JP2021048593A - Terminal device and positioning information processing method applied to terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a terminal device and a positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device, which implement active control on power consumption caused by a positioning service in the terminal device.SOLUTION: The terminal device includes a processor and a memory that is configured to store a first application program. The processor is configured to: receive positioning information; and discard the positioning information if the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication, and more specifically to terminal devices and positioning information processing methods applied to the terminal devices.

As new-generation mobile intelligence platforms become more commonplace, positioning by using the Global Positioning System (GPS), or another type of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), is becoming more common. It is an almost standard feature of all current intelligent terminals (such as mobile phones and tablet computers). The positioning function plays a role of a basic function of the terminal device, and the power consumption of the positioning function is always a general problem. For example, some applications of terminal devices often initiate positioning within a short period of time, resulting in excessively high power consumption. Some applications start positioning over a long period of time, resulting in excessively high power consumption. If some application (such as QQ browser) initiates positioning and acquires positioning data by using a broadcast notification type, therefore, if the application does not actively cancel the positioning, the system will apply. Positioning cannot be stopped even when the process is terminated, resulting in excessively high power consumption.

To solve the above problems, the technical solution shown in FIG. 1 is proposed in the prior art. In technical solutions, terminals use algorithmic policies to discover unusual positioning behaviors such as long-term positioning or frequent positioning, and mobile phone managers for power-intensive applications by using broadcast messages. Notify to. The mobile phone manager warns the user with a broadcast message, and when the user permission is obtained, terminates the application having abnormal positioning behavior and stops the positioning service. However, in the prior art, if the terminal user does not perform any processing, whether or not to provide the positioning service to the application program depends completely on the request of the application program. This makes it impossible to implement active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal device and a positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device that implements active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device.

According to the first aspect, a positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device is provided, wherein the terminal device includes a processor and a memory configured to store a first application program. And the method is to receive the positioning information by the processor, and the first application program by the processor is in a state where the positioning service is restricted, and the first application program is currently executed in the background (background). If so, it includes discarding the positioning information.

Optionally, the first application program may be an application program requesting a positioning service and, more specifically, an application program requesting a positioning service and / or an application program requesting a positioning service. .. The processor may receive the positioning information, where the positioning information may include the positioning request of the first application program or the positioning data requested by the first application program. If the processor determines that the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor may discard the positioning information, i.e. , It is not necessary to provide the positioning service to the first application program at all.

Therefore, according to the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor is the first. The positioning information corresponding to the first application program is discarded, and the positioning service is not provided to the first application program at all. This means that some application programs that implement active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device and are running in the background of the terminal device, such as frequent positioning starts or long-term positioning, etc. It is possible to avoid the abnormal positioning behavior of the terminal device, reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, increase the standby time of the terminal device, and improve the user experience.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data outside the terminal device.

In the first possible implementation of the first aspect, receiving positioning information by the processor comprises receiving a positioning request sent by the processor by the first application program and by the processor. Discarding the positioning information includes prohibiting the processor from sending a positioning request to the positioning chip.

In this case, the processor does not send a positioning request to the positioning chip.

In the second possible implementation of the first aspect, receiving the positioning information by the processor comprises receiving the current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor and by the processor. Discarding the positioning information includes prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program.

In this case, the processor does not send positioning data to the first application program.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the third possible implementation of the first aspect, the method is that the first application program by the processor is not in a positioning service restricted state and / or the first. If the application program of 1 is currently running in the foreground, it further includes sending positioning information.

Optionally, the positioning information includes a positioning request of the first application program, and sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending a positioning request by the processor to the positioning chip.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes positioning data, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning data to the first application program by the processor.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the fourth possible implementation of the first aspect, whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state is set by the user or Whether or not the first application program is in the positioning service restricted state is the default setting of the terminal device.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the fifth possible implementation of the first aspect, the method is a processor-based positioning service frozen list before discarding the positioning information by the processor. Is to determine whether to include a first application program, wherein the positioning service frozen list is in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background at least one application program. If the first application program by the processor is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, discarding the positioning information may include. Positioning service by the processor If the frozen list contains a first application program, it involves discarding the positioning information.

Positioning Services The frozen list contains at least one application program that is in a positioning service restricted state and is currently running in the background. Optionally, the processor queries the positioning service frozen list to determine if the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and is currently running in the background. It may be determined, and accordingly, it may be further determined whether the positioning information corresponding to the first application program should be discarded.

Specifically, if the positioning service frozen list contains a first application program, it satisfies the condition that the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and is currently running in the background. If the positioning service frozen list does not include the first application program, it indicates that the first application program does not meet the above conditions.

In this way, the positioning service frozen list is set, and the processor determines whether to send the positioning information corresponding to the application program by the positioning service frozen list. This can reduce processor load and complexity, improve the processing efficiency of positioning services, and improve the overall performance of the terminal device.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the sixth possible implementation of the first aspect, the first application program by the processor is not in a positioning service restricted state and / or the first application. If the program is currently running in the foreground, sending positioning information involves sending positioning information by the processor if the frozen list of positioning services does not include the first application program.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the seventh possible implementation of the first aspect, the method adds a second application program by the processor to the positioning service frozen application list. Further includes what to do if the second application program in at least one application program changes from foreground execution to background execution and the second application program is in a positioning service restricted state.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the eighth possible implementation of the first aspect, the method freezes the positioning service when the first application program by the processor changes from background execution to foreground execution. It further includes removing the first application program from the list.

According to the second aspect, another positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device is provided, wherein the terminal device includes a processor, a display, a motion sensor, and the method is by the processor. Receiving positioning information, determining whether the movement status of the terminal device is moving or stationary based on the movement data acquired by the motion sensor by the processor, and the terminal device by the processor. However, any of the following conditions, that is, the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state and the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state. If one of them is currently satisfied, it includes discarding the positioning information.

Therefore, according to the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention, when it is determined that the display of the terminal device is currently in the screen off state and / or the terminal device is currently in the quiescent state, the processor is received. Discard the positioning information. This implements active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device, reduces the power consumption of the terminal device, increases the standby time of the terminal device, and improves the user experience. be able to.

In the first possible implementation of the second aspect, the method is by the processor while the terminal device is in the following conditions, i.e., the display is in the screen on state or the terminal device is in the moving state. Further including sending positioning information if at least one is currently met.

Optionally, the terminal device may further include a memory configured to store the first application program.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the second possible implementation of the second aspect, the processor causes the terminal device to have the following conditions: the display is in the screen-on state, or the operation of the terminal device If at least one of the statuses in the moving state is currently met, sending positioning information depends on the current status of the first application program by the processor, that the terminal device has the following conditions: If the display currently meets at least one of the screen-on state or the movement status of the terminal device is moving, it involves deciding whether to send positioning information.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data outside the terminal device.

In the third possible implementation of the second aspect with reference to the possible implementations described above, receiving positioning information by the processor is a positioning request sent by the processor by the first application program. Discarding the positioning information by the processor includes prohibiting the processor from sending a positioning request to the positioning chip.

In this case, the processor does not send a positioning request to the positioning chip.

In the fourth possible implementation of the second aspect with reference to the possible implementations described above, receiving positioning information by the processor is the current positioning of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor. Receiving the data and discarding the positioning information by the processor includes prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program.

In this case, the processor does not send positioning data to the first application program.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes positioning data, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning data to the first application program by the processor.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes a positioning request sent by the first application program, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning request by the processor to the positioning chip.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the fifth possible implementation of the second aspect, the terminal device has the following conditions, i.e., the display is in the screen off state, the motion status of the terminal device is stationary. If any one of the states, the display is off the screen, and the movement status of the terminal device is currently quiesced, the positioning information is discarded by the terminal device by the processor. , That is, the duration of the display in the screen off state reaches the first threshold, the duration of the terminal device in the stationary state reaches the second threshold, or the duration of the display in the screen off state. If the time reaches a third threshold and the terminal device currently meets any one of the currently stationary states, it includes discarding the positioning information.

According to some aspects of the invention, the terminal device may or may not include a positioning chip. For example, the positioning function is integrated into the processor.

Optionally, the processor may receive positioning data by using an RF radio frequency circuit, or the processor may receive a positioning signal sent by an RF radio frequency circuit and generate positioning data from the positioning signal. To do. If the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor decides not to send positioning data to the first application program. You can do it.

Optionally, the processor may receive the positioning request sent by the first application program. If the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor may discard the positioning request message or the first application program. You may reject the positioning request.

According to a third aspect, there is provided a processor configured to perform the method in any possible implementation of the first aspect, or the first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect, there is provided a processor configured to perform the method in any possible implementation of the second aspect, or the second aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, a computer-readable medium configured to store a computer program is provided, wherein the computer program is a possible implementation of either the first aspect or the first aspect. Includes orders used to enforce methods in.

According to a sixth aspect, a computer-readable medium configured to store a computer program is provided, wherein the computer program is a possible implementation of either the second aspect or the second aspect. Includes orders used to enforce methods in.

According to a seventh aspect, a terminal device is provided, wherein the terminal device comprises a memory configured to store at least one application program, a processor, and the processor is the first aspect. , Or the method in any possible implementation of the first aspect is configured to be enforced.

According to an eighth aspect, a terminal device is provided, wherein the terminal device includes a processor, a display, and a motion sensor, the motion sensor being configured to acquire motion data of the terminal device. And the processor is configured to perform the method in any of the second aspects, or the possible implementations of the second aspect.

Optionally, the terminal device may further include memory configured to store at least one application program.

To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in embodiments of the invention, the following briefly describes embodiments of the invention, or accompanying drawings required to illustrate prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description show only some embodiments of the present invention, and one of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these attached drawings without creative effort. ..

It is a schematic diagram which shows the technical solution used to control the power consumption of the positioning service in the prior art. It is a schematic structural drawing which shows the terminal device by embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing a specific implementation of a processor in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device by embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device by another embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the example of the positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device by another embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the technical solution according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings according to the embodiment of the present invention. Obviously, the embodiments described are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments acquired by one of ordinary skill in the art based on embodiments of the invention without creative effort shall fall within the scope of protection of the invention.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a terminal device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device 200 may include a processor 210, a memory 220, and a radio frequency (RF) circuit 230. In addition, the N application program may be installed in the terminal device 200, where the N application may be stored in the memory 220 and N ≧ 1.

Optionally, the terminal device 200 may further include components such as an input unit 240, a display unit 250, at least one sensor 260, an audio frequency circuit 270, a speaker 271, a microphone 272, and a power supply 280.

Optionally, the terminal device 200 may further include a positioning chip 290, where the positioning chip 290 may be configured to determine the current location of the terminal device. In this embodiment of the invention, the processor 210 and the positioning chip 290 may be arranged separately or integrated together. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein. For ease of understanding, the following is provided by using an example in which the terminal device includes an independently positioned positioning chip 290. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein. The positioning chip 290 may be, for example, a GPS chip.

In particular, the processor 210 may be the control center of the terminal device 200, connecting various components of the terminal device by using various interfaces and lines, and storing programs and / / in memory 220. Alternatively, the various functions of the terminal device 200 are executed by executing or executing the module and calling the data stored in the memory 220. Optionally, processor 210 may include one or more processing units.

The memory 220 may be configured to store software programs and modules. The processor 210 executes software programs and modules stored in the memory 220 to perform various functional applications and data processing of the terminal device 200. The memory 220 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store the operating system, application programs required by at least one function (such as sound reproduction function or image reproduction function), and the like. The data storage area may store data (such as audio data, image data, and phonebook) created by the use of the terminal device 200, and the like. In addition, memory 220 may include fast random access memory or may include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage component, flash memory component, or another volatile solid state storage component. ..

The RF circuit 230 may be configured to receive / transmit information, or to receive or send a signal in the calling process. For example, in the GPS positioning process, the RF circuit 230 is to receive signals sent by GPS satellites or another type of positioning system and to send signals to processor 210 or positioning chip 290 for processing. It may be configured. In general, the RF circuit 230 may include, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, transceiver, coupler, low noise amplifier (LNA), duplexer, and the like. Antennas may include all antennas on the mobile phone, such as primary and secondary antennas. The secondary antenna may be a GPS antenna, a Wi-Fi antenna, an NFC antenna, or something similar. Multiple types of secondary antennas may share one antenna body. In addition, the RF circuit 230 may further communicate with the network and other devices by using wireless communication technology, eg, may receive and process downlink information sent by a base station. The downlink information received by the processor 210 may be further transmitted, or uplink data may be sent to the base station. Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM®), General Packet Radio Services (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access, Code Division Multiple Access, Code Division Multiple Access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA®), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Email, Short Message Services (Short Message Services, SMS), and the like. Any communication standard or communication protocol, without limitation, may be used in wireless communication technology.

The input unit 240 may be configured to receive the input numeric or character information and to generate important signal inputs associated with user settings and functional controls of the terminal device 200. In particular, the input unit 240 may include a touch screen 241 and another input device 242. The touch screen 241, also referred to as a touch panel, is on the touch screen 241 by the user by using any suitable object or accessory on or around the touch screen (such as a finger or a touch pen) of the user. , Or operations performed around the touch screen 241), and may be configured to drive the corresponding connected device by a preset program. Optionally, the touch screen 241 may include two parts, a touch detector and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the user's touch direction, detects the signal corresponding to the touch operation, and transmits the touch information corresponding to the touch operation (such as the touch signal and the touch information about the touch direction) to the touch controller. It may be configured to do so. The touch controller may be configured to receive touch information from the touch detection device, convert the touch information into touchpoint coordinates, and transmit information about the touchpoint coordinates to the processor 210. In addition, the touch controller may be further configured to receive and execute commands sent by processor 210.

Optionally, the touch screen 241 may be implemented in multiple types such as resistance type, capacitive type, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. In addition to the touch screen 241 the input unit 240 may further include another input device 242. In particular, another input device 242 may include one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys or power on / off keys), trackballs, mice, or operating rods. Not limited to these.

The display unit 250 may be configured to display information input by the user, or information provided to the user, and various menus of the terminal device 200. The display unit 250 may include a display panel 251. Optionally, the display panel 241 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode, or something similar. Further, the touch screen 241 may include a display panel 251 in its range. After detecting a touch operation on or around the touch screen 241 the touch screen 241 sends information about the touch operation to the processor 210 to determine the type of touch event. Processor 210 may provide the corresponding visual output on the display panel 251 depending on the type of touch event. In FIG. 2, the touch screen 241 and the display panel 251 act as two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device 200. However, in some embodiments, the touch screen 241 and the display panel 251 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device 200.

At least one sensor 260 may include a motion sensor. The motion sensor may be configured to acquire motion data of the terminal device and correspondingly determine the motion status of the terminal device, wherein the motion status may include a stationary state or a moving state. .. Alternatively, the motion sensor may transmit the acquired motion data to the processor 210, which determines the current motion status of the terminal device from the motion data.

Optionally, at least one sensor 260 may further include another sensor, such as an optical sensor or a gravity sensor. In particular, the optical sensor may include an optical environment sensor and an optical proximity sensor. The optical environment sensor may adjust the brightness of the display panel 241 according to the intensity of ambient light. The optical proximity sensor detects whether an object is approaching or in contact with the terminal device and disables the display panel 241 and / or backlight when the terminal device 200 moves closer to the ear. You can. The gravity sensor may be configured to detect the acceleration value of the terminal device in various directions (generally there are three axes), and when the terminal device is stationary, it detects the gravity value and direction. Applications for recognizing the orientation of the terminal device (such as landscape / portrait mode switching, associated games, or magnetometer orientation calibration), features associated with vibration recognition (pedometer or key). It may be applied to (such as strokes) and similar. The at least one sensor 260 may further include another sensor such as a gyroscope, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, or infrared sensor. Details are not described herein.

Optionally, an audio frequency circuit 270, a speaker 271, and a microphone 272 may provide an audio interface between the user and the terminal device 200. The audio frequency circuit 270 may be configured to convert the received audio data into an electrical signal and transmit the electrical signal to the speaker 271. The speaker 271 may be configured to convert the received electrical signal into an acoustic signal and output the acoustic signal. In another embodiment, the microphone 272 may be configured to convert the collected acoustic signal into an electrical signal and transmit the electrical signal to an audio frequency circuit. The audio frequency circuit 270 converts the received electrical signal into audio data and outputs the audio data to the RF circuit 230 to send the audio data to another device for further processing, or to the memory 220. Audio data may be output.

Optionally, the terminal device 200 may further include a power supply 280 (such as a battery) that provides power supply to all components. Preferably, the power supply is logically connected to the processor 210 by using a power supply management system to implement functions such as charge and discharge management, as well as power consumption management, by using the power supply management system. You may try to do it.

It should be understood that the terminal device 200 may further include a Wireless Fidelity module, a Bluetooth® module, and the like, but they are not shown. Details are not described herein.

For ease of explanation, it should be further understood that FIG. 2 merely shows the parts associated with this embodiment of the invention. See the specific description in embodiments of the present invention for specific technical details not disclosed.

It should be further understood that the terminal device structure shown in FIG. 2 is merely an example. The terminal device according to this embodiment of the present invention may include more or fewer components than those shown in FIG. 2, or may combine several components, or those in FIG. May have a different component layout than. The terminal device structure shown in FIG. 2 does not set any limitations on this embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment of the invention, the positioning chip may provide positioning services to application program 220 by using processor 210. For example, the application program 220 may send a positioning request to the processor 210, the processor 210 may transfer the positioning request to the positioning chip, and after receiving the positioning request, the positioning chip may use the processor 210. The current positioning data of the terminal device 200 may be sent to the application program 220. After receiving the positioning request sent by the application program, optionally, the positioning chip may provide the application program with the positioning data only once, or periodically provide the application program with the positioning data in a time cycle. It may be sent, or it may send the positioning data to the application program each time the positioning chip acquires the positioning data in a time cycle. The length of the time cycle may be preset or may be determined by a positioning request sent by the application program. Alternatively, the time cycle may continue until the positioning chip receives the positioning stop request sent by the application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein. Optionally, the positioning data includes the following data: location data, Geo-fencing data, National Marine Electronics Association GPS data, satellite status related data: , GPS navigation data, or at least one of GPS measurement status data, or another type of positioning data may be included. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may be configured to determine whether to provide positioning services to the application program based on the current status of the application program. Specifically, the processor 210 may be configured to receive positioning information, where the positioning information may include a positioning request sent by an application program or positioning data sent by a positioning chip. The processor 210 may determine whether or not to send the positioning information corresponding to the application program based on the current status of the application program, where the positioning information corresponding to the application program is the positioning request sent by the application program. , Or may include positioning data requested by the application program. Optionally, the current status of the application program may include at least one of the positioning service authorization status or the execution status, where the execution status may include foreground execution, background execution, or no execution. , And the positioning service permission status may include being in a positioning service restricted state or not being in a positioning service restricted state. Arbitrarily, not being in the positioning service restricted state may be referred to as being in the positioning service not restricted state. Positioning services Application programs that are not limited are allowed to use positioning services in any case. For example, all positioning service requests of an application program that are not limited to positioning services are allowed and satisfied. However, an application program that is in a restricted position may be allowed to use the positioning service under some conditions (eg, running in the foreground) and may use the positioning service under other conditions. prohibited. The conditions under which the application program is allowed or prohibited from using the positioning service may be preset. For example, the conditions are set by the user of the terminal device or by the vendor of the terminal device. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, if the application program is currently in an unrestricted positioning service, or if the application program is currently running in the foreground, the processor 210 may send positioning information corresponding to the application program.

Optionally, if the application program is currently in a positioning service restricted state, or if the application program is currently running in the background, the processor does not have to send the positioning information corresponding to the application program.

For example, the processor 210 is configured to receive the positioning request sent by the first application program and, depending on the current status of the first application program, determine whether to transfer the positioning request to the positioning chip. You can. If, optionally, the processor 210 determines that the first application program is in an unrestricted state of positioning service, or that the first application program is running in the foreground, the processor 210 determines the positioning. The positioning request may be forwarded to the chip. Optionally, in another embodiment, if the processor 210 determines that the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state, or that the first application program is running in the background. The processor 210 does not have to discard the positioning request and transfer the positioning request to the positioning chip.

As another example, the processor 210 should receive the positioning data sent by the positioning chip and send the positioning data to each application program according to the current status of each application program in at least one application program requesting positioning service. It may be configured to determine if. The processor 210 may determine at least one application program requesting a positioning service based on at least one received positioning request, or acquire a positioning service request application list and all applications in the positioning service request application list. The program may be determined as at least one application program that requires a positioning service. The positioning service request application list may be generated by the processor 210 according to the received positioning request, or may be generated by another component. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

In this case, optionally, the processor 210 determines that the first application program in at least one application program is in a state where the positioning service is not restricted, or the first application program is running in the foreground. If determined, the processor 210 may send positioning data to the first application program. Optionally, in another embodiment, if the processor 210 determines that the first application program in at least one application program is currently in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background. The 210 does not have to send the positioning data to the first application program. In this case, optionally, the processor 210 is contained in at least one application program and is in an unrestricted positioning service state, and is contained in at least one application program and is executed in the foreground. Positioning data may be sent to your application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein. When the processor 210 does not send positioning data to the first application program, the first application program does not have to execute the positioning service and reduces the power consumption generated when the first application program executes. To do so.

Therefore, according to the terminal device in this embodiment of the present invention, when the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor. No positioning service is provided for the first application program. This means that some application programs that implement active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device and are running in the background of the terminal device, such as frequent positioning starts or long-term positioning, etc. It is possible to avoid the abnormal positioning behavior of the terminal device, reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, increase the standby time of the terminal device, and improve the user experience.

In this embodiment of the invention, the positioning service authorization status may be set for all or some application programs installed on the terminal device 200. For example, the positioning service authorization status of an application program that may or often has anomalous positioning behavior may be set to a positioning service restricted state. Optionally, the positioning service authorization status of each application program may be set by the user, or may be the default setting of the terminal device, or by analyzing and collecting statistics on the behavior of the application program. It may be determined by the terminal device. This embodiment of the invention is not limited herein. Alternatively, some application programs may be set to the positioning service restricted state, and other application programs that are not set to the positioning service restricted state may be in the positioning service restricted state by default, or by default. Positioning service is not restricted. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

In an optional embodiment, the processor 210 may determine the positioning service authorization status and the execution status of the application program separately.

Specifically, the processor 210 may determine in a plurality of forms whether the application program is in a positioning service restricted state. For example, the terminal device 200 further includes a memory. The memory may store the positioning service blacklist. The positioning service blacklist includes at least one application program set to the positioning service restricted state. In this case, the processor 210 may determine whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state by querying whether the positioning service blacklist includes the first application program. Alternatively, the terminal device 200 may set a tag related to the application program to indicate the positioning service permission status of the application program. The terminal device 200 may set tags for all application programs, where the tags indicate that the application program is in a positioning service restricted state or is not in a positioning service restricted state. Alternatively, the terminal device 200 may set a tag only for the application program set in the positioning service restricted state, that is, the application program in which the tag is set is an application program in the positioning service restricted state. An application program that exists and is not tagged at all is an application program in which the positioning service is not restricted. In this case, the processor determines whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state, either by the tag of the first application program or by whether the tag is set for the first application program. You can do it. Optionally, the processor may determine the positioning service authorization status of the application program in another form. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

If, optionally, the processor 210 determines that the first application program is currently running in the foreground, the processor 210 determines the positioning service authorization status of the first application program, or the first step. You do not have to perform the steps to determine if the application program is in a positioning service restricted state. Instead, the processor 210 directly sends the positioning information corresponding to the first application program. Alternatively, if the processor 210 determines that the first application program is not in the positioning service restricted state, the processor 210 does not have to perform the step of determining the execution status of the first application program. Instead, the processor 210 directly sends the positioning information corresponding to the first application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In another optional embodiment, the processor 210 does not have to determine the positioning service authorization status and the execution status of the application program separately. Instead, the processor 210 directly determines whether the current status of the application program is allowed to use the positioning service or prohibited from using the positioning service. An application program for which the use of the positioning service is prohibited is an application program that is in a state where the positioning service is restricted and is running in the background. An application program that is allowed to use the positioning service is either an application program that is not in a positioning service restricted state or an application program that is running in the foreground. Optionally, the memory of the terminal device 200 may store the positioning service frozen application list. Positioning Service The frozen application list contains at least one application program that is prohibited from using the positioning function. In this case, the processor 210 may directly determine the current status of the first application program by querying the positioning service frozen application list. Specifically, if the positioning service frozen application list includes a first application program, the processor is prohibited from using the positioning function in the current status of the first application program, i.e. Application programs may be determined to be currently in a positioning service restricted state and running in the background. Otherwise, if the positioning service frozen application list does not include the first application program, the processor 210 is allowed the current status of the first application program to use the positioning function, i.e. It may be determined that the first application program is not in the positioning service restricted state or that the first application program is running in the foreground. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the positioning service frozen application list may be generated by processor 210. For example, the processor may add at least one application program that is in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background to the positioning service frozen application list. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may be further configured to update the positioning service frozen application list. Specifically, the processor 210 may periodically update the positioning service frozen application list, or may be triggered to update. For example, if the application program in the positioning service frozen list changes from background execution to foreground execution, the processor 210 may remove the application program from the positioning service frozen application list. Alternatively, if the application program in the positioning service restricted state changes from foreground execution to background execution, the processor 210 may add the application program to the positioning service frozen application list. Alternatively, the settings of the user or terminal device have changed, and therefore the application program in the positioning service restricted state has changed to not in the positioning service restricted state, and the application program has the positioning service frozen application list. The processor 210 may remove the application program from the positioning service frozen application list if it is included in. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In another optional embodiment, the processor 210 in the terminal device 200 is configured to determine, depending on the current status of the terminal device 200, whether to provide the positioning service to at least one application program requesting the positioning service. May be done. For example, the processor 210 may determine whether to send the acquired positioning information based on the current status of the terminal device. Optionally, the current status of the terminal device 200 may be determined by at least one of display status, motion status, or similar. For example, the terminal device 200 may further include a display and a motion sensor configured to acquire the current motion data of the terminal device. In this case, the processor 210 may determine whether to send the acquired positioning information based on the status of the display and the motion status of the terminal device determined by the motion data. The motion status may include a moving state or a stationary state, and the motion status may be determined by the motion sensor or processor based on the motion data. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

The processor 210 currently has the following conditions: the display is in the screen off state, the motion status is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state and the motion status is in the stationary state. If any one of the above is currently satisfied, the processor 210 may discard the positioning information, that is, the processor does not provide the positioning service to at least one application program requesting the positioning service. Optionally, if the processor 210 receives a positioning request sent by any of the application programs in at least one application program, the processor 210 may discard the positioning request and forward the positioning request to the positioning chip. It doesn't have to be. Alternatively, when the processor 210 receives the positioning data sent by the positioning chip, the processor 210 may discard the positioning data and may not send the positioning data to any application program in at least one application program. .. However, this embodiment of the present invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, to further reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, the processor may further disable the positioning service, eg, the positioning chip. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may discard the positioning information when it determines that the terminal device is currently in a quiesced state and / or the display is in the screen off state, or the terminal device may discard the positioning information for a certain duration. Positioning information may be discarded when it is stationary and / or the display determines that it has been screened off for a certain duration. For example, the processor 210 has the following conditions: the duration of the display in the screen off state reaches the first threshold, the duration of the terminal device in the quiescent state reaches the second threshold. Alternatively, if the duration of the display off screen reaches a third threshold and the terminal device currently meets any one of the currently stationary states, the positioning information is discarded. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Correspondingly, the processor 210 may send positioning information when the processor 210 determines that the terminal device 200 does not satisfy the above-mentioned conditions.

In another optional embodiment, if the processor 210 determines that the display of the terminal device 200 is in the screen-on state and / or the terminal device 200 is currently in motion, the processor 210 is positioned. The information may be sent, i.e., the processor provides the positioning service to at least one application program requesting the positioning service. Optionally, if the processor 210 receives a positioning request sent by one or more application programs in at least one application program, the processor 210 may transfer the received positioning request to the positioning chip. Alternatively, when the processor 210 receives the positioning data sent by the positioning chip, the processor 210 may send the positioning data to one or more application programs in at least one application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention does not set any limitations herein. Optionally, the processor 210 may further determine whether to provide positioning services to each application program based on the current status of each application program in at least one application program. Please refer to the description of the first application program in the above-described embodiment for a specific implementation. For clarity, details are not described herein.

In another optional embodiment, the processor 210 may be further configured to discard the positioning information when the terminal device determines that it is in the user sleep state. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device 200 is any device having a positioning function, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a media player, a smart TV, a laptop computer, and the like. Ultra-mobile personal computer (Ultra-mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), netbook, mobile information terminal (personal digital computer, PDA), personal computer (Personal Computer), mobile internet device (Mobile Internet device) It may be a wearable device (Wearable Computer). This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may include an integrated circuit (IC). For example, the processor 210 may include independently packaged ICs, or may include a plurality of packaged ICs having the same or different functions and being connected. The processor 210 may be a central processing unit (CPU). Processor 210 is another general purpose processor, digital signal processor (DSP), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field programmable gate array (FPGA) or another programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware. It may be a ware component or something similar. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor or something similar. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may be coupled to memory 220 and configured to execute instructions stored in memory 220. When the processor 210 executes an instruction, the processor is configured to perform the steps corresponding to the processor in the aforementioned embodiments. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

FIG. 3 shows a possible implementation of the processor 210 in this embodiment of the present invention. The processor 210 may include a power saving wizard freeze application, a power manager service, and a location manager service. The Power Saving Wizard Frozen Application is used to generate a Positioning Service Frozen Application List, for example, to determine at least one application program that is prohibited from using the Positioning Service due to the current application scenario. Power Saving Wizard Used to send a frozen application list to the Location Manager service by using the Power Manager service. The power manager service may be connected to the location manager service by using a proxy GPS (proxyGPS) interface. The location manager service includes a GPS freeze program (GpsFreezeProc), and the GPS freeze program includes a positioning service frozen application list (such as HashMap). The location manager service may determine whether to send positioning data to the application program or to send the application program's positioning request to the positioning chip by querying the positioning service frozen application list.

In another optional embodiment, to further reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, processor 210 determines that the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background. At that time, it may be further configured to stop executing the instructions of the first application program so that the first application program enters the frozen state. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the invention, the condition that the application program enters the frozen state or changes from the frozen state to the active state allows the application program to use the positioning service. It may be the same as the condition of whether or not. For clarity, details are not described herein.

With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the terminal device according to this embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. With reference to FIGS. 4 to 6, the positioning information processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 4 shows the positioning information processing method 300 provided in the embodiment of the present invention. The positioning information processing method may be applied to a terminal device having a positioning function, and may be applied to, for example, the terminal device 200 described above. The terminal device includes a memory configured to store at least one application program and a processor. As shown in FIG. 4, the method 300 includes the following steps.

The S310 processor receives the positioning information.

The S320 processor discards the positioning information when the first application program is in the positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background.

In this embodiment of the invention, at least one application program includes a first application program, and the first application program requests a positioning service (that the application program has requested a positioning service, or a positioning service). Including requesting). If the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor discards the positioning information corresponding to the first application program. The positioning information corresponding to the first application program may include at least one of the following, that is, the positioning data requested by the first application program, or the positioning request of the first application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data outside the terminal device.

In this example, in an optional embodiment, receiving positioning information in S310 by the processor includes receiving a positioning request sent by the first application program by the processor and by the processor in S320. Discarding the positioning information in the above includes skipping sending a positioning request to the positioning chip by the processor.

In this example, in another optional embodiment, receiving the positioning information in S310 by the processor comprises receiving the current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor, and the processor. Discarding the positioning information in S320 according to the above includes prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program.

In this case, the processor does not send positioning data to the first application program. Optionally, the processor may send the positioning data to another application program requesting a positioning service. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the terminal device does not have to include a positioning chip. For example, the positioning function is integrated into the processor. In this case, optionally, the processor may receive the positioning data sent by the RF circuit. Alternatively, the processor may receive the positioning signal sent by the RF circuit and generate the positioning data from the positioning signal. In addition, the processor may further determine whether positioning data should be sent to the first application program based on the current status of the first application program.

In another optional embodiment, method 300 is when the first application program by the processor is not in a positioning service restricted state and / or the first application program is currently running in the foreground. It further includes sending positioning information.

Optionally, if the terminal device does not include a positioning chip, upon receiving the positioning request of the first application program, the processor determines whether to approve the positioning request based on the current status of the first application program. You can do it. For example, if the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor discards the received positioning request message and first. The positioning request of the application program may be rejected, otherwise the processor may approve the positioning request of the first application program, eg, send a positioning request response to the first application program. Often, the current positioning data may be sent directly to the first application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In this case, optionally, when the positioning information includes the positioning request of the first application program, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning request to the positioning chip by the processor.

In this case, if the positioning information includes positioning data, optionally, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning data to the first application program by the processor.

In an optional embodiment, whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state is preset by the user or is the default setting of the terminal device. Alternatively, whether or not the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state may be determined by the terminal device by collecting statistics on the behavior of the first application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In another optional embodiment, prior to S320, method 300
The processor determines whether the positioning service frozen application list contains a first application program, wherein the positioning service frozen application list is in a positioning service restricted state and Further including including at least one application program running in the background, and correspondingly, in S320, the first application program by the processor is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program. Discarding positioning information is currently running in the background
Positioning service by processor If the frozen application list contains a first application program, it involves discarding the positioning information.

In this case, the processor may determine whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background by querying the positioning service frozen application list.

In another optional embodiment, if, at the option, the first application program by the processor is not in a positioning service restricted state and / or the first application program is currently running in the foreground. Sending positioning information is
Positioning service by processor If the frozen list does not include the first application program, it involves sending positioning information.

In another optional embodiment, method 300
When the first application program by the processor changes from background execution to foreground execution, the positioning service further includes removing the first application program from the frozen application list.

In another optional embodiment, method 300 is a state in which the second application program in at least one application program is changed from foreground execution to background execution by the processor and the second application program is restricted in positioning service. The positioning service further includes adding a second application program to the frozen application list.

See the corresponding description in the device embodiment described above with respect to the steps of method 300 and specific implementations in this embodiment of the invention. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

Therefore, according to the positioning information processing method according to this embodiment of the present invention, the processor is in a state where the positioning service is restricted by the first application program, and the first application program is currently executed in the background. At that time, the positioning information corresponding to the first application program is discarded. This avoids unusual positioning behaviors of some application programs running in the background of the terminal device, such as frequent positioning starts or long-term positioning, reducing the power consumption of the terminal device and the terminal. The standby time of the device can be increased and the user experience can be improved.

FIG. 5 shows a positioning information processing method 400 provided in another embodiment of the present invention. The positioning information processing method may be applied to a terminal device having a positioning function, and may be applied to, for example, the terminal device 200 described above. The terminal device includes a processor, a display, and a motion sensor. As shown in FIG. 5, the method 400 includes the following steps.

The S410 processor receives the positioning information.

The S420 processor determines whether the motion status of the terminal device is in motion or stationary based on the motion data acquired by the motion sensor.

S430 Processor, the terminal device has the following conditions, that is, the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the quiescent state, or the display is in the screen off state and the movement status of the terminal device is quiesced. If any one of the states is currently satisfied, the positioning information is discarded.

Optionally, if the terminal device's current motion status is quiesced and / or the terminal device's display is currently in the screen off state, the processor may discard the positioning information, eg, on the terminal device. It is not necessary to provide positioning services to one or more application programs of the above.

In an optional embodiment, in S430, the processor meets the following conditions: the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state and the terminal device. If any one of the motion statuses of is currently satisfied, discarding the positioning information is possible.
The processor causes the terminal device to reach the following conditions: the duration of the display in the screen off state reaches the first threshold, the duration of the terminal device in the stationary state reaches the second threshold, or the display When the duration of the screen off state reaches the third threshold value and the current motion status of the terminal device currently satisfies any one of the stationary states, the positioning information is discarded.

The first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold may be predefined or set by the user. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

In another optional embodiment, method 400 is for positioning information when the current motion status of the terminal device by the processor is in motion and / or the display of the terminal device is currently in the screen-on state. Includes further sending.

Optionally, if the current motion status of the terminal device by the processor is in motion and / or the display of the terminal device is currently in the screen on state, sending positioning information is the current state of the terminal device. If the motion status of is in motion and / or the display of the terminal device is currently in the screen-on state, the processor determines whether positioning information should be sent according to the current status of the first application program. Including deciding.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes a positioning chip configured to acquire the current positioning data of the terminal device.

In an optional embodiment, receiving positioning information in S410 by the processor includes receiving a positioning request sent by the first application program by the processor and receiving positioning information in S430 by the processor. Discarding is prohibiting the processor from sending a positioning request to the positioning chip, which in this case includes the processor not sending a positioning request to the positioning chip.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes the positioning request of the first application program, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning request of the first application program to the positioning chip by the processor.

In another optional embodiment, receiving positioning information in S410 by the processor comprises receiving current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor and in S430 by the processor. Discarding the positioning information prohibits the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program, where, in this case, the processor requests a positioning service. Includes not sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to one or more application programs on the terminal device.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes positioning data, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning data to the first application program by the processor.

See the corresponding description in the device embodiment described above with respect to the steps of method 400 and specific implementations in this embodiment of the invention. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

Therefore, according to the positioning information processing method in this embodiment of the present invention, when the display of the terminal device is currently in the image off state and / or the terminal device is currently in the stationary state, the processor is determined. Discard the received positioning information. This can implement active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device, reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, increase the standby time of the terminal device, and improve the user experience. ..

With reference to a particular example, the following provides a more detailed description of the positioning information processing methods provided in the embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows a positioning information processing method 500 provided in another embodiment of the present invention.

By querying the S510 positioning service request application list and the positioning service frozen application list, it is determined whether positioning is currently requested.

The positioning service request application list includes at least one application program that requests the positioning service. Positioning Services The frozen application list contains at least one application program that is prohibited from using the positioning services. The processor may determine if at least one application program requesting the positioning service currently exists by querying the positioning service request application list. If the positioning service request application list contains one or more application programs, the processor prohibits the application programs in the positioning service request application list from using the positioning service by querying the positioning service frozen application list. It may be determined whether or not the application program is allowed to use the positioning service and may be further determined if it exists in the positioning service request application list. If an application program allowed to use the positioning service is present in the positioning service request application list, the processor may determine that the positioning currently needs to be performed, otherwise the processor may determine. It may be determined that the positioning does not currently need to be performed.

Optionally, the processor may perform S510 periodically or may be triggered to perform S510. For example, the processor performs S510 when the positioning service request application list and / or the positioning service frozen application list changes. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

S520 Determines whether the positioning chip is currently in the positioning state.

Optionally, the current status is if the positioning chip is currently in the positioning state and the processor determines that the positioning currently needs to be performed, or if the positioning chip is not currently in the positioning state and If the processor determines that positioning does not currently need to be performed, it may be retained. The method proceeds to S530 if the positioning chip is not currently in the positioning state and the processor determines that the positioning currently needs to be performed. The method proceeds to S540 if the positioning chip is currently in the positioning state and the processor determines that the positioning does not currently need to be performed.

S530 A first command information is sent to the positioning chip, where the first command information is used to command the positioning chip to perform positioning.

A second command information is sent to the S540 positioning chip, where the second command information is used to command the positioning chip to stop positioning.

The processor sends a command to the positioning chip to instruct the positioning chip to resume positioning or stop positioning.

It should be noted that the examples in FIG. 6 should help one of ordinary skill in the art to better understand the embodiments of the invention, instead of limiting the scope of the embodiments of the invention. One of ordinary skill in the art may perform various uniform variants or modifications according to the examples shown in FIG. 6, such variants or modifications also fall within the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

It should be understood that the sequence number of the process described above does not mean an execution sequence. The process execution sequence should be determined by the function and internal logic of the process and should not be construed as any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention further provide a computer-readable medium configured to store a computer program. The computer program contains instructions used to enforce the aforementioned method.

For clarity, it should be understood that the description of embodiments herein emphasizes the differences between embodiments. Therefore, cross-references may be made to embodiments herein, unless otherwise specified herein or as easily conceived from context.

One of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that method steps and units may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination thereof, in combination with the examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein. .. To articulate compatibility between hardware and software, the steps and configurations of each embodiment by function have been generally described above. Whether a function is performed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. One of ordinary skill in the art may use different methods to implement the features described for each particular application, but implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the present invention.

For convenience and brief description, references may be made to the corresponding processes in the method embodiments described above with respect to the detailed operating processes of the systems, devices, and units described above, the details of which are described herein. It may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that it is not explained.

It should be understood that in some embodiments provided in this application, the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other embodiments. For example, the device embodiments described are merely examples. For example, the unit division is merely a logical function division and may be another division in the actual implementation form. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into separate systems, or some features may be ignored or not enforced. In addition, the interconnected or direct coupled or communication connections shown or considered are some interfaces between devices or units, indirect coupling or communication connections, or electronic, mechanical, or other forms of connection. It may be implemented via a connection.

Units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts designated as units may or may not be physical units. It may be located in a location or distributed over multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to the actual needs to achieve the object of the solution of the embodiments of the present invention.

In addition, the functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into a single processing unit, or each of the units may be physically independent, or two or more units may be integrated. It is made into one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, the integrated unit may be stored on a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a software product, either basically or in part that contributes to the prior art, or in whole or in part. A computer software product is a computer device (personal computer, server, network device, or similar) that is stored on a storage medium and that performs all or some of the steps of the method described in embodiments of the present invention. Includes some instructions to command (may be). The storage medium described above stores program code such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Includes any medium that can be.

Although the above description is merely a specific implementation of the invention, it is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the invention. Any modification or substitution form immediately conceived by one of ordinary skill in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention shall fall within the scope of protection of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention shall be the subject of the scope of protection of the claims.

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication, and more specifically to terminal devices and positioning information processing methods applied to the terminal devices.

As new-generation mobile intelligence platforms become more commonplace, positioning by using the Global Positioning System (GPS), or another type of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), is becoming more common. It is an almost standard feature of all current intelligent terminals (such as mobile phones and tablet computers). The positioning function plays a role of a basic function of the terminal device, and the power consumption of the positioning function is always a general problem. For example, some applications of terminal devices often initiate positioning within a short period of time, resulting in excessively high power consumption. Some applications start positioning over a long period of time, resulting in excessively high power consumption. If some application (such as QQ browser) initiates positioning and acquires positioning data by using a broadcast notification type, therefore, if the application does not actively cancel the positioning, the system will apply. Positioning cannot be stopped even when the process is terminated, resulting in excessively high power consumption.

To solve the above problems, the technical solution shown in FIG. 1 is proposed in the prior art. In technical solutions, terminals use algorithmic policies to discover unusual positioning behaviors such as long-term positioning or frequent positioning, and mobile phone managers for power-intensive applications by using broadcast messages. Notify to. The mobile phone manager warns the user with a broadcast message, and when the user permission is obtained, terminates the application having abnormal positioning behavior and stops the positioning service. However, in the prior art, if the terminal user does not perform any processing, whether or not to provide the positioning service to the application program depends completely on the request of the application program. This makes it impossible to implement active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal device and a positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device that implements active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device.

According to the first aspect, a positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device is provided, wherein the terminal device includes a processor and a memory configured to store a first application program. And the method is to receive the positioning information by the processor, and the first application program by the processor is in a state where the positioning service is restricted, and the first application program is currently executed in the background (background). If so, it includes discarding the positioning information.

Optionally, the first application program may be an application program requesting a positioning service and, more specifically, an application program requesting a positioning service and / or an application program requesting a positioning service. .. The processor may receive the positioning information, where the positioning information may include the positioning request of the first application program or the positioning data requested by the first application program. If the processor determines that the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor may discard the positioning information, i.e. , It is not necessary to provide the positioning service to the first application program at all.

Therefore, according to the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor is the first. The positioning information corresponding to the first application program is discarded, and the positioning service is not provided to the first application program at all. This means that some application programs that implement active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device and are running in the background of the terminal device, such as frequent positioning starts or long-term positioning, etc. It is possible to avoid the abnormal positioning behavior of the terminal device, reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, increase the standby time of the terminal device, and improve the user experience.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data outside the terminal device.

In the first possible implementation of the first aspect, receiving positioning information by the processor comprises receiving a positioning request sent by the processor by the first application program and by the processor. Discarding the positioning information includes prohibiting the processor from sending a positioning request to the positioning chip.

In this case, the processor does not send a positioning request to the positioning chip.

In the second possible implementation of the first aspect, receiving the positioning information by the processor comprises receiving the current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor and by the processor. Discarding the positioning information includes prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program.

In this case, the processor does not send positioning data to the first application program.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the third possible implementation of the first aspect, the method is that the first application program by the processor is not in a positioning service restricted state and / or the first. If the application program of 1 is currently running in the foreground, it further includes sending positioning information.

Optionally, the positioning information includes a positioning request of the first application program, and sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending a positioning request by the processor to the positioning chip.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes positioning data, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning data to the first application program by the processor.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the fourth possible implementation of the first aspect, whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state is set by the user or Whether or not the first application program is in the positioning service restricted state is the default setting of the terminal device.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the fifth possible implementation of the first aspect, the method is a processor-based positioning service frozen list before discarding the positioning information by the processor. Is to determine whether to include a first application program, wherein the positioning service frozen list is in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background at least one application program. If the first application program by the processor is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, discarding the positioning information may include. Positioning service by the processor If the frozen list contains a first application program, it involves discarding the positioning information.

Positioning Services The frozen list contains at least one application program that is in a positioning service restricted state and is currently running in the background. Optionally, the processor queries the positioning service frozen list to determine if the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and is currently running in the background. It may be determined, and accordingly, it may be further determined whether the positioning information corresponding to the first application program should be discarded.

Specifically, if the positioning service frozen list contains a first application program, it satisfies the condition that the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and is currently running in the background. If the positioning service frozen list does not include the first application program, it indicates that the first application program does not meet the above conditions.

In this way, the positioning service frozen list is set, and the processor determines whether to send the positioning information corresponding to the application program by the positioning service frozen list. This can reduce processor load and complexity, improve the processing efficiency of positioning services, and improve the overall performance of the terminal device.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the sixth possible implementation of the first aspect, the first application program by the processor is not in a positioning service restricted state and / or the first application. If the program is currently running in the foreground, sending positioning information involves sending positioning information by the processor if the frozen list of positioning services does not include the first application program.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the seventh possible implementation of the first aspect, the method adds a second application program by the processor to the positioning service frozen application list. Further includes what to do if the second application program in at least one application program changes from foreground execution to background execution and the second application program is in a positioning service restricted state.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the eighth possible implementation of the first aspect, the method freezes the positioning service when the first application program by the processor changes from background execution to foreground execution. It further includes removing the first application program from the list.

According to the second aspect, another positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device is provided, wherein the terminal device includes a processor, a display, a motion sensor, and the method is by the processor. Receiving positioning information, determining whether the movement status of the terminal device is moving or stationary based on the movement data acquired by the motion sensor by the processor, and the terminal device by the processor. However, any of the following conditions, that is, the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state and the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state. If one of them is currently satisfied, it includes discarding the positioning information.

Therefore, according to the terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention, when it is determined that the display of the terminal device is currently in the screen off state and / or the terminal device is currently in the quiescent state, the processor is received. Discard the positioning information. This implements active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device, reduces the power consumption of the terminal device, increases the standby time of the terminal device, and improves the user experience. be able to.

In the first possible implementation of the second aspect, the method is by the processor while the terminal device is in the following conditions, i.e., the display is in the screen on state or the terminal device is in the moving state. Further including sending positioning information if at least one is currently met.

Optionally, the terminal device may further include a memory configured to store the first application program.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the second possible implementation of the second aspect, the processor causes the terminal device to have the following conditions: the display is in the screen-on state, or the operation of the terminal device If at least one of the statuses in the moving state is currently met, sending positioning information depends on the current status of the first application program by the processor, that the terminal device has the following conditions: If the display currently meets at least one of the screen-on state or the movement status of the terminal device is moving, it involves deciding whether to send positioning information.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data outside the terminal device.

In the third possible implementation of the second aspect with reference to the possible implementations described above, receiving positioning information by the processor is a positioning request sent by the processor by the first application program. Discarding the positioning information by the processor includes prohibiting the processor from sending a positioning request to the positioning chip.

In this case, the processor does not send a positioning request to the positioning chip.

In the fourth possible implementation of the second aspect with reference to the possible implementations described above, receiving positioning information by the processor is the current positioning of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor. Receiving the data and discarding the positioning information by the processor includes prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program.

In this case, the processor does not send positioning data to the first application program.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes positioning data, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning data to the first application program by the processor.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes a positioning request sent by the first application program, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning request by the processor to the positioning chip.

With reference to the possible implementations described above, in the fifth possible implementation of the second aspect, the terminal device has the following conditions, i.e., the display is in the screen off state, the motion status of the terminal device is stationary. If any one of the states, the display is off the screen, and the movement status of the terminal device is currently quiesced, the positioning information is discarded by the terminal device by the processor. , That is, the duration of the display in the screen off state reaches the first threshold, the duration of the terminal device in the stationary state reaches the second threshold, or the duration of the display in the screen off state. If the time reaches a third threshold and the terminal device currently meets any one of the currently stationary states, it includes discarding the positioning information.

According to some aspects of the invention, the terminal device may or may not include a positioning chip. For example, the positioning function is integrated into the processor.

Optionally, the processor may receive positioning data by using an RF radio frequency circuit, or the processor may receive a positioning signal sent by an RF radio frequency circuit and generate positioning data from the positioning signal. To do. If the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor decides not to send positioning data to the first application program. You can do it.

Optionally, the processor may receive the positioning request sent by the first application program. In a state where the first application program has been positioning service restriction, and if the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor may discard the positioning request, or the first application program You may reject the positioning request.

According to a third aspect, there is provided a processor configured to perform the method in any possible implementation of the first aspect, or the first aspect.

According to a fourth aspect, there is provided a processor configured to perform the method in any possible implementation of the second aspect, or the second aspect.

According to a fifth aspect, a computer-readable medium configured to store a computer program is provided, wherein the computer program is a possible implementation of either the first aspect or the first aspect. Includes orders used to enforce methods in.

According to a sixth aspect, a computer-readable medium configured to store a computer program is provided, wherein the computer program is a possible implementation of either the second aspect or the second aspect. Includes orders used to enforce methods in.

According to a seventh aspect, a terminal device is provided, wherein the terminal device comprises a memory configured to store at least one application program, a processor, and the processor is the first aspect. , Or the method in any possible implementation of the first aspect is configured to be enforced.

According to an eighth aspect, a terminal device is provided, wherein the terminal device includes a processor, a display, and a motion sensor, the motion sensor being configured to acquire motion data of the terminal device. And the processor is configured to perform the method in any of the second aspects, or the possible implementations of the second aspect.

Optionally, the terminal device may further include memory configured to store at least one application program.

To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in embodiments of the invention, the following briefly describes embodiments of the invention, or accompanying drawings required to illustrate prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description show only some embodiments of the present invention, and one of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these attached drawings without creative effort. ..

It is a schematic diagram which shows the technical solution used to control the power consumption of the positioning service in the prior art. It is a schematic structural drawing which shows the terminal device by embodiment of this invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram showing a specific implementation of a processor in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device by embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device by another embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic flowchart which shows the example of the positioning information processing method applied to the terminal device by another embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, the technical solution according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings according to the embodiment of the present invention. Obviously, the embodiments described are some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments acquired by one of ordinary skill in the art based on embodiments of the invention without creative effort shall fall within the scope of protection of the invention.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a terminal device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device 200 may include a processor 210, a memory 220, and a radio frequency (RF) circuit 230. In addition, the N application program may be installed in the terminal device 200, where the N application may be stored in the memory 220 and N ≧ 1.

Optionally, the terminal device 200 may further include components such as an input unit 240, a display unit 250, at least one sensor 260, an audio frequency circuit 270, a speaker 271, a microphone 272, and a power supply 280.

Optionally, the terminal device 200 may further include a positioning chip 290, where the positioning chip 290 may be configured to determine the current location of the terminal device. In this embodiment of the invention, the processor 210 and the positioning chip 290 may be arranged separately or integrated together. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein. For ease of understanding, the following is provided by using an example in which the terminal device includes an independently positioned positioning chip 290. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein. The positioning chip 290 may be, for example, a GPS chip.

In particular, the processor 210 may be the control center of the terminal device 200, connecting various components of the terminal device by using various interfaces and lines, and storing programs and / / in memory 220. Alternatively, the various functions of the terminal device 200 are executed by executing or executing the module and calling the data stored in the memory 220. Optionally, processor 210 may include one or more processing units.

The memory 220 may be configured to store software programs and modules. The processor 210 executes software programs and modules stored in the memory 220 to perform various functional applications and data processing of the terminal device 200. The memory 220 may mainly include a program storage area and a data storage area. The program storage area may store the operating system, application programs required by at least one function (such as sound reproduction function or image reproduction function), and the like. The data storage area may store data (such as audio data, image data, and phonebook) created by the use of the terminal device 200, and the like. In addition, memory 220 may include fast random access memory or may include non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk storage component, flash memory component, or another volatile solid state storage component. ..

The RF circuit 230 may be configured to receive / transmit information, or to receive or send a signal in the calling process. For example, in the GPS positioning process, the RF circuit 230 is to receive signals sent by GPS satellites or another type of positioning system and to send signals to processor 210 or positioning chip 290 for processing. It may be configured. In general, the RF circuit 230 may include, but is not limited to, an antenna, at least one amplifier, transceiver, coupler, low noise amplifier (LNA), duplexer, and the like. Antennas may include all antennas on the mobile phone, such as primary and secondary antennas. The secondary antenna may be a GPS antenna, a Wi-Fi antenna, an NFC antenna, or something similar. Multiple types of secondary antennas may share one antenna body. In addition, the RF circuit 230 may further communicate with the network and other devices by using wireless communication technology, eg, may receive and process downlink information sent by a base station. The downlink information received by the processor 210 may be further transmitted, or uplink data may be sent to the base station. Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM®), General Packet Radio Services (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access, Code Division Multiple Access, Code Division Multiple Access (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, WCDMA®), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Email, Short Message Services (Short Message Services, SMS), and the like. Any communication standard or communication protocol, without limitation, may be used in wireless communication technology.

The input unit 240 may be configured to receive the input numeric or character information and to generate important signal inputs associated with user settings and functional controls of the terminal device 200. In particular, the input unit 240 may include a touch screen 241 and another input device 242. The touch screen 241, also referred to as a touch panel, is on the touch screen 241 by the user by using any suitable object or accessory on or around the touch screen (such as a finger or a touch pen) of the user. , Or operations performed around the touch screen 241), and may be configured to drive the corresponding connected device by a preset program. Optionally, the touch screen 241 may include two parts, a touch detector and a touch controller. The touch detection device detects the user's touch direction, detects the signal corresponding to the touch operation, and transmits the touch information corresponding to the touch operation (such as the touch signal and the touch information about the touch direction) to the touch controller. It may be configured to do so. The touch controller may be configured to receive touch information from the touch detection device, convert the touch information into touchpoint coordinates, and transmit information about the touchpoint coordinates to the processor 210. In addition, the touch controller may be further configured to receive and execute commands sent by processor 210.

Optionally, the touch screen 241 may be implemented in multiple types such as resistance type, capacitive type, infrared, and surface acoustic waves. In addition to the touch screen 241 the input unit 240 may further include another input device 242. In particular, another input device 242 may include one or more of a physical keyboard, function keys (such as volume control keys or power on / off keys), trackballs, mice, or operating rods. Not limited to these.

The display unit 250 may be configured to display information input by the user, or information provided to the user, and various menus of the terminal device 200. The display unit 250 may include a display panel 251. Optionally, the display panel 251 may be configured in the form of a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light-emitting diode, or something similar. Further, the touch screen 241 may include a display panel 251 in its range. After detecting a touch operation on or around the touch screen 241 the touch screen 241 sends information about the touch operation to the processor 210 to determine the type of touch event. Processor 210 may provide the corresponding visual output on the display panel 251 depending on the type of touch event. In FIG. 2, the touch screen 241 and the display panel 251 act as two independent components to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device 200. However, in some embodiments, the touch screen 241 and the display panel 251 may be integrated to implement the input and output functions of the terminal device 200.

At least one sensor 260 may include a motion sensor. The motion sensor may be configured to acquire motion data of the terminal device and correspondingly determine the motion status of the terminal device, wherein the motion status may include a stationary state or a moving state. .. Alternatively, the motion sensor may transmit the acquired motion data to the processor 210, which determines the current motion status of the terminal device from the motion data.

Optionally, at least one sensor 260 may further include another sensor, such as an optical sensor or a gravity sensor. In particular, the optical sensor may include an optical environment sensor and an optical proximity sensor. The optical environment sensor may adjust the brightness of the display panel 241 according to the intensity of ambient light. The optical proximity sensor detects whether an object is approaching or in contact with the terminal device and disables the display panel 241 and / or backlight when the terminal device 200 moves closer to the ear. You can. The gravity sensor may be configured to detect the acceleration value of the terminal device in various directions (generally there are three axes), and when the terminal device is stationary, it detects the gravity value and direction. Applications for recognizing the orientation of the terminal device (such as landscape / portrait mode switching, associated games, or magnetometer orientation calibration), features associated with vibration recognition (pedometer or key). It may be applied to (such as strokes) and similar. The at least one sensor 260 may further include another sensor such as a gyroscope, barometer, hygrometer, thermometer, or infrared sensor. Details are not described herein.

Optionally, an audio frequency circuit 270, a speaker 271, and a microphone 272 may provide an audio interface between the user and the terminal device 200. The audio frequency circuit 270 may be configured to convert the received audio data into an electrical signal and transmit the electrical signal to the speaker 271. The speaker 271 may be configured to convert the received electrical signal into an acoustic signal and output the acoustic signal. In another embodiment, the microphone 272 may be configured to convert the collected acoustic signal into an electrical signal and transmit the electrical signal to an audio frequency circuit. The audio frequency circuit 270 converts the received electrical signal into audio data and outputs the audio data to the RF circuit 230 to send the audio data to another device for further processing, or to the memory 220. Audio data may be output.

Optionally, the terminal device 200 may further include a power supply 280 (such as a battery) that provides power supply to all components. For example , the power supply is logically connected to the processor 210 by using a power supply management system and implements functions such as charge and discharge management as well as power consumption management by using the power supply management system. You can do it.

Terminal device 200, wireless fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, Wi-Fi) module, Bluetooth (registered trademark) module, and may further include those similar, however, it is to be understood that they are not shown. Details are not described herein.

For ease of explanation, it should be further understood that FIG. 2 merely shows the parts associated with this embodiment of the invention. See the specific description in embodiments of the present invention for specific technical details not disclosed.

It should be further understood that the terminal device structure shown in FIG. 2 is merely an example. The terminal device according to this embodiment of the present invention may include more or fewer components than those shown in FIG. 2, or may combine several components, or those in FIG. May have a different component layout than. The terminal device structure shown in FIG. 2 does not set any limitations on this embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment of the invention, the positioning chip may provide positioning services to application program 220 by using processor 210. For example, the application program 220 may send a positioning request to the processor 210, the processor 210 may transfer the positioning request to the positioning chip, and after receiving the positioning request, the positioning chip may use the processor 210. The current positioning data of the terminal device 200 may be sent to the application program 220. After receiving the positioning request sent by the application program, optionally, the positioning chip may provide the application program with the positioning data only once, or periodically provide the application program with the positioning data in a time cycle. It may be sent, or it may send the positioning data to the application program each time the positioning chip acquires the positioning data in a time cycle. The length of the time cycle may be preset or may be determined by a positioning request sent by the application program. Alternatively, the time cycle may continue until the positioning chip receives the positioning stop request sent by the application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein. Optionally, the positioning data includes the following data: location data, Geo-fencing data, National Marine Electronics Association GPS data, satellite status related data: , GPS navigation data, or at least one of GPS measurement status data, or another type of positioning data may be included. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may be configured to determine whether to provide positioning services to the application program based on the current status of the application program. Specifically, the processor 210 may be configured to receive positioning information, where the positioning information may include a positioning request sent by an application program or positioning data sent by a positioning chip. The processor 210 may determine whether or not to send the positioning information corresponding to the application program based on the current status of the application program, where the positioning information corresponding to the application program is the positioning request sent by the application program. , Or may include positioning data requested by the application program. Optionally, the current status of the application program may include at least one of the positioning service authorization status or the execution status, where the execution status may include foreground execution, background execution, or no execution. , And the positioning service permission status may include being in a positioning service restricted state or not being in a positioning service restricted state. Arbitrarily, not being in the positioning service restricted state may be referred to as being in the positioning service not restricted state. Positioning services Application programs that are not limited are allowed to use positioning services in any case. For example, all positioning service requests of an application program that are not limited to positioning services are allowed and satisfied. However, an application program that is in a restricted position may be allowed to use the positioning service under some conditions (eg, running in the foreground) and may use the positioning service under other conditions. prohibited. The conditions under which the application program is allowed or prohibited from using the positioning service may be preset. For example, the conditions are set by the user of the terminal device or by the vendor of the terminal device. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, if the application program is currently in an unrestricted positioning service, or if the application program is currently running in the foreground, the processor 210 may send positioning information corresponding to the application program.

Optionally, if the application program is currently in a positioning service restricted state, or if the application program is currently running in the background, the processor does not have to send the positioning information corresponding to the application program.

For example, the processor 210 is configured to receive the positioning request sent by the first application program and, depending on the current status of the first application program, determine whether to transfer the positioning request to the positioning chip. You can. If, optionally, the processor 210 determines that the first application program is in an unrestricted state of positioning service, or that the first application program is running in the foreground, the processor 210 determines the positioning. The positioning request may be forwarded to the chip. Optionally, in another embodiment, if the processor 210 determines that the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state, or that the first application program is running in the background. The processor 210 does not have to discard the positioning request and transfer the positioning request to the positioning chip.

As another example, the processor 210 should receive the positioning data sent by the positioning chip and send the positioning data to each application program according to the current status of each application program in at least one application program requesting positioning service. It may be configured to determine if. The processor 210 may determine at least one application program requesting a positioning service based on at least one received positioning request, or acquire a positioning service request application list and all applications in the positioning service request application list. The program may be determined as at least one application program that requires a positioning service. The positioning service request application list may be generated by the processor 210 according to the received positioning request, or may be generated by another component. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

In this case, optionally, the processor 210 determines that the first application program in at least one application program is in a state where the positioning service is not restricted, or the first application program is running in the foreground. If determined, the processor 210 may send positioning data to the first application program. Optionally, in another embodiment, if the processor 210 determines that the first application program in at least one application program is currently in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background. The 210 does not have to send the positioning data to the first application program. In this case, optionally, the processor 210 is contained in at least one application program and is in an unrestricted positioning service state, and is contained in at least one application program and is executed in the foreground. Positioning data may be sent to your application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein. When the processor 210 does not send positioning data to the first application program, the first application program does not have to execute the positioning service and reduces the power consumption generated when the first application program executes. To do so.

Therefore, according to the terminal device in this embodiment of the present invention, when the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor. No positioning service is provided for the first application program. This means that some application programs that implement active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device and are running in the background of the terminal device, such as frequent positioning starts or long-term positioning, etc. It is possible to avoid the abnormal positioning behavior of the terminal device, reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, increase the standby time of the terminal device, and improve the user experience.

In this embodiment of the invention, the positioning service authorization status may be set for all or some application programs installed on the terminal device 200. For example, the positioning service authorization status of an application program that may or often has anomalous positioning behavior may be set to a positioning service restricted state. Optionally, the positioning service authorization status of each application program may be set by the user, or may be the default setting of the terminal device, or by analyzing and collecting statistics on the behavior of the application program. It may be determined by the terminal device. This embodiment of the invention is not limited herein. Alternatively, some application programs may be set to the positioning service restricted state, and other application programs that are not set to the positioning service restricted state may be in the positioning service restricted state by default, or by default. Positioning service is not restricted. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

In an optional embodiment, the processor 210 may determine the positioning service authorization status and the execution status of the application program separately.

Specifically, the processor 210 may determine in a plurality of forms whether the application program is in a positioning service restricted state. For example, the terminal device 200 further includes a memory. The memory may store the positioning service blacklist. The positioning service blacklist includes at least one application program set to the positioning service restricted state. In this case, the processor 210 may determine whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state by querying whether the positioning service blacklist includes the first application program. Alternatively, the terminal device 200 may set a tag related to the application program to indicate the positioning service permission status of the application program. The terminal device 200 may set tags for all application programs, where the tags indicate that the application program is in a positioning service restricted state or is not in a positioning service restricted state. Alternatively, the terminal device 200 may set a tag only for the application program set in the positioning service restricted state, that is, the application program in which the tag is set is an application program in the positioning service restricted state. An application program that exists and is not tagged at all is an application program in which the positioning service is not restricted. In this case, the processor determines whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state, either by the tag of the first application program or by whether the tag is set for the first application program. You can do it. Optionally, the processor may determine the positioning service authorization status of the application program in another form. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

If, optionally, the processor 210 determines that the first application program is currently running in the foreground, the processor 210 determines the positioning service authorization status of the first application program, or the first step. You do not have to perform the steps to determine if the application program is in a positioning service restricted state. Instead, the processor 210 directly sends the positioning information corresponding to the first application program. Alternatively, if the processor 210 determines that the first application program is not in the positioning service restricted state, the processor 210 does not have to perform the step of determining the execution status of the first application program. Instead, the processor 210 directly sends the positioning information corresponding to the first application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In another optional embodiment, the processor 210 does not have to determine the positioning service authorization status and the execution status of the application program separately. Instead, the processor 210 directly determines whether the current status of the application program is allowed to use the positioning service or prohibited from using the positioning service. An application program for which the use of the positioning service is prohibited is an application program that is in a state where the positioning service is restricted and is running in the background. An application program that is allowed to use the positioning service is either an application program that is not in a positioning service restricted state or an application program that is running in the foreground. Optionally, the memory of the terminal device 200 may store the positioning service frozen application list. Positioning Service The frozen application list contains at least one application program that is prohibited from using the positioning function. In this case, the processor 210 may directly determine the current status of the first application program by querying the positioning service frozen application list. Specifically, if the positioning service frozen application list includes a first application program, the processor is prohibited from using the positioning function in the current status of the first application program, i.e. Application programs may be determined to be currently in a positioning service restricted state and running in the background. Otherwise, if the positioning service frozen application list does not include the first application program, the processor 210 is allowed the current status of the first application program to use the positioning function, i.e. It may be determined that the first application program is not in the positioning service restricted state or that the first application program is running in the foreground. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the positioning service frozen application list may be generated by processor 210. For example, the processor may add at least one application program that is in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background to the positioning service frozen application list. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may be further configured to update the positioning service frozen application list. Specifically, the processor 210 may periodically update the positioning service frozen application list, or may be triggered to update. For example, if the application program in the positioning service frozen list changes from background execution to foreground execution, the processor 210 may remove the application program from the positioning service frozen application list. Alternatively, if the application program in the positioning service restricted state changes from foreground execution to background execution, the processor 210 may add the application program to the positioning service frozen application list. Alternatively, the settings of the user or terminal device have changed, and therefore the application program in the positioning service restricted state has changed to not in the positioning service restricted state, and the application program has the positioning service frozen application list. The processor 210 may remove the application program from the positioning service frozen application list if it is included in. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In another optional embodiment, the processor 210 in the terminal device 200 is configured to determine, depending on the current status of the terminal device 200, whether to provide the positioning service to at least one application program requesting the positioning service. May be done. For example, the processor 210 may determine whether to send the acquired positioning information based on the current status of the terminal device. Optionally, the current status of the terminal device 200 may be determined by at least one of display status, motion status, or similar. For example, the terminal device 200 may further include a display and a motion sensor configured to acquire the current motion data of the terminal device. In this case, the processor 210 may determine whether to send the acquired positioning information based on the status of the display and the motion status of the terminal device determined by the motion data. The motion status may include a moving state or a stationary state, and the motion status may be determined by the motion sensor or processor based on the motion data. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

The processor 210 currently has the following conditions: the display is in the screen off state, the motion status is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state and the motion status is in the stationary state. If any one of the above is currently satisfied, the processor 210 may discard the positioning information, that is, the processor does not provide the positioning service to at least one application program requesting the positioning service. Optionally, if the processor 210 receives a positioning request sent by any of the application programs in at least one application program, the processor 210 may discard the positioning request and forward the positioning request to the positioning chip. It doesn't have to be. Alternatively, when the processor 210 receives the positioning data sent by the positioning chip, the processor 210 may discard the positioning data and may not send the positioning data to any application program in at least one application program. .. However, this embodiment of the present invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, to further reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, the processor may further disable the positioning service, eg, the positioning chip. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may discard the positioning information when it determines that the terminal device is currently in a quiesced state and / or the display is in the screen off state, or the terminal device may discard the positioning information for a certain duration. Positioning information may be discarded when it is stationary and / or the display determines that it has been screened off for a certain duration. For example, the processor 210 has the following conditions: the duration of the display in the screen off state reaches the first threshold, the duration of the terminal device in the quiescent state reaches the second threshold. Alternatively, if the duration of the display off screen reaches a third threshold and the terminal device currently meets any one of the currently stationary states, the positioning information is discarded. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Correspondingly, the processor 210 may send positioning information when the processor 210 determines that the terminal device 200 does not satisfy the above-mentioned conditions.

In another optional embodiment, if the processor 210 determines that the display of the terminal device 200 is in the screen-on state and / or the terminal device 200 is currently in motion, the processor 210 is positioned. The information may be sent, i.e., the processor provides the positioning service to at least one application program requesting the positioning service. Optionally, if the processor 210 receives a positioning request sent by one or more application programs in at least one application program, the processor 210 may transfer the received positioning request to the positioning chip. Alternatively, when the processor 210 receives the positioning data sent by the positioning chip, the processor 210 may send the positioning data to one or more application programs in at least one application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention does not set any limitations herein. Optionally, the processor 210 may further determine whether to provide positioning services to each application program based on the current status of each application program in at least one application program. Please refer to the description of the first application program in the above-described embodiment for a specific implementation. For clarity, details are not described herein.

In another optional embodiment, the processor 210 may be further configured to discard the positioning information when the terminal device determines that it is in the user sleep state. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In this embodiment of the present invention, the terminal device 200 is any device having a positioning function, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a media player, a smart TV, a laptop computer, and the like. Ultra-mobile personal computer (Ultra-mobile Personal Computer, UMPC), netbook, mobile information terminal (personal digital computer, PDA), personal computer (Personal Computer), mobile internet device (Mobile Internet device) It may be a wearable device (Wearable Computer). This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may include an integrated circuit (IC). For example, the processor 210 may include independently packaged ICs, or may include a plurality of packaged ICs having the same or different functions and being connected. The processor 210 may be a central processing unit (CPU). Processor 210 is another general purpose processor, digital signal processor (DSP), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), field programmable gate array (FPGA) or another programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware. It may be a ware component or something similar. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor or something similar. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

Optionally, the processor 210 may be coupled to memory 220 and configured to execute instructions stored in memory 220. When the processor 210 executes an instruction, the processor is configured to perform the steps corresponding to the processor in the aforementioned embodiments. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

FIG. 3 shows a possible implementation of the processor 210 in this embodiment of the present invention. The processor 210 may include a power saving wizard freeze application, a power manager service, and a location manager service. The Power Saving Wizard Frozen Application is used to generate a Positioning Service Frozen Application List, for example, to determine at least one application program that is prohibited from using the Positioning Service due to the current application scenario. Positioning service used to send a frozen application list to the location manager service by using the power manager service. The power manager service may be connected to the location manager service by using a proxy GPS (proxyGPS) interface. The location manager service includes a GPS freeze program (GpsFreezeProc), and the GPS freeze program includes a positioning service frozen application list (such as HashMap). The location manager service may determine whether to send positioning data to the application program or to send the application program's positioning request to the positioning chip by querying the positioning service frozen application list.

In another optional embodiment, to further reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, processor 210 determines that the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background. At that time, it may be further configured to stop executing the instructions of the first application program so that the first application program enters the frozen state. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, in this embodiment of the invention, the condition that the application program enters the frozen state or changes from the frozen state to the active state allows the application program to use the positioning service. Or may be similar to the conditions prohibited from use. For clarity, details are not described herein.

With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the terminal device according to this embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. With reference to FIGS. 4 to 6, the positioning information processing method according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 4 shows the positioning information processing method 300 provided in the embodiment of the present invention. The positioning information processing method may be applied to a terminal device having a positioning function, and may be applied to, for example, the terminal device 200 described above. The terminal device includes a memory configured to store at least one application program and a processor. As shown in FIG. 4, the method 300 includes the following steps.

The S310 processor receives the positioning information.

The S320 processor discards the positioning information when the first application program is in the positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background.

In this embodiment of the invention, at least one application program includes a first application program, and the first application program requests a positioning service (that the application program has requested a positioning service, or a positioning service). Including requesting). If the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor discards the positioning information corresponding to the first application program. The positioning information corresponding to the first application program may include at least one of the following, that is, the positioning data requested by the first application program, or the positioning request of the first application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data outside the terminal device.

In this example, in an optional embodiment, receiving positioning information in S310 by the processor includes receiving a positioning request sent by the first application program by the processor and by the processor in S320. Discarding the positioning information in the above includes skipping sending a positioning request to the positioning chip by the processor.

In this example, in another optional embodiment, receiving the positioning information in S310 by the processor comprises receiving the current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor, and the processor. Discarding the positioning information in S320 according to the above includes prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program.

In this case, the processor does not send positioning data to the first application program. Optionally, the processor may send the positioning data to another application program requesting a positioning service. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

Optionally, the terminal device does not have to include a positioning chip. For example, the positioning function is integrated into the processor. In this case, optionally, the processor may receive the positioning data sent by the RF circuit. Alternatively, the processor may receive the positioning signal sent by the RF circuit and generate the positioning data from the positioning signal. In addition, the processor may further determine whether positioning data should be sent to the first application program based on the current status of the first application program.

In another optional embodiment, method 300 is when the first application program by the processor is not in a positioning service restricted state and / or the first application program is currently running in the foreground. It further includes sending positioning information.

Optionally, if the terminal device does not include a positioning chip, upon receiving the positioning request of the first application program, the processor determines whether to approve the positioning request based on the current status of the first application program. You can do it. For example, if the first application program is in a state of being positioning service restriction, and the first application program is currently running in the background, the processor discards the positioning request received, first The positioning request of the application program may be rejected, otherwise the processor may approve the positioning request of the first application program, eg, send a positioning request response to the first application program. Often, the current positioning data may be sent directly to the first application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In this case, optionally, when the positioning information includes the positioning request of the first application program, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning request to the positioning chip by the processor.

In this case, if the positioning information includes positioning data, optionally, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning data to the first application program by the processor.

In an optional embodiment, whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state is preset by the user or is the default setting of the terminal device. Alternatively, whether or not the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state may be determined by the terminal device by collecting statistics on the behavior of the first application program. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

In another optional embodiment, prior to S320, method 300
The processor determines whether the positioning service frozen application list contains a first application program, wherein the positioning service frozen application list is in a positioning service restricted state and Further including including at least one application program running in the background, and correspondingly, in S320, the first application program by the processor is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program. Discarding positioning information is currently running in the background
Positioning service by processor If the frozen application list contains a first application program, it involves discarding the positioning information.

In this case, the processor may determine whether the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and is running in the background by querying the positioning service frozen application list.

In another optional embodiment, if, at the option, the first application program by the processor is not in a positioning service restricted state and / or the first application program is currently running in the foreground. Sending positioning information is
Positioning service by processor If the frozen list does not include the first application program, it involves sending positioning information.

In another optional embodiment, method 300
When the first application program by the processor changes from background execution to foreground execution, the positioning service further includes removing the first application program from the frozen application list.

In another optional embodiment, method 300 is a state in which the second application program in at least one application program is changed from foreground execution to background execution by the processor and the second application program is restricted in positioning service. The positioning service further includes adding a second application program to the frozen application list.

See the corresponding description in the device embodiment described above with respect to the steps of method 300 and specific implementations in this embodiment of the invention. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

Therefore, according to the positioning information processing method according to this embodiment of the present invention, the processor is in a state where the positioning service is restricted by the first application program, and the first application program is currently executed in the background. At that time, the positioning information corresponding to the first application program is discarded. This avoids unusual positioning behaviors of some application programs running in the background of the terminal device, such as frequent positioning starts or long-term positioning, reducing the power consumption of the terminal device and the terminal. The standby time of the device can be increased and the user experience can be improved.

FIG. 5 shows a positioning information processing method 400 provided in another embodiment of the present invention. The positioning information processing method may be applied to a terminal device having a positioning function, and may be applied to, for example, the terminal device 200 described above. The terminal device includes a processor, a display, and a motion sensor. As shown in FIG. 5, the method 400 includes the following steps.

The S410 processor receives the positioning information.

The S420 processor determines whether the motion status of the terminal device is in motion or stationary based on the motion data acquired by the motion sensor.

S430 Processor, the terminal device has the following conditions, that is, the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the quiescent state, or the display is in the screen off state and the movement status of the terminal device is quiesced. If any one of the states is currently satisfied, the positioning information is discarded.

Optionally, if the terminal device's current motion status is quiesced and / or the terminal device's display is currently in the screen off state, the processor may discard the positioning information, eg, on the terminal device. It is not necessary to provide positioning services to one or more application programs of the above.

In an optional embodiment, in S430, the processor meets the following conditions: the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state and the terminal device. If any one of the motion statuses of is currently satisfied, discarding the positioning information is possible.
The processor causes the terminal device to reach the following conditions: the duration of the display in the screen off state reaches the first threshold, the duration of the terminal device in the stationary state reaches the second threshold, or the display When the duration of the screen off state reaches the third threshold value and the current motion status of the terminal device currently satisfies any one of the stationary states, the positioning information is discarded.

The first threshold, the second threshold, or the third threshold may be predefined or set by the user. This embodiment of the invention does not set any limitations herein.

In another optional embodiment, method 400 is for positioning information when the current motion status of the terminal device by the processor is in motion and / or the display of the terminal device is currently in the screen-on state. Includes further sending.

Optionally, if the current motion status of the terminal device by the processor is in motion and / or the display of the terminal device is currently in the screen on state, sending positioning information is the current state of the terminal device. If the motion status of is in motion and / or the display of the terminal device is currently in the screen-on state, the processor determines whether positioning information should be sent according to the current status of the first application program. Including deciding.

Optionally, the terminal device further includes a positioning chip configured to acquire the current positioning data of the terminal device.

In an optional embodiment, receiving positioning information in S410 by the processor includes receiving a positioning request sent by the first application program by the processor and receiving positioning information in S430 by the processor. Discarding is prohibiting the processor from sending a positioning request to the positioning chip, which in this case includes the processor not sending a positioning request to the positioning chip.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes the positioning request of the first application program, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning request of the first application program to the positioning chip by the processor.

In another optional embodiment, receiving positioning information in S410 by the processor comprises receiving current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor and in S430 by the processor. Discarding the positioning information prohibits the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program, where, in this case, the processor requests a positioning service. Includes not sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to one or more application programs on the terminal device.

If, optionally, the positioning information includes positioning data, sending the positioning information by the processor includes sending the positioning data to the first application program by the processor.

See the corresponding description in the device embodiment described above with respect to the steps of method 400 and specific implementations in this embodiment of the invention. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

Therefore, according to the positioning information processing method in this embodiment of the present invention, when the display of the terminal device is currently in the image off state and / or the terminal device is currently in the stationary state, the processor is determined. Discard the received positioning information. This can implement active control over the power consumption provided by the positioning service in the terminal device, reduce the power consumption of the terminal device, increase the standby time of the terminal device, and improve the user experience. ..

With reference to a particular example, the following provides a more detailed description of the positioning information processing methods provided in the embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows a positioning information processing method 500 provided in another embodiment of the present invention.

By querying the S510 positioning service request application list and the positioning service frozen application list, it is determined whether positioning is currently requested.

The positioning service request application list includes at least one application program that requests the positioning service. Positioning Services The frozen application list contains at least one application program that is prohibited from using the positioning services. The processor may determine if at least one application program requesting the positioning service currently exists by querying the positioning service request application list. If the positioning service request application list contains one or more application programs, the processor prohibits the application programs in the positioning service request application list from using the positioning service by querying the positioning service frozen application list. It may be determined whether or not the application program is allowed to use the positioning service and may be further determined if it exists in the positioning service request application list. If an application program allowed to use the positioning service is present in the positioning service request application list, the processor may determine that the positioning currently needs to be performed, otherwise the processor may determine. It may be determined that the positioning does not currently need to be performed.

Optionally, the processor may perform S510 periodically or may be triggered to perform S510. For example, the processor performs S510 when the positioning service request application list and / or the positioning service frozen application list changes. However, this embodiment of the present invention is not limited herein.

S520 Determines whether the positioning chip is currently in the positioning state.

Optionally, the current status is if the positioning chip is currently in the positioning state and the processor determines that the positioning currently needs to be performed, or if the positioning chip is not currently in the positioning state and If the processor determines that positioning does not currently need to be performed, it may be retained. The method proceeds to S530 if the positioning chip is not currently in the positioning state and the processor determines that the positioning currently needs to be performed. The method proceeds to S540 if the positioning chip is currently in the positioning state and the processor determines that the positioning does not currently need to be performed.

S530 A first command information is sent to the positioning chip, where the first command information is used to command the positioning chip to perform positioning.

A second command information is sent to the S540 positioning chip, where the second command information is used to command the positioning chip to stop positioning.

The processor sends a command to the positioning chip to instruct the positioning chip to resume positioning or stop positioning.

It should be noted that the examples in FIG. 6 should help one of ordinary skill in the art to better understand the embodiments of the invention, instead of limiting the scope of the embodiments of the invention. One of ordinary skill in the art may perform various uniform variants or modifications according to the examples shown in FIG. 6, such variants or modifications also fall within the scope of the embodiments of the present invention.

It should be understood that the sequence number of the process described above does not mean an execution sequence. The process execution sequence should be determined by the function and internal logic of the process and should not be construed as any limitation on the implementation process of the embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention further provide a computer-readable medium configured to store a computer program. The computer program contains instructions used to enforce the aforementioned method.

For clarity, it should be understood that the description of embodiments herein emphasizes the differences between embodiments. Therefore, cross-references may be made to embodiments herein, unless otherwise specified herein or as easily conceived from context.

One of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that method steps and units may be implemented by electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination thereof, in combination with the examples described in the embodiments disclosed herein. .. To articulate compatibility between hardware and software, the steps and configurations of each embodiment by function have been generally described above. Whether a function is performed by hardware or software depends on the specific application and design constraints of the technical solution. One of ordinary skill in the art may use different methods to implement the features described for each particular application, but implementation should not be considered beyond the scope of the present invention.

For convenience and brief description, references may be made to the corresponding processes in the method embodiments described above with respect to the detailed operating processes of the systems, devices, and units described above, the details of which are described herein. It may be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that it is not explained.

It should be understood that in some embodiments provided in this application, the disclosed systems, devices, and methods may be implemented in other embodiments. For example, the device embodiments described are merely examples. For example, the unit division is merely a logical function division and may be another division in the actual implementation form. For example, multiple units or components may be combined or integrated into separate systems, or some features may be ignored or not enforced. In addition, the interconnected or direct coupled or communication connections shown or considered are some interfaces between devices or units, indirect coupling or communication connections, or electronic, mechanical, or other forms of connection. It may be implemented via a connection.

Units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts designated as units may or may not be physical units. It may be located in a location or distributed over multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to the actual needs to achieve the object of the solution of the embodiments of the present invention.

In addition, the functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into a single processing unit, or each of the units may be physically independent, or two or more units may be integrated. It is made into one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software functional unit.

When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, the integrated unit may be stored on a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solution of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a software product, either basically or in part that contributes to the prior art, or in whole or in part. A computer software product is a computer device (personal computer, server, network device, or similar) that is stored on a storage medium and that performs all or some of the steps of the method described in embodiments of the present invention. Includes some instructions to command (may be). The storage medium described above stores program code such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory, ROM), a random access memory (Random Access Memory, RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Includes any medium that can be.

Although the above description is merely a specific implementation of the invention, it is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the invention. Any modification or substitution form immediately conceived by one of ordinary skill in the art within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention shall fall within the scope of protection of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention shall be the subject of the scope of protection of the claims.

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A terminal device that has a processor and memory.
The memory is configured to store a first application program, and the processor
Receiving the positioning information, and discarding the positioning information when the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background. A terminal device that is configured to do. The terminal device further comprises a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data external to the terminal device.
The processor being configured to receive positioning information comprises configuring the processor to receive a positioning request sent by the first application program, and the processor being configured to receive the positioning. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein being configured to discard information is configured to prohibit the processor from sending the positioning request to the positioning chip. The terminal device further comprises a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data external to the terminal device.
The processor being configured to receive positioning information comprises configuring the processor to receive the current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip, and the processor is configured to receive the current positioning data of the terminal device. Claim 1 comprising discarding the positioning information is configured to prohibit the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program. The terminal device described in. Whether or not the first application program is in the positioning service restricted state is set by the user, and whether or not the first application program is in the positioning service restricted state is determined by the terminal device. The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is the default setting of the above. The processor determines whether the positioning service frozen list comprises the first application program before discarding the positioning information, the positioning service frozen list is positioning. The processor is further configured to include at least one application program that is in a service-restricted state and is running in the background, and the processor is in a positioning service-restricted state of the first application program. If there is and the first application program is currently running in the background, it is configured to discard the positioning information.
The terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the processor is configured to discard the positioning information when the positioning service frozen list includes the first application program. device. The processor
The terminal device according to claim 5, further configured to remove the first application program from the positioning service frozen list when the first application program changes from background execution to foreground execution. A terminal device that includes a processor, a display, and a motion sensor.
The motion sensor is configured to acquire motion data of the terminal device.
The processor
The motion data acquired by the motion sensor is configured to determine whether the motion status of the terminal device is in motion or stationary, and the processor.
Receiving positioning information and the terminal device has the following conditions: the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state. A terminal device further configured to discard the positioning information when the motion status of the terminal device currently satisfies any one of the stationary states. The terminal device further comprises a memory configured to store the first application program and a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data external to the terminal device.
The processor being configured to receive positioning information comprises configuring the processor to receive a positioning request sent by the first application program, and the processor being configured to receive the positioning. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein being configured to discard information is configured to prohibit the processor from sending the positioning request to the positioning chip. The terminal device further comprises a memory configured to store the first application program and a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data external to the terminal device.
The processor being configured to receive positioning information comprises configuring the processor to receive the current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip, and the processor is configured to receive the current positioning data of the terminal device. 7. The configuration for discarding the positioning information includes the configuration for prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program. The terminal device described in. The processor has the following conditions: the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state, and the display is in the screen off state. If the movement status of the terminal device currently satisfies any one of the stationary states, the positioning information is configured to be discarded.
The processor reaches the first threshold for the duration of the terminal device in the screen-off state, that is, the duration of the terminal device in the quiescent state for the second threshold. When the duration of the display being in the screen off state reaches a third threshold and the current operation of the terminal device currently satisfies any one of the stationary states. The terminal device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, further comprising discarding the positioning information. A positioning information processing method applied to terminal devices.
The terminal device comprises a processor and a memory configured to store a first application program, and the method is:
The step of receiving positioning information by the processor and
Positioning information including a step of discarding the positioning information when the first application program by the processor is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background. Processing method. The terminal device further comprises a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data external to the terminal device.
The step of receiving the positioning information by the processor comprises a step of receiving the positioning request sent by the first application program by the processor, and the step of discarding the positioning information by the processor is The method according to claim 11, further comprising a step of prohibiting the processor from sending the positioning request to the positioning chip. The terminal device further comprises a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data external to the terminal device.
The step of receiving the positioning information by the processor includes a step of receiving the current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor, and discards the positioning information by the processor. 11. The method of claim 11, wherein the step comprises a step prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program. It is described in any one of claims 11 to 13, which is preset by the user or is the default setting of the terminal device whether or not the first application program is in the positioning service restricted state. Method. Prior to the step of discarding the positioning information by the processor,
A step of determining whether a positioning service frozen list by the processor comprises the first application program, wherein the positioning service frozen list is in a positioning service restricted state and said background. Further provided with steps to include at least one application program running in
If the first application program by the processor is in a positioning service restricted state and the first application program is currently running in the background, the step of discarding the positioning information is
The method according to any one of claims 11 to 14, further comprising a step of discarding the positioning information when the positioning service frozen list by the processor comprises the first application program. 15. The method of claim 15, further comprising a step of removing the first application program from the positioning service frozen list when the first application program by the processor changes from background execution to foreground execution. A positioning information processing method applied to terminal devices.
The terminal device comprises a processor, a display, a motion sensor, and methods.
The step of receiving positioning information by the processor and
A step of determining whether the motion status of the terminal device is in a moving state or a stationary state based on the motion data acquired by the motion sensor by the processor.
According to the processor, the terminal device has the following conditions, that is, the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state, and the display is in the screen off state. A method comprising a step of discarding the positioning information when the movement status of the terminal device currently satisfies any one of the stationary states. The terminal device further comprises a memory configured to store the first application program and a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data external to the terminal device.
The step of receiving the positioning information by the processor comprises a step of receiving the positioning request sent by the first application program by the processor, and the step of discarding the positioning information by the processor is The method according to claim 17, further comprising a step of prohibiting the processor from sending the positioning request to the positioning chip. The terminal device further comprises a memory configured to store a first application program and a positioning chip configured to acquire positioning data external to the terminal device.
The step of receiving the positioning information by the processor includes a step of receiving the current positioning data of the terminal device sent by the positioning chip by the processor, and discards the positioning information by the processor. 17. The method of claim 17, wherein the step comprises prohibiting the processor from sending the current positioning data of the terminal device to the first application program. According to the processor, the terminal device has the following conditions, that is, the display is in the screen off state, the movement status of the terminal device is in the stationary state, or the display is in the screen off state, and the display is in the screen off state. If the motion status of the terminal device currently satisfies any one of the stationary states, the step of discarding the positioning information is
According to the processor, the terminal device has the following conditions, that is, the duration of the display in the screen off state reaches the first threshold, and the duration of the terminal device in the stationary state reaches the second threshold. Is reached, or the duration of the display being in the screen off state reaches a third threshold, and the current motion status of the terminal device currently satisfies any one of the stationary states. The method according to any one of claims 17 to 19, further comprising a step of discarding the positioning information.

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