NAVIGATING APPLICATION INTERFACE

• US 20160103576A1
• Filed: 09/30/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Lei
• Application Number:
  US14/871,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20160103576A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

When detecting a preset trigger event, the techniques of the present disclosure determine a current application interface on a terminal screen and display interface navigation information corresponding to an application to which the current application interface belongs, in which the interface navigation information includes a plurality of display elements in a hierarchical structure, and the hierarchical structure corresponds to a hierarchical relationship among a plurality of application interfaces of the application. Through the technical solution of the present disclosure, it is easy for users to figure out the hierarchical relationship among the application interfaces of the application, and to complete the operation navigation of the application interfaces.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a current application interface on a terminal screen; and

displaying interface navigation information corresponding to an application to which the current application interface belongs, the interface navigation information including a plurality of display elements in a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure corresponding to a hierarchical relationship among a plurality of application interfaces of the application.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising jumping from the current application interface to display an application interface corresponding to a respective display element of the plurality of display elements, in response to determining that the respective display element is triggered.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the interface navigation information corresponding to the application to which the current application interface belongs includes calling pre-generated interface navigation information corresponding to the application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the interface navigation information corresponding to the application to which the current application interface belongs includes generating the interface navigation information in real time.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display elements in the interface navigation information correspond to multiple application interfaces of the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the interface navigation information corresponding to the application to which the current application interface belongs includes recording browsed application interfaces during a current-time operation of the application.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising highlighting display elements corresponding to the browsed application interfaces.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying the interface navigation information corresponding to the application to which the current application interface belongs further comprises generating the interface navigation information based on a hierarchical relationship among the browsed application interfaces.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying the interface navigation information corresponding to the application to which the current application interface belongs further comprises:

determining one or more application interfaces, within the browsed application interfaces, having a hierarchical relationship with the current application interface; and

generating the interface navigation information based on the determined one or more application interfaces.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying the interface navigation information corresponding to the application to which the current application interface belongs comprises:

determining one or more application interfaces having a hierarchical relationship with the current application interface in the application; and

generating the interface navigation information based on the determined one or more application interfaces.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising rendering a displaying effect of a display element corresponding to the current application interface different from that of another display element corresponding to another application interface.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the current application interface on the terminal screen includes determining the current application interface on the terminal screen when detecting a preset triggering event.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a determining unit that determines a current application interface on a terminal screen; and

a displaying unit that displays interface navigation information corresponding to an application to which the current application interface belongs, the interface navigation information including a plurality of display elements in a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure corresponding to a hierarchical relationship among a plurality of application interfaces of the application, a respective display element in the interface navigation information correspond to a respective application interface of the application.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a jumping unit that jumps from the current application interface to display a respective application interface corresponding to the respective display element of the plurality of display elements, in response to determining that the respective display element is triggered.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the displaying unit further calls pre-generated interface navigation information corresponding to the application.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the displaying unit further generates the interface navigation information in real time.

17. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a recording unit that records browsed application interfaces during a current-time operation of the application.

18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the displaying unit further generates the interface navigation information based on a hierarchical relationship among the browsed application interfaces.

19. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising an interface determining unit that determines one or more application interfaces having a hierarchical relationship with the current application interface in the application,

wherein the displaying unit further generates the interface navigation information based on the determined one or more application interfaces.

20. One or more memories having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are executable by one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

determining a current application interface on a terminal screen; and

displaying interface navigation information corresponding to an application to which the current application interface belongs, the interface navigation information including a plurality of display elements in a hierarchical structure, the hierarchical structure corresponding to a hierarchical relationship among a plurality of application interfaces of the application.