Method and apparatus for adding icon to interface of system, and mobile terminal

• US 9,372,594 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2012
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Kunshi Intellectual Property Management Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Pei
• Primary Examiner(s): Lowenberger, Aaron
• Application Number:
  US13/662,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20130055124A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,333 Days
• Field of Search: 715/765
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 of adding an icon to an interface of a system that has N interfaces, and the method comprises:

obtaining add command information related with an M^th interface;

obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added, the icon representing accessibility of a function triggered by the icon and the obtaining of the space information includes three-dimensional space information;

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

executing a first judging of whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, and adding the icon to the M^th interface while the first judging indicates the space information of the icon is less than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

executing a second judging of whether the M^th interface is a last interface to be judged responsive to the first judging indicating that the space information of the icon is greater than the remaining space information of M^th interface, assigning M+1 to M while the M^th interface is other than the last interface and determining remaining space information of M+1 interface relative to the space information of the icon, the icon being added to the M+1 interface while the determining indicates the space information of the icon is less than the remaining space information of M+1 interface;

establishing a new interface responsive to the first judging that the space information of the icon is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, while the second judging indicates the M^th interface as the last interface; and

adding the icon to the established interface; and

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 of at least the M^th interface through a grid parameter established by the system 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, a folder, or a bookmark.

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

computer hardware configured by at least one program to implement;

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain add command information related with an M^th interface;

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 the M^th interface, the icon representing accessibility of a function triggered by the icon and the space information obtained including three-dimensional space information;

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 in accordance with a result of the judging by the first judging module that indicates the space information of the icon is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, assigning M+1 to M while the M^th interface is judged to be other than the last interface and determining remaining space information of M+1 interface relative to the space information of the icon; and

an adding module, configured to add the icon to the remaining space of the M^th interface while the first judging module judges that the space information of the icon to be added is less than the remaining space information of the M^th interface and configured to add the icon to the M+1 interface while the determining indicates the space information of the icon is less than the remaining space information of M+1 interface; and

wherein a new interface is established responsive to the space information of the icon being judged as being greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface while the M^th interface is judged as the last interface, the icon being added to the established interface, and

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. A mobile terminal using a system that has N interfaces, wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

a baseband chip, a touch screen, and an antenna, and comprises an apparatus for adding an icon to an interface of the system, and the apparatus comprises;

computer hardware configured to implement;

a first obtaining module, configured to obtain add command information related with an M^th interface;

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 the M^th interface, the icon representing accessibility of a function triggered by the icon and the space information obtained including three-dimensional space information;

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 in accordance with a result of the judging by the first judging module that indicates the space information of the icon is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, and M+1 is assigned to M while the M^th interface is other than the last interface and determining remaining space information of M+1 interface relative to the space information of the icon; and

an adding module, configured to add the icon to remaining space of the M^th interface while the first judging module judges that the space information of the icon to be added is less than the remaining space information of the M^th interface and configured to add the icon to the M+1 interface while the determining indicates the space information of the icon is less than the remaining space information of the M+1 interface;

wherein a new interface is established responsive to the space information of the icon being judged as greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface while the M^th interface is judged as the last interface, the icon being added to the established interface, and

wherein M and N are natural numbers, and 1≦

M≦

N.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program recorded thereon causing a computer execute a method for adding an icon to an interface of a system that has N interfaces, and the method comprises:

obtaining add command information related with an M^th interface;

obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added, the icon representing accessibility of a function triggered by the icon and the obtaining of the space information includes three-dimensional space information;

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

executing a first judging of whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, and adding the icon to the M^th interface while the first judging indicates the space information of the icon is less than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

executing a second judging of whether the M^th interface is a last interface to be judged responsive to the judging indicating that the space information of the icon is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, assigning M+1 to M while the M^th interface is other than the last interface and determining remaining space information of M+1 interface relative to the space information of the icon, and adding the icon to the M+1 interface while the determining indicates the space information of the icon is less than the remaining space information of the M+1 interface;

establishing a new interface responsive to the first judging that the space information of the icon is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, while the second judging indicates the M^th interface as the last interface; and

adding the icon to the new established interface; and

wherein M and N are natural numbers, and 1≦

M≦

N.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the add command information is generated prior to the adding of the icon.

10. A mobile terminal using a system that has N interfaces, wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

a baseband chip, a touch screen, and an antenna, and comprises an apparatus for adding an icon to an interface of the system, and the apparatus configured to implement;

obtaining add command information related with an M^th interface;

obtaining, according to the add command information, space information of an icon to be added, the icon representing accessibility of a function triggered by the icon and the obtaining of the space information includes three-dimensional space information;

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

executing a first judging of whether the space information of the icon to be added is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, and adding the icon to the M^th interface while the first judging indicates the space information of the icon is less than the remaining space information of the M^th interface;

executing a second judging of whether the M^th interface is a last interface to be judged responsive to the judging indicating the space information of the icon is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, assigning M+1 to M while the M^th interface is other than the last interface and determining remaining space information of M+1 interface relative to the space information of the icon, and adding the icon to the M+1 interface while the determining indicates the space information of the icon is less than the remaining space information of the M+1 interface;

establishing a new interface responsive to the judging that the space information of the icon is greater than the remaining space information of the M^th interface, while the second judging indicates the M^th interface as the last interface; and

adding the icon to the new established interface; and

wherein M and N are natural numbers, and 1≦

M≦

N.