Method and mobile terminal for quickly opening an application based on lock screen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10732819-B2
Application number	US-201615546661-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2016
Priority date	Jun 7, 2016
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and a mobile terminal for quickly opening an application based on a lock screen. The method includes: displaying a touch position on an area of a lock screen interface when a mobile terminal enters the lock screen; displaying a recently used application list after the touch position is detected to have been touched; and opening an application corresponding to an application icon of the application list after the application icon is selected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a communication bus and a processor and a storage connected to the communication bus, the storage stores a program, the program is utilized to:
display a touch position on a first area of a lock screen interface when a mobile terminal enters a lock screen, wherein the first area is a designated area of the lock screen interface, the touch position is utilized to prompt whether to display an application list, the application list comprises at least two application icons;
detect whether the touch position is touched, if so, display a part of the at least two application icons on a second area of the lock screen interface, and the application icons are displayed on the second area in a rotatable manner; if the touch position is not touched, retain displaying the lock screen interface; and
detect whether one of the at least two application icons is selected, and if so, further determine whether a password is required to input, and if not, open the application corresponding to the selected application icon, and if so, display a password input interface and open an application corresponding to the selected application icon after a user enters a correct password;
wherein, the program is further utilized to detect a distance of a touch pressing and sliding on the selected one of the at least two application icons, and update the displayed position of the selected one of the at least two application icons when the distance is greater than a threshold value by operations of:
if the touch slides to the right and the distance is greater than the threshold value, moving an application icon displayed at the rightmost to the leftmost, and moving pointers of the other application icons to the right by one position; if the touch slides to the left and the distance is greater than the threshold value, moving an application icon displayed at the leftmost to the rightmost, and moving pointers of the other application icons to the left by one position.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the second area is an arcuate area.

3. A mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a communication bus and a processor and a storage connected to the communication bus, the storage stores a program, the program is utilized to:
display a touch position on a first area of a lock screen interface when a mobile terminal enters a lock screen, wherein the first area is a designated area of the lock screen interface, the touch position is utilized to prompt whether to display an application list, and the application list comprises at least two application icons;
detect whether the touch position is touched, if so, display the application list on a second area of the lock screen interface; if the touch position is not touched, retain displaying the lock screen interface; and
detect whether one of the at least two application icons is selected, and if so, open an application corresponding to the selected application icon;
wherein, the program is further utilized to detect a distance of a touch pressing and sliding on the selected one of the at least two application icons, and update the displayed position of the selected one of the at least two application icons when the distance is greater than a threshold value by operations of:
if the touch slides to the right and the distance is greater than the threshold value, moving an application icon displayed at the rightmost to the leftmost, and moving pointers of the other application icons to the right by one position; if the touch slides to the left and the distance is greater than the threshold value, moving an application icon displayed at the leftmost to the rightmost, and moving pointers of the other application icons to the left by one position.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the program is further utilized to display a part of the at least two application icons on the second area of the lock screen interface, wherein the at least two application icons are displayed on the second area in a rotatable manner.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the second area is an arcuate area.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the program is further utilized to further determine whether a password is required to open an application corresponding to the selected one of the at least two application icons, open the application if no password is required, and if the password is required, display a password input interface and open the application after the password is entered.

7. A method for opening an application based on a lock screen, the method comprising:
displaying a touch position on a first area of a lock screen interface when a mobile terminal enters the lock screen, wherein the first area is a designated area of the lock screen interface, the touch position is utilized to prompt whether to display an application list, the application list comprising at least two application icons;
detecting whether the touch position is touched, if so, displaying the application list on a second area of the lock screen interface; if the touch position is not touched, retain displaying the lock screen interface; and
detecting whether at least one of the at least two application icons is selected, and if so, opening an application corresponding to the selected one of the at least two application icons;
wherein the method further comprises:
detecting a distance of a touch pressing and sliding on the selected one of the two application icons, and updating the displayed position of the selected one of the two application icons when the distance is greater than a threshold value by operations of:
if the touch slides to the right and the distance is greater than the threshold value, moving an application icon displayed at the rightmost to the leftmost, and moving pointers of the other application icons to the right by one position; if the touch slides to the left and the distance is greater than the threshold value, moving an application icon displayed at the leftmost to the rightmost, and moving pointers of the other application icons to the left by one position.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the displaying the application list on a second area of the lock screen interface comprises:
displaying a part of the application icons on the second area of the lock screen interface, wherein the application icons are displayed on the second area in a rotatable manner.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second area is an arcuate area.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising after detecting whether at least one of the at least two application icons is selected, determining whether a password is required, and if the password is not required, the application corresponding to the selected application icon is opened; and if the password is required, displaying a password input interface, and opening the application corresponding to the selected one of the at least two application icons after the password is entered.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the touch position is touched by a finger of a user.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1 , wherein the program is further utilized to display the application list on the second area of the lock screen interface when the at least two application icons in the application list are not detected to have been touched to retain displaying the application list and display the lock screen interface after a predetermined time threshold.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 3 , wherein the touch position is touched by a finger of a user.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 6 , wherein the p

Assignees

• Huizhou Tcl Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Bing
• Ye Xinyao
• Feng Ke
• Lai Yijun

Classifications

• H04M1/72403

  with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

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