Application Sharing Method and Apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016088035-A1
Application number	US-201514959327-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 4, 2015
Priority date	Aug 19, 2013
Publication date	Mar 24, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method includes detecting that an icon, on a desktop of a terminal device, of an application is associated with a share button; a storage location, of an installation file of the application, in the terminal device is determined; the installation file, to which the storage location points, of the application is sent, according to the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device, to a terminal device with which the installation file needs to be shared; and therefore, a storage location, of an installation file of an application, in the terminal device can be automatically located by operating an icon of the application, and a user does not need to manually operate a file management tool to search for an installation file of a to-be-shared application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An application sharing method, comprising:
detecting that an icon, on a desktop of a terminal device, of an application is associated with a share button; determining a storage location, of an installation file of the application, in the terminal device; and sending the installation file, to which the storage location points, of the application to a terminal device with which the installation file needs to be shared.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting that the icon, on the desktop of the terminal device, of the application is associated with the share button comprises detecting that the icon of the application is selected and that the share button is selected.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein detecting that the icon, on the desktop of the terminal device, of the application is associated with the share button comprises detecting that a distance between the icon of the application and the share button is less than a preset threshold.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device comprises searching for the installation file, which is stored in the terminal device, of the application according to information about the application, to determine the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising saving in advance, information about the application, and the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device, in a correspondence table of the information about the application and the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device, and wherein determining the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device comprises searching the correspondence table according to the information about the application, to determine the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device.

6 . A terminal device, comprising:
a processor; and a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
detecting that an icon, on a desktop of a terminal device, of an application is associated with a share button;
determining a storage location, of an installation file of the application, in the terminal device; and
sending the installation file, to which the storage location points, of the application to a terminal device with which the installation file needs to be shared.

7 . The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein detecting that the icon, on the desktop of the terminal device, of the application is associated with the share button comprises detecting that the icon of the application is selected and that the share button is selected.

8 . The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein detecting that the icon, on the desktop of the terminal device, of the application is associated with the share button comprises detecting that a distance between the icon of the application and the share button is less than a preset threshold.

9 . The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein determining the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device comprises searching for the installation file, which is stored in the terminal device, of the application according to information about the application, to determine the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device.

10 . The terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the instructions when executed by the processor further cause the processor to save in advance, information about the application, and the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device, in a correspondence table of the information about the application and the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device, and wherein determining the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device comprises searching the correspondence table according to the information about the application, to determine the storage location, of the installation file of the application, in the terminal device.

Assignees

• Huawei Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Xin
• Pang Nana

Classifications

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

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

• H04L65/403 Primary

  Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences (data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15) · CPC title

• G06F8/61

  Installation · CPC title