Desktop Sharing Method and Mobile Terminal

• US 20180024804A1
• Filed: 01/09/2015
• Published: 01/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Duan, Yun, Li, Yuan
• Granted Patent: US 10,795,633 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1462 with means for detecting differences between the image stored in the host and the images displayed on the remote displays
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications

Abstract

A desktop sharing method and a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by a first terminal, a desktop drawing file according to a desktop of the first terminal when a first operation of a user received by the first terminal meets a first preconfigured condition, where the desktop drawing file includes a desktop description file and a file package of at least one screen interface on the desktop of the first terminal, the desktop description file includes a location of at least one application interface element on the desktop of the first terminal, and the file package includes a thumbnail of the at least one application interface element. The method also includes sharing, by the first terminal, the determined desktop drawing file, so that a second terminal updates a desktop of the second terminal according to the shared desktop drawing file.

Claims

1-40. -40. (canceled)

41. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a first terminal, a first operation of a user;

determining, by the first terminal, a desktop drawing file according to a desktop of the first terminal when the first operation meets a first preconfigured condition, wherein the desktop drawing file comprises a desktop description file and a file package of a screen interface on the desktop of the first terminal, the desktop description file comprises a location of an application interface element on the desktop of the first terminal, and the file package comprises a thumbnail of the application interface element; and

sharing, by the first terminal, the determined desktop drawing file, so that a second terminal updates a desktop of the second terminal according to the shared desktop drawing file.

42. The method according to claim 41, wherein the application interface element comprises a desktop wallpaper, a desktop application, a desktop widget, or a folder on a desktop.

43. The method according to claim 41, wherein the application interface element comprises a desktop application, and the desktop description file further comprises a downloading link of the desktop application.

44. The method according to claim 41, wherein the desktop drawing file further comprises a desktop preview image of the first terminal.

45. The method according to claim 41, wherein sharing, by the first terminal, the determined desktop drawing file comprises:

sharing, by the first terminal, the desktop drawing file directly to the second terminal using a wireless connection;

or

sharing, by the first terminal, the desktop drawing file to a social network for the second terminal to download and use.

46. The method according to claim 41, wherein receiving the first operation of the user comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal, a tap operation of the user; and

when an operation of tapping a desktop sharing button by the user is received, determining that the first operation meets the first preconfigured condition.

47. The method according to claim 46, wherein before receiving the tap operation of the user, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal, a second operation of the user; and

entering, by the first terminal, a desktop editing interface when the second operation meets a second preconfigured condition, wherein the desktop sharing button is displayed on the desktop editing interface.

48. The method according to claim 41, wherein receiving the first operation of the user comprises:

receiving, by the first terminal, a swipe operation of the user on a screen; and

determining, by the first terminal when a swiping track meets a preset condition, that the first operation meets the first preconfigured condition.

49. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a second terminal, a desktop drawing file shared by a first terminal, wherein the desktop drawing file comprises a desktop description file and a file package of a screen interface on a desktop of the first terminal, the desktop description file comprises a location of an application interface element on the desktop of the first terminal, and the file package comprises a thumbnail of the application interface element; and

updating, by the second terminal, a desktop of the second terminal according to the received desktop drawing file.

50. The method according to claim 49, wherein the application interface element comprises a desktop wallpaper, a desktop application, a desktop widget, or a folder on a desktop.

51. The method according to claim 49, wherein updating, by the second terminal, the desktop of the second terminal according to the received desktop drawing file comprises:

updating, by the second terminal, a desktop drawing file of the second terminal according to the received desktop drawing file; and

displaying, by the second terminal, the desktop of the second terminal according to the updated desktop drawing file of the second terminal.

52. The method according to claim 51, wherein displaying, by the second terminal, the desktop of the second terminal according to the updated desktop drawing file of the second terminal comprises:

replacing, by the second terminal, a desktop wallpaper of the second terminal and/or arranging a desktop icon of the second terminal, according to the updated desktop drawing file of the second terminal, wherein the desktop icon comprises an icon of a desktop application, and/or an icon of a desktop widget, and/or an icon of a folder on the desktop.

53. The method according to claim 49, wherein when the application interface element comprises a desktop application, the desktop description file further comprises a downloading link of the desktop application;

and

wherein after updating, by the second terminal, the desktop of the second terminal according to the received desktop drawing file, the method further comprises;

receiving, by the second terminal when the desktop application of the first terminal is not installed on the second terminal, an operation of tapping the uninstalled desktop application on the desktop; and

downloading and installing, by the second terminal, the tapped desktop application using the downloading link of the desktop application in the desktop description file.

54. The method according to claim 49, wherein the desktop description file further comprises a desktop preview image of the first terminal;

and

wherein after receiving, by the second terminal, the desktop drawing file shared by the first terminal, and before updating, by the second terminal, the desktop of the second terminal according to the received desktop drawing file, the method further comprises;

displaying, by the second terminal, the desktop preview image of the first terminal; and

when a third operation is received, triggering the updating, by the second terminal, the desktop of the second terminal according to the received desktop drawing file, wherein the third operation is used to determine to use the received desktop drawing file.

55. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an input apparatus;

an output apparatus;

a processor; and

a memory;

wherein the processor is configured to invoke an operation instruction stored in the memory to;

receive a first operation of a user;

determine a desktop drawing file according to a desktop of a first terminal when the first operation meets a first preconfigured condition, wherein the desktop drawing file comprises a desktop description file and a file package of a screen interface on the desktop of the first terminal, the desktop description file comprises a location of an application interface element on the desktop of the first terminal, and the file package comprises a thumbnail of the application interface element; and

share the determined desktop drawing file, so that a second terminal updates a desktop of the second terminal according to the shared desktop drawing file.

56. The mobile terminal according to claim 55, wherein the application interface element comprises a desktop wallpaper, a desktop application, a desktop widget, or a folder on a desktop.

57. The mobile terminal according to claim 55, wherein the application interface element comprises a desktop application, and the desktop description file further comprises a downloading link of the desktop application.

58. The mobile terminal according to claim 55, wherein the desktop drawing file further comprises a desktop preview image of the first terminal.

59. The mobile terminal according to claim 55, wherein when sharing the determined desktop drawing file, the processor is further configured to invoke the operation instruction stored in the memory to:

share the desktop drawing file directly to the second terminal using a wireless connection;

or

share the desktop drawing file to a social network for the second terminal to download and use.

60. The mobile terminal according to claim 55, wherein when receiving the first operation of a user, the processor is further configured to invoke the operation instruction stored in the memory to:

receiving a tap operation of the user; and

when an operation of tapping a desktop sharing button by the user is received, determine that the first operation meets the first preconfigured condition.

63. A mobile terminal, comprising:

an input apparatus;

an output apparatus;

a processor; and

a memory;

wherein the processor is configured to invoke an operation instruction stored in the memory to;

receive a desktop drawing file shared by a first terminal, wherein the desktop drawing file comprises a desktop description file and a file package of a screen interface on a desktop of the first terminal, the desktop description file comprises a location of an application interface element on the desktop of the first terminal, and the file package comprises a thumbnail of the application interface element; and

update a desktop of the mobile terminal according to the received desktop drawing file.

64. The mobile terminal according to claim 63, wherein the application interface element comprises a desktop wallpaper, a desktop application, a desktop widget, or a folder on a desktop.

65. The mobile terminal according to claim 63, wherein when updating the desktop of the mobile terminal according to the received desktop drawing file, the processor is further configured to invoke the operation instruction stored in the memory to:

update a desktop drawing file of the mobile terminal according to the received desktop drawing file; and

display the desktop of the mobile terminal according to an updated desktop drawing file of the mobile terminal.

66. The mobile terminal according to claim 63, wherein when displaying the desktop of the mobile terminal according to the updated desktop drawing file of the mobile terminal, the processor is further configured to invoke the operation instruction stored in the memory to:

replace a desktop wallpaper of the second terminal and/or arrange a desktop icon of the mobile terminal, according to the updated desktop drawing file of the mobile terminal, wherein the desktop icon comprises an icon of a desktop application, and/or an icon of a desktop widget, and/or an icon of a folder on the desktop.

67. The mobile terminal according to claim 63, wherein when the application interface element comprises a desktop application, the desktop description file further comprises a downloading link of the desktop application;

and

wherein after updating the desktop of the mobile terminal according to the received desktop drawing file, the processor is further configured to invoke the operation instruction stored in the memory to;

when the desktop application of the first terminal is not installed on the mobile terminal, receive an operation of tapping the uninstalled desktop application on the desktop; and

download and install the tapped desktop application using the downloading link of the desktop application in the desktop description file.

68. The mobile terminal according to claim 63, wherein the desktop description file further comprises a desktop preview image of the first terminal;

and

wherein after receiving the desktop drawing file shared by the first terminal, and before updating the desktop of the mobile terminal according to the received desktop drawing file, the processor is further configured to invoke the operation instruction stored in the memory to;

display the desktop preview image of the first terminal; and

when a third operation is received, trigger the updating the desktop of the mobile terminal according to the received desktop drawing file, wherein the third operation is used to determine to use the received desktop drawing file.