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US 11,258,893 · App. 16/759,607 · Granted Feb 22, 2022

Method for prompting notification message and mobile terminal

Inventor: Zhaohui Liu (Chang'an Dongguan, CN)

Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

H04M1/7243 H04M1/72448 H04M1/72484 H04W68/02

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Patent No.: US 11,258,893
App. No.: 16/759,607
Granted: Feb 22, 2022
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A method for prompting a notification message, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a notification message; determining whether a floating notification display area of a display screen of the mobile terminal is in an operated state or a to-be-operated state; the floating notification display area is an area whose distance from a status bar of the mobile terminal is less than or equal to a target value; in a case that the floating notification display area is the an operated or to-be-operated state, determining whether the notification message needs to be prompted; and in a case that that the notification message needs to be prompted, prompting the notification message by using a target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message, in a case that the notification message needs to be prompted.

Claims (62)

1. A method for prompting a notification message, applied to a mobile terminal, comprising:

receiving a notification message;

determining whether a floating notification display area of a display screen of the mobile terminal is in an operated state or a to-be-operated state, wherein the floating notification display area is an area whose distance from a status bar of the mobile terminal is less than or equal to a target value;

determining whether the notification message needs to be prompted, in a case that the floating notification display area is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state; and

prompting the notification message by using a target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message, in a case that the notification message needs to be prompted;

wherein the prompting the notification message by using the target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message comprises:

controlling content of the notification message to be displayed in a form of bullet comments at a first target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a first type of message, wherein the bullet comments are non-clickable; and

controlling, an icon of an application to which the notification message belongs, to be displayed at a second target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a second type of message.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state comprises:

determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state, according to a historical touch track of a user of the mobile terminal on the display screen; and/or,

determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state, according to a gesture of the user of the mobile terminal for holding the mobile terminal; and/or,

determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state, according to pupil gaze information of the user of the mobile terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state according to the gesture of the user of the mobile terminal for holding the mobile terminal comprise:

in a case that the gesture of the user of the mobile terminal for holding the mobile terminal indicates that the user of the mobile terminal is capable of touching the floating notification display area, determining that the floating notification display area is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state; otherwise, determining that the floating notification display area is not in the operated state or the to-be-operated state.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state according to the pupil gaze information of the user of the mobile terminal comprises:

in a case that an area where the pupil of the user of the mobile terminal gazes overlaps with the floating notification display area, determining that the floating notification display area is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state; otherwise, determining that the floating notification display area is not in the operated state or to-be-operated state.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining whether the notification message needs to be prompted comprises:

in a case that the notification message is a third type of message, determining that the notification message does not need to be prompted; otherwise, determining that the notification message needs to be prompted.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case that the notification message is the first type of message, controlling the content of the notification message to be displayed in the form of bullet comments at the first target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal comprises:

in a case that the notification message is the first type of message, and the mobile terminal is in a non-full-screen display state or the mobile terminal is in a full-screen display state but currently displayed information of a location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located does not comprise preset information, controlling the content of the notification message to be displayed in the form of bullet comments at the location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located; or,

in a case that the notification message is the first type of message, the mobile terminal is in a full-screen display state and currently displayed information of a location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located comprises preset information, controlling the content of the notification message to be displayed in the form of bullet comments at other area of the display screen of the mobile terminal other than the floating notification display area.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case that the notification message is the second type of message, controlling, the icon of the application to which the notification message belongs, to be displayed at the second target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal comprises:

in a case that the notification message is the second type of message, and the mobile terminal is in a non-full-screen display state or the mobile terminal is in a full-screen display state but there is a continuous blank area at a location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located, controlling, the icon of the application to which the notification message belongs, to be displayed in a floating manner for a preset period of time on the blank area at the location where the status bar is located; or,

in a case that the notification message is the second type of message, the mobile terminal is in a full-screen display state and there is no continuous blank area at a location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located, controlling, the icon of the application to which the notification message belongs, to be displayed in a floating manner for a preset period of time on other area of the display screen of the mobile terminal other than the floating notification display area.

8. A mobile terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program stored on the memory and executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program to:

receive a notification message;

determine whether a floating notification display area of a display screen of the mobile terminal is in an operated state or a to-be-operated state, wherein the floating notification display area is an area whose distance from a status bar of the mobile terminal is less than or equal to a target value;

determine whether the notification message needs to be prompted in a case that the floating notification display area is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state; and

prompt the notification message by using a target prompting manner corresponding to the notification message in a case that the notification message needs to be prompted;

wherein the processor is configured to:

control content of the notification message to be displayed in a form of bullet comments at a first target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a first type of message, wherein the bullet comments are non-clickable; and

control, an icon of an application to which the notification message belongs, to be displayed at a second target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal, in a case that the notification message is a second type of message.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state according to a historical touch track of a user of the mobile terminal on the display screen; and/or,

determine whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state according to a gesture of the user of the mobile terminal for holding the mobile terminal; and/or,

determine whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state according to pupil gaze information of the user of the mobile terminal.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case that the gesture of the user of the mobile terminal for holding the mobile terminal indicates that the user of the mobile terminal is capable of touching the floating notification display area, determine that the floating notification display area is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state; otherwise, determine that the floating notification display area is not in the operated state or the to-be-operated state.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case that an area where a pupil of the user of the mobile terminal gazes overlaps with the floating notification display area, determine that the floating notification display area is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state; otherwise, determine that the floating notification display area is not in the operated state or to-be-operated state.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case that the notification message is a third type of message, determine that the notification message does not need to be prompted; otherwise, determine that the notification message needs to be prompted.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case that the notification message is the first type of message, and the mobile terminal is in a non-full-screen display state or the mobile terminal is in a full-screen display state but currently displayed information of a location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located does not comprise preset information, control the content of the notification message to be displayed in the form of bullet comments at the location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located; or,

in a case that the notification message is the first type of message, the mobile terminal is in a full-screen display state and currently displayed information of a location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located comprises preset information, control the content of the notification message to be displayed in the form of bullet comments at other area of the display screen of the mobile terminal other than the floating notification display area.

14. The mobile terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case that the notification message is the second type of message, and the mobile terminal is in a non-full-screen display state or the mobile terminal is in a full-screen display state but there is a continuous blank area at a location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located, control, the icon of the application to which the notification message belongs, to be displayed in a floating manner for a preset period of time on the blank area at the location where the status bar is located; or,

in a case that the notification message is the second type of message, the mobile terminal is in a full-screen display state and there is no continuous blank area at a location where the status bar of the mobile terminal is located, control, the icon of the application to which the notification message belongs, to be displayed in a floating manner for a preset period of time on other area of the display screen of the mobile terminal other than the floating notification display area.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having a program stored thereon, wherein, when the program is executed by a processor, steps of the method according to claim 1 are implemented.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state comprises:

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state according to the gesture of the user of the mobile terminal for holding the mobile terminal comprise:

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the determining whether the floating notification display area of the display screen of the mobile terminal is in the operated state or the to-be-operated state according to the pupil gaze information of the user of the mobile terminal comprises:

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the determining whether the notification message needs to be prompted comprises:

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein, in a case that the notification message is the first type of message, controlling the content of the notification message to be displayed in the form of bullet comments at the first target location of the display screen of the mobile terminal comprises:

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2020

From: LIU, ZHAOHUI

To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.

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Priority Claims (1)

CN 201711007298.9 · Oct 25, 2017 · national

Continuity (1)

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