CN110045965B

CN110045965B - Application management method and mobile terminal

Info

Publication number: CN110045965B
Application number: CN201910018046.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 井皓
Original assignee: Huawei Device Co Ltd
Current assignee: Huawei Device Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-11-20
Filing date: 2014-11-20
Publication date: 2023-11-17
Anticipated expiration: 2034-11-20
Also published as: CN110022347A; CN105677378A; CN109697074A; CN110045965A; CN109976825B; CN105677378B; CN110022347B; CN109976825A

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for managing applications, which is used for a mobile terminal provided with at least one application, and is characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: storing the corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and a user life mode and a reference time period of the mobile terminal, wherein the user life mode comprises at least one sub-mode, and the reference time period comprises at least one sub-time period; acquiring current time information; determining a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and determining application use information corresponding to the current time information according to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and the corresponding relation between the application use information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal; and determining the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information.

Description

Application management method and mobile terminal

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of communications applications, and in particular, to a method and a mobile terminal for managing applications.

Background

With the development of smart phones, applications in smart phones have also been rapidly developed. Current smartphones support a wide variety of applications such as social software, video players, web browsers, games, etc. Smartphones often need to start, use and shut down these applications during use. For example, when a user wants to run a certain application, the user can manually find an icon corresponding to the application, select and start the application through clicking or double clicking and other operations, and when the user wants to close the application after finishing using, the user also needs to close the application manually, if the user forgets to close the application, the application can continue consuming the system resources of the smart phone.

The inventor finds that the prior art is inconvenient because of multiple times of manual operation of a user for application management in the process of implementing the invention.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for managing applications and a mobile terminal, which solve the problem that the management of the applications requires multiple manual operations of a user and is inconvenient.

In a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing applications for a mobile terminal installed with at least one application, the method comprising: storing the corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and a user life mode and a reference time period of the mobile terminal, wherein the user life mode comprises at least one sub-mode, and the reference time period comprises at least one sub-time period; acquiring current time information; determining a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and determining application use information corresponding to the current time information according to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and the corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal; and determining the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first implementation manner of the first aspect, before the storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, the method further includes: and counting the geographic position information of the mobile terminal in a first time period, and dividing a second time period into at least one sub-mode according to the geographic position information, wherein the first time period is greater than or equal to the second time period.

With reference to the first aspect or the first implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second implementation manner of the first aspect, before the storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, the method further includes: counting the starting time point of the at least one application in a third time period, clustering the starting time point of the at least one application, and dividing the third time period into at least one subperiod according to the clustering result; or dividing the third time period into the at least one sub-period according to a preset setting.

With reference to the first aspect, the first implementation manner of the first aspect, and any one of the second implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third implementation manner of the first aspect, the determining, according to the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information include: determining an application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and acquiring the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information; and managing the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information.

With reference to the third implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth implementation manner of the first aspect, the managing, according to the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information, the application corresponding to the current time information includes at least one of: if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in a closed state, preloading the application to be preloaded; if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be closed is currently in an operating state, closing the application to be closed; if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in an operating state, maintaining the application to be preloaded to continue to operate; if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be closed is currently in a closed state, the application to be closed is maintained to be in the closed state continuously.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth implementation manner of the first aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information; determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to comprise the identification of a first application, determining that the first application is an application to be preloaded; or determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the first application, determining that the first application is an application to be closed.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth implementation manner of the first aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identifier of the at least one application and an operation identifier corresponding to the at least one application; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an application identifier corresponding to the current time information and an application operation identifier corresponding to the current time information; determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of a second application and the operation identification corresponding to the second application is the preloading identification, determining the second application as the application to be preloaded; or determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the second application and the operation identification corresponding to the second application is the closing identification, determining the second application as the application to be closed.

With reference to the sixth implementation manner of the first aspect, in a seventh implementation manner of the first aspect, before saving the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, the method further includes: setting operation identifiers corresponding to the more-used applications in each sub-mode and each sub-period as the preloading identifiers according to the starting times of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period and the operation time of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is larger than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the largest n among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and n is a positive integer.

With reference to the sixth implementation manner of the first aspect, or the seventh implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eighth implementation manner of the first aspect, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, the method further includes: setting operation identifiers corresponding to the applications with less use in each sub-mode and each sub-period as the closing identifiers according to the starting times of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period and the operation time of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is smaller than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the smallest m among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and m is a positive integer.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the first aspect, in a ninth implementation manner of the first aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identifier of the at least one application, and further includes a number of starts of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and the at least one sub-period, and/or a running duration of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and the at least one sub-period; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the corresponding application, and further comprises: the starting times of the corresponding application in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and/or the running time of the corresponding application in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information; determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of a third application, and the third application is the application which uses more applications in the application corresponding to the current time information, determining the third application as the application to be preloaded; or determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the third application and the third application is the application which uses less application in the application corresponding to the current time information, determining the third application as the application to be closed.

With reference to the ninth implementation manner of the first aspect, in a tenth implementation manner of the first aspect, a value of a usage parameter P of an application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is greater than a set threshold value, or a value of a usage parameter P of an application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is one of n largest values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, where n is a positive integer; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is smaller than the set threshold value, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is one of the smallest m values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, and m is a positive integer.

With reference to the seventh implementation manner of the first aspect, or the eighth implementation manner of the first aspect, or the tenth implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eleventh implementation manner of the first aspect, the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information, a number of times of starting the application corresponding to the current time information in a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and an operation duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information; the value of the usage parameter P of each application corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time is calculated by adopting the following formula: p=p1+p2+q2; wherein p1=m1/N1, M1 is the number of starts of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, N1 is the number of starts of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, p2=m2/N2, M2 is the operation duration of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and N2 is the operation duration of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time; q1 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, q2 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, and q1+q2=1.

In a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for managing applications, in which at least one application is installed, the apparatus comprising: a storage unit, configured to store a correspondence between usage information of the at least one application and a user life pattern of the mobile terminal and a reference period, where the user life pattern includes at least one sub-pattern, and the reference period includes at least one sub-period; the acquisition unit is used for acquiring current time information; a determining unit, configured to determine a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and determine usage information of an application corresponding to the current time information according to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and a correspondence between usage information of the at least one application and a user life mode and a reference period of the mobile terminal; and determining the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information by a management unit.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first implementation manner of the second aspect, the apparatus further includes a first statistics unit, configured to, before the storing unit stores the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, count geographic location information of the mobile terminal in a first period, and divide, according to the geographic location information, a second period into the at least one sub-mode, where the first period is greater than or equal to the second period.

With reference to the second aspect or the first implementation manner of the second aspect, in a second implementation manner of the second aspect, the apparatus further includes, before the storing unit stores the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, a second statistics unit configured to count a starting time point of the at least one application in a third time period, cluster the starting time point of the at least one application, and divide the third time period into the at least one sub-period according to a result of the clustering; or dividing the third time period into the at least one sub-period according to a preset setting.

With reference to the second aspect, any one of the first implementation manner of the second aspect and the second implementation manner of the second aspect, in a third implementation manner of the second aspect, the determining unit includes a first determining subunit, configured to determine, according to use information of an application corresponding to the current time information, an application corresponding to the current time information; the second determining subunit is used for acquiring the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information; the management unit is specifically configured to manage, according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information, the application corresponding to the current time information.

With reference to the third implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fourth implementation manner of the second aspect, the management unit includes at least one of the following: the first management subunit is used for preloading the application to be preloaded if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in a closed state; the second management subunit is used for closing the application to be closed if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the application to be closed is currently in an operating state; the third management subunit is configured to maintain the to-be-preloaded application to continue running if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the to-be-preloaded application according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the to-be-preloaded application is currently in a running state; and the fourth management subunit is used for maintaining the application to be closed continuously if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the application to be closed is currently in the closed state.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the second aspect, in a fifth implementation manner of the second aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information; the management unit further includes: a fifth management subunit, configured to determine that the first application is an application to be preloaded if it is determined that the identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the first application; or if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to comprise the identification of the first application, determining that the first application is an application to be closed.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the second aspect, in a sixth implementation manner of the second aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identifier of the at least one application and an operation identifier corresponding to the at least one application; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an application identifier corresponding to the current time information and an application operation identifier corresponding to the current time information; the management unit further includes: a sixth management subunit, configured to determine that the second application is an application to be preloaded if it is determined that the identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the second application and the operation identifier corresponding to the second application is a preloading identifier; or if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to comprise the identification of the second application and the operation identification corresponding to the second application is the closing identification, determining that the second application is the application to be closed.

With reference to the sixth implementation manner of the second aspect, in a seventh implementation manner of the second aspect, the apparatus further includes: the first setting unit is used for setting operation identifiers corresponding to the more-used applications in each sub-mode and each sub-period as the preloading identifiers according to the starting times of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period and the operation duration of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is larger than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the largest n among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and n is a positive integer.

With reference to the sixth implementation manner of the second aspect or the seventh implementation manner of the second aspect, in an eighth implementation manner of the second aspect, the apparatus further includes: a second setting unit, configured to set, according to the number of times of starting the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period, and the operation duration of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period, an operation identifier corresponding to an application that is less used in each sub-mode and each sub-period as the shutdown identifier; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is smaller than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the smallest m among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and m is a positive integer.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the second aspect, in a ninth implementation manner of the second aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identifier of the at least one application, and further includes a number of starts of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and the at least one sub-period, and/or a running duration of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and the at least one sub-period; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the corresponding application, and further comprises: the starting times of the corresponding application in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and/or the running time of the corresponding application in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information; the management unit further includes: a seventh management subunit, configured to determine, if it is determined that the identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of a third application, and the third application is an application that uses more applications in the applications corresponding to the current time information, the third application is an application to be preloaded; or if the identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to include the identifier of the third application, and the third application is the application which uses less in the applications corresponding to the current time information, determining that the third application is the application to be closed.

With reference to the ninth implementation manner of the second aspect, in a tenth implementation manner of the second aspect, a value of a usage parameter P of an application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is greater than a set threshold, or a value of a usage parameter P of an application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is one of n largest values of usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, where n is a positive integer; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is smaller than the set threshold value, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is one of the smallest m values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, and m is a positive integer.

With reference to the seventh implementation manner of the first aspect, or the eighth implementation manner of the second aspect, or the tenth implementation manner of the second aspect, in an eleventh implementation manner of the first aspect, the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information, a number of times of starting the application corresponding to the current time information in a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and a running duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information; the value of the usage parameter P of each application corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time is calculated by adopting the following formula: p=p1+p2+q2; wherein p1=m1/N1, M1 is the number of starts of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, N1 is the number of starts of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, p2=m2/N2, M2 is the operation duration of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and N2 is the operation duration of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time; q1 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, q2 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, and q1+q2=1.

In a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal for managing an application, comprising: a memory for installing at least one application, the memory further for storing a correspondence of usage information of the at least one application with a user life pattern of the mobile terminal, the user life pattern including at least one sub-pattern, and a reference period, the reference period including at least one sub-period; the mobile terminal further includes: the processor is used for acquiring current time information; determining a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and determining application use information corresponding to the current time information according to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and the corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal; and determining the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information.

With reference to the third aspect, in a first implementation manner of the third aspect, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, the processor is further configured to count geographic location information of the mobile terminal in a first period, and divide a second period into the at least one sub-mode according to the geographic location information, where the first period is greater than or equal to the second period.

With reference to the third aspect, or the first implementation manner of the third aspect, in a second implementation manner of the third aspect, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, counting starting time points of the at least one application in a third time period, clustering the starting time points of the at least one application, and dividing the third time period into the at least one subperiod according to a clustering result; or dividing the third time period into the at least one sub-period according to a preset setting.

With reference to the third aspect, in any one of the first implementation manner of the third aspect and the second implementation manner of the third aspect, in a third implementation manner of the third aspect, the determining, according to the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information includes: determining an application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and acquiring the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information; and managing the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information.

With reference to the third implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fourth implementation manner of the third aspect, the managing, according to the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information, the application corresponding to the current time information includes at least one of: if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in a closed state, preloading the application to be preloaded; if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be closed is currently in an operating state, closing the application to be closed; if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in an operating state, maintaining the application to be preloaded to continue to operate; if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be closed is currently in a closed state, the application to be closed is maintained to be in the closed state continuously.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the third aspect, in a fifth implementation manner of the third aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information; determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to comprise the identification of a first application, determining that the first application is an application to be preloaded; or determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the first application, determining that the first application is an application to be closed.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the third aspect, in a sixth implementation manner of the third aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identifier of the at least one application and an operation identifier corresponding to the at least one application; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an application identifier corresponding to the current time information and an application operation identifier corresponding to the current time information; determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of a second application and the operation identification corresponding to the second application is the preloading identification, determining the second application as the application to be preloaded; or determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the second application and the operation identification corresponding to the second application is the closing identification, determining the second application as the application to be closed.

With reference to the sixth implementation manner of the third aspect, in a seventh implementation manner of the third aspect, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, the processor is further configured to set, as the preloaded identifier, an operation identifier corresponding to each sub-pattern and an application that uses more in each sub-period according to the number of starts of the at least one application in each sub-pattern and each sub-period and the running time of the at least one application in each sub-pattern and each sub-period; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is larger than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the largest n among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and n is a positive integer.

With reference to the sixth implementation manner of the third aspect, or the seventh implementation manner of the third aspect, in an eighth implementation manner of the third aspect, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, setting an operation identifier corresponding to each sub-mode and the application that is less used in each sub-period as the closing identifier according to the number of starts of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period and the operation duration of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is smaller than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the smallest m among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and m is a positive integer.

With reference to the fourth implementation manner of the third aspect, in a ninth implementation manner of the third aspect, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identifier of the at least one application, and further includes a number of starts of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and the at least one sub-period, and/or a running duration of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and the at least one sub-period; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the corresponding application, and further comprises: the starting times of the corresponding application in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and/or the running time of the corresponding application in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information; determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of a third application, and the third application is the application which uses more applications in the application corresponding to the current time information, determining the third application as the application to be preloaded; or determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including: and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the third application and the third application is the application which uses less application in the application corresponding to the current time information, determining the third application as the application to be closed.

With reference to the ninth implementation manner of the third aspect, in a tenth implementation manner of the third aspect, a value of a usage parameter P of an application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is greater than a set threshold, or a value of a usage parameter P of an application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is one of n largest values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, where n is a positive integer; the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is smaller than the set threshold value, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is one of the smallest m values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, and m is a positive integer.

With reference to the seventh implementation manner of the third aspect, or the eighth implementation manner of the third aspect, or the tenth implementation manner of the third aspect, in an eleventh implementation manner of the first aspect, the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information, a number of times of starting the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and a running duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information; the value of the usage parameter P of each application corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time is calculated by adopting the following formula: p=p1+p2+q2; wherein p1=m1/N1, M1 is the number of starts of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, N1 is the number of starts of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, p2=m2/N2, M2 is the operation duration of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and N2 is the operation duration of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time; q1 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, q2 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, and q1+q2=1.

According to the scheme, the embodiment of the invention determines the corresponding application to manage according to the current time information, the life mode of the user of the mobile terminal and the reference time period, so that the application management is simpler and more convenient, the application management is more in line with the use habit of the user, the operation such as manual selection and confirmation of the user is not needed, and the interaction capability of the mobile terminal is enhanced.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart of another method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of another method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The application management method and the mobile terminal provided by the embodiment of the invention simplify the management mode of the mobile terminal and the application, reduce the manual operation of a user and enhance the interaction capability of the mobile terminal. The following description of the embodiments refers to the accompanying drawings.

The application in the embodiment of the present invention, which may be referred to as an application program or application software, is a set of programs provided to meet the needs of the user, and may be compiled from various programming languages. Applications in this embodiment include, but are not limited to, social software applications, audio players, video players, web browsers, games, and the like.

The first application, the second application and the third application in the embodiment of the present invention are only intended to refer to any one application, and the first application, the second application and the third application may be the same or different.

The application corresponding to the current time information in the embodiment of the present invention refers to an application determined according to the following corresponding relationship between the current time information and the usage information of at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, and specifically, the corresponding relationship between the usage information of at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal and the description of the usage information of the application can be referred to.

The application to be preloaded in the embodiment of the invention refers to an application which is determined according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and needs to be preloaded. Whether to perform the preloading operation may also depend on the current state of the application to be preloaded. The application to be closed in the embodiment of the invention refers to an application which is determined to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information. Whether to perform the shutdown operation may also depend on the current state of the application to be shutdown.

The application in the embodiment of the invention comprises at least two states. Taking an android system as an example, the states of the application include a startup state and a shutdown state. The startup state again includes two states: (1) One state is that an application runs in the foreground and the background at the same time, and the application runs in the foreground refers to an activity component (activity component) to be run on data, files, codes or the like related to a user interface; the application running in the background means that a service component (service component) is started, and at this time, necessary data, files, codes, etc. related to the application are to be run; (2) The other state is that the application only runs in the background, and the service component needs to be started, at this time, necessary data, files, codes and the like related to the application are run, and the activity component is not started. The second startup state is also referred to as preload. The closed state refers to that all processes related to the application are closed, including a foreground running process and a background running process. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention may also be applied to other systems, such as ios systems, and the specific management manner is similar to that of Andriod systems.

In an embodiment of the present invention, managing an application may include at least one of preloading the application, closing the application, and maintaining a current state of the application. Wherein preloading the application refers to switching the application from a closed state to a state running only in the background. Closing the application refers to closing all processes associated with the application. Maintaining the current state of the application means not changing the current state of the application, including several situations: (1) If the application has been preloaded, maintaining the current state of the application means maintaining the preloaded state, neither closing the application nor running the application in the foreground. (2) If an application has been closed, maintaining the current state of the application means maintaining the closed state without running the application in the foreground or in the background. (3) If an application is already running in both the foreground and the background, maintaining the current state of the application means maintaining the application running in both the foreground and the background, and neither shutting down the process that the application is running in the foreground nor shutting down the process that the application is running in the background.

An application is managed without regard to the current state of the application. For example: if it is determined that an application is an application to be loaded, performing a preloading operation regardless of whether the application is preloaded or not; if it is determined that an application is an application to be closed, the closing operation is performed regardless of whether the application is already loaded. The process of performing the preload operation again for the already preloaded application and the process of performing the close operation again for the already closed application may refer to the prior art, for example, no longer respond to repeated instructions, etc.

Optionally, an application is managed, also taking into account the current state of the application. For example: if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in a closed state, preloading the application to be preloaded; or if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be closed is currently in an operating state, closing the application to be closed; or if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in an operating state, maintaining the application to be preloaded to continue to operate; or if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be closed is currently in a closed state, maintaining the application to be closed to be in the closed state continuously.

The starting time point of the application in the embodiment of the present invention may be a time point when the application is started in the background, or may be a time point when the application is started in the foreground, which is specifically set, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The mobile terminal obtains the current state of the application, can be determined by detecting the process of the application, and if the application process is not closed, the application is determined to be in a running state; if all processes of the application have been closed (killed), the application is determined to be in a closed state. An application may occupy a plurality of processes, in an android system, a foreground activity component of the application occupies a process, a background service component occupies a process, if the starting of the foreground process is monitored, the application foreground is started, and if the starting of the background process is monitored, the application background is started. Similarly, the mobile terminal obtains the starting time point and the closing time point of the application, and can also be determined by detecting the process of the application, the starting time of the process recorded when the application process is started can be used as the starting time of the application, and the closing time of the process recorded when all the processes of the application are closed can be used as the closing time of the application. Of course, the starting time of the application may also be determined according to the starting time of the foreground process or the background process, which is not limited herein.

The mobile terminal in the embodiment of the invention comprises, but is not limited to, a smart phone, a personal computer, a tablet, a smart television or a device capable of running the application, and the like.

The user life mode in the embodiment of the invention is a result of the mobile terminal counting the life rule of the user and dividing a period of time according to the user use related information counted by the mobile terminal in a period of time. The precondition for this statistics is that the user has to carry the mobile terminal with him or her all the time or most of the time. For example, geographic location information of the mobile terminal may be counted, where the geographic location information may include a geographic location where the mobile terminal is located, a route of movement, a time to reach a certain geographic location, a time to leave a certain geographic location, a date, etc. Based on this information, typical life patterns of the user, such as work patterns, holiday patterns, business trip patterns, vacation patterns, etc., are counted and analyzed. For example, geographic location information of the mobile terminal in a first time period may be statistically counted, and a second time period is divided into the at least one sub-mode according to the geographic location information, where the first time period is greater than or equal to the second time period. The first period may be a longer period of 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, etc., and the second period may be a shorter period of one week or two weeks, etc. That is, one shorter period (second period) may be divided into a plurality of sub-modes by statistics of information of the mobile terminal for a longer period (first period), for example, one week may be divided into two sub-modes: weekday mode (monday to friday) and holiday mode (friday to sunday). Specific statistical and analytical methods may be referred to in the art, as the invention is not limited in this regard.

The reference period in the embodiment of the present invention is a common period (third period), and the common period may be a subdivision of the second period. For example, the second period may be one week, one day (24 hours), or half day (12 hours), the second period may be one month, and the third period may be one week or the like. The reference period may be divided into at least one sub-period. The manner of division may include (1) a preset setting, for example, a day may be fixedly divided into 4 sub-periods: 22: 00-7: 00 is subinterval 1,7: 00-12: 00 is subinterval 2, 12:00-18:00 is subinterval 3, 18:00-22:00 is subinterval 4; or (2) according to the clustering algorithm, the time period when the data intensity and the number reach a certain threshold value can be identified, and the data in the time period is more representative without reducing calculation errors caused by small data quantity or dispersion. For example, starting time points (may be time points of starting in the foreground or may be time points of starting in the background) of all applications within 1 day may be recorded, the starting time points are aggregated into a plurality of time periods according to distances (such as time differences) between the time points, the earliest time point in a time period is taken as a starting point of the time period, the latest time point in the time period is taken as an ending point of the time period, and the time period may be determined. For specific algorithms, reference may be made to the following examples.

The current time information in the embodiment of the invention is the current time and may include at least one of a year, a month, a day, a week and a time. For example: 11.11.16.2014: 00, or tuesday 8:00. the content that the current time information should contain may be determined according to the division of the user usage pattern and the reference period, and the current time information may be used at least to determine the correspondence with one of the above sub-patterns and one of the sub-periods. For example, if the sub-pattern is divided by day of the week, the sub-period is divided by hour of the week, and the current time information should contain information of day of the week and hour of the week. If the current time information can be obtained by reading clock information in the mobile terminal or from a server.

The application use information in the embodiment of the invention is used for determining which applications and how to manage.

Optionally, in one embodiment, the application usage information includes only an application identifier, where the application identifier is used to identify the application, and by using this identifier, it can determine which application is, and the application identifier may be information such as a name, a number, or the like of the application, which is not limited in this invention. The method can be set to perform preloading operation on the application identified by the application identifier and perform closing operation on other applications except the application identified by the application identifier; the method can also be set to perform closing operation on the application identified by the application identifier and perform opening operation on other applications except the application identified by the application identifier. Other applications here may belong to a list of applications (either running or preset) of settings, which list of applications is made up of the other applications and the applications identified by the application's identification. It will be appreciated that the method of determining the identity of the application may be referred to in the detailed description of the embodiments.

In this case, the correspondence of the usage information of at least one application with the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal may be represented by one example shown in the following table:

TABLE 1

Optionally, in one embodiment, the usage information of the application includes an identifier of the application and an operation identifier corresponding to the application. For example, the usage information of the application may include an identifier of the application 1, an identifier of the opening operation corresponding to the application 1, an identifier of the application 2, and an identifier of the closing operation corresponding to the application 2.

In this case, the correspondence of the usage information of the application to the user life pattern of the mobile terminal and the reference period may be represented by one example shown in the following table:

TABLE 2

Optionally, in an embodiment, the usage information of the application includes an identification of the application, and further includes: the number of starts of the application per sub-mode and per sub-period, and/or the run time of the application per sub-mode and per sub-period. For example, application a, turn on number 2, use time 60 minutes long. Another example is application B, number of starts 4.

In this case, the correspondence between the usage information applied in the embodiment of the present invention and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal may be represented by an example shown in the following table:

TABLE 3 Table 3

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It will be appreciated that the usage information of the application may also include other information, such as an identification of the application and the number of times the application is closed, or include: the identity of the application, the value of the use parameter P of the application, etc., to which the present invention is not limited.

It should be noted that, the correspondence between the usage information of at least one application and the life mode and the reference period of the user of the mobile terminal stores the usage information of each sub-mode and the application corresponding to each sub-period, and the correspondence may be a table or other format, and the implementation manner does not limit the present invention. In addition, although at least one application is installed in the mobile terminal, the usage information of the installed applications is not necessarily stored in the correspondence relation, and whether the usage information of one application is stored in the correspondence relation depends on the usage condition of the application, and specific reference may be made to the specific embodiments given later. For example, 20 applications are installed in the mobile terminal, and the correspondence between the usage information of at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal may include only 5 of the usage information of more-used applications, or the correspondence may include only 4 of the usage information of more-used applications and 5 of the usage information of less-used applications.

The number of times of starting the application in the embodiment of the present invention may refer to the number of times of starting the application in the foreground, or the number of times of starting the application in the background, and may be selected as required when the application is specifically implemented.

The running time of the application in the embodiment of the invention can refer to the time between starting the application from the foreground and closing the application for the first time after the current foreground is started; the duration between the starting of the application from the background and the first closing after the starting of the background can be selected according to the requirement in specific implementation.

Alternatively, if an application is not started in both sub-mode two and sub-period two, the number of starts and the running time of the application one may be recorded as 0, and then, with reference to the method described in the subsequent embodiment, it is determined whether the application one is the application that uses less in the sub-mode two and sub-period two. Alternatively, the application one may be directly used as the application with less usage in the sub-mode two and the sub-period two or the application to be turned off.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for managing applications, which is used for a mobile terminal, wherein at least one application is installed in the mobile terminal. The execution subject of the method may be a mobile terminal or a processor in a mobile terminal. As shown in fig. 1, the method includes:

101. And storing the corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and a user life mode of the mobile terminal and a reference period, wherein the user life mode comprises at least one sub-mode, and the reference period comprises at least one sub-period.

The storing in step 101 includes generating the correspondence for the first time, and updating the existing correspondence, or may be storing in the mobile terminal after receiving the correspondence sent by a device other than the mobile terminal. The triggering condition of step 101 may be various, for example, the user may trigger a management button, or select a management option, or the mobile terminal enters a specific mode (such as a mode of automatically managing an application), etc. Step 101 may also be performed periodically.

102. And acquiring current time information.

Step 102 may be performed after the user activates a management button or selects a management option. The current time information may also be obtained in real time during a period of time, which may be set by the user, recommended by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal, the manufacturer of the application, etc., or set in other ways.

103. And determining the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information.

And according to the current time information, a corresponding sub-mode and sub-period can be acquired. Taking Table 1 as an example, if the current time is Tuesday 10:00, then sub-mode one and sub-period one correspond.

104. Determining the application use information corresponding to the current time information according to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information and the corresponding relation between the use information of at least one application and the user life mode and reference period of the mobile terminal;

because the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current information are determined, the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information can be determined according to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current information and the corresponding relation.

105. And determining the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information.

As previously described, the usage information of the application may be an identification of the application; or an application identifier and a corresponding operation identifier; or an identification of an application, further comprising: the number of starts of the application per sub-mode and per sub-period, and/or the run time of the application per sub-mode and per sub-period. According to the application use information corresponding to the current time information, what operation is executed on which application can be determined.

In step 105, the mobile terminal may automatically manage the application corresponding to the current time information immediately after determining the application corresponding to the current time information, without operations such as manual selection and confirmation by the user.

According to the method for managing the application, provided by the embodiment of the invention, the corresponding application is determined to manage according to the current time information, the life mode and the reference time period of the user of the mobile terminal, so that the application management is simpler and more convenient, the application management is more in line with the use habit of the user, the operations such as manual selection and confirmation of the user are not needed, and the interaction capability of the mobile terminal is enhanced.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 2, before step 101 of the method of the present embodiment, the method further includes:

1001. and counting the geographic position information of the mobile terminal in a first time period, and dividing a second time period into at least one sub-mode according to the geographic position information, wherein the first time period is greater than or equal to the second time period.

Referring to the previous explanation of the user life pattern, the second time period may also be divided before 101 to obtain the user life pattern. If the life mode of the user is divided according to the geographic position information of the mobile terminal, the life rule of the user is reflected to a certain extent, and the application management method of the embodiment of the invention can better meet the requirements of the user and enhance the interaction capability of the terminal.

Optionally, in an implementation manner, as shown in fig. 2, before step 101 of the method of the present embodiment, the method further includes:

1002. counting the starting time point of the at least one application in a third time period, clustering the starting time point of the at least one application, and dividing the third time period into at least one subperiod according to the clustering result; or alternatively

1003. The third time period is divided into the at least one sub-period according to a preset setting.

Wherein 1003 is not shown in fig. 2. Step 1002 may be implemented as follows: and recording information such as starting time points and application identifiers of the applications in a plurality of third time periods (such as a plurality of days) in each sub-mode, and clustering the recorded starting time points of the applications by adopting a clustering algorithm. Clustering algorithms typically utilize distance relationships between data to classify. Taking each starting time point of each application recorded as one data, if the same application is started for multiple times, the starting time points can be respectively calculated as multiple data, and the time difference between the two time points is taken as the distance of the data, for example, the distance between 8:30 and 7:50 is 40 minutes. According to the data and the distance between the data, the time periods with dense data in the third time period are distinguished according to a clustering algorithm, the starting time point of the application with the earliest starting time in the time periods is taken as the starting point of the time period, the starting time point of the application with the latest starting time in the time period is taken as the ending point of the time period, and the time period is determined and can be taken as a subperiod. According to step 1002, the entire third time period may be only one sub-period, alternatively, the third time period may be divided into at least two consecutive sub-periods, or may be divided into at least two discontinuous sub-periods, which is not limited in this invention.

In step 1003, the third period may be divided according to a preset setting, not according to the use case of the application. For example, a day may be divided into 8:00-12:00, 12:00-14:00, 14:00-18:00, 18:00-23:00, 23:00-8:00 sub-periods. Alternatively, in one embodiment, the division may be performed in other ways. According to step 1002, the entire third time period may be only one sub-period, alternatively, the third time period may be divided into at least two consecutive sub-periods, or may be divided into at least two discontinuous sub-periods, which is not limited in this invention.

Optionally, in an embodiment, step 105 includes determining, according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, an application corresponding to the current time information, and obtaining a current state of the application corresponding to the current time information; and managing the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information.

What applications are managed can be determined according to the usage information of the applications, so that the applications to be managed can be determined according to the usage information of the applications, and further, the current state of the applications to be managed can be obtained, so that the applications to be managed can be properly managed.

Optionally, in an embodiment, according to the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information, managing the application corresponding to the current time information may include at least one of:

if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in a closed state, preloading the application to be preloaded;

if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be closed is currently in an operating state, closing the application to be closed;

if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in an operating state, maintaining the application to be preloaded to continue to operate;

if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be closed is currently in a closed state, the application to be closed is maintained to be in the closed state continuously.

Several of these embodiments are described below:

example (1)

The usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application; the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information;

determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including:

if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to comprise the identification of a first application, determining that the first application is an application to be preloaded;

or alternatively

Determining that the application corresponding to the current time information is the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, including:

and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the first application, determining that the first application is an application to be closed.

In one implementation manner a of the embodiment (1), the application use information may be set to include an identifier of the application to be loaded, and at this time, it may be determined, according to the application use information, which applications are applications to be loaded, and optionally, in one implementation manner, it may also be set to close other applications that are already running in the mobile terminal other than the application to be loaded.

In this embodiment a, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, it may further be determined that the application used more in each sub-pattern and each sub-period is an application to be started, that is, the application used more in each sub-pattern and each sub-period is the application used more in each sub-pattern and each sub-period, according to the number of starts of the at least one application in each sub-pattern and each sub-period, and the running time of the at least one application in each sub-pattern and each sub-period. And then, storing the correspondence between the identification of the application to be loaded and each sub-mode and each sub-period in the correspondence between the use information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal.

Optionally, the value of the usage parameter P of the application that uses more in each sub-mode and each sub-period is greater than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application that uses more in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the largest n among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications that correspond to each sub-mode and each sub-period, where n is a positive integer.

In another embodiment B of the embodiment (1), the application usage information may also be set to include an identifier of the application to be closed, where it may be determined, according to the application usage information, which applications are applications to be closed, and optionally, in one embodiment, it may also be set to preload other applications that are already closed by the mobile terminal other than the application to be closed.

In the other embodiment B, before the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal is stored, it may be further determined that the application that is used less in each sub-mode and each sub-period is an application to be turned off, that is, the application that is used less in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the application that is used less in each sub-mode and each sub-period, according to the number of times the at least one application is started in each sub-mode and each sub-period, and the running time of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period. And then the identification of the application to be closed is in the corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and the life mode and the reference time period of the user of the mobile terminal.

Optionally, the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is smaller than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the smallest m among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and m is a positive integer.

The value of the usage parameter P of each application corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time is calculated by adopting the following formula: p=p1+p2+q2;

wherein p1=m1/N1, M1 is the number of times each application is started in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and N1 is the number of times each application is started in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information.

p2=m2/N2, where M2 is the running duration of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and N2 is the running duration of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time; q1 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, q2 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, and q1+q2=1. Optionally, in an embodiment, the values of q1 and q2 may be selected according to needs, if the specific gravity of the operation duration applied in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information is greater than the specific gravity of the operation duration applied in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information, the value of q2 is greater than q1, otherwise, the value of q2 is greater than q1. Preferably, the number of starts may be affected by a program failure, and the specific gravity of the operation duration may be set to be larger, that is, q2 has a value greater than q1.

For example, if the sub-period in sub-mode one corresponds to a total of three applications a, B and C, and application a is started 3 times, the total duration is 60 minutes; starting the application B for 5 times, and running for 100 minutes; application C was started 2 times for a total duration of 60 minutes. Then for application a, p1=3/(3+5+2) =0.3, p2=60/(60+100+60) =0.273. If q1=0.2 and q2=0.8, p=0.3×0.2+0.273×0.8=0.278. Similar operations can be performed for application B and application C. The value of P for application B is 0.372 and P for application C is 0.258. Comparing the values of P of application A, application B and application C according to the rules described above, it can be obtained that more applications are used as application B and fewer applications are used as application C.

At this time, in embodiment a, the identifier of the application corresponding to the sub-period one of the sub-mode one may be the identifier of the application B. In embodiment B, the identifier of the application corresponding to the sub-period one of the sub-mode one may be the identifier of the application C.

Example (2)

The use information of the at least one application comprises an identifier of the at least one application and an operation identifier corresponding to the at least one application;

the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an application identifier corresponding to the current time information and an application operation identifier corresponding to the current time information;

if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of a second application and the operation identification corresponding to the second application is the preloading identification, determining the second application as the application to be preloaded;

or,

and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the second application and the operation identification corresponding to the second application is the closing identification, determining the second application as the application to be closed.

For embodiment (2), since the application usage information includes the application identifier and the operation identifier corresponding to the application, the application to be loaded or the application to be closed can be directly determined according to the application usage information.

Optionally, in an embodiment, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, the method for managing an application further includes:

Setting an operation identifier corresponding to an application which uses more in the application corresponding to the current time information as the preloading identifier according to the starting times of the at least one application in the sub-mode and the sub-period and the operation duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information;

the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is larger than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the largest n among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and n is a positive integer. Alternatively, n may be 1 or 2, etc., and may be set by the user, or recommended by the mobile terminal manufacturer, the application manufacturer, etc

setting operation identifiers corresponding to the applications with less use in each sub-mode and each sub-period as the closing identifiers according to the starting times of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period and the operation time of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period;

The value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is smaller than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the smallest m among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and m is a positive integer. Alternatively, m may be 1 or 2, etc., and may be set by the user, or recommended by the mobile terminal manufacturer, the application manufacturer, etc.

The above-mentioned process of setting the operation identifier may be completed in the process of generating the correspondence between the usage information of at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, and the process of generating the correspondence may be completed before the saving process of step 101, or may be the same process as the saving process of step 101.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information, a number of times of starting the application corresponding to the current time information in a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and a running duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information; at this time, the value of the usage parameter P for each application corresponding to the sub-pattern and sub-period corresponding to the current time is calculated using the following formula: p=p1+p2+q2;

For example, if the sub-period in sub-mode one corresponds to a total of three applications a, B and C, and application a is started 3 times, the total duration is 60 minutes; starting the application B for 5 times, and running for 100 minutes; application C was started 2 times for a total duration of 60 minutes. Then for application a, p1=3/(3+5+2) =0.3, p2=60/(60+100+60) =0.273. If q1=0.2 and q2=0.8, p=0.3×0.2+0.273×0.8=0.278. Similar operations can be performed for application B and application C, with application B having a P value of 0.372 and application C having a P value of 0.258. Comparing the values of P of the application A, the application B and the application C according to the rule, the application B which uses more applications and the application C which uses less applications can be obtained, and the application B to be loaded and the application C to be closed are further determined.

It will be appreciated that the above-mentioned more-used applications and less-used applications may also be determined according to other methods, for example, when only the application is in the sub-mode and the running time period corresponding to the current time information, the application with the longest running time period in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information is used as the more-used application, and the application with the shortest running time period in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information is used as the less-used application.

Example (3)

The usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application, and further includes a number of starts of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and at least one sub-period, and/or a running duration of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and at least one sub-period;

the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the corresponding application, and further comprises: the starting times of the corresponding application in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and/or the running time of the corresponding application in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information;

if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of a third application, and the third application is the application which uses more applications in the application corresponding to the current time information, determining the third application as the application to be preloaded;

or,

and if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information comprises the identification of the third application and the third application is the application which uses less application in the application corresponding to the current time information, determining the third application as the application to be closed.

The application usage information in the embodiment (3) includes an application identifier, and the application usage condition, and according to the number of times of starting the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and/or the running duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information, it may be determined that the application corresponding to the current time information uses more applications, or that the application corresponding to the current time information uses less applications.

Alternatively, in an embodiment, the determination of more or less usage of an application may be determined by the value of the application usage parameter P corresponding to the current time information. For example: the value of the usage parameter P of the application that uses more in the applications corresponding to the current time information is greater than a set threshold value, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application that uses more in the applications corresponding to the current time information is one of the largest n values of the usage parameters P of all the applications corresponding to the sub-modes and sub-periods corresponding to the current time, and n is a positive integer. Also for example: the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is smaller than the set threshold value, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is one of the smallest m values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, and m is a positive integer.

The application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information, the starting times of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and the running duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information;

wherein p1=m1/N1, M1 is the number of starts of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, N1 is the number of starts of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, p2=m2/N2, M2 is the operation duration of each application in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and N2 is the operation duration of all applications in the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time information corresponding to the sub-mode and sub-period corresponding to the current time; q1 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, q2 is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1, and q1+q2=1.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the values of q1 and q2 may be selected according to needs, if the specific gravity of the operation duration applied in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information is greater than the specific gravity of the operation duration applied in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information, the value of q2 is greater than q1, otherwise, the value of q2 is greater than q1. Preferably, the number of starts may be affected by a program failure, and the specific gravity of the operation duration may be set to be larger, that is, q2 has a value greater than q1.

For example, if the sub-period in sub-mode one corresponds to a total of three applications a, B and C, and application a is started 3 times, the total duration is 60 minutes; starting the application B for 5 times, and running for 100 minutes; application C was started 2 times for a total duration of 60 minutes. Then for application a, it p1=3/(3+5+2) =0.3, p2=60/(60+100+60) = 0,273. If q1=0.2 and q2=0.8, p=0.3×0.2+0.273×0.8=0.278. Similar operations can be performed for application B and application C. Comparing the values of P of the application A, the application B and the application C according to the rules, the application which is more used and the application which is less used can be obtained, and the application to be loaded and the application to be closed are further determined.

The embodiment (3) provides a method for determining which applications and what operations need to be performed based on the use conditions before the applications, and because the use duration, the starting times and other data representing the use habits of the users are adopted in the determination process, the determination result is closer to the needs of the users, and the interaction capability of the mobile terminal is enhanced.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a method for generating the corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and the life mode and the reference time period of the user of the mobile terminal, which can be executed by the mobile terminal or a processor in the mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is provided with the at least one application.

The various descriptions and examples in the previous embodiments are also applicable to the present embodiment.

The method for generating the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, as shown in fig. 3, includes:

201. and counting the geographic position information of the mobile terminal in the first time period, and dividing the second time period into at least one sub-mode according to the geographic position information, wherein the first time period is greater than or equal to the second time period.

Wherein all sub-modes obtained in step 201 constitute a user life mode of the mobile terminal. The statistics of the geographical location information of the mobile terminal may need to be performed by means of GPS (Global Positioning System) devices or base stations in the mobile terminal, which is not limited by the present invention.

202. Counting the starting time point of the at least one application in a third time period, clustering the starting time point of the at least one application, and dividing the third time period into at least one subperiod according to the clustering result; or dividing the third time period into the at least one sub-period according to a preset setting;

Wherein all subintervals derived in step 202 constitute reference intervals of the mobile terminal. Alternatively, in one embodiment, the third time period may be a subdivision of the second time period. For example, the second time period is one week, and the third time period may be one day.

203. Counting the starting times of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period, and the running time of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period.

204. And determining the use information of the application corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period according to the starting times of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period and the operation time of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period.

Alternatively, in one embodiment, the usage information of the application corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period may be only the identifier of the application to be preloaded corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, or only the identifier of the application to be closed corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the usage information of the application corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period may include an identifier of the application to be preloaded and a preloaded identifier corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and may further include an identifier of the application to be closed and an identifier to be closed corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the usage information of each sub-mode and the application corresponding to each sub-period may include an identifier of each sub-mode and the application corresponding to each sub-period, and further include a number of times each sub-mode and the application corresponding to each sub-period is started in the sub-mode and the sub-period, and a running duration of each sub-mode and the application corresponding to each sub-period in the sub-mode and the sub-period.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the determining method of the application to be closed and the application to be preloaded may refer to the specific description of the previous embodiment, for example, determining according to the value of the usage parameter P, etc., which will not be described herein.

The more used applications are set as applications to be preloaded, the less used applications are set as applications to be closed,

205. and generating a corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and the user life mode of the mobile terminal and the reference period according to the user life mode, the reference period and the use information of the application corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period.

After generating the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, the correspondence may be stored in the mobile terminal or other devices.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the generated correspondence is used for the mobile terminal to manage the application corresponding to the current time information according to the current time information.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for generating the corresponding relation between the use information of at least one application and the life mode and the reference time period of the user of the mobile terminal, which is convenient for the mobile terminal to determine the application corresponding to the current time information according to the generated corresponding relation and the current time information and manage the application corresponding to the current time information.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a device for managing applications, a storage unit of the device is used for installing at least one application, and the related description in the previous embodiment is also applicable to the embodiment.

As shown in fig. 4, the apparatus includes:

the storage unit is further configured to correspond to a usage information of the at least one application to a user life mode of the mobile terminal and a reference period, where the user life mode includes at least one sub-mode, and the reference period includes at least one sub-period;

The acquisition unit is used for acquiring current time information;

a determining unit, configured to determine a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and determine usage information of an application corresponding to the current time information according to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and a correspondence between usage information of the at least one application and a user life mode and a reference period of the mobile terminal; determining the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information,

and the management unit is used for managing the application corresponding to the current time information.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, in an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a first statistics unit, configured to, before the storing unit stores the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, count geographic location information of the mobile terminal in a first period, and divide, according to the geographic location information, a second period into the at least one sub-mode, where the first period is greater than or equal to the second period.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, in an embodiment, the apparatus further includes a second statistics unit, configured to, before the storing unit stores the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern and the reference period of the mobile terminal, count a starting time point of the at least one application in a third time period, cluster the starting time point of the at least one application, and divide the third time period into the at least one subperiod according to a result of the clustering; or dividing the third time period into the at least one sub-period according to a preset setting.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5, in one embodiment, the determining unit includes,

a first determining subunit, configured to determine an application corresponding to the current time information according to the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information; and

a second determining subunit, configured to obtain a current state of an application corresponding to the current time information;

the management unit is specifically configured to manage, according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information, the application corresponding to the current time information.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, in an embodiment, the management unit includes at least one of:

the first management subunit is used for preloading the application to be preloaded if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be preloaded according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the application to be preloaded is currently in a closed state;

the second management subunit is used for closing the application to be closed if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the application to be closed is currently in an operating state;

the third management subunit is configured to maintain the to-be-preloaded application to continue running if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the to-be-preloaded application according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and the to-be-preloaded application is currently in a running state;

and the fourth management subunit is used for maintaining the application to be closed continuously if the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to be the application to be closed according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the application to be closed is currently in the closed state.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, in an embodiment, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application;

the application information corresponding to the current time information comprises an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information;

the management unit further includes: a fifth management subunit, configured to determine that the first application is an application to be preloaded if it is determined that the identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the first application; or if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to comprise the identification of the first application, determining that the first application is an application to be closed.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, in an embodiment, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identifier of the at least one application and an operation identifier corresponding to the at least one application;

the management unit further includes: a sixth management subunit, configured to determine that the second application is an application to be preloaded if it is determined that the identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the second application and the operation identifier corresponding to the second application is a preloading identifier; or if the identification of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to comprise the identification of the second application and the operation identification corresponding to the second application is the closing identification, determining that the second application is the application to be closed.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 5, in an embodiment, the apparatus further includes: the first setting unit sets operation identifiers corresponding to the more used applications in each sub-mode and each sub-period as the preloading identifiers according to the starting times of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period and the operation time of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period;

the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is larger than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with more usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the largest n among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and n is a positive integer.

Optionally, in one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: a second setting unit, configured to set operation identifiers corresponding to the applications in each sub-mode and each sub-period as the closing identifiers according to the start times of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period and the operation time of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period;

The value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is smaller than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in each sub-mode and each sub-period is the smallest m among the values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period, and m is a positive integer.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application, and further includes a number of starts of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and at least one sub-period, and/or a running duration of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and at least one sub-period;

optionally, as shown in fig. 5, in an embodiment, the management unit further includes: a seventh management subunit, configured to determine, if it is determined that the identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of a third application, and the third application is an application that uses more applications in the applications corresponding to the current time information, the third application is an application to be preloaded; or if the identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information is determined to include the identifier of the third application, and the third application is the application which uses less in the applications corresponding to the current time information, determining that the third application is the application to be closed.

Optionally, in an embodiment, a value of a usage parameter P of an application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is greater than a set threshold, or a value of a usage parameter P of an application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is one of n largest values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, where n is a positive integer;

the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is smaller than the set threshold value, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application with less usage in the application corresponding to the current time information is one of the smallest m values of the usage parameters P of all applications corresponding to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time, and m is a positive integer.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information, a number of times of starting the application corresponding to the current time information in a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and a running duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information;

The embodiment of the invention provides a device for managing applications, which can determine the application corresponding to the current time information according to the generated corresponding relation and the current time information, and manage the application corresponding to the current time information.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a mobile terminal for managing the application, and the related description in the embodiment of the method and the embodiment of the device is also applicable to the embodiment. The mobile terminal comprises a processor and a memory, wherein the memory is used for installing at least one application;

the memory is further configured to store a correspondence between usage information of the at least one application and a user life pattern of the mobile terminal, the user life pattern including at least one sub-pattern, and a reference period including at least one sub-period;

the processor is used for acquiring current time information; determining a sub-mode and a sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and determining application use information corresponding to the current time information according to the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information and the corresponding relation between the use information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal; and determining the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information.

Optionally, in an embodiment, the processor is further configured to, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life mode and the reference period of the mobile terminal, count geographic location information of the mobile terminal in a first period, and divide a second period into the at least one sub-mode according to the geographic location information, where the first period is greater than or equal to the second period.

Optionally, in another embodiment, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the user life pattern of the mobile terminal and the reference period, the processor is further configured to count a starting time point of the at least one application in a third time period, cluster the starting time point of the at least one application, and divide the third time period into the at least one subperiod according to a result of the clustering; or dividing the third time period into the at least one sub-period according to a preset setting.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the determining the application corresponding to the current time information according to the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and managing the application corresponding to the current time information includes: determining an application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information, and acquiring the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information; and managing the application corresponding to the current time information according to the use information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information.

Optionally, in another embodiment, the managing the application corresponding to the current time information according to the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information and the current state of the application corresponding to the current time information includes at least one of:

Optionally, in a further embodiment, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application;

or alternatively

Optionally, in another embodiment, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identifier of the at least one application and an operation identifier corresponding to the at least one application;

or,

Optionally, in another embodiment, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the life mode and the reference period of the user of the mobile terminal, the processor is further configured to set, as the preloaded identifier, an operation identifier corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period of the application that uses more applications according to the number of times the at least one application is started in each sub-mode and each sub-period, and the running duration of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period;

Optionally, in a further embodiment, before storing the correspondence between the usage information of the at least one application and the life mode and the reference period of the user of the mobile terminal, the processor is further configured to set, as the shutdown identifier, an operation identifier corresponding to each sub-mode and each sub-period of the application that uses less according to the number of times the at least one application is started in each sub-mode and each sub-period, and the running duration of the at least one application in each sub-mode and each sub-period;

Optionally, in a further embodiment, the usage information of the at least one application includes an identification of the at least one application, and further includes a number of starts of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and at least one sub-period, and/or a running duration of the at least one application in the at least one sub-mode and at least one sub-period;

Or,

Optionally, in another embodiment, the value of the usage parameter P of the application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is greater than a set threshold, or the value of the usage parameter P of the application that uses more of the applications corresponding to the current time information is one of the largest n values of the usage parameters P of all the applications corresponding to the sub-modes and sub-periods corresponding to the current time, where n is a positive integer;

Optionally, in another embodiment, the usage information of the application corresponding to the current time information includes an identifier of the application corresponding to the current time information, a number of times of starting the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information, and a running duration of the application corresponding to the current time information in the sub-mode and the sub-period corresponding to the current time information;

The mobile terminal may be a mobile phone, and fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of the mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. The handset includes, in addition to a processor 880 and radio frequency RF circuitry 810, memory 820, input unit 830, display unit 840, sensor 850, audio circuitry 860, wireless fidelity WiFi module 870, and power supply 190. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the handset construction shown in fig. 7 is not limiting of the handset and may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine certain components, or a different arrangement of components. Wherein the processor in the mobile terminal in the previous embodiment is implemented by the processor 880 of the handset and the memory of the mobile terminal is implemented by the memory 820 of the handset.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or some of the steps in implementing the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by a program to instruct related hardware, where the program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, where the program when executed implements the steps as the methods, where the storage medium includes: ROM/RAM, magnetic disks, optical disks, etc.

The foregoing is a description of specific embodiments of the invention in which the methods of the invention may be suitably modified during the practice of the invention to suit the particular needs of a particular situation. It should be understood, therefore, that the detailed description is illustrative only and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A terminal for managing applications, characterized in that the terminal comprises a processor and a memory for storing a computer program;

the processor is configured to execute the computer program to cause the terminal to perform:

according to user operation, storing a first mode, a first period and a corresponding relation of application use information corresponding to the first mode, wherein the application comprises a first application, the application use information comprises the application use information of the first application, the application use information of the first application comprises an identification of the first application and a first operation identification corresponding to the first application, the first operation identification comprises a closing identification, and the first application is installed on the terminal;

acquiring current time information of the terminal;

determining the use information of the first application corresponding to the current time information according to the current time information, the first mode, the first period and the corresponding relation of the use information of the application corresponding to the first mode;

and automatically closing the first application according to the identification of the first application and the first operation identification corresponding to the first application.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to cause the terminal to perform:

setting the first mode, the first period and the use information of the first application corresponding to the first mode.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to cause the terminal to perform: setting an operation identifier corresponding to the first application.

4. A terminal according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to cause the terminal to perform: the application further comprises a second application, the application use information further comprises the second application use information, the second application use information comprises an identifier of the second application and a second operation identifier corresponding to the second application, and the second operation identifier comprises an opening identifier.

5. The terminal of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to cause the terminal to perform: determining the use information of the second application corresponding to the current time information according to the current time information, the first mode, the first period and the corresponding relation of the use information of the application corresponding to the first mode;

And starting the second application according to the identifier of the second application and the second operation identifier corresponding to the second application.

6. A terminal according to any of claims 1-3, wherein the first period of time comprises at least one sub-period.

7. A method of managing an application, characterized by a terminal for installing an application, the method comprising:

according to user operation, storing a first mode, a first period and a corresponding relation of application use information corresponding to the first mode, wherein the application comprises a first application, the application use information comprises the application use information of the first application, the application use information of the first application comprises an identification of the first application and an operation identification corresponding to the first application, the operation identification comprises a closing identification, and the first application is installed on the terminal;

acquiring current time information of the terminal;

and automatically closing the first application according to the identification of the first application and the operation identification corresponding to the first application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises: setting the first mode, the first period and the use information of the first application corresponding to the first mode.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises: setting an operation identifier corresponding to the first application.

10. The method of any one of claims 7-9, wherein the method further comprises: the application further comprises a second application, the application use information further comprises the second application use information, the second application use information comprises an identifier of the second application and a second operation identifier corresponding to the second application, and the second operation identifier comprises an opening identifier.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the method further comprises: determining the use information of the second application corresponding to the current time information according to the current time information, the first mode, the first period and the corresponding relation of the use information of the application corresponding to the first mode;

12. The method of any one of claims 7-9, wherein the method further comprises: receiving an operation of triggering a management button by a user; or receiving a management option operation selected by a user.

13. The method of any of claims 7-9, wherein the first period of time comprises at least one sub-period.

14. A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when run on a terminal, cause the terminal to perform the method of any of claims 7-13.

15. A terminal for managing applications, characterized in that the terminal comprises a processor and a memory for storing a computer program;

according to user operation, a first mode and a first period of time are saved, the application corresponding to the first mode comprises a first application and a second application, the application comprises the application information of the first application and the application information of the second application, the application information of the first application comprises an identification of the first application and a first operation identification corresponding to the first application, the application information of the second application comprises an identification of the second application and a second operation identification corresponding to the second application, the first operation identification and the second operation identification are different, and the first application and the second application are installed on the terminal;

Acquiring current time information of the terminal;

determining the use information of the first application and the use information of the second application according to the corresponding relation among the current time information, the first mode and the first period of time;

and automatically managing the first application and the second application respectively according to the identifier of the first application, the first operation identifier corresponding to the first application, the identifier of the second application and the second operation identifier corresponding to the second application, wherein the management of the first application is different from the management of the second application.

16. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the automatically managing the first application and the second application, respectively, comprises: and keeping the state of the first application to be the same as the state before the current time information is acquired, and automatically closing the second application.

17. The terminal of claim 15 or 16, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to cause the terminal to perform: setting the first mode, the first period, and the usage information of the first application and the usage information of the second application corresponding to the first mode.

18. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the first application comprises an on identifier corresponding to a first operation identifier and the second application comprises an off identifier corresponding to a second operation identifier.

19. The terminal of claim 15, wherein automatically managing the first application and the second application respectively specifically comprises: acquiring the current state of the first application corresponding to the current time information, and maintaining the current state of the first application;

and acquiring the current state of the second application corresponding to the current time information, and closing the second application.