KR101394849B1 - Portable Device and Information Providing Method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing information of a mobile terminal, comprising: extracting data including state information of the application according to a user input requesting execution of the application; Determining whether the application is executable based on the extracted data; And receiving a first attribute information of the application and executing a first alternative application having the same first attribute information as the application when it is determined that the application is not executable.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a portable terminal and an information providing method for a portable terminal,

The present invention relates to a method for providing information of a portable terminal and a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a portable terminal and a portable terminal for performing an alternative application when a user requests execution of the application, To a method of providing information.

As devices such as smart phones are rapidly spreading, studies are being actively carried out to enhance hardware and software performance of terminals. In particular, a function of deleting or deactivating a specific application of a terminal for optimizing a terminal such as securing a storage space of a terminal and improving a speed is provided.

For example, if the user desires to delete a specific application, the application can be deleted by the user's input, and if the user does not want to delete the specific application, .

However, when a particular application is deleted, disabled, or becomes inoperable due to an error, a problem may arise when the application makes a mutual call.

The application calling relation of the related art will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 1A and 1B.

Referring to FIG. 1A, when a music file is clicked (P1), the music player 1 is directly called (P2) so that only one application is linked to an application. At this time, if the music player 1 is in an executable state, the clicked music file is played through the music player 1 (P3). However, if music player 1 is deleted or disabled and is inoperable, the clicked music file is not played (P4).

Referring to FIG. 1B, when a music file is clicked (P10), the music player 2 or the music player 3 is indirectly called (P20) to provide a plurality of application lists capable of playing the music file. If a list of music players 2 and 3 is provided to the user and all are executable, the music file is played by the music player selected by the user (P30). However, if all music players are not executable, the music file is not played (P40).

When the music file is not reproduced, the portable terminal of the related art displays a pop-up window that can not be played back or executes forced termination of the application. As described above, when the application is not executable, the conventional technology does not have a substitute execution route, so it may cause inconvenience to the user and give the user the possibility of thinking of the terminal as an error.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the embodiments of the present invention to provide a substitute execution route for executing a substitute or similar application when the specific application is not executable when a specific application is requested to be executed .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing information of a mobile terminal, including extracting data including status information of an application according to a user input requesting execution of the application; Determining whether the application is executable based on the extracted data; And receiving a first attribute information of the application and executing a first alternative application having the same first attribute information as the application when it is determined that the application is not executable.

Advantageously, the step of executing the first alternate application provides a list of the at least one first alternate application to the user, and executes one application selected by the user in the list.

In addition, the data is intent, and the step of executing the first alternative application provides a list of the first alternative application by converting the intent into an alternative intent.

The step of executing the first alternative application may include: checking first attribute information of the unexecutable application based on the extracted intent; Converting the intent into the replacement intent with an Android mime type corresponding to the first attribute information; And providing the first alternative application list to the display area of the portable terminal according to the replacement intent; And a control unit.

The method may further include executing a second substitute application having second attribute information that is the same as second attribute information of the non-executable application when the first attribute information does not exist or can not be executed .

The step of executing the second alternative application may execute the second alternative application when the first attribute information of the non-executable application is not confirmed based on the extracted data.

The step of executing the second alternative application is characterized in that information of the installed or deleted applications is classified according to the category and the second alternative application is searched from the stored group and the searched second alternative application is executed.

The step of executing the second alternative application may further include: retrieving the second replacement application from the group; Executing a second alternative application having a highest priority when at least one second alternative application searched for is assigned a priority; And providing a list of the at least one second alternate application to the display area of the portable terminal if a priority is not assigned to the searched at least one second alternate application.

In addition, the priority order is determined by the number of times the user has executed the application or the criteria preset by the user.

In addition, the step of executing the second alternative application of the highest priority order executes the second alternative application of the next priority when the second alternative application of the highest priority is impossible to execute, Providing the list of the at least one second alternative applications to the display area of the portable terminal provides a list excluding the at least one second alternative application that is not executable.

The method may further include providing an error indication through the portable terminal if the first and second alternative applications are not executable or do not exist.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including: a data extracting unit for extracting data including status information of an application according to a user input requesting execution of an application; A determination unit determining whether the application is executable based on the extracted data; And a control unit for receiving the first attribute information of the application and controlling the first alternative application having the same first attribute information as the application when it is determined that the application is not executable.

Preferably, the controller converts the extracted data into substitute data and controls to call a list of the first substitute application.

Further, the controller may check the first attribute information of the application based on the extracted data, and convert the data into the substitute data with an Android mime type corresponding to the first attribute information .

In addition, the information processing apparatus may further include a category manager for classifying and storing information of applications installed or deleted based on second attribute information of the applications according to a category, and when the first alternative application is not executable, And calling the second replacement application. In addition, the category manager classifies information of the applications based on category information of the application market or manifest information of the application.

In addition, the manifest information of the application includes usage-permission information of the application, uses-feature information of the application, and action information of the application.

The category manager may classify the information of the applications according to the category information of the online application market, which is the source of the downloaded application, and secondly, if the category information does not exist, information of the applications according to uses-permission information, and classifies the information of the applications according to the uses-feature information in a tertiary manner, And classifies the information of the applications.

The category manager may further include: a receiving unit for receiving status change information regarding deletion or installation of the application; A storage unit for storing information of installed or deleted applications; And a management unit for classifying the applications according to categories, and for transferring a second replacement application, which is called from the storage unit, to the control unit, excluding the deleted applications in consideration of the status change information.

In addition, the category manager may assign a priority to the second alternative applications of the same category, and transmit the second alternative application having the highest priority according to the call of the controller.

In addition, the category manager provides a list of second alternative applications searched according to a call of the control unit.

In addition, the present invention is characterized by further comprising a transfer unit for transferring status change information of the application to the category manager when an arbitrary application is deleted or installed.

Also, the controller may provide an error indication through the portable terminal if the first and second alternative applications are not executable or do not exist.

The information providing method of the portable terminal or the portable terminal according to at least one embodiment of the present invention configured as described above provides an alternative execution route for providing an application that can replace an unexecutable application, It is possible to implement the desired function automatically without any operation, and the user convenience can be reviewed.

In addition, at least one embodiment of the present invention can reduce the burden on various exceptional situations that an application developer must bear, thereby enabling a higher quality application development.

1A and 1B are schematic diagrams illustrating an application execution process of the mobile terminal according to the related art.
2 is a structural block diagram of an application execution module of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a structural block diagram of an application state change module of a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a data conversion process of the conversion unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of sorting and storing category managers according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an alternative application search and output process of the category manager according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a schematic diagram illustrating an application execution process of the mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an information providing method of a portable terminal and a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In the present specification, the same or similar reference numerals are given to different embodiments in the same or similar configurations. In addition, it should be considered that the components of the drawings attached hereto can be enlarged or reduced for convenience of explanation.

As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Furthermore, terms including ordinals such as first, second, etc. used in this specification may be used to describe various components, but since the terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another, The elements are not limited by these terms.

Referring to FIG. 2, an application execution module 100 of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a recognition unit 110, a data extraction unit 120, a determination unit 130, a conversion unit 140, A control unit 150, a category manager 160, and an output unit 170.

The recognition unit 110 recognizes a user input input to the portable terminal and transmits an application name to be executed according to a user input to the data extraction unit 120. [

The data extracting unit 120 checks the execution information of the application to be executed from the application name and extracts data including the state information for the application execution command. At this time, when the portable terminal is operated as the Android platform, the data extraction unit 120 can extract the intent including the application status information from the package manager (not shown). Status information refers to information including the status of the application, whether it is installed, executable, or deleted. An intent is an asynchronous message mechanism for operating the Android platform. It has an abstract description of the actions to be performed, and plays the role of the application through this information. And the intent activates the core components of the Android application: activity, service, and broadcast receiver.

When a package manager wants to deliver a specific intent, it receives the intent, determines which intents the application wants to receive, and what static elements it has at the time of installation of the application, And so on.

 The determination unit 130 determines whether the application is executable based on the extracted data. If it is determined that the application is executable, the determination unit 130 transmits the data to the controller 150. If it is determined that the application is not executable, the determination unit 130 transmits the data to the conversion unit 140 .

The converting unit 140 receives the application and the first attribute information on behalf of the unexecutable application, and converts the data into replacement data in order to provide a first alternative application to replace the application. The first attribute information means information including a main feature of execution of an application. For example, when an application plays music using audio, the first attribute information includes information on audio.

 For example, when the music player 1 is not executable, the conversion unit 140 converts the music player 1 into music player 1 and music player 1 in order to provide the user with a list of the music player 1 and the music player 2, Into alternative data. In the case of the Android platform, since the execution of the application is performed based on the intent, the converting unit 140 converts the intent received from the determining unit 130 into an alternative intent. Meanwhile, the conversion unit 140 may be included in the control unit, which will be described later, and may be driven.

The control unit 150 controls the application execution according to the data received from the determination unit 130 or the conversion unit 140. Specifically, when receiving data of an executable application from the determination unit 130, the control unit 150 controls to execute the received application. When receiving the substitute data from the converting unit 140, the control unit 150 controls the first substitute application to generate the first substitute application list having the same first attribute information and the non-executable application according to the substitute data. If the data received from the determination unit 130 or the conversion unit 140 is an application that can not be executed, the control unit 150 controls the category manager 160 to perform a process for the second alternative applications Information. For example, in the case where the first replacement application called by the replacement intent received from the conversion unit 140 does not exist or is not executable, and the intent of the replacement intent or executable application is not received, (160).

However, if an executable application can not be found for all of the above cases, control is made to display an error.

The category manager 160 classifies and stores the information of the deleted or installed applications according to the second attribute information of the application and provides at least one second alternative application having the same non-executable application and second attribute information . The second attribute information means the same information as an auxiliary feature of the application. In other words, applications having the same second attribute information can be applications having similar basic attributes. For example, in order for an application to use audio, second attribute information such as a permission setting for using a speaker in an application's manifest information should be supplementarily set. Examples of the second attribute information include category information of the application market, manifest information, and a detailed description thereof will be given later.

The category manager 160 includes a storage unit 161, a management unit 163, and a reception unit 162.

The storage unit 161 stores information of applications installed or deleted (i.e., installed) by category. At this time, applications in each category can be stored with priority assigned thereto.

The receiving unit 162 receives the status change information of the applications from the application status change module and transmits the status change information to the management unit 163. The status change information is information on deletion and installation or disablity of an application.

The management unit 163 manages the generation and classification of categories according to the information of the application, and delivers the information of the second alternative applications in the specific category according to the call of the control unit 150. [ The classification reference of the management unit 163 is second attribute information of the application, which can be the address of the application market (for example, an application store) to which the application is downloaded and the manifest information of the application. When the information of the second alternative applications is transferred, the information of the second alternative application that is deleted or disabled is taken into account by taking into account the state change information and delivered.

The output unit 170 outputs the control result of the control unit 150. For example, the first alternative application list provided by the replacement intent can be displayed in the display area of the portable terminal. In addition, the second alternative application provided by the category manager 160 can be displayed in the display area of the portable terminal.

3, the application state change module 200 of the portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an action information extraction unit 210, an action information determination unit 220, a state change processing unit 230, A transmission unit 240, and an output unit 250.

The action information extracting unit 210 extracts first attribute information for executing an event corresponding to a user input.

The action information determination unit 220 analyzes an event included in the first attribute information and determines whether the action is an action for an application to which the event is to be executed.

If it is determined that the action is valid, the state change processing unit 230 executes the event to the application. For example, the event could be to delete or disable the application.

The transmission unit 240 transmits the processing result (for example, deletion or deactivation) of the state change processing unit 230 and the information of the application to the application execution module and other modules.

The output unit 250 displays the result of the status change on the display area of the portable terminal and provides the result to the user. The output unit 250 may be the same as the output unit 170 (see FIG. 2) of the application execution module 100 (see FIG. 2).

For example, the application state change module 200 deactivates a specific application when there is a user input to deactivate the specific application. At this time, the application state change module 200 transmits the deactivated result to the application execution module 100 through the transmission unit 240, and displays the deactivated result in the display area of the portable terminal.

In the case of the prior art, there is no way to collect information about specific applications, even if they become inoperable due to deletion, deactivation or errors. Therefore, even if an application that is interoperable with an unexecutable application is not executed in the same way, the cause can not be known and measures can not be taken. However, one embodiment of the present invention can collect state change information when the state of an application is changed, which can solve the problems in the prior art.

Hereinafter, the data conversion process and the category classification and storage process will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, the processes are described as representatives of the Android platform, and data is defined as intents.

First, referring to FIG. 4, a data conversion process of the conversion unit 140 (FIG. 2) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

The converting unit 140 determines whether the first property information (main feature) of the application information included in the intent is confirmed (S101).

If the first attribute information is confirmed, the intent is converted into a replacement intent based on a mime type defined by Android and corresponding to the first attribute information (S102). The converted substitute intent has an action of invoking both the non-executable application and the first substitute application in which the first attribute information is the same because the inherent intent is the same as the first attribute information. For example, if the original intent was to invoke a music playback application execution, then the alternate intent would also invoke the music playback application execution.

Then, the conversion unit 140 transmits the replacement intent to the control unit 150 (see FIG. 2) (S103).

However, if the first attribute information of the application is not confirmed in the intent, the replacement intent is not converted, and the conversion unit 140 transmits to the controller 150 that there is no first attribute information check result.

Hereinafter, the category classification and storage process of the category manager 160 (see FIG. 2) will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

If an application is installed in the portable terminal (S201), the category manager 160 determines whether the application is installed through the application market (S202). An application market is, for example, an online place where an application can be downloaded online, such as an app store.

If the application is installed from the application market, category information of the downloaded application market is extracted (S203). The category information can be extracted from the address information of the application market. For example, when referring to the Google market, music player applications have address information such as "/ store / apps / category / MUSIC_AND_AUDIO? Feature = category-nav". In this information, "MUSIC_AND_AUDIO" becomes category information, and the extracted music player application is classified into categories related to music reproduction.

Then, the classified application is stored in the storage unit 161 (S204)

However, when the application is not downloaded from the market but installed directly into the APK file, the category is classified using the manifest information of the application since the application does not have category information.

The manifest information contains general information about the application and is defined as an xml file, such as AndroidManifest.xml. The manifest file is a file that the system must know before the application is run. The manifest file contains information about application components (Activity, Service, intents, Content provider, Broadcast Receivers).

First, the use-permission information of the manifest file of the installed application is extracted (S205). In order for an application to use various kinds of information (location information, SMS reception, dialing, address book reading, internet use, etc.) of the portable terminal, a corresponding authority is required. The permission information indicates what authorization the application requires. For example, if the application is to use a camera, permission to use the camera will be required, and permission information will be defined for camera use.

Then, it is judged whether category classification is possible through the use right information (S206). If the category can be classified, the application classified in the category of the storage unit 161 is stored (S207).

If the category information can not be categorized because the usage right information does not exist, the uses-feature information of the installed application's manifest file is extracted (S208). The used feature information is information on characteristics of the device used when the application uses the device in the portable terminal. For example, in the case of an application using a camera, it may be use feature information to use a device called a camera. At this time, if the portable terminal does not support the camera function, the application using the camera is not installed in the portable terminal.

Then, it is judged whether category classification is possible through the use feature information (S209). If the category can be classified, the application classified in the category of the storage unit 161 is stored (S210).

If there is no feature information to be used and category classification is impossible, action information of the manifest file of the installed application is extracted (S211). The first attribute information is information necessary for an installed application to interwork with another application. For example, in a manifest file written with <action android: name = "android.intent.action.VIEW" />, an action is to display the content of a particular content. In another example, when an action is recorded, such as DIAL or SEND, the action means calling or sending a message.

 Then, it is determined whether category classification is possible through the use feature information (S212). If classification is possible, the application classified in the category of the storage unit 161 is stored (S213).

If classification is not possible, you can also categorize installed applications using other information in the manifest, such as uses-sdk, uses-configuration, supports-screens, and so on.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to form more subdivided categories on the basis of all of the usage right information, usage characteristic information, and first attribute information, as described above. For example, category classification may be performed based on usage rights information, and then category classification may be added based on usage characteristic information. However, this case will be applied only to the application having the usage right information and the usage characteristic information.

When an application is classified in this manner, a manifest file of one application includes various classification information such as usage right information and usage characteristic information, so that one application can be stored in a plurality of categories. For example, if the photo album application has two functions, photo albums and photo shoots, it can be saved in both the shooting and album categories.

Hereinafter, the operation of the category manager 160 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, the category manager 160 receives a request from the control unit 150 to provide a second alternative application having the same second attribute information as the unexecutable application (S220).

The management unit 163 of the category manager 160 searches the storage unit 161 for the same category related to the unexecutable application, i.e., the second attribute information (S221). For example, if the non-executable application is a music playback application, the second media information category may have the same category as the media playback category, and the media playback category may include the video playback application.

If the same category of the second attribute information is searched, it is determined whether priority is assigned to the second alternative applications in the searched category (S222).

If the priority is specified, information of the second alternative application having the highest priority is transmitted to the control unit 150 (S223). The priority may be determined by the number of times the user has executed the application or a criterion preset by the user. If the second alternative application having the highest priority is deleted or disabled, the management unit 163 transmits information of the second alternative application having the next priority to the control unit 150. [

On the other hand, if the priority is not specified, all the second replacement application lists included in the searched category are transmitted to the control unit 150 (S224). If the second alternative application that is not executable is included in the list, the management unit 163 transmits the list except for the second executable application that is not executable to the controller 150. [

On the other hand, if the category is not found in step S221, the management unit 163 transmits information indicating that there is no search result to the control unit 150 (S225).

Hereinafter, all processes of the information providing method of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, the user is requested to execute a specific application (S300). The user can instruct execution of the application by clicking an icon or file of the application displayed on the portable terminal. At this time, the execution request from the user may be a command for requesting execution of only one specific application.

Then, it is determined whether the application is executable (S310). When based on the Android platform, executability can be determined from the intent of the application, and such intent is extracted from the package manager.

If the application is not executable, the execution request from the user requests only one application, so that additional operation of the user is required to execute the substitute application. However, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first alternative application having the same first attribute information as the unexecutable application can be searched for and executed (S320). In this case, first, it is determined whether or not the intent for executing the application requested by the user can be converted into an alternative intent. The alternative intent is converted based on the first attribute information of the application, and includes action information that calls all of the first alternative application having the same first attribute information as the unexecutable application.

However, if the first attribute information is not originally confirmed in the intent, the replacement intent can not be converted. In addition, if the first alternative applications called by the replacement intent are not present or are in an unexecutable state, the first alternative application can not be executed. Therefore, in this case, it is determined whether there is a second alternative application having the same second attribute information as the unexecutable application (S330).

At this time, the category manager 160 searches for the second replacement application. The category manager 160 includes information of groups in which information of installed or deleted applications is classified according to a category. At this time, the unexecutable application and the second attribute information are searched for the same category. The second attribute information refers to category information of the application market, manifest information (usage right information, use characteristic information, first attribute information, etc.).

If at least one second replacement application is found in the same category as the second attribute information, the retrieved second replacement application is executed (S350). Specifically, when priority is assigned to the second alternative applications in the category, the second alternative application having the highest priority is executed. On the other hand, if the priority is not specified, all second alternative application lists in the category are provided to the user, and only the second alternative application selected by the user is executed. At this time, the second alternative application that can not be executed, such as being deleted or deactivated among the second replacement applications in the searched category, is excluded from the execution target.

However, if the second alternative application is not searched in step S330, it is determined that there is no application to be executed on behalf of the application requested by the user. Therefore, an error indication is displayed to inform the user (S340).

If the application requested by the user is executable in step S310, the application is directly executed on the portable terminal (S350). In step S320, if the alternative intent is converted and the first alternative application called by the converted replacement intent is executable, the first alternative application list called by the replacement intent is provided to the user, The first alternative application is executed (S350).

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the user clicks a music file (or a music icon) to be executed (P100). At this time, it is assumed that the user input is a command that requests only one specific application.

Since the music file clicked by the user is linked to be executed by the music player 1, it is determined whether the music player 1 is executable (P200).

If the music player 1 is executable, the music file that the user clicked is played through the music player 1 (P300).

However, if the music player 1 can not be executed due to deletion, deactivation, error, or the like, it is determined whether the music player 1 and the music player 3 that are the same as the first attribute information are executable (P400).

If the music player 2 or the music player 3 is executable, the list is provided to the user, and the music file is reproduced through the music player 2 or 3 by user selection (P500).

However, if music player 2 or 3 is not executable, or if there is no alternative music reproduction player having the same first attribute information as music player 1, it is determined whether the video player is executable (P600). The video player can replace the music player because the second property information called 'media file playback' is the same as the music player. The video player may be classified and stored in the category 'media file playback' in the category manager 160, and a video player designated as the highest priority within the category may be used.

At this time, if the video player is executable, the music file is reproduced through the video player (P700).

However, if the video player is not executable or another application having the same second attribute information as the music player 1 is not searched, an error indication indicating that the selected music file is not reproducible is provided to the user (P800).

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when an application becomes unusable due to various reasons such as a specific application being deleted, deactivated, or an error occurs, an alternative application is provided to the user without further manipulation of the user, Convenience can be re-evaluated.

In the above description, it is assumed that an embodiment of the present invention is an input for requesting execution of one application in which a user input is specified. However, in the case where an application call by a user input is an intent of a substitute intent Can be applied. In this case, since the replacement application can be provided only by the category manager 160, the 'conversion unit 140' in FIG. 2 and the 'S320 step' in FIG. 7 can be omitted.

While the present invention has been described with reference to the case of an Android platform, the present invention is not limited thereto. Other embodiments of the present invention are also within the scope of the present invention.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concept of the present invention defined in the following claims are also within the scope of the present invention.

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Claims (23)

Extracting data including state information of the application according to a user input requesting execution of the application;
Determining whether the application is executable based on the extracted data; And
Receiving a first attribute information of the application and executing a first alternative application having the same first attribute information as the application if it is determined that the application is not executable;
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Wherein the step of executing the first alternative application provides a list of at least one first alternative application to the user and executes one application selected by the user in the list. delete The method according to claim 1,
The data is intent,
Wherein the step of executing the first alternative application provides the list of the first alternative applications by converting the intent into a replacement intent. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the step of executing the first alternate application comprises:
Checking first attribute information of the unexecutable application based on the extracted intent;
Converting the intent into the replacement intent with an Android mime type corresponding to the first attribute information; And
Providing the first alternative application list to the display area of the portable terminal according to the replacement intent;
And transmitting the information to the portable terminal. The method according to claim 1,
And executing a second substitute application having second attribute information identical to second attribute information of the non-executable application when the first attribute information does not exist or can not be executed To the mobile terminal. 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the step of executing the second alternative application executes the second alternative application when the first attribute information of the non-executable application is not confirmed based on the extracted data . 6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the step of executing the second substitute application is to execute the second substitute application searched by searching the second substitute application from the group in which information of the installed or deleted applications is categorized and stored according to the category, Information delivery method. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the step of executing the second alternate application comprises:
Retrieving the second alternate application from the group;
Executing a second alternative application having a highest priority when at least one second alternative application searched for is assigned a priority; And
Providing a list of the at least one second alternate application to a display area of the portable terminal if a priority is not assigned to the searched second alternate application;
The method of claim 1, 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the priority is determined by a number of times the application is executed by the user or a reference preset by the user. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the step of executing the second alternative application having the highest priority executes the second alternative application having the next highest priority if the second alternative application having the highest priority is not executable,
Wherein providing the list of the at least one second alternate application to the display area of the mobile terminal provides a list of the at least one second alternate applications except for the second alternate application that is not executable. Information delivery method. 6. The method of claim 5,
Further comprising the step of providing an error indication through the portable terminal if the first and second alternative applications are not executable or do not exist. A data extracting unit for extracting data including status information of the application according to a user input requesting execution of the application;
A determination unit determining whether the application is executable based on the extracted data; And
And a control unit for receiving the first attribute information of the application and controlling the first alternative application having the same first attribute information as the application when it is determined that the application is not executable,
Wherein the control unit provides the list of at least one first alternative application to the user and controls to execute one application selected by the user in the list. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the control unit converts the extracted data into substitute data and controls to call a list of the first substitute application. 14. The method of claim 13,
Wherein the controller verifies the first attribute information of the application based on the extracted data and converts the data into the substitute data using an Android mime type corresponding to the first attribute information Mobile terminal. 13. The method of claim 12,
Further comprising a category manager for classifying and storing information of applications installed or deleted based on the second attribute information of the applications according to a category,
Wherein the control unit calls the second alternative application from the category manager if the first alternative application is not executable. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the category manager classifies the information of the applications based on category information of the application market or manifest information of the application. 17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the manifest information of the application includes usage-permission information of the application, uses-feature information of the application, and action information of the application. 18. The method of claim 17,
The category manager,
Firstly, the information of the applications is classified according to category information of the application market, which is the source of the downloaded application,
Secondarily, when the category information does not exist, the information of the applications is classified according to the use-permission information,
Thirdly, the information of the applications is classified according to the uses-feature information,
And fourthly, the portable terminal classifies the information of the applications according to the action information. 16. The method of claim 15,
The category manager,
A receiving unit for receiving status change information regarding deletion or installation of an application;
A storage unit for storing information of installed or deleted applications; And
A management unit for classifying the applications according to a category and transferring a second alternative application called from the storage unit to the control unit by removing the deleted application in consideration of the status change information;
The mobile terminal comprising: 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the category manager prioritizes the second alternative applications of the same category and transmits the second alternative application of the highest priority according to the call of the controller. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the category manager provides a list of second alternative applications searched according to a call of the control unit. 16. The method of claim 15,
Further comprising a transfer unit for transferring status change information of the application to the category manager when an arbitrary application is deleted or installed. 16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the control unit provides an error indication through the portable terminal when the first and second alternative applications are not executable or do not exist.

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