CN107728878A - Display methods, terminal and the computer-readable recording medium of application icon - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention provides a method for displaying application icons, a terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium, relating to the field of computer technology. The method includes: statistically analyzing the usage frequency of applications on the terminal according to a preset period; determining whether the usage frequency of the application exceeds a preset threshold; and if it exceeds the preset threshold, adding the icon corresponding to the application to the terminal's home screen for display. This invention can display frequently used applications on the terminal's home screen according to user habits, facilitating user access and search, and improving the user experience.

Description

Application Icon Display Method, Terminal, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of computers, and in particular relates to a method for displaying application icons, a terminal and a computer-readable storage medium.

Background technique

With the continuous popularization of smart phones, there are more and more types of mobile phone applications. Mobile phone applications can be installed on the mobile phone to improve the deficiencies of the original system functions and make the functions of the mobile phone more powerful and personalized. However, with the increase of the types of applications installed on mobile phones, some problems have also been brought to users. In the actual use process, some applications on the desktop of mobile phones are frequently used by users, and they need to be used and opened many times a day, while others For some apps, users may not use them a few times a week, a month, or even a year. However, the arrangement position of the application program on the mobile phone desktop is fixed at present, and after the application program is installed, its position will remain unchanged. Searching and rummaging, sometimes it takes several pages to find the desired application, which wastes a lot of energy and time of the user, and brings a bad experience to the user.

Contents of the invention

In view of this, the present invention provides a method for displaying application icons, a terminal, and a computer-readable storage medium, so as to solve the problem that when a user wants to open a common application, he needs to search and search among many applications on the mobile phone. Sometimes it takes several pages to find the desired application, which wastes a lot of energy and time of the user, and brings a bad experience to the user.

A first aspect of the present invention provides a method for displaying application icons, including:

Count the usage frequency of applications on the terminal according to the preset cycle;

judging whether the frequency of use of the application is greater than a preset threshold;

If it is greater than the preset threshold, the icon corresponding to the application is added to the desktop home page of the terminal for display.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a terminal, including:

A statistical unit, configured to count the frequency of use of applications on the terminal according to a preset period;

A judging unit, configured to judge whether the usage frequency of the application is greater than a preset threshold;

The execution unit is configured to add the icon corresponding to the application to the desktop homepage of the terminal for display if the icon is greater than the preset threshold.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a terminal, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and operable on the processor, wherein when the processor executes the computer program, the The steps of the method as described in the first aspect above.

A fourth aspect of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, wherein, when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the method described in the above-mentioned first aspect are implemented .

In the present invention, by counting the usage frequency of the application on the terminal according to the preset period; judging whether the usage frequency of the application is greater than the preset threshold; if it is greater than the preset threshold, adding the icon corresponding to the application to the terminal's The home page of the desktop is displayed, so that the frequently used applications of the user can be displayed on the home page of the desktop of the terminal according to the usage habits of the user, so as to facilitate the use and search of the user and improve the user experience.

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the descriptions of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only of the present invention. For some embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art can also obtain other drawings based on these drawings without paying creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for displaying application icons provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a specific implementation flow of step S103 in the method for displaying application icons provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of an execution unit in a terminal provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal provided in another embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In the following description, specific details such as specific system structures and technologies are presented for the purpose of illustration rather than limitation, so as to thoroughly understand the embodiments of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced in other embodiments without these specific details. In other instances, detailed descriptions of well-known systems, devices, circuits, and methods are omitted so as not to obscure the description of the present invention with unnecessary detail.

In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, specific examples are used below to illustrate.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for displaying application icons according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the method for displaying an application icon provided in this embodiment may include the following steps:

Step S101, counting the usage frequency of applications on the terminal according to a preset period.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the preset period is 24h, and the terminal uses 24h as a cycle to count the usage frequency of the application on the terminal. When the system time of the terminal enters the next period from the current period , the usage frequency of the application counted by the terminal is reset to zero, and the calculation is restarted from zero. Wherein, the usage frequency of the application specifically refers to the number of times the application is called within a preset period.

Step S102, judging whether the usage frequency of the application is greater than a preset threshold, and if it is greater than the preset threshold, then enter into step S103, otherwise, do not process.

Preferably, in this embodiment, every time the terminal monitors that the application is invoked once in the preset period, it will compare the monitored accumulative usage frequency of the application in the current period with the preset threshold , if it is greater than the preset threshold, enter step S103, and add the icon corresponding to the application to the desktop homepage of the terminal; otherwise, if it is less than or equal to the preset threshold, return to step S101 and continue to The usage frequency of the application is monitored within a preset period.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the preset threshold is 5 times. When a certain application on the terminal is invoked more than 5 times in one day, the application is classified as a frequently used application, enters step S103, and adds the icon corresponding to the application to the desktop home page of the terminal ; Otherwise, keep the display position of the icon corresponding to the application unchanged, and continue to monitor its usage frequency in the next cycle.

In addition, it should be noted that, in this embodiment, after the usage frequency of the application is calculated to be greater than the preset threshold and step S103 is entered, if the cycle time has not ended, the cycle time will still be Continue to accumulate and count the usage frequency of the application in order to facilitate subsequent sorting and use.

Step S103, adding the icon corresponding to the application to the desktop homepage of the terminal for display.

Preferably, in this embodiment, the terminal determines the arrangement position of the icons corresponding to the applications according to the order in which the icons corresponding to the applications are added, and the icons corresponding to the applications added first are arranged on the first page of the desktop. Front.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, since the terminal monitors the frequency of use of each application according to a preset cycle, that is, when a cycle ends and the next cycle starts, the terminal will re-count the frequency of use of each application, And update the applications displayed on the home page of the terminal desktop according to the new statistical results. For example: If the usage frequency of application A, application B, and application C is counted as 6, 6, and 4 on the first day, then the corresponding applications displayed on the home page of the desktop are A and B; and application A is counted on the second day The frequency of use of , B, and C are 6, 4, and 7 respectively, then the corresponding applications displayed on the home page of the desktop will be updated to A, C.

Preferably, in this embodiment, when there are too many applications whose usage frequency exceeds the preset threshold within the preset period, the terminal will sort the applications according to the usage frequency of each application, and select the pre-examination preset Applications with multiple digits are displayed on the desktop homepage of the terminal, wherein the preset digits are less than or equal to the maximum number of applications that can be displayed on the desktop homepage of the terminal, and the icons corresponding to the remaining applications are arranged according to their order before and after are displayed on the second and third pages of the terminal desktop in sequence.

It can be seen from the above that the method for displaying application icons provided by this embodiment counts the usage frequency of applications on the terminal according to the preset cycle; judges whether the usage frequency of the application is greater than the preset threshold; if it is greater than the preset threshold, then the The icon corresponding to the application is added to the desktop homepage of the terminal for display, so that the frequently used applications of the user can be displayed on the desktop homepage of the terminal according to the user's usage habits, so as to facilitate the user's use and search, and improve the user experience .

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a specific implementation flow of step S103 in the method for displaying application icons provided by another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, in the method for displaying application icons provided in this embodiment, step S103 specifically includes:

Step S201, acquiring the frequency of use of applications corresponding to other application icons displayed on the desktop homepage of the terminal in the current period.

Step S202, comparing the usage frequency of the application with the usage frequency of the applications corresponding to the other application icons in the current period, and determining the display position of the icon corresponding to the application according to the comparison result.

In this embodiment, determining the display position of the icon corresponding to the application according to the comparison result specifically includes: sorting the applications on the home page of the desktop according to the frequency of use according to the comparison result, and sorting the applications with high frequency of use The corresponding icon is displayed at a front position in an area that easily attracts the user's attention. Wherein, the terminal pre-divides the desktop home page into three display areas: upper, middle, and lower, and according to the user's usage habits, according to the degree of attraction of these three areas to the user, set the three areas respectively. Different visual attraction levels, so that the applications are subsequently allocated to the display areas corresponding to the corresponding visual attraction levels for display according to the frequency of use of the application. Preferably, in this embodiment, the display areas with high to low levels of visual appeal are middle, bottom, and top respectively.

For example, in a specific embodiment, after sorting the applications on the home page of the desktop according to the frequency of use according to the comparison result, these applications are divided into those with higher frequency of use according to the frequency of use of each application. , three different levels of medium frequency of use and low frequency of use, and then assign the applications with high frequency of use, medium frequency of use and low frequency of use to areas with high, medium and low visual appeal levels for display. When multiple application icons are included in one display area, the multiple application icons are sorted according to the order of high and low usage frequency, and the applications with high usage frequency are arranged in front.

Step S203, according to the display position of the icon corresponding to the application, adding the icon corresponding to the application to the desktop home page of the terminal for display.

In this embodiment, after the display position of the icon corresponding to the application is obtained, the icon corresponding to the application can be added to the position corresponding to the home page of the desktop according to the display position for display, thus Users can quickly and conveniently find commonly used applications when using the terminal.

Preferably, in this embodiment, after step S203, it may further include:

Step S204, according to the frequency of use of the application and the preset correspondence between the frequency of use of the application and the icon display strategy, acquire the display strategy information of the icon corresponding to the application, wherein the display strategy includes the At least one of display brightness, display color and display size.

In this embodiment, the corresponding relationship between application usage frequency and icon display strategy is preset in the terminal. The higher the usage frequency of the application, the brighter the display brightness of its corresponding icon; or, the higher the usage frequency of the application, the brighter the display color of its corresponding icon; or, the higher the usage frequency of the application The higher the value, the larger the display size.

Step S205, displaying the icon corresponding to the application according to the display strategy information of the icon.

In this embodiment, the icon corresponding to the application is displayed according to the display brightness, display color or display size of the icon. Since the display brightness, display color, and display size of the icon are determined according to the frequency of use of the application, the icon corresponding to the application with a higher frequency of use has a brighter display brightness, a brighter display color, and a more vivid display size. The larger it is, the easier it is to attract the user's attention and find it when the user needs to use it.

Compared with the previous embodiment, the method for displaying application icons provided by this embodiment compares the frequency of use of the applications displayed on the home page of the desktop of the terminal, and then determines whether the application is in the The display position and display strategy of the desktop homepage, so that the frequently used applications can be highlighted to the user, which further facilitates the user's operation of selecting frequently used applications from the desktop homepage, and improves the user's ability to select the application they want to run from the desktop homepage The efficiency of the corresponding icon improves the user experience.

Fig. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a terminal provided by an embodiment of the present invention. For convenience of description, only the parts related to this embodiment are shown.

Referring to FIG. 3, a terminal 3 provided in this embodiment includes:

A statistical unit 31, configured to count the frequency of use of applications on the terminal according to a preset period;

A judging unit 32, configured to judge whether the frequency of use of the application is greater than a preset threshold;

The execution unit 33 is configured to add the icon corresponding to the application to the desktop home page of the terminal for display if the icon is greater than the preset threshold.

Optionally, the terminal 3 also includes:

The returning unit 34 is configured to return to the step of counting the usage frequency of the applications on the terminal according to the preset period if the value is less than the preset threshold.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 4, in another embodiment, the execution unit 33 includes:

An acquisition unit 331, configured to acquire the frequency of use of applications corresponding to other application icons displayed on the desktop homepage of the terminal in the current period;

The comparison unit 332 is configured to compare the usage frequency of the application with the usage frequency of the applications corresponding to the other application icons in the current cycle, and determine the display position of the icon corresponding to the application according to the comparison result;

The insertion unit 333 is configured to add the icon corresponding to the application to the desktop home page of the terminal for display according to the display position of the icon corresponding to the application.

Optionally, the executing unit 33 also includes:

A display policy acquiring unit 334, configured to acquire display policy information of icons corresponding to the application according to the frequency of use of the application and the preset correspondence between the frequency of use of the application and the icon display policy;

A display policy processing unit 335, configured to display the icon corresponding to the application according to the display policy information of the icon, wherein the display policy information includes at least one of the display brightness, display color and display size of the icon .

It should be noted that, since each unit in the above-mentioned terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention is based on the same idea as the method embodiment of the present invention, the technical effect it brings is the same as that of the method embodiment of the present invention. For details, please refer to the method of the present invention The narration in the embodiment will not be repeated here.

It can be seen from the above that the terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention can also display the user's frequently used applications on the desktop home page of the terminal according to the user's usage habits, so as to facilitate the user's use and search, and improve the user experience.

It should be understood that the sequence numbers of the steps in the above embodiments do not mean the order of execution, and the execution order of each process should be determined by its functions and internal logic, and should not constitute any limitation to the implementation process of the embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a terminal provided by another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5 , the terminal 5 of this embodiment includes: a processor 50 , a memory 51 , and a computer program 52 stored in the memory 51 and operable on the processor 50 . When the processor 50 executes the computer program 52, the steps in the above-mentioned various method embodiments are implemented, for example, steps 101 to 103 shown in FIG. 1 . Alternatively, when the processor 50 executes the computer program 52, it realizes the functions of the modules/units in the above-mentioned device embodiments, such as the functions of the modules 31 to 34 shown in FIG. 3 .

Exemplarily, the computer program 52 can be divided into one or more modules/units, and the one or more modules/units are stored in the memory 51 and executed by the processor 50 to complete this invention. The one or more modules/units may be a series of computer program instruction segments capable of accomplishing specific functions, and the instruction segments are used to describe the execution process of the computer program 52 in the terminal 5 . For example, the computer program 52 can be divided into a statistical unit 31, a judgment unit 32 and an execution unit 33, and the specific functions of each unit are as follows:

A statistical unit 31, configured to count the frequency of use of applications on the terminal according to a preset period;

A judging unit 32, configured to judge whether the frequency of use of the application is greater than a preset threshold;

The execution unit 33 is configured to add the icon corresponding to the application to the desktop home page of the terminal for display if the icon is greater than the preset threshold.

The terminal 5 may be computing devices such as smart phones, desktop computers, notebooks, and palmtop computers. The terminal may include, but not limited to, a processor 50 and a memory 51 . Those skilled in the art can understand that FIG. 5 is only an example of the terminal 5, and does not constitute a limitation on the terminal device 5. It may include more or less components than those shown in the figure, or combine certain components, or different components, For example, the terminal may also include an input and output device, a network access device, a bus, and the like.

The so-called processor 50 may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), and may also be other general-purpose processors, a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), Off-the-shelf programmable gate array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other programmable logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components, etc. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor, or the like.

The storage 51 may be an internal storage unit of the terminal 5 , such as a hard disk or a memory of the terminal 5 . The memory 51 may also be an external storage device of the terminal 5, such as a plug-in hard disk equipped on the terminal 5, a smart memory card (Smart Media Card, SMC), a secure digital (Secure Digital, SD) card, Flash Card (Flash Card), etc. Further, the memory 51 may also include both an internal storage unit of the terminal 5 and an external storage device. The memory 51 is used to store the computer program and other programs and data required by the terminal. The memory 51 can also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or will be output.

Those skilled in the art can clearly understand that for the convenience and brevity of description, only the division of the above-mentioned functional units and modules is used for illustration. In practical applications, the above-mentioned functions can be assigned to different functional units, Completion of modules means that the internal structure of the device is divided into different functional units or modules to complete all or part of the functions described above. Each functional unit and module in the embodiment may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit, and the above-mentioned integrated units may adopt hardware It can also be implemented in the form of software functional units. In addition, the specific names of the functional units and modules are only for the convenience of distinguishing each other, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the present application. For the specific working process of the units and modules in the above system, reference may be made to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, and details will not be repeated here.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the descriptions of each embodiment have their own emphases, and for parts that are not detailed or recorded in a certain embodiment, refer to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.

Those skilled in the art can appreciate that the units and algorithm steps of the examples described in conjunction with the embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented by electronic hardware, or a combination of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether these functions are executed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. Skilled artisans may use different methods to implement the described functions for each specific application, but such implementation should not be regarded as exceeding the scope of the present invention.

In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus/terminal equipment and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device/terminal device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the modules or units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods, such as multiple units Or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In another point, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, each unit may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit. The above-mentioned integrated units can be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of software functional units.

If the integrated module/unit is realized in the form of a software function unit and sold or used as an independent product, it can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the present invention realizes all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments, and can also be completed by instructing related hardware through a computer program. The computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the computer When the program is executed by the processor, the steps in the above-mentioned various method embodiments can be realized. . Wherein, the computer program includes computer program code, and the computer program code may be in the form of source code, object code, executable file or some intermediate form. The computer-readable medium may include: any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, a recording medium, a U disk, a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a computer memory, and a read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory) , Random Access Memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), electrical carrier signal, telecommunication signal, and software distribution medium, etc. It should be noted that the content contained in the computer-readable medium may be appropriately increased or decreased according to the requirements of legislation and patent practice in the jurisdiction. For example, in some jurisdictions, according to legislation and patent practice, computer-readable Excluding electrical carrier signals and telecommunication signals.

The above-described embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention, rather than to limit them; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that: it can still implement the foregoing embodiments Modifications to the technical solutions recorded in the examples, or equivalent replacement of some of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the various embodiments of the present invention, and should be included in within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A kind of 1. display methods of application icon, it is characterised in that including：

   According to the frequency of use applied in predetermined period statistics terminal；

   Judge whether the frequency of use of the application is more than predetermined threshold value；

   If being more than predetermined threshold value, the icon corresponding to the application is shown added to the desktop homepage of the terminal.
2. 2. the display methods of application icon as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that described by icon corresponding to the application Desktop homepage added to the terminal carries out display and included：

   Obtain the use applied in current period corresponding to the other application icon shown in the desktop homepage of the terminal Frequency；

   By the frequency of use applied in current period corresponding to the frequency of use of the application and the other application icon It is compared, the display location of the icon according to corresponding to comparative result determines the application；

   The display location of icon according to corresponding to the application, the icon corresponding to the application is added to the terminal Desktop homepage is shown.
3. 3. the display methods of application icon as claimed in claim 2, it is characterised in that described according to corresponding to the application The display location of icon, also wrapped after the icon corresponding to the application is shown added to the desktop homepage of the terminal Include：

   According to the corresponding relation between the frequency of use and icon display strategy of the frequency of use of the application and default application, Obtain the display strategy information of the icon corresponding to the application；

   The icon corresponding to the application is shown according to the display strategy information of the icon, wherein, the display plan Slightly information includes at least one of display brightness, display color and display size of icon.
4. 4. the display methods of application icon as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that described to judge using frequently for the application Rate also includes after whether being more than predetermined threshold value：

   If being less than or equal to predetermined threshold value, the step according to the frequency of use applied in predetermined period statistics terminal is returned Suddenly.
5. A kind of 5. terminal, it is characterised in that including：

   Statistic unit, for according to the frequency of use applied in predetermined period statistics terminal；

   Judging unit, for judging whether the frequency of use of the application is more than predetermined threshold value；

   Execution unit, if for being more than predetermined threshold value, the icon corresponding to the application is added to the desktop of the terminal Homepage is shown.
6. 6. terminal as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that the execution unit includes：

   Acquiring unit, applying current corresponding to the other application icon shown in the desktop homepage for obtaining the terminal Frequency of use in cycle；

   Comparing unit, for by the frequency of use of the application and applying in current period corresponding to the other application icon Interior frequency of use is compared, the display location of the icon according to corresponding to comparative result determines the application；

   Unit is inserted, for the display location of the icon according to corresponding to the application, the icon corresponding to the application is added The desktop homepage for adding to the terminal is shown.
7. 7. terminal as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that the execution unit also includes：

   Display strategy acquiring unit, show for the frequency of use according to the application and the frequency of use of default application with icon Show the corresponding relation between strategy, obtain the display strategy information of the icon corresponding to the application；

   Display strategy processing unit, the icon corresponding to the application is carried out for the display strategy information according to the icon It has been shown that, wherein, the display strategy information includes at least one in the display brightness, display color and display size of icon Kind.
8. 8. terminal as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that also include：

   Returning unit, if for being less than or equal to predetermined threshold value, return is described to count what is applied in terminal according to predetermined period The step of frequency of use.
9. 9. a kind of terminal, including memory, processor and it is stored in the memory and can runs on the processor Computer program, it is characterised in that described in the computing device during computer program realize as Claims 1-4 it is any The step of item methods described.
10. 10. a kind of computer-readable recording medium, the computer-readable recording medium storage has computer program, and its feature exists In when the computer program is executed by processor the step of realization such as any one of Claims 1-4 methods described.