CN110769118A - A message prompting method and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a message prompting method and a terminal device, which relate to the field of communication technology, and solve the problem of low intelligence in the traditional way of prompting unread messages. The method includes: receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application program; displaying the identification of the target user; wherein, the display area of the target user's identification coincides with the display area of the target application program, or, the identification of the target user is The distance between the display area and the display area of the target application is less than or equal to a preset value; the identifier of the target user includes at least one of the following: the avatar of the target user and the name of the target user. This method can be used in scenarios where the user is reminded that the application has received an unread message.

Description

A message prompting method and terminal device

technical field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a message prompting method and a terminal device.

Background technique

With the development of communication technology, many applications of terminal devices can receive messages sent by other devices.

At present, after the application of the terminal device receives the message, if the user does not read the message in time, the terminal device usually displays a red circular logo near the icon of the application, and superimposes a red circular logo on the red circular logo. number. In this way, the user can determine the number of unread messages for the application based on the number.

However, for unread messages such as messages from unimportant contacts, article push messages or advertisement messages, they will still be identified by numbers according to the above method, but these unread messages may not be important to the user, thus affecting the user. The normal use of the terminal device results in a low degree of intelligence in the traditional method of prompting unread messages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the present invention provide a message prompting method and terminal device, so as to solve the problem that the traditional method of prompting unread messages has a low degree of intelligence.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the embodiments of the present invention are implemented as follows:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a message prompting method. The method includes: receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application program; displaying the identification of the target user; wherein, the display area of the target user's identification coincides with the display area of the target application program, or, the identification of the target user is The distance between the display area and the display area of the target application is less than or equal to a preset value; the identifier of the target user includes at least one of the following: the avatar of the target user and the name of the target user.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device. The terminal device includes a receiving module and a display module. The receiving module is used to receive the message sent by the target user through the target application program; the display module is used to display the identification of the target user; wherein, the display area of the target user's identification is coincident with the display area of the target application program, or, The distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is less than or equal to a preset value; the identifier of the target user includes at least one of the following: the avatar of the target user and the name of the target user.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, including a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program being executed by the processor to implement the first The steps of the message prompt method provided by the aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, implements the steps of the message prompting method provided in the first aspect.

In this embodiment of the present invention, a message sent by a target user may be received through a target application program; and an identification of the target user may be displayed; wherein, the display area of the identification of the target user coincides with the display area of the target application program, or the The distance between the display area of the target user's identifier and the display area of the target application program is less than or equal to a preset value; the target user's identifier includes at least one of the following: the target user's avatar and the target user's name. With this solution, in the case of receiving a message sent by a target user through the target application, the terminal device displays the target user's identification in the display area of the target application, or displays the target user's identification in the display area of the target application at a distance smaller than or The display area equal to the preset value displays the identification of the target user, such as the target user's avatar and the target user's name, which can remind the user that the target application receives a message from the target user. That is, the embodiment of the present invention has a high degree of intelligence for prompting unread messages.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic diagram of the architecture of an Android operating system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is one of schematic diagrams of a message prompting method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device displaying an identifier of a target user according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of adding an identifier of a user provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

5 is a schematic diagram of a terminal device scrolling and displaying a user's identifier according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 is a schematic diagram of an identifier of an application program displayed in a terminal device list according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is one of schematic diagrams of displaying a chat interface by a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is the second schematic diagram of a terminal device displaying a chat interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

9 is a third schematic diagram of a terminal device displaying a chat interface according to an embodiment of the present invention;

10 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of hardware of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

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

The term "and/or" in this paper is an association relationship that describes an associated object, indicating that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, A and/or B, which can mean that A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone these three situations. The symbol "/" in this document indicates the relationship in which the associated object is or, for example, A/B indicates A or B.

The terms "first" and "second" and the like in the description and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish different objects, rather than to describe a specific order of the objects. For example, the first input and the second input, etc. are used to distinguish different inputs, not to describe a specific order of the inputs.

In the embodiments of the present invention, words such as "exemplary" or "for example" are used to mean serving as an example, illustration or illustration. Any embodiments or designs described as "exemplary" or "such as" in the embodiments of the present invention should not be construed as advantageous over other embodiments or designs. Rather, the use of words such as "exemplary" or "such as" is intended to present the related concepts in a specific manner.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise stated, the meaning of "plurality" refers to two or more, for example, a plurality of elements refers to two or more elements and the like.

The embodiments of the present invention provide a message prompting method and terminal device, which can receive a message sent by a target user through a target application; The display areas overlap, or, the distance between the display area of the target user's logo and the display area of the target application is less than or equal to a preset value; the target user's logo includes at least one of the following: the target user's avatar, The name of this target user. With this solution, in the case of receiving a message sent by a target user through the target application, the terminal device displays the target user's identification in the display area of the target application, or displays the target user's identification in the display area of the target application at a distance smaller than or The display area equal to the preset value displays the identification of the target user, such as the target user's avatar and the target user's name, which can remind the user that the target application receives a message from the target user. That is, the embodiment of the present invention has a high degree of intelligence for prompting unread messages.

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

Taking the Android operating system as an example, the software environment to which the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is applied will be introduced.

As shown in FIG. 1 , it is a schematic structural diagram of an Android operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the architecture of the Android operating system includes four layers, namely: an application layer, an application framework layer, a system runtime layer, and a kernel layer (specifically, a Linux kernel layer).

The application layer includes various applications (including system applications and third-party applications) in the Android operating system.

The application framework layer is the framework of the application, and developers can develop some applications based on the application framework layer under the condition of complying with the development principles of the framework of the application.

The system runtime layer includes libraries (also called system libraries) and the Android operating system runtime environment. The library mainly provides various resources required by the Android operating system. The Android operating system operating environment is used to provide a software environment for the Android operating system.

The kernel layer is the operating system layer of the Android operating system and belongs to the bottom layer of the Android operating system software layer. The kernel layer provides core system services and hardware-related drivers for the Android operating system based on the Linux kernel.

Taking the Android operating system as an example, in this embodiment of the present invention, a developer can develop a software program for implementing the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention based on the system architecture of the Android operating system as shown in FIG. The prompting method can be run based on the Android operating system as shown in FIG. 1 . That is, the processor or the terminal device can implement the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention by running the software program in the Android operating system.

The terminal device in this embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile terminal device or a non-mobile terminal device. Exemplarily, the mobile terminal device may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a vehicle terminal device, a wearable device, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, or a personal digital assistant (personal digital assistant). assistant, PDA), etc., the non-mobile terminal device may be a personal computer (personal computer, PC), a television (television, TV), a teller machine or a self-service machine, etc., which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The executive body of the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be the above-mentioned terminal device, or may be a functional module and/or functional entity in the terminal device capable of implementing the message prompting method, and the specific one may be determined according to actual use requirements, The embodiments of the present invention are not limited. The following takes a terminal device as an example to exemplarily describe the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a message prompting method. The method can be applied to terminal equipment. The method may include the following S101 and S102.

S101. A terminal device receives a message sent by a target user through a target application.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned “receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application” means that the terminal device receives an unread message from the target user through the target application in the terminal device, and the message is still In the unread state, that is, the user has not viewed the unread message.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention are exemplified by taking any application program in which the target application program is a terminal device as an example. It can be understood that if multiple applications of the terminal device respectively receive unread messages sent from multiple preset users, the terminal device can display the identifiers of the preset users in preset areas of the respective applications.

Optionally, the above target application may be an application capable of receiving messages sent by other devices. For example, the target application may be a social application, a short message application, a payment application, or other possible applications, etc., which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, the message sent by the target user may be a chat message, a short message message, a notification message, a push message, a subscription message, or other possible unread messages, etc., which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Optionally, the above-mentioned target user is a user among the M preset users. M is a positive integer.

Optionally, for each preset user in the M preset users, the following method 1 or method 2 can be used to obtain:

Manner 1: Each preset user among the M preset users is set by a user who uses a terminal device.

Exemplarily, FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of adding an identifier of a user to a user according to an embodiment of the present invention. In an operation user interface (UI), a user using a terminal device can enter the name of the user to be added, such as "minister", in the search box. If the terminal device searches for "minister", the user can click the add button 00, so that the terminal device can set the "minister" as a preset user. By analogy, the preset users that the user can set can be "Minister" 02, "Group Leader" 03, and "Zhang*" 01.

Manner 2: Each preset user among the M preset users is set by the terminal device according to user historical data.

Optionally, the above-mentioned user history data is stored in the terminal device.

Exemplarily, the following Table 1 is a correspondence table of a time threshold, a data volume threshold, and a conclusion provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The time threshold is represented by T, the data threshold is represented by S, the time when the data is actually used is represented by Tx, and the amount of data actually used is represented by Sx.

Table 1

Comparison with time threshold Comparison with data volume threshold in conclusion Tx≥T Sx≤S no Tx≤T Sx≤S no Tx≥T Sx≥S no Tx≤T Sx≥S Yes

It can be seen from the above Table 1 that when a user using a terminal device and a certain user satisfy simultaneously: the time Tx of the actual data usage is less than or equal to the time threshold T, and the amount of data actually used Sx is greater than or equal to the data threshold S, the terminal device This user can be set as the default user. If at least one of the two conditions is not satisfied, the terminal cannot set the certain user as a preset user.

It should be noted that, an optional implementation manner is that the M preset users may all be set by users who use the terminal device; another optional implementation manner is that the M preset users may all be based on the terminal equipment. It is set by the user historical data in the device; another optional implementation manner is that some of the M preset users are set by users who use the terminal device, and another part of the M preset users is preset The user is set according to the user historical data in the terminal device. It may be determined according to actual usage requirements, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

S102. The terminal device displays the identifier of the target user.

Wherein, the display area of the target user's logo coincides with the display area of the target application, or the distance between the display area of the target user's logo and the display area of the target application is less than or equal to a preset value. The identifier of the target user may include at least one of the following: the avatar of the target user, and the name of the target user.

It should be noted that the above "the display area of the target user's logo coincides with the display area of the target application" may mean that the display area of the target user's logo coincides with the display area of the icon of the target application. The above-mentioned "the distance between the display area of the target user's logo and the display area of the target application program is less than or equal to the preset value" may refer to the distance between the display area of the target user's logo and the display area of the icon of the target application program. less than or equal to the preset value.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the identifier of the target user may be used to indicate that an unread message sent by the target user is received through the target application program.

Optionally, the above-mentioned identifier of the target user may be superimposed and displayed in a preset area of the icon of the target application program with preset transparency. The preset transparency may specifically be any value between 0% and 100%.

Optionally, the display area of the identifier of the target user may specifically be any of the following: within the frame of the icon of the target application, an edge position of the icon of the target application, and a preset distance from the icon of the target application.

Optionally, if the display area of the target user's logo is the edge position of the icon of the target application, the edge position may be any of the following: the position of any border in the icon of the target application, or the position of the target application. The junction position of two adjacent borders in the icon.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) of FIG. 4 , when the screen of the terminal device is in a locked screen state, if the user wants to use the terminal device, the user can slide a finger on the screen. After the terminal device receives the user's sliding track, if the sliding track is the same as the preset sliding track, as shown in (b) in Figure 4, the terminal device can unlock the screen and display "App 11" on the desktop interface , and the avatar 01 with "Zhang*" displayed at the corner of the "App 11" icon.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a message prompting method. In the case of receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application program, the terminal device displays the target user's identification in the display area of the target application program, or displays the target user's identity at a distance from the target program. The display area of the application program whose display area is smaller than or equal to the preset value displays the identifier of the target user, such as the target user's avatar and the name of the target user, which can remind the user that the target application program receives a message from the target user. That is, the embodiment of the present invention has a high degree of intelligence for prompting unread messages.

Optionally, before the above S102, the message prompting method provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S103. In addition, the above S102 can be specifically implemented by the following S102A.

S103. The terminal device receives the first input.

Optionally, the first input may be touch input, key input, voice input, gesture input, gravity input, or the like.

Optionally, the first input can be obtained in any of the following scenarios:

Scenario 1: When the screen of the terminal device is in a screen-locked state, the terminal device receives the user's first input. The first input may be used to trigger the terminal device to unlock the screen and display the target interface.

Optionally, the target interface may be a desktop interface of a terminal device, an interface of an application program, or other possible interfaces.

Exemplarily, it is assumed that the target interface is the desktop interface of the terminal device. When the screen of the terminal device is in a screen-locked state, if the user wants to use the terminal device, the user can trigger the terminal device to unlock the screen and display the desktop interface through the first input. Wherein, the desktop interface may include icons of multiple application programs, and the icons of the multiple application programs may include the icon of the target application program.

Scenario 2: When the screen of the terminal device is in an unlocked state and the first interface is displayed, the terminal device receives the first input from the user. The first input may be used to trigger the terminal device to switch the first interface to the second interface.

Optionally, the first interface can be a desktop interface of the terminal device, and the second interface can be another desktop interface of the terminal device; or, the first interface can be a desktop interface of the terminal device, and the second interface can be an application. The interface of a program; or, the first interface can be an interface of an application program, and the second interface can be a desktop interface of a terminal device; or, the first interface can be an interface of an application program, and the second interface can be another application program interface. It may be determined according to actual usage requirements, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

Exemplarily, it is assumed that the first interface can be a desktop interface of the terminal device, and the second interface can be another desktop interface of the terminal device. When the screen of the terminal device is unlocked and the desktop interface A is displayed, if the user wants to use the desktop interface B, the user can trigger the terminal device to switch the desktop interface A to the desktop interface B through the first input. Wherein, the desktop interface B may include icons of multiple application programs, and the icons of the multiple application programs may include the icon of the target application program.

S102A. In response to the first input, the terminal device displays the identifier of the target user in the display area of the target application, or displays the identifier of the target user in the display area less than or equal to a preset value from the display area of the target application.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, if an icon of the target application is displayed on the screen of the terminal device when receiving the first input, the terminal device may directly display the identifier of the target user in response to the first input. If the icon of the target application is not displayed on the screen of the terminal device when receiving the first input, the terminal device may display the icon of the target application and the identifier of the target user in response to the first input. It may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

In the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal device receives an unread message sent by the target user, the terminal device can be triggered to display the identifier of the target user through the user's first input, so that the user's target application program can be triggered. Unread messages received from important users.

Optionally, when the terminal device receives unread messages sent by at least two preset users, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, the terminal device may display the message according to Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2 below. User's ID.

Embodiment 1

The above S102 can be specifically implemented by the following S102B.

S102B: In the case that messages sent by at least two preset users among the M preset users are received through the target application, the terminal device updates and displays the identifiers of the users every target duration.

The identifier of a user may be used to indicate that the target application receives an unread message sent by a preset user. At least two preset users include target users. M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, the above-mentioned "the terminal device updates and displays the user's identification every target duration" may include: the terminal device updates the user's identification displayed in the display area of the target application every target duration; The device updates the user's identity displayed in the display area that is less than or equal to the preset value from the display area of the target application program every target duration.

Optionally, the above-mentioned target duration may be set by the user or preset by the terminal device. In addition, the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the value of the target duration, which may be determined according to actual usage requirements.

Optionally, the identity of the user displayed first by the terminal device can be any of the following: the identity of the user from which the message that the target application program receives most recently comes from, the identity of a user selected by the user from M preset users, the terminal The identifier of one user that the device selects from the M preset users according to the preset condition.

Optionally, the terminal device may display the user's identifier in any of the following sequences: a preset order in which the user sends unread messages, the display priority of the user's identifier set by the user, and the display priority of the user's identifier set by the terminal device.

Exemplarily, the terminal device is used for displaying according to the display priority of the user's identification set by the user as an example for description. Assume that the priorities of the M preset users are "minister", "group leader", "Zhang*" and "Li*" in order from high to low. If the terminal device successively receives the unread messages sent by "Zhang*", "Minister" and "Group leader", then when the terminal device receives the first input from the user, as shown in (a) of Figure 5 As shown, the terminal device may, in response to the first input, display the avatar 02 of the "Minister" at the corner of the "Application 11". After the time interval T1 for displaying the avatar 02 of the "minister", as shown in (b) of FIG. 5, the terminal device may update the avatar 02 of the "minister" to display the avatar 03 of the "group leader". After the time interval T1 for displaying the avatar 03 of the "group leader", as shown in (c) in FIG.

Exemplarily, the terminal device displays the unread messages in the order in which the user sends unread messages as an example for description. If the terminal device successively receives the unread messages sent by "Zhang*", "Minister" and "Group leader", then when the terminal device receives the first input of the user, the terminal device can respond to the first input, The avatar of "Zhang*" is displayed at the corner of "App 11". After the time interval T1 for displaying the avatar of "Zhang*", the terminal device may update the avatar of "Zhang*" to display the avatar of "Minister". After the time interval T1 for displaying the avatar of the "minister", the terminal device may update the avatar of the "minister" to display the avatar of the "group leader".

It should be noted that, in the case where the target application program only receives unread messages sent by one preset user among the M preset users, the terminal device can continuously display the identification of the target user, that is, it is not necessary to carry out the identification of the user. renew. It may be determined according to actual usage requirements, and is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention.

In the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the target application program receives unread messages sent by at least two preset users among the M preset users, the user's identifier is displayed by scrolling every target duration, The problem that the preset area is too small to display the identifiers of all users who send unread messages can be solved, so that it is convenient for users to know all users who send unread messages.

Embodiment 2

Before the above S102, the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may include the following S102C and S102D. And, S102 can be implemented by S102E.

S102C, the terminal device displays the identifier of the first user among the M preset users.

Wherein, the identifier of the first user may be used to indicate that the latest message received by the target application is sent by the first user. The first user may be a user among the M preset users.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the identifier of the first user may be used to indicate that the target application receives an unread message sent by the first user, and the unread message sent by the first user may be the latest received message by the target application.

Optionally, the display area of the first user's logo and the display area of the target application program overlap, or the distance between the display area of the first user's logo and the display area of the target application program is less than or equal to a preset value.

S102D. The terminal device receives a second input of the identity of the first user.

Optionally, the second input may be a touch input to the identity of the first user, such as a click input, a double-click input, a long-press input, or a circle selection input, and the like.

S102E: In response to the second input, the terminal device displays the identifiers of N users among the M preset users.

The identifiers of the above N users may be used to indicate that the target application receives unread messages sent by the N users. The N users include the target user and the first user. M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned first user and the target user may be the same user, or may be different users. If the first user and the target user are the same user, the identifiers of the N users include the identifier of the target user; if the first user and the target user are different users, the identifiers of the N users include the identifier of the target user and the identifier of the first user. logo.

Optionally, the display areas of the identifiers of the N users overlap with the display area of the target application, or the distance between the display areas of the identifiers of the N users and the display area of the target application is less than or equal to a preset value.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) of FIG. 6 , in response to the received first input, the terminal device may display the avatar 02 of the “Minister” at the corner mark of the “Application 11”. If the user clicks on the avatar 02 of the “Minister”, as shown in (b) of FIG. 6 , the terminal device can respond to the received click input (ie, the second input), in the preset area of the icon of “Application 11” It displays the avatar 02 of "Minister", the avatar 03 of "Group Leader", and the avatar 01 of "Zhang*".

In the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the target application receives unread messages sent by at least two preset users among the M preset users, since the terminal device can first display the identifier of the first user, Then, in response to the user's input, the identifiers of all preset users who have received unread messages are displayed, so as to solve the problem that the identifiers of all users who have sent unread messages cannot be displayed due to the small area, so that it is convenient for users to know the identifiers of all users who have sent unread messages. user.

Optionally, after the above S102, the message prompting method provided in this embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S104 and S105.

S104. The terminal device receives the third input.

Optionally, the third input may be touch input, key input, voice input, gesture input, or gravity input.

Optionally, the third input may be the input of the identification of the target user; or, the third input may be the input of the first content, wherein the first content may be the latest unread message sent by the target user. Summary content.

Exemplarily, the third input may be a click input on the avatar 01 of "Zhang*" as shown in (b) in FIG. 4; or, the third input may be as shown in (c) in FIG. 5 . The click input of the avatar 01 of “Zhang*”; or, the third input may be the click input of the avatar 01 of “Zhang*” as shown in (b) in FIG. 6 .

It should be noted that, for the relevant description that the third input is the input of the first content, reference may be made to the specific description in the following embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

S105. In response to the third input, the terminal device displays a message interface corresponding to the target user.

The above message interface may include messages sent by the target user.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) of FIG. 7 , the terminal device may display an avatar 01 of "Zhang*" at the corner mark of "Application 11". If the user clicks on the avatar 01 of “Zhang*”, as shown in (b) of FIG. 7 , the terminal device may display a dialogue message interface with “Zhang*” in response to the received click input (ie, the third input). .

The message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is different from the related art, which needs to find the target user first, and triggers the terminal device to display the message interface corresponding to the target user. The user in the embodiment of the present invention can trigger the terminal through a third input. The device directly displays the message interface corresponding to the target user, thereby simplifying the user's operation process.

Optionally, for the above S105, the terminal device may display a message interface corresponding to the target user through the following first possible implementation manner or the second possible implementation manner.

first possible implementation

In the case where the third input is the input of the identifier of the target user, before "displaying the message interface corresponding to the target user" in the above S105, the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention may further include the following S106 and S107 ; and, "displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user" in S105 can be implemented through the following S105A. That is, S105 can be implemented through S106, S107 and S105A.

S106. The terminal device displays the first content in response to the third input.

Wherein, the above-mentioned first content may be the summary content in a message newly sent by the target user.

Optionally, S106 may specifically include: in response to the third input, the terminal device displays N pieces of content including the first content. One content may be the summary content in an unread message newly sent by one of the M preset users, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

S107. The terminal device receives a fourth input of the first content.

Optionally, the above-mentioned fourth input may be a touch input to the first content, for example, a click input, a double-click input, a long-press input, or a circle selection input, and the like.

S105A. In response to the fourth input, the terminal device displays a message interface corresponding to the target user.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) of FIG. 8 , the terminal device may display the avatar of “Minister”, the avatar of “Group Leader”, and the avatar 01 of “Zhang*” in the attachment position of “Application 11”. If the user clicks on the avatar 01 of "Zhang*", as shown in (b) of FIG. 8, the terminal device may display "Where to go on weekends" 04 (ie, the first content). If the user clicks on the first content, as shown in (c) of FIG. 8 , the terminal device may display a dialog message interface with "Zhang*" in response to the received click input (ie, the fourth input).

In the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, since the third input is an input of the target user's identification, it can be displayed as the summary content of an unread message recently sent by the target user, so the user can content, whether the terminal is indeed triggered to display the message interface corresponding to the target user, so that the user can be prevented from being disinterested in the message interface directly displayed by the terminal device.

Second possible implementation

In the case where the terminal device includes a first screen and a second screen, the above S102 can be implemented by the following S102F; and S104 can be implemented by S104A, and S105 can be implemented by S105B.

S102F, the terminal device displays the identifiers of N users among the M preset users on the first screen, and displays N contents on the second screen.

Wherein, the N pieces of content are summary contents in messages newly sent by N users among the M preset users. Both M and N are positive integers, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

In the implementation of the present invention, the identifiers of the above N users may include the identifier of the target user.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) of FIG. 9 , the terminal device may display the icon of the target application and the identifier of the target user on the first screen 05 of the terminal device, and display it on the second screen 06 of the terminal device. The summary content of "Meeting in the evening, please..." from the minister, the summary content of "Pay attention to the progress of the project, to..." from the team leader, and the summary content of "Where to go on weekends..." from Zhang *.

S104A. The terminal device receives a third input of the first content among the N pieces of content.

Wherein, the above-mentioned first content may be the summary content in a message newly sent by the target user.

Optionally, the third input may be a touch input to the first content among the N pieces of content, such as a click input, a double-click input, a long-press input, or a circle selection input, and the like.

S105B, in response to the third input, the terminal device displays a message interface corresponding to the target user on the first screen or the second screen.

Exemplarily, as shown in (a) of FIG. 9 , icons of multiple applications may be displayed on the first screen 05 of the terminal device, and multiple summary contents may be displayed on the second screen 06 of the terminal device. If the user clicks the summary content of "Where to go on weekends..." 04 from Zhang * in the second screen 06 of the terminal device, the terminal device can respond to the received user's click input (ie, the third input), such as As shown in (b) of FIG. 9 , a message interface corresponding to Zhang* (ie, the target user) is displayed on the first screen 05 of the terminal device, and the second screen 06 of the terminal device keeps displaying the message from the minister “Evening at night”. Meeting, please..." The summary content, "Pay attention to the progress of the project, to..." This summary content from the team leader, "Where to go on weekends..." from Zhang * These three content.

In the message prompting method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when the terminal device includes two screens, a message interface corresponding to the target user and N summary contents from N preset users can be displayed on the two screens respectively. Therefore, The user can continuously switch the message interface, thereby improving the user's operating experience.

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of the present invention, the message prompting methods shown in the above figures are all illustratively described by taking a figure in the embodiments of the present invention as an example. During specific implementation, the message prompting methods shown in the above-mentioned respective drawings can also be implemented in combination with any other drawings shown in the above-mentioned embodiments that can be combined, and details are not described herein again.

As shown in FIG. 10 , an embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device 1000 . The terminal device may include a receiving module 1001 and a display module 1002 . The receiving module 1001 can be used to receive the message sent by the target user through the target application program. The display module 1002 can be used to display the identifier of the target user. Wherein, the display area of the target user's logo coincides with the display area of the target application, or the distance between the display area of the target user's logo and the display area of the target application is less than or equal to a preset value. The identifier of the target user may include at least one of the following: an avatar of the target user, and the name of the target user.

Optionally, the receiving module 1001 can also be used to receive the first input. The display module 1002 can be specifically configured to display the identification of the target user in the display area of the target application program in response to the first input received by the receiving module 1001, or, at a distance less than or equal to a preset value from the display area of the target application program The display area displays the identification of the target user.

Optionally, the display module 1002 may be specifically configured to update and display the user's identifier every target duration when messages sent by at least two of the M preset users are received through the target application. The identifier of one user may be used to indicate that the target application receives a message sent by a preset user, the at least two preset users may include the target user, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Optionally, the display module 1002 can also be used to display the identification of the first user in the M preset users before displaying the identification of the target user, and the identification of the first user can be used to indicate that the target application has received the latest The message is sent by the first user. The receiving module 1001 may also be configured to receive a second input of the identification of the first user displayed by the display module 1002 . The display module 1002 may be specifically configured to display the identifiers of N users among the M preset users in response to the second input received by the receiving module 1001 . Wherein, the identifiers of the N users may be used to indicate that the target application program receives messages sent by the N users, the N users may include the target user and the first user, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

Optionally, the receiving module 1001 may also be configured to receive a third input after displaying the identifier of the target user. The display module 1002 may also be configured to display, in response to the third input received by the receiving module 1001, a message interface corresponding to the target user, where the message interface includes a message sent by the target user.

Optionally, the third input may be the input of the identification of the target user. The display module 1002 may also be configured to display the first content before displaying the message interface corresponding to the target user, where the first content may be the summary content in a message recently sent by the target user. The receiving module 1001 may also be configured to receive a fourth input to the first content displayed by the display module 1002 . The display module 1002 is specifically configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module 1001 .

Optionally, the terminal device may include a first screen and a second screen. The display module 1002 can be specifically configured to display the identifiers of N users among the M preset users on the first screen, and display N contents on the second screen. The receiving module 1001 may be specifically configured to receive a third input of the first content among the N pieces of content, where the first content may be the summary content in a message newly sent by the target user. The display module 1002 can be specifically configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user on the first screen or the second screen. Wherein, the N contents may be summary contents in messages newly sent by the N users, M and N are both positive integers, and N is less than or equal to M.

The terminal device provided in the embodiments of the present invention can implement each process implemented by the terminal device in the foregoing method embodiments, and to avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, in the case of receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application, the terminal device displays the target user's identifier in the display area of the target application, or displays the target user's identity at a distance from the target application. The display area of the program whose display area is less than or equal to the preset value displays the identifier of the target user, such as the avatar of the target user and the name of the target user, which can remind the user that the target application receives a message from the target user. That is, the embodiment of the present invention has a high degree of intelligence for prompting unread messages.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a terminal device implementing various embodiments of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 11 , the terminal device 200 includes but is not limited to: a radio frequency unit 201 , a network module 202 , an audio output unit 203 , an input unit 204 , a sensor 205 , a display unit 206 , a user input unit 207 , an interface unit 208 , and a memory 209 , the processor 210, and the power supply 211 and other components. Those skilled in the art can understand that the structure of the terminal device shown in FIG. 11 does not constitute a limitation on the terminal device, and the terminal device may include more or less components than the one shown, or combine some components, or different components layout. In the embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a palmtop computer, a vehicle terminal device, a wearable device, a pedometer, and the like.

The processor 210 may be configured to receive a message sent by the target user through the target application.

The processor 210 can also be used to control the display unit 206 to display the identifier of the target user. Wherein, the display area of the target user's logo coincides with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the target user's logo and the display area of the target application program is less than or equal to a preset value. The identifier of the target user may include at least one of the following: an avatar of the target user, and the name of the target user.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal device, in the case of receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application, the terminal device displays the target user's identifier in the display area of the target application, or displays the target user's identity at a distance from the target application. The display area of the program whose display area is less than or equal to the preset value displays the identifier of the target user, such as the avatar of the target user and the name of the target user, which can remind the user that the target application receives a message from the target user. That is, the embodiment of the present invention has a high degree of intelligence for prompting unread messages.

It should be understood that, in this embodiment of the present invention, the radio frequency unit 201 may be used for receiving and sending signals during sending and receiving of information or during a call. Specifically, after receiving the downlink data from the base station, it is processed by the processor 210; The uplink data is sent to the base station. Generally, the radio frequency unit 201 includes, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, a transceiver, a coupler, a low noise amplifier, a duplexer, and the like. In addition, the radio frequency unit 201 can also communicate with the network and other devices through a wireless communication system.

The terminal device 200 provides the user with wireless broadband Internet access through the network module 202, such as helping the user to send and receive emails, browse web pages, access streaming media, and the like.

The audio output unit 203 may convert audio data received by the radio frequency unit 201 or the network module 202 or stored in the memory 209 into audio signals and output as sound. Also, the audio output unit 203 may also provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the terminal device 200 (eg, call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.). The audio output unit 203 includes a speaker, a buzzer, a receiver, and the like.

The input unit 204 is used to receive audio or video signals. The input unit 204 may include a graphics processor (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) 2041 and a microphone 2042. The graphics processor 2041 captures images of still pictures or videos obtained by an image capture device (such as a camera) in a video capture mode or an image capture mode data is processed. The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 206 . The image frames processed by the graphics processor 2041 may be stored in the memory 209 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the radio frequency unit 201 or the network module 202 . The microphone 2042 can receive sound and can process such sound into audio data. The processed audio data can be converted into a format that can be transmitted to a mobile communication base station via the radio frequency unit 201 for output in the case of a telephone call mode.

The terminal device 200 also includes at least one sensor 205, such as a light sensor, a motion sensor, and other sensors. Specifically, the light sensor includes an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor, wherein the ambient light sensor can adjust the brightness of the display panel 2061 according to the brightness of the ambient light, and the proximity sensor can turn off the display panel 2061 and the display panel 2061 when the terminal device 200 moves to the ear / or backlight. As a type of motion sensor, the accelerometer sensor can detect the magnitude of acceleration in all directions (generally three axes), and can detect the magnitude and direction of gravity when stationary, and can be used to identify the posture of the terminal device (such as horizontal and vertical screen switching, related games , magnetometer attitude calibration), vibration recognition related functions (such as pedometer, tapping), etc.; the sensor 205 may also include a fingerprint sensor, a pressure sensor, an iris sensor, a molecular sensor, a gyroscope, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, Infrared sensors, etc., are not repeated here.

The display unit 206 is used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user. The display unit 206 may include a display panel 2061, and the display panel 2061 may be configured in the form of a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED), or the like.

The user input unit 207 can be used to receive inputted numerical or character information, and generate key signal input related to user setting and function control of the terminal device. Specifically, the user input unit 207 includes a touch panel 2071 and other input devices 2072 . The touch panel 2071, also known as a touch screen, can collect the user's touch operations on or near it (such as the user's finger, stylus, or any suitable object or accessory on or near the touch panel 2071). operate). The touch panel 2071 may include two parts, a touch detection device and a touch controller. Among them, the touch detection device detects the user's touch orientation, detects the signal brought by the touch operation, and transmits the signal to the touch controller; the touch controller receives the touch information from the touch detection device, converts it into contact coordinates, and then sends it to the touch controller. To the processor 210, the command sent by the processor 210 is received and executed. In addition, the touch panel 2071 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. In addition to the touch panel 2071 , the user input unit 207 may also include other input devices 2072 . Specifically, other input devices 2072 may include, but are not limited to, physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control keys, switch keys, etc.), trackballs, mice, and joysticks, which are not described herein again.

Further, the touch panel 2071 can be covered on the display panel 2061. When the touch panel 2071 detects a touch operation on or near it, it transmits it to the processor 210 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor 210 determines the type of the touch event according to the touch The type of event provides corresponding visual output on display panel 2061. Although in FIG. 11 , the touch panel 2071 and the display panel 2061 are used as two independent components to realize the input and output functions of the terminal device, but in some embodiments, the touch panel 2071 and the display panel 2061 can be integrated The input and output functions of the terminal device are implemented, which is not specifically limited here.

The interface unit 208 is an interface for connecting an external device to the terminal device 200 . 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 interface unit 208 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 terminal device 200 or may be used between the terminal device 200 and external Transfer data between devices.

The memory 209 may be used to store software programs as well as various data. The memory 209 may mainly include a stored program area and a stored data area, wherein the stored program area may store an operating system, an application program required for at least one function (such as a sound playback function, an image playback function, etc.), etc.; Data created by the use of the mobile phone (such as audio data, phone book, etc.), etc. Additionally, memory 209 may include high-speed random access memory, and may also include non-volatile memory, such as at least one magnetic disk storage device, flash memory device, or other volatile solid state storage device.

The processor 210 is the control center of the terminal equipment, uses various interfaces and lines to connect various parts of the entire terminal equipment, runs or executes the software programs and/or modules stored in the memory 209, and calls the data stored in the memory 209. , perform various functions of the terminal equipment and process data, so as to monitor the terminal equipment as a whole. The processor 210 may include one or more processing units; optionally, the processor 210 may integrate an application processor and a modem processor, wherein the application processor mainly processes the operating system, user interface, and application programs, etc., and the modem The modulation processor mainly handles wireless communication. It can be understood that, the above-mentioned modulation and demodulation processor may not be integrated into the processor 210.

The terminal device 200 may also include a power supply 211 (such as a battery) for supplying power to various components. Optionally, the power supply 211 may be logically connected to the processor 210 through a power management system, so as to manage charging, discharging, and power consumption through the power management system management and other functions.

In addition, the terminal device 200 includes some unshown functional modules, which will not be repeated here.

Optionally, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, including a processor 210 as shown in FIG. 11, a memory 209, a computer program stored in the memory 209 and executable on the processor 210, the computer program being When the processor 210 executes, each process of the foregoing method embodiments is implemented, and the same technical effect can be achieved. In order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

Embodiments of the present invention further provide a computer-readable storage medium, where a computer program is stored on the computer-readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, each process of the foregoing method embodiment can be achieved, and the same technical effect can be achieved, In order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here. The computer-readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

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.

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-ROM), 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.) execute the methods described in the various embodiments of the present invention.

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

Claims (16)

1. A message prompting method is applied to terminal equipment and is characterized by comprising the following steps:

receiving a message sent by a target user through a target application program;

displaying an identification of the target user; the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user comprises at least one of: the head portrait of the target user and the name of the target user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to displaying the identification of the target user, the method further comprises:

receiving a first input;

the displaying the identification of the target user comprises:

and responding to the first input, displaying the identification of the target user in a display area of the target application program, or displaying the identification of the target user in a display area which is less than or equal to a preset value away from the display area of the target application program.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the identification of the target user comprises:

under the condition that messages sent by at least two users in M preset users are received through the target application program, updating and displaying the user identification at intervals of target time length;

wherein, the identifier of one user is used to indicate that the target application program receives a message sent by a preset user, the at least two users include the target user, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to displaying the identification of the target user, the method further comprises:

displaying an identifier of a first user in M preset users, wherein the identifier of the first user is used for indicating that a message newly received by the target application program is sent by the first user;

receiving a second input of an identification of the first user;

the displaying the identification of the target user comprises:

responding to the second input, and displaying the identifications of N users in the M preset users;

the identifiers of the N users are used to indicate that the target application program receives messages sent by the N users, where the N users include the target user and the first user, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

5. The method of any of claims 1-4, wherein after displaying the identification of the target user, the method further comprises:

receiving a third input;

and responding to the third input, and displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user, wherein the message interface comprises the message sent by the target user.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the third input is an input to an identification of the target user;

before the displaying of the message interface corresponding to the target user, the method further includes:

displaying first content, wherein the first content is summary content in a message which is newly sent by the target user;

receiving a fourth input to the first content;

the displaying of the message interface corresponding to the target user includes:

in response to the fourth input, displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the terminal device comprises a first screen and a second screen;

the displaying the identification of the target user comprises:

displaying identifications of N users in the M preset users on the first screen, and displaying N contents in the second screen, wherein the N contents are summary contents in messages sent by the N users most recently, M and N are positive integers, and N is less than or equal to M;

the receiving a third input comprising:

receiving a third input of a first content in the N contents, wherein the first content is a summary content in a message which is newly sent by the target user;

the displaying of the message interface corresponding to the target user includes:

and displaying a message interface corresponding to the target user on the first screen or the second screen.

8. The terminal equipment is characterized by comprising a receiving module and a display module;

the receiving module is used for receiving the message sent by the target user through the target application program;

the display module is used for displaying the identification of the target user;

the display area of the identifier of the target user is overlapped with the display area of the target application program, or the distance between the display area of the identifier of the target user and the display area of the target application program is smaller than or equal to a preset value; the identification of the target user comprises at least one of: the head portrait of the target user and the name of the target user.

9. The terminal device of claim 8, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a first input;

the display module is specifically configured to, in response to the first input received by the receiving module, display the identifier of the target user in a display area of the target application program, or display the identifier of the target user in a display area that is less than or equal to a preset value from the display area of the target application program.

10. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the display module is specifically configured to update and display the user identifier every target duration when receiving messages sent by at least two users of the M preset users through the target application program;

the identifier of one user is used for indicating that the target application program receives a message sent by a preset user, the at least two preset users comprise the target user, and M is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

11. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the display module is further configured to display an identifier of a first user of the M preset users before displaying the identifier of the target user, where the identifier of the first user is used to indicate that a message newly received by the target application is sent by the first user;

the receiving module is further used for receiving a second input of the identifier of the first user displayed by the display module;

the display module is specifically configured to display, in response to the second input received by the receiving module, identifiers of N users of the M preset users;

the identifiers of the N users are used to indicate that the target application program receives messages sent by the N users, where the N users include the target user and the first user, M is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and N is a positive integer less than or equal to M.

12. The terminal device according to any one of claims 8 to 11, wherein the receiving module is further configured to receive a third input after displaying the identification of the target user;

the display module is further configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user in response to the third input received by the receiving module, where the message interface includes a message sent by the target user.

13. The terminal device of claim 12, wherein the third input is an input to an identification of the target user;

the display module is further configured to display first content before displaying the message interface corresponding to the target user, where the first content is summary content in a message that is newly sent by the target user;

the receiving module is further configured to receive a fourth input to the first content displayed by the display module;

the display module is specifically configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user in response to the fourth input received by the receiving module.

14. The terminal device of claim 12, wherein the terminal device comprises a first screen and a second screen;

the display module is specifically configured to display identifiers of N users of the M preset users on the first screen, and display N contents on the second screen;

the receiving module is specifically configured to receive a third input of a first content of the N contents, where the first content is a summary content in a message that is newly sent by the target user;

the display module is specifically configured to display a message interface corresponding to the target user on the first screen or the second screen;

the N contents are summary contents in messages which are sent by the N users most recently, M and N are positive integers, and N is smaller than or equal to M.

15. A terminal device comprising a processor, a memory and a computer program stored on the memory and executable on the processor, the computer program, when executed by the processor, implementing the steps of the message alert method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7.

16. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored which, when being executed by a processor, carries out the steps of the message prompting method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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