Application icon moving method and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11474664-B2
Application number	US-202017432801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2020
Priority date	Feb 26, 2019
Publication date	Oct 18, 2022
Grant date	Oct 18, 2022

Abstract

An application icon moving method and an electronic device, where after a first application is installed in the electronic device, the electronic device displays an interface including an icon of the first application, when receiving a second operation from a user on the icon of the first application, the electronic device displays a management menu around the icon of the first application, where the management menu includes one or more of an identifier of a sub-screen of a home screen of the electronic device or an identifier of a folder included in a sub-screen. The electronic device receives a third operation from the user on a first identifier included in the management menu, and move, in response to the third operation, the icon of the first application to a sub-screen or a folder corresponding to the first identifier.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a memory configured to store one or more computer programs; and
a processor coupled to the display and the memory, wherein the one or more computer programs cause the processor to be configured to:
receive one or more user inputs for an application market of the electronic device;
display, using the display and in response to the one or more user inputs, a first user interface provided by the application market to download and install a first application, wherein the first user interface comprises a first button configured to receive a user operation and a first identifier to mark the first application;
receive a first user operation on the first button;
download and install the first application in response to the first user operation;
receive a second user operation during downloading or installing the first application;
display, using the display and in response to the second user operation, a second user interface of a second application, wherein the second application is not it the application market;
display, using the display, a first icon in a floating display manner on the second user interface after the first application is downloaded and installed, wherein the first icon indicates that the first application has been installed; and
receive a third user operation on the first icon; and
display, using the display and in response to the third user operation, a third user interface comprising a first window associated with the first icon, wherein the first window is not displayed on the display in a full screen.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein during downloading or installing the first application, a fourth user interface displayed on the display does not comprise the first icon.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first icon further indicates that the first application has been downloaded and installed.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the first button comprises a text of install, wherein the second application is different from the first application, and wherein the second application comprises one of an application corresponding to a home screen or a third-party application.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the first user interface further comprises a pentagram, a score reflecting a historical evaluation, and an application profile related to the first application, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a wearable device, an in-vehicle computer, an augmented reality device, or a virtual reality device, and wherein a difference between the third user interface and the second user interface is that the second user interface further comprises the first icon.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first window comprises at least one icon, and wherein the at least one icon comprises a folder icon.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the first window comprises at least one icon associated with the home screen.

8. A method implemented by an electronic device comprising a display, wherein the method comprises:
receiving one or more user inputs for an application market of the electronic device;
displaying, in response to the one or more user inputs, a first user interface provided by the application market to download and install a first application, wherein the first user interface comprises a first button configured to receive a user operation and a first identifier to mark the first application;
receiving a first user operation on the first button;
downloading and installing the first application in response to the first user operation;
receiving a second user operation during downloading or installing the first application;
displaying, in response to a second user operation, a second user interface of a second application, wherein the second application is other than the application market;
displaying a first icon in a floating display manner on the second user interface after the first application is downloaded and installed, wherein the first icon indicates that the first application has been installed;
receiving a third user operation on the first icon; and
displaying, in response to the third user operation, a third user interface comprising a first window associated with the first icon, wherein the first window is not displayed on the display in a full screen.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein during downloading or installing the first application, a fourth user interface displayed on the display does not comprise the first icon.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first icon further indicates that the first application has been downloaded and installed.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first button comprises a text of install, wherein the second application is different from the first application, and wherein the second application comprises one of an application corresponding to a home screen or a third-party application.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first user interface further comprises a pentagram, a score reflecting a historical evaluation, and an application profile related to the first application, wherein the electronic device comprises a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a wearable device, an in-vehicle computer, an augmented reality device, or a virtual reality device, and wherein a difference between the third user interface and the second user interface is that the second user interface further comprises the first icon.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first window comprises at least one icon, and wherein the at least one icon comprises a folder icon.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first window comprises at least one icon associated with the home screen.

15. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause an electronic device to:
receive one or more user inputs for an application market of the electronic device;
display, in response to the one or more user inputs, a first user interface provided by the application market to download and install a first application, wherein the first user interface comprises a first button configured to receive a user operation and a first identifier to mark the first application;
receive a first user operation on the first button;
download and install the first application in response to the first user operation;
receive a second user operation during downloading or installing the first application;
display, in response to the second user operation, a second user interface of a second application, wherein the second application is other than the application market;
display a first icon in a floating display manner on the second user interface after the first application is downloaded and installed, wherein the first icon indicates that the first application has been installed;
receive a third user operation on the first icon; and
display, in response to the third user operation, a third user interface comprising a first window associated with the first icon, wherein the first window is not displayed on the display in a full screen.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein during downloading or installing the first application, a fourth user interface displayed on the display does not comprise the floating-displayed first icon.

17. The computer program product o

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhu Jinpeng
• Lin Zongfang
• Ren Wenjie
• Zhao Junmin

Classifications

• G06F3/0481

  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 title

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04817 Primary

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

• G06F3/0488

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