Triggering display of application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10126944-B2
Application number	US-201514884083-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 15, 2015
Priority date	Oct 17, 2014
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

A method and system are provided for triggering display of an application. The method includes: in response to receiving a gesture denoting an approximate closed region or a closed region on a display screen, determining a non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen; displaying shortcuts of at least one application in the non-full-screen display region; and in response to a user selecting one of the shortcuts, launching an application corresponding to the selected shortcut, and displaying an interface of the application in the non-full-screen display region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for triggering display of an application on a computer system, the method comprising:
based on installation of at least one child application of a parent application, storing relevance of each such child application to one or more other applications, the one or more other applications including the parent application;
initially presenting a first interface on a display screen of the computer system, the first interface comprising an interface of the parent application;
in response to receiving a gesture denoting an approximate closed region or a closed region on the display screen, determining a non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen;
based on the parent application being displayed as part of the first interface when receiving the gesture, identifying the at least one child application of the parent application, the at least one child application being deemed relevant to the parent application, and displaying shortcuts of the at least one child application in the non-full-screen display region, wherein the identifying the at least one child application of the parent application that is deemed relevant to the parent application is based on the stored relevance for each of the at least one child application; and
in response to a user selecting one of the shortcuts, launching a child application corresponding to the selected shortcut and displaying an interface of the child application in the non-full-screen display region.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gesture comprises at least one of a pinch with fingers, or drawing a trace with a finger, a touch pen or a mouse pointer.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen comprises performing calculation and adjustment based on the approximate closed region or the closed region denoted by the gesture to obtain the non-full-screen display region having a regular shape.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in a case where the first interface contains an additional at least one non-full-screen display region, the determining the non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen comprises adjusting locations and/or sizes of at least one of the additional at least one non-full-screen display region, the non-full-screen display region determined or the first interface automatically such that respective non-full-screen display regions do not affect display of the interface covered by them.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display regions of the child application and the parent application can be swapped by making a pre-set user gesture.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying shortcuts of at least one child application in the non-full-screen display region comprises displaying shortcuts of all child applications, of the parent application, installed in an electronic device which includes the display screen in the non-full-screen display region.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein in a case where the approximate closed region or the closed region is located within an existing non-full-screen display region, the determining the non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen comprises determining the non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture within the existing non-full-screen display region on the display screen.

8. A computer system for triggering display of an application on the computer system, the computer system comprising:
a memory; and
a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the computer system is configured to perform a method comprising:
based on installation of at least one child application of a parent application, storing relevance of each such child application to one or more other applications, the one or more other applications including the parent application;
initially presenting a first interface on a display screen of the computer system, the first interface comprising an interface of the parent application;
in response to receiving a gesture denoting an approximate closed region or a closed region on the display screen, determining a non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen;
based on the parent application being displayed as part of the first interface when receiving the gesture, identifying the at least one child application of the parent application, the at least one child application being deemed relevant to the parent application, and displaying shortcuts of the at least one child application in the non-full-screen display region, wherein the identifying the at least one child application of the parent application that is deemed relevant to the parent application is based on the stored relevance for each of the at least one child application; and
in response to a user selecting one of the shortcuts, launching a child application corresponding to the selected shortcut and displaying an interface of the child application in the non-full-screen display region.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the gesture comprises at least one of a pinch with fingers, or drawing a trace with a finger, a touch pen or a mouse pointer.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein determining the non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen comprises calculation and adjustment based on the approximate closed region or the closed region denoted by the gesture to obtain the non-full-screen display region having a regular shape.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the display regions of the child application and the parent application can be swapped by making a pre-set user gesture.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the displaying shortcuts of at least one child application in the non-full-screen display region comprises displaying shortcuts of all child applications, of the parent application, installed in an electronic device which includes the display screen in the non-full-screen display region.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein in a case where the first interface contains an additional at least one non-full-screen display region, the determining the non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen comprises adjusting locations and/or sizes of at least one of the additional at least one non-full-screen display region, the non-full-screen display region determined or the first interface automatically such that respective non-full-screen display regions do not affect display of the interface covered by them.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein in a case where the approximate closed region or the closed region is located within an existing non-full-screen display region, the determining the non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture on the display screen comprises determining the non-full-screen display region corresponding to the gesture within the existing non-full-screen display region on the display screen.

15. A computer program product for triggering display of an application on a computer system, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for execution to perform a method, the method comprising:
based on installation of at least one child application of a parent application, storing relevance of each such child application to one or more other applications, the one or more other applications including the parent application;
initially presenting a first interface on a display screen of

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Wang Yu
• Xiao Yi
• Yang Guang
• Zou Jia

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/04886 Primary

  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 title