WO2009094878A1

WO2009094878A1 - Method and apparatus for invoking earphone application program

Info

Publication number: WO2009094878A1
Application number: PCT/CN2008/073078
Authority: WO
Inventors: Qi Cheng
Original assignee: Shenzhen Huawei Communication Technologies Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2008-01-22
Filing date: 2008-11-14
Publication date: 2009-08-06
Also published as: CN101242604A; CN101242604B

Abstract

A method and apparatus for invoking earphone application program and a terminal device. The method includes detecting whether an earphone is connected with a terminal device; if there is an earphone connected with the terminal device, then displaying all the application tip lists supporting the earphone.

Description

Headphone application calling method and device

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a headset application calling method and apparatus. Background technique

With the development of society, people hope that life is more convenient and faster, and they hope to obtain information anytime and anywhere. Therefore, terminal devices with functions such as shooting, audio, video, network services, games and positioning are getting more and more attention from consumers. Favor.

Due to the continuous introduction of traditional consumer electronic functions and computer functions, the handheld terminal has surpassed the positioning of traditional calling tools that only provide voice and short message services, and has become a communication hub that connects people to the digital world today, becoming a "all-powerful" number. terminal. This portrays a wonderful picture of future terminal development: In the digital age, handheld terminals will combine multiple functions into one, becoming a communication hub for connecting anyone and everything; with handheld terminals, people can “control one hand” Digital world.

Current terminal devices support headsets to answer calls, listen to the radio, listen to music, etc., but some of these functions may be buried in a deep menu tree structure. It is very cumbersome for users to find this function. The menu is looking for. With the development of handheld terminal technology, the functions and performance of the operating system and application software of the handheld terminal device have been greatly mentioned. Most handheld terminal devices have functions such as a built-in radio function, a media player, and the like. The plug-in earphone is structurally supported.

In the process of implementing the present invention, the inventors have found that at least the following problems exist in the prior art: When an end user makes an operation by making a call, listening to a radio, listening to music, etc. through the earphone, the menu tree structure of the terminal device is complicated, and some of the audio functions are It may be buried in a deep menu tree structure, and the user is very cumbersome in finding this function, and needs to open the menu to find it step by step. Summary of the invention The embodiment of the present invention provides a method and device for invoking a headset application, so that when the terminal device is inserted into the headset, an application prompt list supporting all the headsets in the terminal device is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device for the user to select.

To achieve the above objective, an embodiment of the present invention provides a headset application calling method, including the following steps: detecting whether a headset is accessed; if detecting a headset access, displaying an application prompt for all headsets in the terminal device List.

Another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention further provides a terminal device, including:

a detecting module, configured to detect whether a headset is connected;

And a display module, configured to display, when the detecting module detects the earphone access, an application prompt list supporting all the headphones in the terminal device.

A further aspect of the present invention provides a headset application calling device, including: a detecting module, configured to detect whether a terminal device has a headset access; and a display module, configured to display, according to the detection result of the detecting module, the terminal device A list of all application tips that support headsets.

Compared with the prior art, the embodiment of the present invention has the following advantages: After the terminal device detects that the headset is accessed, the embodiment of the present invention directly displays an application prompt list supporting all the headsets on the display screen of the terminal device. For the user to choose. Thereby, the efficiency of the operation of the terminal device user to listen to the radio, play music, and make a call by using the earphone is greatly improved, and the overall ease of use of the terminal device is improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for calling a headset application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of an earphone application calling device according to an embodiment of the present invention. detailed description

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for calling a headset application, where the terminal device is detected When the headset is accessed, an application prompt list supporting all the headsets in the terminal device is displayed for the user to select, and the efficiency of the operation of the terminal device user to listen to the radio, play music, and make a call is improved, and the overall convenience of the terminal device is improved. Use sex.

As shown in FIG. 1 , a flowchart of a method for invoking a headset application according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

Step S101: Detect whether the terminal device has a headset access.

After the terminal device is initialized, it detects whether there is a headset access. The above detection terminal device has multiple access modes for the headset. For the wired headset, the detection mode includes the interrupt mode, GPI 0 (Genera l Purpose I / O, universal input). Output port) Mode, interface polling mode. For wireless headphones, the detection method can be to detect the corresponding wireless signal. If there is no earphone access, step S102 is performed, otherwise step S103, and subsequent steps are performed.

Step S102, continue to detect whether there is a headset access.

Step S103: Parse the configuration file of the terminal device. When the software integration of the terminal device is performed, a configuration file is added on the software side, and the configuration file describes the application name of all the supported earphones in the terminal device and the corresponding identification ID activation entry, such as listening to the radio, playing music, and the like. For related applications, you only need to change the configuration file to get the corresponding modification. The format of the configuration file can be configured in the format of "application name = application startup ID", where the application startup ID is a code that uniquely identifies an application, using a hexadecimal value, starting with Ox. Of course, the configuration file also includes some configuration information of other applications on the terminal device, which will not be described in detail here. The format of the headset application mentioned above is as follows:

The terminal device parses the configuration file stored in the device, and extracts the application name of the headset application and the application ID of the hexadecimal application line by line by means of string scanning.

In this step, after the terminal device is powered on, the earphone access is detected for the first time, and the configuration file is parsed, and then the parsed configuration file is saved. When the terminal device subsequently detects the earphone access, the parsed configuration can be directly displayed. file. It is also possible to save the configuration file after the terminal device is powered on, and directly display the parsed configuration file when the headset is detected before the terminal device is powered off. It is also possible that the terminal device parses the configuration file for display every time the headset access is detected.

Step S104, displaying an application prompt list.

After parsing the above configuration file, the display screen of the terminal device displays a list of application prompts for all the headsets in the terminal device for the user to select, as shown in Table 1.

Table 1

Step S105: Start an application in the application prompt list. When the user of the terminal device selects one of the application options according to the application prompt list, the terminal device starts the corresponding application according to the ID corresponding to the selected application option. Taking the above configuration file format and Table 1 as an example, 4, for example, the application name "earp iece_app_l" in the above configuration file corresponds to "Start Multimedia Player" in Table 1, and its ID startup entry is "0x38545446", when the terminal device When the headset is detected, by parsing the above configuration file, the "start multimedia player" corresponding to the application name "earp iece_app-l" is displayed directly on the display of the terminal device. When the user selects "Start Multimedia Player", the terminal device starts the multimedia player of the terminal device by the ID "0x38545446" corresponding to the ID of "ea rp i ece _app- l ".

When the terminal device detects that the terminal device has the earphone access, the terminal device directly displays the terminal device. All the application prompt lists supporting headphones are available for users to select, which greatly improves the efficiency of the terminal device users to listen to the radio, play music, make calls, etc., and improve the overall usability of the terminal device. Moreover, the configurability of the software can be improved by using the embodiment of the invention, and the corresponding modification can be obtained only by changing the configuration file for the related application.

As shown in FIG. 2, it is a structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device in this embodiment includes: a detection module 21 and a display module 22, wherein the detection module 21 is configured to detect whether a headset is accessed; and the display module 22 It is used to display an application prompt list of all supported headphones in the terminal device when the detecting module 21 detects the earphone access.

The terminal device of this embodiment may further include: a storage module 23, configured to store a configuration file, where the configuration file is used by the display module 22 to display an application prompt list; and the parsing module 25 is configured to parse the configuration file for the display module 22 display.

The terminal device of this embodiment may further include: a startup module 24, configured to: when the user of the terminal device selects an application option in the application prompt list displayed by the display module 22, start the application.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the detecting module 21 detects that the earphone is connected, the display module 22 displays the application prompt list parsed by the parsing module 25 when the detecting module 21 detects that the earphone is accessed. The parsing module 25 can parse and save the configuration file when the terminal device is powered on, and the display module 11 directly displays the parsed configuration file when needed. The parsing module 25 can also detect that the headset access is parsing the configuration file and save it for the first time after the terminal device is powered on. The subsequent display module 22 can directly display the parsed configuration file when detecting the headset access. The parsing module 25 can also parse the configuration file for display by the display module 11 each time the detection module 21 detects the headset access.

As shown in FIG. 3, a structural diagram of a headset application calling device according to an embodiment of the present invention specifically includes: a detecting module 1 configured to detect whether a terminal device has a headset access; and a display module 2 configured to detect according to the detecting module 1 The results show a list of all application reminders that support headsets in the terminal.

The headset application calling device of the embodiment of the present invention further includes: a storage module 3, For storing a configuration file, the configuration file is a basis for the display module 2 to display the application prompt list; the startup module 4 is configured to: when the user of the terminal device selects an application option in the application prompt list displayed by the display module 2 The corresponding application is started; the parsing module 5 is configured to parse the configuration file for display by the display module.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the detecting module 1 detects that there is a headset access, the display module 2 displays the application prompt list parsed by the parsing module 5 when the detecting module 1 detects that the earphone is accessed. The parsing module 5 can parse and save the configuration file when the terminal device is powered on, and the display module 2 directly displays the parsed configuration file when needed. The parsing module 5 can also detect that the headset access is parsing the configuration file and save it for the first time after the terminal device is turned on, and the subsequent display module 2 can directly display the parsed configuration file when detecting the headset access. The parsing module 5 can also parse the configuration file for display by the display module 2 each time the detecting module 1 detects the earphone access.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the detecting module 1 detects that the terminal device has the earphone access, the display module 2 directly displays the application prompt list of all the supporting headphones in the terminal device for the user to select, thereby greatly improving the terminal device user to use the earphone. The efficiency of listening to the radio, playing music, making calls, etc., improves the overall usability of the terminal device. Moreover, the configurability of the software can be improved by using the embodiment of the present invention. For the related application, only the configuration file needs to be changed to obtain the corresponding tampering.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the present invention can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, can also be through hardware, but in many cases, the former is a better implementation. the way. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium, including a plurality of instructions for making a A computer device (which may be a personal computer, server, or network device, etc.) performs the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention. Any changes that can be considered by those skilled in the art should fall within the scope of the present invention. The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention. Alternatives are intended to be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

Rights request

A method for calling a headset application, comprising the steps of: detecting whether a headset is accessed;

If a headset access is detected, a list of application prompts for all headsets in the terminal device is displayed.

2. The headset application calling method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting whether there is a headset access comprises: interrupt mode or universal input and output port

GP 10 mode or interface polling mode detection.

The headset application calling method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: adding a configuration file in advance of software integration of the terminal device, the configuration file describing all support in the terminal device The application name of the headset and the corresponding identifier ID are used to initiate the entry. The application prompt list of all the headsets in the display terminal device is: parsing the configuration file, and displaying an application prompt list of all the headsets supported by the terminal device according to the analysis result. .

The headset application calling method according to claim 3, wherein the configuration file includes an application name and a corresponding identifier ID format, and the identifier ID uniquely identifies an application supporting the headset.

The headset application calling method according to claim 1, wherein after the application prompt list supporting all the headphones in the terminal device, the method further includes: when the user of the terminal device selects the application prompt list When an application option is selected, the terminal device starts the application with an ID corresponding to the application option.

6. A terminal device, comprising:

a detecting module, configured to detect whether a headset is connected;

And a display module, configured to display an application prompt list of all supporting headphones in the terminal device when the detecting module detects the earphone access.

The terminal device according to claim 6, further comprising: a storage module, configured to store a configuration file, where the configuration file is a basis for the display module to display the application prompt list;

A parsing module, configured to parse the configuration file for display by the display module.

8. The terminal device according to claim 6, further comprising:

And a startup module, configured to start the application when a user of the terminal device selects an application option in an application prompt list displayed by the display module.

9. A headset application calling device, comprising:

a detecting module, configured to detect whether the terminal device has a headset access;

The headset application calling device of claim 9, further comprising: a storage module, configured to store a configuration file;

The headset application calling device according to claim 9, further comprising: a startup module, configured to: when a user of the terminal device selects an application option in an application prompt list displayed by the display module , launch the application.