Method and device for displaying item content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016127483-A1
Application number	US-201514692340-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	May 5, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method and a device for displaying reminder item content on a lock screen interface of a terminal are described. The device may implement the method described. The device may acquire a current geographical position of the terminal when displaying the lock screen interface. The device may detect whether the current geographical position is within a display range of the reminder item. If the current geographical position is within the display range, the device may display the reminder item content on the lock screen interface. Further, when the reminder item content is displayed on the lock screen interface, and if the current geographical position of the terminal is outside the display range but within a reminding range, then the user may be prompted about the reminder item content displayed on the lock screen interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for displaying an interface item on a lock screen interface of a terminal, the method comprising:
acquiring a current geographical position of the terminal; storing a predetermined geographical display range for a reminder item; storing a predetermined geographical reminding range for the reminder item detecting whether the current geographical position is within the predetermined geographical display range of the reminder item; in response to the current geographical position being within the display range of the reminder item, displaying the interface item on the lock screen interface, wherein the interface item displays content of the reminder item; in response to the current geographical position being outside the predetermined geographical display range of the reminder item, detecting whether the current geographical position is within the predetermined geographical reminding range of the reminder item; and in response to the current geographical position being within the predetermined geographical reminding range of the reminder item, initiating a reminder interaction for the reminder.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
configuring the reminder item by:
acquiring a geographical position of the terminal during the configuration of the reminder item; and
configuring the predetermined geographical display range for the reminder item based on the geographical position, the predetermined geographical display range being a geographical range in which the reminder item is displayed on the lock screen interface.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
configuring the predetermined geographical reminding range by:
receiving a distance value, and
calculating the predetermined geographical reminding range based on the predetermined geographical display range and the distance value by:
using a center of the display range as a center of the reminding range, and determining a boundary of the reminding range such that the reminding range is larger than the display range, and a distance between a first intersection point of a ray emitted from the center of the display range and the boundary of the reminding range and a second intersection point of the ray on a boundary of the display range is equal to the received distance value; and
adding the reminding range into the reminder item.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the reminder interaction for the reminder item that is initiated in response to the current geographical position being within the predetermined geographical reminding range is based on a predetermined interaction configuration.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein initiating the reminder interaction for the reminder item comprises:
detecting an ambient light intensity of the terminal; in response to the ambient light intensity being higher than a predetermined light threshold, causing a screen of the terminal to display the interface item with the content of the reminder item; and in response to the ambient light intensity being lower than the predetermined light threshold, causing the terminal to vibrate or ring.

6 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the method further comprises:
after initiating the reminder interaction for the reminder item, disabling the reminder item from further initiating the reminder interaction in the reminding range.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reminder item has a corresponding time period, and the method further comprises:
displaying the interface item with the content of the reminder item in response to current time being within the time period.

8 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the reminder item has a corresponding time period, and the method further comprises:
displaying the interface item with the content of the reminder item in response to current time being within the time period.

9 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the reminder item has a corresponding time period, and the method further comprises:
displaying the interface item with the content of the reminder item in response to current time being within the time period.

10 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the reminder item has a corresponding time period, and the method further comprises:
displaying the interface item with the content of the reminder item in response to current time being within the time period.

11 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the reminder item has a corresponding time period, and the method further comprises:
displaying the interface item with the content of the reminder item in response to current time being within the time period.

12 . A device for providing a reminder, wherein the device comprises:
a processor; and a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor; wherein the processor is configured to: display a lock screen interface of the device; determine a current geographical position of the device; setup a reminder item, wherein the reminder item has a corresponding display range, which is a geographical range; identify the current geographical position being within the geographical range of the reminder item; and in response to the current geographical position being within the geographical range, display content of the reminder item on the lock screen interface.

13 . The device according to claim 12 , wherein to setup the reminder item the processor is further configured to:
determine a geographical position of the device during the setup of the reminder item; and calculate the display range of the reminder item based on the determined geographical position.

14 . The device according to claim 12 , wherein to setup the reminder item the processor is further configured to:
receive a distance value; setup a reminding range corresponding to the display range, wherein the reminding range is a geographical range, with a center of the reminding range being the same as a center of the display range, the reminding range being larger than the display range, and a distance between a first intersection point of a ray emitted from the center on an edge of the reminding range and a second intersection point of the ray on an edge of the display range is equal to the received distance value; and add the reminding range into the reminder item.

15 . The device according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
in response to the current geographical position not being within the display range of the reminder item, detect whether the current geographical position is within the reminding range of the reminder item; and in response to the current geographical position being within the reminding range of the reminder item, trigger the reminder for the reminder item based on the reminder item setup.

16 . The device according to claim 15 , wherein to setup the reminder item the processor is further configured to:
detect an ambient light intensity of the device; in response to the ambient light intensity being greater than a predetermined light threshold, trigger the reminder by causing the device to display the content of the reminder item on the screen; and in response to the ambient light intensity lesser than the predetermined light threshold, trigger the reminder of the reminder item by causing the device to vibrate or ring.

17 . The device according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
disable the reminder item

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Gao Yi
• Wang Hongqiang
• Long Hai

Classifications

• G06F3/04842

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

• G06F17/3051

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30241

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/18 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72451 Primary

  according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications · CPC title