Audio management method and apparatus

• US 9,720,643 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Issued: 08/01/2017
• 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: Lv, Xiaoqiang, Jing, Ke, Wang, Yahui, Gao, Wenmei, Fan, Shunan
• Primary Examiner(s): SAX, STEVEN PAUL
• Application Number:
  US14/140,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20140115479A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,314 Days
• 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 in response to detecting that there is a first web page audio to be automatically played;

performing a 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 in response to determining that the priority of the first web page audio is lower than the priority of the audio being played;

playing the first web page audio in response to determining that the priority of the first web page audio is not lower than the priority of the audio being played; and

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

in response to determining that the web page corresponding to the first web page audio is changed into the active web page, 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.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first web page audio to be automatically played is an audio of a Web real-time communication application, further comprising:

detecting whether 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; and

detecting whether the first web page audio to be automatically played is an ordinary audio in a web page and an instruction for automatically playing an audio exists in a currently loaded web page, 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 in response to determining that 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 in response to determining that 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 in response to detecting that 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 the 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 a 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 in response to detecting that 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

in response to determining that the web page corresponding to the paused first web page audio or second web page audio is changed into the active web page, 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 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.

9. 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.

10. An audio management apparatus, comprising:

at least one hardware processor;

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the at least one hardware processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one hardware processor, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor to;

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

determine whether there is an audio being played in response to detecting that there is a first web page audio to be automatically played;

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

intercept automatic play of the first web page audio;

otherwise, play the first web page audio in response to determining that the priority of the first web page audio is lower than the priority of the audio being played;

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

in response to determining that the web page corresponding to the first web page audio is changed into the active web page after the automatic play of the first web page audio is intercepted, display 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.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first web page audio comprises an audio of a Web real-time communication application, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor to:

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

in response to determining that the opened web page comprises the web page of the Web real-time communication application, 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 programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor to determine whether there is an audio being played when the signaling state of the predetermined port number is the predetermined state.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first web page audio comprises an ordinary audio in a web page, and the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor 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

determine whether there is an audio being played in response to detecting that the instruction for automatically playing an audio exists in the currently loaded web page.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the audio being played comprises an audio of a Web real-time communication application, and wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor to:

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

in response to determining that the opened web page comprises the web page of the Web real-time communication application, 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.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor 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 the port number connected to the opened web page is the predetermined port number or falls within the predetermined port number range, the opened web page comprises the web page of the Web real-time communication application.

15. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein when the audio being played is a second web page audio, the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor 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.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor to:

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

pause the first web page audio or the second web page audio in response to detecting that 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.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor 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

in response to determining that the web page corresponding to the paused first web page audio or second web page audio is changed into the active web page, display 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.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the programming instructions instruct the at least one hardware processor to:

obtain an operation instruction that is given by the user according to the operation prompt; and

execute an operation corresponding to the operation instruction obtained.

19. The apparatus according to claim 10, 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.