CN104216600A - A method for providing functions of an application program and a touch-screen intelligent terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a method for providing functions of application programs, which is suitable for touch screen intelligent terminal equipment, when the application program with an editing function is started, a window of an input method application program is created in a screen of the touch screen intelligent terminal equipment, and views in a soft keyboard view set are loaded in the window of the input method application program; the soft keyboard view set at least comprises a keyboard view; when the operation mode is switched, loading a view in a shortcut operation view set in a window of the input method application program, wherein the shortcut operation view set at least comprises one view for providing functions of other application programs; providing the functions of the other application programs in the shortcut operation area; and the shortcut operation area is an area where a window of the input method application program is located. The application also discloses a touch screen intelligent terminal device. By the aid of the technical scheme, use convenience of the touch screen intelligent terminal device can be improved.

Description

A method for providing functions of an application program and a touch-screen intelligent terminal device

technical field

The present application relates to the technical field of smart terminals, in particular to a method for providing functions of application programs and a touch-screen smart terminal device.

Background technique

Some applications in the touch-screen smart terminal have editing functions, such as SMS applications, emails, applications, etc. When the application program with editing function is running on the smart terminal, it will call the input method application program to run at the same time. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an existing input method running on a smart mobile terminal with a touch screen and an application program sharing a mobile terminal screen. According to Figure 1:

The input method soft keyboard area (103) and the application program area (102) share the screen (101) of the entire mobile terminal;

The input method soft keyboard area (103) is displayed at the bottom of the screen, and the application program area (102) is displayed at the top of the screen, and the two do not cover each other and do not affect each other;

The input method soft keyboard area (103) and the application area (102) adapt to each other. If the height of the soft keyboard area (103) becomes higher, the height of the application area (102) will be reduced accordingly. On the contrary, if the soft keyboard area ( 103) becomes smaller and the height of the application area (102) will become taller.

The existing input method soft keyboard area (103) mainly provides keyboard input functions, and also includes some simple and quick operations, such as: quick switching of input modes, quick switching of clipboard, quick input of symbols, etc.

The above existing input methods mainly have the following disadvantages:

1. The operation is single, and the input is mainly through the keyboard.

2. When it needs to be used between two applications, multi-step operations are required to complete the operation, which is inconvenient to operate. If the user needs to use the functions of other applications during the process of using one application, he needs to exit the current application first, and then start other applications.

3. Windows such as the input mode switching panel and the clipping panel invoked through the shortcut of the input method block the application program and the input method keyboard, making it inconvenient to operate.

Contents of the invention

The present application provides a method for providing functions of an application program and a touch-screen smart terminal device, so as to improve the convenience of use of the touch-screen smart terminal device.

A method for providing application functions provided by this application is suitable for touch-screen smart terminal devices, including:

When the application program with editing function is started, the window of the input method application program is created in the screen of the touch screen smart terminal device, and the view in the soft keyboard view collection is loaded in the window of the input method application program; At least one keyboard view is included in the set of soft keyboard views;

When the operation mode is switched, the views in the shortcut operation view set are loaded in the window of the input method application, and the shortcut operation view set includes at least one view for providing functions of other applications;

The functions of the other application programs are provided in the shortcut operation area; wherein, the shortcut operation area is the area where the window of the input method application program is located.

Preferably, the method may further include:

When it is detected that the object in the shortcut operation area is selected as the input of the application program with editing function, the content of the object is input into the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located.

Preferably, when it is detected that the object in the shortcut operation area is selected and then slid or dragged to the application area, it is determined that the selected object needs to be selected as the The input of the application program; or when it is detected that the object in the shortcut operation area is clicked at least once or long-pressed, it is determined that the selected object needs to be used as the input of the application program with editing function;

Wherein, the application program area is the area where the application program with editing function is located.

Preferably, the inputting the content of the object into the editing area where the cursor of the application with editing function is located may include:

The content or memory address of the object is requested from the service corresponding to the object, and the content of the object or the content found according to the memory address is copied to the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located.

Preferably, when the operation mode is switched, the method may further include:

Creates a floating window that is displayed on the screen as a floating keyboard handle.

Preferably, the method may further include:

When it is detected that the handle of the floating keyboard is clicked or dragged, the floating soft keyboard is suspended on the screen, and the application program with editing function accepts input from the floating soft keyboard or from the other application programs.

Preferably, the view for providing functions of other applications includes shortcut icons of other applications;

The functions of providing the other applications in the shortcut operation area include:

When it is detected that the shortcut icon is clicked, a corresponding application program is invoked to run in the shortcut operation area;

Alternatively, when it is detected that the shortcut icon is clicked, the user interface view of the corresponding application is loaded in the shortcut operation area, and the corresponding service of the corresponding application is invoked.

Preferably, the shortcut operation view set also includes a view set with multiple form widgets, each form widget corresponds to an application program, and the view set with multiple form widgets is used to display The information corresponding to the application program of each window widget; wherein, the information is real-time information or static information, and the information includes: text, picture or drawing track.

Preferably, the manner of switching the operation mode includes: sliding the keyboard, clicking a shortcut function key, clicking a combination key and clicking a return key.

Preferably, the method may further include: switching between multiple views in the shortcut operation view set, and the switching modes include: index mode, page turning mode and key combination mode.

Preferably, said other applications include a local search application;

The method further includes: for a search result that can be edited, if it is detected that the user selects the search result and slides or drags the search result to the application area, inputting the search result into the The editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located; if it is detected that the user clicks the application program corresponding to the search result in the shortcut operation area, jump to the application program corresponding to the search result;

For search results that cannot be edited, if it is detected that the user selects the search result and slides or drags the search result to the application area, the file name of the search result is entered into the The editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located, or insert the search result as a file into the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located; if it is detected that the user clicks the search button in the shortcut operation area If the result is found, jump to the application program corresponding to the search result.

Preferably, said other applications include web search applications;

The search results of the web search application include titles and abstracts;

The method further includes: if it is detected that the user selects the title and/or abstract in the search result and slides or drags the search result to the application area, inputting the search result into the equipped editor The editing area where the application cursor of the function is located; if it is detected that the user clicks, slides to the application area, or drags the title of the search result to the application area, then the search result is input into the application with the editing function The editing area where the program cursor is located, and the URL contained in the title of the search result is input into the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located.

Preferably, said other applications include a calendar;

The method further includes: if it is detected that the user selects an event in the calendar and slides or drags the event to the application area, inputting the content of the event into the application with editing function The editing area where the program cursor is located; if it is detected that the user selects a date in the calendar and slides to the application area or drags the event to the application area, the date is input to the application with the editing function The editing area where the program cursor is located.

Preferably, said other application programs include dictionaries;

The method further includes: if it is detected that the user selects an entry of the dictionary and slides or drags the entry to the application area, inputting the entry into the application with editing function The editing area where the program cursor is located;

Or, if it is detected that the user selects an entry in the application program area, query the dictionary with the selected entry, and display the relevant information of the entry in the shortcut operation area where the dictionary is located. Information, including but not limited to: translation, entry explanation, phonetic transcription.

Preferably, said other applications include gesture operations;

The method further includes: detecting a user's gesture, and switching to a corresponding application program according to the detected gesture.

A touch-screen intelligent terminal device provided by the present application includes: a mode switching control center, a fixed keyboard mode module and a shortcut operation mode module, wherein:

When the application program with editing function starts, the fixed keyboard mode module creates a window of the input method application program in the screen of the touch screen intelligent terminal device, and loads a soft keyboard view in the window of the input method application program Views in the collection; the soft keyboard view collection contains at least one keyboard view;

When the operation mode is switched, the mode switching control center notifies the shortcut operation mode module to load the views in the shortcut operation view set in the window of the input method application program; the shortcut operation view set contains at least one user view for providing functionality of other applications;

The shortcut operation mode module provides the functions of the other application programs in the shortcut operation area; wherein, the shortcut operation area is the area where the window of the input method application program is located.

Preferably, when it is detected that the object in the shortcut operation area is selected as the input of the application program with editing function, the shortcut operation mode module further inputs the content of the object into the editing function. The editing area where the function's application cursor is located.

Preferably, when the operation mode is switched, the shortcut operation mode module is further used to create a floating window, and the floating window is displayed on the screen in the form of a floating keyboard handle;

When the shortcut operation mode module detects that the floating keyboard handle is clicked or dragged, the floating soft keyboard window is further suspended on the screen, and the content input by the user through the floating soft keyboard in the floating soft keyboard window Enter into the editing area where the cursor of the editing-capable application is located.

It can be seen from the above technical solution that the method for providing the function of the application program and the touch-screen smart terminal device provided by the present application create a window of the input method application program on the screen of the touch-screen smart terminal device when the application program with editing function is started. Load the keyboard view, and when the operation mode is switched, load the views in the shortcut operation view collection in the window of the input method application, and provide the functions of the other applications in the window of the input method application, so that there is no need to Exit the current application program with editing function, and the functions of other application programs can be provided in the window where the input method application program is located, and a wealth of shortcut operations are provided on the basis of the existing input method, thereby improving the touch screen intelligence Ease of use of terminal equipment.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of existing input method and application sharing mobile terminal screen running on the touch screen intelligent mobile terminal;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of screen layout of a preferred mobile terminal of the present application;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a preferred functional module division of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an implementation flow of a preferred method for providing application functions in the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a preferred switching process from the fixed keyboard mode to the shortcut operation mode in the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a preferred switching process from the shortcut operation mode to the fixed keyboard mode in the present application;

Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram that the application drags the floating soft keyboard handle to display the floating soft keyboard window;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of hiding the floating soft keyboard window in the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of switching between shortcut operation views by using an index method in the present application;

Figure 10 is a schematic diagram of switching between shortcut operation views in this application by turning pages;

Figure 11 is a schematic diagram of switching between shortcut operation views in this application using a combination of keys;

Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of real-time content viewing and input in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of using a calculator in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

Figure 14 is a schematic diagram of using the clipboard in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

Figure 15 is a schematic diagram of using the drawing board in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of event input using a calendar in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

Fig. 17 is a schematic diagram of using a calendar to input a date in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of local search in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of performing a network search in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of using a dictionary in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of switching applications in the shortcut operation mode of the present application;

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of gesture operation in the shortcut operation mode of the present application.

Detailed ways

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present application clearer, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

The purpose of this application is to expand the existing input method technology, so that the input method application program not only supports traditional keyboard input, but also supports rich shortcut operations, and uses the objects of shortcut operations as inputs. For this reason, this application introduces two working modes on the basis of the existing input method technology: fixed keyboard mode and shortcut operation mode, which can be switched freely between the two modes.

Firstly, the principle of the technical solution of the present application will be described below in combination with an intuitive screen layout diagram.

When working in the fixed keyboard mode, the user can perform regular input in the application program area through the soft keyboard of the input method, and the screen layout at this time is the same as that of the prior art, as shown in FIG. 1 .

When shortcut operations and input are required, switch the working mode to the shortcut operation mode. The screen layout at this time is shown in the left half of Figure 2. The input method soft keyboard area (103) in Figure 1 is replaced by the shortcut operation area (205) , at the same time, a floating soft keyboard handle (203) is generated corresponding to the soft keyboard of the input method, and the floating keyboard handle is displayed on the screen, preferably, it can be displayed on the edge of the screen. At this time, the shortcut operation area (205) and the application program area (202) Share the screen (201), without affecting or blocking each other. Here, the position of the floating soft keyboard handle is not limited to the position on the right side of the screen shown in the figure, and it can be set on the left side of the screen or other positions.

The floating keyboard handle can be understood as a visual button used to identify the floating soft keyboard window, and the user can control the display or hide of the floating soft keyboard window by operating the button, or move the floating keyboard window.

In Figure 2, the boundary line (204) can be dragged up and down. When it is detected that the user has long pressed and dragged the boundary line, the control boundary line moves up and down according to the user's dragging, thereby adjusting the application area (202) and the shortcut operation area ( 205) of the display window in the proportion of the entire screen.

The shortcut icons of various applications can be displayed in the shortcut operation area, such as: calculator, clipboard, drawing board, calendar, local search and network search, dictionary, gesture operation, etc., which can be moved from the shortcut operation area to the application area Quick input can also provide functions of various applications in the shortcut operation area. For the above shortcut icons, there are two ways to implement the background:

One is to click the shortcut icon of the application to call the corresponding application to run. In this case, the shortcut operation area is actually running the called application;

The other is to click the shortcut icon of the application to load the user interface view of the application in the shortcut operation area and call the service of the application. In this case, the application corresponding to the shortcut icon is not running in the shortcut operation area program, but only to display the interface for using the relevant functions of the application.

The real-time content of various applications can also be displayed in the shortcut operation area. Users can view these real-time content and input these real-time content to the application (see Figure 12), and can also perform quick input from the shortcut operation area to the application area .

The above-mentioned input objects for quick input from the shortcut operation area to the application program area may be: plain text, pictures, sounds and other multimedia content and files. There are several ways to implement fast input:

1. Click method: the user clicks the input object at least once or long presses the input object in the shortcut operation area. After detecting this operation, the input method requests the content or memory address of the input object from the internal or external service, and the content or memory address of the input object Copy the content found according to the memory address to the editing area where the cursor of the application is located. Specifically, after detecting this operation, the input method can request the content or memory address of the input object from internal or external services, and the content or memory address of the input object is first copied to the cache of the input method, and then, the input The method pastes the memory in the cache area to the editing area where the cursor of the application is located, and finally, the input method clears the cache, so that the input object selected by the user is input to the editing area where the cursor of the application is located.

2. Swipe method: the user selects the input object in the shortcut operation area and slides up (that is, slides to the application area). After detecting this sliding operation, the input method will follow the same operation process as the above-mentioned click method The input object is input to the editing area where the application cursor is located.

3. Drag method: the user selects the input object in the shortcut operation area and drags it. After detecting this drag operation, the input method will input the selected input object to the application program according to the same operation process as the above-mentioned click method The editing area where the cursor is located.

In the shortcut operation mode, you can also use the soft keyboard for input. When the soft keyboard needs to be used for input, the user can drag the handle of the floating soft keyboard (203) to any position on the screen, at this time, the floating soft keyboard window (206) will be displayed in the shortcut operation area (205) and the application area ( 202), as shown in the right half of Figure 2. The user can press and hold the floating soft keyboard window ( 206 ) with a finger and drag it freely to adjust its placement.

In order to implement the method proposed in this application, the input method application itself needs to create two windows. The first window is the window of the input method application, which is called a fixed window in this application, and the second window is a floating keyboard window.

The feature of a fixed window is that it is displayed below the screen, sharing the screen with the application area.

The characteristic of the floating window is that its coordinate position can change dynamically, and it can float above the application area and the fixed window. The priority of the window in the stack is higher than that of the application and fixed windows.

When the smart mobile terminal device starts the application program with editing function, an instance of the input method application program will be created. At this time, the input method itself creates a fixed window. In the subsequent process, the fixed window will load different views according to different working modes presented to the user. Among them, corresponding to the fixed keyboard mode, the views in the "soft keyboard view collection" will be presented, and corresponding to the shortcut operation mode, the views in the "shortcut operation view collection" will be presented, as shown in Figure 3, the switch between the two modes is determined by Mode switch control center (309) for management.

When the user clicks the edit box of the application, the system will notify the input method to display the fixed window, and the mode switching control center will switch to the fixed keyboard mode, and notify the fixed keyboard mode module (301) to find the corresponding view from the soft keyboard view collection (302) Handed over to the fixed window for display, the soft keyboard view collection contains various types of keyboard views, for example, including the letter keyboard view, number keyboard view, symbol keyboard view, handwriting input area view, voice input view, etc. in the traditional keyboard view, It may also include other views that can provide input functions that may be involved in the input method, for example, an input panel view, etc., which will not be listed here.

When the user switches to the shortcut operation mode, the mode switching control center switches to the shortcut operation mode, and notifies the shortcut operation mode module (303) to find the corresponding view from the shortcut operation view set (306) and hand it over to the fixed window for display. At this time, Docking a window removes the currently rendered keyboard view and loads a new shortcut view. At the same time, the input method will create a second window—a floating window, which is displayed in the form of a floating keyboard handle (304). When keyboard input is required, the floating window will be presented in the form of a floating keyboard window (305).

When the mode switching control center controls the input method to switch back to the fixed keyboard mode from the shortcut operation mode again, the fixed keyboard mode module (301) finds the corresponding view in the soft keyboard view set and hands it to the fixed window for display, and the fixed window deletes the current program Shortcut operation view, and load a new keyboard view, at the same time, the floating window is destroyed.

Referring to FIG. 3 , in the shortcut operation mode, it is necessary to manage the floating keyboard handle ( 304 ), the floating keyboard window ( 305 ) and the shortcut operation view collection ( 306 ). Among them, the shortcut operation view collection includes multiple views, and these views can provide the following operation functions: real-time content viewing and input, calculator, clipboard, drawing board, calendar, local search and network search, dictionary, application shortcut, Gesture operation, etc. Users can switch between views by swiping the screen or other operations. The functions on each view need the corresponding service module to provide support. The service module can be implemented in the input method internal service (307), or can use the service provided by the external application program, that is, the input method external service (308), which does not belong to the input method application program itself.

Each view is responsible for completing the view display, collecting user operations, passing the collected operations to the service module for data processing, and then delivering the processed results of the service module to the view for display, and the input module of the input method finally completes the result input.

Preferably, in the shortcut operation mode, different shortcut views can be loaded according to the type of the edit box of the current application program. The types of application edit boxes can be roughly divided into the following two categories:

One type is an edit box that only accepts plain text. For this type of edit box, shortcut views such as the drawing board that have nothing to do with the text can be hidden and not provided to the user.

The other is a super edit box that can accept multimedia content, such as inserting pictures and music. For this type of edit box, all shortcut view collections can be provided to the user for selection and switching.

In addition, in the shortcut operation mode, different shortcut views can also be loaded according to the currently running application. For example: according to the currently running application (that is, the application that the user needs to input), the shortcuts that may be used by the application can be preferentially displayed. For example:

1. Assuming that the current application is a data processing application, such as Excel, the input method will display shortcuts such as "calculator" first.

2. Assuming that the current application is a text and image editing application, such as Powerpoint, the input method will display shortcuts such as "Gallery" first.

The technical solution of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an implementation flow of a preferred method for providing application program functions in the present application. See Figure 4:

At 401, assuming that a certain application program is currently running, the user can click the edit box of the application program to enter 402 the fixed keyboard mode, and the keyboard view in the fixed keyboard mode is first presented to the user. In the fixed keyboard mode, the keyboard can be used for input, and the working mode can also be switched to the shortcut operation mode through a switching operation, as shown in figure 403 . In the shortcut operation mode, a shortcut operation can be selected arbitrarily, as shown in figure 404 . Under various shortcut operations, shortcut operation input and floating keyboard input can be completed at the same time, as shown in FIGS. 405 and 406 . In the shortcut operation mode, tap the return key to return to the fixed keyboard mode.

As mentioned above, this application introduces two working modes on the basis of input method technology: fixed keyboard mode and shortcut operation mode, which can be switched freely.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a preferred switching process from the fixed keyboard mode to the shortcut operation mode in the present application. Referring to FIG. 5 , it is possible to switch from the fixed keyboard mode to the shortcut operation mode by sliding the keyboard or clicking a shortcut function key. At this time, the keyboard view collection will be replaced by the shortcut operation view collection, and the floating keyboard handle will be displayed, which is convenient for users to use the floating keyboard for input. In addition, it is also possible to switch from the fixed keyboard mode to the shortcut operation mode by clicking a combination of keys.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a preferred switching process from the shortcut operation mode to the fixed keyboard mode in the present application. Referring to FIG. 6 , when it is necessary to return to the fixed keyboard mode from the shortcut operation mode, the return key of the smart terminal can be clicked.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of displaying the floating soft keyboard window by dragging the handle of the floating soft keyboard in the present application. Referring to FIG. 7 , the user clicks and holds the handle of the floating keyboard to display the floating soft keyboard window, and drag the floating keyboard window to any position on the screen. Click the keys on the floating soft keyboard to perform normal input.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of hiding the floating soft keyboard window in this application. Referring to FIG. 8, by dragging the floating soft keyboard to the edge of the screen, the floating soft keyboard will be hidden, and at the same time, a floating handle will be displayed.

There may be multiple shortcut operation views in the shortcut operation view collection, but only one shortcut operation view is presented in the shortcut operation area each time. The switching methods for switching from the shortcut operation view 1 to the shortcut operation view n may include: indexing method, page turning method, combined button method, etc., and examples are given below for illustration.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of switching between shortcut operation views in an index manner in the present application. In the index mode, the main index view is firstly provided in the shortcut operation area, and when it is detected that the user clicks an index icon in the main index view, the corresponding view is searched from the shortcut operation view collection and displayed.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of switching between shortcut operation views in this application by turning pages. In the page turning mode, the user can switch the shortcut operation view by swiping left and right in the shortcut operation area. When it is detected that the user swipes left and right in the shortcut operation area, the corresponding view is found from the shortcut operation view collection and displayed.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of switching between shortcut operation views in the present application using a combination of keys. In this way, you can directly switch from the fixed keyboard mode to a certain shortcut operation mode through a combination of keys (sequential clicks or simultaneous clicks). That is to say, in the fixed keyboard mode, when it is detected that the user clicks a key combination sequentially or simultaneously, the working mode is switched to the shortcut operation mode, and the corresponding view is searched from the shortcut operation view collection for display.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of real-time content viewing and input in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. In the shortcut operation mode, multiple form widgets preset by the user can be displayed in the shortcut operation area, and each form widget can correspond to a real-time application program, which is used to obtain and display the real-time information of the corresponding application program. Information, such as: Weibo information, email information, weather forecast information, news information and other real-time information. The input method obtains the above information through the services provided by other applications, and presents it to the user in the form of widgets. The above information can be refreshed in real time. When the user drags the information of a widget to the edit box in the application area , the input module of the input method requests the content or memory address of the information from the corresponding external service, the content or memory address of the information is first copied to the cache area of the input method, and then the input method finds Paste the content of the application program to the editing area where the cursor is located, and finally, the input method clears the cache area to complete the input of real-time content. Of course, the input method here is not limited to the dragging method, and may also be operations such as clicking or sliding.

The above widget can also display static information. The displayed information can be: text information, picture or drawing track (as shown in drawing board view in Figure 15). The information displayed in the form widget can be entered into the application area in the manner described above in this application.

In this mode, the user can drag the floating keyboard handle and use the floating soft keyboard to continue input, or use the floating soft keyboard to edit the input information. When it is detected that the user clicks the return key, it can directly return to the fixed keyboard mode, and can use the fixed soft keyboard to re-edit the input information.

Compared with the prior art, the above method of the present application avoids frequent switching between application programs, and avoids operations such as copying and pasting.

Several typical shortcut applications in the shortcut operation mode are illustrated below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of using a calculator in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. When switching to the calculator in the shortcut operation mode, the input method will present the view of the calculator in the shortcut operation area. The calculation process can be completed by the service provided by the calculator application, and the calculation result will be returned to the input by the calculator application service module method, the calculation result is displayed in the shortcut operation area by the input method. If it is detected that the user drags the calculation result, the input module of the input method inputs the calculation result into the edit box of the application according to the method described above in this application. The input method includes a click method, a drag method or a slide method, and the like. Compared with the prior art, the method shown in FIG. 13 has the advantages of avoiding frequent switching between application programs, and avoiding operations such as copying and pasting.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of using the clipboard in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. When switching to the clipboard in the shortcut operation mode, the input method will read relevant data from the clipboard service, and load the clipboard data into the shortcut operation view of the input method. Similarly, in this case, the clipboard data can also be input into the edit box of the application program by clicking, dragging or sliding.

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of using the drawing board in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. Only when the highlighted edit box of the current application is an edit box that can accept pictures, can you switch to the drawing board shortcut mode, otherwise the drawing board mode will not be loaded into the fixed window. When the user switches to the drawing board in the shortcut operation mode, the input method is responsible for presenting the drawing board view in the shortcut operation area, collecting the drawing data, and then sending the data to the external image processing service module, and the image processing service module returns the processing result to the input method, the input method displays the result in the shortcut operation area, and after the user confirms, the input module of the input method is responsible for completing the input.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of event input using a calendar in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. When the user switches to the calendar in the shortcut operation mode, the input method is responsible for reading the calendar information from the external calendar service module, and presenting the calendar view in the shortcut operation area, and the user drags, clicks or slides the events in the calendar to the application The edit box of the event can be completed. In the shortcut mode, you can also use the floating soft keyboard to continue editing, or return to the fixed keyboard mode to continue editing.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of date input using a calendar in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. When the user switches to the calendar in the shortcut operation mode, the input method is responsible for reading the calendar information from the external calendar service module and presenting the calendar view in the shortcut operation area. When the user drags, clicks or slides the date, the input module of the input method is in the The entry of the date is completed in the edit box of the application. The advantage is that frequent switching between application programs is avoided, and the user can conveniently view the calendar and complete date input under the current application.

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of local search in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. When the user switches to the local search in the shortcut operation mode, the input method is responsible for loading the search view to the shortcut operation area, and the user can use the floating soft keyboard to input search words, and the input method is responsible for sending the search words to the search service module for searching, and the search service module Will return the search results to the input method for display. For the search results, this application provides the following operation methods:

1. For search results that can be edited, such as contacts, text messages, etc., if it is detected that the user selects the above search results and clicks, drags or slides the search results to the upper application editing box, the input method will The search result is entered into the application editing box; if it is detected that the user clicks on the application corresponding to the search result in the shortcut operation area, jump to the application for viewing. Taking the example shown in Figure 18, the "search result" refers to the part after the colon in each line, such as "Welcome to Sanyuan Bridge...", "Zhang San", etc.; the application program corresponding to the search result refers to the part after the colon in each line The previous sections like SMS app, Contacts app etc. For the application program corresponding to the search result, its application program icon may also be displayed.

2. For search results that cannot be edited, such as applications, files, etc., if it is detected that the user selects a search result and clicks, drags or slides the search result to the upper application editing box, you can perform the following Processing: 1) File name input is possible, that is, the search result can be inserted into the editing area where the cursor of the application program is; 2) file insertion can be performed, that is, the search result can be inserted as a file into the editing area where the cursor of the application program is located, for example, insert Sound, video, picture and other multimedia files. The input method can prompt the user according to the type of the search result: choose file name input or multimedia file insertion. If it is detected that the user clicks on the search result of this type in the shortcut operation area, jump directly to the application.

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of performing a network search in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. When the user switches to the web search in the shortcut operation mode, the input method is responsible for loading the search view to the shortcut operation area, and the user can use the floating soft keyboard to input search terms. If the user confirms to perform a web search, the input method is responsible for sending the search term to the search service The module conducts a network search, and the search results are returned to the input method for display. Each search result includes a title and a summary, and a URL can be hidden in it. The user can manually select the title or summary text of the search result, and input it into the application editing box area by clicking, dragging or sliding. The input method input module is responsible for inputting the title or summary text into the application editing box; the user can also directly swipe Or drag the title of the search result and drag it into the application program edit box area, and the input method input module is responsible for inputting the URL contained in the title into the application program edit box.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of using a dictionary in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. When the user switches to the dictionary in the shortcut operation mode, the input method is responsible for loading the dictionary view to the shortcut operation area, and the user can use the floating soft keyboard to complete the input. The input method is responsible for transmitting the input data to the translation service module and obtaining the results from the module for display. In the shortcut operation area, users can complete entry input by clicking, dragging or sliding.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of switching applications in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. In this mode, the shortcut operation area displays multiple form widgets selected by the user, and each form widget is an index of the corresponding application in the mobile terminal. When the user clicks one of the indexes, the input method is responsible for switching from the current application to the application corresponding to the index. The advantage of this solution is the ability to quickly switch applications.

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of gesture operation in the shortcut operation mode of the present application. When the user switches to the gesture operation shortcut application in the shortcut operation mode, the input method is responsible for loading the gesture view to the shortcut operation area, the user inputs the gesture, the input method collects the gesture, and sends it to the gesture recognition module, and the gesture recognition module returns the result to the input method , the input method is responsible for launching the application corresponding to the gesture. In the above application scenarios, the gesture definition (that is, the trajectory data of gesture sliding) needs to be saved in the gesture recognition module in advance. Each gesture corresponds to an application, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between gestures and applications. The advantage of this solution is the ability to quickly switch applications.

Corresponding to the above method, the present application also provides a touch-screen intelligent terminal device. The module division diagram of the device is shown in Figure 3, including: a mode switching control center, a fixed keyboard mode module and a shortcut operation mode module, wherein:

When the application program with editing function is started, the fixed keyboard mode module creates a fixed window of the input method application program in the screen of the touch screen intelligent terminal device, and loads the fixed window in the soft keyboard view collection in the fixed window view; the set of soft keyboard views contains at least one keyboard view;

When the operation mode is switched, the mode switching control center notifies the shortcut operation mode module to load the views in the shortcut operation view set in the fixed window; the shortcut operation view set contains at least one for providing other applications A view of the functionality of the program;

The shortcut operation mode module provides the functions of the other applications in the shortcut operation area; wherein the shortcut operation area is the area where the fixed window is located.

Preferably, when it is detected that the object in the shortcut operation area is selected as the input of the application program with editing function, the shortcut operation mode module further inputs the content of the object into the editing function. The editing area where the function's application cursor is located.

Preferably, when it is detected that the object in the shortcut operation area is selected and is slid or dragged to the application program area, the shortcut operation mode module determines that the selected object needs to be As the input of the application program with editing function; wherein, the application program area is the area where the application program with editing function is located.

Preferably, when the content of the object is input into the editing area where the cursor of the application with editing function is located, the shortcut operation mode module is configured to perform the following operations: request the service corresponding to the object Copy the content of the object or the content found according to the memory address to the cache, paste the content in the cache to the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located, and clear the cache.

Preferably, when the operation mode is switched, the shortcut operation mode module is further used to create a floating window, and the floating window is displayed on the screen in the form of a floating keyboard handle; when the shortcut operation mode module detects the floating keyboard When the handle is clicked or dragged, the floating soft keyboard window is further suspended on the screen, and the content input by the user through the floating soft keyboard in the floating soft keyboard window is input to the application cursor with editing function The editing area where it is located.

Preferably, the view for providing functions of other applications includes shortcut icons of other applications; when the shortcut operation mode module detects that the shortcut icon is clicked, it calls the corresponding application to running in the shortcut operation area; or, when the shortcut operation mode module detects that the shortcut icon is clicked, it loads the user interface view of the corresponding application program in the shortcut operation area, and calls the corresponding The corresponding service of the application.

Preferably, the shortcut operation view set also includes a view set with multiple form widgets, each form widget corresponds to an application program, and the view set with multiple form widgets is used to display The information corresponding to the application program of each window widget; wherein, the information is real-time information or static information, and the information includes: text, picture or drawing track.

Preferably, the mode switching control center determines that mode switching is required when detecting a sliding keyboard, clicking a shortcut function key, clicking a combination key or clicking a return key.

Preferably, the shortcut operation mode module controls switching between multiple views in the shortcut operation view set, and the switching methods include: indexing, page turning and combination of keys.

Preferably, said other applications include a local search application;

The shortcut operation mode module is further configured to perform the following operations: for a search result that can be edited, if it is detected that the user selects the search result and slides or drags the search result to the application area , input the search result into the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located; if it is detected that the user clicks the application program corresponding to the search result in the shortcut operation area, jump to the corresponding application program of the search result application;

For search results that cannot be edited, if it is detected that the user selects the search result and slides or drags the search result to the application area, the file name of the search result is entered into the The editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located, or insert the search result as a file into the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located; if it is detected that the user clicks the search button in the shortcut operation area If the result is found, jump to the application program corresponding to the search result.

Preferably, said other applications include web search applications;

The search results of the web search application include titles and abstracts;

The shortcut operation mode module is further configured to perform the following operations: if it is detected that the user selects the title and/or abstract in the search result and slides or drags the search result to the application area, the The search result is input to the editing area where the cursor of the application with editing function is located; if it is detected that the user clicks, slides to the application area, or drags the title of the search result to the application area, the search result is input Go to the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located, and input the URL contained in the title of the search result into the editing area where the cursor of the application program with editing function is located.

Preferably, said other applications include a calendar;

The shortcut operation mode module is further configured to perform the following operations: if it is detected that the user selects an event in the calendar and slides or drags the event to the application area, input the content of the event Go to the editing area where the cursor of the application with editing functions is located; if it is detected that the user selects a date in the calendar and slides to the application area or drags the event to the application area, the date is input Go to the editing area where the cursor of the editing-capable application is located.

Preferably, said other application programs include dictionaries;

The shortcut operation mode module is further used to perform the following operations: if it is detected that the user selects an entry of the dictionary and slides or drags the entry to the application area, input the entry Go to the editing area where the cursor of the application with editing functions is located;

Or, if it is detected that the user selects an entry in the application program area, query the dictionary with the selected entry, and display the relevant information of the entry in the shortcut operation area where the dictionary is located. Information, including but not limited to: translation, entry explanation, phonetic transcription.

Preferably, said other applications include gesture operations;

The shortcut operation mode module is further configured to perform the following operations: detect a user's gesture, and switch to a corresponding application program according to the detected gesture.

The method for providing the function of the application program and the touch-screen smart terminal device provided by the present application load the keyboard view by creating a fixed window of the input method application program on the screen of the touch-screen smart terminal device when the application program with editing function is started, and When the operation mode is switched, the views in the shortcut operation view collection are loaded in the fixed window, and the functions of the other applications are provided in the fixed window, so that the input can be performed without exiting the current application with the editing function. The function of other application programs is provided in the fixed window where the input method application program is located, and rich shortcut operation methods are provided on the basis of the existing input method, thereby improving the convenience of using the touch screen smart terminal device.

Moreover, the present application can speed up the input speed of the touch screen smart terminal device and avoid frequent switching between applications by inputting the content of the selected object in the shortcut operation area to the editing area where the cursor of the application program with the editing function is located. Switch and perform operations such as copy and paste. At the same time, the problem of window occlusion between applications is solved.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the application, and is not intended to limit the application. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the application should be included in the application. within the scope of protection.

Claims (18)

1. a method for the function of application program is provided, is applicable to touch screen intelligent terminal, it is characterized in that, comprising:

When possessing the application program launching of editting function, in the screen of described touch screen intelligent terminal, create the window of input method application program, and in the window of described input method application program, load the view in the set of soft keyboard view; In the set of described soft keyboard view, at least comprise a kind of keyboard view;

When carrying out operator scheme switching, in the window of described input method application program, load the view in the set of prompt operation view, in the set of described prompt operation view, at least comprise one for the view of the function of other application programs is provided;

The function of described other application programs is provided in prompt operation region; Wherein, prompt operation region is the window region of described input method application program.

2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the method further comprises:

While possessing the input of application program of editting function described in the object in described prompt operation region being detected is selected as, described in being input to, the content of described object possesses the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function.

3. method according to claim 2, is characterized in that:

Object in described prompt operation region being detected is chosen, and when sliding or dragging to application area to application area, judgement need to be using described chosen object as the described input that possesses the application program of editting function; Maybe the object in described prompt operation region being detected is at least one times clicked or while being long pressed, judgement need to be using described chosen object as the described input that possesses the application program of editting function;

Wherein, described application area possesses the region at the application program place of editting function described in being.

4. method according to claim 2, is characterized in that, the editing area that possesses the application program cursor place of editting function described in the described content by described object is input to comprises:

To the interior perhaps memory address of object described in the services request corresponding to described object, by the interior content replication perhaps finding according to memory address of described object to described in possess the application program cursor place editing area of editting function.

5. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, when carrying out operator scheme switching, the method further comprises:

Create floating frame, described floating frame is presented on screen with the form of the keyboard handle that floats.

6. method according to claim 5, is characterized in that, the method further comprises:

When detecting, the keyboard handle that floats is clicked or while being dragged, the soft keyboard that will float suspends and is presented on screen, described in possess editting function application program from described unsteady soft keyboard, accept input or accept input from described other application programs.

7. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that:

The described shortcut icon for providing the view of the function of other application programs to comprise described other application programs;

The described function of described other application programs that provides in prompt operation region comprises:

When described shortcut icon being detected when clicked, call corresponding application program and move in described prompt operation region;

Or, when described shortcut icon being detected when clicked, in described prompt operation region, load the use interface view of corresponding application program, and call the respective service of corresponding application program.

8. according to the method described in claim 1 to 7 any one, it is characterized in that:

In the set of described prompt operation view, also comprise the view that is provided with a plurality of forms widgets, the respectively corresponding application program of each forms widget, described in be provided with a plurality of forms widgets view for showing the information corresponding to the application program of each forms widget; Wherein, described information is real-time information or static information, and described information comprises: word, picture or picture track.

9. according to the method described in claim 1 to 7 any one, it is characterized in that:

Described mode of carrying out operator scheme switching comprises: slide keypad, click quick functional key, click combination button and click return key.

10. according to the method described in claim 1 to 7 any one, it is characterized in that:

The method further comprises: between a plurality of views in the set of prompt operation view, switch, the mode of switching comprises: indexed mode, page turning mode and combination button mode.

11. according to the method described in claim 1 to 7 any one, it is characterized in that:

Described other application programs comprise local search application program;

The method further comprises: for the Search Results that can carry out copy editor, if the selected described Search Results of user detected, and slide or drag described Search Results to application area to application area, described in being input to, Search Results possesses the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function; If user detected, in prompt operation region, click the corresponding application program of described Search Results, jump to the corresponding application program of described Search Results;

For the Search Results that cannot carry out copy editor, if the selected described Search Results of user detected, and slide or drag described Search Results to application area to application area, the editing area that possesses the application program cursor place of editting function described in the filename of described Search Results being input to, or using described Search Results as the editing area that possesses the application program cursor place of editting function described in file is inserted into; If user detected, in prompt operation region, click described Search Results, jump to the application program that described Search Results is corresponding.

12. according to the method described in claim 1 to 7 any one, it is characterized in that:

Described other application package includes network search for applications;

The Search Results of described web search application program comprises title and summary;

The method further comprises: if title and/or the summary in the selected described Search Results of user detected, and slide or drag described Search Results to application area to application area, described in being input to, Search Results possesses the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function; If user being detected clicks, slides or drag the title of described Search Results to application area to application area, the editing area that possesses the application program cursor place of editting function described in described Search Results being input to, and described in the contained URL of the title of described Search Results is input to, possess the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function.

13. according to the method described in claim 1 to 7 any one, it is characterized in that:

Described other application programs comprise calendar;

The method further comprises: if the event in the selected described calendar of user detected, and slide or drag described event to application area to application area, described in being input to, the content of described event possesses the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function; If the date in the selected described calendar of user detected, and slide or drag described event to application area to application area, possess the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function described in the described date is input to.

14. according to the method described in claim 1 to 7 any one, it is characterized in that:

Described other application programs comprise dictionary;

The method further comprises: if the entry of the selected described dictionary of user detected, and slide or drag described entry to application area to application area, described in being input to, described entry possesses the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function;

Or, if the entry in the selected described application area of user detected, with selected entry, to described dictionary enquiring, and show the information that described entry is relevant in the residing prompt operation of described dictionary region, include but not limited to: translation, entry are explained, phonetic symbol.

15. according to the method described in claim 1 to 7 any one, it is characterized in that:

Described other application programs comprise gesture operation;

The method further comprises: the gesture to user detects, and according to the gesture detecting, is switched to corresponding application program.

16. 1 kinds of touch screen intelligent terminals, is characterized in that, comprising: pattern switching controls center, fixedly keyboard mode module and prompt operation mode module, wherein:

When possessing the application program launching of editting function, described fixedly keyboard mode module creates the window of input method application program in the screen of described touch screen intelligent terminal, and in the window of described input method application program, loads the view in the set of soft keyboard view; In the set of described soft keyboard view, at least comprise a kind of keyboard view;

When carrying out operator scheme switching, described pattern switching controls center notifies described prompt operation mode module in the window of described input method application program, to load the view in the set of prompt operation view; In the set of described prompt operation view, at least comprise one for the view of the function of other application programs is provided;

Described prompt operation mode module provides the function of described other application programs in prompt operation region; Wherein, prompt operation region is the window region of described input method application program.

17. touch screen intelligent terminals according to claim 16, is characterized in that:

While possessing the input of application program of editting function described in the object in described prompt operation region being detected is selected as, described in being further input to the content of described object, described prompt operation mode module possesses the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function.

18. according to the touch screen intelligent terminal described in claim 16 or 17, it is characterized in that:

When carrying out operator scheme switching, described prompt operation mode module is further used for creating floating frame, and described floating frame is presented on screen with the form of the keyboard handle that floats;

Described prompt operation mode module is the keyboard handle that floats to be detected clicked or while being dragged, the soft keyboard window that further will float suspends and to be presented on screen, and the content by the unsteady soft keyboard input in described unsteady soft keyboard window possesses the editing area at the application program cursor place of editting function described in being input to by user.