CN106873852A - A kind of application program searches for startup method and mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for searching and starting an application program and a mobile terminal, wherein the method includes: receiving an instruction to guide and start a target application program in an application program search interface; determining the position information of the application program icon; switching to The main interface of the mobile terminal; taking the main interface as the starting point for addressing, switch the icon display interface screen by screen until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information; in the icon display interface, locate the application icon corresponding to the location information , and the positioning mark is displayed; tap the application icon to open the target application. Through the method for searching and starting an application program provided by the present invention, the user is notified of the storage location of the application program icon by displaying the search path. When the user needs to search for the application program icon next time, the application program icon can be found through the storage location without searching for the application program icon again, thus reducing the search burden of the mobile terminal.

Description

Method for starting application search and mobile terminal

technical field

The invention relates to the field of multimedia technology, in particular to a method for searching and starting an application program and a mobile terminal.

Background technique

There are usually multiple application programs installed in the mobile terminal, and the installed application programs can bring convenient services to users. As the mobile terminal is continuously updated, the memory of the mobile terminal is also continuously increasing, and correspondingly, the number of application programs that can run on the mobile terminal also increases accordingly. With the increase of the number of application programs running on the mobile terminal, it becomes more difficult for the user to select a certain application program from many application programs.

At present, when a user needs to select an application program from many application programs, the main method can be as follows: use the application search function provided by the mobile terminal, input the name of the application program to be searched in the application program search interface, and then search to the corresponding application icon. Click the application icon to open the corresponding application. Although this method is convenient to operate, the user cannot know the storage location of the searched application icon. When the user wants to start the application program again, the application program needs to be searched again, which not only increases the search burden of the mobile terminal, but also affects the user experience.

Contents of the invention

The present invention provides an application program search start method and a mobile terminal to solve the problem that the position of the searched application program icon cannot be known in the existing application program search solution.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for searching and starting an application program is provided, which is applied to a mobile terminal, wherein the method includes: receiving an instruction to guide and start a target application program in an application program search interface; wherein, the target application program It is the application program corresponding to the searched application program icon; determine the location information of the application program icon; switch to the main interface of the mobile terminal; take the main interface as the addressing starting point, switch the icon display interface screen by screen until it switches to the The icon display interface corresponding to the location information; in the icon display interface, locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and display the positioning mark; click the application program icon to open the target application program.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile terminal is provided, wherein the mobile terminal includes: an instruction receiving module, configured to receive an instruction to guide and start a target application in an application search interface; wherein the target application The application program corresponding to the searched application program icon; the determination module is used to determine the location information of the application program icon; the first interface switching module is used to switch to the main interface of the mobile terminal; the operation module is used to use the described The main interface is the addressing starting point, and the icon display interface is switched screen by screen until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information; the positioning display module is used to locate the application corresponding to the location information in the icon display interface a program icon, and display a positioning mark; a starting module, configured to click the application icon to start the target application.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:

The method for searching and starting an application program and the mobile terminal provided by the present invention can guide and start the application program corresponding to the application program icon when searching for an application program icon, and determine the position of the application program icon during the process of guiding and starting the application program According to the location information, switch the icon display interface screen by screen from the main interface until switching to the interface where the searched application icon is located, then locate the searched application program and display the positioning mark, click to open the corresponding application icon application. The application search and launch solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention notifies the user of the storage location of the application icon by displaying the search path. When the user needs to search for the application program icon next time, the application program icon can be found through the storage location without searching for the application program icon again, thus reducing the search burden of the mobile terminal and improving user experience.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention. In order to better understand the technical means of the present invention, it can be implemented according to the contents of the description, and in order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable , the specific embodiments of the present invention are enumerated below.

Description of drawings

Various advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The drawings are only for illustrating preferred embodiments and are not to be considered as limiting the invention. Also throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same components. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of the steps of a method for searching and starting an application program according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an application search interface;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of steps of a method for searching and starting an application program according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an icon display interface with operation lines;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of steps of a method for searching and starting an application program according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention.

detailed description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Embodiment one

Referring to FIG. 1 , it shows a flow chart of steps of a method for searching and starting an application program according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

The method for starting an application search in an embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

Step 101: In an application search interface, receive an instruction to guide and start a target application.

Wherein, the target application program is an application program corresponding to the searched application program icon;

The interface diagram of the application search interface is shown in Figure 2. The “theme” application icon in FIG. 2 is the searched application icon, and the application corresponding to the application icon is the target application.

The instructions for booting and starting the target application program can be set by those skilled in the art according to actual needs, which is not specifically limited in this embodiment of the present invention. For example: it can be set to click the left half of the searched application icon to generate an instruction; it can also be set to click the right half of the searched application icon to generate an instruction; it can also be set to generate a guide by clicking a preset boot button Start command.

Step 102: Determine the location information of the application icon.

Wherein, the location information is information used to characterize the storage location of the application program icon in the mobile terminal. Specifically, it may include: the number of screens, columns, and rows.

Step 103: switch to the main interface of the mobile terminal.

After determining the location information of the application program icon, it automatically exits from the application program search mode, and enters the first standby screen position, that is, the main interface of the mobile terminal.

Step 104: Taking the main interface as the addressing starting point, switch the icon display interface screen by screen until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information.

For example, if the location information indicates that the application icon is located on the third screen, the second row, and the third column, then when sliding the icon display interface screen by screen, first switch from the first screen to the second screen, and then switch to the third screen to stop Display interface switching.

After determining the location information of the application icon, the main interface is used as the addressing starting point, and the icon display interface is switched screen by screen to show the user the storage path of the application icon, so that the user can search again.

Step 105: In the icon display interface, locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and display the location mark.

For example: the location information indicates that the application icon is located on the third screen, the second row, and the third column. After sliding to the application icon display interface on the third screen, locate the application corresponding to the second row and third column of the screen icon.

The positioning mark may be any appropriate mark, and it only needs to be able to distinguish the application icon from other application icons. For example: the application icon can be darkened; the finger mark can be displayed around the application icon; the application icon can also be displayed in a blinking manner, etc.

Step 106: Click the application program icon to open the target application program.

After the application program icon is marked, the application program can be entered by clicking the application program icon, and the user can know that the opened application program is the application program corresponding to the marked application program icon.

It should be noted that the click on the application program icon may display a virtual finger, and the click operation on the application program icon is more vividly displayed to the user through the virtual finger clicking on the application program icon.

The method for searching and starting an application program provided by the present invention can guide and start the application program corresponding to the application program icon when an application program icon is found. The location information starts from the main interface and switches the icon display interface screen by screen until it switches to the interface where the searched application icon is located, then locates the searched application and displays the positioning mark, and clicks to open the application corresponding to the application icon. The method for searching and starting an application program provided by an embodiment of the present invention notifies the user of the storage location of the application program icon by displaying a search path. When the user needs to search for the application program icon next time, the application program icon can be found through the storage location without searching for the application program icon again, thus reducing the search burden of the mobile terminal and improving user experience.

Embodiment two

Referring to FIG. 3 , it shows a flow chart of steps of a method for searching and starting an application program according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the searched application program icon is located in the icon folder as an example for illustration. The method for searching and starting the application program in the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

Step 201: In an application search interface, receive an instruction to guide and start a target application.

Wherein, the target application program is an application program corresponding to the searched application program icon.

The interface diagram of the application search interface is shown in Figure 2. The “theme” application icon in FIG. 2 is the searched application icon, and the application corresponding to the application icon is the target application.

Step 202: Determine the location information of the application icon.

Wherein, the location information is information used to characterize the storage location of the application program icon in the mobile terminal. The location information in the embodiment of the present invention specifically includes: the number of screens corresponding to the icon display interface, the number of columns and rows corresponding to the folder, the number of pages corresponding to the icon display sub-interface, and the number of columns and rows corresponding to the icon.

Step 203: switch to the main interface of the mobile terminal.

After determining the location information of the application program icon, it automatically exits from the application program search mode, and enters the first standby screen position, that is, the main interface of the mobile terminal.

Step 204: Taking the main interface as the addressing starting point, switch a display interface every preset time interval, and display an operation line indicating the switching direction on the display interface before switching until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information.

Wherein, the preset time interval can be set by those skilled in the art according to actual needs, for example: 2s, 1s or 0.5s, etc., which is not specifically limited in the embodiment of the present invention.

The operation lines indicating the switching direction are displayed on the display interface, which can show the switching direction of the user interface, more intuitively display the switching operation of the interface to the user, and improve the user experience.

As shown in Figure 4, after switching to the main interface of the mobile terminal, the system automatically generates a switching event that slides to the left, and displays the corresponding operation line (arrow pointing to the left as shown in Figure 4), and the application icon displays the interface Switch to the location of the second screen. Switch screen by screen until switching to the number of screens corresponding to the icon display interface included in the location information, and the corresponding application program icon display interface.

Step 205: In the icon display interface, locate the icon folder corresponding to the location information.

For example: the location information indicates that the application icon is located under the icon folder of the third screen, the second row, and the third column. After sliding to the third screen application icon display interface, locate the second row and the third column of the screen The corresponding icon folder.

The positioning mark may be any appropriate mark, and it only needs to ensure that the icon folder is distinguished from other application program icons or icon folders. For example: the icon folder can be deepened; the finger mark can be displayed around the icon folder; the icon folder can also be displayed in a blinking manner, etc.

It should be noted that, if the application program icon is not in the icon folder, the application program icon can be located in the icon display interface according to the number of rows and columns corresponding to the icon.

Step 206: Open the icon folder, slide the icon display sub-interface page by page in the icon folder and display the switching action until the icon display sub-interface corresponding to the location information is switched.

The opening operation of the icon folder may be to display a virtual finger, and click the application program icon through the virtual finger, so as to more vividly display to the user the opening operation of the icon folder.

For example: the location information indicates that the application icon is located in the third icon display sub-interface, the first row, and the third column in the icon folder, and the sliding operation is performed from the first icon display sub-interface to the second icon display sub-interface, After performing another sliding operation to the left from the second icon display sub-interface to the third icon display sub-interface, the sliding operation on the icon display sub-interface is terminated.

Step 207: In the icon display sub-interface, locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and display the location mark.

For example: the location information indicates that the application icon is located in the third icon display sub-interface, the first row, and the third column under the icon folder. After sliding to the third icon display sub-interface, locate the first row of the sub-interface The application icon corresponding to column 3.

The positioning mark may be any appropriate mark, and it only needs to be able to distinguish the application icon from other application icons. For example: the application icon can be darkened; the finger mark can be displayed around the application icon; the application icon can also be displayed in a blinking manner, etc.

Step 208: Click the application program icon to open the target application program.

After the application program icon is marked, the application program can be entered by clicking the application program icon, and the user can know that the opened application program is the application program corresponding to the marked application program icon.

So far, not only the start of the application program is completed, but also by displaying the search path of the application program icon, the user is informed of the storage location of the application program icon, which is convenient for the user to search for the application program icon subsequently.

The method for searching and starting an application program provided by the present invention can guide and start the application program corresponding to the application program icon when an application program icon is found. Location information From the main interface, slide the icon display interface screen by screen until you switch to the interface where the searched application icon is located, then locate the searched application and display the positioning mark, click to open the application corresponding to the application icon. The method for searching and starting an application program provided by an embodiment of the present invention notifies the user of the storage location of the application program icon by displaying a search path. When the user needs to search for the application program icon next time, the application program icon can be found through the storage location without searching for the application program icon again, thus reducing the search burden of the mobile terminal and improving user experience.

Embodiment Three

Referring to FIG. 5 , it shows a flowchart of steps of a method for searching and starting an application program according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, description will be made by taking the icon of the searched application program in a hidden state as an example. The method for starting an application search in the embodiment of the present invention specifically includes the following steps:

Step 301: In an application search interface, receive an instruction to guide and start a target application.

Wherein, the target application program is an application program corresponding to the searched application program icon. An instruction to guide and start the corresponding application program can be generated by clicking on a specific position of the application program icon.

Step 302: Determine the hidden position information of the application program icon in the hidden icon display interface.

Since the searched application icon in the embodiment of the present invention is in a hidden state, the hidden location information needs to be determined first, and the specific location of the application icon is found according to the hidden location information.

Step 303: switch from the application search interface to the hidden icon display interface.

You can directly switch to the hidden icon display interface, or switch from the application search interface to the main interface, click the menu item in the main interface, select to enter the hidden icon display interface, and switch to the hidden icon display interface.

Step 304: According to the hidden location information, locate the application program icon in the hidden icon display interface.

Hide location information includes: number of subinterface pages, number of application icon rows, and number of columns.

The positioning mark may be any appropriate mark, and it only needs to ensure that the icon folder is distinguished from other application program icons or icon folders. For example: the icon folder can be deepened; the finger mark can be displayed around the icon folder; the icon folder can also be displayed in a blinking manner, etc.

Step 305: Unhide the application icon.

When the hidden state is unhidden, the application icon can be clicked to trigger the mobile terminal to display the unhidden option, and the hidden state of the icon can be undone by selecting this option.

Step 306: Determine the location information of the application icon.

After the application icon is unhidden, the location will change, so the location information of the application icon needs to be re-determined.

Normally the unhidden app icon is displayed at the end of all unhidden app icons.

The location information determined in this step includes: the number of screens corresponding to the icon display interface, the number of columns and the number of rows corresponding to the icon.

Step 307: switch to the main interface of the mobile terminal.

After determining the location information of the application program icon, it automatically exits from the application program search mode, and enters the first standby screen position, that is, the main interface of the mobile terminal.

Step 308: Taking the main interface as the addressing starting point, switch the icon display interface screen by screen until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information.

Preferably, with the main interface as the addressing starting point, a display interface is switched every preset time interval, and an operation line indicating the switching direction is displayed on the display interface before switching until the icon display interface corresponding to the position information is switched.

Step 309: In the icon display interface, locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and display the location mark.

For the specific manner of positioning the application program icon and displaying the positioning mark, refer to the relevant descriptions in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, which will not be repeated in the embodiment of the present invention.

Step 310: Click the application program icon to start the target application program.

So far, not only the startup of the application is completed, but also the search path for the hidden application icon is displayed, so that the user knows the storage location of the application icon in the hidden state, which is convenient for the user to follow up on the application in the hidden state. program icon to find it.

Step 311: restore the hidden state of the application program icon, and add the application program icon to the hidden icon display interface.

Once the app icon is back hidden, it is added again to the storage location it was in before it was unhidden. When the user searches for the application icon again, the application icon is found through the known hidden location of the application icon.

The method for searching and starting an application program provided by the present invention can guide and start the application program corresponding to the application program icon when an application program icon is found. Location information From the main interface, slide the icon display interface screen by screen until you switch to the interface where the searched application icon is located, then locate the searched application and display the positioning mark, click to open the application corresponding to the application icon. The method for searching and starting an application program provided by an embodiment of the present invention notifies the user of the storage location of the application program icon by displaying a search path. When the user needs to search for the application program icon next time, the application program icon can be found through the storage location without searching for the application program icon again, thus reducing the search burden of the mobile terminal and improving user experience.

Embodiment Four

Referring to FIG. 6 , it shows a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

The mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention includes: an instruction receiving module 401, configured to receive an instruction to guide and start a target application program in the application program search interface; wherein, the target application program is the application program corresponding to the searched application program icon; determine Module 402, used to determine the location information of the application program icon; the first interface switching module 403, used to switch to the main interface of the mobile terminal; the operation module 404, used to use the main interface as the addressing starting point, and switch screen by screen The icon display interface until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information; the positioning display module 405 is used to locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information in the icon display interface, and display the positioning mark; start Module 406, configured to click the application program icon to start the target application program.

Through the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when an application program icon is searched, the application program corresponding to the application program icon can be booted and started. During the process of booting and starting the application program, the location information of the application program icon is determined according to Location information From the main interface, slide the icon display interface screen by screen until you switch to the interface where the searched application icon is located, then locate the searched application and display the positioning mark, click to open the application corresponding to the application icon. The mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention notifies the user of the storage location of the application icon by displaying the search path. When the user needs to search for the application program icon next time, the application program icon can be found through the storage location without searching for the application program icon again, thus reducing the search burden of the mobile terminal and improving user experience.

Embodiment five

Referring to FIG. 7 , it shows a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

The mobile terminal in this embodiment of the present invention is a further optimization of the mobile terminal in Embodiment 4. The optimized mobile terminal includes: an instruction receiving module 501, configured to receive an instruction to guide and start a target application in the application search interface; Wherein, the target application program is the application program corresponding to the searched application program icon; the determination module 502 is used to determine the position information of the application program icon; the first interface switching module 503 is used to switch to the main interface of the mobile terminal; Module 504, configured to use the main interface as the addressing starting point, switch the icon display interface screen by screen until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information; the positioning display module 505 is configured to, in the icon display interface, Locating to the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and displaying a positioning mark; the starting module 506 is configured to click the application program icon to start the target application program.

Preferably, the operation module 504 includes: a first sliding sub-module 5041, configured to use the main interface as the starting point for addressing, switch a display interface every preset time interval, and display on the display interface before switching The operation line indicating the switching direction until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the position information.

Preferably, the mobile terminal further includes: a hidden position determination module 507, configured to determine the location information of the application program icon before the determination module 502 determines the location information of the application program icon when the searched application program icon is hidden. The hidden position information of the icon in the hidden icon display interface; the second interface switching module 508, used to switch from the application program search interface to the hidden icon display interface; the icon positioning module 509, used for according to the hidden position information, in The application program icon is located in the hidden icon display interface; the release module 510 is configured to release the hidden state of the application program icon.

Preferably, the mobile terminal further includes: a state restoration module 511, configured to restore the hidden state of the application icon after the startup module 506 starts the target application, and add the application icon to the hidden state. The icon is displayed on the interface.

Preferably, the operation module 504 includes: a folder locating submodule 5042, configured to locate the folder corresponding to the location information in the icon display interface when the searched target application icon is located in the icon folder. icon folder; the second sliding sub-module 5043 is used to open the icon folder, switch the icon display sub-interface page by page in the icon folder and display the switching action, until switching to the icon display corresponding to the location information Sub-interface; icon positioning sub-module 5044, configured to locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information in the icon display sub-interface, and display a positioning mark.

The mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention is used to implement the corresponding application search and start method in the foregoing embodiments 1 to 3, and has beneficial effects corresponding to the method embodiments, which will not be repeated here.

Embodiment six

Referring to FIG. 8 , it shows a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 700 in this embodiment of the present invention includes: at least one processor 701 , a memory 702 , at least one network interface 704 and other user interfaces 703 . Various components in the mobile terminal 700 are coupled together through a bus system 705 . It can be understood that the bus system 705 is used to realize connection and communication between these components. In addition to the data bus, the bus system 705 also includes a power bus, a control bus and a status signal bus. However, the various buses are labeled as bus system 705 in FIG. 8 for clarity of illustration.

Wherein, the user interface 703 may include a display, a keyboard or a pointing device (for example, a mouse, a track ball (track ball), a touch panel or a touch screen, and the like.

It can be understood that the memory 702 in the embodiment of the present invention may be a volatile memory or a nonvolatile memory, or may include both volatile and nonvolatile memories. Among them, the non-volatile memory can be read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), programmable read-only memory (Programmable ROM, PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (Erasable PROM, EPROM), electronically programmable Erase Programmable Read-Only Memory (Electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or Flash. The volatile memory can be Random Access Memory (RAM), which acts as an external cache. By way of illustration and not limitation, many forms of RAM are available such as Static RAM (SRAM), Dynamic RAM (DRAM), Synchronous DRAM (Synchronous DRAM, SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (Double DataRateSDRAM, DDRSDRAM), enhanced synchronous dynamic random access memory (Enhanced SDRAM, ESDRAM), synchronous connection dynamic random access memory (Synchlink DRAM, SLDRAM) and direct Memory bus random access memory (DirectRam bus RAM, DRRAM). The memory 702 of the systems and methods described in embodiments of the present invention is intended to include, but is not limited to, these and any other suitable types of memory.

In some implementations, the memory 702 stores the following elements, executable modules or data structures, or their subsets, or their extended sets: an operating system 7021 and an application program 7022 .

Among them, the operating system 7021 includes various system programs, such as framework layer, core library layer, driver layer, etc., for realizing various basic services and processing hardware-based tasks. The application program 7022 includes various application programs, such as a media player (Media Player), a browser (Browser), etc., and is used to implement various application services. The program for realizing the method of the embodiment of the present invention may be included in the application program 7022 .

In the embodiment of the present invention, by invoking the program or instruction stored in the memory 702, specifically, the program or instruction stored in the application program 7022, the processor 701 is configured to receive the bootstrap target application program in the application program search interface Instructions; wherein, the target application program is the application program corresponding to the searched application program icon; determine the location information of the application program icon; switch to the main interface of the mobile terminal; use the main interface as the addressing starting point, switch screen by screen Icon display interface until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information; in the icon display interface, locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and display the positioning mark; click the application program icon to open target application.

The methods disclosed in the foregoing embodiments of the present invention may be applied to the processor 701 or implemented by the processor 701 . The processor 701 may be an integrated circuit chip with signal processing capability. In the implementation process, each step of the above method may be completed by an integrated logic circuit of hardware in the processor 701 or instructions in the form of software. The above-mentioned processor 701 may be a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), an off-the-shelf programmable gate array (Field Programmable Gate Array, FPGA) or other available Program logic devices, discrete gate or transistor logic devices, discrete hardware components. Various methods, steps and logic block diagrams disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented or executed. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor, or the like. The steps of the methods disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention may be directly implemented by a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by a combination of hardware and software modules in the decoding processor. The software module can be located in a mature storage medium in the field such as random access memory, flash memory, read-only memory, programmable read-only memory or electrically erasable programmable memory, register. The storage medium is located in the memory 702, and the processor 701 reads the information in the memory 702, and completes the steps of the above method in combination with its hardware.

It should be understood that the embodiments described herein may be implemented by hardware, software, firmware, middleware, microcode or a combination thereof. For hardware implementation, the processing unit can be implemented in one or more application specific integrated circuits (Application Specific Integrated Circuits, ASIC), digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processing, DSP), digital signal processing device (DSP Device, DSPD), programmable logic Device (Programmable LogicDevice, PLD), Field-Programmable Gate Array (Field-Programmable Gate Array, FPGA), general-purpose processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, other electronic units for performing the functions described in this application or a combination thereof.

For software implementation, the techniques described in the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented through modules (such as procedures, functions, etc.) that execute the functions described in the embodiments of the present invention. Software codes can be stored in memory and executed by a processor. Memory can be implemented within the processor or external to the processor.

Optionally, the processor 701 takes the main interface as the starting point of addressing, and switches the icon display interface screen by screen until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information, specifically for: taking the main interface as the addressing The starting point is to switch a display interface every preset time interval, and display an operation line indicating the switching direction on the display interface before switching until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the position information.

Optionally, when the searched application program icon is in a hidden state, before determining the location information of the application program icon, the processor 701 is further configured to: determine the position of the application program icon in the hidden icon display interface Hide location information; switch from the application search interface to the hidden icon display interface; locate the application icon in the hidden icon display interface according to the hidden location information; unhide the application icon .

Optionally, after the target application is started, the processor 701 is further configured to: restore the hidden state of the application icon, and add the application icon to the hidden icon display interface.

Optionally, when the searched icon of the target application program is in the icon folder, the processor 701 locates the application program icon corresponding to the location information in the icon display interface, and displays the positioning mark, specifically using In: In the icon display interface, locate the icon folder corresponding to the location information; open the icon folder, switch the icon display sub-interface page by page in the icon folder and display the switching action until switching Go to the icon display subinterface corresponding to the location information; in the icon display subinterface, locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and display a positioning mark.

The mobile terminal 700 can implement various processes implemented by the mobile terminal in the foregoing embodiments, and to avoid repetition, details are not repeated here.

In the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when an application program icon is searched, the application program corresponding to the application program icon can be booted and started. During the process of booting and starting the application program, the location information of the application program icon can be determined. Information From the main interface, slide the icon display interface screen by screen until you switch to the interface where the searched application icon is located, then locate the searched application and display the positioning mark, click to open the application corresponding to the application icon. The mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention notifies the user of the storage location of the application icon by displaying the search path. When the user needs to search for the application program icon next time, the application program icon can be found through the storage location without searching for the application program icon again, thus reducing the search burden of the mobile terminal and improving user experience.

Embodiment seven

Referring to FIG. 9 , it shows a structural block diagram of a mobile terminal according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention.

The mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), or a vehicle-mounted computer.

The mobile terminal in FIG. 9 includes a radio frequency (Radio Frequency, RF) circuit 810, a memory 820, an input unit 830, a display unit 840, a processor 860, an audio circuit 870, a WiFi (WirelessFidelity) module 880 and a power supply 890.

Wherein, the input unit 830 can be used to receive number or character information input by the user, and generate signal input related to user setting and function control of the mobile terminal. Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the input unit 830 may include a touch panel 831 . The touch panel 831, also referred to as a touch screen, can collect user's touch operations on or near it (such as the user's operation on the touch panel 831 using any suitable object or accessory such as a finger, a stylus), and The specified program drives the corresponding connected device. Optionally, the touch panel 831 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 sends it to to the processor 860, and can receive and execute commands sent by the processor 860. In addition, the touch panel 831 can be implemented in various types such as resistive, capacitive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave. In addition to the touch panel 831, the input unit 830 may also include other input devices 832, which may include but not limited to physical keyboards, function keys (such as volume control buttons, switch buttons, etc.), trackballs, mice, joysticks, etc. one or more of.

Wherein, the display unit 840 can be used to display information input by the user or information provided to the user and various menu interfaces of the mobile terminal. The display unit 840 may include a display panel 841, and optionally, the display panel 841 may be configured in the form of an LCD or an organic light-emitting diode (Organic Light-Emitting Diode, OLED).

It should be noted that the touch panel 831 can cover the display panel 841 to form a touch display screen. When the touch display screen detects a touch operation on or near it, it is sent to the processor 860 to determine the type of the touch event, and then the processor The 860 provides corresponding visual output on the touch display screen according to the type of the touch event.

The touch display screen includes an application program interface display area and a common control display area. The arrangement of the display area of the application program interface and the display area of the commonly used controls is not limited, and may be an arrangement in which the two display areas can be distinguished, such as vertical arrangement, left-right arrangement, and the like. The application program interface display area can be used to display the interface of the application program. Each interface may include at least one interface element such as an icon of an application program and/or a widget desktop control. The application program interface display area can also be an empty interface without any content. The commonly used control display area is used to display controls with a high usage rate, for example, application icons such as setting buttons, interface numbers, scroll bars, and phonebook icons.

Wherein the processor 860 is the control center of the mobile terminal, utilizes various interfaces and lines to connect the various parts of the whole mobile phone, by running or executing the software programs and/or modules stored in the first memory 821, and calling the software programs and/or modules stored in the second memory The data in 822 executes various functions of the mobile terminal and processes data, so as to monitor the mobile terminal as a whole. Optionally, the processor 860 may include one or more processing units.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the processor 860 is configured to receive a bootstrap program in the application program search interface by invoking the software program and/or module stored in the first memory 821 and/or the data in the second memory 822. An instruction of the target application program; wherein, the target application program is the application program corresponding to the searched application program icon; determining the location information of the application program icon; switching to the main interface of the mobile terminal; taking the main interface as the addressing starting point, Switch the icon display interface screen by screen until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information; in the icon display interface, locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and display the positioning mark; click the application program icon to open the target application.

Optionally, the processor 860 uses the main interface as the starting point for addressing, and switches the icon display interface screen by screen until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the location information, specifically for: using the main interface as the addressing interface. The starting point is to switch a display interface every preset time interval, and display an operation line indicating the switching direction on the display interface before switching until switching to the icon display interface corresponding to the position information.

Optionally, when the searched application icon is in a hidden state, before determining the location information of the application icon, the processor 860 is further configured to: determine the position of the application icon in the hidden icon display interface Hide location information; switch from the application search interface to the hidden icon display interface; locate the application icon in the hidden icon display interface according to the hidden location information; unhide the application icon .

Optionally, after the target application is started, the processor 860 is further configured to: restore the hidden state of the application icon, and add the application icon to the hidden icon display interface.

Optionally, when the searched target application icon is in the icon folder, the processor 860 locates the application icon corresponding to the location information in the icon display interface, and displays the positioning mark, specifically using In: In the icon display interface, locate the icon folder corresponding to the location information; open the icon folder, switch the icon display sub-interface page by page in the icon folder and display the switching action until switching Go to the icon display subinterface corresponding to the location information; in the icon display subinterface, locate the application program icon corresponding to the location information, and display a positioning mark.

In the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when an application program icon is searched, the application program corresponding to the application program icon can be booted and started. During the process of booting and starting the application program, the location information of the application program icon can be determined. Information From the main interface, slide the icon display interface screen by screen until you switch to the interface where the searched application icon is located, then locate the searched application and display the positioning mark, click to open the application corresponding to the application icon. The mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the present invention notifies the user of the storage location of the application icon by displaying the search path. When the user needs to search for the application program icon next time, the application program icon can be found through the storage location without searching for the application program icon again, thus reducing the search burden of the mobile terminal and improving user experience.

As for the device embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and for related parts, please refer to the part of the description of the method embodiment.

The application search launch schemes provided herein are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual system, or other device. Various generic systems can also be used with the teachings based on this. The structure required to construct a system having the solution of the present invention is apparent from the above description. Furthermore, the present invention is not specific to any particular programming language. It should be understood that various programming languages can be used to implement the content of the present invention described herein, and the above description of specific languages is for disclosing the best mode of the present invention.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to streamline this disclosure and to facilitate an understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or its description. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the Detailed Description are hereby expressly incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the modules in the device in the embodiment can be adaptively changed and arranged in one or more devices different from the embodiment. Modules or units or components in the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-assemblies. All features disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) and any method or method so disclosed may be used in any combination, except that at least some of such features and/or processes or units are mutually exclusive. All processes or units of equipment are combined. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that although some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments but not others, combinations of features from different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention. and form different embodiments. For example, in the claims, any one of the claimed embodiments can be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art should understand that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) may be used in practice to implement some or all functions of some or all components in the application search and launch solution according to the embodiment of the present invention. The present invention can also be implemented as an apparatus or an apparatus program (for example, a computer program and a computer program product) for performing a part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program for realizing the present invention may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an Internet site, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a unit claim enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc. does not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

Claims (10)

1. a kind of application program search startup method, is applied to mobile terminal, it is characterised in that methods described includes：

In application program search interface, reception is booted up the instruction of destination application；Wherein, destination application is to search The corresponding application program of application icon that rope is arrived；

Determine the application program image target positional information；

Switch to mobile terminal main interface；

It is addressing starting point with the main interface, by screen switching icon display interface, until it is corresponding to switch to the positional information Icon display interface；

In the icon display interface, position to the corresponding application icon of the positional information, and show telltale mark；

The application icon is clicked on, destination application is opened.

2. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described is addressing starting point with the main interface, is switched by screen Icon display interface, until the step of switching to the positional information corresponding icon display interface, including：

It is addressing starting point with the main interface, a screen display interface, and display before the handover is switched every prefixed time interval The operation lines for indicating switching direction are shown on interface, until switching to the corresponding icon display interface of the positional information.

3. method according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterised in that hide shape when the application icon for searching is in During state, it is described determination the application program image target positional information the step of before, methods described also includes：

Determine the stowed position information that the application program image is marked in hidden icons display interface；

Hidden icons display interface is switched to from the application program search interface；

According to the stowed position information, positioned in the hidden icons display interface to the application icon；

Hidden state is released to the application icon.

4. method according to claim 3, it is characterised in that after the step of the unlatching destination application, institute Stating method also includes：

Recover the application program image target hidden state, the application icon is shown into boundary added to the hidden icons In face.

5. method according to claim 1, it is characterised in that when the destination application icon for searching is in icon text It is described in the icon display interface when in part folder, position to the corresponding application icon of the positional information, and show The step of telltale mark, including：

In the icon display interface, positioning to the corresponding icon file folder of the positional information；

The icon file folder is opened, is switched icon display sub-interface page by page in icon file folder and is shown that switching is dynamic Make, until switching to the corresponding icon display sub-interface of the positional information；

In icon display sub-interface, position to the corresponding application icon of the positional information, and show positioning mark Note.

6. a kind of mobile terminal, it is characterised in that the mobile terminal includes：

Command reception module, in application program search interface, reception to be booted up the instruction of destination application；Its In, destination application is the corresponding application program of the application icon for searching；

Determining module, for determining the application program image target positional information；

First changing interface module, for switching to mobile terminal main interface；

Operation module, for being addressing starting point with the main interface, switches icon display interface, until switching to institute's rheme by screen Confidence ceases corresponding icon display interface；

Positioning display module, in the icon display interface, positioning to the corresponding application program image of the positional information Mark, and show telltale mark；

Starting module, for clicking on the application icon, opens destination application.

7. mobile terminal according to claim 6, it is characterised in that the operation module includes：

First slides submodule, for being addressing starting point with the main interface, screen display circle is switched every prefixed time interval The operation lines for indicating switching direction are shown on face, and display interface before the handover, until switching to the positional information pair The icon display interface answered.

8. the mobile terminal according to claim 6 or 7, it is characterised in that the mobile terminal also includes：

Stowed position determining module, for when the application icon for searching is in hidden state, in the determining module Before determining the application program image target positional information, determine that the application program image is marked in hidden icons display interface Stowed position information；

Second contact surface handover module, for switching to hidden icons display interface from the application program search interface；

Icon locating module, for according to the stowed position information, being positioned in the hidden icons display interface to described Application icon；

Module is released, for releasing hidden state to the application icon.

9. mobile terminal according to claim 8, it is characterised in that also include in the mobile terminal：

State recovery module, after opening destination application in the starting module, recovers the application icon Hidden state, by the application icon added in the hidden icons display interface.

10. mobile terminal according to claim 6, it is characterised in that the operation module includes：

File positions submodule, for when the destination application icon for searching is located in icon file folder, described In icon display interface, positioning to the corresponding icon file folder of the positional information；

Second slides submodule, is pressed from both sides for opening the icon file, and switching icon page by page in icon file folder shows Sub-interface simultaneously shows switching action, until switching to the corresponding icon display sub-interface of the positional information；

Icon positions submodule, in icon display sub-interface, positioning to the corresponding application journey of the positional information Sequence icon, and show telltale mark.