KR20110024212A - Method and system for setting timer function that each application can have separate level - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for setting timer function per applications is provided to set timer function for each application of a mobile terminal thereby checking using time of each application. CONSTITUTION: If a timer function setup mode is requested, a mobile terminal checks allocation information allocated for each application(2001,2003). According to the allocation information, the mobile terminal constitutes and provides an interface(2005). The mobile terminal detects an interaction inputted to a GUI(Graphical User Interface) region of the interface(2007). According to the interaction, the mobile terminal controls the increase or decrease of allocation information of at least one or more specific application(2011). The mobile terminal renews the changed allocation information, and provide the renewed information(2015).

Description

Method and system for setting timer function by application {METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SETTING TIMER FUNCTION THAT EACH APPLICATION CAN HAVE SEPARATE LEVEL}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for setting a timer function for each application, which sets a timer function for each application of the mobile terminal and enables execution of each application by the use time distributed according to the timer function. .

Recently, due to the rapid development of communication technology, the function of the mobile terminal is gradually expanded, and accordingly, various user interfaces (UI) and various functions using the same are provided.

In particular, the portable terminal is provided with a number of additional functions such as watching a video, watching digital broadcasts, surfing the Internet, and playing games according to the increase in capacity of an internal / external memory. These additional features are features that users can use for a long time. Therefore, the remaining battery capacity after the use of the additional functions is rapidly reduced, the battery can be discharged quickly in a situation unintended by the user, it is difficult for the user to recognize the battery discharge state. As a result, there are many problems in using each of the additional functions.

Accordingly, the existing portable terminal provides a function of limiting the execution of a specific application of the portable terminal according to the remaining battery, thereby allowing the user to increase the battery usage time. That is, when the battery level falls below the set threshold, the execution of a specific application is restricted to prevent the battery from being completely exhausted.

However, the above limiting function is not set individually for each application of the mobile terminal, but when the total battery capacity falls below a predetermined reference value, all registered applications are restricted. In this manner, although a specific application can be used, the execution of all applications is limited regardless of the amount of power used by each application. In addition, in the limited function as described above, it is not possible to check information on how much battery is left during the use of a specific application, how much time can be used, and the like.

An object of the present invention is to provide a user interface for setting a timer function for each application of a mobile terminal, and a setting method and system thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for setting a timer function for each application of a mobile terminal, and enabling each application to be executed by a usage time distributed according to the timer function.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a method and system for allowing the use of each application to be individually restricted according to the corresponding allocation information allocated to each application.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system that can intuitively provide usable information on each application by allocation information allocated to each application.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for setting a timer function for each application to limit the use of the corresponding application that expires when the set time expires, and to enable normal use of the remaining applications.

A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, and provides a user interface for providing allocation information for each application, the user interface for receiving an interaction for distribution of the allocation information for each application; Control means for processing the increase and decrease of the allocation information for each application in accordance with the interaction, and controls the use of each application in response to the allocation information distributed.

In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for setting a timer function for each application, the method comprising: checking allocation information allocated to each application when a timer function setting mode is requested; Providing and configuring an interface according to the allocation information; Detecting an interaction input into a graphical user interface (GUI) area of the interface; Controlling increase / decrease of allocation information of at least one specific application according to the interaction; And updating and providing allocation information changed according to the interaction.

As described above, according to the method and apparatus for setting the timer function for each application proposed by the present invention, the user can intuitively check the usage time for each application, and the battery is completely lost in the situation where the user is not aware of the excessive use of each application. There is an advantage that can be prevented in advance. That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to solve the problem that the use of other applications is restricted due to excessive use of a specific application.

In addition, according to the present invention, even if the use of a specific application is limited, the remaining applications can be used normally according to allocation information allocated to each application. In addition, when the use of a specific application is limited, the allocation information allocated to the other applications is recovered and further distributed to the specific application where the use is restricted, thereby increasing the use of each application according to the needs of the user. I can regulate it.

In addition, when using the additional function of the portable terminal, the battery capacity for the unique function of the portable terminal can be ensured by using only within the allocated allocation information. Accordingly, the user can use the additional function more comfortably. That is, the user may relieve anxiety that the use of the unique function of the mobile terminal may be restricted due to battery consumption due to the use of the additional function.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in the drawings, the same components are denoted by the same reference symbols as possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may blur the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

The present invention proposes a method and apparatus for setting a timer function for each application of a mobile terminal to individually limit the use time of each application.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the timer function setting is to allocate an available time for each application. The timer function setting may be set in consideration of the capacity of the portable terminal battery, the amount of current used per unit time of each application, and the like. In addition, the usable time may be provided as intuitive information by converting the amount of current distributed to the corresponding application into a time value. In addition, the usable time may be provided as intuitive information by converting a distribution ratio (percentage) distributed to a corresponding application as a time value to a total battery capacity (or capacity allocated to an application group).

In an embodiment of the present invention, a timer function is set for each of the various applications of the mobile terminal, and when the application of which the timer function is set runs, the execution of the application is terminated when the time allocated to the application expires.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention proposes a user interface (UI) for setting a timer function for each application and an operation method thereof. That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a user allocates an available time for each application of the portable terminal, and the application being used reaches the available time, a setting UI for a function for limiting the use of the application; We propose user interaction according to the setting.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, when the time allocated by setting the timer function for each application expires, that is, when the amount of current corresponding to the time allocated to the application is exhausted, the application is terminated. Can be. Therefore, the user may use as much of the available time of the application as for the specific application in which the timer function is set. Thereafter, the mobile terminal restricts the use of the corresponding application when the timer of the corresponding application expires, thereby enabling the use of other applications. Accordingly, in the present invention, while reducing the overall battery usage due to the user's indiscriminate use of the application, it is possible to enable normal use for the remaining applications.

Here, the application in which the timer is set may be designated according to the frequency of use of the application of the user, the amount of current consumption per unit time of each application, or the user's arbitrary setting. In addition, the application in which the timer is set may be defined and provided for each mobile terminal manufacturer, and edits such as modification, deletion, and addition may be performed by a user.

Next, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a setting UI and a setting interaction thereof for a function for limiting usage time for each application will be described. However, it should be noted that the portable terminal of the present invention and its control operation are not limited to the contents described below, and thus can be applied to various embodiments based on the following embodiments.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of an interface for designating an application group in a mobile terminal and distributing battery capacity for each application group according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is divided into a main application group used as a main part of a mobile terminal and an additional application group additionally used in a mobile terminal, and a timer function is set for each group. An example is shown. Therefore, the user may allocate the amount of current available for each application group such as the main application group and the additional application group in the mobile terminal.

The grouping of these applications may be set in the terminal which is divided into an original function and an additional function specialized for a specific function. For example, the present invention may be applied to a terminal having a specific function (communication related) such as a mobile communication terminal. That is, in the case of a mobile communication terminal, communication-related applications such as calls, video calls, and text transmission / reception are mainly used, and applications related to additional functions such as digital broadcast playback, Internet, video, game, camera, music playback, etc. are additionally added. It can be used as.

Here, the main application group and the additional application group are not necessarily defined as described above. Of course, the additional application group may be used as the main and the main application group may be used as a sub according to the user.

In addition, the main application group is not necessarily limited to the functions related to the communication as described above. That is, the main application group may be variously set according to the type of mobile terminal. For example, when the mobile terminal is a mobile communication terminal as described above, applications related to a communication function may be defined as a main application group, and when the mobile terminal is a digital broadcast reception terminal, an application related to a digital broadcast reception and reproduction function. Can be defined as the main application group. In addition, when the mobile terminal omits division by a specific application group, it is a matter of course that all applications provided by the mobile terminal may be defined as one group.

Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 10, reference numeral 30, and reference numeral 50 denote various forms of an interface provided by the present invention. The interface form of the present invention may be provided in the form of a pie chart in which data is displayed in a circular chart as in reference numeral 10, or the data in a bar chart as in reference numerals 30 and 50. It can be provided as an interface in the form of a bar chart.

In addition, although omitted in FIG. 1, the interface form of the present invention may provide the pie chart and the bar chart in three dimensions (3D) in addition to the pie chart and bar chart shapes. That is, it can of course also be provided as an interface in the form of a 3D pie chart or 3D bar chart. In addition, the interface form of the present invention may be provided using various interfaces such as a donut form, a balloon form, a staircase form, a mixed form, and the like. Such an interface form may be predefined in the mobile terminal, and may be provided in any one form according to a user setting.

Reference numeral 110 denotes an indicator area that provides various items of the mobile terminal use state as a set item (icon, text, etc.). The indicator area 110 may provide various items according to the type of the mobile terminal, and may be omitted depending on the type of the mobile terminal.

Reference numeral 115 denotes an example of a battery item that provides a degree of battery consumption of the mobile terminal in the indicator area 110. The battery item 115 may basically provide an overall degree of battery consumption of the mobile terminal through a graphic change. In addition, the battery item 115 may be used as an item for providing only battery consumption information for the main application group divided as described above, that is, a function provided as a main device in the mobile terminal.

Reference numeral 130 has an allocation area (e.g., partition area in the circle, individual bar object) divided by application (in the application group in FIG. 1), and the application information and the allocation information for the corresponding application in each allocation area. Graphical user interface (GUI) area is provided. Here, the application information may be provided as an application group name or an application name. The allocation information corresponds to battery usage information allocated for the corresponding application and may be provided as at least one object among a percentage value, a time value, and a current amount value. In this case, the allocation information may be provided as a text object such as a percentage value, a time value, and an amount of current value, an image object by dividing the allocation area, and the like.

The GUI area 130 provides a visual effect in which the application information or the allocation information is changed in response to a user interaction. For example, when an interaction for changing application information occurs, a screen for changing application information in a corresponding allocation area may be provided. In addition, when an interaction for changing allocation information of a specific application occurs, a visual effect in which corresponding allocation information is increased or decreased according to the interaction may be provided. In this case, in response to the increase or decrease of the allocation information, the allocation information for the remaining applications except for the specific application may also provide a visual effect that changes according to the interaction.

That is, the GUI area 130, the size of each allocation area is adaptively changed according to the user interaction, and provides the allocation information for each application that is changed according to the interaction when the size of the allocation area according to the interaction changes. .

In the example of FIG. 1, two groups (first group and second group) are designated and at least one application is included in each group as an example. Accordingly, in the GUI area 130 of FIG. 1, application information (ie, corresponding group name) for each group and allocation information allocated to each group are provided in a percentage form. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a first group name (eg, an additional application group), battery allocation information (eg, 47%) assigned thereto, a second group name (eg, a main application group), and an allocation thereof Battery allocation information (eg, 53%) may be provided.

Reference numeral 150 denotes an information area that provides battery status information, application information, and allocation information according to the type of interface. The information area 150 may include a first information area of 151 and / or a second information area of 153, and the second information area 153 is provided in the GUI area 130. It may be omitted according to the allocation information. The information area 150 provides the battery state information consumed relative to the total battery capacity through the first information area 151, and application information and / or allocation information allocated to each allocation area of the GUI area 130. Is provided through the second information area 153.

In the first information area 151, the battery status information, that is, the total battery capacity consumed (or a percentage of remaining power) of the entire battery capacity of the mobile terminal or the corresponding group may be provided in a bar form.

The second information area 153 provides application information and allocation information on an application allocated to each allocation area of the GUI area 130 according to the interface type. The allocation information in the second information area 153 may be included and provided in the GUI area according to the form of the interface provided as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 to be described later. That is, in FIG. 1, the second information area 153 represents an area for providing application information included in each group divided in the GUI area 130, and the second information area 153 is described later in FIGS. 2 and 3. The information area 153 may be provided as an area for providing application information and / or allocation information according to the interface type, or may be omitted.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 1, as shown by reference numeral 151, the battery is in a fully charged state, and as shown by reference numeral 130, the first group (additional application group) and the second group (main application). The allocation information allocated to the group) is provided as a percentage value, and an allocation ratio for each group is 47% for the first group and 53% for the second group.

In addition, as shown by reference numeral 153, applications that limit the battery usage time belonging to the first group, that is, the additional application group, are applications such as digital broadcasting, internet, video, and games such as digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB). For example, the applications belonging to the second group, that is, the main application group, for limiting battery usage time are calls, video calls, and text transmission / reception.

Therefore, the user can use up to a time (or current amount) within 53% of the total battery capacity for applications belonging to the main application group, and within 47% of the total battery capacity for applications belonging to the additional application group. It can use until time (or amount of electric current) to make. This example will be described with reference to Table 1 below.

As shown in Table 1, Table 1 shows that the total battery capacity of the mobile terminal is 1500 mA, the allocated current amount allocated to the main application group is 800 mA, which is 53% of the total battery capacity, and is allocated to additional applications. For example, the allocated current amount is 700 mA, which is 47% of the total battery capacity.

In this case, the amount of current allocated to each application group may initially be based on a value set at the time of manufacturing the mobile terminal, and may be variously changed according to a user setting. In addition, although FIG. 1 and Table 1 illustrate that the allocation information provided to the user is represented as a percentage value according to the allocated current amount, this is based on the corresponding percentage (or current amount) for easy identification of the user. Of course it can be provided in terms of the time value according to. Here, the method of changing according to the user setting and the method of providing the time value will be described with reference to the drawings.

Therefore, the user can use each application belonging to the main application group until 800 mA corresponding to 53% of the total battery capacity is reached, and the additional application group until 700 mA corresponding to 47% of the total battery capacity is reached. Each application belonging to can be used.

For example, when the user exhausts the capacity of the 700 mA, which is the allocated current amount of each application in the additional application group, the use of each application in the additional application group may be limited. In this case, when the amount of current allocated to the main application group remains, use of the main application group may continue. In addition, of course, the amount of the allocated current of the main application group may be additionally allocated to the additional application group by a predetermined subtraction (some number of times). Of course, it is also possible to reverse the above.

As shown in FIG. 1 and <Table 1>, the user differentially distributes the battery capacity to the main application group and the additional application group according to the use type of the mobile terminal, so that the battery is completely discharged when the specific application is executed. This situation can be prevented.

Meanwhile, although omitted in FIG. 1 and Table 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in allocating the current amount, other groups may be added as shown in Table 2 below.

As shown in Table 2, Table 2 shows that the total battery capacity of the portable terminal is 1500 mA, and the allocated current amount allocated to the main application group is 700 mA, which is 47% of the total battery capacity. An example is a case where the allocated current amount is 700 mA, which is 47% of the total battery capacity, and the allocated current amount which is allocated to other groups is 100 mA, which is 6% of the total battery capacity.

Here, the other group may represent a group of remaining applications and functions that do not belong to the main application group and the additional application group among applications supported by the mobile terminal. This distribution allows the user to set battery usage limits for all applications. In addition, by setting the other group separately as described above, by managing the amount of current consumed by the execution of the application that does not belong to the main or additional application group, such as portable terminal on / off, to be exhausted to the amount of current allocated to the other group, more accurate And efficient battery management may be possible.

On the other hand, the present invention has been divided into the main application group and the additional application group, and the example of distributing battery capacity for each application group has been described. Next, an operation of setting a timer function for each application included in the additional application group defined as described above will be described. That is, the setting operation of limiting the use time for each application will be described.

In this case, it is assumed that the amount of current allocated to each application of the additional application group is distributed within 47%, that is, 700 mA allocated to the additional application group in the description with reference to FIG. 1 and Table 1. Here, in the state as shown in FIG. 1, a user may interact with each application in the main application group or the additional application group through an interaction (for example, a double tap interaction) to select the main application group or the additional application group. Individual timer functions can be set. However, the present invention can be operated by setting the timer function corresponding to the total battery capacity for at least one application provided by the mobile terminal, without distinguishing between the main application group and the additional application group as described above.

Hereinafter, an operation of setting a timer function for each application in the additional application group will be described.

2 and 3 illustrate examples of an interface for setting a timer function for each application in a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a pie chart type interface, and FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a bar chart type interface. Accordingly, FIG. 2 has a pie-type GUI area 230 in which each application is distinguished in one circle, as shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows a separate bar as shown in FIG. It may have a bar type GUI area 330 which is distinguished by an object.

2 and 3 have a difference in that allocation information provided to the GUI areas 230 and 330 or the information areas 250 and 350 is provided as a time value rather than a percentage form in comparison with FIG. 1. In addition, in the bar chart type interface of FIG. 3, the second information area may be omitted. Therefore, except for the above-described differences, the description of each configuration of FIGS. 2 and 3 may correspond to FIG. 1. Therefore, hereinafter, a detailed description of the operation corresponding to the description of FIG. 1 will be omitted.

2 and 3, reference numeral 210 and reference numeral 310 indicate an indicator area for providing various items of information on the use state of the mobile terminal as a set item. Reference numeral 230 and reference numeral 330 have an allocation area for each application and indicate a GUI area for providing application information and / or allocation information for the corresponding application in each allocation area. Reference numeral 250 and reference numeral 350 denote information areas for providing battery status information, application information, and / or allocation information according to the type of interface.

In particular, in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the GUI areas 230 and 330 are time information obtained by converting allocation information allocated to each application as compared with FIG. Minute unit). Here, the initial value of the time information set for each application may follow a value set in consideration of the total battery capacity of the corresponding mobile terminal, the amount of current used per unit time of each application, etc., when the portable terminal is manufactured. Of course, it can be changed.

In addition, the applications illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 are examples of digital broadcasting (eg, DMB) applications, Internet applications, video applications, and game applications corresponding to the additional application group of FIG. 1.

Here, the applications shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 may be applications set when the mobile terminal is manufactured or applications set by user specification. For example, the applications may be composed of applications having a large amount of current used per unit time, or may be composed of applications according to a frequency of use of a user. Each of the applications may be prioritized by the amount of current used per unit time, the frequency of use of the user, or user designation. This will be described with reference to an example as shown in Table 3 below.

As shown in Table 3, each of the applications has an amount of current used per unit time. This may be determined differently for each application applied to the portable terminal, and information on the amount of current used per unit time for each application may be provided when the portable terminal is manufactured. In addition, as shown in Table 3, initial allocation information may be provided for each application. The allocation information may be provided in any one of a percentage, time, and amount of current. In FIGS. 2 and 3, the allocation information is provided as a time value among the allocation information. The allocation information may be provided as an initial setting value considering the amount of current used per unit time of each application of the mobile terminal, and may be changed according to a user setting.

In Table 3, values of the amount of use current and allocation information per unit time are schematically shown for convenience of description, and the above values may be determined and provided at the time of manufacture of the mobile terminal.

In this case, the sum of the amount of current allocated to each application in the <Table 3> is distributed so as to be included within 700 mA, which is the maximum amount of current allocated to the additional application group by the above-mentioned <Table 1>. That is, as shown in Table 1, it is assumed that the total battery capacity of the portable terminal is 1500 mA and the capacity allocated to the additional application group is 700 mA. Therefore, the allocation information (eg, available time) for each application may be set in such a manner that the sum of the allocation current amounts for each application does not exceed the maximum use current amount of 700 mA.

For example, referring to FIGS. 2, 3, and 3, in the case of the DMB application, 300 mA corresponding to 43% of the maximum amount of current used (700 mA) is allocated, and this is performed per unit time of the DMB application. In consideration of the amount of current used (400mA), the time allocated to the time value can be 45 minutes. In addition, in the case of the Internet application, 100 mA corresponding to 14% of the maximum amount of current used (700 mA) is allocated, and when the converted time value in consideration of the amount of current used (250 mA) per unit time of the Internet application is allocated to a time value 24 Can be minutes. In addition, in the case of the video application, 200 mA corresponding to 29% of the maximum amount of current used (700 mA) is allocated, and when the converted into a time value in consideration of the amount of use current (300 mA) per unit time of the video application, the allocation time is 40 Can be minutes. In addition, in the case of the game application, 100 mA corresponding to 14% of the maximum amount of current used (700 mA) is allocated. Can be minutes.

Here, it may not be easy for the user to distinguish the available time for the corresponding application by the amount of current or the percentage. Therefore, in the interface actually provided to the user, it may be desirable to provide by time value as shown in Table 3, FIG. 2 and FIG.

Next, an operation of setting allocation information for each application based on the user interaction based on the information in Table 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A to 22. In this case, hereinafter, the interface provided in the pie type and the interface provided in the bar type will be described as an example. In addition, hereinafter, a mobile terminal of the present invention includes a touch screen, and a representative example will be described in which the user interaction is input through the touch screen.

That is, when the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a touch screen, the allocation information may be changed by directly generating an interaction in the GUI area of the chart or the GUI area of the bar chart. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the operation of the touch screen, and the present invention can be applied to a mobile terminal that does not include the touch screen. Therefore, when the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention does not include a touch screen, the user may select an application to control the interaction with a specific application selected and selected by an operation according to a key combination such as a selection key / direction key. May occur.

4A to 4C illustrate examples of an interaction input method for changing allocation information for each application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In particular, FIGS. 4A to 4C illustrate examples of a user interaction input method in the GUI area of the chart interface.

4A to 4C, reference numeral 410 schematically illustrates a GUI area provided in a pie chart interface, and reference numeral 430 and 450 denote a dividing line for dividing each allocation area of the GUI area. . The range of each allocation area is defined through the dividing lines 430 and 450, and thus, allocation information may be intuitively provided according to the size of each allocation area.

First, an operation S411 to S417 of FIG. 4A is an example of an operation process of selecting an application to be changed and increasing or decreasing allocation information of the selected application by using an interaction occurring in the dividing line of the reference numeral 430. It is shown.

Referring to FIG. 4A, as indicated by reference numeral S411, a user may input an interaction for selecting an application to change allocation information. In this case, the interaction may be input to a dividing line 430 that distinguishes a first area of a corresponding application for which allocation information is to be changed from a second area of an application located in a next area of the first area.

That is, in FIG. 4A, an application for which the allocation information is to be changed may be selected by using the dividing line 430 for dividing an area between two applications as described above, and an interaction occurring in the dividing line 430. It is possible to change the allocation information for the application. In this case, the mobile terminal may define an application of a region located in the counterclockwise direction as the selection application based on the dividing line where the interaction occurs.

In this case, the method of identifying the selection application by the mobile terminal may identify the application of the region located in the counterclockwise direction as the selection application based on the dividing line where the interaction occurs.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S413, the user may move the interaction occurring in the dividing line 430 in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. In this case, in FIG. 4A, when the interaction moves in a clockwise direction, it may be defined that allocation information of the application increases as indicated by reference numeral S415. In addition, when the interaction moves counterclockwise, it may be defined that the allocation information of the application decreases as indicated by reference numeral S417. That is, it is possible to control the increase and decrease of the allocation information according to the movement of the dividing line 430 in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction due to the interaction.

In the interaction input method described with reference to FIG. 4A, the application in the counterclockwise direction of the dividing line is defined as the selected application. Therefore, the application selected by the dividing line 430 and the application selected by the dividing line 450 may be different from each other. That is, when an interaction occurs in the dividing line 450, the mobile terminal designates the corresponding application in the counterclockwise direction of the dividing line 450 as the selected application, and controls the increase and decrease of allocation information of the corresponding application.

Next, in step S421 to step S427 of FIG. 4B, the application is selected through an interaction occurring in an area to which the application is allocated, and using an interaction occurring in the dividing line of reference numeral 430, the selection of the selected application is performed. An example of an operation process of increasing or decreasing allocation information is shown.

Referring to FIG. 4B, as indicated by reference numeral S421, the user may input an interaction for selecting an application to change allocation information. In this case, the interaction may be input to a corresponding allocation area to which an application to be changed is allocated. After the user designates the selected application by the interaction, the user may input an interaction for increasing or decreasing allocation information on any one of the dividing lines 430 and 450 which designate the range of the allocation area. In this case, it is assumed that the interaction is input to the dividing line of reference numeral 430 in FIG. 4B.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S423, the user may move the interaction occurring in the dividing line 430 in the outward direction (clockwise) or inward direction (counterclockwise) of the selected allocation area. In this case, in FIG. 4B, when the interaction moves outward of the range of the allocation area, the allocation information of the application may be increased as indicated by reference numeral S425. In addition, it may be defined that the allocation information of the application decreases as indicated by reference numeral S427 when the interaction moves inward of the range of the allocation area. That is, the increase or decrease of the allocation information can be controlled according to the state in which the interaction proceeds in the inside or the outside of the range of the allocation area.

Next, in step S431 to step S437 of FIG. 4C, the application is selected through an interaction occurring in an area to which the application is allocated, and using an interaction occurring in a division line of 450, the selection of the selected application. An example of an operation process of increasing or decreasing allocation information is shown.

Referring to FIG. 4C, as indicated by reference numeral S431, the user may input an interaction for selecting an application to change allocation information. In this case, the interaction may be input to a corresponding allocation area to which an application to be changed is allocated. After the user designates the selected application by the interaction, the user may input an interaction for increasing or decreasing allocation information on any one of the dividing lines 430 and 450 which designate the range of the allocation area. In this case, it is assumed that the interaction is input to the dividing line of reference numeral 450 in FIG. 4C.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S433, the user may move the interaction occurring in the dividing line 450 in a direction outward (counterclockwise) or inward direction (clockwise) of the selected allocation area. In this case, in FIG. 4C, when the interaction moves out of the range of the allocation area, the allocation information of the application may be increased as indicated by reference numeral S435. In addition, it may be defined that the allocation information of the application decreases as indicated by reference numeral S437 when the interaction moves inward of the range of the allocation area. That is, the increase or decrease of the allocation information can be controlled according to the state in which the interaction proceeds in the inside or the outside of the range of the allocation area.

As described above, in FIG. 4A, a selection application is designated according to an interaction for selecting a division line for dividing each allocation area, and the allocation information of the corresponding application can be controlled by one division line designated by the selection application. Can be. On the other hand, in the case of FIGS. 4B and 4C, a selection application is designated according to an interaction occurring in each allocation area, and allocation information of the corresponding application is defined by at least one of two separation lines separating the division areas of the selection application. You can control the increase or decrease.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an interaction input method for changing allocation information for each application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. In particular, FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a user interaction input method in the GUI area of the bar chart interface.

As shown in FIG. 5, reference numeral 510 schematically illustrates a GUI area provided in a bar chart interface, and reference numeral 530 indicates a bar-type allocation area that intuitively provides a degree (range) of allocation information. Reference numeral 550 denotes a bar-shaped information area that provides application information on a corresponding application whose use is restricted according to the allocation information. The allocation area 530 and the information area 550 are provided differently from each other (color discrimination, hatching discrimination, altitude discrimination, etc.) in one bar object, and are allocated between the allocation area 530 and the information area 550. A ratio may be provided in proportion to the allocation information.

Referring to FIG. 5, as indicated by reference numeral S511, a user may input an interaction for selecting a bar object provided with an application to change allocation information. In this case, the user may identify a desired bar object based on the application information provided in the information area 550, and input the interaction into the allocation area 530 of the corresponding bar object. In this case, the interaction may be input at a boundary between the allocation area 530 and the information area 550, or anywhere in one area of the allocation area 530.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S513, the user may move the interaction occurring in the allocation area 530 in the left direction or the right direction. In this case, when the bar object is provided in the vertical direction, the interaction may move in an upward direction or a downward direction. In FIG. 5, when the interaction moves in the right direction, it may be defined that allocation information of the application increases as indicated by reference numeral S515. In addition, it may be defined that the allocation information of the application decreases as indicated by reference numeral S517 when the interaction moves to the left direction. That is, the increase or decrease of the allocation information may be controlled according to a state in which the movement of the interaction proceeds in the left direction or the right direction in the allocation area 530.

Next, an operation of increasing / decreasing allocation information for each application corresponding to the interaction input method of the present invention as described above with reference to FIGS. 4A to 5 will be described.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of changing allocation information allocated to each application in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention according to an interaction.

As shown in FIG. 6, FIG. 6 illustrates an example of increasing allocation information (allocation time) for one application according to a user interaction. 6 illustrates an operation according to a user interaction in a pie chart type interface.

On the other hand, when the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a touch screen, allocation information (eg, allocation) for a specific application according to an interaction input directly into the GUI area 650 of the interface of the pie chart of FIG. 6. Time) can be increased or decreased. Here, the interaction is an input generated on the touch screen and may include input gestures such as touch, tap, drag, move, and the like. In addition, when the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention does not include a touch screen, the user may adjust the allocation information for the specific application selected and selected by the application according to a key combination such as a selection key / direction key. Interactions can be entered. Hereinafter, a portable terminal of the present invention includes a touch screen, and an operation operation according to an interaction using the touch screen will be described as an example.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user may change an allocation information in the GUI area 650, that is, input an interaction for selecting an application for which the allocation time is to be increased. In this case, the interaction may be input to a dividing line 610 that separates an area between a first application to be changed and a second application located in a next area of the first application.

For example, as indicated by reference numeral S611, when the user wants to change the allocation information of the DMB application, the user may input an interaction on the dividing line 610 that separates the area of the DMB application from the area of the Internet application. .

Next, as indicated by the reference numeral S611 and the reference numeral S613, the user can move the interaction occurring in the dividing line 610 in the clockwise direction. At this time, when the interaction is moved in the clockwise direction to request allocation information increase, as indicated by reference numeral S613, allocation information of the application is increased by a value corresponding to the movement of the interaction.

Here, as indicated by the reference numeral S611 and the reference numeral S613, when increasing the allocation information for a particular one of the presented applications, the allocation information for the remaining applications is reduced. That is, when the allocation time for the one specific application is increased according to the interaction, the allocation time for the one specific application is decreased by the remaining applications except the one application. At this time, the increase and decrease of the allocation information of each application may be reduced in proportion to the increase within the total battery capacity given to the applications. This example will be described with reference to Table 4 below.

Referring to FIG. 6 with reference to <Table 4>, the application that the user wants to increase allocation information is a DMB application, and the allocation information is increased to 60 minutes for the DMB application, that is, in contrast to <Table 3>. An example of using the available time as the 60 minutes by increasing the time allocated to the existing 45 minutes by 15 minutes will be described as an example.

Accordingly, the user may select the DMB application in the GUI area 650 of the chart interface of FIG. 6. In this case, the selection of the DMB application may be selected by an interaction occurring in a corresponding allocation area or division line 610 to which the DMB application is allocated, as described in the description with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4C.

6 illustrates an example in which an interaction occurs in the dividing line 610 based on FIG. 4A. Therefore, the user designates the DMB application as an interaction occurring in the dividing line 610, and then increases allocation information up to a desired value (ie, 60 minutes) as an interaction of dragging the dividing line 610 in a clockwise direction. have. In this case, when the allocation information is increased, a visual effect is provided in which allocation information is gradually increased in response to the movement of the interaction in a clockwise direction. That is, a change in allocation information can be adaptively provided according to a change in interaction.

As shown in Table 4, if the user assumes that the existing 45-minute allotted time for the DMB application is increased to 15 minutes by 15 minutes, the amount of current required to increase the 15 minutes, i.e. In addition, the amount of current required to increase the 15-minute allocation time of the DMB application is 100 mA. This may be calculated by 400 mA, which is an amount of current used per unit time of the DMB application. Accordingly, the portable terminal can cover the required current amount of 100 mA in the remaining applications (internet application, video application, game application) except the DMB application.

In this case, the portable terminal may automatically decrease the time of the application in the order of low priority among the remaining applications. For example, as shown in Table 4 above, when the priority is determined in the order of the Internet application, the video application, and the game application, the ratio is determined according to the number of remaining applications, such as 2: 3: 5, respectively. The 100 mA may be covered by subtracting the existing allocated current amount.

The mobile terminal can convert the amount of current to be subtracted for each application as a time value as described above (see the allocation time field in Table 4). Subsequently, the portable terminal displays each allocated time as shown in Table 4 as shown in FIG. That is, as indicated by reference numeral S613, the respective allocation times are adaptively changed according to user interaction. In addition, the change of the allocation times can be intuitively provided through the visual effects such as changing the size (width) and text of the allocation area of each application.

Thereafter, when the interaction is terminated (eg, when the touch on the touch screen is released) in the state provided with reference numeral S613, the portable terminal may store allocation information for each application that is finally changed.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of changing allocation information allocated to each application according to an interaction in a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, FIG. 7 illustrates an example of increasing allocation information (allocation time) for one application according to user interaction. Here, FIG. 7 illustrates an operation according to a user interaction in a bar chart type interface.

On the other hand, when the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a touch screen, allocation information (eg, allocation time) for a specific application according to an interaction input directly into the GUI area 750 of the bar chart interface of FIG. 7. ) Can be increased or decreased. Here, the interaction is an input generated on the touch screen and may include input gestures such as touch, tap, drag, and move. In addition, when the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention does not include a touch screen, the user may adjust the allocation information for the specific application selected and selected by the application according to a key combination such as a selection key / direction key. Interactions can be entered. Hereinafter, a portable terminal of the present invention includes a touch screen, and an operation operation according to an interaction using the touch screen will be described as an example.

Referring to FIG. 7, the user may input an interaction for changing the allocation information in the GUI area 750, that is, selecting an application for increasing the allocation time. In this case, the selection may be input to the allocation area 710 of the bar object to be changed.

For example, as indicated by reference numeral S711, when the user wants to change the allocation information of the DMB application, the user may input an interaction in the allocation area 710 of the bar object to which the DMB application is allocated.

Next, as shown by the reference numeral S711 and the reference numeral S713, the user can move the interaction occurring in the allocation area 710 in the right direction. At this time, when the interaction is moved in the right direction requesting an increase in allocation information, the allocation information of the application is increased by a value corresponding to the movement of the interaction as indicated by reference numeral S713.

Here, as indicated by the reference numeral S711 and the reference numeral S713, when increasing the allocation information for a particular one of the applications presented, the allocation information for the remaining applications is reduced. That is, when the allocation time for the one specific application is increased according to the interaction, the allocation time for the one specific application is decreased by the remaining applications except the one application. At this time, the increase and decrease of the allocation information of each application may be reduced in proportion to the increase within the total battery capacity given to the applications. This example will be described with reference to Table 4 above.

Referring to FIG. 7 with reference to <Table 4>, the application that the user wants to increase allocation information is a DMB application, and the allocation information is increased to 60 minutes for the DMB application, that is, in contrast to <Table 3>. As an example, an example in which the existing time allocated to 45 minutes is increased by 15 minutes and used as 60 minutes will be described.

Accordingly, the user may select the DMB application in the GUI area 750 of the bar chart interface of FIG. 7. In this case, the selection of the DMB application may be selected by an interaction occurring in a corresponding bar object to which the DMB application is allocated, as described in the description with reference to FIG. 5.

In FIG. 7, an interaction occurs in the allocation area 710 of the bar object based on FIG. 5. Therefore, the user designates the DMB application as an interaction occurring in the allocation area 710, and then increases allocation information to a desired value (ie, 60 minutes) by a moving gesture of dragging the interaction in the right direction. have. At this time, when the allocation information is increased, a visual effect is provided in which allocation information is gradually increased in response to the movement in the right direction of the interaction. That is, a change in allocation information can be adaptively provided according to a change in interaction.

If it is assumed that the user increases the existing 45-minute allocated time for the DMB application to 15 minutes by increasing the existing 45 minutes, as shown in Table 4, that is, the amount of current required to increase the 15 minutes, The amount of current required to increase the 15-minute allocation time of the DMB application is 100 mA. This may be calculated by 400 mA, which is an amount of current used per unit time of the DMB application. Therefore, the mobile terminal can cover the required current amount of 100 mA in the remaining applications (internet application, video application, game application) except the DMB application.

In this case, the portable terminal may automatically decrease the time of the application in the order of low priority among the remaining applications. For example, as shown in Table 4 above, when the priority is determined in the order of the Internet application, the video application, and the game application, the ratio is determined according to the number of remaining applications, such as 2: 3: 5, respectively. The 100 mA may be covered by subtracting the existing allocated current amount.

The mobile terminal can convert the amount of current to be subtracted for each application as a time value as described above (see the allocation time field in Table 4). Subsequently, the mobile terminal displays each allocated time as shown in Table 4 as shown in FIG. That is, as indicated by the reference numeral S713, the respective allocation times are adaptively changed according to user interaction. The change of the allocation times can be intuitively provided through the visual effects such as the change of the allocation area size (length) and the text change of each application.

Subsequently, when the interaction ends (eg, when the touch on the touch screen is released) in the state provided with reference numeral S713, the portable terminal may store allocation information for each application that is finally changed.

On the other hand, in the description with reference to Figures 6 and 7, an example of differentially subtracting the required amount of current by a predetermined ratio according to the priority for the remaining applications, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. . Therefore, a method of subtracting the required amount of the current of 100mA for the remaining applications on average, or a method of subtracting the required current amount of the 100mA in order of lower priority according to the priority, to the maximum amount of current supported by the application ( That is, a method of sequentially supplying the required amount of current in order of low priority may be used. Here, an example of a method of covering the required current amount in the order of low priority is shown in Table 5 below.

As shown in <Table 5>, <Table 5> increases the allocation information allocated to the video application from 40 minutes to 90 minutes, that is, the time allocated to the existing 40 minutes compared to the <Table 3>. An example of the case where the available time is used as the 90 minutes by increasing the 50 minutes is shown. As such, the amount of current required to increase the 50-minute allocation time of the video application is 150 mA. This may be calculated by 300 mA, which is an amount of current used per unit time of the video application.

Therefore, the mobile terminal can cover the required current amount of 150 mA from the game application having the lowest priority among the other applications except the video application. That is, the amount of current allocated to the game application may cover as much as the maximum value that can cover the required current amount.

At this time, the required current amount may be allotted according to the allocated current amount of the game application. If the sufficient amount of the current required by the allocation current amount of the game application is insufficient as shown in the example of Table 5, the remaining current amount is covered from the allocation current amount of the application corresponding to the lower priority.

For example, the mobile terminal subtracts 100 mA allocated to the game application with the lowest priority among the remaining applications except the video application according to the priority, and then subtracts 50 mA from the internet application with the lower priority to 150 mA. The required amount of current can be secured. The mobile terminal can increase the use time for the video application by allocating the video to the video application with the amount of current secured as described above.

8 and 9 are diagrams illustrating an example of an operation of changing allocation information allocated to each application according to an interaction in a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 show an example of an operation of reducing allocation information (allocation time) for one application according to a user interaction. 8 illustrates an operation according to a user interaction in a pie chart type interface, and FIG. 9 illustrates an operation according to a user interaction in a bar chart type interface.

In this case, as described in the description with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7, the interaction may use at least one of an interaction using a touch screen and an interaction using a key combination of a mobile terminal. 8 corresponds to the reverse operation of increasing the allocation information described in the description of FIG. 6, and FIG. 9 corresponds to the reverse operation of increasing the allocation information described in the description with reference to FIG. 7. Can be. Therefore, hereinafter, the description of the operation of changing the allocation information (reduction of allocation time) according to the interaction input will be omitted in FIGS. 8 and 9.

8 and 9, as shown in S811 and S813 of FIG. 8, and S911 and S913 of FIG. 9, the allocation information for a specific one of the presented applications is reduced. When doing so, the allocation information for the remaining applications is increased. That is, when the allocation time for the one specific application is reduced according to the interaction, the remaining time except for the one specific application increases by the decrease of the allocation time for the one specific application. In this case, the decrease and increase in allocation information of each application may increase in proportion to the decrease within the total battery capacity given to the applications. This example will be described with reference to Table 6 below.

Referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 with reference to the <Table 6>, the application that the user wants to reduce the allocation information is a DMB application, the allocation information is reduced to 30 minutes for the DMB application, that is, the <Table 3> In contrast, a case where the available time is used as the 30 minutes by reducing the existing time allocated to 45 minutes by 15 minutes will be described as an example.

Accordingly, a user may select the DMB application in the GUI area 850 of the chart interface of FIG. 8. The DMB application selection in the chart interface may be selected by a method corresponding to FIGS. 4A to 4C and 6 described above. In addition, the user may select the DMB application in the GUI area 950 of the bar chart interface of FIG. 9. The DMB application selection in the bar chart interface may be selected by a method corresponding to FIGS. 5 and 7 described above.

Next, the user may decrease allocation information to a desired value (ie, 30 minutes) by an interaction of dragging the dividing line 810 of the GUI area 850 of FIG. 8 counterclockwise. In addition, the user may reduce allocation information to a desired value (ie, 30 minutes) by an interaction of dragging in the left direction in the allocation area 910 of the GUI area 950 of FIG. 9.

At this time, when the allocation information according to the interaction is reduced in the chart interface of FIG. 8 or the bar chart interface of FIG. 9, the allocation information of the DMB application is gradually increased in response to the interaction in the counterclockwise or leftward direction. Provide visual effects. That is, a change in allocation information can be adaptively provided according to a change in interaction.

If it is assumed that the user decreases the existing 45-minute allotted time for the DMB application by 15 minutes to 30 minutes as shown in Table 6, that is, the amount of current secured by the 15-minute reduction In addition, the amount of current secured by reducing the 15-minute allocation time of the DMB application is 100 mA. This may be calculated by 400 mA, which is an amount of current used per unit time of the DMB application. Therefore, the mobile terminal can distribute a 100 mA secured current amount to the remaining applications (internet application, video application, game application) except for the DMB application.

At this time, the portable terminal can automatically increase the time of the application in the order of high priority among the remaining applications. For example, as shown in Table 6 above, when the priority is determined in the order of the Internet application, the video application, and the game application, the ratio is determined according to the number of remaining applications, such as 5: 3: 2, respectively. It is possible to distribute the secured 100mA by increasing the existing allocated current amount.

As described above, the portable terminal can convert the amount of current increasing for each application into a time value (see the allocation time field in Table 6). Subsequently, the portable terminal displays allocation time as shown in Table 6 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. That is, as indicated by reference numeral S813 of FIG. 8 and reference numeral S913 of FIG. 9, the allocation time is changed according to user interaction. In addition, the change of the allocation time may intuitively provide the degree of change through visual effects such as changing the allocation area size and changing the text of the DMB application.

Subsequently, when the interaction is terminated (eg, when the touch on the touch screen is released) in the state provided with reference numeral S813 of FIG. 8 or reference numeral S913 of FIG. 9, the mobile terminal is changed to the last. Assignment information for each application can be stored.

8 and 9 illustrate an example of differentially distributing a secured current amount by a predetermined ratio according to priority for the remaining applications, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. . Therefore, the 100 mA current is distributed to the remaining applications on an average basis, or the 100 mA current is distributed in the order of high priority according to the priority, up to the maximum current supported by the corresponding application. A method of distributing to the applications of the order (that is, a method of sequentially distributing the secured current amount in order of high priority) may be used. Here, an example of a method of distributing the secured current amounts in the order of high priority is shown in Table 7 below.

As shown in <Table 7>, <Table 7> decreases the allocation information allocated to the video application from 40 minutes to 20 minutes, that is, the time allocated to the existing 40 minutes compared to the <Table 3> An example of a case where the available time is used as the 20 minutes by reducing the 20 minutes is shown. As such, the amount of current secured when the 20-minute allocation time is reduced in the video application is 100 mA. This may be calculated by 300 mA, which is an amount of current used per unit time of the video application.

Accordingly, the mobile terminal can allocate the 100 mA of the current secured to the DMB application having the highest priority among the remaining applications except the video application. In this case, the allocation of the secured current amount may be allocated to all of the corresponding applications having the highest priority or up to the maximum amount of current allocable to each application.

For example, when the maximum current amount of the DMB application is 400 mA, the secured current amount may be allocated within a range not exceeding the maximum current amount (that is, within a maximum of 100 mA). That is, as shown in Table 7, all of the 100 mA secured current amount can be allocated. In contrast, when the maximum current amount of the DMB application is 350 mA, the secured current amount may be allocated within a range not exceeding the maximum current amount (ie, within a maximum of 50 mA). That is, in the example of <Table 7>, the reserve current amount of 50 mA may be allocated to the DMB application, and the remaining reserve current amount within the range not exceeding the maximum current amount may be sequentially assigned to the next-highest priority Internet application. have.

As such, the usage time for the at least one remaining application may be increased by reducing the usage time for the video application and allocating a secured current amount according to priority for the remaining applications.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of changing allocation information allocated to each application according to an interaction in a mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 10, FIG. 10 illustrates an example of increasing allocation information (allocation times) for a plurality of applications according to a user interaction. 10 illustrates an operation according to a user interaction in a pie chart type interface.

In this case, the interaction for increasing or decreasing allocation information of the plurality of applications may use at least one of an interaction using a touch screen and an interaction using a key combination of a mobile terminal. Hereinafter, in describing the operation of FIG. 10, the mobile terminal of the present invention includes a touch screen, and an operation operation according to an interaction using the touch screen will be described as an example. Accordingly, in FIG. 10, the interaction may include input gestures such as touch, multi-touch, tap, drag, and move.

Referring to FIG. 10, as indicated by reference numeral S1011, a user may input a first interaction for changing the allocation information in the GUI area 1050, that is, selecting a first application for which the allocation time is to be increased. In this case, the first interaction may be input to the allocation area 1010 of the first application for which the allocation information is to be changed. The first interaction may be any one of an input gesture such as a tap or a touch. In the case of the tap input gesture, selection of the corresponding allocation area 1010 may be activated by a user's tap input. In case of the touch input gesture, selection of the corresponding allocation area 1010 may be activated by a user's touch input. have.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S1013, the user may input a second interaction for selecting a second application whose allocation time is to be increased in the GUI area 1050. The second interaction may be input to the allocation area 1030 of the second application for which the allocation information is to be changed. Here, the second interaction may be an interaction corresponding to an input gesture of the first interaction.

That is, when the first interaction is a tap input gesture, the user may activate the selection of the allocation area 1030 by generating a second interaction of the tap input in the allocation area 1030. Therefore, both allocation regions 1010 and 1030 corresponding to the first application and the second application may be activated by the first interaction and the second interaction.

In addition, when the first interaction is a touch input gesture, the user generates a second interaction of the touch input in the allocation area 1030 while maintaining the touch input of the allocation area 1010, thereby assigning the allocation area. The selection of 1030 may be activated. That is, the user may activate both allocation regions 1010 and 1030 corresponding to the first application and the second application by a multi-touch input method in which the first interaction and the second interaction are input together.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S1015, the user places a third interaction for changing allocation information (increasing allocation time) of the first application and the second application on the dividing line 1070 or 1090 of the GUI area 1050. You can enter That is, the user may input the third interaction to one of the dividing lines 1070 of the first application or the dividing line 1090 of the second application. Here, the third interaction is an interaction of moving the dividing lines 1070 and 1090, and controls the change of allocation information by the third interaction. In the reference numeral S1015, it is assumed that the third interaction is input to the dividing line 1070 of the first application.

Next, as shown by the reference numeral S1015 and the reference numeral S1017, the user can move the dividing line 1070 in the clockwise direction by the third interaction. Then, the mobile terminal can recognize that the third interaction is an instruction to increase allocation information of the first application and the second application, as indicated by reference numeral S1017. Accordingly, the portable terminal increases and provides allocation information of the first application and the second application by a value corresponding to the movement of the third interaction.

Here, as indicated by reference numeral S1015 and reference numeral S1017, when the allocation information for two specific applications (first and second applications) among the presented applications is increased, the allocation information for the remaining applications decreases. Let's go. That is, when the allocation time for the two specific applications is increased according to the third interaction, allocation information of the remaining applications except for the two specific applications is decreased by an increase in the allocation time for the two specific applications. Done. In this case, increase and decrease of allocation information of each application may be made in proportion to the amount of current used per unit time of each application and the increase within the total battery capacity (700 mA) given to the applications. This example will be described with reference to Table 8 below.

Referring to FIG. 10 with reference to Table 8, the first application that the user wants to increase allocation information is a DMB application, the second application is a video application, and the allocation information of the DMB application and the video application. For example, consider the case of increasing to 60 minutes and 55 minutes, respectively. That is, the available time for the DMB application is increased to 60 minutes, that is, the existing time allocated to the 45 minutes of the DMB application is increased by 15 minutes compared to the <Table 3> to use the available time for the 60 minutes. In this case, the available time is increased to 55 minutes for the video application, that is, when the existing time allocated to the existing 40 minutes of the video application is increased by 15 minutes compared to the <Table 3> to use the available time as the 55 minutes. Let's look at an example.

Accordingly, the user may select the DMB application and the video applications in the GUI area 1050 of the chart interface of FIG. 10. The user may increase the allocation information to a desired value (that is, 15 minutes increment) through the third interaction of dragging the dividing line 1070 of the GUI area 1050 in the clockwise direction. In this case, when the allocation information increases, each allocation information gradually increases in response to the movement of the third interaction in the clockwise direction. That is, a change in allocation information (change in allocation area size, change in text, etc.) may be adaptively provided according to the change in the interaction.

If the user assumes that, as shown in Table 8, the existing allocated time for the DMB application and the video application is increased by 15 minutes and used as 60 minutes and 55 minutes, respectively, the allocation time of each application is increased. The amount of current required is 175mA. That is, the sum of the amount of current required to increase the 15-minute allotted time of the DMB application and the amount of current required to increase the 15-minute allotted time of the video application is 75 mA, thereby requiring the amount of current of 175 mA. This may be calculated by 400 mA, which is the amount of current used per unit time of the DMB application, and 300 mA, which is the amount of current used per unit time of the video application.

Therefore, the portable terminal can cover the required current amount of 175 mA in the remaining applications (internet application, game application) except the DMB application and the video application.

In this case, the portable terminal may automatically decrease the time of the application in the order of low priority among the remaining applications. For example, as shown in Table 8, when the priority is determined in the order of the Internet application and the game application, the current allocated current amount is determined according to a predetermined ratio determined corresponding to the remaining number of applications, such as 4: 6. By subtracting, the 175 mA may be covered.

Here, when the allocation current amounts of the remaining applications are sufficiently larger than the subtraction current amount converted by the constant ratio of 4: 6, the current amount corresponding to the predetermined ratio 4: 6 in each allocation information of the remaining applications, that is, 70 mA and Each 105mA will be subtracted.

However, as in the example of Table 8, the allocated current amount of the Internet application is 100 mA, and the allocated current amount of the game application is 100 mA. That is, when the allocation time is sequentially subtracted at the constant ratio of 4: 6, the amount of current to be subtracted from the game application has a value larger than the allocated current amount 100 mA allocated to the game application. Therefore, in this case, the amount of current may be subtracted from the amount of current allocated to the game application up to the maximum amount of current (100 mA), and the amount of current may be subtracted from the amount of current allocated to the internet application (100 mA) for the remaining shortage (75 mA).

As described above, the portable terminal can convert the amount of current to be subtracted for each application into time values (see the allocation time field in Table 8). Subsequently, the portable terminal displays the allocation time as shown in Table 8 as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in the reference numeral S1015 and the reference numeral S1017, the respective allocation times are adaptively changed according to user interaction. In addition, the change of the allocation times can intuitively provide the degree of change through visual effects such as changing the allocation area size and changing the text of each application.

Subsequently, when the interaction ends (eg, when the touch on the touch screen is released) in the state provided with reference numeral S1017, the portable terminal may store allocation information for each application that is finally changed.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of changing allocation information allocated to each application according to an interaction in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 11, FIG. 11 illustrates an example of increasing allocation information (allocation times) for a plurality of applications according to a user interaction. Here, FIG. 11 illustrates an operation according to a user interaction in a bar chart type interface.

In this case, the interaction for increasing or decreasing allocation information of the plurality of applications may use at least one of an interaction using a touch screen and an interaction using a key combination of a mobile terminal. Hereinafter, in describing the operation of FIG. 11, the mobile terminal of the present invention includes a touch screen, and an operation operation according to an interaction using the touch screen will be described as an example. Accordingly, the interaction in FIG. 11 may include input gestures such as touch, multi-touch, tap, drag, and move.

Referring to FIG. 11, as indicated by reference numeral S1111, the user may input a first interaction for changing the allocation information in the GUI area 1150, that is, selecting a first application for which the allocation time is to be increased. In this case, the interaction may be input to the bar object 1110 of the first application to change allocation information. The first interaction may be any one of an input gesture such as a tap or a touch. In the case of the tap input gesture, selection of the corresponding bar object 1110 may be activated by a user's tap input. In case of the touch input gesture, selection of the corresponding bar object 1110 may be activated by a user's touch input. have.

Next, as shown by reference numeral S1113, the user may input a second interaction for selecting a second application whose allocation time is to be increased in the GUI area 1150. The second interaction may be input to the bar object 1130 of the second application to change allocation information. Here, the second interaction may be an interaction corresponding to an input gesture of the first interaction.

That is, when the first interaction is a tap input gesture, the user may activate the selection of the bar object 1130 by generating a second interaction of a tap input on the bar object 1130. Accordingly, both bar objects 1110 and 1130 corresponding to the first application and the second application may be activated by the first interaction and the second interaction.

In addition, when the first interaction is a touch input gesture, the user generates a second interaction of the touch input to the bar object 1130 while maintaining the touch input of the bar object 1110, thereby providing the bar object. The selection of 1130 may be activated. That is, the user may activate both bar objects 1110 and 1130 corresponding to the first application and the second application by a multi-touch input method in which the first interaction and the second interaction are input together.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S1115, the user may assign a third interaction for changing the allocation information of the first application and the second application (increasing allocation time) to the allocation area 1170 or 1190 of the GUI area 1150. You can type in That is, the user may input the third interaction into an allocation area of either the allocation area 1170 of the first application bar object 1110 or the allocation area 1190 of the second application bar object 1130. have. Here, the third interaction is an interaction moving in the left direction or the right direction within the allocation areas 1170 and 1190 and controls the change of the allocation information by the third interaction. In the reference numeral S1115, it is assumed that the third interaction is input to the allocation area 1170 of the first application bar object 1110.

Next, as shown by reference numeral S1115 and reference numeral S1117, the user may move the allocation area 1170 to the right direction by the third interaction. Then, the mobile terminal can recognize that the third interaction is an instruction to increase allocation information of the first application and the second application, as indicated by reference numeral S1117. Therefore, the portable terminal increases the allocation information of the first application and the second application by a value corresponding to the movement of the third interaction.

Herein, as shown in the reference numeral S1115 and the reference numeral S1117, when the allocation information for two specific applications (first and second applications) among the presented applications is increased, the allocation information for the remaining applications is Reduced. That is, when the allocation time for the two specific applications is increased according to the third interaction, allocation information of the remaining applications except for the two specific applications is decreased by an increase in the allocation time for the two specific applications. Done. In this case, increase and decrease of allocation information of each application may be made in proportion to the amount of current used per unit time of each application and the increase within the total battery capacity (700 mA) given to the applications. This example will be described with reference to Table 8 above.

Referring to FIG. 11 with reference to Table 8, the first application that the user wants to increase allocation information is a DMB application, the second application is a video application, and the DMB application and the allocation information of the video application. For example, consider the case of increasing to 60 minutes and 55 minutes, respectively. That is, the available time for the DMB application is increased to 60 minutes, that is, the existing time allocated to the 45 minutes of the DMB application is increased by 15 minutes compared to the <Table 3> to use the available time for the 60 minutes. In this case, the available time is increased to 55 minutes for the video application, that is, when the existing time allocated to the existing 40 minutes of the video application is increased by 15 minutes compared to the <Table 3> to use the available time as the 55 minutes. Let's look at an example.

Accordingly, the user may select the DMB application and the video applications in the GUI area 1150 of the bar chart interface of FIG. 11. In addition, the user may increase the allocation information to a desired value (that is, an increment of 15 minutes) through the third interaction of dragging the allocation area 1170 of the GUI area 1150 in the right direction. At this time, when the allocation information increases, each allocation information gradually increases in response to the movement of the third interaction in the right direction. That is, a change in allocation information (change in allocation area size, change in text, etc.) may be adaptively provided according to the change in the interaction.

If the user assumes that, as shown in Table 8, the existing allocated time for the DMB application and the video application is increased by 15 minutes and used as 60 minutes and 55 minutes, respectively, the allocation time of each application is increased. The amount of current required is 175mA. That is, the sum of the amount of current required to increase the 15-minute allotted time of the DMB application and the amount of current required to increase the 15-minute allotted time of the video application is 75 mA, thereby requiring the amount of current of 175 mA. This may be calculated by 400 mA, which is the amount of current used per unit time of the DMB application, and 300 mA, which is the amount of current used per unit time of the video application.

Therefore, the portable terminal can cover the required current amount of 175 mA in the remaining applications (internet application, game application) except the DMB application and the video application.

In this case, the portable terminal may automatically decrease the time of the application in the order of low priority among the remaining applications. For example, as shown in Table 8, when the priority is determined in the order of the Internet application and the game application, the current allocated current amount is determined according to a predetermined ratio determined corresponding to the remaining number of applications, such as 4: 6. By subtracting, the 175 mA may be covered.

Here, when the allocation current amounts of the remaining applications are sufficiently larger than the subtraction current amount converted by the constant ratio of 4: 6, the current amount corresponding to the predetermined ratio 4: 6 in each allocation information of the remaining applications, that is, 70 mA and Each 105mA will be subtracted.

However, as in the example of Table 8, the allocated current amount of the Internet application is 100 mA, and the allocated current amount of the game application is 100 mA. That is, when the allocation time is sequentially subtracted at the constant ratio of 4: 6, the amount of current to be subtracted from the game application has a value larger than the allocated current amount 100 mA allocated to the game application. Therefore, in this case, the amount of current may be subtracted from the amount of current allocated to the game application up to the maximum amount of current (100 mA), and the amount of current may be subtracted from the amount of current allocated to the internet application (100 mA) for the remaining shortage (75 mA).

As described above, the portable terminal can convert the amount of current to be subtracted for each application into time values (see the allocation time field in Table 8). Subsequently, the portable terminal displays the allocation time as shown in Table 8 as shown in FIG. That is, as shown by the reference numeral S1115 and the reference numeral S1117, the respective allocation times are adaptively changed according to user interaction. In addition, the change of the allocation times can intuitively provide the degree of change through visual effects such as changing the allocation area size and changing the text of each application.

Subsequently, when the interaction ends (eg, when the touch on the touch screen is released) in the state provided with reference numeral S1117, the portable terminal may store allocation information for each application to be finally changed.

Meanwhile, in the description with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, an example of differentially subtracting the required current amount by a predetermined ratio according to priority for the remaining applications is illustrated, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. . Therefore, a method of subtracting the required amount of current of 175mA for the rest of the applications on average, or a method of subtracting the required amount of current of 175mA to the maximum amount of current supported by the application (in order of priority) Of course, a method of sequentially supplying the required amount of current in the order of low order may be used.

Also, in the description with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11, an example of an operation of increasing allocation information (allocation time) for two applications according to a user interaction has been described. According to an embodiment of the present invention, by reducing the allocation information for the two applications by the reverse operation of increasing the allocation information in each interface of FIG. 10 and FIG.

That is, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the operation of reducing allocation information for a plurality of applications may include reducing the allocation information in FIGS. 8 and 9 and allocation information for two applications in FIGS. 10 and 11. Of course, it can be operated by the application of the increasing operation. Therefore, hereinafter, a description of a specific operation example for reducing allocation information of a plurality of applications will be omitted.

12 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of changing allocation information allocated to each application according to an interaction in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, FIG. 12 holds allocation information of at least one specific application according to user interaction and increases allocation information of at least one specified application in a pie chart type interface. An operation example is shown.

In this case, the interaction for holding the allocation information of the specific application and the interaction for increasing or decreasing the allocation information may use at least one of an interaction using a touch screen and an interaction using a key combination. Hereinafter, in describing the operation of FIG. 12, the mobile terminal of the present invention includes a touch screen, and an operation operation according to an interaction using the touch screen will be described as an example. Accordingly, the interaction in FIG. 12 may include input gestures such as touch, multi-touch, tap, drag, move, and hold.

Referring to FIG. 12, as indicated by reference numeral S1211, when the allocation information is changed in the GUI area 1250, the user may input a first interaction for selecting a first application to maintain the currently allocated allocation information. . In this case, the first interaction may be input to the allocation area 1210 of the first application to maintain allocation information. The first interaction may be an input gesture such as a hold pressed in the allocation area 1210 for a predetermined time or more.

The hold input gesture may be input continuously for a predetermined time set in the allocation area 1210. When the predetermined time elapses, the allocation area 1210 may be locked. As described above, when the allocation area 1210 is locked by the hold input, the allocation area 1210 may be given an effect that is different from the existing one, as indicated by reference numeral S1211. For example, a highlight effect or a hatching effect may be provided to the allocation area 1210 to be differentiated from the remaining allocation areas.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S1213, the user may input a second interaction for selecting a second application whose allocation time is to be increased in the GUI area 1250. The second interaction may be input to the dividing line 1250 of the second application for changing allocation information. Here, the second interaction may be input to a corresponding allocation area or the division line 1250 to which the second application is allocated as described in the description with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4C to select the second application. have. In FIG. 12, a case in which the second interaction is input to the dividing line 1210 and the second application is selected by the second interaction will be described as an example.

Next, as shown by the reference numerals S1213 to S1217, the user moves the dividing line 1230 in the clockwise direction by the second interaction in order to change the allocation information of the second application (increase allocation time). Can be. Then, as shown by the reference numerals S1213 to S1217, the portable terminal fixes (maintains) the allocation information of the first application locked by the first interaction, and holds the allocation information of the second application. It is provided by increasing the value corresponding to the movement of two interactions.

Here, as indicated by the reference numerals S1213 to S1217, when the allocation information for the second application is increased while the first application is locked among the presented applications, the allocation information of the first application is While maintaining, the allocation information for the remaining applications (applications except the first and second applications) is reduced.

That is, when the allocation time for the second application is increased according to the second interaction, the allocation information of the first application held by the first interaction is maintained, and the rest of the first and second applications are excluded. The allocation information of the applications is reduced by an increase in the allocation time for the second application. In this case, increase and decrease of allocation information of each application may be made in proportion to the amount of current used per unit time of each application and the increase within the total battery capacity (700 mA) given to the applications. This example will be described with reference to Table 9 below.

Referring to FIG. 12 with reference to Table 9, the first application for which the user desires to hold allocation information is a DMB application, and the second application for which allocation information is to be increased is a video application. As an example, the allocation information is increased to 70 minutes. That is, the available time for the video application is increased to 70 minutes, that is, the time allocated to the existing 40 minutes of the video application is increased by 30 minutes as compared to the <Table 3> to use the available time as the 70 minutes. For example, the available time of the DMB application uses the existing 45 minutes as it is.

Accordingly, the user may hold the allocation area 1210 of the DMB application by the first interaction in the GUI area 1250 of the chart interface of FIG. 12. The second interaction dragging the dividing line 1230 of the video application clockwise may increase the allocation information to a desired value (that is, an increment of 30 minutes). At this time, when the allocation information is increased, the allocation information of the second application is gradually increased in response to the clockwise movement of the second interaction. That is, a change in allocation information (change in allocation area size, change in text, etc.) may be adaptively provided according to the change of the second interaction.

As shown in Table 9, assuming that the user increases the existing 40-minute allotted time for the video application by 30 minutes and uses it as 70 minutes, the amount of current required to increase the 30 minutes, The amount of current required to increase the 30-minute allocation time of the video application is 150 mA. This may be calculated by 300 mA, which is an amount of current used per unit time of the video application.

Therefore, the portable terminal can cover the required current amount of 150 mA in the remaining applications (internet application, game application) except the DMB application to be held and the video application in which allocation information is increased.

In this case, the portable terminal may automatically decrease the time of the application in the order of low priority among the remaining applications. For example, when the priorities are determined in the order of Internet applications and game applications as shown in Table 9, the amount of existing allocated current is subtracted according to a predetermined ratio determined corresponding to the remaining number of applications, such as 4: 6. To cover the 150 mA.

Here, as in the example of Table 9, when the allocated current amounts of the remaining applications are sufficiently larger than the subtracted current amount converted by the constant ratio of 4: 6, the predetermined ratio 4 in each allocation information of the remaining applications. The amount of current corresponding to: 6, i.e., 60 mA and 90 mA, is subtracted, respectively.

As described above, the mobile terminal can convert the amount of current to be subtracted for each application into a time value (see the allocation time field in Table 9). Subsequently, the portable terminal displays the allocated time as shown in Table 9 as shown in FIG. That is, as shown by reference numeral S1217, the allocation time of the remaining applications (Internet application, video application, game application) other than the allocation time of the held DMB application is adaptively changed according to user interaction. In addition, the change of the allocation times can intuitively provide the degree of change through visual effects such as changing the allocation area size and changing the text of each application.

Subsequently, in the state provided with reference numeral S1217, when the second interaction is terminated (for example, when the contact with the touch screen is released), as indicated by reference numeral S1219, the locked state for the DMB application is set. The notification can be provided by disabling the effect. The mobile terminal may store allocation information for each application that is finally changed when the second interaction ends.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of changing allocation information allocated to each application according to an interaction in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 13, FIG. 13 illustrates an operation of holding allocation information of at least one specific application and increasing allocation information for at least one specified application according to a user interaction in a bar chart type interface. Indicates.

In this case, the interaction for holding the allocation information of the specific application and the interaction for increasing or decreasing the allocation information may use at least one of an interaction using a touch screen and an interaction using a key combination. Hereinafter, in describing the operation of FIG. 13, a portable terminal of the present invention includes a touch screen, and an operation operation according to an interaction using the touch screen will be described as an example. Accordingly, in FIG. 13, the interaction may include input gestures such as touch, multi-touch, tap, drag, move, and hold.

Referring to FIG. 13, as indicated by reference numeral S1311, when the allocation information is changed in the GUI area 1350, the user may input a first interaction for selecting a first application to maintain the currently allocated allocation information. . In this case, the first interaction may be input to the bar object 1310 of the first application for maintaining allocation information. The first interaction may be an input gesture such as a hold pressed on the bar object 1310 for a predetermined time or more.

In the case of the hold input gesture, the bar object 1310 is continuously input to the bar object 1310. When the predetermined time elapses, the bar object 1310 may be locked. As described above, when the bar object 1310 is locked by the hold input, the bar object 1310 is given a highlight effect or a hatching effect as indicated by reference numeral S1311. It can be provided differently from bar objects.

Next, as indicated by reference numeral S1313, the user may input a second interaction for selecting a second application whose allocation time is to be increased in the GUI area 1350. The second interaction may be input to an allocation area 1370 of the second application bar object 1330 to which allocation information is to be changed.

Next, as indicated by the reference numerals S1313 to S1317, the user may move the second interaction in the right direction in order to change the allocation information (the allocation time increase) of the second application. Then, as shown by the reference numerals S1313 to S1317, the portable terminal maintains the allocation information of the first application locked by the first interaction while maintaining the allocation information of the second application. It is provided by increasing the value corresponding to the movement.

Here, as indicated by the reference numerals S1313 to S1317, when the allocation information for the second application is increased while the first application is locked among the presented applications, the allocation information of the first application is While maintaining, the allocation information for the remaining applications (applications except the first and second applications) is reduced.

That is, when the allocation time for the second application is increased according to the second interaction, the allocation information of the first application held by the first interaction is maintained, and the rest of the first and second applications are excluded. The allocation information of the applications is reduced by an increase in the allocation time for the second application. In this case, increase and decrease of allocation information of each application may be made in proportion to the amount of current used per unit time of each application and the increase within the total battery capacity (700 mA) given to the applications. This example will be described with reference to Table 9 above.

Referring to FIG. 13 with reference to Table 9, the first application for which the user desires to hold allocation information is a DMB application, and the second application for which allocation information is to be increased is a video application. As an example, the allocation information is increased to 70 minutes. That is, the available time for the video application is increased to 70 minutes, that is, the time allocated to the existing 40 minutes of the video application is increased by 30 minutes as compared to the <Table 3> to use the available time as the 70 minutes. For example, the available time of the DMB application uses the existing 45 minutes as it is.

Accordingly, the user may hold the bar object 1310 of the DMB application, particularly the allocation area of the bar object 1310, by the first interaction in the GUI area 1350 of the bar chart interface of FIG. 13. In addition, the second interaction dragged in the right direction in the allocation area 1370 of the video application may increase the allocation information to a desired value (that is, an increment of 30 minutes). At this time, when the allocation information is increased, the allocation information of the second application is gradually increased in response to the movement in the right direction of the second interaction. That is, a change in allocation information (change in allocation area size, change in text, etc.) may be adaptively provided according to the change of the second interaction.

As shown in Table 9, assuming that the user increases the existing 40-minute allotted time for the video application by 30 minutes and uses it as 70 minutes, the amount of current required to increase the 30 minutes, The amount of current required to increase the 30-minute allocation time of the video application is 150 mA. This may be calculated by 300 mA, which is an amount of current used per unit time of the video application.

Therefore, the portable terminal can cover the required current amount of 150 mA in the remaining applications (internet application, game application) except the DMB application to be held and the video application in which allocation information is increased.

In this case, the portable terminal may automatically decrease the time of the application in the order of low priority among the remaining applications. For example, when the priorities are determined in the order of Internet applications and game applications as shown in Table 9, the amount of existing allocated current is subtracted according to a predetermined ratio determined corresponding to the remaining number of applications, such as 4: 6. To cover the 150 mA.

Here, as in the example of Table 9, when the allocated current amounts of the remaining applications are sufficiently larger than the subtracted current amount converted by the constant ratio of 4: 6, the predetermined ratio 4 in each allocation information of the remaining applications. The amount of current corresponding to: 6, i.e., 60 mA and 90 mA, is subtracted, respectively.

As described above, the mobile terminal can convert the amount of current to be subtracted for each application into a time value (see the allocation time field in Table 9). Subsequently, the mobile terminal displays the allocated time as shown in Table 9 as shown in FIG. That is, as shown by reference numeral S1317, the allocation time of the remaining applications (Internet application, video application, game application) other than the allocation time of the held DMB application is adaptively changed according to the user interaction. In addition, the change of the allocation times can intuitively provide the degree of change through visual effects such as changing the allocation area size and changing the text of each application.

Thereafter, in the state provided with reference numeral S1317, when the second interaction is terminated (for example, when the contact with the touch screen is released), as indicated by reference numeral S1319, the locked state for the DMB application is set. The notification can be provided by disabling the effect. The mobile terminal may store allocation information for each application that is finally changed when the second interaction ends.

On the other hand, in the description with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, an example of differentially subtracting the required current amount by a predetermined ratio according to the priority for the remaining applications, but the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto. . Therefore, a method of subtracting the required current amount of 150 mA on average for the remaining applications, or a method of subtracting the required current amount of 150 mA in order of low order according to the priority, to the maximum amount of current supported by the application (ie, priority Of course, a method of sequentially supplying the required amount of current in the order of low order may be used.

12 and 13, an example of an operation of holding at least one specific application according to a user interaction and increasing allocation information (allocation time) for at least one other specific application has been described. According to an embodiment of the present invention, at least one specific application is held by the reverse operation of increasing allocation information in each interface of FIGS. 12 and 13, and the allocation information for at least one other specific application is held. Of course, decreasing operation is also possible.

That is, in the embodiment of the present invention, the operation of holding at least one specific application and reducing the allocation information for the at least one other specific application may include reducing the allocation information in FIGS. 8 and 9, and FIGS. 12 and 12. In FIG. 13, at least one specific application may be operated by an application of an operation of holding and increasing allocation information for at least one other specific application. Therefore, hereinafter, a description of a specific operation example for holding at least one specific application and reducing allocation information for at least one other specific application will be omitted.

Meanwhile, the hold function as described above with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13 may be applied together with a function of increasing and decreasing allocation information for the plurality of applications of FIGS. 10 and 11. For example, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the hold function may be applied to one or more specific applications, and the allocation information of one or more other specific applications may be increased or decreased.

14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of changing application information in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 14, FIG. 14 illustrates an example of changing application information according to a user interaction in a pie chart-type interface S1411 or a bar chart-type interface S1413. That is, the user may edit the application on which the timer function is set in any one of the interface provided in the pie chart interface of reference S1411 or the bar chart interface of reference S1413. Here, the editing may include operations such as adding a new application, deleting an existing application, and modifying an application. Hereinafter, the operation of modifying application information for a specific application will be described with reference to FIG. 14.

Referring to FIG. 14, first, a user may input an interaction for selecting an application to be edited in an interface such as S1411 or S1413. In this case, the interaction may be input to the corresponding allocation area 1410 to be edited in the GUI area 1450 of the chart interface, as indicated by reference numeral S1411. In addition, the interaction may be input to a corresponding bar object, in particular, an information area 1430 of a bar object, to be edited in the GUI area 1450 of the bar chart interface, as indicated by reference numeral S1413.

In this case, the interaction requesting application editing may use at least one of an interaction using a touch screen and an interaction using a key combination. For example, when the touch screen is operated, the interaction may include an input gesture such as a double tap, and an area of a specific application is selected and selected by a key operation when operating the key combination. It may include an input for manipulating an editing menu for the region, and the like.

Next, when the interaction for selecting an application is input, the portable terminal can edit an application of the allocation area 1410 or the information area 1430 in the bar object, as indicated by reference S1415 ( 1490).

The edit menu 1490 may include an application selection field 1491 for selecting an application to be changed (edited) and allocation information for inputting / selecting allocation information (allocation time, allocated current amount) for the changed (edited) application. Field 1493, a change (edit) application may be provided as an add / modify selection field 1495 for determining whether to add a new application or replace an existing application.

The application selection field 1491 is provided with various applications provided by the mobile terminal, and the user may select any desired application among the various applications. In this case, the various applications may be applications that do not overlap with the applications shown in the reference S1411 or the reference S1413. In FIG. 14, it is assumed that a camera application is selected among the various applications.

The allocation information input field 1493 indicates a field for setting allocation information for the corresponding application selected by the application selection field 1491. In this case, the allocation information input field 1493 is the maximum value that can be allocated in proportion to the amount of current per unit time of the corresponding application within a given value (for example, the allocated current amount 700mA) according to the application selected in the application selection field 1491. The amount of current (or time) may be automatically input and provided. The application may be provided differently for each application selected in the application selection field 1491, and a recommended value assignable for each application may be provided. In addition, the user may directly input the allocation information desired by the user in the allocation information input field 1493. In this case, a value less than the time allocated to other applications may be input in the given allocated current amount 700mA. That is, the allocation information input field 1493 provides recommended information for the maximum allowable current amount or time for the application selected in the application selection field 1491, and the user can set a desired value within the recommended information. have. This example is shown in Table 10 below.

Referring to Table 10, first, as shown in Table 3, the amount of allocated current allocated to the existing DMB application is 300 mA. Therefore, when the DMB application is replaced with the camera application, the maximum amount of current allocated to the camera application may be 300 mA. That is, within the given quota 700mA, 300mA, which is the maximum amount of remaining capacity except for the Internet application (100mA), the video application (200mA), and the game application (100mA), may be allocated. In this case, assuming that the amount of current used per unit time of the camera application is 350 mA, the allocation time allocable to the camera application is approximately 51 minutes when converting the allocated current amount 300 mA into a time value in consideration of the amount of current used per unit time. Can be assigned.

The add / modify selection field 1495 replaces an application selected in the application selection field 1491 with an existing application assigned to the allocation area 1410 or the information area 1430 activated by the interaction. Alternatively, this field represents a field for determining whether to create a new allocation area and add the selected application.

Meanwhile, although omitted in reference numeral S1415, the user may further perform a function of deleting a corresponding application activated by the interaction. In this case, when the application is deleted, the allocation information allocated to the application may be automatically allocated according to the priority of other existing applications according to a setting method.

Next, when the editing procedure is completed as described above, the user may request an application change by the confirmation function. Then, the portable terminal provides an interface such as reference numeral S1417 or reference numeral S1419 according to the initial interface type entering the process S1415.

In this case, referring to the reference numeral S1417 and the reference numeral S1419, the area allocated to the existing DMB application is changed to the camera application according to the setting of the reference numeral S1415, and correspondingly, the allocation information corresponds to the amount of current used per unit time of the camera application. It can be seen that the display is changed according to.

15 and 16 illustrate screen examples of a viewer mode in which a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention can intuitively check a usable time allocated to each application and a progress state thereof.

As shown in FIG. 15 and FIG. 16, FIG. 15 illustrates an example of a viewer mode corresponding to the pie chart-type interface of the present invention, and FIG. 16 is a viewer corresponding to the bar chart-type interface of the present invention. An example of the mode is shown.

Referring to FIG. 15, the mobile terminal may execute a viewer mode in response to a user request. In this case, the portable terminal may provide a pie chart viewer mode or a bar chart viewer mode corresponding to a previously set interface type. 15 illustrates an example in which the pie chart viewer mode is executed.

When the viewer mode is executed, the mobile terminal can check the consumed capacity among the total capacity allocated to all the applications for which the timer function is set and the consumption capacity for each application. In this case, the consumption capacity of each application may check the consumed capacity in each allocation information set for each application. In addition, in accordance with the consumed capacity, status information consumed by an application is provided as shown by reference numeral 1510, and the remaining information 1531 and burnout information 1533 for each application are distinguished and displayed through the GUI area of reference 1530. Can be provided as The exhaustion information 1533 may correspond to cumulative information in which a usage degree of the corresponding application is accumulated. In addition, in the pie chart viewer mode, since an information area is separately provided as shown by reference numeral 1550, detailed state information of each application may be provided through the information area.

That is, the mobile terminal can provide information on the time used and the allocated time for the corresponding application through the information area 1550. Looking at the format of the detailed state information provided in the information area 1550, it can be expressed as <application name: usage time / allocation time>. In FIG. 15, A, C, E, and G shown in the information area 1550 may correspond to the <use time>, and B, D, F, and H may correspond to the <allocation time>.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to consider the battery consumption due to the discharge of the mobile terminal, in which case the format of the detailed state information is specified as <application name: actual available time / usage time / allocation time> It can also be provided. In this case, the "actually available time" may be converted in consideration of the actual remaining capacity and the amount of current used by the corresponding application, which is consumed due to the battery discharge of the portable terminal, and the portable terminal may provide the converted time information. do. In addition, the "use time" provides the accumulated time information on the time actually used by the user for the corresponding application. In addition, the "allocation time" provides time information allocated for the corresponding application.

Referring to FIG. 16, the mobile terminal may execute a viewer mode in response to a user request. In this case, the portable terminal may provide a pie chart viewer mode or a bar chart viewer mode in response to a previously set interface type. 16 illustrates an example of executing the bar chart viewer mode.

When the viewer mode is executed, the portable terminal can check the consumed capacity among the allocated capacities for all the applications for which the timer function is set and the consumption capacity for each set application. In this case, the consumption capacity of each application may check the consumed capacity in each allocation information set for each application. In addition, according to the consumed capacity, status information consumed by an application is provided as shown by reference numeral 1610, and the remaining information 1631 and exhaustion information 1633 for each application are distinguished and displayed through the GUI area of reference 1630. Can be provided as In addition, in the bar chart viewer mode, detailed state information of each application may be provided through a bar graphic distinguished for each application.

That is, the mobile terminal can provide information on the time used and the allocated time for the corresponding application in the bar graphic. Looking at the format of the detailed state information provided in the bar graphic, it can be represented as <use time / allocation time>. As the application name is provided separately in the bar graphic, the detailed state information format may be omitted. In FIG. 16, A, C, E, and G indicated in the bar object, in particular, the allocation area may correspond to the <use time>, and B, D, F, and H may correspond to the <allocation time>.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to consider the battery consumption due to the discharge of the mobile terminal, in this case, the format of the detailed state information to be provided in the form of <actually available time / usage time / allocation time> It may be. In this case, the "actually available time" may be converted in consideration of the actual remaining capacity and the amount of current used by the corresponding application, which is consumed due to the battery discharge of the portable terminal, and the portable terminal may provide the converted time information. do. In addition, the "use time" provides the accumulated time information on the time actually used by the user for the corresponding application. In addition, the "allocation time" provides time information allocated for the corresponding application.

17 to 19 illustrate examples of operation screens when a specific application is executed in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

17 to 19, FIG. 17 to FIG. 19 illustrate screen examples for providing set timer information when an application on which a timer function is set is executed. FIG. 17 is a screen example on execution of an Internet application. FIG. 18 illustrates screen examples according to the execution of a video application, and FIG. 19 illustrates screen examples according to the execution of a DMB application.

As shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, when executing a specific application, the mobile terminal may check allocation information and cumulative information allocated to the specific application and provide such status information on the execution screen. That is, in the application execution screen in which the timer function is set, as shown in reference numeral 1710, reference numeral 1810, and reference numeral 1910, information on a time used for the corresponding application and an allocated time may be provided together. For example, the status information of the application may be provided in a format such as <use time / allocated time>. In this case, the "use time" in the state information is continuously counted while the application is executed, and thus may be updated and provided in a set unit, for example, in minutes.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to consider the battery consumption by the discharge of the mobile terminal, in this case, the status information may be provided by specifying the actual information such as <actually available time / usage time / allocation time>. In this case, the "actually available time" may be converted in consideration of the actual remaining capacity and the amount of current used by the corresponding application, which is consumed due to the battery discharge of the portable terminal, and the portable terminal may provide the converted time information. do. In addition, the "use time" provides the accumulated time information on the time actually used by the user for the corresponding application. In addition, the "allocation time" provides time information allocated for the corresponding application.

17 to 19, when the corresponding application is executed, the state information as shown in FIGS. 17 to 19 may be provided on an indicator area, an upper screen, a lower screen, or a corresponding area designated for each application while the timer is executed.

On the other hand, the above has been described for the operation examples of limiting the available time for each application, that is, setting the timer function for each application using the interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. Next, a portable terminal operating by the timer function set as described above and a control method thereof will be described. However, since the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the contents described below, it should be noted that the present invention can be applied to various embodiments based on the following embodiments.

20 is a diagram illustrating a process of setting a timer function for each application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 20, when the mobile terminal first detects a request for executing the timer function setting mode from the user (step 2001), the mobile terminal may check allocation information allocated to at least one application for which the timer function is set (step 2003). . In this case, the allocation information may be information considering at least one of allocation time, allocation current amount and allocation percentage.

Next, the mobile terminal configures and provides an interface according to the allocation information checked above (step 2005). In this case, the interface may be provided in the form of a pie chart or bar chart according to a set method or a user request. In addition, the contents of the allocation information checked in step 2003 may be provided as text / graphics by the GUI area, the allocation area, the information area, etc. of the interface. Such screen examples correspond to those described in the description with reference to the above-described screen examples.

Next, the portable terminal may determine whether there is an interaction input in the interface, in particular, the GUI area (step 2007). If there is no interaction input, the portable terminal terminates the mode in response to the user's request for termination of the timer setting mode by the same procedure as in step 2009, and the previously executed mode or initial mode (for example, , Standby mode).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 2007 that there is an interaction input, the mobile terminal processes the increase and decrease of allocation information for at least one application designated by the interaction and the remaining applications except for the at least one application (step 2011). ). At this time, when the portable terminal increases the allocation information for the at least one application according to the interaction, the allocation information for the remaining applications decreases. Alternatively, when the allocation information for the at least one application decreases according to the interaction, the allocation information for the remaining applications increases.

Herein, the increase or decrease of allocation information for at least one application designated by the interaction increases or decreases corresponding to the input degree of the interaction, and the increase or decrease in allocation information for the remaining applications is determined by increasing or decreasing allocation information for the at least one application. In proportion to the increase or decrease according to this, it may be increased or decreased in consideration of a priority or the like. In this case, the portable terminal changes and provides an object such as a text / graphic provided in the GUI area in response to the increase / decrease in the allocation information according to the interaction. Such screen examples correspond to those described in the description with reference to the above-described screen examples.

Next, the mobile terminal can check whether or not the interaction occurs in the above step (2013). If the interaction is not terminated, the mobile terminal enters the 20011 step and may perform the above-described operation until the interaction ends.

On the other hand, as a result of the check in step 2013, when the interaction ends, the mobile terminal may update and provide setting information changed according to the interaction (step 2015).

On the other hand, although omitted in FIG. 20, in step 2007, the mobile terminal can distinguish the type of the input interaction. That is, the portable terminal determines whether the interaction is an interaction for changing allocation information, an interaction for holding allocation information of a specific application, an interaction for selecting a plurality of applications, or an interaction for editing an application in which a timer function is set. Can be determined. For example, if the interaction is an interaction for editing the application, the mobile terminal can process an operation as described in the above description with reference to FIG. 14.

21 is a diagram illustrating a control operation for each interaction in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 21, FIG. 21 illustrates an example of a setting operation for each interaction input through the touch screen in the portable terminal of the present invention including a touch screen and in a timer function setting mode.

Referring to FIG. 21, the mobile terminal processes a corresponding function according to a specific interaction type in the timer function setting mode. That is, as indicated by reference numeral 2100, when a specific interaction is input in the timer function setting mode, the portable terminal may analyze the type of the specific interaction.

First, if the interaction 2100 is a drag input 2111, the mobile terminal identifies an application corresponding to the drag input 2111, and increases or decreases allocation information of the application 2113 according to the drag input 2111. To deal with.

Next, if the interaction 2100 is the first tap input 2121, the mobile terminal selects 2123 a first application corresponding to the first tap input 2121 and then waits for the next input. have. In this case, if the next input is the second tap input 2125, the portable terminal may select a second application corresponding to the second tap input 2125 (2127) and then wait for the next input. Here, a plurality of applications may be selected, such as the first application 2123 and the second application 2127, by the first tap input 2121 and the second tap input 2125. Subsequently, when the mobile terminal selects the first application 2123 and the second application 2127 and detects a drag input 2129 as a next input, the portable terminal detects the drag application 2123 according to the drag input 2129. And the allocation information increase and decrease 2131 of the second application 2127. That is, the mobile terminal can process the increase and decrease of the plurality of allocation information according to the drag input 2129.

Next, if the interaction 2100 is a touch input 2141, the mobile terminal may select 2143 a first application corresponding to the touch input 2141 and wait for the next input. In this case, if the next input is a touch that is input while the touch input 2141 is maintained, that is, a multi-touch input 2145, the mobile terminal selects a second application corresponding to the multi-touch input 2145 ( 2147), then wait for the next input. Here, a plurality of applications, such as the first application 2143 and the second application 2147, may be selected by the touch input 2141 and the multi-touch input 2145. Subsequently, when the mobile terminal detects a drag input 2149 as a next input after selecting the first application 2143 and the second application 2147, the portable terminal 2143 according to the drag input 2149. And the allocation information increase and decrease (2151) of the second application (2147). That is, the mobile terminal can process the increase and decrease of the plurality of allocation information according to the drag input 2149.

Next, if the interaction 2100 is a hold input 2161, the portable terminal identifies a first application corresponding to the hold input 2161 and allocates the first application according to the hold input 2161. Lock the information (2163). Subsequently, when the mobile terminal detects a drag input 2165 as a next input after locking the allocation information 2163 of the first application, the portable terminal identifies a second application corresponding to the drag input 2165 and the drag input. According to 2165, the allocation information increase and decrease 2671 of the second application is processed. In this case, the mobile terminal processes the allocation information of the first application set by the lock 2163 to maintain the value regardless of the drag input 2165.

22 is a diagram illustrating an application execution operation in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 22, when the mobile terminal first detects a request for executing a specific application from the user (step 2201), the mobile terminal checks allocation information and cumulative information allocated for the corresponding application (step 2203). Here, the specific application may represent an application in which a timer function is set. The allocation information indicates information such as allocation time, occupancy rate (percentage), allocation current amount, etc. allocated to each application as described in the description with reference to the drawings. Or current amount).

Next, the portable terminal determines whether the application can be executed based on the allocation information and the accumulated information (step 2205). For example, the portable terminal can determine whether there is remaining information by comparing the allocation information with the cumulative information.

Next, if the remaining information does not exist, the mobile terminal restricts the use of the requested application (step 2217). For example, when time information (percentage or time information converted by an allocated current amount) according to the allocation information is 30 minutes and the cumulative information is 30 minutes, the remaining information is subtracted from the allocation information 30 minutes by 30 minutes. The information is 0 minutes. When there is no remaining information as described above, the portable terminal can limit the use of the application. Subsequently, after limiting the use of the application, the mobile terminal can proceed to step 2219 to be described later.

Next, if the remaining information exists, the mobile terminal executes the requested application (step 2207). For example, if the time information according to the allocation information is 30 minutes and the cumulative information is 12 minutes, the remaining information is 18 minutes when the accumulated information 12 minutes is subtracted from the accumulated information 12 minutes. In this case, the mobile terminal may allow the use of the corresponding application for 18 minutes of the remaining information. In this case, it should be noted that the consideration of the capacity subtracted by the battery discharge of the portable terminal is omitted. Therefore, as described in the above-described operation description, the corresponding procedure in consideration of the battery discharge may be performed.

When the application is executed in step 2207, the portable terminal drives a timer in response to the application execution and counts accumulated information according to the timer driving (step 2209). In operation 2211, the portable terminal displays status information on one region of the execution screen of the application. That is, the portable terminal can provide the usage information (time used) according to the allocation information and the cumulative information count to one region set on the execution screen of the application. An example of such a screen is shown in FIGS. 17 to 19 described above.

On the other hand, if the interrupt occurs during the execution of the application (step 2213) together with providing the status information as described above, the portable terminal may analyze the type of the interrupt (steps 2215 and 2223). That is, the portable terminal can determine whether the interrupt is an interruption due to allocation information expiration (step 2215) or an interruption of an application execution termination (step 2223) according to a user request.

If the interrupt is the allocation information expiration interrupt (Yes in step 2215), the mobile terminal limits the execution of the corresponding application executing in the step (2217). That is, when the accumulated information accumulated by the count during the execution of the application corresponds to the set allocation information, the portable terminal exhausts the allocated allocation time or exhausts the allocated allocation current, for example. The execution of can be terminated.

Next, the portable terminal outputs notification information according to the execution of the application (step 2219). For example, as the allocation information is exhausted using a pop-up message or a notification sound, the corresponding application may not be executed. It should be noted that this notification information output operation may be omitted in the present invention.

Next, the mobile terminal may perform a user request or a corresponding operation after the execution of the application (step 2221). For example, the portable terminal may enter into a timer function setting mode according to an operation set when the application execution is restricted or a user request, increase an allocation information for the application, and the like.

Next, if the interrupt is not the allocation information expiration interrupt (No in step 2215), the portable terminal checks whether the interrupt is an interrupt requesting termination of execution (step 2223). In this case, if the interrupt is an execution termination request interrupt (Yes in step 2223), the mobile terminal terminates execution of the application (step 2225). In this case, the portable terminal may accumulate information used until the execution of the application.

On the other hand, if the interrupt is not an execution termination request interrupt (No in step 2223), the mobile terminal may perform a corresponding operation according to the interrupt (step 2227). For example, while executing the application, an operation such as entering a timer function setting mode may be performed according to an interrupt for changing allocation information allocated to the application.

As described above, an embodiment of the present invention provides an interface for setting a timer function for each application. That is, allocation information is distributed for each application, and each application is operated in the allocated allocation information. As a result, battery management efficiency can be improved, and battery discharge can be prevented due to excessive use of a specific application.

To this end, the portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, a module for checking the remaining battery capacity to calculate the maximum (max) time of the timer, a module for calculating the percentage (or allocated current amount) assigned to the application, the time for each application It may include a module for calculating the amount of current consumption per unit time. That is, the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control means for processing the increase and decrease of the allocation information for each application according to the interaction input to the GUI area, and controls the use of each application in response to the allocation information distributed It may include. Such control means of the present invention may be responsible for the overall functional control of the present invention as described in the above description with reference to FIGS. 1 to 22.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the allocation information allocated to the application may be intuitively provided through the width / length of the allocation area including text. When the allocation information for a specific application is increased (decreased) according to a user interaction, the allocation information for the remaining applications except for the specific application is automatically decreased (increased). In this case, when the allocation information of the specific application is increased (decreased), the allocation information may be decreased (increased) in consideration of the priority of the remaining applications.

The mobile terminal of the present invention as described above can be applied to all types of terminals using a battery. The portable terminal of the present invention includes all mobile communication terminals operating in accordance with communication protocols corresponding to various communication systems, including portable multimedia player (PMP), digital broadcasting. It may include all information and communication devices such as a player, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a music player (eg, an MP3 player), a mobile game terminal, a smart phone, a notebook, and an application thereof. have.

It should be noted that the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the present specification and drawings are only illustrative of the present invention in order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

1 illustrates an example of an interface for designating an application group in a mobile terminal and distributing battery capacity for each application group according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 and 3 are views showing an example of an interface for setting a timer function for each application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4A to 5 are views illustrating an example of an interaction input method for changing allocation information for each application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

6 to 13 are diagrams illustrating an example of an operation of changing allocation information allocated to each application according to an interaction in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

14 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation of changing application information in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

15 and 16 illustrate screen examples of a viewer mode in which a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention can intuitively check a usable time allocated to each application and its progress state;

17 to 19 illustrate examples of operation screens when a specific application is executed in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

20 is a diagram illustrating a process of setting a timer function for each application in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

21 is a view illustrating a control operation for each interaction in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

22 is a diagram illustrating an application execution operation in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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In the mobile terminal, A user interface for providing allocation information for each application and receiving an interaction for distributing allocation information for each application; And control means for processing the increase / decrease of the allocation information for each application according to the interaction, and controlling the use of each application in response to the allocation information to be distributed. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface, And a graphical user interface (GUI) area for changing a state of the allocation information according to the input interaction. The method of claim 2, wherein the GUI area, And providing a visual area for allocating each application according to a set type, and providing a visual effect in which allocation information of each application is increased or decreased according to the interaction. The method of claim 3, wherein the allocation information, Representing the battery usage information allocated to each application, characterized in that provided as a text object (object) of the percentage, time, amount of current and the image object according to the size of the allocation area. The method of claim 3, wherein the GUI area, A mobile terminal characterized in that it is provided in any one of a pie type and a bar type. The method of claim 3, wherein the interaction, And at least one of an interaction by a touch screen of the portable terminal and an interaction by a key combination of the portable terminal. The method of claim 6, wherein the interaction, A mobile device comprising an interaction for controlling increase or decrease of at least one allocation information, an interaction for selecting allocation information for a plurality of applications, an interaction for holding allocation information of at least one application, and an interaction for changing application information. Terminal. The method of claim 7, wherein When an interaction input for controlling the increase or decrease of the allocation information is input, a visual effect of increasing or decreasing the first allocation information of at least one specific application is provided according to the interaction, and corresponding to the increase or decrease of the first allocation information. And providing a visual effect for changing second allocation information of the remaining applications except for the specific application to be incompatible with the change. The method of claim 8, And the second allocation information change decreases or increases the second allocation information in proportion to an increase or a decrease of the first allocation information that changes according to the interaction. The method of claim 7, wherein When an interaction input for selecting allocation information for the plurality of applications is input, an allocation area of a first application is selected according to a first interaction, an allocation area of a second application is selected according to a second interaction, and the allocation information is increased or decreased. And increasing / decreasing allocation information of the first and second applications according to a third interaction. The method of claim 7, wherein When the interaction input for holding the allocation information of the application is input, the allocation area of the first application is held according to a first interaction, and when the allocation information of the second application according to the second interaction is increased or decreased, the allocation information of the first application is fixed. A mobile terminal, characterized in that. The method of claim 7, wherein When the interaction input for changing the application information, the mobile terminal characterized in that to provide a possible edit menu of the application information in the allocation area. The method of claim 12, wherein the edit menu, An application selection field for selecting an application to be edited; An assignment information input field for inputting / selecting assignment information for an editing application; And an add / modify selection field for determining add / replace of the editing application. The method of claim 2, wherein the control means, Executing a viewer mode when requesting status information on allocation information for each application distributed by the user interface, The mobile terminal, characterized in that by checking the consumption capacity of each application when running the viewer mode, to distinguish the remaining information and cumulative information for each application to provide a graphic. The method of claim 14, wherein the control means, When executing a specific application, the mobile terminal characterized in that the allocation information and cumulative information assigned to the specific application is checked, and the allocation information and cumulative information is provided in one region on the execution screen of the specific application. The method of claim 2, wherein the control means, And the use time of each application is individually limited by the allocation information distributed for each application. In the application timer setting method, Checking the allocation information allocated to each application upon request of the timer function setting mode; Configuring and providing an interface according to the allocation information; Detecting an interaction input to a graphical user interface (GUI) area of the interface; Controlling increase / decrease of allocation information of at least one specific application according to the interaction; And setting and updating the allocation information changed according to the interaction. The method of claim 17, wherein the providing process, And configuring and providing an allocation area of the GUI area using text and graphics corresponding to the allocation information for each application. The method of claim 18, The increase or decrease of the first allocation information for at least one specific application according to the interaction increases or decreases corresponding to the input degree of the interaction, and the increase or decrease of the second allocation information for the remaining applications except for the specific application increases or decreases the second allocation information. Application timer setting method, characterized in that the increase or decrease in proportion to the increase or decrease according to. The method of claim 19, When the first allocation information for the specific application increases according to the interaction, setting the timer function for each application according to the priority of the remaining applications decreases the second allocation information in proportion to the increase in the first allocation information. Way. The method of claim 19, When the first allocation information for the specific application is reduced according to the interaction, setting the timer function for each application according to the priority of the remaining applications increases the second allocation information in proportion to the decrease in the first allocation information. Way. The method of claim 18, wherein the detecting process, Classifying the input interaction type; Performing one of at least one allocation information increase / decrease control, allocation information selection control for a plurality of applications, allocation information hold control of at least one application, and application information change control according to the interaction type; Application-specific timer function setting method characterized by.

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