistical data; for example, hide 50% of the application icons; the second processing may also be based on the hiding processing of the second preset percentage after the first processing, for example, when the first processing is processing of performing 50% transparency on the icon, the second processing performs hiding processing of applying 50% of the icon on the basis of performing 50% transparency on the icon; the third processing may include processing to delete an application icon, and when the application icon is deleted, the application of the deleted application icon may not be able to implement fast application switching through the toolbar. The first processing, the second processing, and the third processing in the embodiment of the present invention may include other processing, for example, processing for reducing the application icon, and how much the reduction is may be analyzed and set according to an actual situation, for example, reducing the application icon to one fourth of the original size; and adjusting the application icons to be displayed in gray, and distinguishing whether the application is used in each preset time length or not through gray display.
According to the embodiment of the invention, a first preset time, a second preset time, a third preset time, a fourth preset time and a fifth preset time can be set according to the processing of the application icon; generally, the first preset time period is longer than a fifth preset time period, the fifth preset time period is longer than a fourth preset time period, the fourth preset time period is longer than a third preset time period, and the first preset time period may be longer than the second preset time period; the third preset time can be any time of 15-30 minutes, and can also be adjusted according to experience, habits of users in using applications and the like; correspondingly, the first preset time length, the second preset time length, the fourth preset time length and the fifth preset time length can be set by referring to the third preset time length; whether the application is used by the user can be obtained by reading a running log of the application or related parameters of the system.
The toolbar adjusting unit is used for:
stretching the toolbar according to a preset stretching key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
contracting the toolbar according to a preset contraction key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
hiding the toolbar according to a preset hidden key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and canceling hiding of the toolbar according to a preset recovery key.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the toolbar is prevented from occupying the terminal display screen by extending, contracting, hiding, and canceling the hiding process for the toolbar.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the application icons are loaded through the toolbar, so that the operation of application switching is simplified, the efficiency of application switching is improved, and the use experience of a terminal user is improved.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps of the above methods may be implemented by a program instructing associated hardware (e.g., a processor) to perform the steps, and the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as a read only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like. Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may be implemented using one or more integrated circuits. Accordingly, each module/unit in the above embodiments may be implemented in hardware, for example, by an integrated circuit to implement its corresponding function, or in software, for example, by a processor executing a program/instruction stored in a memory to implement its corresponding function. The present invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the above description is only for the convenience of understanding the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

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1. A terminal for implementing application processing, comprising: the device comprises a selection unit, a loading unit, an operation processing unit and a display processing unit; wherein the content of the first and second substances,
the selection unit is used for selecting the application to be used within a first preset time length according to a preset mode;
the loading unit is used for opening the selected application to be used and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar;
the operation processing unit is used for performing operation processing on the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar;
a display processing unit for performing processing of any combination of:
receiving an external instruction through an adding key preset on the toolbar, and adding one or more application icons needing to be used within a second preset time length into the toolbar;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within a third preset time, performing first processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the third preset time;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fourth preset time, performing second processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fourth preset time;
and when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fifth preset time, performing third processing on the application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fifth preset time.
2. Terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that the selection unit is specifically adapted to,
selecting one or more applications which need to be used within the first preset time length through application icons through which the stroke tracks pass in the continuous stroke process; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and adding one or more applications which need to be used in the first preset time length into a preset folder one by one.
3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the execution processing unit is specifically configured to,
when application switching is needed, clicking an application icon of a first application needing to be operated on a foreground in the toolbar, switching a second application currently operating in the foreground into a background, and triggering the first application to operate in the foreground;
and when the third application needs to be closed, clicking a closing key on an application icon corresponding to the third application in the toolbar to close the third application.
4. The terminal according to any of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a toolbar adjustment unit configured to:
stretching the tool bar according to a preset stretching key on the tool bar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
contracting the toolbar according to a preset contraction key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
hiding the toolbar according to a preset hidden key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and canceling hiding of the toolbar according to a preset recovery key.
5. A method for implementing application processing, comprising:
selecting an application to be used within a first preset time according to a preset mode;
opening the selected application to be used, and loading an application icon of each opened application into a preset toolbar;
running the application through the application icon loaded in the toolbar;
the method further comprises processing in any combination of:
receiving an external instruction through an adding key preset on the toolbar, and adding one or more application icons needing to be used within a second preset time length into the toolbar;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within a third preset time, performing first processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the third preset time;
when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fourth preset time, performing second processing on an application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fourth preset time;
and when the application in the toolbar is not used within the fifth preset time, performing third processing on the application icon corresponding to the application which is not used within the fifth preset time.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the selecting the application to be used within the first preset time period according to the preset mode comprises:
selecting one or more applications which need to be used within the first preset time length through application icons through which the stroke tracks pass in the continuous stroke process; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
and adding one or more applications which need to be used in the first preset time length into a preset folder one by one.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the executing the application comprises any combination of the following:
when application switching is needed, clicking an application icon of a first application needing to be operated on a foreground in the toolbar, switching a second application currently operating in the foreground into a background, and triggering the first application to operate in the foreground;
and when the third application needs to be closed, clicking a closing key on an application icon corresponding to the third application in the toolbar to close the third application.
8. The method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, further comprising:
stretching the tool bar according to a preset stretching key on the tool bar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
contracting the toolbar according to a preset contraction key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
hiding the toolbar according to a preset hidden key on the toolbar; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and canceling hiding of the toolbar according to a preset recovery key.
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