# US 11,909,812 B2 · Application control method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,812 B2 - Document ID: US11909812B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/212,090 - Filed: 2023-06-20 - Published: 2023-10-19 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-01-04 - Assignees: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Applicants: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited - Inventors: Wei Zhang; Jie Fan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909812B2 ## CPC - H04L 67/02: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - G06F 9/449: {Object-oriented method invocation or resolution} - G06F 9/541: {via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract This application relates to an application control method performed by an electronic device that runs a native application and a sub-application nested in the native application. The method includes: receiving, by the native application, an object creation instruction transmitted by the sub-application; in response to the object creation instruction, creating, by the native application, a native object, wherein the native object is configured for performing operation on target multimedia content in the sub-application; receiving, by the native application, an object calling instruction transmitted by the sub-application; and in response to the object calling instruction, executing, by the native application, the native object and returning an execution result of the native project to the sub-application, wherein the sub-application is configured for performing corresponding operation on target multimedia content according to the execution result. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An application control method performed by an electronic device that runs a native application and a sub-application nested in the native application, the method comprising: receiving, by the native application, an object creation instruction transmitted by the sub-application; in response to the object creation instruction, creating, by the native application, a native object, wherein the native object is configured for performing operation on target multimedia content in the sub-application; receiving, by the native application, an object calling instruction transmitted by the sub-application; and in response to the object calling instruction, executing, by the native application, the native object and returning an execution result of the native project to the sub-application, wherein the sub-application is configured for performing corresponding operation on target multimedia content according to the execution result; wherein the creating, by the native application, a native object comprises: selecting a target API to be called to create the native object from a pre-configured application programming interface API set, wherein APIs in the API set are associated with audio and video editing capability of the sub-application; and calling the target API to create the native object. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein after creating the native object and before receiving the object calling instruction transmitted by the sub-application, the method further comprises: returning, by the native application, object information obtained by creating the native object to the sub-application; determining, by the sub-application, the native object created by the native application based on the object information; and transmitting the object calling instruction according to the object information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the object information comprises the internal memory address and the class name; the object calling instruction carries the internal memory address and the class name; the executing, by the native application, the native object comprises: determining the internal memory allocated to the native object according to the internal memory address, and determining the type of the native object according to the class name; and indexing the internal memory allocated to the native object through the pointer, and calling the native object according to the type of the native object. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein after creating the native object, the method further comprises: storing the native object by a global data dictionary so as to keep the calling of the sub-application to the native object. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the sub-application transmits the object creation instruction after detecting an operation request for the target multimedia content. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the sub-application transmits the object calling instruction after determining that the native object is created by the native application. ### Claim 7 An electronic device that runs a native application and a sub-application nested in the native application, comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing program code, the program code, when executed by the processor, causing the electronic device to perform an application control method including: receiving, by the native application, an object creation instruction transmitted by the sub-application; in response to the object creation instruction, creating, by the native application, a native object, wherein the native object is configured for performing operation on target multimedia content in the sub-application; receiving, by the native application, an object calling instruction transmitted by the sub-application; and in response to the object calling instruction, executing, by the native application, the native object and returning an execution result of the native project to the sub-application, wherein the sub-application is configured for performing corresponding operation on target multimedia content according to the execution result; wherein the creating, by the native application, a native object comprises: selecting a target API to be called to create the native object from a pre-configured application programming interface API set, wherein APIs in the API set are associated with audio and video editing capability of the sub-application; and calling the target API to create the native object. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein after creating the native object and before receiving the object calling instruction transmitted by the sub-application, the method further comprises: returning, by the native application, object information obtained by creating the native object to the sub-application; determining, by the sub-application, the native object created by the native application based on the object information; and transmitting the object calling instruction according to the object information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the object information comprises the internal memory address and the class name; the object calling instruction carries the internal memory address and the class name; the executing, by the native application, the native object comprises: determining the internal memory allocated to the native object according to the internal memory address, and determining the type of the native object according to the class name; and indexing the internal memory allocated to the native object through the pointer, and calling the native object according to the type of the native object. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein after creating the native object, the method further comprises: storing the native object by a global data dictionary so as to keep the calling of the sub-application to the native object. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the sub-application transmits the object creation instruction after detecting an operation request for the target multimedia content. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The electronic device according to claim 7, wherein the sub-application transmits the object calling instruction after determining that the native object is created by the native application. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising program code, the program code, when executed by a processor of an electronic device that runs a native application and a sub-application nested in the native application, causing the electronic device to perform an application control method including: receiving, by the native application, an object creation instruction transmitted by the sub-application; in response to the object creation instruction, creating, by the native application, a native object, wherein the native object is configured for performing operation on target multimedia content in the sub-application; receiving, by the native application, an object calling instruction transmitted by the sub-application; and in response to the object calling instruction, executing, by the native application, the native object and returning an execution result of the native project to the sub-application, wherein the sub-application is configured for performing corresponding operation on target multimedia content according to the execution result; wherein the creating, by the native application, a native object comprises: selecting a target API to be called to create the native object from a pre-configured application programming interface API set, wherein APIs in the API set are associated with audio and video editing capability of the sub-application; and calling the target API to create the native object. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein after creating the native object and before receiving the object calling instruction transmitted by the sub-application, the method further comprises: returning, by the native application, object information obtained by creating the native object to the sub-application; determining, by the sub-application, the native object created by the native application based on the object information; and transmitting the object calling instruction according to the object information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein the object information comprises the internal memory address and the class name; the object calling instruction carries the internal memory address and the class name; the executing, by the native application, the native object comprises: determining the internal memory allocated to the native object according to the internal memory address, and determining the type of the native object according to the class name; and indexing the internal memory allocated to the native object through the pointer, and calling the native object according to the type of the native object. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein after creating the native object, the method further comprises: storing the native object by a global data dictionary so as to keep the calling of the sub-application to the native object. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 13, wherein the sub-application transmits the object creation instruction after detecting an operation request for the target multimedia content.