METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING ICON TO INTERFACE OF ANDROID SYSTEM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20130055124A1
• Filed: 10/27/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Kunshi Intellectual Property Management Company Limited (Beijing Cornerstone Zhiben Intellectual Property Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: WANG, Pei
• Granted Patent: US 9,372,594 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A method for adding an icon to an interface of an Android system, where the Android system has N interfaces, includes: a. obtaining add command information; b. obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added; c. obtaining remaining space information of an M^th interface according to the add command information; d. judging whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface; if yes, executing step e; if no, executing step f; e. judging whether the M^th interface is a last interface to be judged; if yes, executing step g; if no, assigning M+1 to M and returning to step c; f adding the icon to the interface; and g. establishing another interface, and adding the icon to the newly established interface; where M and N are natural numbers, and 1≦M≦N.

Claims

1. A method for adding an icon to an interface of an Android system, wherein the Android system has N interfaces, and the method comprises:

a. obtaining add command information;

b. obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added;

c. obtaining remaining space information of an M^th interface according to the add command information;

d. judging whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

if yes, executing step e;

if no, executing step f;

e. judging whether the M^th interface is a last interface to be judged;

if yes, executing step g;

if no, assigning M+1 to M and returning to step c;

f. adding the icon to the interface, and the process ends;

g. establishing another interface, adding the icon to the newly established interface, and the process ends;

wherein

M and N are natural numbers, and 1≦

M≦

N.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

after adding the icon, sorting all icons on a current interface according to use frequency of the icons.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

determining the remaining space information through a grid parameter established by the system itself and information of space that has been occupied by application program icons.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the icon is a shortcut icon, a widget Widget, a folder, or a bookmark.

5. An apparatus for adding an icon to an interface of an Android system, wherein the Android system has N interfaces, and the apparatus comprises:

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain add command information;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added and remaining space information of an M^th interface;

a first judging module, configured to judge whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

a second judging module, configured to judge whether the M^th interface is a last interface to be judged; and

an adding module, configured to add the icon to remaining space of the M^th interface when the first judging module judges that the space information of the icon to be added is not greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

wherein

M and N are natural numbers, and 1≦

M≦

N.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a sorting module, configured to sort all icons on a current interface according to use frequency of the icons and an interface to which the adding module adds the icon.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

an establishing module, configured to establish another interface when the second judging module judges that the M^th interface is the last interface to be judged;

wherein

the adding module is further configured to add the icon to the newly established interface.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

an establishing module, configured to establish another interface when the second judging module judges that the M^th interface is the last interface to be judged;

wherein

the adding module is further configured to add the icon to the newly established interface.

9. A mobile terminal using an Android system, wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

a baseband chip, a touch screen, and an antenna, and further comprises an apparatus for adding an icon to an interface of the Android system, wherein the Android system has N interfaces, and the apparatus comprises;

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain add command information;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added and remaining space information of an M^th interface;

a first judging module, configured to judge whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

a second judging module, configured to judge whether the M^th interface is a last interface to be judged; and

an adding module, configured to add the icon to remaining space of the M^th interface when the first judging module judges that the space information of the icon to be added is not greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

wherein M and N are natural numbers, and 1≦

M≦

N.

10. A computer-readable storage medium having a program recorded thereon;

wherein the program makes a computer execute a method for adding an icon to an interface of an Android system, wherein the Android system has N interfaces, and the method comprises;

a. obtaining add command information;

b. obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added;

c. obtaining remaining space information of an M^th interface according to the add command information;

d. judging whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

if yes, executing step e;

if no, executing step f;

e. judging whether the M^th interface is a last interface to be judged;

if yes, executing step g;

if no, assigning M+1 to M and returning to step c;

f. adding the icon to the interface, and the process ends;

g. establishing another interface, adding the icon to the newly established interface, and the process ends;

wherein

M and N are natural numbers, and 1≦

M≦

N.