JP2007323122A - Portable terminal device, program control method and its program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal device which controls a related application when the application is started or ended. <P>SOLUTION: This portable terminal device 1 is provided with a startup time contention determination table 21, a startup time related control table 22, an end time contention determination table 23 and an end time related control table 24. When an event directing startup or end of a program occurs, a contention determination part 12a determines whether or not startup or end of the program corresponding to the event should be done based on the startup time contention determination table 21 or the end time contention determination table 23 and the startup state of the other programs. When it is determined that startup or end of the program should be done, a related control determination part 12b determines whether or not the related program to start or end according to startup or end of the corresponding program exists referring to the startup time related control table 22 or the end time related control table 24. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to, for example, a portable terminal device that controls operations of a plurality of programs, a program control method, and the program.

  Conventionally, by introducing a common operating system (OS) on mobile phone terminals with different hardware specifications, a common application program can be operated even if the hardware specifications are different. In recent years, the number of development companies that develop application programs that run on such OSs has increased rapidly.

  By the way, in the above-mentioned common OS, control is not performed when a process conflict between application programs occurs, and each development company has an application management mechanism that controls a process conflict between application programs as an OS. It was configured to be able to control competition by operating above.

For example, in the application management mechanism described in Patent Document 1, the operation states of a plurality of application programs are stored in the operation state storage unit, and when an application program corresponding to the received event is detected, a predetermined preset value is set. The application program competition is determined by deciding whether or not to start the application corresponding to the event based on the competition condition of the program and the operation state of the other program stored in the operation state storage unit.
JP-A-2005-284906

  However, in the application management mechanism such as Patent Document 1 described above, the competition condition is determined by a function for determining the competition condition, and when an application program is added or when the service specification in the mobile phone terminal is changed. Therefore, there is a problem that the structure of the function has to be reviewed and corrected as a whole, and a lot of burden is placed on maintenance.

  Furthermore, from the viewpoint of service diversification, when starting or ending an application program, it is desirable to start or end the related application program related to the application program to improve the convenience of user operation. It is rare. However, the conventional application management mechanism only determines whether or not the application program can be started, and the related application program cannot be controlled as the application program starts or ends. there were.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to facilitate maintenance of the conflict determination condition between application programs, and to an application program related to the case where the application program starts or ends. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable terminal device, a program control method, and a program for enabling a predetermined instruction.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a program execution means for starting or ending a program corresponding to the event based on the event that occurs and storing the start state of the program in an internal storage means. A contention determination table indicating whether the program corresponding to the event can be activated or terminated according to the activation state of another program, and the activation or termination of the program And a related control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program to be activated or terminated, and when the event occurs, the event, the contention determination table, and the storage means are stored. Based on the startup status of other programs, the program corresponding to the event When the competition determination unit determines whether to start or end the program, and when the competition determination unit determines to start or end the program, the relevant control table is referenced to start or end the program. Related control determination means for determining whether or not there is a related program that is activated or terminated in response to the information, and the program execution means is configured such that the conflict determination means activates a program corresponding to the event or When it is determined that the program is to be terminated, the program corresponding to the event is activated or terminated, and when the related control determination unit determines that the related program to be activated or terminated exists, A portable terminal device that starts or terminates a program.

  In the invention described above, the contention determination table may indicate whether or not the program corresponding to the event can be activated in accordance with the activation state of another program. A determination table, and when the event occurs and it is determined that the generated event is an instruction to start a program, the conflict determination unit stores the event, the startup conflict determination table, and the storage unit. A startup time determining means for determining whether or not to start a program corresponding to the event based on a startup state of another program stored therein, and the program execution means are started by the startup time determining means. If it is determined to be performed, a program corresponding to the event is started.

  In the invention described above, the contention determination table may indicate whether or not the program corresponding to the event can be terminated according to the activation state of another program. A determination table, and when the event occurs and the event is determined to be an instruction to end the program, the contention determination unit stores the event, the competition determination table at the end, and the storage unit. And an end-time determining unit that determines whether or not to end the program corresponding to the event based on a stored activation state of another program, and the program execution unit includes: When it is determined that the program is to be terminated, the program corresponding to the event is terminated.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-described invention, the related control table includes a startup related control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program that is started or ended in response to the startup of the program. The related control determination means refers to the start time related control table when the start time determination means determines to start the program, and starts or ends according to the start of the program. It has a startup related control determination means for determining whether or not there is a related program, and the program execution means determines that the related program that the startup related control determination means starts or ends exists. In this case, the related program is started or ended.

  Further, the present invention is the invention described above, wherein the related control table includes an end-time related control table that indicates a program related to the predetermined program that ends in accordance with the end of the program, The related control determination means refers to the end related control table when the end time determination means determines to end the program, and the related program that ends according to the end of the program is referred to An end-time related control determination unit that determines whether or not it exists, and when the program execution unit determines that there is a program related to the program to be ended by the end-time related control determination unit, The program is terminated.

  Further, the present invention is a program control method in a portable terminal device that activates or terminates a program corresponding to an event based on the event that occurs and stores the activation state of the program in an internal storage means. Storing in the storage means in advance a contention determination table indicating whether or not the program corresponding to the event can be started or terminated in accordance with the startup state of another program; A step of storing in the storage means a related control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program to be activated or terminated in response to the end, and when the event occurs, the event and the storage means The startup status of other programs stored in the And determining whether to start or end the program corresponding to the event based on the table, and starting or ending the program when it is determined to start or end the program corresponding to the event If it is determined that the program corresponding to the event is to be activated or terminated, it is determined whether or not the program associated with the predetermined program is activated or terminated with reference to the related control table. And a step of starting or ending the related program when it is determined to start or end the related program.

  Further, the present invention starts or ends a program corresponding to the event based on the event that occurs, and stores the activation state of the program in an internal storage means, A step of pre-stored in the storage means a contention determination table indicating whether or not the program corresponding to the event can be started or ended according to the start state of the program, and depending on the start or end of the program Storing a related control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program to be activated or terminated in advance in the storage means, and when the event occurs, the event is stored in the storage means. Other program startup states and the conflict determination table Therefore, the step of determining whether to start or end the program corresponding to the event, and the step of starting or terminating the program when it is determined to start or end the program corresponding to the event And determining whether to start or end the program related to the predetermined program with reference to the related control table when it is determined to start or end the program corresponding to the event; A program for executing the step of starting or ending the related program when it is determined to start or end the related program.

  According to the present invention, the mobile terminal device can determine whether or not the program corresponding to the event can be activated or terminated according to the activation state of the other program, and the activation or termination of the program. And an associated control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program to be activated or terminated, and when an event occurs, the event, the activation status of another program, and the conflict determination table Based on this, it is determined whether or not to start or end the program corresponding to the event. When it is determined that the program corresponding to the event is to be started or ended, the program is started or ended to respond to the event. If it is determined that the program is to be started or terminated, refer to the related control table , It is determined whether to start or end a program related to the predetermined program, and when it is determined to start or end the related program, the related program is started or ended . This facilitates maintenance of the competition determination condition between application programs, and allows a predetermined instruction to be given to an associated application program when the application program starts and ends.

  Hereinafter, a portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the portable terminal device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a mobile terminal device 1 according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, a mobile terminal device 1 is, for example, a mobile phone terminal, a wireless communication unit 101 connected to a public communication network by radio, and a display for displaying image data output by starting an application program on a liquid crystal display. Part 102 is provided. In addition, a key operation unit 103 connected to a keyboard that receives a user's operation, a voice processing unit 104 that inputs / outputs the user's voice during a call and reproduces incoming melody data and voice content data when receiving a call. .

  In the mobile terminal device 1, the control unit 100 includes an operating system (hereinafter referred to as OS) 10 that executes an application program of software, and an application storage unit 30 that stores an application program (hereinafter referred to as application or App: Application). And. Examples of applications stored in the application storage unit 30 include an application that displays a standby screen that is installed in the mobile terminal device 1 as a standard, an application that displays a menu screen, and the like. In FIG. A, B, and C are described. The application program includes an applet or the like that operates in Java (registered trademark) or BREW (registered trademark).

  The control unit 100 shows a state in which the OS 10 is executed and stored in a hardware configuration such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a ROM (Read Only Memory). For example, the OS 10 is loaded into the RAM when the mobile terminal device 1 is started up and is being executed by the CPU. The application is in an unstarted state and shows a state stored in the application storage unit 30 corresponding to a ROM or the like.

  In the OS 10, the intermediate layer 11 is an interface with an application, and there is an interface that activates, interrupts, or terminates the application.

  The execution unit 12 reads an application from the application storage unit 30, loads it into the RAM, activates the application, and interrupts or terminates the activated application. In addition, the execution unit 12 includes a contention determination unit 12a and an associated control determination unit 12b as internal function units. The contention determination unit 12a stores a start-time contention determination table 21 described later when an application is activated. By referring to, the competition determination of the application to be started is performed, and at the end of the application, the competition determination of the application to be terminated is performed with reference to the termination competition determination table 21 described later. The related control determination unit 12b determines whether to start or end an application related to the started application with reference to a startup related control table 22 described later after the application to be started is started. After the application to be terminated is terminated, it is determined whether to terminate the application related to the activated application with reference to the termination related control table 24 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the activation state storage unit 13 is a stack type storage area, and identification information of an application activated by the execution unit 12, for example, an address to an application loaded in the RAM is executed by the execution unit 12. Is recorded. FIG. 2 shows a state in which application A is started first, application B is subsequently started, application A is interrupted, application C is finally started, and applications B and A are interrupted. .

  The table storage unit 20 is a table that is referred to by the above-described contention determination unit 12a and related control determination unit 12b of the execution unit 12 when the execution unit 12 starts or terminates the application. A determination table 21, a startup related control table 22, an end conflict determination table 23, and an end related control table 24 are stored.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data structure of the startup competition determination table 21. In the items on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, an item “Started App” indicating an active or interrupted application and an execution unit are shown. 12 includes an item “activation target App” of the activation target application that is activated by the item 12. “OK” or “NG” information is set in each element of the startup competition determination table 21. “OK” indicates that even if the application indicated by the item “Started App” is started, the application indicated by the item “Startup App” can be started. “NG” indicates that when the application indicated by the item “Started App” is started, the application indicated by the item “Start Target App” cannot be started.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a data configuration of the startup related control table 22, and the items of “application App” related to the application to be started and the application to be started are shown on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, respectively. Item “activation target App”. In each element of the startup related control table 22, instruction information to the related App of “no action”, “terminate”, and “start” is stored. “No action” indicates that, even if the application indicated in the “activation target App” item is activated, the application indicated in the “related App” item is not controlled along with the activation. “Terminate” indicates that when the application indicated in the item “Startup App” is activated, the application indicated in the “Related App” item is terminated along with the activation. “Start” indicates that when the application of the item “start target App” is started, the application indicated by the item “related App” is started along with the start.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the data structure of the end-time competition determination table 23. In the items on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, an item “Started App” indicating an activated or suspended application, and an execution unit are shown. 12 includes an item “termination target App” of an application to be terminated. Information of “OK” or “NG” is set in each element of the end time competition determination table 23. “OK” indicates that even if the application indicated in the “Started App” item is activated, the application indicated in the “Termination App” item can be ended. “NG” indicates that the application indicated in the item “Termination App” cannot be terminated when the application of the item “Activated App” is activated.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data configuration of the termination related control table 24. In the items on the horizontal axis and the vertical axis, the application item “related App” related to the application to be started and the application to be ended are shown. Item “Append target App”. In each element of the start-up conflict determination table 21, instruction information to the related App of “no action” and “terminate” is stored. “No action” indicates that, even when the application of the item “termination target App” is terminated, the application stored in “related App” is not controlled along with the termination. “Terminate” indicates that when the application of the item “termination target App” is terminated, the application stored in “related App” is terminated along with the termination.

(Application startup process)
Next, the operation at the time of application activation in the mobile terminal device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 7, in the mobile terminal device 1, after application A (AppA) has already been started, application B (AppB) is started and application A is interrupted. The activation state storage unit 13a-1 shows a state in which the above states are stored in a stack manner. The identification information of the application A is stored first, and the identification information of the application B is the identification information indicating the application A. It is stored in a stacked state.

  In this state, it is assumed that the user operates the keyboard of the mobile terminal device 1 to activate AppC. The key operation unit 13 detects the user's keyboard operation, and notifies the execution unit 12 of the OS 10 of a key event including event information for starting AppC (step Sa1). When receiving the notification of the key event, the execution unit 12 reads event information for starting AppC from the key event, and notifies the read App information to the running AppB through the intermediate layer 11 (step Sa2). .

  When AppB that has received the notification calls the interface “StartApp ()” of the intermediate layer 11 with C as an argument, the intermediate layer 11 inputs an activation instruction of AppC to the execution unit 12. The execution unit 12 to which the AppC activation instruction has been input causes the competition determination unit 12a to perform the startup competition determination process illustrated in FIG. 8 (step Sa6).

  The competition determination unit 12a first refers to the startup competition determination table 21 stored in the table storage unit 20 in the startup competition determination process shown in FIG. 8 (step Sb1). Then, it is determined whether or not the activation target AppC is registered in the activation competition determination table 21 (step Sb2). Here, if the startup conflict determination table 21 is as shown in FIG. 3, since AppC is registered, it is determined as “registered”. When it is determined that there is a registration, the competition determination unit 12a refers to the activation state storage unit 13 to detect an application that is being activated or is interrupted in which the identification information is stored in the activation state storage unit 13. In the activation state storage unit 13a-1 in FIG. 7, AppA is detected as the suspended application, and AppB is detected as the activated application.

  The competition determination unit 12a refers to the competition condition between the activation target AppC and the AppA and B detected from the activation state storage unit 13 in the activation competition determination table 21, and determines whether or not the activation target AppC can be activated. Is determined (step Sb3). In the case of the start-up conflict determination table 21 shown in FIG. 3, since the relationship between AppB being started, AppA being interrupted, and AppC to be started is “OK”, it is determined that AppC can be started. It will be. If it is determined that activation is possible, “activation is permitted” is output as the return value of the competition determination process at the time of activation (step Sb4). On the other hand, if it is determined in step Sb2 that there is no registration, or if it is determined in step Sb3 that there is an application having a relationship of “NG” and it is determined that the application cannot be started, “startup impossible” is output as a return value (step Sb5).

  When the start conflict determination process ends, the execution unit 12 refers to the return value output from the conflict determination unit 12a. When the return value is “not startable”, the start disable response is output to the intermediate layer 11 for processing. , And the application to be activated is not activated. On the other hand, when the return value is “startable”, a start enable response is output to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sa7). When the activation permission response is input from the execution unit 12, the intermediate layer 11 outputs a success response as a return value of the “StartApp (C)” interface (step Sa8).

  After outputting the success response, the intermediate layer 11 inputs an interruption request to AppB (step Sa9). When an interruption request is input from the intermediate layer 11, AppB interrupts the process, and outputs TRUE (true) indicating that the passing is successful to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sa10).

  When the intermediate layer 11 receives the output of TRUE from AppB, the intermediate layer 11 inputs information indicating a successful interruption to the execution unit 12 (step Sa11). When the interruption success is input from the intermediate layer 11, the execution unit 12 outputs a success response to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sa12).

  When the success response is output from the execution unit 12, the intermediate layer 11 then makes an activation request for AppC specified by the interface “StartApp ()”. Specifically, the AppC program is read from the application storage unit 30, the read AppC program is loaded into the RAM, and execution of the loaded AppC is started. At this time, the execution unit 12 records the AppC identification information in the activation state storage unit 13 and enters the state of the activation state storage unit 13a-3 (step Sa13). When AppC starts execution, it outputs TRUE to the intermediate layer 11 as having been successfully started (step Sa14).

  When TRUE is output from AppC, the intermediate layer 11 outputs AppC activation success to the execution unit 12. When the execution unit 12 receives the AppC activation success output, the execution unit 12 causes the related control determination unit 12b to perform the startup related control process shown in FIG. 9 (step Sa16).

  In the startup related control process shown in FIG. 9, the related control determination unit 12b first refers to the startup related control table 22 stored in the table storage unit 20 (step Sc1). Then, it is determined whether the activated AppC is registered in the activation related control table 22 (step Sc2). If it is determined that there is a registration, next, the information of each element set for each item of the related App is read, and the related App in which “start” or “terminate” instruction information is set to the element is detected. The detected App and the instruction information are output in association with each other (step Sc3). For example, if the startup related control table 22 is as shown in FIG. 4 and “start target App” is AppC, “terminate” is set for AppA, so information indicating AppA and “terminate” Is output and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step Sc2 that AppC activated in the activation-related control table 22 is not registered, the process ends.

  When the information indicating AppA and the “terminate” instruction information are output from the related control determination unit 12b, the execution unit 11 inputs an AppA termination instruction to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sa17). When receiving the AppA termination instruction from the execution unit 11, the intermediate layer 11 transmits a termination request to the suspended AppA (step Sa18). When the suspended AppA receives a termination request from the intermediate layer 11, it performs termination processing. Specifically, the execution unit 12 deletes the AppA program from the RAM, and deletes the AppA identification information from the activation state storage unit 13. In the termination process, AppA outputs TRUE indicating that the termination process is successful to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sa19). When the intermediate layer 11 receives TURE from AppA, it outputs a successful completion to the execution unit 12 (step Sa20), and when the execution unit 12 receives a successful completion from the intermediate layer 11, it outputs a success response to the intermediate layer 11. (Step Sa21), the intermediate layer 11 releases the state and ends the process.

  With the above startup process, the startup conflict determination process can determine the conflict from the relationship with other started applications, and after startup, the application related to the started application Can be activated and terminated. In addition, the startup related control processing enables linked startup and termination between related applications.

(Application termination processing)
Next, the operation at the end of the application in the mobile terminal device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 10, in the mobile terminal device 1, after the application A (AppA) has already been started, the application B (AppB) is started, the application A is interrupted, and the application C (AppC) is further started. At the same time, AppB and A are interrupted. The activation state storage unit 13b-1 shows a state in which the above states are stored in a stacked manner, and identification information is stored in the order of AppA, B, and C.

  In this state, it is assumed that the user operates the keyboard of the mobile terminal device 1 to end AppC. The key operation unit 13 detects the user's keyboard operation, and notifies the execution unit 12 of the OS 10 of a key event including event information for ending AppC (step Sd1). When receiving the key event notification, the execution unit 12 reads event information for ending AppC from the key event, and notifies the activated AppC to the activated AppC through the intermediate layer 11 (step Sd2). .

  When the AppC that has received the notification calls the interface of “CloseApp ()” of the intermediate layer 11 with C as an argument, the intermediate layer 11 inputs an instruction to end AppC to the execution unit 12. The execution unit 12 to which the AppC end instruction has been input causes the contention determination unit 12a to perform an end time contention determination process illustrated in FIG. 11 (step Sd6).

  In the competition determination process at the end shown in FIG. 11, the competition determination unit 12a first refers to the competition determination table at the end 23 stored in the table storage unit 20 (step Se1). Then, it is determined whether or not the AppC to be terminated is registered in the termination competition determination table 23 (step Se2). Here, when the end-time conflict determination table 23 is as shown in FIG. 5, since AppC is registered, it is determined as “registered”. When it is determined that there is a registration, the competition determination unit 12a refers to the activation state storage unit 13 to detect an application that is being activated or is interrupted in which the identification information is stored in the activation state storage unit 13. The activation state storage unit 13b-1 in FIG. 10 detects AppA and AppB as suspended applications. In addition, since AppC being activated is a target for termination, AppC is excluded and detected.

  The competition determination unit 12a refers to the competition condition between the AppC to be terminated and the applications A and B detected from the activation state storage unit 13 in the competition determination table 23 at the end, and whether or not the AppC to be activated can be terminated. Is determined (step Se3). In the case of the end-time competition determination table 23 shown in FIG. 5, since the relationship between the suspended AppA and AppB and the end target AppC is “OK”, it is determined that AppC can be ended. If it is determined that the process can be ended, “end is possible” is output as a return value of the end-time conflict determination process (step Se4). On the other hand, if there is an application having a relation of “NG” in step Se3 and it is determined that the application cannot be ended, “end impossible” is output as a return value (step Se5). If it is determined in step Se2 that there is no registration, “end ready” is output to end the process.

  When the end conflict determination process ends, the execution unit 12 refers to the return value output from the conflict determination unit 12a, and when the return value is “unterminated”, outputs an end not possible response to the intermediate layer 11, The process is terminated and the application to be terminated is not terminated. On the other hand, if the return value is “end possible”, an end end response is output to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sd7). When the end possible response is input from the execution unit 12, the intermediate layer 11 outputs a success response as a return value of the interface of CloseApp (C) (step Sd8).

  After outputting the success response, the intermediate layer 11 inputs an end request to AppC (step Sd9). When an end request is input from the intermediate layer 11, AppC ends the process, and outputs TRUE (true) to the intermediate layer 11 before the process ends (step Sd10).

  When the intermediate layer 11 receives the output of TRUE from AppC, the intermediate layer 11 inputs information indicating successful completion to the execution unit 12 (step Sd11). When the end success is input from the intermediate layer 11, the execution unit 12 deletes the AppC identification information from the activation state storage unit 13 and sets the state of the activation state storage unit 13 b-2. The termination related control process shown in FIG. 12 is performed (step Sd12).

  In the end related control process shown in FIG. 12, the related control determination unit 12b first refers to the end related control table 24 stored in the table storage unit 20 (step Sf1). Then, it is determined whether the terminated AppC is registered in the termination related control table 24 (step Sf2). If it is determined that there is a registration, next, information of each element set for each item of the related App is read, and the related App in which the instruction information “terminate” is set is detected and detected. App and instruction information are output in association with each other (step Sf3). For example, when the termination related control table 24 is as shown in FIG. 6, when “terminate App” is AppC, “terminate” is set for AppB, so information indicating AppB and “terminate” Is output and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if it is determined in step Sf2 that AppC terminated in the termination related control table 24 is not registered, the process is terminated.

  When the information indicating AppB and the “terminate” instruction information are output from the related control determination unit 12b, the execution unit 11 inputs an AppB end instruction to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sd13). When the AppB end instruction is input from the execution unit 11, the intermediate layer 11 transmits an end request to the suspended AppB (step Sd14). When the suspended AppB receives a termination request from the intermediate layer 11, it performs termination processing. Specifically, the execution unit 12 deletes the AppB program from the RAM, and the AppB identification information is deleted from the activation state storage unit 13. In the termination process, AppB outputs TRUE indicating that the termination process was successful to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sd15).

  When the intermediate layer 11 receives TURE from AppB, it outputs a successful completion to the execution unit 12 (step Sd16), and when the execution unit 12 receives a successful completion from the intermediate layer 11, it outputs a success response to the intermediate layer 11. (Step Sd17). Upon receiving the success response from the execution unit 12, the intermediate layer 11 inputs a return request to the suspended AppA (step Sd18). When a return request is inputted, AppA starts execution from the return processing, that is, the state before being interrupted, and outputs a success response indicating that the return is successful to the intermediate layer 11 (step Sd19). Specifically, when AppA is interrupted by the execution unit 12, information necessary for restoration is temporarily stored in an internal storage area, and information necessary for restoration is read out at the time of restoration. Then, AppA is started based on the read information necessary for the return.

  The intermediate layer 11 receives the output of the success response from AppA and outputs a successful return to the execution unit 12 (step Sd20). The execution unit 12 receives the output of the successful return from the intermediate layer 11 and receives a success response. Is output to the intermediate layer 11, and the intermediate layer 11 releases the state and ends the process (step Sd21).

  By the above application termination process, the competition determination process at the end of the application can determine the competition from the relationship with other activated applications. Further, after the termination of the application, the application related to the terminated application can be determined. It is possible to finish. In addition, the termination related control process enables linked termination between related applications.

  Note that the key events in steps Sa1 and Sd1 of the application start process and the application end process are not limited to events from the key operation unit 103, and may be other applications or events from within the OS 10.

  In the above embodiment, the competition determination unit 12a and the related control determination unit 12b are described as being included in the execution unit 12. However, the competition determination unit 12a and the related control determination unit 12b are included in the execution unit 12 in the OS 10. It may be configured as a functional unit independent of each other, and each process may be performed by being called from the execution unit 12.

  Further, in the above-described application termination process, when the target to be terminated is being activated, it is detected to be excluded.However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the same application is activated multiple times and activated. The state may be stored in the storage unit 13. In this case, any one of the same applications that ends is specified by the event information, and the end conflict determination process is performed between the same applications.

  With the configuration of the above embodiment, the competition condition can be determined using the startup competition determination table 21 and the termination competition determination table 23 of the table configuration when starting and ending the application, and managed by the table configuration. Therefore, even when adding an application program, it is possible to easily set the competition condition by adding one column for the vertical axis and one for the horizontal axis, and to easily maintain the competition condition. Can do.

  In addition, since the operations of the applications related to the startup related control table 22 and the end related control table 24 are set in advance, the related applications can be controlled when the application starts and ends. For example, when an application that controls a camera activated from a menu is terminated, the menu can be terminated at the same time, and services can be diversified, such as improvement in ease of use for the user.

  In addition, because competition determination and related application control can be managed with data in the table structure, for example, even if the service specifications change for each mobile phone carrier, it is possible to respond by simply replacing these tables The cost required for maintenance can be reduced.

  In addition, when the mobile terminal device 1 is a mobile phone terminal, an application program to be used internally is determined at the time of shipment. Therefore, a table may be created for the determined application. Even if there is an addition or deletion, it is possible to respond quickly by only changing the table.

  The mobile terminal device 1 described above has a computer system inside. The above-described application activation and termination and activation conflict determination processing, activation related control processing, termination conflict determination processing, and termination related control processing are stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program. The above processing is performed by the computer reading and executing this program. Here, the computer-readable recording medium means a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.

It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the portable terminal device which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structure of the starting state memory | storage part which concerns on the same embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structure of the competition determination table at the time of start concerning the embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structure of the starting related control determination table which concerns on the same embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structure of the competition determination table at the time of end concerning the embodiment. It is the figure which showed the data structure of the termination related control determination table which concerns on the same embodiment. It is the sequence diagram which showed the application starting process which concerns on the same embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the competition determination process at the time of start concerning the embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the starting related control process which concerns on the same embodiment. It is the sequence figure which showed the application end process which relates to the same execution form. It is the flowchart which showed the competition determination process at the time of completion | finish concerning the embodiment. It is the flowchart which showed the termination related control process which concerns on the same embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile terminal device 10 OS
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Intermediate layer 12 Execution part 12a Competition determination part 12b Related control determination part 13 Starting state memory | storage part 20 Table memory | storage part 21 Startup time competition determination table 22 Startup time related control table 23 End time competition determination table 24 End time related control table 30 Application Storage unit 101 Wireless communication unit 102 Display unit 103 Key operation unit 104 Audio processing unit

Claims (7)

Based on an event that occurs, the portable terminal device comprises a program execution means for starting or ending a program corresponding to the event and storing the activation state of the program in an internal storage means,
A contention determination table indicating whether or not the program corresponding to the event can be activated or terminated according to the activation state of another program;
An associated control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program to be activated or terminated in response to activation or termination of the program;
Whether or not to start or end the program corresponding to the event based on the event, the contention determination table, and the startup state of another program stored in the storage unit when the event occurs A conflict determination means for determining
If the contention determination unit determines that the program is to be started or terminated, the related control table is referred to and there is a related program that is activated or terminated in response to the activation or termination of the program. Related control determination means for determining whether or not
The program execution means includes
When it is determined that the conflict determination unit starts or ends the program corresponding to the event, the program corresponding to the event is started or ended, and the related control determination unit starts or ends. When it is determined that there is a program to be executed, the related program is started or terminated. The conflict determination table is
A startup conflict determination table indicating whether the program corresponding to the event can be started according to the startup state of another program;
The competition determination means includes
When it is determined that the event has occurred and the generated event is a program start instruction, based on the event, the start-up conflict determination table, and the start state of another program stored in the storage unit And a start time determination means for determining whether to start the program corresponding to the event,
The program execution means includes
The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the activation time determination unit determines to activate, the program corresponding to the event is activated. The conflict determination table is
It has an end-time conflict determination table that indicates whether the program corresponding to the event can be ended according to the activation state of another program,
The competition determination means includes
When it is determined that the event has occurred and the generated event is an instruction to end the program, based on the event, the competition determination table at the end, and the activation state of another program stored in the storage unit And an end time determining means for determining whether to end the program corresponding to the event,
The program execution means includes
The portable terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when the termination time determination unit determines to terminate, the program corresponding to the event is terminated. The related control table is
A startup-related control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program that starts or ends in response to the startup of the program;
The related control determination means includes
If the start time determining means determines that the program is to be started, whether or not there is a related program that starts or ends in response to the start of the program with reference to the start time related control table Having a startup related control determination means for determining
The program execution means includes
The startup or termination of the related program is performed when the startup related control determination means determines that the related program to be started or terminated exists. The portable terminal device described. The related control table is
An end-related control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program that is terminated in accordance with the termination of the program;
The related control determination means includes
When the end time determining means determines to end the program, the end time related control table is referred to and it is determined whether or not there is the related program that is to be ended in accordance with the end of the program. An end-related control determination means for
The program execution means includes
5. The termination of the related program is performed when the termination related control determination unit determines that there is a program related to the program to be terminated. 5. Mobile terminal device. A program control method in a portable terminal device that activates or terminates a program corresponding to the event based on an event that occurs, and stores the activation state of the program in an internal storage unit,
Storing in advance in the storage means a contention determination table indicating whether or not the program corresponding to the event can be activated or terminated according to the activation state of another program;
Storing in the storage means in advance a related control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program to be activated or terminated in response to activation or termination of the program;
Whether or not to start or end the program corresponding to the event based on the event, the activation state of another program stored in the storage unit, and the conflict determination table when the event occurs Determining
If it is determined to start or end the program corresponding to the event, the step of starting or ending the program; and
A step of determining whether to start or end a program related to the predetermined program with reference to the related control table when it is determined to start or end the program corresponding to the event;
If it is determined to start or end the related program, the step of starting or terminating the related program;
A program control method comprising: Based on the event that occurs, the program corresponding to the event is started or terminated, and the control computer of the mobile terminal device that stores the startup state of the program in the internal storage means,
Storing in advance in the storage means a contention determination table indicating whether or not the program corresponding to the event can be activated or terminated according to the activation state of another program;
Storing in the storage means in advance a related control table indicating a program related to the predetermined program to be activated or terminated in response to activation or termination of the program;
Whether or not to start or end the program corresponding to the event based on the event, the activation state of another program stored in the storage unit, and the conflict determination table when the event occurs Determining
If it is determined to start or end the program corresponding to the event, the step of starting or ending the program; and
A step of determining whether to start or end a program related to the predetermined program with reference to the related control table when it is determined to start or end the program corresponding to the event;
If it is determined to start or end the related program, the step of starting or terminating the related program;
A program for running

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