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US 9,519,409 · App. 14/404,753 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Application program interface display method, device, terminal and readable storage medium

Inventors: Huihao Xing (Guangdong, CN); Yuanxue Zhao (Shenzhen Guangdong, CN); Yi Hu (Guangdong, CN); Ning Cao (Guangdong, CN); Donglin Pu (Guangdong, CN); Zhenyu Yu (Guangdong, CN); Huan Wang (Guangdong, CN); Lei Jiang (Guangdong, CN); Kai Xu (Guangdong, CN); Qingyou Zhao (Guangdong, CN); Zijian He (Guangdong, CN); Cong Zhang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 9,519,409
App. No.
14/404,753
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of computers. Disclosed are an application program interface display method, device, terminal and readable storage medium. The method comprising: displaying a first window on the full screen and displaying a first application program interface in the first window; displaying a second window above the first window, and displaying a second application program interface in the second window; and always maintaining the first window in a focused state during switching between the first window and the second window. The above technical solution ensures that the application program interface displayed in the first window remains functional without losing the focused state, and the application program interface displayed in the second window remains to be displayed above the first window even in a non-focused state, thus facilitating operation. Additionally, the application program interface display manner has no limitations being intercepted, thus improving universality and reliability.

Claims (40)

1. An application program interface display method comprising:

displaying a first window on a full screen, and displaying a first application program interface of a first application program in the first window;

displaying a second window above the first window while the first window is displayed on the full screen, and displaying a second application program interface of a second application program in the second window while the first application program interface is displayed in the first window on the full screen, and switching the second window between a hidden state and a display state according to a selection of the user, wherein the second application program is different from the first application program; and

maintaining the first window in a focused state during switching between the first window and the second window, further including:

setting a WS_EX_NOACTIVATE property for the second window, and

maintaining the first window in a focused state during the switching between the first window and the second window according to the WS_EX_NOACTIVATE property.

2. The application program interface display method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the second application program interface of the second application program in the second window comprises:

displaying the second application program interface in a full mode in the second window, or displaying the second application program interface in a speed mode in the second window,

wherein the second application program interface in the full mode displays all interface information of the second application program, and the second application program interface in the speed mode displays simplified interface information of the second application program.

3. The application program interface display method according to claim 2 , including, after displaying the second application program interface in the full mode, or displaying the second application program interface in the speed mode:

switching the second application program interface displayed in the second window between the full mode and the speed mode according to a selection of a user, and releasing resources occupied by the second application program interface in the full mode, when the second application program interface is switched from the full mode to the speed mode.

4. The application program interface display method according to claim 1 , wherein the first application program interface displayed in the first window is a game application program interface, and the second application program interface displayed in the second window is a voice application program interface.

5. A terminal, comprising:

one or more processors;

a 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 comprising instructions for:

displaying a first window on a full screen, and displaying a first application program interface of a first application program in the first window;

displaying a second window above the first window while the first window is displayed on the full screen, and displaying a second application program interface in the second window while the first application program interface is displayed in the first window on the full screen, switching the second window between a hidden state and a display state according to a selection of the user, wherein the second application program is different from the first application program; and

maintaining the first window in a focused state during switching between the first window and the second window, further including:

setting a WS_EX_NOACTIVATE property for the second window, and

maintaining the first window in a focused state during the switching between the first window and the second window according to the WS_EX_NOACTIVATE property.

6. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein displaying the second application program interface of the second application program in the second window comprises:

displaying the second application program interface in a full mode in the second window, or displaying the second application program interface in a speed mode in the second window,

wherein the second application program interface in the full mode displays all interface information of the second application program, and the second application program interface in the speed mode displays simplified interface information of the second application program.

7. The terminal according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more programs further comprise instructions for, after displaying the second application program interface in the full mode, or displaying the second application program interface in the speed mode:

switching the second application program interface displayed in the second window between the full mode and the speed mode according to a selection of a user, and releasing resources occupied by the second application program interface in the full mode, when the second application program interface is switched from the full mode to the speed mode.

8. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the first application program interface displayed in the first window is a game application program interface, and the second application program interface displayed in the second window is a voice application program interface.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by a device having one or more processors, cause the device to perform operations including:

displaying a first window on a full screen, and displaying a first application program interface of a first application program in the first window;

displaying a second window above the first window while the first window is displayed on the full screen, and displaying a second application program interface of a second application program in the second window while the first application program interface is displayed in the first window on the full screen, and switching the second window between a hidden state and a display state according to a selection of the user, wherein the second application program is different from the first application program; and

maintaining the first window in a focused state during switching between the first window and the second window, further including:

setting a WS_EX_NOACTIVATE property for the second window, and

maintaining the first window in a focused state during the switching between the first window and the second window according to the WS_EX_NOACTIVATE property.

10. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein displaying the second application program interface of the second application program in the second window includes:

displaying the second application program interface in a full mode in the second window, or displaying the second application program interface in a speed mode in the second window,

wherein the second application program interface in the full mode displays all interface information of the second application program, and the second application program interface in the speed mode displays simplified interface information of the second application program.

11. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:

switching the second application program interface displayed in the second window between the full mode and the speed mode according to a selection of a user; and

releasing sources occupied by the second application program interface in the full mode, when the second application program interface is switched by the first switching module from the full mode to the speed mode.

12. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the first application program interface displayed in the first window is a game application program interface and the second application program interface displayed in the second window is a voice application program interface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2014
From: XING, HUIHAO; ZHAO, YUANXUE; HU, YI; CAO, NING; PU, DONGLIN; YU, ZHENYU; WANG, HUAN; JIANG, LEI; XU, KAI; ZHAO, QINGYOU; HE, ZIJIAN; ZHANG, CONG
To: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0178987 · Jun 1, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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