Method and apparatus for clearing notification icon, and storage medium

• US 9,973,506 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2015
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Yuan, Cancai, Xiao, Quanhao
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehedi, Morshed
• Assistant Examiner(s): Naghdali, Khalil
• Application Number:
  US14/812,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20150334118A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,021 Days
• Field of Search: 726 1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for clearing a notification icon, and a storage medium. The method includes: acquiring a list of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons, the application list including application identifiers of the applications corresponding to the to-be-cleared notification icons; and stop displaying a notification icon corresponding to the application identifier, when a clearing command is received and according to each application identifier included in the application list. By determining application identifiers of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons, displaying of notification icons corresponding to the application identifiers can be stopped at once according to the application identifiers of the applications of the to-be-cleared notification icons when a clearing command is received. Hence, notification message prompts which a user does not care about are cleared quickly, and unwanted distraction is avoided when messages are reduced, and the operation is simple and convenient.

Claims

1. A method of clearing a notification icon, comprising:

displaying the notification icon in a user interface on a screen of a terminal device, wherein the displayed notification icon overlaps at least partially an application icon of an application in the user interface;

acquiring, by a processor of the terminal device, an identifier of the application corresponding to the displayed notification icon;

adding, by the processor, the application identifier to a list of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons in response to the application identifier meeting a preset rule, the list of applications comprising application identifiers of the applications corresponding to the to-be-cleared notification icons;

invoking, by the processor, an application programming interface (API) according to the application identifier of the application corresponding to the to-be-cleared notification icon, in response to receiving a clearing command; and

removing, by the processor, the displayed notification icon from the user interface on the screen via the application programming interface, according to the application identifier which is comprised in the list.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring of the list of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons, further comprises:

when a notification icon display request is detected, acquiring an application identifier of an application corresponding to a notification icon requested to be played; and

determining whether the application identifier of the application corresponding to the notification icon meets a preset rule, and adding the application identifier to the list if the application identifier meets the preset rule.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the acquiring of the list of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons, the method further comprises:

receiving the preset rule, wherein the preset rule is a first preset rule or a second preset rule, wherein the first preset rule comprises an application identifier of an application whose notification icon is allowed to be cleared when the clearing command is received, and the second preset rule comprises an application identifier of an application whose notification icon is not allowed to be cleared when the clearing command is received.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein before the acquiring of the list of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons, the method further comprises:

receiving the preset rule, which the preset rule is a first preset rule or a second preset rule, wherein the first preset rule comprises an application identifier of an application whose notification icon is allowed to be cleared when the clearing command is received, and the second preset rule comprises an application identifier of an application whose notification icon is not allowed to be cleared when the clearing command is received.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the list further comprises the numbers of notifications indicated by the to-be-cleared notification icons, and correspondingly, after the stopping displaying of the notification icon corresponding to the application identifier, the method further comprises:

calculating a sum of the numbers of notifications indicated by the notification icons stopped being displayed, and outputting the sum of the numbers of notifications as a statistical result.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprises:

changing a state of a notification message corresponding to the removed notification icon from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state indicates the notification message has not been read and the second state indicates the notification message has been read.

7. An apparatus of clearing a notification icon, comprising:

a screen;

at least one processor; and

a memory having processor-executable instructions stored therein, and the instructions when executed by the at least one processor, configure the apparatus to;

display the notification icon in a user interface on the screen, wherein the displayed notification icon overlaps at least partially an application icon of an application in the user interface;

acquire an identifier of the application corresponding to the displayed notification icon;

add the application identifier to a list of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons in response to the application identifier meeting a preset rule, the list of application comprising application identifiers of the applications corresponding to the to-be-cleared notification icons;

invoke an application programming interface (API) according to the application identifier of the application corresponding to the to-be-cleared notification icon, in response to receiving a clearing command; and

remove the displayed notification icon from the user interface on the screen via the application programming interface, according to the application identifier which is comprised in the list.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

when a notification icon display request is detected, acquire an application identifier of an application corresponding to a notification icon requested to be played; and

determine whether the application identifier of the application corresponding to the notification icon meets a preset rule, and add the application identifier to the list if the application identifier meets the preset rule.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

receive the preset rule, wherein the preset rule is a first preset rule or a second preset rule, wherein the first preset rule comprises an application identifier of an application whose notification icon is allowed to be cleared when the clearing command is received, and the second preset rule comprises an application identifier of an application whose notification icon is not allowed to be cleared when the clearing command is received.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

receive the preset rule, which the preset rule is a first preset rule or a second preset rule, wherein the first preset rule comprises an application identifier of an application whose notification icon is allowed to be cleared when the clearing command is received, and the second preset rule comprises an application identifier of an application whose notification icon is not allowed to be cleared when the clearing command is received.

11. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the list further comprises the numbers of notifications indicated by the to-be-cleared notification icons, and correspondingly the apparatus is further configured to:

calculate a sum of the numbers of notifications indicated by the notification icons stopped being displayed, and output the sum of the numbers of notifications as a statistical result.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

change a state of a notification message corresponding to the removed notification icon from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state indicates the notification message has not been read and the second state indicates the notification message has been read.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions being used for executing a method of clearing a notification icon when executed by a computer processor, and the method comprising:

displaying the notification icon in a user interface on a screen of a terminal device, wherein the displayed notification icon overlaps at least partially an application icon of an application in the user interface;

acquiring, by the processor, an identifier of the application corresponding to the displayed notification icon;

adding by the processor, the application identifier to a list of applications corresponding to to-be-cleared notification icons in response to the application identifier meeting a preset rule, the list of applications comprising application identifiers of the applications corresponding to the to-be-cleared notification icons;

invoking, by the processor, an application programming interface (API) according to the application identifier of the application corresponding to the to-be-cleared notification icon, in response to receiving a clearing command; and

removing, by the processor, the displayed notification icon from the user interface on the screen via the application programming interface, when a clearing command is received and according to the application identifier which is included in the list.