IP Library Granted Patent US 11,614,863
Granted Patent B2
US 11,614,863 · App. 17/487,978 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Method and device for displaying keyboard toolbar and storage medium

Inventors: Runhua Guo (Beijing, CN); Lin Fan (Beijing, CN); Zhanwei Luo (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
G06F3/04886
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Patent No.
US 11,614,863
App. No.
17/487,978
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for displaying a keyboard toolbar, a device for displaying a keyboard toolbar and a storage medium. The method for displaying the keyboard toolbar is applied to a terminal having a display screen and being connected with an external physical keyboard, and includes: determining, in response to detecting a calling instruction from the external physical keyboard for triggering display of the keyboard toolbar on the display screen of the terminal, the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen, the keyboard toolbar including a plurality of partitions and different partitions being configured to display different toolbars; and displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in a resident manner on the display screen of the terminal.

Claims (47)

1. A method for displaying a keyboard toolbar, applied to a terminal having a display screen and being connected with an external physical keyboard, comprising:

determining, in response to detecting a calling instruction from the external physical keyboard for triggering display of the keyboard toolbar on the display screen of the terminal, the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen, the keyboard toolbar comprising a plurality of partitions and different partitions being configured to display different toolbars, and the calling instruction being generated in response to an input of a user on the external physical keyboard; and

displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in a resident manner on the display screen of the terminal,

wherein determining the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen comprises:

determining a resident shortcut tool residentially displayed in the keyboard toolbar;

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a first partition, the first partition being configured to residentially display the resident shortcut tool;

obtaining a shortcut tool selected by the user from an other shortcut tool different from the resident shortcut tool in response to that an application currently run on the terminal calls said other shortcut tool; and

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a third partition configured to display the shortcut tool selected by the user.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen comprises:

determining an associated word corresponding to an input text in response to that the calling instruction is an input method calling instruction and the input text is displayed in a text input box of the display screen; and

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a second partition, the second partition being configured to display the associated word corresponding to the input text.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

updating the associated word displayed in the second partition in response to receiving a gesture operation for updating the associated word in the second partition.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in the resident manner on the display screen of the terminal comprises:

displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in the resident manner at a bottom of the display screen of the terminal.

5. A device for displaying a keyboard toolbar, applied to a terminal having a display screen and being connected with an external physical keyboard, comprising:

a processor;

a memory storing instructions that, when being executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform:

determining, in response to detecting a calling instruction from the external physical keyboard for triggering display of the keyboard toolbar on the display screen of the terminal, the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen, the keyboard toolbar comprising a plurality of partitions and different partitions being configured to display different toolbars, and the calling instruction being generated in response to an input of a user on the external physical keyboard; and

displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in a resident manner on the display screen of the terminal,

wherein the instructions caused the processor to perform determining the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen further cause the processor to perform:

determining a resident shortcut tool residentially displayed in the keyboard toolbar;

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a first partition, the first partition being configured to residentially display the resident shortcut tool;

obtaining a shortcut tool selected by the user from an other shortcut tool different from the resident shortcut tool in response to that an application currently run on the terminal calls said other shortcut tool; and

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a third partition configured to display the shortcut tool selected by the user.

6. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the instructions caused the processor to perform determining the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen further cause the processor to perform:

determining an associated word corresponding to an input text in response to that the calling instruction is an input method calling instruction and the input text is displayed in a text input box of the display screen; and

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a second partition, the second partition being configured to display the associated word corresponding to the input text.

7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform:

updating the associated word displayed in the second partition in response to receiving a gesture operation for updating the associated word in the second partition.

8. The device according to claim 5 , wherein the instructions caused the processor to perform displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in the resident manner on the display screen of the terminal further cause the processor to perform:

displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in the resident manner at a bottom of the display screen of the terminal.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when being executed by a processor of a mobile terminal having a display screen and being connected with an external physical keyboard, cause the mobile terminal to perform:

determining, in response to detecting a calling instruction from the external physical keyboard for triggering display of the keyboard toolbar on the display screen of the terminal, the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen, the keyboard toolbar comprising a plurality of partitions and different partitions being configured to display different toolbars, and the calling instruction being generated in response to an input of a user on the external physical keyboard; and

displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in a resident manner on the display screen of the terminal,

wherein the instructions caused the mobile terminal to perform determining the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen further cause the mobile terminal to perform:

determining a resident shortcut tool residentially displayed in the keyboard toolbar;

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a first partition, the first partition being configured to residentially display the resident shortcut tool;

obtaining a shortcut tool selected by the user from an other shortcut tool different from the resident shortcut tool in response to that an application currently run on the terminal calls said other shortcut tool; and

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a third partition configured to display the shortcut tool selected by the user.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions caused the mobile terminal to perform determining the keyboard toolbar displayed on the display screen further cause the mobile terminal to perform:

determining an associated word corresponding to an input text in response to that the calling instruction is an input method calling instruction and the input text is displayed in a text input box of the display screen; and

determining the keyboard toolbar comprising a second partition, the second partition being configured to display the associated word corresponding to the input text.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the mobile terminal to perform:

updating the associated word displayed in the second partition in response to receiving a gesture operation for updating the associated word in the second partition.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions caused the mobile terminal to perform displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in the resident manner on the display screen of the terminal further cause the mobile terminal to perform:

displaying the keyboard toolbar with the plurality of partitions in the resident manner at a bottom of the display screen of the terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2021
From: GUO, RUNHUA; FAN, LIN; LUO, ZHANWEI
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057697/0552 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110328326.7 · Mar 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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