Patent ID: 11928884
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 17:
18. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause a terminal to:
obtain a fingerprint collection instruction, wherein the fingerprint collection instruction instructs the terminal to collect a fingerprint;
set, in response to the fingerprint collection instruction, a function key status of a function key to a locked state;

display a fingerprint collecting indication on a screen of the terminal, wherein the fingerprint collecting indication corresponds to a fingerprint pattern;
collect, using a fingerprint sensor integrated with any function key, fingerprint information of a user while the fingerprint collecting indication is displayed on the screen;
obtain a first function key event of the function key;
perform a fingerprint recording process based on the fingerprint information;
display an animation of each status of recording the fingerprint information by the user;
refrain from executing the first function key event when the function key status is the locked state;
set the function key status to an unlocked state after a fingerprint procedure is completed, wherein the fingerprint procedure comprises collecting the fingerprint information; and
execute the first function key event after the function key status is set to the unlocked state.