Method for managing application program use time offline, and terminal device
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorShuangxin Yu
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Abstract
A method for managing an application and a terminal device. The method includes: launching an application in response to an operation on the application received from a user, wherein a time limit is preset for the application, displaying a notification indicating that a use duration of the application reaches the time limit and a time extension is requested at a predetermined moment before the time limit expires, displaying an interface for an identity authentication after the time extension is selected by the user, and extending the use duration of the application when an identity authentication of the user succeeds. Thus the use duration of the application is manageable and controllable.
Claims16
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to perform, at least, the following:
- launching a first application;
- displaying a first prompt when a difference between a first time limit preset for the first application and a first amount of usage time for the first application is less than or equal to a preset threshold;
- displaying a first icon corresponding to the first application by changing a visual appearance of the first icon when the first amount of usage time reaches the first time limit;
- displaying a second prompt indicating that the first amount of usage time reaches the first time limit and locking the first application;
- launching a second application;
- displaying a third prompt indicating that a second amount of usage time for the second application reaches a second time limit preset for the second application and locking the second application;
- receiving an instruction requesting time extension for the second application;
- detecting a sequence of digits input on the electronic device for password authentication;
- and
- extending a time period of the second application in response to a determination that the detected sequence of digits corresponds to a preset password.
A method for an electronic device, comprising:
- launching a first application;
- displaying a first prompt when a difference between a first time limit preset for the first application and a first amount of usage time for the first application is less than or equal to a preset threshold;
- displaying a first icon corresponding to the first application by changing a visual appearance of the first icon when the first amount of usage time reaches the first time limit;
- displaying a second prompt indicating that the first amount of usage time reaches the first time limit and locking the first application;
- launching a second application;
- displaying a third prompt indicating that a second amount of usage time for the second application reaches a second time limit preset for the second application and locking the second application;
- receiving an instruction requesting time extension for the second application;
- detecting a sequence of digits input on the electronic device for password authentication;
- and
- extending a time period of the second application in response to a determination that the detected sequence of digits corresponds to a preset password.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by at least one processor, cause an electronic device to perform operations comprising:
- launching a first application;
- displaying a first prompt when a difference between a first time limit preset for the first application and a first amount of usage time for the first application is less than or equal to a preset threshold;
- displaying a first icon corresponding to the first application by changing a visual appearance of the first icon when the first amount of usage time reaches the first time limit;
- displaying a second prompt indicating that the first amount of usage time reaches the first time limit and locking the first application;
- launching a second application;
- displaying a third prompt indicating that a second amount of usage time for the second application reaches a second time limit preset for the second application and locking the second application;
- receiving an instruction requesting time extension for the second application;
- detecting a sequence of digits input on the electronic device for password authentication;
- and
- extending a time period of the second application in response to determination that the detected sequence of digits corresponds to a preset password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.