METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A CONTROL INTERFACE OF A PERIPHERAL DEVICE

• US 20150135141A1
• Filed: 01/16/2015
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: LUO, Xuan, LI, Xiangru
• Application Number:
  US14/599,057
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135141A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/835
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/10 Program control for peripheral devices G06F13/14 - G06F13/42 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4081 Live connection to bus, e.g. hot-plugging current or voltage limitation during live insertion H02H9/004
• 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

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for creating a control interface of a peripheral device, which pertains to the art of computer. The method includes: when the peripheral device is connected to a terminal, generating ingress of the peripheral device on an interface of the terminal; receiving a first control command submitted by a user through the ingress for the peripheral device on an interface, acquiring a system control program and a control interface to which the peripheral device corresponds; creating the control interface for the peripheral device according to the device identifier and the system control program to which the peripheral device corresponds. The apparatus comprises a generation module, an acquisition module and a creating module. Efficiency of controlling the peripheral device is improved by the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A method for creating a control interface for a peripheral device, comprising:

when the peripheral device is connected to a terminal, generating ingress of the peripheral device on an interface of the terminal;

receiving a first control command submitted by a user through the ingress for the peripheral device on an interface, acquiring a system control program and a control interface to which the peripheral device corresponds; and

creating the control interface for the peripheral device according to the device identifier and the system control program to which the peripheral device corresponds.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ingress of the peripheral device is a mirror window, and the method further comprises:

mirroring icons to which each of the files included in the peripheral device corresponds to the mirror window;

acquiring storage paths for each of the files; and

binding, in the mirror window, the storage paths for the files to icons to which the files correspond.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a second control command submitted by the user through the icon to which the file corresponds;

acquiring the storage path for the file that is bound to the icon to which the file corresponds; and

executing a control operation to which the second control command corresponds according to the storage path for the file.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of executing a control operation to which the second control command corresponds according to the storage path for the file comprises the following steps:

if the second control command is an open command, then opening the acquired filed according to the storage path of the file;

if the second control command is a delete command, then deleting the acquired filed according to the storage path of the file, and

if the second control command is a copy command, then copying the acquired filed to a copyboard according to the storage path of the file.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ingress of the peripheral device is an icon for the peripheral device, and

the step of generating ingress of the peripheral device on the interface of the terminal comprises the following steps:

extracting the device type and the device identifier for the peripheral device from a device installing message for the peripheral device upon receiving the device installing message for the peripheral device broadcasted by the operating system;

acquiring the icon for the peripheral device according to the device type for the peripheral device and the stored correspondence between icons and device types;

binding the device identifier for the peripheral device to the icon for the peripheral device; and

adding the icon for the peripheral device to the interface of the terminal.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the step of acquiring the icon for the peripheral device according to the device type for the peripheral device and the stored correspondence between icons and device types comprises the following steps:

acquiring corresponding icon(s) from the correspondence between icons and stored device types based on device type for the peripheral device, if the acquired icon(s) comprises one icon, then determining the acquired one icon as the icon for the peripheral device,

if the acquires icon(s) comprises a plurality of icons, then one icon is selected from the plurality of icons randomly, and then determining the selected icon as the icon for the peripheral device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the ingress of the peripheral device is an icon for the peripheral device, and

the step of acquiring a system control program and a control interface to which the peripheral device corresponds comprises the following steps:

acquiring the device type and the device identifier of the peripheral device according to the icon for the peripheral device; and

calling a system control program to which the peripheral corresponds from the operating system of the terminal according to the device type of the peripheral device.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of acquiring the device type and the device identifier of the peripheral device according to the icon for the peripheral device comprises the following steps:

acquiring the device identifier for the peripheral device that is bound to the icon for the peripheral device, and

acquiring the device type of the peripheral device from the stored correspondence relationship between device types and icons.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of calling a system control program to which the peripheral corresponds from the operating system of the terminal according to the device type of the peripheral device comprises the following steps:

acquiring a storage path of the system control program to which the peripheral corresponds from the stored correspondence relationship between device types and storage paths according to the device type of the peripheral device, and

calling the system control program to which the peripheral corresponds from the operating system of the terminal according to the acquired storage path.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of creating the control interface for the peripheral device according to the device identifier and the system control program to which the peripheral device corresponds comprises the following steps:

running the system control program to which the peripheral device corresponds according to the device identifier for the peripheral device, creating and displaying a control interface for controlling the peripheral device.

11. The method according to claim 5, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring the device identifier and the device type to which the peripheral device corresponds upon receiving the menu command submitted by the user through the icon of the peripheral device on the interface for the terminal; and

creating and displaying the corresponding menu of the peripheral device according to the device type and the device identifier for the peripheral device.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the step of creating and displaying the corresponding menu of the peripheral device according to the device type and the device identifier for the peripheral device comprises the following steps:

acquiring corresponding menu item from the stored correspondence relationship between devices and menu items according to the device type of the peripheral device;

binding the device identifier for the peripheral device to each of the acquired menu items;

for creating a menu list;

filing each of the bound menu item into the created menu list to obtain a menu to which the peripheral device corresponds; and

displaying the menu to which the peripheral device corresponds.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

creating a listening window, receiving a system message broadcasted by an operating system of the terminal through the listening window,

if the system message broadcasted by the operating system of the terminal is a device installing message, then it is monitored out that there is a peripheral device connected to the terminal, and

if the system message broadcasted by the operating system of the terminal is a device uninstalling message, then it is monitored out that there is a peripheral device unplugged from the terminal.

14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

acquiring the device identifier for the peripheral device from the uninstalling message for the peripheral device when it is monitored out that there is a peripheral device unplugged from the terminal; and

deleting icons for the peripheral device from the interface of the terminal according to the device identifier for the peripheral device.

18. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the execution module comprises:

an opening unit, if the second control command is an open command, then the opening unit opens the acquired filed according to the storage path of the file;

a deleting unit, if the second control command is a delete command, then the deleting unit deletes the acquired filed according to the storage path of the file, and

a copying unit, if the second control command is a copy command, then the copying unit copies the acquired filed to a copyboard according to the storage path of the file.

15. An apparatus for creating a control interface for a peripheral device, comprising:

a generation module, for generating ingress of a peripheral device on an interface of the terminal when the peripheral device is connected to the terminal;

an acquisition module, for acquiring a system control program and a control interface to which the peripheral device corresponds, upon receiving a first control command submitted by a user through the ingress for the peripheral device on the interface of the terminal; and

a creating module, for creating a control interface of the peripheral device according to the device identifier and the system control program to which the peripheral device corresponds.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the ingress of the peripheral device is a mirror window, and the apparatus further comprises:

a mirror module, for mirroring icons to which each of the files included in the peripheral device corresponds to the mirror window;

a first acquisition sub-module, for acquiring storage paths for each of the files; and

a binding module, for binding, in the mirror window, the storage paths for the files to icons to which the files correspond.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a first receiving sub-module, for receiving a second control command submitted by the user through the icon to which the file corresponds;

a second acquisition sub-module, for acquiring the storage path for the file that is bound to the icon to which the file corresponds; and

an execution module, for executing a control operation to which the second control command corresponds according to the storage path for the file.

19. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the ingress of the peripheral device is an icon for the peripheral device, and the generation module comprises:

an extraction unit, for extracting the device type and the device identifier for the peripheral device from a device installing message for the peripheral device upon receiving the device installing message for the peripheral device broadcasted by the operating system;

a first acquisition unit for acquiring the icon for the peripheral device according to the device type for the peripheral device and the stored correspondence between icons and device types;

a binding unit for binding the device identifier for the peripheral device to the icon for the peripheral device; and

an adding unit for adding the icon for the peripheral device to the interface of the terminal.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the first acquisition unit comprises:

a first acquisition sub-unit for acquiring corresponding icon(s) from the correspondence between icons and stored device types based on device type for the peripheral device,

a determination sub-unit, for that if the acquired icon(s) comprises one icon, then determining the acquired one icon as the icon for the peripheral device, and if the acquires icon(s) comprises a plurality of icons, then selecting one icon from the plurality of icons randomly and determining the selected icon as the icon for the peripheral device.