US 12,260,226 B2
Method and apparatus for downloading application while displaying application interface thereof, computer device, and storage medium
Haijun Wu, Shenzhen (CN); Wanze Xiong, Shenzhen (CN); and Zhiming Yang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jul. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/365,537.
Application 17/365,537 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/090479, filed on May 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910436057.9 (CN), filed on May 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0326145 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 8/61 (2018.01); A63F 13/48 (2014.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/44505 (2013.01) [A63F 13/48 (2014.09); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for starting an application, performed by a terminal, the method comprising:
displaying an application startup management interface comprising at least two startup controls of at least two applications, each application corresponding to one startup control;
obtaining a first trigger signal, the first trigger signal being a signal generated upon detecting a trigger operation on a startup control of a target application, the target application being any one of the at least one application;
obtaining, from a server, an application video stream when the terminal has not finished downloading a local client of the target application, the application video stream being a video stream formed by application screens generated during running of a first client, the first client being a remote client of the target application pre-deployed and run on the server, the first client being configured to execute same functions of the target application as the local client with no additional command logic added, and the server being a cloud server corresponding to an application platform that provides services to the at least two applications;
displaying a first application interface of the target application according to the application video stream; and
when downloading and installation of the local client of the target application are finished, switching from displaying the first application interface according to the application video stream to displaying a second application interface according to an application screen generated by running of the local client of the target application installed on the terminal.