CN106792878B - Method and device for monitoring data flow - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a data traffic monitoring method and device. The method comprises the following steps: pre-configuring an application program allowing access to a cellular mobile network; under a cellular mobile network, counting the data traffic consumption of an application program, and displaying the data traffic consumption in an icon of the application program; detecting whether a preset operation exists at the icon of the application program, and acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network when the preset operation is detected. Through the invention, a user can very intuitively know the data flow consumption condition of each application program without acquiring the use condition of the flow through a multi-level page. Therefore, the method and the device effectively reduce the operation of the user and improve the use experience of the user on the mobile terminal.

Description

Method and device for monitoring data flow

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of electronic technology, and in particular, to a data flow monitoring method and device.

Background technique

With the development of intelligent mobile terminals and the rapid growth of mobile Internet, mobile terminals with touch screens are used more and more widely, and have become an indispensable part of people's lives. The application functions of mobile terminals are becoming more and more abundant. From the original call and text messages, various applications can be installed, such as browsing information, news, playing videos, reading novels, socializing, sending and receiving emails, playing games, and mobile office. , shopping, etc. In the cellular mobile network environment, the consumption of data traffic by an application is an important aspect that users pay attention to.

In the current intelligent mobile terminal, there are roughly two methods for monitoring data traffic. One is to set the total available data traffic. When the available amount of data flow is reached, the mobile terminal is automatically disconnected from the cellular mobile network, thereby realizing data flow control. Although this method is simple, the user does not need to obtain the data traffic consumption of a single application, and all the connected applications of the user cannot be used. Therefore, some applications that the user does not want to use are consuming traffic, so the user experience very bad. Another control method is that after entering the setting interface, you need to go through multiple operations to know the traffic consumption of all applications in the month and control the corresponding application networking functions. In this case, because there are too many interactive levels set, the user cannot know the traffic consumption as soon as possible, and the operation is not particularly simple and convenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a data flow monitoring method and device, which aims to solve the problem of complicated and time-consuming operation when querying and controlling the data flow flow of an application program in the prior art.

In order to realize the above-mentioned purpose of the invention, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:

According to one aspect of the present invention, a data flow monitoring method is provided, comprising:

Pre-configured applications that allow access to cellular mobile networks;

Under the cellular mobile network, collect statistics on the data traffic consumption of the application, and display the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application;

It is detected whether there is a preset operation at the icon of the application program, and when the preset operation is detected, a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network is acquired.

Optionally, when displaying the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application program, it specifically includes: pre-setting a mapping relationship between data traffic consumption and display color;

Obtain the display color corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relationship;

The display color is filled in a preset surrounding display area around the application icon.

Optionally, when the data traffic consumption is displayed in the icon of the application, it specifically includes:

The mapping relationship between preset data traffic consumption and icon size;

The size of the icon corresponding to the data traffic consumption is acquired according to the mapping relationship, and the icon of the corresponding size is displayed.

Optionally, when displaying an icon of a corresponding size, it specifically includes:

Obtain the icon size of all applications that are allowed to access the cellular mobile network;

The icons of all the applications are displayed according to the size of the icons.

Optionally, detecting whether there is a preset operation at the icon of the application program, and when the preset operation is detected, acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network, specifically including:

When the touch screen is a pressure-sensitive touch screen, it is detected at the icon whether the touch pressure value reaches a preset pressure threshold, and after the preset pressure threshold is reached, obtain and control the application to use cellular movement network switch; or,

When the touch screen is a non-pressure-sensitive touch screen, when it is detected at the icon whether the touch time reaches a preset time threshold, and after the preset time threshold is reached, obtain control of the application to use cellular movement network switch.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a data flow monitoring device is provided, comprising:

a setting unit for preconfiguring an application program that allows access to the cellular mobile network;

a display unit, configured to collect statistics on the data traffic consumption of the application under the cellular mobile network, and display the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application;

The control unit is configured to detect whether there is a preset operation at the icon of the application program, and when the preset operation is detected, perform control processing on the usage of the cellular mobile network of the application program.

Optionally, the setting unit is further configured to preset a mapping relationship between data flow consumption and display color;

The display unit is specifically configured to obtain a display color corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relationship;

The display color is filled in a preset surrounding display area around the application icon.

Optionally, the setting unit is further configured to preset the mapping relationship between the data traffic consumption and the icon size;

The display unit is specifically configured to acquire the size of the icon corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relationship, and display the icon of the corresponding size.

Optionally, the display unit is specifically used for:

Obtain the icon size of all applications that are allowed to access the cellular mobile network;

The icons of all the applications are displayed according to the size of the icons.

Optionally, the control unit is specifically used for:

When the touch screen is a pressure-sensitive touch screen, it is detected at the icon whether the touch pressure value reaches a preset pressure threshold, and after the preset pressure threshold is reached, obtain and control the application to use cellular movement network switch; or,

When the touch screen is a non-pressure-sensitive touch screen, when it is detected at the icon whether the touch time reaches a preset time threshold, and after the preset time threshold is reached, obtain control of the application to use cellular movement network switch.

The data flow monitoring method and device provided by the present invention, by displaying the data flow status used by the application program in the icon, enables the user to understand the data flow consumption status of each application program on his mobile terminal very intuitively, You can also control the application's cellular network connection directly through the application's icon. It can be seen that the present invention does not require the complicated setting interface to find the networking switch of the application program to control the networking situation, which effectively reduces the user's operation and improves the user's experience of using the mobile terminal.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an optional mobile terminal for implementing various embodiments of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the wireless communication system schematic diagram of the mobile terminal as shown in Fig. 1;

3 is a flowchart of a data flow monitoring method in an embodiment of the present invention;

4a and 4b are schematic diagrams of display modes of application icons in different embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a structural block diagram of a data flow monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The realization, functional characteristics and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments.

Detailed ways

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention, but not to limit the present invention.

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 represent elements are used only to facilitate the description of the present invention, and have no specific meaning per se. Therefore, "module" and "part" can be mixed.

The mobile terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in the present invention may include, for example, 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 mobile terminals as well as stationary terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, etc. Below, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, those skilled in the art will understand that the configuration according to the embodiments of the present invention can also be applied to stationary type terminals, in addition to elements especially for mobile purposes.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of an optional mobile terminal for 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, an interface unit 170, a controller 180, a power supply unit 190, and the like. Figure 1 illustrates a mobile terminal having various components, but it should be understood that implementation of all of the illustrated components is not a requirement. More or fewer components may alternatively be implemented. The elements of the mobile terminal will be described in detail below.

The wireless communication unit 110 typically includes one or more components that allow radio communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a wireless communication system or network. For example, the wireless communication unit may include at least one of a broadcast receiving module 111 , a mobile communication module 112 , a wireless Internet module 113 , a short-range communication module 114 and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and/or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management server via a broadcast channel. Broadcast channels may include satellite channels and/or terrestrial channels. The broadcast management server may be a server that generates and transmits broadcast signals and/or broadcast-related information or a server that receives and transmits previously generated broadcast signals and/or broadcast-related information to terminals. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and the like. Also, the broadcast signal may further include a broadcast signal combined with a TV or radio broadcast signal. The broadcast-related information may also be provided via a mobile communication network, and in this case, the broadcast-related information may be received by the mobile communication module 112 . The broadcast signal may exist in various forms, for example, it may exist in the form of an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), Electronic Service Guide (ESG) of Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H), etc. . The broadcast receiving module 111 may receive signal broadcasts by using various types of broadcast systems. In particular, the broadcast receiving module 111 may use media such as Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S), Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H), Forward Link Media (MediaFLO @), digital broadcasting systems such as Integrated Service for Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting (ISDB-T), etc. receive digital broadcasting. The broadcast receiving module 111 may be configured to be suitable for various broadcast systems providing broadcast signals as well as the above-described digital broadcast systems. Broadcast signals and/or broadcast-related information received via the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160 (or other types of storage media).

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and/or receives radio signals to and/or from at least one of a base station (eg, an access point, a Node B, etc.), an external terminal, and a server. Such radio signals may include voice call signals, video call signals, or various types of data sent and/or received in accordance with text and/or multimedia messages.

The wireless Internet module 113 supports wireless Internet access of the mobile terminal. The module can be internally or externally coupled to the terminal. The wireless Internet access technologies involved in this module may include WLAN (Wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless Broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), etc. .

The short-range communication module 114 is a module for supporting short-range communication. Some examples of short-range communication technologies include Bluetooth ^™ , Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee ^™ , and the like.

The location information module 115 is a module for checking or acquiring location information of the mobile terminal. A typical example of the location information module is GPS (Global Positioning System). According to current technology, the GPS module 115 calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites and applies triangulation to the calculated information, thereby accurately calculating three-dimensional current position information from longitude, latitude, and altitude. Currently, the method for calculating position and time information uses three satellites and corrects errors of the calculated position and time information by using another satellite. In addition, the GPS module 115 can calculate velocity information by continuously calculating current position information in real time.

The A/V input unit 120 is used to receive audio or video signals. The A/V input unit 120 may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122, and the camera 121 processes image data of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capture device in a video capture mode or an image capture mode. The processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit 151 . The image frames processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the wireless communication unit 110, and two or more cameras 121 may be provided according to the configuration of the mobile terminal. The microphone 122 may receive sound (audio data) via the microphone in a telephone call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, etc. operating modes, and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio (voice) data may be converted into a format transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the mobile communication module 112 for output in the case of a telephone call mode. The microphone 122 may implement various types of noise cancellation (or suppression) algorithms to remove (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the process of receiving and transmitting audio signals.

The user input unit 130 may generate key input data to control various operations of the mobile terminal according to commands input by the user. User input unit 130 allows a user to input various types of information, and may include a keyboard, dome, touch pad (eg, a touch-sensitive component that detects changes in resistance, pressure, capacitance, etc. due to being touched), scroll wheel , joystick, etc. In particular, when the touch panel is superimposed on the display unit 151 in the form of a layer, a touch screen may be formed.

The sensing unit 140 detects the current state of the mobile terminal 100, (eg, the open or closed state of the mobile terminal 100), the position of the mobile terminal 100, the presence or absence of a user's contact (ie, touch input) to the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal The orientation of the mobile terminal 100 , the acceleration or deceleration movement and direction of the mobile terminal 100 , etc., and a command or signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100 is generated. 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. In addition, the sensing unit 140 can detect whether the power supply unit 190 provides power or whether the interface unit 170 is coupled with an external device.

The interface unit 170 serves as an interface through which at least one external device can be connected to the mobile terminal 100 . For example, external devices may include wired or wireless headset ports, external power (or battery charger) ports, wired or wireless data ports, memory card ports, ports for connecting devices with identification modules, audio input/output (I/O) ports, video I/O ports, headphone ports, and more. The identification module may store various information for authenticating the user using the mobile terminal 100 and may include a user identification module (UIM), a customer identification module (SIM), a universal customer identification module (USIM), and the like. In addition, a device having an identification module (hereinafter referred to as an "identification device") may take the form of a smart card, and thus, the identification device may be connected to the mobile terminal 100 via a port or other connection means. The interface unit 170 may be used to receive input (eg, data information, power, etc.) from an external device and transmit the received input to one or more elements within the mobile terminal 100 or may be used between the mobile terminal and the external device transfer data between.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external base, the interface unit 170 may serve as a path through which power is allowed to be supplied from the base to the mobile terminal 100 or may serve as a path through which various command signals input from the base are transmitted to the mobile terminal 100 The path to the terminal. Various command signals or power input from the base may be used as a signal for identifying whether the mobile terminal is accurately mounted on the base. The output unit 150 is configured to provide output signals (eg, 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, an audio output module 152, an alarm unit 153, and the like.

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 (eg, text messaging, multimedia file download, etc.). When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or an image capture mode, the display unit 151 may display a captured image and/or a received image, a UI or GUI showing the video or image and related functions, and the like.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 151 and the touch panel are superimposed on each other in the form of layers to form a touch screen, the display unit 151 may function 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 constructed to be transparent to allow users to view from the outside, which may be referred to as transparent displays, 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), eg, the mobile terminal may include an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown) . The touch screen can be used to detect touch input pressure as well as touch input position and touch input area.

The audio output module 152 can convert the audio data received by the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 when the mobile terminal is in a call signal receiving mode, a talking mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast receiving mode, etc. audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output module 152 may provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (eg, call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.). The audio output module 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 may provide an output to notify the mobile terminal 100 of the occurrence of an event. Typical events may include call reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. In addition to audio or video output, the alarm unit 153 may provide output in various ways to notify the occurrence of an event. For example, the alarm unit 153 may provide output in the form of vibrations, and when a call, message, or some other incoming communication is received, the alarm unit 153 may provide a haptic output (ie, vibration) to notify the user of it. By providing such a tactile output, the user can recognize the occurrence of various events even when the user's mobile phone is in the user's pocket. The alarm unit 153 may also provide an output notifying the occurrence of an event via the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152 .

The memory 160 may store software programs and the like for processing and control operations performed by the controller 180, or may temporarily store data that has been or will be output (eg, phonebook, messages, still images, videos, etc.). Also, the memory 160 may store data on various manners 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 flash memory, hard disk, multimedia card, card-type memory (eg, SD or DX memory, etc.), random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM) , read only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), programmable read only memory (PROM), magnetic memory, magnetic disks, optical disks, and the like. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may cooperate with a network storage device that performs the 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. In addition, the controller 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for reproducing (or playing back) multimedia data, and the multimedia module 181 may be constructed within the controller 180 or may be constructed separately from the controller 180 . The controller 180 may perform pattern recognition processing to recognize handwriting input or picture drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters or images.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power or internal power under the control of the controller 180 and provides appropriate power required to operate various elements and components.

The various embodiments described herein can be implemented in computer-readable media using, for example, computer software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein can be implemented using application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays ( FPGA), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein are implemented, in some cases such implementations may be implemented in the controller 180 implemented in. For software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that allow the performance of at least one function or operation. The software codes may be implemented by a software application (or program) written in any suitable programming language, which may be stored in memory 160 and executed by controller 180 .

So far, the mobile terminal has been described in terms of its functions. Hereinafter, for the sake of brevity, 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. Therefore, the present invention can be applied to any type of mobile terminal, and is not limited to a slide-type mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 1 may be configured to operate using, for example, wired and wireless communication systems and satellite-based communication systems that transmit data via frames or packets.

A communication system in which a mobile terminal according to the present invention can operate will now be described with reference to FIG. 2 .

Such communication systems may use different air interfaces and/or physical layers. For example, air interfaces used by communication systems include, for example, Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) (in particular, Long Term Evolution (LTE) ), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), etc. As a non-limiting example, the following description refers to a CDMA communication system, but such teachings are equally applicable to other types of systems.

2 , a CDMA wireless communication system may include a plurality of mobile terminals 100 , a plurality of base stations (BSs) 270 , a base station controller (BSC) 275 and a mobile switching center (MSC) 280 . MSC 280 is configured to interface with public switched telephone network (PSTN) 290 . MSC 280 is also configured to interface with BSC 275, which may be coupled to base station 270 via a backhaul line. The backhaul line may be constructed according to any of several known interfaces including, for example, E1/T1, ATM, IP, PPP, Frame Relay, HDSL, ADSL or xDSL. It will be appreciated that the system as shown in FIG. 2 may include multiple BSC2750s.

Each BS 270 may serve one or more partitions (or areas), each of which is covered by a multi-directional antenna or antenna directed in a particular direction radially away from the BS 270. Alternatively, each partition may be covered by two or more antennas for diversity reception. Each BS 270 may be configured to support multiple frequency allocations, and each frequency allocation has a specific spectrum (eg, 1.25MHz, 5MHz, etc.).

The intersection of partitions and frequency assignments may be referred to as CDMA channels. BS 270 may also be called a base transceiver subsystem (BTS) or other equivalent terminology. In such a case, the term "base station" may be used to refer generally to a single BSC 275 and at least one BS 270. A base station may also be referred to as a "cell site". Alternatively, each partition of a particular BS 270 may be referred to as multiple cell sites.

As shown in FIG. 2, a broadcast transmitter (BT) 295 transmits broadcast signals to mobile terminals 100 operating within the system. The broadcast receiving module 111 as shown in FIG. 1 is provided at the mobile terminal 100 to receive broadcast signals transmitted by the BT295. In Figure 2, several Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites 300 are shown. The satellites 300 help locate at least one of the plurality of mobile terminals 100 .

In Figure 2, a number of satellites 300 are depicted, but it is understood that any number of satellites may be utilized to obtain useful positioning information. The GPS module 115 as shown in FIG. 1 is generally configured to cooperate with the satellites 300 to obtain the desired positioning information. Instead of or in addition to GPS tracking technology, other technologies that can track the location of the mobile terminal may be used. Additionally, at least one GPS satellite 300 may selectively or additionally handle satellite DMB transmissions.

As a typical operation of a wireless communication system, the BS 270 receives reverse link signals from various mobile terminals 100 . Mobile terminals 100 are typically involved in calls, messaging, and other types of communications. Each reverse link signal received by a particular base station 270 is processed within a particular BS 270 . The obtained data is forwarded to the relevant BSC275. The BSC provides call resource allocation and coordinated mobility management functions including soft handover procedures between BSs 270. BSC 275 also routes received data to MSC 280, which provides additional routing services for interfacing with PSTN 290. Similarly, PSTN 290 interfaces with MSC 280 , which interfaces with BSC 275 , and BSC 275 controls BS 270 to send forward link signals to mobile terminal 100 accordingly.

Based on the above-mentioned mobile terminal hardware structure, various embodiments of the mobile terminal and method of the present invention are proposed.

The data flow monitoring method provided by an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3 , is particularly suitable for application to the above-mentioned mobile terminal, and the method includes the following specific steps:

Step 301, preconfigure an application program that allows access to the cellular mobile network.

In this step, the user can set the networking mode of the applications in the mobile terminal in batches through the setting interface, or can detect whether there is a preset operation at the icon of the application after the application is installed. Set up via internet. Here, there is no specific limitation on the configuration method.

Step 302 , under the cellular mobile network, collect statistics on the data traffic consumption of the application, and display the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application.

In this step, when the network of the mobile terminal is a cellular mobile network, the data traffic consumed by the application is acquired. The data traffic here can be the data traffic consumption of the current moment relative to a user-defined moment, that is, the real-time statistics of the data traffic consumption of the application from the moment set by the user, and of course the data of the current month. traffic consumption.

Specifically, when the data traffic consumption is displayed in the icon of the application, the display feature corresponding to the data traffic consumption can be obtained according to the preset mapping relationship between the data traffic consumption and the display feature, and the display feature can be displayed in the It is displayed in the icon, and the adopted display features will be described later.

Wherein, if the network type of the mobile terminal is switched, for example, when the WIFI is switched by the cellular mobile network, the data traffic consumption is saved. When it is detected that the mobile network is switched to the cellular network again, the previously saved data traffic consumption is acquired, and accumulated statistics are performed on this basis.

Step 303: Detect whether there is a preset operation at the icon of the application program, and when the preset operation is detected, acquire a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network.

Wherein, in step 303, after the icon of the application program is displayed on the main interface, it is necessary to detect in real time whether there is a preset operation at the icon. Here, the detection of whether there is a preset operation at the icon is not limited to the icon after the data traffic consumption is obtained, and may also be at the icon of other applications that do not access the cellular mobile network. That is to say, under any network type, as long as it is detected that there is a preset operation at the icon in the main interface, the switch of the cellular mobile network of the application can be controlled.

Based on the above, in the data flow monitoring method in the embodiment of the present invention, the data flow used by the application is displayed in the icon, so that the user can intuitively understand the data flow consumption of each application on his mobile terminal. In some cases, you can also directly control the connection status of the application's cellular mobile network through the application's icon. It can be seen that the present invention does not require the complicated setting interface to find the networking switch of the application program to control the networking situation, which effectively reduces the user's operation and improves the user's experience of using the mobile terminal.

The data flow monitoring method provided by an embodiment of the present invention is based on the above-mentioned embodiment. In this embodiment, for step 302, the display manner of displaying the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application program is further limited.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the data traffic consumption is displayed in the icon of the application, including the following:

Pre-set the mapping relationship between data traffic consumption and display color;

Obtain the display color corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relationship;

Fills the display color in the preset wraparound display area around the application icon.

Wherein, in this embodiment, a surrounding display area is set around each application icon that needs to access the mobile network, as shown in FIG. 4 a and FIG. 4 b . Wherein, the width of the surrounding display area can be selected as half of the maximum width of the application icon.

Optionally, when setting the mapping relationship between data traffic consumption and display color, multiple traffic usage ranges are set, and each traffic usage range corresponds to a display color. For example, the first flow usage range is (0,10M], and its corresponding display color is white; the second flow usage range is (10M, 50M], and its corresponding display color is green; the third flow usage range is (50M) , 100M], its corresponding display color is yellow; The 4th flow usage range is greater than 100M, then its corresponding display color is red. According to different display colors, the scope of the data flow that the user is prompted to use.

Optionally, when setting the mapping relationship between the data traffic consumption and the display color, the data traffic consumption can also be determined by changing the shade of a certain color. Specifically, the mapping relationship is a linear functional relationship between the depth of a certain color and the amount of data traffic consumption. According to the linear function relationship, the display color corresponding to the data traffic consumption at a certain moment can be calculated.

It can be known that, in this embodiment, by setting a surrounding display area around the application icon, the display color of the surrounding display area is used to prompt the user how much data traffic is currently being used. Therefore, through the method of the present invention, the user does not need to set the program to view the data flow consumption of each application program, and the data flow consumption of each application program can be intuitively displayed to the user through the icon surrounding the display area, thereby effectively improving the user's Use experience.

The data traffic monitoring method provided by an embodiment of the present invention provides a new implementation manner for displaying the data traffic consumption on the icon of the application in step 302 of the first embodiment.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the data traffic consumption is displayed in the icon of the application, including the following:

The mapping relationship between preset data traffic consumption and icon size;

The size of the icon corresponding to the data traffic consumption is obtained according to the mapping relationship, and the icon of the corresponding size is displayed.

Among them, it is necessary to set a maximum icon display area for the icon of each application program, and the minimum display area of the icon is the normal display area commonly used at present. Of course, other display sizes can also be used. For example, the currently used normal display area is 1cm*1cm, and the set maximum display area of the icon, that is, the maximum expansion range, is 5cm*5cm.

Optionally, when the mapping relationship between the traffic consumption and the icon size is preset, the linear function relationship between the associated data traffic consumption and the icon size is used to represent; App icons for mobile web are inflated in size to match their data consumption.

Optionally, when the mapping relationship between the traffic consumption and the icon size is preset, the range of the data traffic consumption corresponds to the size of an icon. For example, the first flow usage range is (0,10M], and the corresponding icon size is 2cm*2cm; the second flow usage range is (10M,50M], and the corresponding icon size is 3cm*3cm; the third flow usage range is 3cm*3cm. The range is (50M, 100M], and the corresponding icon size is 4cm*4cm; the fourth flow usage range is greater than 100M, then the corresponding icon size is 5cm*5cm.

Further, after determining the size of a certain application program icon, the method further includes the following:

Get the icon size of all applications that are allowed to access the cellular network;

The icons of all applications are displayed in the order of icon size.

Among them, after determining the icon size of a certain application, it is necessary to further obtain the icon size of the application set to allow access to the cellular mobile network, and sort according to the size of the icons, and display the larger icon first, and the icon The smaller ones are shown at the back. In this way, users can directly get the data consumption of each application through the icon size, and visually determine which applications can turn off the cellular mobile network.

For the data flow monitoring method provided by an embodiment of the present invention, based on the above-mentioned embodiment, two different implementation manners are given for the specific implementation of step 303. Specifically, whether there is a preset operation is detected at the icon of the application program , and when a preset operation is detected, obtain a switch that controls the application to use the cellular mobile network, including the following:

One is that the touch screen of the mobile terminal is a pressure-sensitive touch screen, which can detect whether the touch pressure value reaches the preset pressure threshold at the icon of the application program: when the touch pressure value reaches the preset pressure threshold, obtain the control The application program uses the switch of the cellular mobile network; when the touch pressure value is less than the preset pressure threshold, the touch operation is performed corresponding to other control functions, such as starting the application program.

The other is that the touch screen of the mobile terminal adopts a non-pressure-sensitive touch screen, which can detect whether the touch time reaches the preset time threshold at the icon of the application program: when the touch time reaches the preset time threshold, the Then, the switch for controlling the application to use the cellular mobile network is obtained; when the touch time is less than the preset time threshold, the touch operation is performed corresponding to other control functions.

Based on the above, it can be seen that in the data flow monitoring method in the embodiment of the present invention, after the data flow used by the application is displayed in the icon, the user can directly operate the icon of the application to realize the cellular mobile network of the application. connection control. It can be seen that the present invention is simple to operate, and can realize networked control without multiple interactions, effectively reducing the user's operation and improving the user's use experience.

A data flow monitoring device provided by an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5 , is used to implement the method in Embodiment 4. The device specifically includes:

a configuration unit 61, configured to preconfigure an application program that allows access to the cellular mobile network;

A display unit 62, configured to perform statistics on the data traffic consumption of the application under the cellular mobile network, and display the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application;

Optionally, when acquiring the data traffic consumed by the application, it is to acquire the data traffic consumption at the current moment relative to a user-defined moment. That is, from the moment set by the user, the data traffic consumption of the application is counted in real time.

Wherein, when the display unit 62 collects statistics on the data traffic consumption, if the network type of the mobile terminal is switched, for example, when the cellular mobile network switches WIFI, the data traffic consumption is saved. When it is detected that the mobile network is switched to the cellular network again, the previously saved data traffic consumption is acquired, and accumulated statistics are performed on this basis.

The control unit 63 is configured to detect whether there is a preset operation at the icon of the application program, and obtain a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network when the preset operation is detected.

The control unit 63, after displaying the icon of the application program in the main interface, needs to detect in real time whether there is a preset operation at the icon. Here, the detection of whether there is a preset operation at the icon is not limited to the icon after the data traffic consumption is obtained, and may also be at the icon of other applications that do not access the cellular mobile network.

In the data flow monitoring device in the embodiment of the present invention, the data flow used by the application is displayed in the icon, so that the user can intuitively understand the data flow consumption of each application on his mobile terminal, and can also Control the app's cellular network connectivity directly from the app's icon. It can be seen that the present invention does not require the complicated setting interface to find the networking switch of the application program to control the networking situation, which effectively reduces the user's operation and improves the user's experience of using the mobile terminal.

The data flow monitoring device provided by an embodiment of the present invention is based on the above-mentioned embodiment. In this embodiment, the display manner in which the display unit 62 displays the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application program is further limited.

Optionally, the configuration unit 61 is further configured to preset the mapping relationship between data traffic consumption and display color;

The display unit 62 is specifically configured to obtain the display color corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relationship;

Fills the display color in the preset wraparound display area around the application icon.

Wherein, a surrounding display area is set around each application icon that needs to access the mobile network. The width of the surrounding display area can be selected to be one-half of the maximum width of the application icon.

Optionally, when setting the mapping relationship between the data flow consumption and the display color, the display unit 62 sets a plurality of flow usage ranges, and each flow usage range corresponds to a display color. According to different display colors, the range of data traffic used by the user is prompted.

Optionally, when setting the mapping relationship between the data traffic consumption and the display color, the display unit 62 may also determine the data traffic consumption by changing the shade of a certain color. Specifically, the mapping relationship is a linear functional relationship between the depth of a certain color and the amount of data traffic consumption. According to the linear function relationship, the display color corresponding to the data traffic consumption at a certain moment can be calculated.

It can be known that, in this embodiment, by setting a surrounding display area around the application icon, the display color of the surrounding display area is used to prompt the user how much data traffic is currently being used.

The data flow monitoring apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present invention is based on Embodiment 5. In this embodiment, a new implementation manner in which the display unit 62 displays the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application program is presented.

Optionally, the configuration unit 61 is further configured to preset the mapping relationship between the data traffic consumption and the icon size;

The display unit 62 is specifically configured to acquire the size of the icon corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relationship, and display the icon of the corresponding size.

Among them, it is necessary to set a maximum icon display area for the icon of each application program, and the minimum display area of the icon is the normal display area commonly used at present. Of course, other display sizes can also be used.

Optionally, the display unit 62 uses the linear function relationship between the associated data traffic consumption and the icon size to represent the preset mapping relationship between the traffic consumption and the icon size; The icons of apps that need to access the mobile network are inflated in size to match their data consumption.

Optionally, when the display unit 62 presets the mapping relationship between the traffic consumption and the icon size, the range of the data traffic consumption corresponds to the size of an icon.

Further, the display unit 62 is also used for:

Get the icon size of all applications that are allowed to access the cellular network;

The icons of all applications are displayed in the order of icon size.

Wherein, after determining the icon size of a certain application program, the display unit 62 needs to further obtain the icon size of the application program that is set to allow access to the cellular mobile network, sort according to the size of the icons, and display the larger icon in the Front, smaller icons are displayed in the back. In this way, the user can directly get the data consumption of each application through the icon size, and determine which applications can turn off the cellular mobile network.

In the data flow monitoring apparatus provided by an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 63 is further limited based on any one of the above-mentioned embodiments. Specifically, the control unit 63 detects whether there is a preset operation at the icon of the application, including two implementations:

One is that the touch screen of the mobile terminal is a pressure-sensitive touch screen, which can detect whether the touch pressure value reaches the preset pressure threshold at the icon of the application program: when the touch pressure value reaches the preset pressure threshold, obtain the control The application program uses the switch of the cellular mobile network; when the touch pressure value is less than the preset pressure threshold, the touch operation is performed corresponding to other control functions, such as starting the application program.

The other is that the touch screen of the mobile terminal adopts a non-pressure-sensitive touch screen, which can detect whether the touch time reaches the preset time threshold at the icon of the application program: when the touch time reaches the preset time threshold, the Then, the switch for controlling the application to use the cellular mobile network is obtained; when the touch time is less than the preset time threshold, the touch operation is performed corresponding to other control functions.

It can be seen that, in the data flow monitoring device in the embodiment of the present invention, after the data flow used by the application is displayed in the icon, the user can directly operate on the icon of the application to realize the connection to the cellular mobile network of the application. situation under control. It can be seen that the present invention is simple to operate, and can realize network control without multiple interactions, effectively reducing user operations and improving user experience.

It should be noted that, herein, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are only for description, and do not represent the advantages or disadvantages of the embodiments.

From the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method of the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course can also be implemented by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solutions of the present invention can be embodied in the form of software products in essence or the parts that make contributions to the prior art, and the computer software products are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, CD), including several instructions to make a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods of the various embodiments of the present invention.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention, or directly or indirectly applied in other related technical fields , are similarly included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Claims (6)

1. A data traffic monitoring method, comprising:

pre-configuring an application program allowing access to a cellular mobile network;

under a cellular mobile network, counting the data traffic consumption of the application program, and displaying the data traffic consumption in an icon of the application program;

detecting whether a preset operation exists at an icon of the application program, and acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use a cellular mobile network when the preset operation is detected;

when the data traffic consumption is displayed in the icon of the application program, the method specifically includes:

presetting a mapping relation between data flow consumption and display colors;

obtaining a display color corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relation;

filling the display color in a surrounding display area preset around the application program icon;

detecting whether a preset operation exists at the icon of the application program, and acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use a cellular mobile network when the preset operation is detected, wherein the method specifically comprises the following steps:

when the touch screen is a pressure-sensitive touch screen, detecting whether a touch pressure value reaches a preset pressure threshold value at the icon, and acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network after the touch pressure value reaches the preset pressure threshold value; or,

when the touch screen is a non-pressure-sensitive touch screen, detecting whether the touch time reaches a preset time threshold value at the icon, and acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network after the touch time reaches the preset time threshold value.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, when displaying the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application program, specifically includes:

presetting a mapping relation between data traffic consumption and icon size;

and acquiring the size of the icon corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relation, and displaying the icon with the corresponding size.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein displaying the icons of the respective sizes specifically comprises:

acquiring the icon sizes of all the application programs which are allowed to access the cellular mobile network;

and displaying the icons of all the application programs according to the icon size sequence.

4. A data traffic monitoring apparatus, comprising:

a setting unit for pre-configuring an application program allowing access to the cellular mobile network;

the display unit is used for counting the data traffic consumption of the application program under a cellular mobile network and displaying the data traffic consumption in the icon of the application program;

the control unit is used for detecting whether a preset operation exists at the icon of the application program and acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use a cellular mobile network when the preset operation is detected;

the setting unit is also used for presetting the mapping relation between the data flow consumption and the display color;

the display unit is specifically configured to obtain a display color corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relationship;

filling the display color in a surrounding display area preset around the application program icon;

the control unit is specifically configured to:

when the touch screen is a pressure-sensitive touch screen, detecting whether a touch pressure value reaches a preset pressure threshold value at the icon, and acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network after the touch pressure value reaches the preset pressure threshold value; or,

when the touch screen is a non-pressure-sensitive touch screen, detecting whether the touch time reaches a preset time threshold value at the icon, and acquiring a switch for controlling the application program to use the cellular mobile network after the touch time reaches the preset time threshold value.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein, alternatively, the setting unit is further configured to preset a mapping relationship between data traffic consumption and icon size;

the display unit is specifically configured to obtain the size of the icon corresponding to the data traffic consumption according to the mapping relationship, and display the icon with the corresponding size.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the display unit is specifically configured to:

acquiring the icon sizes of all the application programs which are allowed to access the cellular mobile network;

and displaying the icons of all the application programs according to the icon size sequence.

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