Audio Management Method and Apparatus

• US 20140115479A1
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Published: 04/24/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Gao, Wenmei, Fan, Shunan, Wang, Yahui, Jing, Ke, Lv, Xiaoqiang
• Granted Patent: US 9,720,643 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/727
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements

Abstract

An audio management method and apparatus, which relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: when it is detected that there is a first web page audio to be automatically played, determining whether there is an audio being played and whether a priority of the first web page audio is lower than a priority of the audio being played; when yes, intercepting automatic play of the first web page audio; otherwise, playing the first web page audio. A priority of a first web page audio to be automatically played and a priority of a web page audio being played are compared to decide whether to play the first web page audio, so that the problem of a conflict between web page audios is solved, and a user is not required to perform operations one by one.

Claims

1. An audio management method, comprising:

determining whether there is an audio being played when it is detected that there is a first web page audio to be automatically played;

performing comparison to determine whether a priority of the first web page audio is lower than a priority of the audio being played when there is an audio being played;

intercepting automatic play of the first web page audio when the priority of the first web page audio is lower than the priority of the audio being played; and

playing the first web page audio when the priority of the first web page audio is not lower than the priority of the audio being played.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein it is detected that there is the first web page audio to be automatically played when the first web page audio is an audio of a Web real-time communication application and when a signaling state of a predetermined port number corresponding to an opened web page of the Web real-time communication application is a predetermined state, wherein it is detected that there is the first web page audio to be automatically played when the first web page audio is an ordinary audio in a web page and an instruction for automatically playing an audio exists in a currently loaded web page, and wherein the ordinary audio is an audio that is different from the audio of the Web real-time communication application and is in the web page.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the audio being played comprises an audio of a Web real-time communication application, and wherein determining whether there is the audio being played comprises:

determining whether an opened web page comprises a web page of the Web real-time communication application; and

either

determining, according to a signaling state of a predetermined port number corresponding to the web page of the Web real-time communication application, whether there is an audio of the Web real-time communication application being played in the web page of the Web real-time communication application when the opened web page comprises the web page of the Web real-time communication application;

or

determining, by determining a PeerState attribute of a Peerconnection object, whether there is an audio of the Web real-time communication application being played in the web page of the Web real-time communication application when the opened web page comprises the web page of the Web real-time communication application.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein determining whether the opened web page comprises the web page of the Web real-time communication application comprises detecting whether a port number of a server connected to the opened web page is a predetermined port number or falls within a predetermined port number range, and wherein the opened web page comprises the web page of the Web real-time communication application when the port number of the server connected to the opened web page is the predetermined port number or falls within the predetermined port number range.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

pausing a second web page audio when the priority of the first web page audio is higher than a priority of a second web page audio and when the audio being played is the second web page audio.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising:

detecting whether there is a local system audio started in the process of playing the first web page audio or the second web page audio; and

pausing the first web page audio or the second web page audio when there is a local system audio started and a priority of the local system audio is higher than the priority of the first web page audio or the second web page audio.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising determining whether a web page corresponding to the paused first web page audio or second web page audio is changed into an active web page, and when yes and displaying an operation prompt to a user, wherein the operation prompt comprises at least one of the following operation options:

not playing the web page audio of the active web page and playing the web page audio of the active web page.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the intercepting the automatic play of the first web page audio, the method further comprises determining whether a web page corresponding to the first web page audio is changed into an active web page, and when yes, displaying an operation prompt to a user, wherein the operation prompt comprises one or more of the following operation options:

not playing the web page audio of the active web page, playing the web page audio of the active web page and pausing the web page audio being played, playing the web page audio of the active web page and decreasing the volume of the web page audio being played, and simultaneously playing the web page audio of the active web page and the audio being played.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein after the sending the operation prompt to the user, the method further comprises:

obtaining an operation instruction that is given by the user according to the operation prompt and executing an operation corresponding to the obtained operation instruction.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the audio comprises a web page audio and a local system audio, wherein the web page audio comprises an audio of a Web real-time communication application, and wherein a priority of the audio of the Web real-time communication application is the highest amongst the web page audio and the local system audio.

11. An audio management apparatus, comprising:

a first detection module configured to detect whether there is a first web page audio to be automatically played;

a first determining module configured to determine whether there is an audio being played when the first detection module detects that there is a first web page audio to be automatically played;

a comparison module configured to perform comparison to determine whether a priority of the first web page audio is lower than a priority of the audio being played when the first determining module determines that there is an audio being played; and

an execution module configured to intercept automatic play of the first web page audio;

otherwise, play the first web page audio when the priority of the first web page audio is lower than the priority of the audio being played.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first web page audio comprises an audio of a Web real-time communication application, wherein the first detection module is configured to determine whether an opened web page comprises a web page of the Web real-time communication application, and when yes, detect whether a signaling state of a predetermined port number corresponding to the web page of the Web real-time communication application is a predetermined state, wherein when the signaling state of the predetermined port number is the predetermined state, there is an audio of the Web real-time communication application to be automatically played, and wherein the first determining module is configured to determine whether there is an audio being played when the first detection module detects that the signaling state of the predetermined port number is the predetermined state.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the first web page audio comprises an ordinary audio in a web page;

the first detection module is configured to detect whether an instruction for automatically playing an audio exists in a currently loaded web page, wherein when the instruction for automatically playing an audio exists in the currently loaded web page, there is an ordinary audio to be automatically played, and the ordinary audio is an audio that is different from an audio of a Web real-time communication application and is in the web page; and

the first determining module is configured to determine whether there is an audio being played when the first detection module detects that the instruction for automatically playing an audio exists in the currently loaded web page.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the audio being played comprises an audio of a Web real-time communication application, and wherein the first determining module is configured to:

determine whether an opened web page comprises a web page of the Web real-time communication application; and

when yes, either determine, according to a signaling state of a predetermined port number corresponding to the web page of the Web real-time communication application, whether there is an audio of the Web real-time communication application being played in the web page of the Web real-time communication application, or determine, by determining a PeerState attribute of a Peerconnection object, whether there is an audio of the Web real-time communication application being played in the web page of the Web real-time communication application.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the first determining module is configured to detect whether a port number connected to the opened web page is a predetermined port number or falls within a predetermined port number range, and wherein when yes, the opened web page comprises the web page of the Web real-time communication application.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein when the audio being played is a second web page audio, the execution module is further configured to pause the second web page audio when the priority of the first web page audio is higher than a priority of the second web page audio.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising a second detection module configured to, in the process of playing the first web page audio or the second web page audio, detect whether there is a local system audio started, wherein the execution module is further configured to pause the first web page audio or the second web page audio when there is a local system audio started and a priority of the local system audio is higher than either the priority of the first web page audio or the priority of the second web page audio.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising:

a second determining module configured to determine whether a web page corresponding to the paused first web page audio or second web page audio is changed into an active web page; and

a first prompt module configured to display an operation prompt to a user when a determination result of the second determining module is yes,

wherein the operation prompt comprises at least one of the following operation options;

not playing the web page audio of the active web page and playing the web page audio of the active web page.

19. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising:

a third determining module configured to determine whether a web page corresponding to the first web page audio is changed into an active web page after the automatic play of the first web page audio is intercepted; and

a second prompt module configured to, display an operation prompt to a user when a determination result of the third determining module is yes,

wherein the operation prompt comprises one or more of the following operation options;

not playing the web page audio of the active web page, playing the web page audio of the active web page and pausing the web page audio being played, playing the web page audio of the active web page and decreasing the volume of the web page audio being played, and simultaneously playing the web page audio of the active web page and the audio being played.

20. The apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising an obtaining module configured to obtain an operation instruction that is given by the user according to the operation prompt, wherein the execution module is further configured to execute an operation corresponding to the operation instruction obtained by the obtaining module.

21. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the audio comprises a web page audio and a local system audio, wherein the web page audio comprises an audio of a Web real-time communication application, and wherein a priority of the audio of the Web real-time communication application is the highest amongst the web page audio and the local system audio.