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US 12,197,707 · App. 18/199,639 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Content sharing method and apparatus, device, and storage medium

Inventor: Boyu Mo (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
G06F3/0484G06F3/04817
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Patent No.
US 12,197,707
App. No.
18/199,639
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a content sharing method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method is applied in an electronic device including a display screen. The method includes: adjusting a display mode of a first application interface in response to a moving operation on a target icon in the first application interface; and sharing a target content corresponding to the target icon to a first object when an end point of the moving operation corresponds to the first object, in response to ending of the moving operation.

Claims (56)

1. A content sharing method, applied in an electronic device comprising a display screen, the method comprising:

adjusting a display mode of a first application interface in response to a moving operation on a target icon in the first application interface; and

sharing a target content corresponding to the target icon to a first object when an end point of the moving operation corresponds to the first object, in response to ending of the moving operation,

wherein the display mode of the first application interface at least comprises one of: a size of the first application interface, a shape of the first application interface, a morphology of the first application interface, and a position of the first application interface in the display screen,

the method further comprises:

cancelling sharing of the target content when a position of the end point of the moving operation is located within the first application interface, in response to the ending of the moving operation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first object is a second application; and wherein the end point of the moving operation corresponding to the first object comprises at least one of:

a position of the end point of the moving operation being located at a position of an application icon of the second application;

the position of the end point of the moving operation being located within an interface of the second application;

the position of the end point of the moving operation being located at a position of a shortcut identifier of the second application; or

the position of the end point of the moving operation being located at a position of the second application in a quick launch bar.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first object is a display object in an interface of a second application;

the end point of the moving operation corresponding to the first object comprises: a position of the end point of the moving operation being located at a position where the display object is located; and

said sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to the first object comprises: sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to a target corresponding to the display object.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second application comprises a communication application, and the display object comprises a contact identifier; and

wherein said sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to the target corresponding to the display object comprises: sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to a contact corresponding to the contact identifier.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the contact identifier comprises at least one of a contact profile picture, a contact number, a contact chat list item, or a contact chat page.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the second application comprises a file management application, and the display object comprises an identifier of a file folder; and

wherein said sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to the target corresponding to the display object comprises: saving the target content corresponding to the target icon to a path where the file folder is located.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the second application comprises a document editing application; and

wherein said sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to the first object comprises: saving the target content corresponding to the target icon to a file in a format corresponding to the document editing application.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying the first application interface on the display screen in a mode adopted prior to said adjusting, after the sharing; or

displaying the first application interface on the display screen in a mode adopted prior to said adjusting, after cancelling of the sharing.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

cancelling sharing of the target content when a position of the end point of the moving operation is located at a position of a title bar of the electronic device, in response to the ending of the moving operation; or

cancelling sharing of the target content when a position of the end point of the moving operation is beyond a boundary of the display screen of the electronic device, in response to the ending of the moving operation.

10. An electronic device, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory has a computer program executable on the processor stored thereon, and wherein the processor, when executing the computer program, implements steps of:

adjusting a display mode of a first application interface in response to a moving operation on a target icon in the first application interface; and

sharing a target content corresponding to the target icon to a first object when an end point of the moving operation corresponds to the first object, in response to ending of the moving operation,

wherein the display mode of the first application interface at least comprises one of: a size of the first application interface, a shape of the first application interface, a morphology of the first application interface, and a position of the first application interface in a display screen,

the processor, when executing the computer program, further implements step of:

cancelling sharing of the target content when a position of the end point of the moving operation is located within the first application interface, in response to the ending of the moving operation.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the first object is a second application; and wherein the end point of the moving operation corresponding to the first object comprises at least one of:

a position of the end point of the moving operation being located at a position of an application icon of the second application;

the position of the end point of the moving operation being located within an interface of the second application;

the position of the end point of the moving operation being located at a position of a shortcut identifier of the second application; or

the position of the end point of the moving operation being located at a position of the second application in a quick launch bar.

12. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein

the first object is a display object in an interface of a second application;

the end point of the moving operation corresponding to the first object comprises: a position of the end point of the moving operation being located at a position where the display object is located; and

said sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to the first object comprises: sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to a target corresponding to the display object.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the second application comprises a communication application, and the display object comprises a contact identifier; and

wherein said sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to the target corresponding to the display object comprises: sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to a contact corresponding to the contact identifier.

14. The electronic device according to claim 13 , wherein the contact identifier comprises at least one of a contact profile picture, a contact number, a contact chat list item, or a contact chat page.

15. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the second application comprises a file management application, and the display object comprises an identifier of a file folder; and

wherein said sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to the target corresponding to the display object comprises: saving the target content corresponding to the target icon to a path where the file folder is located.

16. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein the second application comprises a document editing application; and

wherein said sharing the target content corresponding to the target icon to the first object comprises: saving the target content corresponding to the target icon to a file in a format corresponding to the document editing application.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, implements steps of:

adjusting a display mode of a first application interface in response to a moving operation on a target icon in the first application interface; and

sharing a target content corresponding to the target icon to a first object when an end point of the moving operation corresponds to the first object, in response to ending of the moving operation,

wherein the display mode of the first application interface at least comprises one of: a size of the first application interface, a shape of the first application interface, a morphology of the first application interface, and a position of the first application interface in a display screen,

the computer program, when executed by the processor, further implements step of:

cancelling sharing of the target content when a position of the end point of the moving operation is located within the first application interface, in response to the ending of the moving operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: MO, BOYU
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011305341.1 · Nov 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021117774 · Sep 10, 2021
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