CN107273740A - A kind of method and apparatus of application on control intelligent terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of method and apparatus for controlling the application on intelligent terminal.Methods described includes：Determine to need one or more applications of refrigeration on intelligent terminal；The application of refrigeration is needed for one, by the application unloading and is moved into the icon of the application in refrigeration file.By such scheme, qualified application program can effectively be forbidden, prevent these applications from taking the situation of substantial amounts of system resource from after opening, it is ensured that the speed of system operation, lift the usage experience of user.

Description

A method and device for controlling applications on a smart terminal

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of computer technology, in particular to a method and device for controlling applications on an intelligent terminal.

Background technique

With the development of Internet technology, a wide variety of applications have emerged, and users can install various applications on smart terminals such as mobile phones to meet the needs of life or work. Due to the slight difference in functions, it is unavoidable that users install many applications of the same type, or some applications with low demand are installed due to the attraction of promotional offers, so that the frequency of use of the applications installed by users is very low. However, these infrequently used applications will occupy a large amount of system resources after they are started, which will eventually lead to a slowdown of the system's running speed and affect the user's experience. For example, an application with the feature of self-starting in the background will automatically start in the background of the smart terminal, and the user cannot be aware of it in time.

In the prior art, in order to intercept or prohibit the start of the application or other behaviors that occupy system resources, it is necessary to obtain the operation authority (such as ROOT authority) of the bottom layer of the application program, and perform background control of the application program at the bottom layer of the application program. Startup or other behaviors that occupy system resources are blocked or prohibited. However, under normal circumstances, the operating permissions at the bottom of the application are difficult to obtain. Therefore, in the prior art, it is still impossible to effectively intercept or prohibit the application program, and after the application background is started, it will still occupy a large amount of system resources, resulting in a decrease in the operating speed of the system and affecting the user experience.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above problems, the present invention is proposed to provide a method for controlling applications on a smart terminal and a corresponding device that overcome the above problems or at least partially solve the above problems.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for controlling applications on a smart terminal is provided, including: determining one or more applications on the smart terminal that require refrigeration; and for an application that requires refrigeration, uninstalling the application and The app's icon is moved into the cold folder.

Optionally, the determining one or more applications on the smart terminal that need to be refrigerated includes: receiving an instruction to refrigerate one or more applications on the smart terminal, and storing the one or more applications corresponding to the instruction The application is determined as an application that needs to be refrigerated; or, recording the usage time of each application on the smart terminal, and determining the application that is used for less than a preset duration as an application that needs to be refrigerated; or, recording each application on the smart terminal The frequency of use is determined as an application that requires refrigeration if the frequency of use is less than the preset frequency.

Optionally, the method further includes: when receiving an instruction to unfreeze an application in the refrigerated folder, reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, and removing the icon of the application from the refrigerated folder .

Optionally, for an application that requires cold storage, before the application is uninstalled, the method further includes: obtaining the installation path of the application, and searching for configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application The method also includes: when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder and reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, restoring the found configuration information of the application.

Optionally, the configuration information about the application includes user information and/or user setting information for the application.

Optionally, the method further includes: after searching for configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application, modifying the name of the folder where the configuration information is located; reinstalling the application on the smart terminal After the application, restore the name of the folder where the configuration information is located.

Optionally, the method further includes: after finding configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application, saving the found configuration information to a specified location on the smart terminal, or uploading to The server: after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, delete the saved configuration information.

Optionally, for an application that requires cold storage, before the uninstallation of the application, the method further includes: obtaining the installation package of the application and saving it; the method further includes: when receiving the An instruction to unfreeze the application is to reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the stored installation package of the application.

Optionally, the obtaining the installation package of the application includes: obtaining the code of the application according to the installation path of the application and decompiling it to obtain the installation package of the application; or obtaining the version information of the application and Information Obtain the installation package of the application from the server.

Optionally, the method further includes: monitoring the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the installed installation package reaches a preset value, or, when the latest version of the application When the description information matches the preset keywords, the installation package of the latest version of the application is acquired and saved.

Optionally, the reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the application includes: reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the latest version of the application; Or reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the application designated by the user.

Optionally, the method further includes: after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, deleting the saved installation package of the application.

Optionally, for an application that requires cold storage, before uninstalling the application, the method further includes: recording the version number of the application when it is installed; the method also includes: when receiving the According to the instruction to unfreeze the application, download the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application at the time of installation, and reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

Optionally, the method further includes: monitoring the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the installed installation package reaches a preset value, or, when the latest version of the application When the description information matches the preset keywords, obtain the version number of the latest version of the application and record it; download the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application installation package, and re-install the application on the smart terminal Installing the application includes: downloading the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the latest version of the application, reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, or downloading the corresponding installation package according to the saved version number of the application specified by the user. Install the package, and reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

Optionally, the moving the icon of the application from the cold storage folder includes: moving the icon of the application from the cold storage folder to the original location of the application on the system desktop; or, according to the type of the application, The icon for is moved from the cold storage folder to the corresponding folder on the system desktop.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for controlling applications on a smart terminal, the device comprising: a cold storage application determining unit adapted to determine one or more applications on the smart terminal that require cold storage; and a cold storage unit adapted to For an application that needs to be refrigerated, the application is uninstalled by calling the application uninstallation interface of the system, and the icon of the application is moved into the refrigerated folder.

Optionally, the refrigerated application determining unit is adapted to receive an instruction to refrigerate one or more applications on the smart terminal, and determine the one or more applications corresponding to the instruction as applications requiring refrigerated storage ; Or, record the use time of each application on the smart terminal, and determine the application that needs to be refrigerated if the use time is less than the preset time length and will start automatically; or record the use frequency of each application on the smart terminal , determining an application whose use frequency is less than a preset frequency and which will start automatically as an application that needs to be refrigerated.

Optionally, the device further includes: a thawing unit, adapted to reinstall the application on the smart terminal when receiving an instruction to thaw an application in the refrigerated folder, and store the application's The icon is removed from the cold folder.

Optionally, the device further includes: a first obtaining unit, adapted to obtain the installation path of the application for an application that requires refrigeration before uninstalling the application, and obtain the specified file on the installation path of the application folder to search for configuration information about the application; the unfreezing unit is adapted to recover the found configuration information when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the cold storage folder and reinstall the application on the smart terminal. The configuration information of the application.

Optionally, the configuration information about the application includes user information and/or user setting information for the application.

Optionally, the first obtaining unit is adapted to modify the name of the folder where the configuration information is located after searching for the configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application; After the application is reinstalled on the terminal, restore the name of the folder where the configuration information is located.

Optionally, the first obtaining unit is adapted to save the found configuration information to a designated location on the smart terminal after searching for configuration information about the application from a designated folder on the installation path of the application , or upload to the server; after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, delete the saved configuration information.

Optionally, the device further includes: a second obtaining unit adapted to obtain and save an installation package of an application that requires refrigeration before the application is uninstalled; the unfreezing unit is adapted to After receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder, reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the application.

Optionally, the second obtaining unit is adapted to obtain the code of the application according to the installation path of the application and perform decompilation to obtain the installation package of the application; or obtain the version information of the application and according to the version information Obtain the installation package of the application from the server.

Optionally, the second acquisition unit is adapted to monitor the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the installed installation package reaches a preset value, or, when the When the description information of the latest version of the application matches the preset keywords, the installation package of the latest version of the application is acquired and saved.

Optionally, the unfreezing unit is adapted to reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the stored installation package of the latest version of the application; or, according to the stored installation package of the application specified by the user in the Reinstall the application on the above smart terminal.

Optionally, the second obtaining unit is adapted to delete the saved installation package of the application after the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal.

Optionally, the device further includes: a recording unit, adapted to record the version number of the application when the application is installed before the application needs to be refrigerated; the unfreezing unit is adapted to receive Upon receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder, download the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application when it was installed, and reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

Optionally, the recording unit is adapted to monitor version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the installed installation package reaches a preset value, or, when the version of the application When the description information of the latest version matches the preset keywords, the version number of the latest version of the application is obtained and recorded; the unfreezing unit is adapted to download the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the latest version of the application, Reinstall the application on the smart terminal, or download the corresponding installation package according to the saved version number of the application specified by the user, and reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

Optionally, the unfreezing unit is adapted to move the icon of the application from the refrigerated folder to the original position of the application on the system desktop; or, according to the type of the application, move the icon of the application out of the refrigerated folder to the corresponding folder on the system desktop.

According to the technical solution of the present invention, the restriction or prohibition of background startup of the application is implemented by refrigerating the application installed on the smart terminal. Specifically, it is determined that only one or more applications on the terminal need to be refrigerated, and for an application that needs to be refrigerated, uninstall the application and move the icon of the application into the refrigerated folder, and after performing the above processing on the application that requires refrigerated storage, In fact, the app has been uninstalled on the smart terminal, so there is no such thing as background startup of the app. It can be seen that the present invention can effectively prohibit qualified application programs, prevent these applications from occupying a large amount of system resources after startup, ensure the speed of system operation, and improve user experience.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present invention. In order to better understand the technical means of the present invention, it can be implemented according to the contents of the description, and in order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present invention more obvious and understandable , the specific embodiments of the present invention are enumerated below.

Description of drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating a preferred embodiment and are not to be considered as limiting the invention. Also throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same parts. In the attached picture:

FIG. 1 shows a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling applications on a smart terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for controlling applications on a smart terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for controlling applications on a smart terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided for more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic flowchart of a method for controlling applications on a smart terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes:

Step S110, determining one or more applications on the smart terminal that need to be refrigerated.

In this embodiment, the method for determining the applications that need to be refrigerated on the smart terminal may be that the user specifies according to his or her own needs, or it may be that the installed applications on the smart terminal are determined according to preset conditions.

Step S120, for an application that requires cold storage, uninstall the application and move the icon of the application into the cold storage folder.

After determining the application that needs to be refrigerated, each application that needs to be refrigerated is uninstalled. In this embodiment, the application that requires refrigerated At the same time, it is also necessary to move the icon of the application that needs to be refrigerated into the refrigerated folder, so that when the user needs to reuse the application that has been refrigerated, the application can be reinstalled in the refrigerated file.

It can be seen that the present invention restricts or prohibits the background startup of the application by refrigerating the application installed on the smart terminal, so that these applications will not occupy a large amount of system resources after startup, so as to ensure the speed of system operation and improve User experience.

In the above description, the method of determining the applications that need to be refrigerated on the smart terminal can be specified by the user according to his own needs, or it can be determined based on preset conditions on the installed applications on the smart terminal. Therefore, in one embodiment of the present invention, determining one or more applications on the smart terminal that need to be refrigerated in step S110 includes: receiving an instruction to refrigerate one or more applications on the smart terminal, and storing one or more applications corresponding to the instruction Or multiple applications are determined as applications that require refrigeration, that is, the user specifies the applications that require refrigeration according to their own needs; or, record the usage time of each application on the smart terminal, and determine the application that the usage duration is less than the preset duration as the application that requires refrigeration or record the usage frequency of each application on the smart terminal, and determine the application whose usage frequency is less than the preset frequency as the application that needs to be refrigerated; that is, judge the installed applications on the smart terminal according to the preset conditions.

It should be noted that the applications that require refrigeration in this embodiment are not limited to applications that have the feature of starting in the background, as long as the above conditions are met, they can be determined as applications that require refrigeration.

In order to prevent the application from starting in the background and occupying system resources. In one embodiment of the present invention, determining one or more applications on the smart terminal that need to be refrigerated in step S110 includes: recording the non-user-specified applications on the smart terminal that have the Applications that start the feature are identified as those that require refrigeration.

In this embodiment, the user sets the application on the smart terminal to start in the background according to his own needs. However, it is unavoidable that some applications on the smart terminal have the characteristics of background startup, but are not allowed by the user to start in the background. When these applications are started in the background, the user cannot perceive them in time, which will occupy system resources and affect the system's operating speed. Therefore, in this embodiment, the non-user-designated applications with the background startup characteristic on the smart terminal are recorded, and the non-user-designated applications with the background startup characteristic are determined as applications requiring cold storage.

After the application is frozen, when the user needs to reuse the frozen application, the application can be removed from the frozen file. Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, the method shown in Figure 1 also includes:

When an instruction to unfreeze an application in the cold storage folder is received, the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal, and the icon of the application is removed from the cold storage folder.

Because the application has been uninstalled when it is frozen, when the user receives an instruction to unfreeze an application in the cold storage folder, it is necessary to reinstall the application on the smart terminal, and at the same time, remove the image of the application from the cold storage folder To indicate that the application has been unfrozen. In addition, in order to facilitate the user to find the application after it is unfrozen, after the icon of the application is removed from the cold storage folder, it can be restored to the desktop of the smart terminal or on the other side of the application before it was frozen. In the folder where the icon is located, for example, the application icon of "Today's Headlines" is in the "News" folder created by the user. After the application is frozen, the user unfreezes the application. The icon can be restored to the desktop of the smart terminal, or restored to the "News" folder.

Because after the application on the smart terminal is refrigerated, it does not rule out the situation that the user thaws, so that after the user thaws, the application can be restored to the state before the refrigeration when reinstalling. In one embodiment of the present invention, for an application that needs to be refrigerated, Before uninstalling the application in step S120, the method further includes: obtaining an installation path of the application, and searching for configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application.

The method shown in FIG. 1 also includes: when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder and reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, restoring the found configuration information of the application, that is, restoring the application to The state before refrigeration can further improve the user experience.

The above-mentioned configuration information about the application includes user information and/or setting information of the application by the user. For example, the user's login account, password, basic user information, user's skin and background settings for the application, etc.

Because when an application that needs to be refrigerated is uninstalled, the remaining files related to the application will be cleaned up according to the name of the folder, including the folder that saves the configuration information. In order to avoid mistaken cleaning of legacy files, you can rename the folder or copy the configuration information to a predefined storage space.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the method shown in FIG. 1 further includes: after searching for configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application, modifying the name of the folder where the configuration information is located.

In this embodiment, by renaming the folder storing the configuration information, it is avoided to clean up the remaining files storing the configuration information by mistake during uninstallation.

Then, in order to ensure that the application can be restored to its original state after unfreezing, after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, restore the name of the folder where the configuration information is located.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the method shown in Figure 1 further includes:

After finding configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application, save the found configuration information to a specified location on the smart terminal, or upload it to a server.

In this embodiment, by copying the acquired configuration information to a predefined storage space, it is avoided to mistakenly clean up leftover files storing configuration information during uninstallation.

In order to save space resources, after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, the saved configuration information can be deleted, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In another embodiment, the previously saved configuration information may also be retained, or backed up to another location (such as a local folder or a cloud server).

In one embodiment of the present invention, for an application that needs to be refrigerated, before uninstalling the application in step S120, the method shown in FIG. 1 further includes: obtaining the installation package of the application and saving it; When an application is unfrozen, the unfrozen application needs to be reinstalled, and the installation package of the application is required for reinstallation. Therefore, in this embodiment, before the application is uninstalled, the installation package of the application needs to be obtained and saved.

Then the method shown in FIG. 1 further includes: when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder, reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the application.

Wherein, obtaining the installation package of the application includes: obtaining the code of the application according to the installation path of the application and decompiling it to obtain the installation package of the application; or obtaining the version information of the application and obtaining the application from the server according to the version information installation package.

Usually, the application is constantly being updated. When the user unfreezes an application in the cold storage folder, the application may have been updated. In order to install the latest version of the application, the method shown in FIG. 1 further includes: monitoring the application Application version update information, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the saved installation package reaches a preset value, or when the description information of the latest version of the application matches a preset keyword, Get the latest version of the app and save it.

During the application update process, small updates are included, and the user's perception of these small updates is small. In order to save resources, these minor updates can be ignored when getting the latest version of the application package. In this embodiment, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the saved installation package reaches a preset value, the installation package of the latest version of the application is acquired and saved. For example, when the version number of an application is stored as 2.0.0, and the version update information of the application is monitored, it is found that the latest updated version number is 2.0.1, then the latest version of the application and the saved installation package can be determined. The span between versions of the application does not reach the preset value; when the latest updated version number is 2.1.0, it can be determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the saved version of the installation package reaches the preset value.

When an update is applied, it will include descriptive information of the latest version, for example, the problem solved, or the effect achieved. When detecting the version update information of the application, it can be monitored whether the description information of the latest version matches the preset keywords. For example, the preset keyword is "major update", and when the word "major update" exists in the description information, it can be determined that the description information of the latest version of the application matches the preset keyword.

In addition, after obtaining the latest version of the installation package of the application, the original saved installation package can be deleted; or the original saved installation package can not be deleted, that is, the latest version of the installation package and the original saved installation package can be saved at the same time.

After the user unfreezes the application, reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the application includes: reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the latest version of the saved installation package of the application; or , reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the application specified by the user, because it is unavoidable that the user is not used to using the latest version of the application.

In one embodiment of the present invention, since the installation package of the application has been obtained and saved, in order to save storage space, after the application is unfrozen, the above method further includes: after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, deleting the saved application installation package.

In order to reinstall the application after it is unfrozen, the above embodiment describes obtaining and saving the installation package of the application before the application is uninstalled. In one embodiment of the present invention, for an application that requires cold storage, before the application is uninstalled in step S120, the method shown in FIG. 1 further includes: recording the version number of the application when it is installed. That is to say, it is not necessary to obtain the installation package of the application. In order to further save storage space, only the version number of the application at the time of installation is obtained.

Then, the method shown in FIG. 1 further includes, when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder, downloading the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application at the time of installation, and reinstalling the application on the smart terminal. Install the app.

Similar to the description above, the application is constantly being updated. When the user unfreezes an application in the cold storage folder, the application may have been updated. In order to install the latest version of the application, the above method further includes:

Monitor the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the saved installation package reaches a preset value, or when the description information of the latest version of the application matches a preset keyword , obtain and record the version number of the latest version of the application.

The aforementioned downloading of the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application's installation package, and reinstalling the application on the smart terminal includes: downloading the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the latest version of the application, and reinstalling the application on the smart terminal. Reinstall the application on the terminal, or download the corresponding installation package according to the saved version number of the application designated by the user, and reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, removing the icon of the application from the cold storage folder in step S120 shown in FIG. 1 includes: moving the icon of the application from the cold storage folder to the original position of the application on the system desktop ; or, according to the type of the application, move the icon of the application from the cold storage folder to the corresponding folder on the system desktop, for example, after the application of "Today's Headlines" is frozen, the user unfreezes the application, then After the application is reinstalled, according to its type as news, its icon can be restored to the corresponding "news" folder on the desktop of the smart terminal system.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for controlling applications on a smart terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 2, the device 200 for controlling applications on the smart terminal includes:

The refrigerated application determining unit 210 is adapted to determine one or more applications on the smart terminal that require refrigerated storage.

In this embodiment, the method for determining the applications that need to be refrigerated on the smart terminal may be that the user specifies according to his or her own needs, or it may be that the installed applications on the smart terminal are determined according to preset conditions.

The refrigeration unit 220 is adapted to uninstall an application that requires refrigeration by invoking the application uninstall interface of the system, and move the icon of the application into the refrigeration folder.

After determining the application that needs to be refrigerated, each application that needs to be refrigerated is uninstalled. In this embodiment, the application that requires refrigerated At the same time, it is also necessary to move the icon of the application that needs to be refrigerated into the refrigerated folder, so that when the user needs to reuse the application that has been refrigerated, the application can be reinstalled in the refrigerated file.

It can be seen that the present invention restricts or prohibits the background startup of the application by refrigerating the application installed on the smart terminal, so that these applications will not occupy a large amount of system resources after startup, so as to ensure the speed of system operation and improve User experience.

In the above description, the method of determining the applications that need to be refrigerated on the smart terminal can be specified by the user according to his own needs, or it can be determined based on preset conditions on the installed applications on the smart terminal. Therefore, in one embodiment of the present invention, the refrigerated application determination unit 210 is adapted to receive an instruction to perform refrigerated storage on one or more applications on the smart terminal, and determine the one or more applications corresponding to the instruction as applications requiring refrigerated storage. , that is, the user specifies the application that needs to be refrigerated according to his own needs; or, record the usage time of each application on the smart terminal, and determine the application that is used for less than the preset time and will start automatically as the application that needs to be refrigerated; or, record The frequency of use of each application on the smart terminal determines that the application whose frequency of use is less than the preset frequency and will start automatically is an application that needs to be refrigerated; that is, the application installed on the smart terminal is determined according to the preset conditions.

It should be noted that the applications that require refrigeration in this embodiment are not limited to applications that have the feature of starting in the background, as long as the above conditions are met, they can be determined as applications that require refrigeration.

In order to prevent the application from starting in the background and occupying system resources. In an embodiment of the present invention, determining one or more applications on the smart terminal that need to be refrigerated includes: recording the non-user-specified applications with background startup characteristics on the smart terminal, and storing the non-user-designated applications with background startup characteristics Applications identified as requiring refrigeration.

In this embodiment, the user sets the application on the smart terminal to start in the background according to his own needs. However, it is unavoidable that some applications on the smart terminal have the characteristics of background startup, but are not allowed by the user to start in the background. When these applications are started in the background, the user cannot perceive them in time, which will occupy system resources and affect the system's operating speed. Therefore, in this embodiment, the non-user-designated applications with the background startup characteristic on the smart terminal are recorded, and the non-user-designated applications with the background startup characteristic are determined as applications requiring cold storage.

After the application is frozen, when the user needs to reuse the frozen application, the application can be removed from the frozen file. Specifically, FIG. 3 shows a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for controlling applications on a smart terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3 , the device 300 for controlling applications on smart terminals includes: a refrigeration application determination unit 310 , a refrigeration unit 320 , a defrosting unit 330 , a first acquisition unit 340 , a second acquisition unit 350 , and a recording unit 360 . Wherein, the refrigerating application determining unit 310 and the refrigerating unit 320 have the same corresponding functions as the refrigerating application determining unit 210 and the refrigerating unit 220 shown in FIG. 2 , and the same parts will not be repeated here.

The unfreezing unit 330 is adapted to, when receiving an instruction to unfreeze an application in the refrigerated folder, reinstall the application on the smart terminal, and remove the icon of the application from the refrigerated folder.

Because the application has been uninstalled when it is frozen, when the user receives an instruction to unfreeze an application in the cold storage folder, it is necessary to reinstall the application on the smart terminal, and at the same time, remove the image of the application from the cold storage folder To indicate that the application has been unfrozen. In addition, in order to facilitate the user to find the application after it is unfrozen, after the icon of the application is removed from the cold storage folder, it can be restored to the desktop of the smart terminal or on the other side of the application before it was frozen. In the folder where the icon is located, for example, the application icon of "Today's Headlines" is in the "News" folder created by the user. After the application is frozen, the user unfreezes the application. The icon can be restored to the desktop of the smart terminal, or restored to the "News" folder.

After the application on the smart terminal is refrigerated, it is not ruled out that the user unfreezes it, so that after the user unfreezes it, the application program can be restored to the state before it is refrigerated. In an embodiment of the present invention, the first acquisition unit 340 is For an application that needs to be refrigerated, before the application is uninstalled, the installation path of the application is obtained, and the configuration information about the application is searched from a specified folder on the installation path of the application.

The unfreezing unit 330 is adapted to restore the found configuration information of the application when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder and reinstall the application on the smart terminal, that is, to restore the application to the pre-refrigerated state, which can further improve the user experience.

The above-mentioned configuration information about the application includes user information and/or setting information of the application by the user. For example, the user's login account, password, basic user information, user's skin and background settings for the application, etc.

Because when an application that needs to be refrigerated is uninstalled, the remaining files related to the application will be cleaned up according to the name of the folder, including the folder that saves the configuration information. In order to avoid mistaken cleaning of legacy files, you can rename the folder or copy the configuration information to a predefined storage space.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first acquisition unit 340 is adapted to modify the name of the folder where the configuration information is located after searching for the configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application. In the example, by changing the name of the folder that saves the configuration information, it is possible to avoid mistaken cleaning of the leftover files that save the configuration information during uninstallation.

In order to ensure that the application can be restored to its original state after unfreezing, the first obtaining unit 340 is further adapted to restore the name of the folder where the configuration information is located after the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the first acquisition unit 340 is adapted to save the configuration information found on the smart terminal after searching for configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application. Specify the location, or upload to the server. In this embodiment, by copying the acquired configuration information to a predefined storage space, it is avoided to mistakenly clean up leftover files storing configuration information during uninstallation.

In order to save space resources, the first obtaining unit 340 is further adapted to delete the saved configuration information after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In another embodiment, the first obtaining unit 340 may also keep the previously saved configuration information, or back it up to another location (such as a local folder or a cloud server).

In one embodiment of the present invention, the second obtaining unit 350 is adapted to obtain and save the installation package of an application that needs to be refrigerated before uninstalling the application; because when an application that has been refrigerated is thawed The unfrozen application needs to be reinstalled, and the installation package of the application is required for reinstallation. Therefore, in this embodiment, before the application is uninstalled, the installation package of the application needs to be obtained and saved.

The unfreezing unit 330 is adapted to reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the stored installation package of the application when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the cold storage folder.

Specifically, the second obtaining unit 350 is adapted to obtain the code of the application according to the installation path of the application and decompile it to obtain the installation package of the application; or obtain the version information of the application and obtain the version information from the server according to the version information. The application's installation package.

Usually, the application is constantly being updated. When the user unfreezes an application in the refrigerated folder, the application may have been updated. In order to install the latest version of the application, the second acquisition unit 350 is suitable for monitoring the application. The version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the saved installation package reaches a preset value, or when the description information of the latest version of the application matches a preset keyword, obtain Install the latest version of the app and save it.

During the application update process, small updates are included, and the user's perception of these small updates is small. In order to save resources, these minor updates can be ignored when getting the latest version of the application package. In this embodiment, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the saved installation package reaches a preset value, the installation package of the latest version of the application is acquired and saved. For example, when the version number of an application is stored as 2.0.0, and the version update information of the application is monitored, it is found that the latest updated version number is 2.0.1, then the latest version of the application and the saved installation package can be determined. The span between versions of the application does not reach the preset value; when the latest updated version number is 2.1.0, it can be determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the saved version of the installation package reaches the preset value.

When an update is applied, it will include descriptive information of the latest version, for example, the problem solved, or the effect achieved. When detecting the version update information of the application, it can be monitored whether the description information of the latest version matches the preset keywords. For example, the preset keyword is "major update", and when the word "major update" exists in the description information, it can be determined that the description information of the latest version of the application matches the preset keyword.

In addition, after obtaining the latest version of the installation package of the application, the original saved installation package can be deleted; or the original saved installation package can not be deleted, that is, the latest version of the installation package and the original saved installation package can be saved at the same time.

After the user unfreezes the application, the unfreezing unit 330 is adapted to reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the latest version of the application; Reinstall the application on the smart terminal, because it is inevitable that the user is not used to using the latest version of the application.

In one embodiment of the present invention, because the installation package of the application has been obtained and saved, in order to save storage space, after the application is unfrozen, the second obtaining unit 350 is adapted to delete and save the application after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal. The installation package for the application.

In order to reinstall the application after it is unfrozen, the above embodiment describes obtaining and saving the installation package of the application before the application is uninstalled. In an embodiment of the present invention, the recording unit 360 is adapted to record the version number of the application when the application is installed before the application is uninstalled. That is to say, it is not necessary to obtain the installation package of the application. In order to further save storage space, only the version number of the application at the time of installation is obtained.

Then, the unfreezing unit 330 is adapted to download the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application at the time of installation when receiving the instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder, and reinstall the application on the smart terminal. .

Similar to the description above, the application is constantly being updated. When the user unfreezes an application in the cold storage folder, the application may have been updated. In order to install the latest version of the application, in an embodiment of the present invention, The recording unit 360 is adapted to monitor the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the installed installation package reaches a preset value, or when the description information of the latest version of the application When the preset keyword is matched, the version number of the latest version of the application is obtained and recorded;

The unfreezing unit 330 is adapted to download the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the latest version of the application, reinstall the application on the smart terminal, or download the corresponding installation package according to the saved version number of the application specified by the user. Install the package and reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the unfreezing unit 330 is adapted to move the icon of the application from the cold storage folder to the original position of the application on the system desktop; or, according to the type of the application, remove the icon of the application from The refrigerated folder is moved to the corresponding folder on the system desktop. For example, after the application of "Toutiao" is refrigerated and the user unfreezes the application, then after the application is reinstalled, according to its type as news, Its icon can be restored to the corresponding "News" folder on the desktop of the intelligent terminal system.

To sum up, according to the technical solution of the present invention, the restriction or prohibition of background startup of the application installed on the smart terminal is achieved by refrigerating the application installed on the smart terminal. Specifically, it is determined that only one or more applications on the terminal need to be refrigerated, and for an application that needs to be refrigerated, uninstall the application and move the icon of the application into the refrigerated folder, and after performing the above processing on the application that requires refrigerated storage, In fact, the app has been uninstalled on the smart terminal, so there is no such thing as background startup of the app. It can be seen that the present invention can effectively intercept or prohibit application programs, and these applications will not occupy a large amount of system resources after they are started, so as to ensure the speed of system operation and improve user experience.

It should be noted:

The algorithms and displays presented herein are not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual appliance, or other device. Various general purpose devices can also be used with the teachings based on this. The structure required to construct such an apparatus will be apparent from the foregoing description. Furthermore, the present invention is not specific to any particular programming language. It should be understood that various programming languages can be used to implement the content of the present invention described herein, and the above description of specific languages is for disclosing the best mode of the present invention.

In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. However, it is understood that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure the understanding of this description.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of exemplary embodiments of the invention, in order to streamline this disclosure and to facilitate an understanding of one or more of the various inventive aspects, various features of the invention are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or its description. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed invention requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, as the following claims reflect, inventive aspects lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment. Thus, the claims following the Detailed Description are hereby expressly incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this invention.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the modules in the device in the embodiment can be adaptively changed and arranged in one or more devices different from the embodiment. Modules or units or components in the embodiments may be combined into one module or unit or component, and furthermore may be divided into a plurality of sub-modules or sub-units or sub-assemblies. All features disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) and any method or method so disclosed may be used in any combination, except that at least some of such features and/or processes or units are mutually exclusive. All processes or units of equipment are combined. Each feature disclosed in this specification (including accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise.

Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that although some embodiments described herein include some features included in other embodiments but not others, combinations of features from different embodiments are meant to be within the scope of the invention. and form different embodiments. For example, in the following claims, any of the claimed embodiments may be used in any combination.

The various component embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, or in software modules running on one or more processors, or in a combination thereof. Those skilled in the art should understand that a microprocessor or a digital signal processor (DSP) can be used in practice to implement some or all of the methods and devices for controlling applications on smart terminals according to embodiments of the present invention. Or full functionality. The present invention can also be implemented as an apparatus or an apparatus program (for example, a computer program and a computer program product) for performing a part or all of the methods described herein. Such a program for realizing the present invention may be stored on a computer-readable medium, or may be in the form of one or more signals. Such a signal may be downloaded from an Internet site, or provided on a carrier signal, or provided in any other form.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word "comprising" does not exclude the presence of elements or steps not listed in a claim. The word "a" or "an" preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In a unit claim enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The use of the words first, second, and third, etc. does not indicate any order. These words can be interpreted as names.

The invention discloses A1, a method for controlling applications on an intelligent terminal, including:

Identify one or more applications on the smart terminal that require refrigeration;

For an app that needs to be refrigerated, uninstall the app and move the app's icon into the refrigerated folder.

A2. The method as described in A1, wherein said determination of one or more applications requiring refrigeration on the smart terminal includes:

Receiving an instruction to refrigerate one or more applications on the smart terminal, and determining the one or more applications corresponding to the instruction as applications that need to be refrigerated; or,

Recording the usage time of each application on the smart terminal, and determining the application whose usage time is less than a preset duration as an application that needs to be refrigerated; or,

The frequency of use of each application on the smart terminal is recorded, and the application whose frequency of use is less than a preset frequency is determined as an application that needs to be refrigerated.

A3. The method as described in A1, further comprising:

When receiving an instruction to unfreeze an application in the refrigerated folder, the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal, and the icon of the application is removed from the refrigerated folder.

A4. The method as described in A1 or A2 or A3, wherein,

For an application that needs to be refrigerated, before said uninstalling the application, the method further includes:

Obtain the installation path of the application, and find the configuration information about the application from the specified folder on the installation path of the application;

The method further includes: when an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder is received and the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal, restoring the found configuration information of the application.

A5. The method according to A4, wherein the configuration information about the application includes user information and/or user setting information for the application.

A6, the method as described in A4, also includes:

After finding the configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application, modifying the name of the folder where the configuration information is located;

After the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal, restore the name of the folder where the configuration information is located.

A7, the method as described in A4, also includes:

After finding configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application, save the found configuration information to a specified location on the smart terminal, or upload it to a server;

After the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal, the saved configuration information is deleted.

A8. The method as described in A1, wherein,

For an application that needs to be refrigerated, before said uninstalling the application, the method further includes: obtaining and saving the installation package of the application;

The method further includes: reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the application when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder.

A9. The method as described in A8, wherein said obtaining the installation package of the application includes:

Obtain the code of the application according to the installation path of the application and decompile it to obtain the installation package of the application; or,

The version information of the application is obtained, and the installation package of the application is obtained from the server according to the version information.

A10, the method as described in A8, further comprising:

Monitor the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the saved installation package reaches a preset value, or when the description information of the latest version of the application matches a preset keyword , obtain and save the installation package of the latest version of the application.

A11. The method as described in A8, wherein said reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the stored installation package of the application includes:

Reinstalling the application on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the latest version of the application; or

The application is reinstalled on the smart terminal according to the saved installation package of the application specified by the user.

A12. The method according to any one of A8-A11, further comprising:

After the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal, the saved installation package of the application is deleted.

A13. The method as described in A1, wherein,

For an application that needs to be refrigerated, before the application is uninstalled, the method further includes: recording the version number of the application when it is installed;

The method also includes: when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder, downloading the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application when it was installed, and reinstalling the application on the smart terminal. application.

A14. The method as described in A13, further comprising:

Monitor the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the saved installation package reaches a preset value, or when the description information of the latest version of the application matches a preset keyword , obtain and record the version number of the latest version of the application;

The downloading of the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application installation package, and reinstalling the application on the smart terminal includes: downloading the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the latest version of the application, Reinstall the application on the smart terminal, or download the corresponding installation package according to the saved version number of the application specified by the user, and reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

A15. The method as described in A1, wherein said removing the icon of the application from the refrigerated folder includes:

Move the application icon from the cold storage folder to the original location of the application on the system desktop;

or,

Depending on the type of the application, the icon of the application is moved from the cold storage folder to the corresponding folder on the system desktop.

The present invention also discloses B16, a device for controlling applications on an intelligent terminal, including:

A refrigeration application determination unit, adapted to determine one or more applications requiring refrigeration on the smart terminal; and

The cold storage unit is adapted to uninstall the application and move the icon of the application into the cold storage folder for an application that needs refrigeration.

B17. The device of B16, wherein,

The refrigerated application determination unit is adapted to receive an instruction to refrigerate one or more applications on the smart terminal, and determine the one or more applications corresponding to the instruction as an application that requires refrigerated storage; or record For the usage time of each application on the smart terminal, determine the application that needs to be refrigerated if the usage time is less than the preset duration and will start automatically; or record the usage frequency of each application on the smart terminal, and set the usage frequency Applications that are less than a preset frequency and self-starting are determined as applications requiring refrigeration.

B18. The device as described in B16, further comprising:

The unfreezing unit is adapted to, when receiving an instruction to unfreeze an application in the refrigerated folder, reinstall the application on the smart terminal, and remove the icon of the application from the refrigerated folder.

B19. The device as described in B18, further comprising:

The first acquiring unit is adapted to, for an application that needs to be refrigerated, before said uninstalling the application, acquire the installation path of the application, and search for configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application; and

The unfreezing unit is adapted to restore the found configuration information of the application when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder and reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

B20. The device according to B19, wherein the configuration information about the application includes user information and/or user setting information for the application.

B21. The device of B19, wherein,

The first acquisition unit is adapted to modify the name of the folder where the configuration information is located after searching for the configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application; reinstall on the smart terminal After the application, restore the name of the folder where the configuration information is located.

B22. The device of B19, wherein,

The first obtaining unit is adapted to save the found configuration information to a designated location on the smart terminal after searching for the configuration information about the application from a designated folder on the installation path of the application, or upload it to the The server: after reinstalling the application on the smart terminal, delete the saved configuration information.

B23. The device as described in B19, further comprising:

The second acquisition unit is adapted to, for an application that needs to be refrigerated, obtain and save the installation package of the application before the application is uninstalled; and

The unfreezing unit is adapted to reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the stored installation package of the application when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder.

B24. The device of B23, wherein,

The second obtaining unit is adapted to obtain the code of the application according to the installation path of the application and perform decompilation to obtain the installation package of the application; or obtain the version information of the application and obtain the version information from the server according to the version information. The application's installation package.

B25. The device of B23, wherein,

The second acquisition unit is adapted to monitor the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the saved installation package reaches a preset value, or when the latest version of the application When the description information matches the preset keywords, the installation package of the latest version of the application is acquired and saved.

B26. The device of B25, wherein,

The unfreezing unit is adapted to reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the stored installation package of the latest version of the application; or, to reinstall the application on the smart terminal according to the stored installation package of the application specified by the user. Reinstall the app.

B27. The device of any one of B23-B26, wherein,

The second acquiring unit is adapted to delete the saved installation package of the application after the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal.

B28. The device as described in B16, further comprising:

The recording unit is adapted to record the installed version number of the application before the application is uninstalled for an application that needs to be refrigerated; and

The unfreezing unit is adapted to download the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the application at the time of installation when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder, and re-install the application on the smart terminal. Install the app.

B29. The device of B28, wherein,

The recording unit is adapted to monitor the version update information of the application, when it is determined that the span between the latest version of the application and the version of the installed installation package reaches a preset value, or when the description of the latest version of the application When the information matches the preset keyword, obtain and record the version number of the latest version of the application; and

The unfreezing unit is adapted to download the corresponding installation package according to the recorded version number of the latest version of the application, reinstall the application on the smart terminal, or download the application according to the saved version number of the application specified by the user. The corresponding installation package is used to reinstall the application on the smart terminal.

B30. The device of B19, wherein,

The unfreezing unit is adapted to move the icon of the application from the refrigerated folder to the original position of the application on the system desktop; or, according to the type of the application, move the icon of the application from the refrigerated folder to the system desktop corresponding folder.

Claims (10)

1. A method for controlling an application on an intelligent terminal, comprising: Identify one or more applications on the smart terminal that require refrigeration; For an app that needs to be refrigerated, uninstall the app and move the app's icon into the refrigerated folder. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said determining one or more applications requiring refrigeration on the smart terminal comprises: Receiving an instruction to refrigerate one or more applications on the smart terminal, and determining the one or more applications corresponding to the instruction as applications that need to be refrigerated; or, Recording the usage time of each application on the smart terminal, and determining the application whose usage time is less than a preset duration as an application that needs to be refrigerated; or, The frequency of use of each application on the smart terminal is recorded, and the application whose frequency of use is less than a preset frequency is determined as an application that needs to be refrigerated. 3. The method of claim 1, further comprising: When receiving an instruction to unfreeze an application in the refrigerated folder, the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal, and the icon of the application is removed from the refrigerated folder. 4. The method of claim 1 or 2 or 3, wherein, For an application that needs to be refrigerated, before said uninstalling the application, the method further includes: Obtain the installation path of the application, and find the configuration information about the application from the specified folder on the installation path of the application; The method further includes: when an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder is received and the application is reinstalled on the smart terminal, restoring the found configuration information of the application. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the configuration information about the application comprises user information and/or setting information of the application by the user. 6. A device for controlling applications on a smart terminal, comprising: A refrigeration application determination unit, adapted to determine one or more applications requiring refrigeration on the smart terminal; and The cold storage unit is adapted to uninstall the application and move the icon of the application into the cold storage folder for an application that needs refrigeration. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein, The refrigerated application determination unit is adapted to receive an instruction to refrigerate one or more applications on the smart terminal, and determine the one or more applications corresponding to the instruction as an application that requires refrigerated storage; or record For the usage time of each application on the smart terminal, determine the application that needs to be refrigerated if the usage time is less than the preset duration and will start automatically; or record the usage frequency of each application on the smart terminal, and set the usage frequency Applications that are less than a preset frequency and self-starting are determined as applications requiring refrigeration. 8. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising: The unfreezing unit is adapted to, when receiving an instruction to unfreeze an application in the refrigerated folder, reinstall the application on the smart terminal, and remove the icon of the application from the refrigerated folder. 9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising: The first acquiring unit is adapted to, for an application that needs to be refrigerated, before said uninstalling the application, acquire the installation path of the application, and search for configuration information about the application from a specified folder on the installation path of the application; and The unfreezing unit is adapted to restore the found configuration information of the application when receiving an instruction to unfreeze the application in the refrigerated folder and reinstall the application on the smart terminal. 10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the configuration information about the application comprises user information and/or setting information of the application by the user.