App icon processing method and communication terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9256479-B2
Application number	US-201113985946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2011
Priority date	Feb 18, 2011
Publication date	Feb 9, 2016
Grant date	Feb 9, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of communications, and provides an app icon processing method and a communication terminal. The processing method comprises the steps of: determining whether or not an existing application is supported by the current operating environment, the current operating environment comprising the current network environment and/or the current terminal environment, etc.; then, inactivating the app icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment, or, downloading and displaying an application supported by the current operating environment. Preferably, the inactivated app icon is removed or displayed in an inactive state. In this way, in the present invention, the app icons of a plurality of inactive applications can be hidden on the communication terminal so that app icons are cleared automatically, thus aiding the user to find quickly the needed and active app icons.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An application icon processing method comprising:
obtaining network requirement information of an existing application installed on a communication terminal;
obtaining network property information of a current network environment by analyzing the network property information relating to a current user identification card;
comparing the network requirement information of the existing application with the network property information of the current network environment;
determining, by a processor of the communication terminal, whether the existing application installed on the communication terminal is supported by a current operating environment associated with the communication terminal based on the comparison of the network requirement information with the network property information of the current network environment;
in response to determining that the existing application installed on the communication terminal is not supported by the current operating environment of the communication terminal based on the comparison indicating that the network requirement information of the existing application is not supported by the network property information of the current network environment, inactivating the application icon corresponding to the existing application that is not supported by the current operating environment of the communication terminal, or downloading and displaying an application supported by the current operating environment of the communication terminal; and
in response to determining that the existing application installed on the communication terminal is supported by the current operating environment of the communication terminal based on the comparison indicating that the network requirement information of the existing application is supported by the network property information of the current network environment, displaying the application icon corresponding to the existing application in a manner that allow the icon to be selected to execute the existing application.

2. The application icon processing method according to claim 1 , wherein determining whether an existing application is supported by the current operating environment of the communication terminal further comprises:
obtaining application requirement information of the existing application executing on the communication terminal;
obtaining environmental property information of the current operating environment associated with the communication terminal; and
comparing the application requirement information with the environmental property information to determine whether the existing application installed on the communication terminal is supported by the current operating environment of the communication terminal.

3. The application icon processing method according to claim 2 , wherein inactivating the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment, or downloading and displaying the application supported by the current operating environment comprises:
removing the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment, or displaying the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment in an inactive state, or downloading and displaying the application supported by the current operating environment.

4. The application icon processing method according to claim 1 , wherein the current operating environment includes a current terminal environment of the communication terminal, wherein the application requirement information includes terminal requirement information, and wherein the environmental property information includes terminal property information.

5. The application icon processing method according to claim 4 , wherein the network requirement information includes network type requirement information and/or network processing capacity requirement information, wherein the network property information includes network type information and/or network processing capacity information.

6. The application icon processing method according to claim 4 , wherein the terminal requirement information includes terminal hardware requirement information and/or terminal software requirement information, wherein the terminal property information includes terminal hardware information and/or terminal software information;
wherein obtaining the application requirement information of the existing application further comprises obtaining the terminal hardware requirement information and/or the terminal software requirement information of the existing application,
wherein obtaining the environmental property information of the current operating environment further comprises obtaining the terminal hardware information and/or the terminal software information of the current terminal environment, and
wherein comparing the application requirement information with the environmental property information to determine whether the existing application is supported by the current operating environment further comprises comparing the terminal hardware requirement information and/or the terminal software requirement information of the existing application with the terminal hardware information and/or the terminal software information of the current terminal environment to determine whether the existing application is supported by the current terminal environment.

7. The application icon processing method according to claim 6 , wherein the terminal hardware requirement information includes terminal type requirement information, terminal hardware parameter requirement information, and/or terminal processing capacity requirement information, wherein the terminal hardware information includes terminal type information, terminal hardware parameter information, and/or terminal processing capacity information, wherein the terminal software requirement information includes operating system requirement information and/or assistant software requirement information, and wherein the terminal software information includes operating system information and/or assistant software information.

8. The application icon processing method according to claim 4 , wherein inactivating the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment, or downloading and displaying the application supported by the current operating environment comprises:
removing the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment, or displaying the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment in an inactive state; or downloading and displaying the application supported by the current operating environment.

9. The application icon processing method according to claim 1 , wherein inactivating the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment, or downloading and displaying the application supported by the current operating environment further comprises:
removing the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment, or displaying the application icon corresponding to the existing application not supported by the current operating environment in an inactive state, or downloading and displaying the application supported by the current operating environment.

10. The application icon processing method according to claim 1 , further comprising
presetting and starting an intelligent processing application of the application

Assignees

• Li Jun
• Yuan Wu
• Pu Chongyi
• Luo Xiang
• Yulong Computer Telecomm Tech

Inventors

• Li Jun
• Yuan Wu
• Pu Chongyi
• Luo Xiang

Classifications

• H04L67/34

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

• H04W4/001

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72525

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F9/54 Primary

  Interprogram communication · CPC title

• H04M1/72406 Primary

  by software upgrading or downloading · CPC title