Method and device for adding menu item to android menu

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9319508-B2
Application number	US-201213676782-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 14, 2012
Priority date	May 14, 2010
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A method and device for adding a menu item to an Android menu are provided. The method includes: receiving a request for opening a local menu, where the request carries a menu ID, and creating a local menu corresponding to the menu ID; obtaining according to the menu ID, in a stored correspondence between a menu item of a third-party application and the menu ID, a menu item of a corresponding third-party application; and adding the menu item of the third-party application to the local menu, and displaying the local menu to which the menu item of the third-party application is added. The device includes a first creating module, an obtaining module, and an adding module. The present invention is capable of adding a menu item of a third-party application to a local menu of a mobile phone without modifying an Android platform code.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for displaying a menu of a first application in a mobile device, wherein the first application is configured to be associated with a second application, the method comprising:
receiving a request for launching the first application at a user interface of the mobile device;
generating the menu of the first application; and
displaying the menu of the first application on a display unit of the mobile device;
wherein the menu of the first application comprises a menu item representing the second application, and generating the menu of the first application comprises:
adding the menu item representing the second application to a preexisting menu of the first application according to a first correspondence between a menu identifier (ID) identifying the preexisting menu of the first application and the menu item representing the second application,
wherein the first correspondence is configured in the mobile device according to a configuration file provided by the second application when the second application is installed in the mobile device, and
wherein the configuration file provided by the second application comprises the menu ID for identifying the preexisting menu of the first application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the menu item representing the second application comprises an item name.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the item name in the menu item representing the second application is associated with an identifier for identifying a function of the second application or a secondary menu.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the item name in the menu item representing the second application is associated with an icon ID for identifying an icon of the second application.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the identifier associated with the item name is a function identifier (ID), the function ID is associated with a function of the second application, and wherein the method further comprises:
detecting a selection of the item name on the menu of the first application;
obtaining the function ID associated with the item name; and
launching the function of the second application associated with the function ID.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the identifier associated with the item name is a secondary menu identifier (ID), the secondary menu ID is associated with a secondary menu, and wherein the method further comprises:
detecting a selection of the item name on the menu of the first application;
obtaining the secondary menu ID associated with the item name;
generating the secondary menu according to the secondary menu ID, wherein the secondary menu comprises a secondary menu item of the second application, the secondary menu item of the second application is obtained from a second correspondence between the second menu item of the second application and the secondary menu ID; and
displaying the secondary menu on the display unit of the mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first application is executed in an Android™ system equipped in the mobile device.

8. A mobile device, comprising:
a user interface;
a display unit;
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled with the memory;
wherein the user interface is configured to:
receive a request for launching a first application, wherein the first application is configured to be associated with a second application;

wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
generate a menu of the first application;

wherein the display unit is configured to:
display the menu of the first application;

wherein the menu of the first application comprises a menu item representing the second application, and in generating the menu of the first application, the one or more processors are configured to:
add the menu item representing the second application to a preexisting menu of the first application according to a first correspondence between a menu identifier (ID) identifying the preexisting menu of the first application and the menu item representing the second application,

wherein the first correspondence is configured and stored in the mobile device according to a configuration file provided by the second application when the second application is installed in the mobile device, and
wherein the configuration file provided by the second application comprises the menu ID for identifying the preexisting menu of the first application.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the menu item representing the second application comprises an item name.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the item name in the menu item representing the second application is associated with an identifier for identifying a function of the second application or a secondary menu.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the item mane in the menu item representing the second application is associated with an icon ID for identifying an icon of the second application.

12. The device of claim 10 , wherein the identifier associated with the item name is a function identifier (ID), the function ID is associated with a function of the second application, and wherein the user interface is configured to:
detect a selection of the item name on the menu of the first application;
the one or more processors are further configured to:
obtain the function ID associated with the item name; and
launch the function of the second application associated with the function ID.

13. The device of claim 10 , wherein the identifier associated with the item name is a secondary menu identifier (ID), the secondary menu ID is associated with a secondary menu, and wherein the user interface is configured to:
detect a selection of the item name on the menu of the first application;
the one or more processors are further configured to:
obtain the secondary menu ID associated with the item name; and
generate the secondary menu according to the secondary menu ID,

wherein the secondary menu comprises a secondary menu item of the second application, the secondary menu item of the second application is obtained from a second correspondence between the second menu item of the second application and the secondary menu ID; and
wherein the display unit is further configured to display the secondary menu.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the first application is executed in an Android™ system equipped in the mobile device.

15. A processor used in a mobile communication device that comprises a user interface, a display unit a memory and the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
in response to a request for launching a first application on the device,
generate a menu of the first application; and
instruct the display unit to display the menu of the first application;
wherein the application is configured to be associated with a second application, and the menu comprises a menu item representing the second application, and wherein in generating the menu of the first application, the processor is configured to:
add the menu item representing the second application to a preexisting menu of the first application according to a correspondence between a menu identifier (ID) identifying the preexisting menu of the first application and the menu item representing the second application,
wherein the correspondence is configured in the mobile device according to a configuration file provided by the second application when the second application is installed in the mobile communication device, and
wherein the configuration file provided by the second application comprises the menu ID for identifying the preexisting menu of

Assignees

• Huawei Device Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Jing

Classifications

• H04M1/72583

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72525 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F9/4443

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04M1/72406 Primary

  by software upgrading or downloading · CPC title

• H04M1/72469

  for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons · CPC title