Method, device and terminal for acting on graphical objects displayed in a mobile application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9619847-B2
Application number	US-201414456861-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2014
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

A method, device and user terminal for acting on graphical objects displayed in a plug-in viewer of a mobile application is disclosed. In response to a first command gesture, a user device displays a webpage in a user interface of a social networking application and the webpage includes one or more images. After detecting a second command gesture, e.g. a sustained-contact, directed to an image or a blank portion of the displayed webpage, certain operations can be performed to the identified image or images. For example, a sustained-contact on the blank portion of the displayed webpage can result in saving all the images of the webpage in the user device or in the cloud. The saving operation can be conducted with or without additional approval from a user. In such a manner, the saving operation on images of a webpage can be performed more efficiently, improving user experience.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of acting on graphical objects, comprising:
at a user device having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors:
displaying a webpage in a user interface of a social networking application in response to a first command gesture, wherein the webpage includes a plurality of images, and wherein the user interface is displayed in a plug-in viewer of the social networking application;
detecting a second command gesture directed to a blank portion of the displayed webpage that is not covered by any images of the webpage, wherein the second command gesture is detected through the social networking application; and
in response to the second command gesture:
determining that the second command is directed to the plurality of images on the webpage;
generating respective thumbnail images for the plurality of images of the webpage; and
displaying the plurality of thumbnail images in the user interface of the social networking application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first command gesture is directed to a hyperlink embedded in an instant message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting a selection input selecting a first thumbnail image among the displayed respective thumbnail images;
in response to the selection input, processing the image corresponding to the first thumbnail image according to preset operations to generate a respective edited image; and
displaying the edited image in the user interface.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the second command gesture, saving the plurality of images from the webpage on the user device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
automatically saving the plurality of images without additional user approval.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing an approval element in the user interface in response to the second command gesture, wherein the selection of the approval element approves saving of the plurality of images from the webpage, and wherein the approval element is selectable by a continuation of the second command gesture.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a menu in the user interface in response to the second command gesture, wherein each menu item in the menu is selectable by a continuation of the second command gesture.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the plurality of thumbnail images in the user interface of the social networking application further comprises:
displaying the plurality of thumbnail images in a sequence of two or more subsets, each subset having a respective image count that is dynamically determined based on respective sizes of the thumbnail images.

9. A user device, comprising:
one or more processors;
memory; and
one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a webpage in a user interface of a social networking application in response to a first command gesture, wherein the webpage includes a plurality of images, and wherein the user interface is displayed in a plug-in viewer of the social networking application;
detecting a second command gesture directed to a blank portion of the displayed webpage that is not covered by any images of the webpage, wherein the second command gesture is detected through the social networking application; and
in response to the second command gesture:
determining that the second command is directed to the plurality of images on the webpage;
generating respective thumbnail images for the plurality of images of the webpage; and
displaying the thumbnail images in the user interface of the social networking application.

10. The user device of claim 9 , wherein:
the first command gesture is directed to a hyperlink embedded in an instant message.

11. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
detecting a selection input selecting a first thumbnail image among the displayed respective thumbnail images; and
in response to the selection input, processing the image corresponding to the first thumbnail image according to preset operations to generate a respective edited image; and
displaying the edited image in the user interface.

12. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
saving the images from the webpage on the user device in response to the second command gesture.

13. The user device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
automatically saving the images without additional user approval.

14. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
providing an approval element in the user interface in response to the second command gesture, wherein the selection of the approval element approves saving of the plurality of images from the webpage, and wherein the approval element is selectable by a continuation of the second command gesture.

15. The user device of claim 9 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
providing a menu in the user interface in response to the second command gesture, wherein each menu item in the menu is selectable by a continuation of the second command gesture.

16. The user device of claim 9 , wherein displaying the plurality of thumbnail images in the user interface of the social networking application further comprises:
displaying the plurality of thumbnail images in a sequence of two or more subsets, each subset having a respective image count that is dynamically determined based on respective sizes of the thumbnail images.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein one or more instructions, which, when executed by a user device, cause the user device to:
display a webpage in a user interface of a social networking application in response to a first command gesture, wherein the webpage includes a plurality of images, and wherein the user interface is displayed in a plug-in viewer of the social networking application;
detect a second command gesture directed to a blank portion of the displayed webpage that is not covered by any images of the webpage, wherein the second command gesture is detected through the social networking application; and
in response to the second command gesture:
determine that the second command is directed to the plurality of images on the webpage;
generate respective thumbnail images for the a plurality of images of the webpage; and
display the plurality of thumbnail images in the user interface of the social networking application.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the user device to:
detect a selection input selecting a first thumbnail image among the displayed respective thumbnail images;
in response to the selection input, process the image corresponding to the first thumbnail image according to preset operations to generate a respective edited image; and
display the edited image in the user interface.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the user device to:
in response to the second command gesture, saving the plurality of images from the webpage automatically without additional user approval.

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Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Rong Kunfeng
• Chen Pinlin
• Liu Yang

Classifications

• G06Q10/40 Primary

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q50/01 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title