WO2024179391A1 - Application management and control method and related apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed in the present application are an application management and control method and a related apparatus. After a management and control mode is enabled, an electronic device determines a management and control strategy of a first application when detecting an operation of a user for a first icon, the management and control strategy comprising identification information of a control for management and control. The electronic device can manage and control the control for management and control in the first application on the basis of the identification information of the control for management and control (for example, overlay display of management and control prompt information is carried out in an area where the control for management and control is located, the control for management and control is not displayed, a management and control interface is triggered to display, etc.), so that when receiving an operation for the area where the control for management and control is located, the electronic device cannot execute a response corresponding to the operation, and the normal function of a control which is not used for management and control is not influenced. In this way, different management and control strategies can be set for different applications, and the situation of missing management and control is avoided, thereby achieving refined management and control of different controls in different applications.

Description

Application control method and related device

This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application filed with the China Patent Office on February 27, 2023, with application number 202310216740.8 and application name “An application management method and related devices”, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference in this application.

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of terminal technology, and in particular to an application management method and related devices.

Background Art

With the continuous development of terminal technology, terminals can provide users with a variety of entertainment services and other convenient services in daily life. While entertainment services provide users with happiness, they are also more likely to make users addicted to entertainment, affecting their normal lives. In particular, when the user is a child, being addicted to entertainment can also affect the child's physical and mental health. Therefore, it is necessary to limit the entertainment services provided by the terminal.

The terminal can control the applications installed on the terminal and prohibit the controlled applications from running. For example, the terminal can receive and respond to the user's operation of turning on the youth mode and prohibit the running of entertainment applications such as video applications and game applications.

With the above-mentioned application control method, although the terminal cannot provide users with entertainment services such as video playback through controlled applications, the terminal can provide users with services such as video playback through other uncontrolled applications (such as chat applications, call applications, etc.). Therefore, with the above-mentioned application control method, there will be a situation of missed control, and the control effect cannot be achieved.

Summary of the invention

The present application provides an application management method and related devices, which realizes refined management of different controls in different applications and avoids the occurrence of missed management events.

In a first aspect, the present application provides an application management method, including: in response to an operation on a first icon, displaying a first interface of a first application, the first interface including a first control and a second control; in response to a first operation on the first control, displaying a second interface of the first application; in response to a second operation on the second control, displaying a third interface of the first application; after turning on the management mode, in response to the operation on the first icon, displaying the second control normally on the area where the second control is located; in response to a third operation on the area where the first control is located, not displaying the second interface; in response to a fourth operation on the area where the second control is located, displaying the third interface.

In this way, after the control mode is turned on, the first control in the first application can be controlled without affecting the function of the second control.

In a possible implementation, the method further includes: overlaying and displaying control prompt information on the area where the first control is located, where the control prompt information is used to prompt the user that the first control is controlled.

In this way, the first control can be controlled by shielding the first control through the control prompt information (such as the control prompt window).

In a possible implementation, the method further includes: in response to a third operation on the area where the first control is located, displaying a management and control interface, where the management and control interface is used to prompt a user that the first control is being managed.

In this way, the control interface can be displayed after receiving the user's operation on the first control, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the first control.

In a possible implementation, the usage duration of the first application does not reach the first threshold or the usage period of the first application is not within the control period.

In this way, when the first application is in an uncontrolled state, the first control in the first application can also be controlled without affecting the normal use of other controls in the first application.

In a possible implementation, the method further includes: after the management and control mode is turned on, in response to an operation on the first icon, not displaying the first control in the area where the first control is located.

In this way, the purpose of controlling the first control can be achieved by not displaying the first control.

In a possible implementation, the first control is a web view control, and the second interface includes one or more entries. Can be used to trigger the display of the corresponding web page.

By adopting the application management method provided in this application, the webview control in the first application can be managed.

In a possible implementation, the first control is a mini-program entry control, and the second interface includes one or more mini-program entries, and the mini-program entries are used to trigger the display of the interface of the corresponding mini-program.

In a possible implementation, the first control is a mini-program entry or a mini-program application icon, and the second interface is an interface of the mini-program corresponding to the first control.

By using the application management method provided in this application, you can manage mini-program type controls in the first application (such as mini-program entry controls, mini-program application icons, mini-program entries, etc.).

In a possible implementation, the first control is used to trigger the playing of the media file, and the second interface is a playing interface of the media file corresponding to the first control.

By adopting the application management method provided in the present application, the media call control in the first application can be managed, and the media call control is used to trigger the playback of the media file.

In a possible implementation, after the control mode is enabled, the method further includes:

A preset control strategy is obtained, where the control strategy includes identification information of the first control, and the identification information of the first control is used to determine the area where the first control is located.

In this way, different control objectives can be achieved by setting control strategies, and different control strategies can be set for different applications.

In a possible implementation, after the control mode is enabled, the method further includes:

Based on the first interface and the second interface, page information of the first control is obtained, and the page information of the first control includes the display content of the first control on the first interface and/or the display content of the second interface; based on the page information of the first control and a preset decision model, the control of the first control is determined.

In this way, the control strategies stored in the electronic device can be reduced, and the storage pressure can be reduced. Moreover, the control strategy can be determined in real time based on the acquired page information, and the probability of missed control events can be reduced.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an electronic device, comprising one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more memories are coupled to the one or more processors, and the one or more memories are used to store computer program codes, and the computer program codes include computer instructions, and when the one or more processors execute the computer instructions, the electronic device executes the application management method in any possible implementation of any of the above aspects.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer storage medium, including computer instructions, which, when executed on an electronic device, enables the electronic device to execute an application management method in any possible implementation of any of the above aspects.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer program product, which, when executed on a computer, enables the computer to execute an application management and control method in any possible implementation of any of the above aspects.

The beneficial effects of the second to fourth aspects may refer to the beneficial effects of the first aspect.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG1 is a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device 100 provided in an embodiment of the present application;

2A-2I are schematic diagrams of a group of interfaces for managing and controlling a web view (webview) control in a first application, provided in an embodiment of the present application;

3A-3I are schematic diagrams of a group of interfaces for managing and controlling mini-programs in a first application provided in an embodiment of the present application;

4A-4D are schematic diagrams of a group of interfaces for managing and controlling a media call control in a first application provided in an embodiment of the present application;

5A-5E are schematic diagrams of a group of interfaces for controlling controls in a first application in different control modes provided in an embodiment of the present application;

6A-6C are schematic diagrams of a group of interfaces for managing content displayed in a first application, provided in an embodiment of the present application;

7A-7E are another set of interface schematic diagrams for managing and controlling media call controls in a first application provided by an embodiment of the present application;

FIG8 is a schematic diagram of a module interaction flow of an application management and control method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG9 is a schematic diagram of a support vector machine algorithm model provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG10 is a schematic diagram of a module interaction flow of another application management method provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG11 is a flow chart of an application management method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "/" means or, for example, A/B can mean A or B; "and/or" in the text is only a description of the association relationship of the associated objects, indicating that there can be three relationships, for example, A and/or B can mean: A exists alone, A and B exist at the same time, and B exists alone. In addition, in the description of the embodiments of the present application, "multiple" means two or more than two.

In the following, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be understood as suggesting or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features, and in the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless otherwise specified, "multiple" means two or more.

The term "user interface (UI)" in the following embodiments of the present application refers to a medium interface for interaction and information exchange between an application or operating system and a user, which realizes the conversion between the internal form of information and the form acceptable to the user. The user interface is a source code written in a specific computer language such as Java and extensible markup language (XML). The interface source code is parsed and rendered on an electronic device and finally presented as content that can be recognized by the user. The commonly used form of user interface is a graphical user interface (GUI), which refers to a user interface related to computer operation displayed in a graphical manner. It can be a visual interface element such as text, icons, buttons, menus, tabs, text boxes, dialog boxes, status bars, navigation bars, tools (Widgets) displayed on the display screen of an electronic device.

Some professional terms involved in the embodiments of this application are introduced below.

Webview can be regarded as an embedded browser that can be embedded in the mobile terminal to realize hybrid development of the front end. Most hybrid development frameworks are based on the webview mode for secondary development. Webview is just a visual component. As the visual part of the application, the content displayed by webview does not need to be stored locally and can be obtained directly from the server. In the following embodiments of this application, the webview control is a control used by the mobile terminal to load web pages.

Mini programs are applications that can be used without downloading or installing. Users can open the application by scanning or searching, which also embodies the concept of "use it and leave it". Users do not need to worry about whether to install too many applications. Applications will be everywhere and available at any time, but there is no need to install or uninstall them.

The media calling control is a control in an application that can be used to trigger an electronic device to call a media service.

Support vector machines (SVM) are a binary classification model. Its basic model is a linear classifier with the largest margin defined in the feature space. The largest margin distinguishes it from the perceptron. SVM also includes kernel techniques, which makes it a nonlinear classifier in essence. The learning strategy of SVM is to maximize the margin, which can be formalized as a problem of solving convex quadratic programming, which is equivalent to the problem of minimizing the regularized hinge loss function. The learning algorithm of SVM is the optimization algorithm for solving convex quadratic programming. SVM is to solve the separating hyperplane that can correctly divide the training data set and has the largest geometric margin.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of the hardware structure of an electronic device 100 .

The electronic device 100 may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a handheld computer, a notebook computer, an ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), a netbook, a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, an artificial intelligence (AI) device, a wearable device, an in-vehicle device, a smart home device and/or a smart city device. The embodiments of the present application do not impose any special restrictions on the specific type of the electronic device.

The electronic device 100 may include a processor 110, an internal memory 121, a universal serial bus (USB) interface 130, a charging management module 140, a power management module 141, a battery 142, an audio module 170, a sensor module 180, and a display screen 194. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may also include any one or more of the following: an external memory interface 120, an antenna 1, an antenna 2, a mobile communication module 150, a wireless communication module 160, a button 190, a motor 191, an indicator 192, etc. The sensor module 180 may include a touch sensor. Sensor 180K. In some embodiments, the sensor module 180 may also include one or more other sensors, such as a pressure sensor, a gyroscope sensor, an air pressure sensor, a magnetic sensor, an acceleration sensor, a distance sensor, a proximity light sensor, a fingerprint sensor, a temperature sensor, an ambient light sensor, a bone conduction sensor, etc.

It is to be understood that the structure illustrated in the embodiment of the present invention does not constitute a specific limitation on the electronic device 100. In other embodiments of the present application, the electronic device 100 may include more or fewer components than shown in the figure, or combine some components, or split some components, or arrange the components differently. The components shown in the figure may be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of software and hardware.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units, for example, the processor 110 may include an application processor (AP), a modem processor, a graphics processor (GPU), an image signal processor (ISP), a controller, a video codec, a digital signal processor (DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neural-network processing unit (NPU), etc. Different processing units may be independent devices or integrated into one or more processors.

The controller can generate operation control signals according to the instruction operation code and timing signal to complete the control of instruction fetching and execution.

The processor 110 may also be provided with a memory for storing instructions and data. In some embodiments, the memory in the processor 110 is a cache memory. The memory may store instructions or data that the processor 110 has just used or cyclically used. If the processor 110 needs to use the instruction or data again, it may be directly called from the memory. This avoids repeated access, reduces the waiting time of the processor 110, and thus improves the efficiency of the system.

In some embodiments, the processor 110 may include one or more interfaces. The interface may include an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) interface, an inter-integrated circuit sound (I2S) interface, a pulse code modulation (PCM) interface, a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) interface, a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) interface, a subscriber identity module (SIM) interface, and/or a universal serial bus (USB) interface, etc.

The charging management module 140 is used to receive charging input from a charger.

The power management module 141 is used to connect the battery 142, the charging management module 140 and the processor 110. The power management module 141 receives input from the battery 142 and/or the charging management module 140 to power the processor 110, the internal memory 121, the display screen 194, and the wireless communication module 160.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may also have a wireless communication function. The wireless communication function of the electronic device 100 may be implemented through the antenna 1, the antenna 2, the mobile communication module 150, the wireless communication module 160, the modem processor, and the baseband processor.

The electronic device 100 implements the display function through a GPU, a display screen 194, and an application processor. The GPU is a microprocessor for image processing, which connects the display screen 194 and the application processor. The GPU is used to perform mathematical and geometric calculations for graphics rendering. The processor 110 may include one or more GPUs that execute program instructions to generate or change display information.

The display screen 194 is used to display images, videos, etc. The display screen 194 includes a display panel. The display panel can be a liquid crystal display (LCD), and the display panel can also be made of an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode or an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (FLED), Miniled, MicroLed, Micro-oLed, quantum dot light-emitting diodes (QLED), etc. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include 1 or N display screens 194, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

The internal memory 121 may include one or more random access memories (RAM) and one or more non-volatile memories (NVM). The random access memory may include static random-access memory (SRAM), dynamic random access memory (DRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), double data rate synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR SDRAM, such as the fifth generation DDR SDRAM is generally referred to as DDR5 SDRAM), etc.; the non-volatile memory may include a disk storage device and a flash memory. The random access memory can be directly read and written by the processor 110, and can be used to store executable programs (such as machine instructions) of an operating system or other running programs, and can also be used to store user and application data, etc. The non-volatile memory may also store executable programs and user and application data, etc., and may be loaded into the random access memory in advance for direct reading and writing by the processor 110 .

The external memory interface 120 can be used to connect to an external non-volatile memory to expand the storage capacity of the electronic device 100. The external non-volatile memory communicates with the processor 110 through the external memory interface 120 to implement a data storage function. For example, music, videos, etc. The files are stored in external non-volatile memory.

The electronic device 100 can implement audio functions such as video playback and audio playback through the audio module 170 (such as a speaker, a receiver, a microphone, an earphone interface, etc.) and an application processor, etc.

The touch sensor 180K is also called a "touch control device". The touch sensor 180K can be set on the display screen 194, and the touch sensor 180K and the display screen 194 form a touch screen, also called a "touch control screen". The touch sensor 180K is used to detect touch operations acting on or near it. The touch sensor can pass the detected touch operation to the application processor to determine the type of touch event. Visual output related to the touch operation can be provided through the display screen 194. In other embodiments, the touch sensor 180K can also be set on the surface of the electronic device 100, which is different from the position of the display screen 194.

The key 190 includes a power key, a volume key, etc. The key 190 may be a mechanical key or a touch key. The electronic device 100 may receive key input and generate key signal input related to user settings and function control of the electronic device 100.

Motor 191 can generate vibration prompts.

Indicator 192 may be an indicator light, which may be used to indicate charging status, power changes, messages, missed calls, notifications, etc.

The embodiment of the present application provides an application control method. One or more applications are installed on the electronic device 100, and the one or more applications may include a first application. When the control mode is turned on, the electronic device 100 determines the control strategy of the first application when detecting the user's operation on the first icon (for example, the operation of opening the first application, the operation of requesting to call the media service, or the operation of a specific control in the first application, etc.), and the control strategy includes the identification information of the control control. The electronic device 100 can control the control control in the first application based on the identification information of the control control (for example, covering the display of the control prompt information in the area where the control control is located, not displaying the control control, triggering the display of the control interface, etc.), so that the electronic device 100 cannot execute the response corresponding to the operation when receiving the operation on the area where the control control is located, and does not affect the normal function of the non-control control in the first application. Among them, the control control is a control that needs to be controlled, and the type of the control control may include one or more of the types of webview control, applet class control (also written as applet control), media service call control, etc.

By adopting the application management method provided in the embodiment of the present application, different management strategies can be set for different applications. In this way, it is possible to avoid the occurrence of missed management and achieve refined management of different controls in different applications.

Some application scenarios of the embodiments of the present application are introduced below.

In some application scenarios, a first application (e.g., an input method application, etc.) is installed in the electronic device 100, and the first application includes a webview control, which can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a web page in the interface of the first application to provide web browsing services to the user. When the electronic device 100 turns on the control mode, if the electronic device 100 determines that the control strategy of the first application includes the identification information of the webview control, the electronic device 100 can cover the webview control on the interface of the first application when displaying the interface of the first application, and not display the webview control, or display the control prompt (e.g., the control interface) when receiving an operation on the webview control. Among them, the identification information of the webview control can be the type and subclass of the webview, such as android.webkit.Webview and its subclasses, com.android.webview and its subclasses, or com.smtt.sdk.WebView and its subclasses. The control mode can include any one or more of the following: normal control mode, youth mode, elderly mode, etc.

Exemplarily, as shown in FIG2A , the electronic device 100 may display a desktop 200, in which a page with application icons is displayed, and the page includes multiple application icons (e.g., weather application icon, setting application icon 204, browser application icon, chat application icon 205, information application icon 206, video application icon 207, etc.). Optionally, a page indicator 202 is also displayed below the page with application icons to indicate the total number of pages on the desktop and the positional relationship between the currently displayed page and other pages. For example, the desktop 200 may include three pages, and the black dot in the page indicator is located at the first position from the left, which may indicate that the currently displayed page is the first page from the left of the three pages. Optionally, a status bar 201 is also displayed above the page with application icons, and the status bar 201 may include information such as the strength indicator of the communication signal, the battery value, and the time. Further optionally, there may be a tray (dock) area 203 below the page indicator, and the dock area 203 may include one or more tray icons (for example, a dial application icon, a message application icon, an address book application icon, a camera application icon, etc.), and one or more tray icons in the dock area may remain displayed when the page is switched.

The electronic device 100 can receive and respond to the user's operation of sliding the desktop 200 to the right, and display the negative one screen interface 210 as shown in FIG. 2B .

As shown in FIG. 2B , the negative one-screen interface 210 may include a search box 211, a search control 216, a shortcut area 212, and one or more service numbers (e.g., sports health service number 213, schedule service number 214, weather service number 215, etc.) wherein: the search box 211 may be used to display the user's input, and may also be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display an input method window. The shortcut area 212 may display one or more shortcut controls (e.g., a QR code control, a scan control, a payment code control, more application controls, etc.). The one or more service numbers may be used to display the services provided by the service number. For example, the sports health service number 213 may be used to display the number of steps and calories consumed by the user on the day, etc. The schedule service number 214 may be used to display the user's schedule for the recent period of time (a week, two weeks, or a month, etc.). The weather service number 215 may be used to display the user's current location and the weather in the area, etc.

The electronic device 100 may receive and respond to user input to the search box 211 , triggering the electronic device 100 to display the negative one screen search interface 220 as shown in FIG. 2C , and display an input method window 225 in the negative one screen search interface 220 .

As shown in FIG2C, the negative one screen search interface 220 may include a search box 221, a search control 222, a common application area 223, a search history area 224, and an input method window 225. Among them, the functions of the search box 221 and the search control 222 can refer to the relevant description in the embodiment shown in FIG2B above, and will not be repeated here. The common application area 223 may display application icons of multiple applications with the highest running frequency of one or more electronic devices 100 (for example, weather application icons, stock application icons, mail application icons, and video application icons, etc.). The search history area 224 may display the search history of the electronic device 100 in the negative one screen search interface 220, for example, the characters "World Cup", "Pet", "Schedule", etc. The input method window 225 may include a function control 226 and a keyboard 227. The function control 226 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to turn off the display keyboard 227 and display one or more auxiliary controls.

When the electronic device 100 is not in control mode, the electronic device 100 can receive and respond to user input to the function control 226 , as shown in FIG. 2D , and switch the keyboard 227 in the negative one-screen search interface 220 to the auxiliary control area 228 .

As shown in FIG2D , one or more auxiliary controls may be displayed in the auxiliary control area 228. The one or more auxiliary controls may include an input method control, a slide-up input control, a skin control 228a, a thesaurus control 228b, and the like. Among them, the thesaurus control 228b is a webview control, and the thesaurus control 228b can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to open the input method application and display a web page in the input method application. In some embodiments, the skin control 228a may also be a webview control, and may also be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a web page including multiple skin thumbnails in the input method application.

The electronic device 100 may receive and, in response to a user input to the thesaurus control 228 b , display a web page interface 230 as shown in FIG. 2E .

As shown in FIG. 2E , the web page interface 230 may include one or more entries, a search box 234, a search control 235, and a bottom control area 236. Among them, the one or more entries may include entry 231, entry 232, and entry 233, etc. Each entry may include a title, a picture, and a brief introduction to introduce the content of the entry. Taking entry 231 as an example, the title 231a of entry 231 may be "Pet Raising Trend", the brief introduction 231b may be "Young people are increasingly inclined to choose a pet to accompany themselves...", and the picture may be a dog picture 231c as shown in FIG. 2E . Each entry can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the web page corresponding to the entry. The bottom control area 236 may display one or more controls, which may include a skin control 237, an expression control 238, a word library control 239, etc. Each control can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display a different web page. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2E , the web page interface 230 displayed by the electronic device 100 is the web page corresponding to the word library control 239. Taking the skin control 237 as an example, the skin control 237 can trigger the electronic device 100 to display a web page corresponding to the skin control 237, and the web page can include one or more skin thumbnails. The web page can be used to switch the skin currently used by the input method.

In the above case, the user can browse the web through the webview control (eg, skin control 228a, vocabulary control 228b) in the input method application.

When the electronic device 100 turns on the control mode and determines that the control policy of the input method application includes identification information of the webview control (for example, the skin control 228a and the vocabulary control 228b), after obtaining the control policy of the input method application, the electronic device 100 can overlay and display a control prompt window on the above-mentioned webview control based on the control policy, prompting the user that the above-mentioned webview control is controlled.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 100 can receive and respond to the user's input to the function control 226 in the input method window 225 shown in FIG. 2C, as shown in FIG. 2F, the keyboard 227 in the negative one-screen search interface 220 is switched to the auxiliary control area 228, and the control prompt window is covered and displayed on the area where the skin control 228a and the area where the word library control 228b are located, respectively. The display size of the control prompt window can be the same as or similar to the display size of the control it covers. The control prompt window can be used to prompt the user that the skin control 228a and the word library control 228b are controlled.

As shown in FIG2F , one or more auxiliary controls and one or more control prompt windows may be displayed in the auxiliary control area 228, for example, the control prompt window 229a and the control prompt window 229b. Text prompts may be displayed in the control prompt window 229a and the control prompt window 229b. The text prompts may be “Healthy use of mobile phone control” or “Control controls”, etc. The present application does not limit the specific content of the text prompts. The display area of the control prompt window 229a is area 1, and the display area of the control prompt window 229b is area 2. Both areas 1 and 2 are There are multiple layers displayed. The positional relationship between the layers in area 1 and the display content of each layer are introduced below in conjunction with the embodiment shown in FIG. 2G .

FIG. 2G shows the positional relationship of multiple layers in area 1 and the display content of each layer.

As shown in FIG. 2G , area 1 may display two layers, including layer 1 displayed on the top layer and layer 2 displayed on the bottom layer. Layer 1 may display a control prompt window 229a, and layer 2 may display a skin control 228a. The display size of the control prompt window 229a may be the same as or similar to the display size of the skin control 228a. Since the skin control 228a is covered by the control prompt window 229a, when the user operates the area where the skin control 228a is located, the electronic device 100 cannot execute the response corresponding to the operation, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the skin control 228a.

It is understandable that the positional relationship of the multiple layers displayed in the area 2 where the control prompt window 229b is located can also refer to the relevant description in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2G , and in the area 2, the vocabulary control 228b can be displayed in the bottom layer. In this way, since the vocabulary control 228b is covered by the control prompt window 229b, the function of the vocabulary control 228b cannot be used normally, thereby achieving the purpose of controlling the vocabulary control 228b.

It is understandable that the embodiments shown in Figures 2F to 2G are only exemplary illustrations that the webview control can be controlled by overlaying a control prompt window on the webview control. In other embodiments of the present application, the control prompt window may also use text prompts different from those in the embodiment shown in Figure 2F, or may use prompts such as pictures or animations, which are not limited in this application. In addition, the display size of the control prompt window may also be the display size obtained by enlarging the display size of the webview control at a preset ratio (for example, 1:1.2, or 1:1.05), which is not limited in this application.

In some embodiments, after determining that the control control includes a webview control based on the control policy, the electronic device 100 may not cover the webview control but may not display the webview control.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 100 can receive and respond to the user's input to the function control 226 in the input method window 225 shown in Figure 2C, determine that the management control includes a skin control and a vocabulary control, and as shown in Figure 2H, switch the keyboard 227 in the negative one-screen search interface 220 to the auxiliary control area 240, and the auxiliary control area 240 does not include the management control.

As shown in FIG2H , one or more auxiliary controls may be displayed in the auxiliary control area 240, and the one or more auxiliary controls may include an input mode control, a slide-up input control, a floating keyboard control, a more setting control, an edit control, and an adjustment keyboard control. Among them, the one or more auxiliary controls may include auxiliary controls other than the skin control 228a and the thesaurus control 228b in the auxiliary control area 228 shown in FIG2D . That is, compared with the auxiliary control area 228, the skin control 228a and the thesaurus control 228b are not displayed in the auxiliary control area 240.

In the embodiment shown in FIG2F, since both the skin control 228a and the word library control 228b are covered with a control prompt window, the functions of the skin control 228a or the word library control 228b cannot be used normally. In the embodiment shown in FIG2H, since the skin control 228a and the word library control 228b are not displayed in the auxiliary control area 228, the user cannot input to the skin control 228a or the word library control 228b. In the above two embodiments, the user cannot browse the web through the input method application.

In some embodiments, when it is determined based on the management policy that the management control includes a webview control, the electronic device 100 may also display a management interface after receiving the user's operation on the controlled webview control, and the management interface is used to prompt the user that the page corresponding to the webview control is in a managed state.

Exemplarily, in the case where the management control includes a skin control and a vocabulary control, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to a user's click operation on the vocabulary control 228b shown in FIG. 2D , and display a management interface 250 as shown in FIG. 2I .

As shown in FIG. 2I , the control interface 250 may include a control page 251, on which text prompts may be displayed, such as “Healthy use of mobile phones” and “This page has risks outside the control and cannot be used!”. The control page 251 can be used to prompt the user that the interface triggered by the vocabulary control 228b (i.e., the web page interface 230 shown in FIG. 2E above) is in a control state. The control page 251 may also include a return control 252, which may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the previous interface, i.e., the negative one-screen search interface 220 shown in FIG. 2D . In some embodiments, a countdown (e.g., 5 seconds) may also be displayed on the return control 252, and when the countdown is zero, the electronic device 100 may be triggered to redisplay the previous interface, i.e., the negative one-screen search interface 220 shown in FIG. 2D .

It should be noted that, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2I , the control interface 250 displayed by the electronic device 100 may include a single layer, and the control page 251 is displayed on the layer; in another possible implementation, the control interface 250 displayed by the electronic device 100 may also include multiple layers, and the layer at the top layer may be used to display the control page 251, and the layer at the bottom layer may be used to display the interface triggered by the word library control 228b, that is, the web page interface 230 shown in FIG. 2E . This application is not limited here.

It is understandable that the embodiments shown in FIG. 2A to FIG. 2I are only exemplary. If the control control in the first application includes a webview control If the first application is not displayed, the electronic device 100 can control the webview control by covering the control prompt window, not displaying the webview control, or displaying the control interface after receiving an operation on the webview control, so as to achieve the control effect of prohibiting the first application from providing web browsing services to the user. In the embodiment of the present application, the first application can also be other applications besides the input method application, which is not limited in the present application.

By adopting the application control method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the occurrence of missed control can be avoided. In addition, since different control strategies can be set for different applications, the electronic device 100 can also achieve refined control, such as allowing learning or popular science applications to provide web browsing services, prohibiting social applications from providing web browsing services, etc.

In some application scenarios, the interface of the first application (for example, a chat application) may include a mini-program control, which may include a mini-program application icon, a mini-program entry, and other controls for triggering the electronic device 100 to open the mini-program application, and may also include a mini-program entry control and other controls for triggering the electronic device 100 to display one or more mini-program entries or mini-program application icons. When the control mode is turned on, if the electronic device 100 determines that the identification information of the control control includes the identification information of the mini-program control (for example, the label, name, category of the mini-program, keyword miniprogram, etc. of the mini-program control), the electronic device 100 may overlay the control prompt window on the mini-program control of the first application, or the electronic device 100 may not display the mini-program control.

Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 3A , the electronic device 100 may display a desktop 200 , and the specific description of the desktop 200 may refer to the desktop 200 shown in FIG. 2A above.

The electronic device 100 may receive and respond to a user's click operation on the chat application icon 205 to display a chat application interface 300 as shown in FIG. 3B .

As shown in FIG3B , the chat application interface 300 may include a top topic bar 301, one or more chat items 302, and a bottom control area 303. Among them, the top topic bar 301 may display an interface theme for prompting the theme of the current interface. For example, the interface theme of the chat application interface 300 shown in FIG3B may be "chat". Optionally, the top topic bar 301 may also include one or more auxiliary controls, such as a search control 304 and more controls 305, and so on. One or more switching controls may be displayed in the bottom control area 303, which may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to switch the current interface. The one or more switching controls may include a chat control 306, an address book control, a discovery control 307, and a me control, and so on. Among them, the display color of the chat control 306 is different from the display color of other controls, which is used to indicate that the currently displayed chat application interface 300 is the interface corresponding to the chat control 306.

When the management and control mode is not enabled on the electronic device 100, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to user input to the discovery control 307, and display a discovery interface 310 as shown in FIG. 3C.

As shown in Figure 3C, the discovery interface 310 may include a top theme bar 311, one or more controls, and a bottom control area 313. Among them, the top theme bar 311 may display an interface theme, namely "Discovery". The rest of the description of the top theme bar 311 can refer to the top theme bar 301 shown in Figure 3B above. The one or more controls may include a mini-program entry control 312, and the mini-program entry control 312 can trigger the electronic device 100 to display one or more mini-program application icons. The specific description of the bottom control area 313 can refer to the bottom control area 303 shown in Figure 3B above. The difference is that in the bottom control area 313, the display color of the discovery control 314 is different from the display color of other controls, which is used to indicate that the currently displayed discovery interface 310 is the interface corresponding to the discovery control 314.

The electronic device 100 can receive and respond to user input to the mini-program entry control 312, and display the mini-program entry interface 320 as shown in Figure 3D.

As shown in FIG3D, the applet entry interface 320 may include a top theme bar 321 and one or more applet entries 324. In some embodiments, the applet entry interface 320 may also include one or more other controls, such as a nearby applet control 322 and a my applet control 323. Among them, the top theme bar 321 may display the theme of the current interface, i.e., "applet". A search control 325 may also be displayed in the top theme bar 321, and other controls may also be displayed. The search control 325 may be used to find the corresponding applet application based on the user's input. The nearby applet control 322 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display one or more application icons of nearby applet, and the nearby applet application refers to an applet application that can be used within a range less than a certain distance (e.g., 2 kilometers) from the current location of the electronic device 100. The my applet control 323 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display one or more application icons of my applet. My applet refers to the applet application that the electronic device 100 receives and responds to the user's save operation, and is opened and saved through the chat application. The one or more mini-program entries 324 may be entries of mini-program applications opened by the electronic device 100 within a certain time range (e.g., within a week or a month). For example, an Entertainment 1 entry, a Game 2 entry, a Puzzle 3 entry, an Art 4 entry, an Office 5 entry, a Security 6 entry, and so on. In each mini-program entry, the application icon of the mini-program, the name of the mini-program, etc. may be displayed. Moreover, each mini-program entry may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to open the mini-program application corresponding to the mini-program entry. For example, the Entertainment 1 entry may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to open the mini-program application corresponding to the mini-program entry. Sub-device 100 opens a small program application named "Entertainment 1".

It can be seen from the embodiments shown in Figures 3C to 3D that the user can find the mini-program that provides entertainment services through the mini-program control in the chat application, and open the mini-program application in the chat application to enjoy the entertainment services.

When the electronic device 100 turns on the management mode and determines that the management strategy of the chat application includes the identification information of the mini-program type control (for example, the mini-program entry control), after the electronic device 100 detects the user's operation of opening the chat application, the electronic device 100 can manage the mini-program type control in the chat application interface, that is, the electronic device 100 can obtain the location of the mini-program type control and overlay a management prompt window on the mini-program type control to prompt the user that the mini-program type control is under management.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 100 can receive and respond to the user's input on the discovery control 307 in the chat application interface 300 shown in Figure 3B, obtain the location of the mini-program entry control 312, and as shown in Figure 3E, the electronic device 100 can overlay the display of the management prompt window 315 on the mini-program entry control 312 in the discovery interface 310.

As shown in FIG3E , the electronic device 100 displays a discovery interface 310. The specific content of the discovery interface 310 can refer to the discovery interface 310 shown in FIG3C above. Different from the embodiment shown in FIG3C , the electronic device 100 can cover and display a control prompt window 315 on the mini-program entry control 312 shown in FIG3C . A text prompt can also be displayed in the control prompt window 315. The text prompt can be "Healthy use of mobile phone control", and the text prompt can also be other text content, such as "Control control, prohibited use during control period", etc. The display size of the control prompt window 315 can be the same as the display size of the mini-program entry control 312.

It is understandable that in other embodiments of the present application, the control prompt window may also use text prompts different from those in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3E, or may use prompts such as pictures or animations, which are not limited in this application. In addition, the display size of the control prompt window may also be the display size obtained by enlarging the display size of the mini-program item at a preset ratio (e.g., 1:1.2, or 1:1.05), which is not limited in this application.

In some embodiments, when the management policy of the chat application includes identification information of a mini-program type control (for example, a mini-program entry control), the electronic device 100 may not cover the mini-program type control but may not display the mini-program type control.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to the user's input to the discovery control 307 in the chat application interface 300 shown in FIG. 3B , and display the discovery interface 330 shown in FIG. 3F , and the discovery interface 330 is different from the discovery interface 310 shown in FIG. 3C in that the discovery interface 330 does not include the mini-program entry control 312. For the description of other contents in the discovery interface 330, reference may be made to the relevant description of the discovery interface 310 and will not be repeated here.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3E, since the mini-program entry control 312 is covered with a control prompt window, the user cannot open the mini-program entry interface 320 through the mini-program entry control 312, and cannot open the mini-program application. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3F, since the mini-program entry control 312 is not displayed in the discovery interface 330, the user cannot enter the mini-program entry interface 320 and cannot open the mini-program application through the chat application. In the above two embodiments, the user cannot open the mini-program application through the chat application, which can prevent the electronic device 100 from providing entertainment and other services to the user through the mini-program in the chat application.

In other embodiments, if the management and control policy of the chat application does not include identification information of mini-program type controls, but includes identification information of other mini-program type controls (such as mini-program application icons, mini-program entries, etc.), the electronic device 100 may also determine the mini-program entries (or mini-program application icons) that need to be managed based on the management and control policy after receiving the user's input on the mini-program entry control, and display the mini-program entry interface. In the mini-program entry interface, a management and control prompt window is displayed over the managed mini-program entry (or mini-program application icon).

Exemplarily, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to user input to the mini-program entry control 312 shown in FIG. 3C . After determining that Entertainment 1, Games 2, and Puzzle 3 are mini-programs that need to be managed, the electronic device 100 may display the mini-program entry interface 340 as shown in FIG. 3G .

As shown in FIG3G , the relevant description of the mini-program entry interface 340 can refer to the relevant description of the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG3D above. The difference from the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG3D is that one or more control prompt windows are also displayed in the mini-program entry interface 340, for example, a control prompt window 341, a control prompt window 342, and a control prompt window 343. Among them, each control prompt window can be displayed over a mini-program entry to prompt the user that the mini-program entry is controlled. For example, by comparing the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG3D , it can be seen that in the mini-program entry interface 340, the control prompt window 341 can be displayed over the entertainment 1 entry, the control prompt window 342 can be displayed over the game 2 entry, and the control prompt window 343 can be displayed over the puzzle 3 entry. The display size of each control prompt window can be the same as the display size of the mini-program entry, or it can be the display size of the mini-program entry control 312 in a preset ratio (for example, 1:1.2, or 1: 1.05) The resulting display size is enlarged.

It is understandable that in other embodiments of the present application, the control prompt window may also use text prompts different from those in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3G, or may use prompts such as pictures or animations, which are not limited in this application. In addition, the display size of the control prompt window may also be the display size obtained by enlarging the display size of the mini-program item at a preset ratio (e.g., 1:1.2, or 1:1.05), which is not limited in this application.

In other embodiments, if the management and control policy of the chat application includes identification information of the mini-program entry (or mini-program application icon), the electronic device 100 may also determine the mini-program entry (or mini-program application icon) that needs to be managed based on the management and control policy after receiving the user's input on the mini-program entry control, and display the mini-program entry interface, which does not include the managed mini-program entry (or mini-program application icon).

Also exemplarily, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to user input to the mini-program entry control 312 shown in FIG. 3C , and after determining that Entertainment 1, Game 2, and Puzzle 3 are mini-programs that need to be managed, the electronic device 100 may display the mini-program entry interface 350 as shown in FIG. 3H .

As shown in FIG3H , the description of the mini-program entry interface 350 can refer to the description of the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG3D . The difference from the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG3D is that the mini-program entry interface 350 does not include the managed mini-program items, for example, the entertainment 1 item, the game 2 item, and the puzzle 3 item displayed in the mini-program entry interface 320, etc.

In some embodiments, after determining that the management and control control includes a mini-program control (mini-program entry control, mini-program entry, mini-program application icon, etc.), the electronic device 100 may also receive and respond to the user's operation on the mini-program control, and display a management and control interface, which is used to prompt the user that the interface triggered by the mini-program control to display is the management and control interface.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to a user's operation on the mini-program entry control 312 shown in FIG. 3C , and display the management interface 360 shown in FIG. 3I .

As shown in FIG3I , the control interface 360 may display a control page 361, and a return control 362 may be displayed on the control page 361. For the specific description of the control page 361 and the return control 362, reference may be made to the relevant description in the embodiment shown in FIG2I above, which will not be repeated here. The return control 362 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to redisplay the previous interface, i.e., the discovery interface 310 shown in FIG3C . Similar to the embodiment shown in FIG2I , the control interface 360 may also include one or more layers. When the control interface 360 includes only one layer, the layer may be used to display the control page 361; when the control interface 360 includes multiple layers, the layer at the top layer may be used to display the control page 361, and the layer at the bottom layer may be used to display the interface triggered by the mini-program entry control 312, i.e., the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG3D .

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may also receive and respond to the user's operation on the mini-program entry (eg, Entertainment 1) shown in FIG. 3D , and display the management interface 360 shown in FIG. 3I above, which will not be described in detail in this application.

In the embodiment shown in FIG3G, since a plurality of controlled mini-program entries in the mini-program entry interface 340 are covered with a control prompt window, the user cannot open the mini-program application corresponding to the controlled mini-program entry. In the embodiment shown in FIG3H, since no controlled mini-program entry (such as an entertainment 1 entry, etc.) is displayed in the mini-program entry interface 350, the user cannot open the mini-program corresponding to the controlled mini-program entry. In the embodiment shown in FIG3I, after receiving the user's operation on the mini-program control, the electronic device 100 can display the control interface. In the above embodiments, the electronic device 100 cannot open the mini-program corresponding to the controlled mini-program control. In this way, by setting the mini-program entries corresponding to mini-programs such as entertainment and games as control controls, it is possible to prevent the electronic device 100 from providing entertainment and other services to users through mini-programs in chat applications.

It is understandable that the embodiments shown in Figures 3A to 3I are only exemplary illustrations. If the electronic device 100 determines based on the control strategy that there are small program-type controls in the first application that need to be controlled, the electronic device 100 can use a control prompt window to cover it, or use a method of not displaying the small program-type controls, to achieve the control effect of prohibiting the first application from providing small program services to users. In addition, in some embodiments, if the electronic device 100 determines based on the control strategy that the small program in the first application needs to be controlled, the electronic device 100 can also use a control prompt window to cover the display, or use a method of not displaying the controlled small program entry or small program application icon, to prevent the electronic device 100 from opening the controlled small program through the first application. In the embodiment of the present application, the first application may also be an application other than a chat application, which is not limited in this application.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, when the electronic device 100 displays the interface of the first application, the electronic device 100 may also receive and respond to a specific user input (such as a swipe down operation) to the electronic device 100, and display one or more application icons of the mini-programs. The application icons of the mini-programs may also be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to open the corresponding mini-programs. In this case, after determining the mini-programs (or mini-program application icons) that need to be controlled based on the control policy, the electronic device 100 may also respond to the user's specific input to the electronic device 100. When the application icons of one or more mini-programs are displayed, the application icon corresponding to the mini-program to be controlled (or the application icon of the mini-program to be controlled) is covered and displayed, or the application icon corresponding to the mini-program to be controlled is not displayed. In this way, the electronic device 100 can also be prevented from opening the mini-program to be controlled through the first application.

In addition, since different control strategies can be set for different applications, the electronic device 100 can also implement refined control over different applets (or applet entries, applet application icons, etc.), for example, allowing the electronic device 100 to open learning or science applets through the first application, and prohibiting the first application from opening game or video applets, etc.

In some application scenarios, the first application (such as an information application, etc.) may include a media call control, which can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to play the media file corresponding to the media call file (such as an audio file, a video file, etc.). When the control mode is turned on, if the electronic device 100 determines that the control policy of the first application includes identification information of the media call control (such as the tag of the audio file (i.e., the <audio> tag), the tag of the video file (i.e., the <video> tag), etc.), the electronic device 100 may overlay the display of the control prompt window on the media call control, or the electronic device 100 may not display the media call control.

Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 4A , the electronic device 100 may display a desktop 200 , and the specific description of the desktop 200 may refer to the desktop 200 shown in FIG. 2A above.

When the control mode is not turned on, the electronic device 100 can receive a user's click operation on the information application icon 206. In response to the user's click operation on the information application icon 206, the electronic device 100 can display the information application interface 400 as shown in Figure 4B.

As shown in FIG. 4B , the information application interface 400 may include a search box 411, a search control 412, an option bar 413, and a content display area 414. Among them, the search box 411 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the user's input. The search control 412 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to search for the user's input and display the search results in the content display area 414. The option bar 413 may include one or more options, such as attention options, recommendation options, daily options, discovery options, hot list options, video options, short video options, entertainment options, etc. The option can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the content corresponding to the option in the content display area 414. The option bar 413 may also include an indicator 413a for indicating the option corresponding to the content displayed in the current content display area 414. The content display area 414 may include one or more graphic content (e.g., graphic content 415, graphic content 416) and one or more media call controls (e.g., media call control 417). The media call control 417 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to call a media service and play the video file corresponding to the media call control 417. In some embodiments, a thumbnail of the video file can be displayed on the media call control 417, or the image of the video file can also be played on the media call control 417, and so on.

As can be seen from the embodiment shown in FIG. 4B , a user can watch video files through information applications or other non-video applications.

When the electronic device 100 turns on the control mode and determines that the control policy of the information application includes the identification information of the media call control (for example, the media call control 417), after the electronic device 100 detects the user's operation of opening the information application, the electronic device 100 can determine the media call control that needs to be controlled based on the control policy, and overlay a control prompt window on the media call control to prompt the user that the media call control is controlled.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to the user's input for the information application icon 206 in the desktop 200 shown in FIG. 4A, and determine that the media call control that needs to be controlled includes the media call control 417. As shown in FIG. 3E, the electronic device 100 may cover the display control prompt window 418 on the media call control 417 in the information application interface 400. The display size of the control prompt window 418 may be the same as the display size of the media call control 417, or slightly larger than the display size of the media call control 417. Text prompts may also be displayed in the control prompt window 418, and the text prompts may include "Healthy use of mobile phones" and "This page has risks outside the control and cannot be used!". The text prompt may also be other text content, which is not limited in this application.

It is understandable that in other embodiments of the present application, the control prompt window may also use text prompts different from those in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4C, or may use prompts such as pictures or animations, which are not limited in this application. In addition, the display size of the control prompt window may also be the display size obtained by enlarging the display size of the mini-program item by a preset ratio (e.g., 1:1.2, or 1:1.05), which is not limited in this application.

In other embodiments, when the management policy of the information application includes identification information of a media call control (e.g., media call control 417), the electronic device 100 may also display an information application interface in response to the user's operation of opening the information application, and the media call control is not displayed in the information application interface.

For example, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to a user input for the information application icon 206 in the desktop 200 shown in FIG. 4A . After determining that the media call control that needs to be controlled in the information application includes the media call control 417 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4B, the information application interface 420 shown in FIG. 4D is displayed, and the information application interface 420 does not include the media call control 417. The specific content of the information application interface 420 can refer to the relevant description of the information application interface 400 shown in FIG. 4B, which will not be repeated here. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 can also display one or more graphic content, such as graphic content 421 and graphic content 422, in the information application interface 420 at the same position as the display position of the media call control 417 in the information application interface 400 shown in FIG. 4B. The one or more graphic content can be the graphic content whose display position in the original information application interface 400 is below the display position of the media call control 417.

It is understandable that the embodiments shown in Figures 4A to 4D are only exemplary. If the electronic device 100 determines that there is a media call control that needs to be controlled in the first application based on the control strategy, the electronic device 100 can use a control prompt window to cover it, or use a method of not displaying the media call control to achieve the control effect of prohibiting the first application from providing media services to the user. In the embodiment of the present application, the first application can also be other applications other than the information application, such as a video application, a call application, or a setting application, etc., which is not limited in the present application.

In addition, since different control strategies can be set for different applications, the electronic device 100 can also set different control strategies for one or more media call controls in different applications to achieve refined control, such as allowing the electronic device 100 to play learning or popular science media files through the first application, prohibiting the first application from playing entertainment media files, etc.

In some application scenarios, when the electronic device 100 detects different control modes of the electronic device 100 (such as normal control mode, youth mode, elderly mode, etc.), it can also determine the control strategy of the first application according to different control modes and control the controls that need to be controlled.

When the electronic device 100 detects that the youth mode (or child mode, elderly mode, etc.) is turned on, the electronic device 100 may also receive and respond to the user's operation of opening the first application, and obtain the control strategy of the first application in the youth mode. After determining the control that needs to be controlled (i.e., the control control) based on the control strategy, the electronic device 100 may display the interface of the first application, and the interface of the first application does not include the controlled control, or, in the interface of the first application displayed by the electronic device 100, the controlled control is covered with a control prompt window.

Exemplarily, the electronic device 100 displays a desktop 200 . The specific description of the desktop 200 may refer to the relevant description in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2A above, which will not be repeated here.

The electronic device 100 may receive and respond to a user's click operation on the settings application icon 204 to display a settings main interface 500 as shown in FIG. 5B .

As shown in FIG5B , the main settings interface 500 may include one or more settings items (e.g., WLAN settings items, Bluetooth settings items, mobile network settings items, more connection settings items, desktop and wallpaper settings items, display and brightness settings items, sound and vibration settings items, notification settings items, healthy use of mobile phone settings items 501, smart assistant settings items, and auxiliary function settings items, etc.). The settings items may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to display the settings interface corresponding to the settings items.

When the youth mode is not enabled on the electronic device 100 , the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to a user's click operation on the healthy use of the phone setting item 501 , and display a healthy use of the phone interface 510 as shown in FIG. 5C .

As shown in FIG5C , the healthy use of mobile phone interface 510 may include a mobile phone usage display bar 511, one or more setting items, and a close control 512. Among them, the mobile phone usage display bar 511 can be used to display the usage of the electronic device 100, for example, the usage time of different types of applications today, the total usage time of the mobile phone today, etc. The mobile phone usage display bar 511 may include an application usage time distribution chart to prompt the user the usage time of different applications today, and the proportion of different application usage time to the total usage time of the mobile phone, etc. One or more setting items may include an available time setting item 513, an application limit setting item 514, a downtime setting item 515, and a hearing protection setting item 516, etc. The available time setting item 513 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to set the total screen usage time. The application limit setting item 514 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to set the usage time of different applications, or a specific usable time period, etc. The downtime setting item 515 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to set the unusable time period of the screen (for example, 10 pm to 6 am the next day). The hearing protection setting entry 516 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to set a hearing protection reminder, that is, the electronic device 100 outputs a hearing protection reminder when it detects that the headphone volume reaches a preset volume, reminding the user to lower the volume to protect hearing. The close control 512 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to turn off the healthy use of mobile phone mode. Optionally, the healthy use of mobile phone interface 510 can also include a password switch control 517. The password switch control 517 can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to turn on or off the password of the healthy use of mobile phone mode.

When the youth mode is turned on on the electronic device 100, the electronic device 100 can receive a user's click operation on the healthy use of mobile phone setting item 501 in the embodiment shown in Figure 5B, and display a youth healthy use of mobile phone interface 520 as shown in Figure 5D, in which a control prompt window is displayed.

As shown in FIG5D , the interface 520 for healthy use of mobile phones by teenagers may include a display bar 521 for mobile phone usage, one or more setting items, one or more control prompt windows, and a close control 522. The specific contents of the display bar 521 for mobile phone usage, the one or more setting items, and the close control 522 may refer to the relevant description in the healthy use of mobile phone interface 510 shown in FIG5C . In addition, compared with the healthy use of mobile phone interface 510, the interface 520 for healthy use of mobile phones by teenagers also displays one or more control prompt windows, such as a control prompt window 523, a control prompt window 524, and a control prompt window 525. The control prompt window 523 may be displayed over the available time setting item 513, the application limit setting item 514, and the downtime setting item 515, and the display size of the control prompt window 523 may be equal to the sum of the display sizes of the available time setting item 513, the application limit setting item 514, and the downtime setting item 515. The control prompt window 524 can be displayed over the hearing protection setting item 516, and the display size of the control prompt window 524 can be the same as the display size of the hearing protection setting item 516. The control prompt window 525 can be displayed over the password switch control 517, and the display size of the control prompt window 525 can be the same as the display size of the password switch control 517. Among them, each control prompt window can also display a text prompt, for example, the control prompt window 523 can display the text "Healthy use of mobile phone control". It can be understood that other texts can also be displayed on the control prompt window to remind the user that the control (or setting item) covered by the control prompt window is in a controlled state.

It is understandable that in other embodiments, the available time setting entry 513, the application limit setting entry 514, and the downtime setting entry 515 can each be covered with a control prompt window with the same display size as the setting entry, and the present application does not limit this.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5D , the display size of the control prompt window may also be a size close to the display size of the control or setting item that it covers and controls. For example, the display size of the control prompt window may be a display size obtained by enlarging the display size of the controlled control at a fixed ratio (e.g., 1:1.2). The present application does not limit the specific display size of the control prompt window.

In other embodiments, when the youth mode is turned on on the electronic device 100, the electronic device 100 can receive a user's click operation on the healthy use of mobile phone setting item 501 in the embodiment shown in Figure 5B, and display the healthy use of mobile phone by youth interface 530 as shown in Figure 5E. The healthy use of mobile phone by youth interface 530 does not include the setting items (or controlled controls) that are controlled in the youth mode.

As shown in FIG5E , the interface 530 for healthy use of mobile phones by teenagers may include a display bar 531 for mobile phone usage and a close control 532. Among them, the specific contents of the display bar 531 for mobile phone usage and the close control 532 can refer to the relevant description in the interface 510 for healthy use of mobile phones shown in FIG5C , which will not be repeated here. Compared with the interface 510 for healthy use of mobile phones shown in FIG5C , the interface 530 for healthy use of mobile phones by teenagers does not include an available time setting entry 513, an application limit setting entry 514, an inactivity time setting entry 515, a hearing protection setting entry 516, and a password switch control 517. That is, the above-mentioned multiple setting entries and the password switch control 517 are the setting entries and controls that are controlled in the youth mode.

It is understandable that Figures 5A to 5E are merely illustrative of how the electronic device 100 in youth mode can control one or more controls in the first application. In the embodiments of the present application, the first application may also be an application different from the embodiments shown in Figures 5A to 5E, and the control controls in the first application may also be different from the control controls shown in Figures 5D or 5E, and the present application does not limit this.

It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the control mode of the electronic device 100 may also include other control modes such as the elderly mode, and in other control modes, the electronic device 100 may also control one or more controls in the first application based on the control strategy of the first application under the current control mode (for example, the elderly mode), which is not limited in this application.

In other application scenarios, the electronic device 100 may also control the graphic content, terms or web links displayed in the interface of the first application based on the control strategy of the first application (for example, an input method application, etc.).

As shown in FIG6A , the electronic device 100 displays a negative one screen search interface 220 including an input method window. For a specific description of the negative one screen search interface 220 , reference may be made to the relevant description of the negative one screen search interface 220 shown in FIG2D , which will not be repeated here.

After acquiring the management policy of the input method application, the electronic device 100 can receive and respond to the user's input to the vocabulary control 228b, and display the web page interface 600 shown in FIG. 6B in the input method application.

As shown in Figure 6B, the web page interface 600 may include one or more entries, such as entry 601, entry 602, and entry 603, etc. The web page interface 600 may also include a search box 604, a search control 605, and a bottom control area 606. Among them, the specific contents of the entry, search box 604, search control 605, and bottom control area 606 can refer to the web page interface 230 shown in Figure 2E above, and will not be repeated here. The difference from the web page interface 230 is that a control prompt window 607 is also displayed in the web page interface 600, and the control prompt window 607 is displayed over the entry 601, and the display size is the same or similar to the display size of the entry 601. The specific description of the control prompt window 607 can also refer to the specific description of the control prompt window in the above embodiment, which will not be repeated here.

In some other embodiments, after obtaining the management policy of the input method application, the electronic device 100 may receive and respond to the user's request for the word The input of the library control 228b displays a web page interface 610 as shown in FIG. 6C in the input method application.

As shown in FIG6C , the specific content of web page interface 610 can refer to web page interface 600 shown in FIG6B , and the difference from web page interface 600 is that web page interface 610 does not display the controlled entry 601 in web page interface 600. That is, in the embodiment shown in FIG6B , the controlled entry 601 is controlled by covering the control prompt window, while in the embodiment shown in FIG6C , the controlled entry 601 is not displayed.

It can be understood that the embodiment shown in Figures 6A to 6C is only an example. In the embodiment of the present application, the first application may also be an application other than the input method application, and the controlled content may also be other content other than the entry, such as graphic content, web links, etc., which is not limited in the present application.

By adopting the method described in the embodiments shown in FIG. 6A to FIG. 6C , the electronic device 100 can control the content displayed in the first application, and can achieve refined control over different contents in the application.

In some application scenarios, after turning on the control mode, if the first application (for example, a video application, etc.) includes a media call control, the media call control can be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to play the first media file. In this case, the electronic device 100 can also receive and respond to the user's operation on the media call control, obtain the page information of the first media file corresponding to the media call control, and determine whether to control the first media file based on the page information of the first media file. If it is determined that the first media file is to be controlled, the electronic device 100 can output a control prompt; if it is determined that the first media file is not to be controlled, the electronic device 100 can play the first media file. Among them, the page information of the first media file can be the identification information of the first media file. In other embodiments, the page information of the first media file can also include any one or more of the following: the title, cover image, comments, keywords, and the like of the first media file.

Exemplarily, as shown in FIG. 7A , the electronic device 100 displays a desktop 200 , and the specific description of the desktop 200 may refer to the related description of the desktop 200 shown in FIG. 2A above.

The electronic device 100 may receive and respond to the user's input on the video application icon 207 by displaying a video application interface 700 as shown in FIG. 7B .

As shown in Fig. 7B, the video application interface 700 may include a search box 701, a search control 702, an option bar 703, and one or more media call controls. The specific functional descriptions of the search box 701, the search control 702, and the option bar 703 may refer to the descriptions of the similar controls in the embodiment shown in Fig. 4B above, and will not be repeated here.

The one or more media call controls may include a media call control 704, a media call control 705, and a media call control 706, etc. Each media call control may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to play a media file corresponding to the media call control. For example, the media file corresponding to the media call control 704 may be an aerospace knowledge video, the media file corresponding to the media call control 705 may be a pet video, and the media file corresponding to the media call control 706 may be a mathematics teaching video.

The electronic device 100 may receive and respond to the user's input to the media call control 705, and obtain the identification information of the pet video corresponding to the media call control 705, and the identification information may include any one or more of the following: the pet video's tag, title, cover image, comment, etc. After determining that the pet video needs to be managed based on the identification information of the pet video, the electronic device 100 may display the management interface 710 shown in FIG. 7C.

As shown in FIG7C , a control prompt window 711 may be displayed in the control interface 710. Control prompt text may be displayed in the control prompt window 711, for example, "Healthy use of mobile phone" and "This page has risks outside the control and cannot be used!". In addition, a return control 712 may also be displayed in the control prompt window 711, and the return control 712 may be used to trigger the electronic device 100 to return to the previous interface, that is, to display the video application interface 700 shown in FIG7D. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 displays the control interface 710, and after the display time reaches a fixed time (for example, 3 seconds, 5 seconds, etc.), the electronic device 100 may also return to the previous interface and display the video application interface 700 shown in FIG7D.

The electronic device 100 can receive and respond to the user's input on the return control 712 to display the video application interface 700 as shown in FIG. 7D . Optionally, a management prompt window 707 is displayed overlaid on the media call control 705 in the video application interface 700 .

As shown in Figure 7D, the specific content in the video application interface 700 can refer to the specific description of the video application interface 700 shown in Figure 7B above, which will not be repeated here. The difference from the video application interface 700 shown in Figure 7B is that in the video application interface 700 shown in Figure 7D, the media call control 705 can be covered with a control prompt window 707 to prompt the user that the pet video corresponding to the media call control 705 is in a controlled state. Text prompts can be displayed in the control prompt window 707, such as "Healthy mobile phone use control", or other different text prompts. The display size of the control prompt window 707 can be the same or similar to that of the media call control 705. The specific display size can refer to the relevant description of the control prompt window in the above embodiment.

The electronic device 100 can receive and respond to the user's input to the media call control 706 in the video application interface 700 shown in FIG. 7D, and when it is determined that the mathematics teaching video does not need to be controlled based on the identification information of the mathematics teaching video corresponding to the media call control 706, the display is as follows: The video playback interface 720 shown in FIG. 7E may be used to play mathematics teaching videos.

As shown in Fig. 7E, the video playback interface 720 may include a video title 721, a video playback window 722, a play pause control 723, a progress bar 724, and a comment area 725. Among them, the video title 721 is used to indicate the title of the video played in the video playback interface 720, such as "Advanced Mathematics". The video playback window 722 is used to play the math teaching video. The play pause control 723 can be used to play or pause the math teaching video in the video playback window 722. The progress bar 724 can be used to prompt the playback progress of the math teaching video. One or more comments can be displayed in the comment area 725, such as user A's comment "The teacher is really good!", user B's comment "I love blackboard writing, ppt flips too fast!" and user C's comment "Teacher, you are my calculus savior, woo woo woo".

It should be noted that the embodiments shown in Figures 7A to 7E above are only exemplary illustrations that the electronic device 100 can also determine whether to control the media file based on the page information of the media file corresponding to the media call control after receiving the user's input for the media call control in the first application. In the embodiment of the present application, the first application can also be other applications different from the video application, and the first application can also include more or fewer media call controls, and the media file corresponding to the media call control can also be a video file different from the above embodiment, and the present application does not limit this.

In this way, the electronic device 100 can determine in real time whether to control one or more media call controls in the first application, thereby achieving refined control of different types of media files. In particular, when the first application includes many media call controls, the electronic device 100 can determine in real time whether to control based on the identification information of the media call controls, without having to store the control policy of each media call control, thereby reducing the storage pressure of the electronic device 100.

The following is a schematic diagram of the module interaction process of an application management method provided in an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in FIG8 , when the control mode is turned on, the electronic device 100 may include a view module 11, a policy management module 12, and a control module 13. The specific process of the electronic device 100 executing the application control method provided in the embodiment of the present application may include the following steps:

S801 , receiving and responding to a user operation on a first application, the view module 11 sends a policy acquisition request to the policy management module 12 , requesting the policy management module 12 to send a management and control policy of the first application to the view module 11 .

The user's operation on the first application may be an operation to open the first application, such as a click operation on the chat application icon 205 in the desktop 200 shown in FIG. 3A above, or a click operation on the information application icon 206 in the desktop 200, etc. In some embodiments, the user's operation on the first application may also be a user's input on a control in the first application, such as a click operation on the function control 226 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2C above, or a click operation on the discovery control 307 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3B above, or a click operation on the mini-program entry control 312 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3C above, etc.

The policy acquisition request may include an application identifier of the first application, and the application identifier of the first application may be used to identify the first application. The control policy of the first application is used to indicate the controls (also written as control controls) that need to be controlled in the first application.

In some embodiments, in addition to the application identifier of the first application, the policy acquisition request may also include a current control mode, which is used to indicate the current control mode of the electronic device 100. The control mode of the electronic device 100 may include any one or more of the following: normal control mode, youth mode, elderly mode, etc. For example, when it is detected that the youth mode is turned on, the policy acquisition request may also include "youth mode".

In other embodiments, in addition to the application identifier of the first application, the policy acquisition request may also include page information of one or more controls in the first application, and the page information of the control may be used to determine the control policy of the control, that is, to determine whether to control the control. The page information of the one or more controls may be used to determine the control policy of the first application. The page information of the control may include the display content of the control on the interface (i.e., interface 1) where the control is located (e.g., pictures, text, hyperlinks, etc. of the control) and/or the display content of the interface (interface 2) triggered by the control (e.g., pictures, titles, comments, tags, keywords, etc. displayed in interface 2). Exemplarily, when the first application is a word library control in an input method application, the page information may include the title, introduction, and pictures of each entry in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2E. When the control is a media call control, the page information of the control may also be the page information of the media file corresponding to the media call control, including any one or more of the contents of the media file, such as the title, comments, keywords, and cover image. The view module 11 may obtain the page information of one or more controls and send the page information of the one or more controls to the policy management module 12.

S802, the policy management module 12 determines the control policy of the first application in response to the policy acquisition request, where the control policy includes identification information of the control control.

In some embodiments, after receiving the policy acquisition request sent by the view module 11 , the policy management module 12 can determine the control policy of the first application from the control policies of multiple applications stored in the policy management module 12 in response to the policy acquisition request.

Exemplarily, Table 1 shows a management and control policy of multiple applications stored in a policy management module 12 .

Table 1

As shown in Table 1, the control policies of multiple applications stored in the policy management module 12 may include the application identifier and the control policy of each of the multiple applications. As can be seen from Table 1, the control policy corresponding to the application with the application identifier A1 is control policy 1, the control policy corresponding to the application with the application identifier A2 is control policy 2, and the control policy corresponding to the application with the application identifier A3 is control policy 3.

It is understandable that Table 1 is only an example. In the embodiment of the present application, the control policies of multiple applications stored in the policy management module 12 may include more or fewer applications, and may also include control policies different from those shown in Table 1, and the present application does not limit this.

When the control policies of multiple applications stored in the policy management module 12 are the same or similar to the embodiment shown in Table 1, the policy management module 12 can determine the control policy of the first application from the stored control policies of the multiple applications based on the application identifier of the first application in the policy acquisition request.

In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may have different control modes, and the control policies of multiple applications in different control modes may be stored in the policy management module 12. For example, Table 2 shows the control policies of multiple applications in different control modes.

Table 2

As shown in Table 2, the control policies of multiple applications stored in the policy management module 12 may include the application identifier and control policy of each application in the multiple applications. As can be seen from Table 2, in the normal control mode, the control policy corresponding to the application with application identifier A1 is control policy 1, the control policy corresponding to the application with application identifier A2 is control policy 2, and the control policy corresponding to the application with application identifier A3 is control policy 3. In the youth mode, the control policy corresponding to the application with application identifier A1 is control policy 1, the control policy corresponding to the application with application identifier A2 is control policy 4, and the control policy corresponding to the application with application identifier A3 is control policy 5.

It can be understood that Table 2 is only an example. In an embodiment of the present application, the control policies of multiple applications stored in the policy management module 12 may include more or fewer applications, or include more or fewer control modes, and may also include control policies different from those shown in Table 2. The present application does not limit this.

When the control policies of multiple applications stored in the policy management module 12 are the same or similar to the embodiment shown in Table 2, the policy management module 12 can determine the control policy of the first application under the current control mode from the control policies of the multiple applications stored based on the application identifier of the first application in the policy acquisition request and the current control mode.

It should be noted that the control policies of multiple applications stored in the policy management module 12 may be control policies pre-set by the user, or may be control policies set by the system at the factory, and this application does not limit this.

In other embodiments, after receiving the policy acquisition request sent by the view module 11, the policy management module 12 can respond to the policy acquisition request and determine the control policy of each of the one or more controls through the control policy decision model based on the page information of the one or more controls in the policy acquisition request, and obtain the control policy of the first application based on the control policy of the one or more controls. The specific process of the policy management module 12 determining the control policy of the first application based on the page information of one or more controls and the control policy decision model adopted can refer to the relevant description in the embodiment shown in Figure 9 below, which will not be described in detail here.

The control strategy of the first application may include identification information of the control control in the first application, and the identification information of the control control may be used to identify the control control and determine the location information of the control control. In some embodiments, all controls of the same type in the first application (such as webview controls, mini-program controls, media call controls, etc.) may be controlled based on the control strategy of the first application. In this case, the identification information of the control control may include a type identifier of the control, which is used to identify all controls of the same type in the first application. Exemplarily, when the control control includes controlling all webview controls in the first application, the identification information of the control control may include webview and its subclasses, such as android.webkit.Webview and its subclasses, com.android.webview and its subclasses, and com.smtt.sdk.WebView and its subclasses. Etc. In another exemplary embodiment, when the control control includes all mini-program controls in the first application, the identification information of the control control may include the keyword miniprogram. In another exemplary embodiment, when the control control includes all media call controls in the first application, the identification information of the control control may include an audio tag or a video tag (e.g., an <audio> tag or a <video> tag), etc.

It should be noted that the tag of audio files (i.e., the <audio> tag) is similar to the tag of video files (i.e., the <video> tag), and can represent corresponding elements, which can be used to embed audio or video content. Both the <audio> tag and the <video> tag can be described by the src attribute or the <source> element. The src attribute can be used to describe the absolute path or relative path of the media file embedded in the <audio> tag or the <video> tag. The <source> element can define media resources, and the <source> element allows the specification of two video/audio files for the browser to choose based on its support for media types or codecs.

In other embodiments, specific controls in the first application (e.g., control 1, control 2, etc.) can be managed based on the management and control strategy of the first application. In this case, the identification information of the managed controls may include any one of the name, category, id, etc. of the specific control, which is used to identify the specific control.

In some embodiments, in addition to the identification information of the control control, the control strategy may also include a control method, which is used to indicate the electronic device 100 how to control the control control. The control method may include any one or more of the following: covering the control prompt information, canceling the display, replacing the display, triggering the display of the control interface, etc. Optionally, for different controls, the control methods in the control strategy may be the same or different.

S803, the policy management module 12 sends the control policy of the first application to the view module 11, including identification information of the control control.

S804, the view module 11 identifies the control control based on the control policy of the first application, and obtains the location information of the control control.

After receiving the control policy of the first application, the view module 11 can identify the control control in the page based on the identification information of the control control in the control policy.

Exemplarily, when the management and control controls include all mini-program controls in the first application, that is, the identification information of the management and control controls includes the category identification of the mini-program controls, such as the keyword miniProgram, the view module 11 can determine whether the http request should be managed by judging whether the userAgent contains the keyword miniProgram, or determine whether the control corresponding to the link is a management and control control by judging whether the connection in the interface includes the keyword miniProgram.

As another example, when the managed control includes all webview controls in the first application, that is, the identification information of the managed control includes the category identifier of the webview control (for example, android.webkit.Webview and its subclasses, com.android.webview and its subclasses, or com.smtt.sdk.WebView and its subclasses, etc.), the view module 11 can determine whether the control is a webview control that needs to be managed by judging whether the code of the control includes the category identifier of any of the above webview controls.

As another example, when the management and control controls include all media call controls in the first application, that is, the identification information of the management and control controls includes audio tags or video tags (for example, the <audio> tag and the <video> tag), the view module 11 can determine whether the control is a media call control that needs to be managed by judging whether the code of the control includes the <audio> tag or the <video> tag.

In some embodiments, the identification information of the managed control may also include the identification of a specific control of the first application (such as name, category, ID, etc.). In this case, the view module 11 can determine whether the control is a managed control by judging whether the identification of the control is consistent with the identification of the specific control.

After identifying the control control, the view module 11 can obtain the position information of the control control. Among them, the position information of the control control can be the coordinates of the control control in the first coordinate system, and the first coordinate system is a coordinate system constructed with any point on the display screen of the electronic device 100 as the coordinate origin. In other embodiments, the position information of the control control can also be the coordinates of the control control in the second coordinate system, and the second coordinate system is a coordinate system constructed with any point on the interface of the first application as the origin. It should be noted that the position information of the control control also includes the display size of the control control.

Exemplarily, in the embodiments shown in Figures 2A to 2I above, the first application is an input method application. The electronic device 100 can identify the control controls as skin controls 228a and vocabulary controls 228b based on the acquired control policy of the input method application, and determine the location information of the control controls.

As another example, in the embodiments shown in FIGS. 3A to 3H above, the first application is a chat application, and the electronic device 100 can identify the control control as the mini-program entry control 312 based on the control policy of the chat application obtained, and determine the location information of the mini-program entry control 312. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 can identify the control control as one or more mini-program entries in the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG. 3D based on the control policy of the chat application obtained, for example, the entertainment 1 entry, the game 2 entry, and the puzzle 3 entry, and then determine the location information of the one or more mini-program entries.

Also exemplarily, in the embodiments shown in FIG. 4A to FIG. 4D above, the first application is an information application, and the electronic device 100 can identify the control control as the media call control 417 based on the acquired control policy of the information application, and determine the location information of the media call control 417.

Also exemplarily, in the embodiments shown in Figures 5A to 5E above, the first application is the healthy use of mobile phone application in the setting application. The electronic device 100 can identify the control controls in the youth mode based on the acquired control policy of the healthy use of mobile phone application, including the available time setting entry 513, the application limit setting entry 514, the downtime setting entry 515, the hearing protection setting entry 516 and the password switch control 517, and determine the location information of each of the above control controls.

In some embodiments, the location information of the control control can be obtained by calling the getLocationOnScreen interface of the control, and the absolute location of the control on the screen can be obtained. The display size of the control control can be obtained by using the onSizeChanged method of the control.

S805, the view module 11 sends the location information of the control control to the control module 13.

After determining the location information of the control control, the view module 11 may send the location information of the control control to the control module 13 .

In some embodiments, if the control strategy of the first application also includes a control method, the view module 11 may also send the control method to the control module 13 .

S806, the control module 13 performs control on the control control based on the location information of the control control.

After receiving the location information of the control control, the control module 13 may perform control on the control control based on the location information of the control control.

For example, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2F above, when the first application is an input method application, the control module 13 can adopt an overlay display control method to overlay the control prompt window on the control control (i.e., webview control). In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2H above, when the first application is an input method application, the control module 13 can also adopt a cancel display control method to not display the control control.

As another example, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3E or FIG. 3G above, when the first application is a chat application, the control module 13 can adopt an overlay display control method to overlay the control prompt window on the control control (i.e., the mini-program control or mini-program entry). In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3F or FIG. 3H above, when the first application is a chat application, the control module 13 can adopt a cancel display control method to not display the mini-program control that needs to be controlled or not display the mini-program entry that needs to be controlled.

In some embodiments, if the control module 13 also receives the control method sent by the view module 11, the control module 13 may also use the control method to control the control control based on the location information of the control control. It is understandable that in other embodiments, in the control method sent by the view module 11, different control controls may also correspond to different control methods. In this case, the control module 13 may also use corresponding different control methods to control different control controls based on the control method, and this application does not limit this.

Through an application control method provided in an embodiment of the present application, different control strategies can be set for different applications, so that missed control can be avoided and refined control of different controls in different applications can be achieved. In some embodiments, different control strategies can also be set for the same application in the policy management module 12 based on different control modes of the electronic device 100 to achieve refined control under different control modes.

In some embodiments, when the first application includes a media call control, the electronic device 100 may need to call a media service. In this case, in addition to the modules shown in FIG. 8 above, the electronic device 100 may also include a media service module 14. After the electronic device 100 controls the control controls in the first application based on the control strategy of the first application, if the interface of the first application still displays an uncontrolled media call control, the first application may receive and respond to the user's input for the media call control, and send a call request to the media service module 14, where the call request is used to request the call of the media service. In response to the call request, the media service module 14 may provide media services for the first application and play the media file corresponding to the media call control.

The following describes a specific process of obtaining page information of a control in a request based on a policy, and determining whether to control the control through a control policy decision model, provided in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 9 shows an SVM algorithm model. The SVM algorithm is a classification algorithm. The algorithm model can be used to make management and control strategy decisions.

As shown in Figure 9, the two-dimensional coordinate system formed by the horizontal axis x-axis and the vertical axis y-axis can be regarded as a feature space. The feature space can include one or more feature points, and each feature point can correspond to the page information of a control.

Taking the media file corresponding to the media call control as an example, the page information of the media call control (equivalent to the page information of the media file corresponding to the media call control) may include any one or more of the following information of the media file: title, comment, tag, keyword, category, etc. The electronic device 100 may assign a control strategy score to the one or more information, for example, setting the control strategy score of categories such as animation and film to 1, and setting the control strategy score of categories such as teaching and popular science to -1; for another example, setting the control strategy score of titles including words such as "advanced mathematics" to -1. The control strategy score is set to -1; for another example, the control strategy score of comments including words such as "looking forward to the next episode" is set to -1, the control strategy score of comments including words such as "learning" is set to 1, and so on.

The electronic device 100 can be trained based on the page information of the acquired multiple media call controls and the control strategy of each media call control, so as to obtain a separation hyperplane Y0, where Y0 is a segmentation hyperplane with the largest geometric interval obtained by training based on the SVM algorithm, and the separation hyperplane Y0 can be described by the following formula (1):
Y0:0＝wx+b (1)

In the above formula (1), w is the normal vector of the separating hyperplane Y0, and b is a constant vector.

Based on the above separation hyperplane Y0, the following formula (2) can be obtained, namely:
y＝wx+b (2)

The meaning of each vector in formula (2) is the same as that in formula (1). It should be noted that the value of x can be determined based on the acquired page information. After determining the value of x, the value of y can be determined based on the above formula (2). When the value of y is greater than 0, it can be determined that the control corresponding to the page information is a control control, that is, the control strategy of the control is control; when the value of y is less than 0, it can be determined that the control corresponding to the page information is a non-control control, that is, the control strategy of the control is no control.

Based on the above separating hyperplane Y0, we can also determine the expressions of the two hyperplanes symmetrical on both sides of Y0, namely:
Y1:1＝wx+b (3)
Y2: -1 = wx + b (4)

After obtaining the separation hyperplane Y0, the electronic device 100 can determine the control strategy of the new media call control based on the page information of the new media call control obtained. That is, the electronic device 100 can determine the control strategy score corresponding to the page information, and determine the value of y corresponding to the new media call control based on the above separation hyperplane Y0, and then determine the control strategy of the new media call control. When the value of y is greater than 0, it can be determined that the control strategy of the new media call control is control. At this time, the electronic device 100 can output a control prompt to reject the user's request to call the media service to play the media file corresponding to the new media call control; when the value of y is less than 0, it can be determined that the control strategy of the new media call control is no control. At this time, the electronic device 100 can receive and respond to the user's input for the new media call control to play the corresponding media file.

It is understandable that the embodiments herein are merely illustrative of how different page information corresponds to respective management and control strategy scores. In the embodiments of the present application, page information may also correspond to other management and control strategy scores, and the present application does not limit this.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present application, the electronic device 100 may also use the algorithm shown in Figure 9 above to make management and control strategy decisions for other controls in the first application (such as webview controls, mini-program entries, mini-program application icons, or other content, etc.), or use an algorithm different from the algorithm shown in Figure 9 to make management and control strategy decisions for controls in the first application. This application is not limited here.

By adopting the algorithm model shown in Figure 9 or other control strategy judgment models, the electronic device 100 can determine the control strategy of one or more controls in the first application, and based on the control strategy of the one or more controls, determine the identification information of the control controls in the first application to obtain the control strategy of the first application.

Through an application control method provided by an embodiment of the present application, a control strategy decision can be made on the control based on the page information of the acquired control (or the media file corresponding to the control) to determine whether to control the control. In this way, the control strategies stored in the electronic device 100 can be reduced, reducing storage pressure. Moreover, the control strategy can be determined in real time based on the acquired page information, reducing the probability of missed control events.

In other embodiments, when the first application is not controlled and includes a media call control, the electronic device 100 may also determine whether to control the media call control based on the media file corresponding to the media call control when receiving the user's input for the media call control. In this way, the electronic device 100 can specifically control some of the media call controls in the first application without affecting other functions of the first application.

The following is a schematic diagram of the module interaction process of the electronic device 100 executing the application control method provided in the embodiment of the present application in this case. It should be noted that, at this time, the electronic device 100 may include: an application 15, a policy management module 12, a control module 13 and a media service module 14. Among them, the application 15 may also be the first application.

As shown in FIG. 10 , the specific process of the electronic device 100 executing another application management method provided in an embodiment of the present application may include the following steps:

S1001, the application 15 receives and responds to the user's operation of playing a first media file, and sends a media call request to the media service module 14 to request the media service module 14 to play the first media file.

The user's operation of playing the first media file may be an input of the user to the media call control in the application 15. Exemplarily, the user's operation of playing the first media file may be a click operation of the user to the media call control 417 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4B above. Another exemplary operation of the user playing the first media file may also be a click operation of the user to the media call control 705 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7B above, or a click operation of the user to the media call control 706 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7D above, and so on.

The media call request may include a call request. The call request may be used to request the media service module 14 to provide media services to the application 15 and play the first media file. In addition to the call request, the media call request may also include identification information of the first media file and/or page information of the first media file.

The identification information of the first media file may be used to identify the first media file, and may include a name or a number of the first media file.

The page information of the first media file may include any one or more of the following: a tag, title, comment, cover image, keyword, etc. of the first media file. The page information of the first media file may be used to determine a management and control strategy for the first media file.

In some embodiments, the media call request may also include a current control mode, which may refer to the current control mode of the electronic device 100, and in some embodiments, may also refer to the current control mode of the application 15. The control mode may include a normal control mode, a youth mode, an elderly mode, and the like.

S1002: The media service module 14 sends a query message to the control module 13 in response to the media call request, to inquire whether the first media file can be played.

After receiving the media call request, the media service module 14 can send a query message to the control module 13 in response to the media call request. The query message may include the first media file identification information and/or page information. The query message can be used to query the control module 13 whether the media service module 14 can play the first media file.

In some embodiments, the query information may also include the current control mode.

S1003 , the control module 13 sends an acquisition request to the policy management module 12 , for requesting the policy management module 12 to send the control policy of the first media file to the control module 13 .

The acquisition request may include identification information and/or page information of the first media file. The acquisition request may be used to request the policy management module 12 to send the management and control policy of the first media file to the management and control module 13.

In some embodiments, the acquisition request may also include the current control mode.

S1004: The policy management module 12 determines a management and control policy for the first media file in response to the acquisition request.

In some embodiments, after receiving the acquisition request, the policy management module 12 may determine the management and control policy of the first media file based on the identification information of the first media file in the acquisition request.

The policy management module 12 may store the control policy of the application 15 .

Exemplarily, Table 3 shows a control policy of an application 15 stored in a policy management module 12 .

Table 3

As shown in Table 3, the control policy of the application 15 stored in the policy management module 12 may include identification information of the media file corresponding to each media call control in the application 15 and whether the media file needs to be controlled. As can be seen from Table 1, the media file with the media file identification information of M1 needs to be controlled, the media file with the media file identification information of M2 does not need to be controlled, and the media file with the media file identification information of M3 needs to be controlled.

It can be understood that Table 3 is only an example. In an embodiment of the present application, the control policy of the application 15 stored in the policy management module 12 may include more or fewer media files, may include control policies different from those shown in Table 3, and may also include control policies for other controls, which is not limited in the present application.

When the control policy of the application 15 stored in the policy management module 12 is the same as or similar to the embodiment shown in Table 3, the policy management module 12 can determine the control policy of the first media file from the control policies of the stored multiple media files based on the identification information of the first media file in the acquisition request, that is, determine whether to control the first media file.

In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may have different control modes, and the policy management module 12 may store control policies for the application 15 in different control modes. For example, Table 4 shows the control policies for the application 15 in different control modes.

Table 4

As shown in Table 4, the control policy of the application 15 stored in the policy management module 12 may include the identification information of the media file corresponding to each media call control in the application 15 under different control modes and whether the media file needs to be controlled. As can be seen from Table 4, in the normal control mode, the media file with the media file identification information of M1 needs to be controlled, the media file with the media file identification information of M2 does not need to be controlled, and the media file with the media file identification information of M3 needs to be controlled. In the youth mode, the media files with the media file identification information of M1, the media files with the media file identification information of M2, and the media files with the media file identification information of M3 all need to be controlled.

It can be understood that Table 4 is only an example. In an embodiment of the present application, the control policy of the application 15 stored in the policy management module 12 may include more or fewer media files, or include more or fewer control modes, and may also include control policies different from those shown in Table 4, and may also include control policies for other controls, which are not limited in the present application.

When the control policy of the application 15 stored in the policy management module 12 is the same or similar to the embodiment shown in Table 4, the policy management module 12 can determine the control policy of the first media file under the current control mode from the control policies of the stored multiple media files based on the current control mode of the electronic device 100 and the identification information of the first media file in the acquisition request, that is, determine whether to control the first media file. Among them, the current control mode of the electronic device 100 can be determined by the policy management module 12 in response to the user's operation of setting the control mode, or it can be determined by the policy management module 12 based on the acquisition request, and this application does not limit it here.

In other embodiments, after receiving the acquisition request, the policy management module 12 can determine the control policy of the first media file based on the page information of the first media file in the acquisition request and the preset control policy decision model. The specific control policy decision model and decision method can refer to the relevant content in the embodiment shown in FIG. 9 above, and this application will not repeat them here.

S1005 , the policy management module 12 sends a control policy of the first media file to the control module 13 , which is used to indicate whether to control the first media file.

After determining the management and control policy of the first media file, the policy management module 12 may send the management and control policy of the first media file to the management and control module 13 .

S1006: The management and control module 13 determines whether to play the first media file based on the management and control policy of the first media file.

After receiving the control policy of the first media file, the control module 13 may determine whether to play the first media file based on the control policy of the first media file. Specifically:

If the control policy of the first media file is no control, it is determined to play the first media file. At this time, the electronic device 100 executes the following steps S1007 to S1008;

If the control policy of the first media file is control, it is determined not to play the first media file. At this time, the electronic device 100 executes the following steps S1009 to S1011.

S1007: The control module 13 sends a release notification to the media service module 14, for notifying the media service module 14 to play the first media file.

If the control policy of the first media file is no control, the control module 13 sends a release notification to the media service module 14 , where the release notification is used to notify the media service module 14 to play the first media file.

S1008 , the media service module 14 provides media service to the application 15 in response to the release notification, and plays the first media file.

In response to the release notification, the media service module 14 may provide media services to the application 15 and play the first media file. For example, the first media file may be the mathematics teaching video played in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7E above.

S1009: The control module 13 sends a control notification to the media service module 14, which is used to notify the media service module 14 not to play the first media file. Piece.

If the control policy of the first media file is control, the control module 13 sends a control notification to the media service module 14 , where the control notification is used to notify the media service module 14 not to play the first media file.

S1010, the media service module 14 sends a rejection notification to the application 15 in response to the control notification, so as to notify the application 15 that the media call request is rejected.

S1011, application 15 outputs a control prompt in response to the rejection notification.

Exemplarily, the output control prompt may be the control prompt window 711 in the embodiment shown in Fig. 7C above. In addition, optionally, the output control prompt may also include the control prompt window 707 in the embodiment shown in Fig. 7D above.

Through the application control method provided by the embodiment of the present application, after receiving the request to call the media service, it can be determined whether to control the media file requested to be played. In this way, the control strategy obtained when the application is started can be reduced, and the application startup efficiency can be guaranteed while ensuring the control effect.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, other controls in the first application, such as mini-program controls, mini-program application icons, etc., can also adopt a method similar to the control method shown in FIG. 10 above, that is, after receiving the user's input for the control in the first application, the policy management module 12 determines whether to control the control. The specific operation process can be analogous to the embodiment shown in FIG. 10, and will not be repeated here.

The following is a flow chart of an application management method provided by an embodiment of the present application.

As shown in Figure 11, the specific process of the application control method may include the following steps:

S1101, the electronic device 100 receives and responds to an operation on a first icon, and displays a first interface of a first application, where the first interface includes a first control and a second control.

The operation on the first icon may be the operation on the first application in step S801 shown in FIG. 8 .

Exemplarily, the first interface may be the negative one screen search interface 220 shown in FIG. 2D above, the first control may be the word library control 228b, and the second control may be the slide-up input control; another exemplary embodiment, the first interface may be the discovery interface 310 shown in FIG. 3C above, the first control may be the mini-program entry control 312, and the second control may be the chat control. Another exemplary embodiment, the first interface may be the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG. 3D above, the first control may be the mini-program entry (e.g., entertainment 1, game 2, etc.) in the interface, and the second control may be the search control 325. Another exemplary embodiment, the first interface may be the information application interface shown in FIG. 4B above, the first control may be the media call control 417, and the second control may be the graphic content 415; another exemplary embodiment, the first interface may be the video application interface 700 shown in FIG. 7B above, the first control may be the media call control 705, and the second control may be the media call control 706, and so on.

S1102, the electronic device 100 receives and responds to a first operation on a first control, and displays a second interface of a first application.

Exemplarily, the first operation on the first control may be a click operation on the word library control 228b shown in FIG. 2D, and the second interface may be the web page interface 230 shown in FIG. 2E; the first operation on the first control may be a click operation on the mini-program entry control 312 shown in FIG. 3C, and the second interface may be the mini-program entry interface 320 shown in FIG. 3D, etc. In some embodiments, the second interface may also be the interface of the mini-program, or other interfaces such as the media playback interface, which is not limited in this application.

S1103, the electronic device 100 receives and displays the third interface of the first application in response to the second operation on the second control.

Exemplarily, the second operation on the second control may be a click operation on the media call control 706 shown in FIG. 7B , and the third interface may be the video playback interface 720 shown in FIG. 7E , and so on.

S1104, after the management and control mode is turned on, the electronic device 100 receives and responds to the operation on the first icon, and normally displays the second control in the area where the second control is located.

The electronic device 100 may receive and respond to a user's operation to turn on the control mode (e.g., an operation on a control mode switch, etc.) to turn on the control mode. In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may also turn on the control mode when it detects that a preset control condition is met (e.g., the current time is within a preset control time period).

After the control mode is turned on, the electronic device 100 receives and responds to the operation on the first icon, obtains the control policy of the first application, The specific steps of the electronic device 100 obtaining the control strategy of the first application and determining the control control based on the control strategy can refer to the relevant descriptions in the embodiments shown in Figures 8 to 10 above, which will not be repeated here.

After determining that the management control does not include the second control, the electronic device 100 can normally display the second control in the area where the second control is located, and the area where the second control is located refers to the display area of the second control in the first interface.

In some embodiments, after the electronic device 100 turns on the control mode, the control of the first application may include a first mode and a second mode, the first mode is the control of one or more controls in the first application (or the control of one or more types of controls in the application), for example, in the above embodiment of the present application, the electronic device 100 adopts the first mode when controlling the first application; the second mode is the control of the first application, so that the electronic device 100 cannot run the first application normally. The electronic device 100 can control the first application in the first mode while turning on the control mode. When the electronic device 100 turns on the control mode and detects that the first application meets the application control condition (for example, the control switch of the first application is turned on, the use period of the first application is detected to be in the preset control period of the first application, or the use time of the first application is detected to be greater than the first threshold, etc.), the electronic device 100 can control the first application in the second mode. It should be noted that when the electronic device 100 does not use the second mode to control the first application (that is, when the first application does not meet the application control condition), the electronic device 100 can also control the controls in the first application based on the first control mode and the control method shown in the above embodiment. In other embodiments, based on different control modes of the electronic device 100 (normal control mode, youth mode, elderly mode), the control strategy of the first application in the first mode may be different, and the application control conditions of the first application in the second mode may also be different.

S1105, the electronic device 100 receives and responds to the third operation on the area where the first control is located, and does not display the second interface.

After the control mode is turned on and it is determined that the control control of the first application includes the first control, the electronic device 100 can determine the area where the first control is located in the first interface (also written as the location information of the first control), and control the first control, so that when the electronic device 100 receives the third operation of the user on the area where the first control is located, the second interface is not displayed. The area where the first control is located refers to the display area of the first control in the first interface.

The specific steps of the electronic device 100 determining the position information of the first control and controlling the first control based on the position information of the first control can refer to the relevant description in the embodiment shown in Figure 8 above.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 100 may not display the first control.

In some embodiments, after determining that the first control is a control control, the electronic device 100 may overlay control prompt information in the area where the first control is located in the first interface to prompt the user that the first control is controlled. The control prompt information may be the control prompt window in the above embodiment, or other forms of control prompt information (such as control patterns, control animations, etc.), which is not limited in this application.

In other embodiments, after determining that the first control is a control control, the electronic device 100 may display the first control. In this case, the electronic device 100 receives and responds to the third operation on the first control, and displays a control interface, which can be used to prompt the user that the first control is controlled. The control interface can be the control interface 710 shown in FIG. 7C above, or the control interface 360 shown in FIG. 3I above, or the control interface 250 shown in FIG. 2I above, etc.

S1106, the electronic device 100 receives and responds to the fourth operation on the area where the second control is located, and displays the third interface.

Exemplarily, the fourth operation on the second control may be a click operation on the media call control 706 shown in FIG. 7B , and the third interface may be the video playback interface 720 shown in FIG. 7E , and so on.

By adopting the application management method provided in the embodiment of the present application, the controls in the application can be managed by setting the application management strategy, which can avoid the occurrence of missed management and can also achieve refined management of different controls in different applications.

By adopting the application management method provided in the embodiment of the present application, it is possible to achieve refined management and control of different controls in an application without affecting the normal use of the application.

The various implementation modes of the present application can be combined arbitrarily to achieve different technical effects.

In the above embodiments, it can be implemented in whole or in part by software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. When implemented by software, it can be implemented in whole or in part in the form of a computer program product. The computer program product includes one or more computer instructions. When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on a computer, the process or function described in this application is generated in whole or in part. The computer can be a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computer network, or other programmable device. The computer instructions can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, or transmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to another computer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructions can be transmitted from a website, a computer, a server or a data center via a wired (e.g., coaxial cable, optical fiber, digital subscriber line) The computer readable storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer or a data storage device such as a server or a data center that includes one or more available media. The available medium may be a magnetic medium (e.g., a floppy disk, a hard disk, a magnetic tape), an optical medium (e.g., a DVD), or a semiconductor medium (e.g., a solid state disk (SSD)).

Those skilled in the art can understand that to implement all or part of the processes in the above-mentioned embodiments, the processes can be completed by computer programs to instruct related hardware, and the programs can be stored in computer-readable storage media. When the programs are executed, they can include the processes of the above-mentioned method embodiments. The aforementioned storage media include: ROM or random access memory RAM, magnetic disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes.

In short, the above description is only an embodiment of the technical solution of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made according to the disclosure of the present invention shall be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (13)

An application management and control method, characterized by comprising: In response to an operation on the first icon, displaying a first interface of the first application, the first interface including a first control and a second control; In response to a first operation on the first control, displaying a second interface of the first application; In response to a second operation on the second control, displaying a third interface of the first application; After the control mode is turned on, in response to an operation on the first icon, the second control is normally displayed in the area where the second control is located; In response to a third operation on the area where the first control is located, not displaying the second interface; In response to a fourth operation on the area where the second control is located, displaying the third interface. The method according to claim 1 is characterized in that the method further comprises: overlaying and displaying control prompt information on the area where the first control is located, and the control prompt information is used to prompt the user that the first control is controlled. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises: In response to a third operation on the area where the first control is located, a management and control interface is displayed, where the management and control interface is used to prompt a user that the first control is being managed. The method according to claim 1 is characterized in that the usage duration of the first application does not reach a first threshold or the usage period of the first application is not within a control period. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises: After the management and control mode is turned on, in response to an operation on the first icon, the first control is not displayed in the area where the first control is located. The method according to any one of claims 1-5 is characterized in that the first control is a web view control, and the second interface includes one or more entries, and the entries can be used to trigger the display of corresponding web pages. The method according to any one of claims 1-5 is characterized in that the first control is a mini-program entry control, the second interface includes one or more mini-program entries, and the mini-program entries are used to trigger the display of the corresponding mini-program interface. The method according to any one of claims 1-5 is characterized in that the first control is a mini-program entry or an application icon of the mini-program, and the second interface is an interface of the mini-program corresponding to the first control. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the first control is used to trigger the playback of a media file, and the second interface is a playback interface of the media file corresponding to the first control. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that after the control mode is turned on, the method further comprises: A preset control strategy is obtained, where the control strategy includes identification information of the first control, and the identification information of the first control is used to determine an area where the first control is located. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that after the control mode is turned on, the method further comprises: Acquire page information of the first control based on the first interface and the second interface, where the page information of the first control includes display content of the first control on the first interface and/or display content of the second interface; Determine the control of the first control based on the page information of the first control and a preset decision model. An electronic device, characterized in that it comprises: one or more processors and one or more memories; the one or more memories are coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories are used to store computer program codes, the computer program codes include computer instructions, and when the one or more processors execute the computer instructions, the electronic device executes the above claim The method according to any one of 1-11. A computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions, characterized in that when the computer instructions are executed on an electronic device, the electronic device executes any one of the methods of claims 1-11.