Window display method, window switching method, electronic device, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11853526-B2
Application number	US-202318180548-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2023
Priority date	Sep 9, 2020
Publication date	Dec 26, 2023
Grant date	Dec 26, 2023

Abstract

This application provides a window display method, a window switching method, an electronic device, and a system. The method is applied to multi-screen collaboration between a mobile phone and a PC, and a plurality of application interfaces of the mobile phone are displayed in a form of tabs in a multi-screen collaboration window. In the multi-screen collaboration process, a background of the mobile phone may obtain user operations, distinguish between operation objects according to the user operations, and then determine a running status of an application and a window display status, so as to obtain an operation result that better meets user's expectation. The method may further implement file sharing between the mobile phone and the PC and between different applications of the mobile phone.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
displaying, by a first electronic device, a first window, wherein the first window comprises a first tab and a second tab;
receiving, by the first electronic device, first interface information of a first application that is sent by a second electronic device;
displaying, by the first electronic device, a first interface in the first window according to the first interface information, wherein the first interface information corresponds to the first tab;
when displaying the first interface in the first window, receiving, by the first electronic device, a first operation on the second tab;
in response to receiving the first operation on the second tab, receiving, by the first electronic device, second interface information of a second application that is sent by the second electronic device; and
displaying, by the first electronic device, a second interface in the first window according to the second interface information, wherein the first application and the second application run on the second electronic device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving, by the first electronic device, the first interface information of the first application that is sent by a second electronic device, and displaying, by the first electronic device, the first interface in the first window according to the first interface information, wherein the first interface information corresponds to the first tab, comprises:
when displaying the second interface in the first window, receiving, by the first electronic device, a second operation on the first tab;
in response to receiving the second operation on the first tab, receiving, by the first electronic device, the first interface information sent by the second electronic device; and
displaying, by the first electronic device, the first interface in the first window according to the first interface information.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when displaying the first interface in the first window, receiving, by the first electronic device, a third operation on the first tab; and
in response to receiving the third operation on the first tab, displaying, by the first electronic device, the second interface in the first window, and displaying the first interface in a second window, wherein the first window and the second window are different windows displayed on the first electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein after the first interface is displayed in the second window, the first window does not comprise the first tab.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when displaying the first interface in the first window, receiving, by the first electronic device, a fourth operation on the second tab; and
in response to receiving the fourth operation on the second tab, displaying, by the first electronic device, the first interface in the first window, and displaying the second interface in a second window, wherein the first window and the second window are different windows displayed on the first electronic device.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein after the second interface is displayed in the second window, the first window does not comprise the second tab.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first window comprises a close button, and the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first electronic device, a click operation on the close button, and closing, by the first electronic device, the first window in response to the click operation on the close button.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein when the first window is closed, the method further comprises:
closing, by the first electronic device, a second window.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the first electronic device, a fifth operation of moving a first file to a target window, wherein the first file is stored in the first electronic device, and the target window is the first window or a second window; and
performing the following:
when an interface displayed in the target window is the first interface, copying, by the first electronic device, the first file to the first application in response to the fifth operation; or
when an interface displayed in the target window is the second interface, copying, by the first electronic device, the first file to the second application in response to the fifth operation.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the first electronic device displays the first window and a second window, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the first electronic device, a sixth operation of moving a second file displayed in the first window to the second window; and
performing the following:
when an interface displayed in the second window is the first interface, copying, by the first electronic device, the first file to the first application in response to the sixth operation; or
when an interface displayed in the second window is the second interface, copying, by the first electronic device, the first file to the second application in response to the sixth operation.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, by the first electronic device, a multi-task interface in the first window, wherein the multi-task interface comprises at least one application card, the at least one application card comprises a third application card, and the third application card corresponds to a third application;
receiving, by the first electronic device, a seventh operation on the third application card;
in response to receiving the seventh operation, receiving, by the first electronic device, third interface information of the third application that is sent by the second electronic device; and
displaying, by the first electronic device, a third interface of the third application in a third window according to the third interface information, wherein the third window and the first window are different windows on the second electronic device.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein when the first electronic device displays the third interface in the first window or a second window, the method further comprises:
displaying, by the first electronic device, prompt information in response to receiving the seventh operation on the third application card, wherein the prompt information prompts a user that the third application has been displayed.

13. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first electronic device, interface information of a main interface that is sent by a second electronic device;
displaying, by the first electronic device, the main interface in a first window according to the interface information of the main interface, wherein the main interface comprises an application icon of at least one application, and the at least one application is installed on the second electronic device;
receiving, by the first electronic device, a first operation on a first application icon, wherein the application icon of the at least one application comprises the first application icon;
in response to receiving the first operation, displaying, by the first electronic device, an option corresponding to enabling a first application in a second window;
receiving, by the first electronic device, a second operation on the option; and
in response to receiving the second operation, displaying, by the first electronic device, an interface of the first application in the second window, wherein the first window and the second window are different windows on the second electronic device.

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Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Niu Siyue
• Gu Hejin
• Qi Guoqiang
• Bai Yang
• Liu Shicong

Classifications

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  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

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/1438

  using more than one graphics controller · CPC title

• G06F3/1454

  involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay · CPC title

• G06F2203/04803

  Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas · CPC title