JP5646534B2 - Mobile terminal, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to control of an application of a mobile terminal.

  In recent years, application programs (also referred to as “applications” or “programs” in the present application) have been used in portable terminals such as smartphones. Various information processing by apps consumes a large amount of power, and battery exhaustion is a problem for mobile terminals. In this regard, there is a proposal for power saving by controlling the communication frequency of GPS and information reception depending on whether the user touches the mobile terminal (for example, see Patent Document 1). There is also an application that determines the power consumption for each application of the mobile terminal and supports power saving by stopping the application.

JP 2011-097145 A

  However, it is inconvenient because the function cannot be used if the application is stopped. In particular, there is a widget known as a kind of application. The widget includes a plurality of function modules for each application such as news, mail, weather, and schedule, and is an app that can be embedded on a screen that operates on a standby screen or a home screen of a mobile terminal.

  In particular, in the case of a widget, there is a problem in that it is inconvenient for the user if it is stopped for power consumption because it assumes a plurality of uses.

  An object of the present invention is to appropriately maintain a balance of power consumption suppression and usability by controlling a mobile terminal application in accordance with the characteristics of each user when using the mobile terminal.

Based on the above object, a portable terminal according to one aspect (1) of the present invention is a program for a portable terminal including a computer, and includes a plurality of functional modules that perform screen display and communication at each communication interval. A place where charging has been performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference from a history accumulated in the storage means of the computer with respect to execution means to be executed and at least one of the time, place and behavior related to the use of the mobile terminal extraction means for extracting, characterized in that and a control means for changing the behavior of the function module according to whether the extracted to the issued the location is approaching within a predetermined range.

An information processing method according to another aspect (11) of the present invention is a program for a portable terminal, which executes a plurality of functional modules that respectively perform screen display and communication at every communication interval, and the portable An extraction process for extracting a place where charging has been performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined standard from the history accumulated in the storage means of the computer, regarding at least one of time, place and action related to use of the terminal, and extraction The computer of the portable terminal executes a control process for changing the behavior of each functional module depending on whether or not the place is approached within a predetermined range .

A program for a portable terminal according to another aspect (12) of the present invention is a program for controlling a plurality of functional modules that respectively perform screen display and communication at each communication interval. Charging was performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined standard from the history accumulated in the storage means of the computer, regarding the execution of each functional module and at least one of the time, place, and action related to the use of the mobile terminal An extraction process for extracting a place and a control process for changing the behavior of each functional module according to whether or not the extracted place is within a predetermined range are performed.

  According to another aspect (2) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the control unit performs the communication on the functional module based on a predetermined operation and enters a predetermined state. The communication interval is changed.

Another aspect of the present invention (3), in any of the above embodiments, the extraction unit extracts the number of operations for each of the functions module from the history of operations given to each of the functional modules, wherein The control means changes the communication interval in the corresponding functional module according to the extracted number of operations.

Another aspect of the present invention (4), in any of the above embodiments, comprises a means for acquiring a history about the time when the portable terminal is charged, the extraction means, from the acquired history, pre A location and time at which the charging is performed is extracted with a probability equal to or greater than a predetermined standard, and the control unit determines whether the communication interval is close to the extracted location and time within a predetermined range. It is characterized by changing.

According to another aspect (5) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the extraction unit extracts a time when a call is performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference from the call history of the mobile terminal. The control unit changes the communication interval according to whether or not the time until the extracted time is within a predetermined time range.

  In another aspect (6) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the control unit detects whether or not the screen display in the portable terminal is off, and stops the communication when the screen display is off. It is characterized by that.

  According to another aspect (7) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the control unit detects whether the mobile terminal is being charged, and sets the communication interval when charging to be longer than when not charging. It is characterized by shortening.

  According to another aspect (8) of the present invention, in any one of the above aspects, the control unit obtains a remaining battery level of the mobile terminal, and when the remaining battery level is equal to or less than a predetermined reference, the communication unit Or the communication interval is made longer than when the remaining battery level is not less than a predetermined reference.

  According to another aspect (9) of the present invention, in any of the above aspects, the control unit measures a response time of the communication in the functional module, and when the response time is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, The communication interval is made longer than when the value is not more than the value.

  According to another aspect (10) of the present invention, in any of the above aspects, the program is a widget program.

  A program according to another aspect (13) of the present invention is a program for a portable terminal including a computer, and the portable terminal according to any one of the above aspects is realized by controlling the computer. And

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the application of a portable terminal, it becomes possible to maintain power consumption suppression and the balance of usability appropriately by the control suitable for the characteristic for every user on portable terminal utilization.

The functional block diagram which shows a structure about embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of a screen display in embodiment of this invention. The flowchart which shows the process sequence in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of data in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of data in embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the example of data in embodiment of this invention.

  Next, a mode for carrying out the present invention (referred to as “embodiment”) will be illustrated along the drawings. In addition, the assumptions common to the contents already described in the background art and problems are omitted as appropriate.

[1. Constitution〕
This embodiment relates to a mobile terminal 1 as illustrated in the configuration diagram of FIG. The mobile terminal 1 is a mobile information terminal equipped with a computer such as a smartphone, a tablet PC, or a mobile phone terminal, and includes an execution means 10 such as basic software for executing an application. Here, the application is a widget program W (simply called “widget” or “widget W”), and its display screen is illustrated in FIG.

  The widget W is a program for a portable terminal equipped with a computer, and is a screen-embedded application that operates on a standby screen called a home screen of the portable terminal 1. The widget W updates the display screen (FIG. 2) with data obtained by communicating with the server 2, and includes a plurality of function modules M1 to Mn that perform screen display and communication at each communication interval, and these function modules M1. And a control module MC for controlling Mn. The number of functional modules is not limited to four and is free.

  The mobile terminal 1 includes at least an arithmetic control unit 6 such as a CPU, a storage device 7 such as a main memory and an auxiliary storage device (for example, a flash memory), and a communication network N (for example, a mobile phone, And communication means 8 (for example, a communication circuit with a wireless communication network, a wireless LAN adapter, etc.) with PHS, various wireless communication networks such as a public wireless LAN, the Internet, and the like.

  In addition to the computer configuration as described above, the mobile terminal 1 includes a rechargeable battery control unit 3 that controls charging / discharging of a built-in rechargeable battery (battery), a receiving speaker (not shown) in addition to outgoing and incoming calls, A call control unit 4 that also controls a microphone for transmission and the like, and a GPS unit 5 that performs GPS satellite radio wave reception, current position navigation calculation, and the like are provided. In addition, the mobile terminal 1 includes a display screen G that is input / output means using a liquid crystal with a touch panel function or an organic EL.

  In the mobile terminal 1, the arithmetic control unit 6 executes an arbitrary type of computer program such as an application represented by the widget W, thereby realizing elements (20, 30, 40, etc.) shown in FIG. To do. Of the elements to be realized, the mode of the information storage means is arbitrary, and can be realized in any data format such as a file on the storage device 7, or may be remote storage by network computing (cloud).

  The storage means may include not only a data storage area but also functions such as data input / output and management. In addition, the unit of the storage means shown in this application is for convenience of explanation, and the configuration can be divided or integrated as appropriate, and the processing data and processing results of each means are stored in addition to the explicit storage means. A storage means is used as appropriate.

  The arrows in the figure (for example, FIG. 1) supplementarily indicate the main direction of the flow of data, control, etc., and do not deny other flows or imply direction limitations. For example, before or after data acquisition in a certain direction, a data request or an acknowledgment (ACK) can occur in the reverse direction.

  In addition, each means other than the storage means is a processing means for realizing and executing the information processing functions and operations (for example, FIG. 1) described below, but these are functional units arranged for explanation. It doesn't matter if it matches the actual hardware elements or software modules.

[2. Action)
Among the mobile terminals 1 configured as described above, a processing procedure particularly related to the present embodiment is shown in a flowchart of FIG. In the following, the operation is illustrated by taking four functional modules M1 to M4 as examples.

[2-1. (Run widget)
First, when execution is instructed for the widget W installed on the mobile terminal 1 (not shown) such as tapping an icon (not shown), the execution unit 10 starts executing the control module MC and the functional modules M1 to M4 included in the widget W. (Step S11). FIG. 2 is an example of a display D of the widget W (also referred to as “widget display” or “widget display D”).

  Each of the functional modules M1 to M4 updates the display of the screen display portions D1 to D4 related to the mail, weather, fortune telling, and news in charge by information acquired by communicating with the predetermined server 2 at predetermined communication intervals. . That is, the communication for each predetermined communication interval is aimed at confirming update of information to be displayed. The functional modules M1 to M4 are also referred to as a mail module M1, a weather module M2, a fortune telling module M3, and a news module M4, respectively.

  For example, the screen display portion D1 related to mail is accompanied by a display D11 of the number of new mails. The screen display portion D2 related to the weather includes a display of the predicted maximum temperature and the predicted minimum temperature, in addition to graphics such as the sun and umbrella representing today's weather. The screen display part D3 related to fortune telling is accompanied by a display D33 that represents today's fortune for each constellation registered in advance by the user.

  The news screen display portion D4 displays the title of the newly added news. When a tap operation is performed on the screen display portions D1 to D4, the browser is activated and a Web page of detailed information corresponding to each is displayed.

  In parallel with the execution of the functional modules M1 to M4 as described above, in the control module MC, the extraction means 20 accumulates in the storage means of the computer at least one of the time, place, and action related to the use of the mobile terminal 1 (step The feature information is extracted from the history that has been S12) (step S14, etc.), and the control means 30 changes the behavior of the functional module according to the extracted feature information (step S15, etc.).

  Here, the history acquisition means 40 of the control module MC accumulates in the history storage means 45 the tap operations on the screen display portions D1 to D4 corresponding to the functional modules M1 to M4, and the history of the charging place and time. In addition, since the call history including the call start time and the call time is stored as a function of the mobile terminal 1, the description is included in the contents stored in the history storage unit 45 for explanation. .

[2-2. (Change based on widget operation)
Hereinafter, a more detailed description will be given with examples of history and feature information. One example is to extract the number of operations for each of the functional modules M1 to M4 as feature information from the history of operations on the screen display portions D1 to D4 and reflect the extracted information in the communication interval.

  In this case, at the timing when the tap operation is performed on any of the screen display portions D1 to D4 (step S13: “YES”), the extraction unit 20 is characterized from the history of operations given to the functional modules M1 to M4. The number of operations for each of the functional modules M1 to M4 is extracted as information (step S14), and the control unit 30 changes the communication interval in the corresponding functional modules M1 to M4 according to the extracted number of operations (step S14). S15).

  For example, if there is a tap operation on any of the screen display portions D1 to D4, the operation is added to the history data as shown in FIG. 4 and the operation within the past predetermined time (for example, 24 hours, one week, etc.) Is extracted by counting each of the functional modules M1 to M4. Here, the communication interval for each of the functional modules M1 to M4 is set to an initial value (see, for example, FIG. 5) when the widget is installed.

  For the functional module (for example, the mail module M1) in which the number of operations within the predetermined time has reached a predetermined threshold (for example, 3 times within the past 24 hours), the communication interval is set to “initial value” in the example of FIG. "(15 minutes) →" shorter "(10 minutes). Further, for the functional module (for example, the mail module M1) that has reached the next threshold (for example, 10 times within the past 24 hours), the communication interval is changed from “shorter” (10 minutes) to “shortest” (5 minutes). This increases the freshness of frequently used information. The time for maintaining the communication interval after the change may be limited to a predetermined time.

[2-3. (Change due to predetermined operation)
Moreover, the control means 30 communicates about a functional module based on predetermined operation, and when it becomes a predetermined state, it changes a communication space | interval temporarily. “Temporary” may be thereafter for a certain period of time (for example, for one hour) or until the next one communication. For example, in the screen display portion D1 of FIG. 2, the mail module M1 acquires the number of new emails from the server at a communication interval of 15 minutes and displays it as a display D11 (for example, 8 in FIG. 2).

  When the tap operation is given to the screen display portion D1, communication is performed with the server, and when the number of newly arrived items is reset to zero by accessing the web mail page of the browser (step S16: “YES”), The interval at which the number of new arrivals is acquired every 15 minutes is temporarily reduced to 5 minutes until the next communication (step S17).

[2-4. Changes due to charging characteristics)
Further, the communication interval is changed from the battery charging pattern of the mobile terminal 1. That is, the history acquisition unit 40 continuously acquires a history regarding at least one of the place where the mobile terminal is charged or the time (step S12), and the extraction unit 20 is at a predetermined timing (step S18: “YES”). Then, from the acquired history, at least one of the place and time at which charging is performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference is extracted (step S19).

  As described above, the timing of extracting the charging place and time from the history may be frequently performed by detecting the CPU idle time or the like, but it is late at night when the portable terminal 1 is not used or during charging. Arbitrary timing is sufficient.

  For example, the charging history may include a recording start date and time, an end date and time, and a position coordinate at the time of charging by GPS or the like (not shown). The data example in FIG. 6 shows the process of counting such histories and extracting the place and time when many were charged. In this example, for each time, that is, for each time zone, the number of times charging was performed on the last 30 days and the mesh ID indicating the mesh on the map data to which the position coordinates of the portable terminal 1 belonged at that time are included. The mesh is an area obtained by dividing map data into rectangles.

  In the data of FIG. 6, the time zone “22: 30-22: 45” and “22: 45-23: 00” are more recent than the previous time zone (for example, “20: 15-20: 30”). The number of times the battery was being charged in 30 days was as high as 21 or 26 times, and the number of times the battery was located in the same mesh ID (125) was as high as 18 or 23 times.

  If the probability of extraction is 50%, for example, “22: 30-22: 45” or “22: 45-23: 00” is extracted as the time zone, and the mesh ID: 125 for the place Is extracted. The extraction may be performed for each day attribute such as a day of the week or a holiday.

  Then, the control means 30 sets the communication interval depending on whether or not the extracted place or time is approaching within a predetermined range (also referred to as “immediate charging”) (step S21: “YES”). Change (step S22). As an example of a reference as to whether or not the extracted place is approached within a predetermined range, it is located within a predetermined radius (for example, 5 km) from the center point of the extracted mesh and has an average hourly speed (for example, 10 km / hour) greater than or equal to a predetermined value. ) And so on.

  Further, as an example of a reference as to whether or not the extracted time is approaching within a predetermined range, it can be considered that the current time is within 30 minutes until the extracted time. Here, it is assumed that the charging interval is short (step S21: “YES”), and the communication interval is shortened (10 minutes if “short” in the mail module M1 in the example of FIG. 5) (step S22).

[2-5. Changes due to other characteristics)
Further, the control means 30 detects whether or not the mobile terminal 1 is being charged (step S23), and when charging (step S23: “YES”), the communication interval is shorter than when not charging (here, the shortest). (Step S24). Information on whether or not charging is in progress is obtained from the rechargeable battery control unit 3 via basic software or the like.

  In addition, if the time period during which a telephone call is often made is near, the remaining battery level is preserved by increasing the communication interval. For this reason, the extracting means 20 uses a predetermined time (step S18: “YES”), based on the call history of the mobile terminal 1, the time when the call is made with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference (“call time zone”). Are also extracted (step S20).

  The call history is a record of the call start time and call time as functions of the mobile terminal 1 (not shown), and it does not matter whether the call is made or received in that it does not affect battery consumption. By counting such histories, it is possible to extract the time when many calls were made. The data example in FIG. 6 includes the number of times that a call was in progress for each time, that is, for each time zone.

  For example, an earlier time such as “20: 15-20: 30” or “20: 30-20: 45” than a later time zone such as “22: 30-22: 45” or “22: 45-23: 00” The number of calls on the band in the last 30 days is often 15 or 20.

  Assuming that the probability of extraction is 50%, “20: 15-20: 30” or “20: 30-20: 45” is extracted as the time zone. Then, the control means 30 changes the interval according to whether or not it is within a predetermined time range until the call time zone (also referred to as “close to the call time zone”) (step S25). The interval is lengthened (30 minutes if “long” in the example of FIG. 5 in the mail module M1) (step S26).

  Further, the control means 30 measures the response time of communication in the functional module, and when the response time is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (for example, 100 milliseconds) (step S25: “YES”), it is not equal to or greater than that value. The communication interval is made longer than the time (step S26).

  The response time is measured by recording the time at which one of the functional modules M1 to M4 transmits a packet such as a data request when communicating with the server 2, and the time at which reception of data according to the request is started. In addition to calculating with the difference between the two, the timely measurement is similarly performed with a small capacity packet.

  Moreover, the control means 30 detects whether the screen display in the portable terminal 1 is OFF (step S27), and when the screen display is OFF (step S27: “YES”), the communication is stopped (step S28). That the screen display is off is obtained from the basic software that controls the display screen G or the like.

  In addition, the control unit 30 acquires the remaining battery level of the mobile terminal 1, and stops communication when the remaining battery level is equal to or lower than a predetermined reference (for example, 15%) (step S27: “YES”). (Step S28). When the remaining battery level is equal to or lower than a predetermined reference, the communication interval may be set longer than when the remaining battery level is not equal to or lower than the predetermined reference instead of stopping communication. The remaining battery level is obtained from the rechargeable battery control unit 3 that manages charging / discharging of the battery via basic software or the like.

[3. effect〕
As described above, in the present embodiment, the behavior of the functional module (especially for each functional module) according to the characteristics extracted from the history (step S14 in FIG. 3 etc.) regarding the time, place, and behavior related to the use of the mobile terminal. (Communication interval) is dynamically changed (step S15 and others). As a result, it is desirable that the degree of power saving should match the characteristics of each user in the time, place, and behavior related to the use of each function module and application of charging, calling, and widgets. Therefore, it is possible to control power consumption while maintaining usability.

  In particular, in the present embodiment, when the functional module is in a predetermined state based on a predetermined operation (step S16: “YES”), the user is aware of it by temporarily changing the communication interval (step S17). It is possible to realize a flexible usability such as frequently updating information that has been manipulated.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the number of operations for each functional module is extracted from the history (step S14) by shortening the communication interval of the functional module having the larger number of times and increasing the communication interval of the functional module having the smaller number of times (step S14). S15) In a functional module that handles information of high interest to the user, priority can be given to usability based on freshness of information.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the location and time that are often charged are determined from the charging history in the portable terminal (step S19), and whether or not the location or time is approaching within a predetermined range from them ( Step S21) By extending or shortening the communication interval (Step S22), priority can be given to usability based on the freshness of the information displayed by the functional module under conditions that are likely to be charged normally.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a time zone in which calls are often made is determined based on the call history for each terminal (step S20), and before that time zone (step S25: “YES”), the communication interval is increased. (Step S26), it is possible to reduce battery exhaustion during a call.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the screen display is off (step S27: “YES”), by stopping communication (step S28), power consumption due to useless communication can be avoided.

  Further, in the present embodiment, when the mobile terminal is being charged (step S23: “YES”), the functional module displays in a scene where the possibility of running out of the battery is low by shortening the communication interval (step S24). Priority can be given to the ease of use of information.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the remaining battery level of the mobile terminal is equal to or less than the predetermined value (step S27: “YES”), the communication is stopped (step S28) or the communication interval is expanded, so that the battery is almost exhausted. Power saving can be prioritized.

  In the present embodiment, the communication interval, that is, the update interval is lengthened according to the length of the communication response time (step S25: “YES”) (step S26), thereby causing the line congestion of the nearest mobile phone antenna base station. When communication conditions are bad, power consumption due to useless communication can be suppressed.

  Further, the application target of the present embodiment is a widget of a mobile terminal, and the required real-time property differs for each functional module. Therefore, the communication interval (for example, the initial value is 15 minutes for mail, 60 minutes for weather (1 Time), fortune-telling 7 days (1 week), news 15 minutes, etc.) can be changed for each functional module, so that power consumption can be suppressed while maintaining usability.

[4. Other embodiments]
In addition, the said embodiment is only an illustration and this invention includes what is illustrated below and other embodiment other than that. For example, a configuration diagram, a data diagram, a flowchart, and the like in the present application are merely examples, and the presence / absence of each element, the order of arrangement and processing execution, and the specific contents can be changed as appropriate.

  As an example, in the above embodiment, the time and place of charging, the time of the call, the number of tap operations, etc. are exemplified as the characteristics extracted from the history about the time, place and behavior related to the use of the mobile terminal 1. The target to be performed is not limited to these, but may be any setting such as a setting content of an application such as a widget, one of charging time and place, and a place of a call.

  Further, in the above embodiment, for example, if it is close to charging (step S21: “YES”), the communication interval is once shortened (for example, 10 minutes) (step S22), but if it is close to the call time zone (step S25: “YES”). ) The communication interval is set according to the order of determination as to whether it corresponds to each feature, such as a longer communication interval (for example, 30 minutes).

  For example, in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the communication interval is divided into five stages and is currently the initial value, and if it is close to charging (step S21: “YES”), it is shortened by one stage (step S21). If it is also close (step S25: “YES”), it may be raised or lowered for each applicable condition such as returning to the initial value as a result of making it one step longer (step S26). The communication interval to be changed for each condition is not limited to all the functional modules, but may be communication intervals of some functional modules.

  In the above embodiment, the communication interval for each functional module is changed as the behavior of the functional module according to the feature. However, the behavior to be changed is not limited to the communication interval, and the size and type of screen display, the interval of data processing, The amount of processing and other arbitrary elements may be sufficient. The function module is not limited to the widget function module, and may be an individual application (program).

  Moreover, each aspect shown in this application can be grasped | ascertained also as other categories (a method, a program, a system containing a terminal, etc.) which are not specified. Regarding the category of method and program, “means” shown in the category of apparatus is appropriately read as “process” or “step”. Further, the order of processes and steps is not limited to the one directly specified in the present application, and can be changed such as changing the order or executing some processes collectively or partly at any time.

  In addition, computers such as terminals that implement and execute individual means, processes, and steps may be common, or may differ for each means, process, step, or timing. Further, all or any part of the “means” can be read as “part” (unit, section, module, etc.).

  In addition, the mode for realizing the individual means constituting the portable terminal 1 is free, and the function provided by the external server is called by API (application program interface) or network computing (so-called cloud). For example, the configuration of the present invention can be flexibly changed. Furthermore, each element such as means relating to the present invention may be realized by other information processing mechanisms such as a physical electronic circuit as well as a computer control unit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal 3 Rechargeable battery control part 4 Call control part 5 GPS part 6 Computation control part 7 Storage device 8 Communication means 10 Execution means 20 Extraction means 30 Control means 40 History acquisition means 45 History storage means G Display screen M1-Mn Functional module MC control module N Communication network W Widget program

Claims (13)

An execution means for executing a plurality of functional modules, each of which is a program for a mobile terminal equipped with a computer and performs screen display and communication at every communication interval;
An extraction means for extracting a place where charging has been performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference from a history accumulated in the storage means of the computer for at least one of time, place, and action related to use of the mobile terminal; ,
And a control means for changing the behavior of the function module according to whether or not approaching extracted to the issued the location within a predetermined range,
A portable terminal characterized by comprising:   2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs the communication on the functional module based on a predetermined operation, and changes the communication interval when the function module is in a predetermined state. Terminal. The extracting unit extracts the number of operations for each of the functions module from the history of operations given to each of the function modules,
The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit changes the communication interval in the corresponding functional module according to the extracted number of operations. Comprising means for acquiring a history about the time when the portable terminal is charged,
The extraction means extracts the place and time at which the charging was performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference from the acquired history,
The said control means changes the said communication space | interval according to whether it is approaching within the predetermined range to the said said location and time extracted. The Claim 1 characterized by the above-mentioned. Mobile device. The extraction means extracts a time when a call is performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference from the call history of the mobile terminal,
The mobile device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the control unit changes the communication interval according to whether or not the extracted time is within a predetermined time range. Terminal.   The said control means detects whether the screen display in the said portable terminal is OFF, and when the screen display is OFF, it stops the said communication, It is any one of Claim 1 to 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Mobile device.   The said control means detects whether the said portable terminal is charging, and makes the said communication space | interval shorter when not charging when charging. The portable terminal described.   The control means acquires the remaining battery level of the mobile terminal, and when the remaining battery level is equal to or lower than a predetermined reference, stops the communication or the remaining battery level is not equal to or lower than a predetermined reference level. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication interval is increased.   The said control means measures the response time of the said communication in the said functional module, and when the response time is more than a predetermined value, it makes the said communication interval longer than when it is not more than the value. Item 9. The mobile terminal according to any one of Items 1 to 8.   The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the program is a widget program. An execution process for executing a plurality of functional modules, each of which is a program for a mobile terminal and performs screen display and communication at each communication interval;
For at least one of time, place, and action related to the use of the mobile terminal, a place where charging is performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference is extracted from a history stored in a storage unit of the computer of the mobile terminal. Extraction process,
A control process for changing the behavior of each functional module depending on whether or not the extracted location is within a predetermined range ;
Is executed by a computer of the portable terminal. A program for controlling a plurality of functional modules that perform screen display and communication at each communication interval,
On the computer of the mobile device,
Execution of each functional module;
An extraction process for extracting a place where charging has been performed with a probability equal to or higher than a predetermined reference from a history accumulated in the storage means of the computer for at least one of time, place and action related to the use of the mobile terminal; ,
A control process for changing the behavior of each functional module depending on whether or not the extracted location is within a predetermined range ;
A program for a portable terminal characterized by having A program for a portable terminal equipped with a computer,
The program which implement | achieves the portable terminal as described in any one of Claim 1 to 10 by controlling the said computer.

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