KR20130009289A - Background application managemnt method and terminal using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A background application management method and a terminal using the same are provided to automatically re-execute a forcibly terminated application depending on the generation of an event with a specific key. CONSTITUTION: An event setting unit(110) registers event information for inputting a specific key. When the generation of an event is sensed by an event operation sensing unit, the event setting unit broadcasts a broadcasting message for performing the event information. A broadcast receiver module unit(130) receives the broadcasting message broadcasted by the event setting unit. The broadcast receiver module unit requests the operation of a broadcast receiver so that the broadcast receiver executes a corresponding application. [Reference numerals] (110) Event setting unit; (120) Event operation sensing unit; (130) Broadcast receiver module unit; (AA) Application rerun; (BB) Registration confirmation; (CC) Broadcast message

Description

Background management method and terminal using the same {BACKGROUND APPLICATION MANAGEMNT METHOD AND TERMINAL USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a management method for a background application in a mobile operating system environment, and more particularly, an event caused by a specific key input when an application driven in the background is forcibly terminated in a terminal based on the mobile operating system. The present invention relates to a method for allowing an application to be stably driven by automatically re-executing an application which has been forcibly terminated according to the presence and to a terminal using the same.

Recently, as the demand of the smart phone is rapidly increasing, various applications that can be executed through the mobile operating system are introduced.

A mobile operating system refers to an operating system running on a mobile terminal, such as Microsoft's Windows Operating System (OS), on a PC. Such a mobile operating system is mounted on the mobile terminal according to the characteristics of the terminal and manufacturer technology. Examples include Apple's iOS operating system, Google's Android operating system, Microsoft's Windows operating system, and Nokia's Symbian operating system.

With the introduction of such a mobile operating system, a multitasking operation capable of simultaneously executing two or more applications in a mobile terminal is possible. In the multitasking operation, the mobile terminal executes a specific program in the background to operate regardless of other tasks of the user. For example, a program that performs file transfer may be executed in the background at the terminal to operate regardless of other functions such as games or phone calls.

However, the conventional mobile terminal does not inform the user of the status of a program executed in the background, so that the user may not know exactly whether there is a program currently running in the background, whether the program is terminated, or is continuously running.

Therefore, the user may forcibly terminate the program by turning off the power or replacing the battery without knowing that the program is being executed in the background.

Alternatively, the available memory may be reduced as unnecessary applications are executed in the mobile terminal. In this case, the RAM may be cleaned up at the same level as the initial booting to secure the RAM, or the application may be forcibly terminated through an application such as a task killer.

At this time, since a required application is forcibly terminated by default, a method of driving the application again is required. Therefore, the mobile terminal registers alarm information to the mobile operating system so that the alarm information is transmitted to the corresponding application when a specific alarm time arrives, thereby executing the corresponding application.

However, in recent years, when a powerful task management program is issued and a forced termination of an application executed in the background is performed, all application notification information registered in the mobile operating system is deleted, so that the application does not run until the user directly runs the application. have.

The present invention was devised by the above necessity, and when an application running on a mobile operating system is forcibly terminated, the application can be stably operated by automatically re-executing the application that was forcibly terminated according to the occurrence of an event using a specific key. An object of the present invention is to provide an application management method and a terminal using the same.

To this end, according to a first aspect of the present invention, a terminal of the present invention includes a terminal forcibly terminating an application on a background, the terminal comprising: an event motion detection unit for detecting an event occurrence according to a specific key input; An event setting unit that registers event information with respect to the specific key input and broadcasts a broadcasting message for performing pre-registered event information when an event occurrence is detected from the event motion detection unit; And a broadcast receiver module unit for receiving a broadcasting message broadcast from the event setting unit and requesting to drive a broadcast receiver mapped to the broadcast message to execute a corresponding application.

The broadcast receiver module may include a plurality of broadcast receivers, and registers in advance whether each broadcast receiver receives a broadcast message when a specific event occurs among events input through broadcasting. .

The event information may include information regarding which application process is automatically executed when the specific key input occurs.

The specific key may include any one of a home key, a call key, an end key, and a lock setting / release key of the smart phone.

The event setting unit may additionally set an event for confirming whether an event for the specific key is registered before broadcasting if the input of the specific key occurs.

The event setting unit may be configured to newly register event information when an event for the specific key is not registered.

On the other hand, according to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for managing a background application in a terminal of the present invention, registering an event for a specific key input; Detecting whether an event occurs according to a specific key input after the application on the background is forcibly terminated; Broadcasting a broadcasting message for performing pre-registered event information when the event occurrence is detected; And requesting to drive the broadcast receiver module unit that receives the broadcast message to execute a corresponding application.

The broadcast receiver module may further include registering in advance whether to receive a broadcast message when a specific event occurs among events input through broadcasting for each broadcast receiver.

The event information may include information regarding which application process is automatically executed when the specific key input occurs.

Also, when the occurrence of the event is detected, checking whether an event for the specific key is registered before broadcasting; And if the event for the specific key is not registered as a result of the checking, registering the event information newly.

According to the present invention, when an application running on a mobile operating system is forcibly terminated, the receiver receiving the broadcast message receives a broadcast message by transmitting a broadcast message requesting execution of a preset application according to whether an event occurs using a specific key. It has the effect of automatically restarting the process of. As a result, the background application can be stably driven.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal for managing to automatically re-run a forcedly terminated application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a terminal for managing to automatically re-execute a forcedly terminated application according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an application management method for managing to automatically re-run a forcedly terminated application.
4 is a flowchart illustrating another example of an application management method for managing to automatically re-run a forcedly terminated application.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The configuration of the present invention and the operation and effect thereof will be clearly understood through the following detailed description. Prior to the detailed description of the present invention, the same components will be denoted by the same reference numerals even if they are displayed on different drawings, and the detailed description will be omitted when it is determined that the well-known configuration may obscure the gist of the present invention. do.

1 and 2 are diagrams illustrating a configuration of a terminal for managing to automatically re-run a forcedly terminated application according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

A terminal in the present invention is a portable terminal equipped with a mobile operating system, and the data can be communicated through a mobile communication network (CDMA, W-CDMA, etc.), a wireless Internet network (WiBro, etc.) or data via short-range communication such as Wi-Fi It may be a terminal capable of transmitting and receiving. In more detail, the mobile terminal 10 may include a notebook computer, a tablet PC, a personal digital assistant (PDA), an MP3 player, a smart phone, and the like.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented by including an event setting unit 110, an event motion detecting unit 120, and a broadcast receiver module unit 130.

The event setting unit 110 registers an event regarding which application process is automatically executed when a specific key input occurs. For example, pressing the home key of the smart phone may be set to automatically execute an alarm application, a message related application, or a map application. It may be an event that the light of the terminal is turned on when the user touches the touch pad.

Here, the specific key may be a home key of the smart phone, and may be an end key, a call key, a lock setting / release key, or the like. In general, a specific key may be set as a key most used by a user in a terminal to increase user convenience.

In addition, when a specific key input occurs, the event setting unit 110 broadcasts the broadcast receiver module 130 to the broadcast receiver module 130 according to previously registered event information. In this case, event information broadcast to the broadcast receiver module unit 130 is called a broadcast message.

In addition, the event setting unit 110 may additionally set an event for checking whether an event for a specific key is registered when an input of a specific key occurs. For example, when the home key is input from the event motion detector 120, it is checked whether event information for the home key is registered. If the event is registered, the event motion detector 120 or the broadcast receiver module unit ( 130). If the event is not registered, register new event information.

The event motion detector 120 detects the presence or absence of an input with respect to a specific key registered by the event setup unit 110. If there is an input of a specific key, the event setting unit 110 is notified of the occurrence of an event.

When the broadcast receiver module 130 receives a broadcast message from the event setting unit 110, the broadcast receiver module 130 selects a broadcast message corresponding to itself and automatically requests to execute the corresponding application.

The broadcast receiver module 130 includes a plurality of broadcast receivers for executing each application, and each broadcast receiver receives a broadcast message to execute a corresponding application in the background. To perform. To this end, the broadcast receiver module 130 registers in advance whether each broadcast receiver receives a broadcast message when a specific event occurs among events input through broadcasting.

In addition, when executing the application, the broadcast receiver module 130 may determine the state of whether the corresponding application is operating on the background through the background state detecting unit 140 as shown in FIG. 2.

If the corresponding application is operating in the background, the event information received from the event setting unit 110 is performed. If the corresponding application is not operating in the background, a service corresponding to the corresponding application is requested, and the application corresponding to the service request. It provides a hardware environment that allows you to run. In the case where the application is forcibly terminated as in the present invention, the application will generally not operate in the background.

The terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above operates as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an application management method for managing to automatically re-run a forcedly terminated application.

First, the terminal registers event information regarding which event to occur according to a specific key input through the event setting unit 110 in advance. The terminal also receives a broadcast message in the background and registers in advance with respect to the broadcast receiver which application to execute.

Thereafter, the terminal may forcibly terminate the application running in the background through the task management application or the RAM cleanup (S100).

Then, the event motion detection unit 120 detects whether an event occurs according to the presence or absence of a specific key input (S110).

The specific key may be set to a key most used by the user, such as a home key, a call key, and a lock on / off key of the smartphone. If you set the key that the user uses the most, it can be immediately re-executed for the basically required application among the forcedly terminated applications.

When the input of a specific key occurs in the event motion detector 120, the event setting unit 110 notifies that an event occurs, and if there is no input of a specific key, the current motion state is maintained until a specific key is input (S140). ).

When the event occurs, the event setting unit 110 broadcasts the pre-registered event information to the broadcast receiver module 130 (S120).

The broadcast receiver module 130 receives a broadcast message broadcast from the event setting unit 110, and requests a driving of the broadcast receiver mapped to the broadcast message to execute the corresponding application (S130). For example, a broadcast message for an alarm is received by a notification broadcast receiver named mainreceiver to operate its own process, and a broadcast message for a home key is received by a receiver named subreceiver to receive its own process. Operate.

For example, an alarm application is executed using the home key. Here, the alarm application includes not only a basic alarm clock function such as a wake-up call but also a function of executing another application such as a music alarm or a volume increase alarm or a direct call. It may include.

In this case, when the terminal has a home key input, the event setting unit transmits event information to the broadcast receiver module unit 130 to execute the alarm application. In the broadcast receiver module unit 130, the mainreceiver is connected to the alarm application. Since the broadcast message is received, the service can be restarted by executing another application such as a music alarm registered in the alarm application as an event and increasing the volume.

4 is a flowchart illustrating another example of an application management method for managing to automatically re-run a forcedly terminated application.

When the application running in the background in the terminal is forcibly terminated, the event motion detection unit 120 in the terminal detects whether a specific key is input (S200, S210).

If there is no input of a specific key, the event motion detection unit 120 maintains the current operation state until the input of a specific key, and if there is an input of a specific key, informs the event setting unit 110 that an event is generated (S220). .

Then, the event setting unit 110 checks whether event information for a specific key is registered (S230).

If event information for a specific key input is registered, the registered event information is broadcast to the broadcast receiver module 130 (S250).

If event information for a specific key input is not registered, the event setting unit 110 registers new event information for executing an application (S240). A list of applications to be executed may be displayed on the terminal screen and an interface may be provided for the user to select. The newly registered event information is broadcast to the broadcast receiver module 130 (S250).

Thereafter, the broadcast receiver module unit 130 receives the broadcast message broadcast from the event setting unit 110 and makes a driving request for the broadcast receiver mapped to the broadcast message to execute the corresponding application (S260). .

For example, an excerpt of a key code for registering alarm event information is as follows.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the present invention, and various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the specification of the present invention are not intended to limit the present invention. The scope of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all the techniques within the scope of equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

In the conventional mobile operating system, the application is forcibly terminated through an application such as a task killer and registered in advance as alarm information so that the application is re-executed when a certain time is reached. If a certain key input occurs, the event that causes the application to be re-executed is registered in advance, and when the event occurs, the alarm message is deleted by the powerful task manager by automatically sending the broadcast message to the application to automatically start the process of the application. Can solve the problem. This method is a useful invention with industrial applicability because it can be sufficiently implemented as an application component declaration operation in not only the Android operating system but also in other mobile operating systems, and it is not only sales potential, but also practically obvious.

100: terminal 110: event setting unit
120: event motion detection unit 130: broadcast receiver module

Claims (11)

In a terminal forcibly terminating an application on the background,
An event motion detector to detect whether an event occurs according to a specific key input;
An event setting unit that registers event information with respect to the specific key input and broadcasts a broadcasting message for performing pre-registered event information when an event occurrence is detected from the event motion detection unit; And
A broadcast receiver module unit for receiving a broadcast message broadcast from the event setting unit and requesting to drive a broadcast receiver mapped to the broadcast message to execute a corresponding application.
And a second terminal. The method of claim 1,
The broadcast receiver module unit
And a plurality of broadcast receivers, wherein each broadcast receiver registers in advance whether to receive a broadcast message when a specific event occurs among events input through broadcasting. The method of claim 1,
The event information is
And information on which application process is automatically executed when the specific key input occurs. The method according to claim 1 or 3,
The specific key is a terminal, characterized in that it comprises any one of the home key, the call key, the end key, the lock on / off key. The method of claim 1,
The event setting unit
When the input of the specific key occurs, before the broadcasting, it is possible to additionally set an event for checking whether the event for the specific key is registered. The method of claim 5, wherein
The event setting unit
If the event for the particular key is not registered, the terminal characterized in that to provide to register the event information newly. Registering an event for a particular key input;
Detecting whether an event occurs according to a specific key input after the application on the background is forcibly terminated;
Broadcasting a broadcast message for performing pre-registered event information to a broadcast receiver module unit when the event occurrence is detected; And
Requesting that each broadcast receiver receiving the broadcast message from the broadcast receiver module unit executes the corresponding application;
Method of managing a background application in the terminal, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 7, wherein
Registering in advance whether the broadcast receiver module receives a broadcast message when a specific event occurs among events input through broadcasting;
Method of managing a background application in the terminal, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 7, wherein
The event information is
And a method for automatically executing a process of an application when the specific key input is generated. The method of claim 7, wherein
If the occurrence of the event is detected, checking whether an event for the specific key is registered before broadcasting; And
Registering the event information if the event for the specific key is not registered
Method of managing a background application in the terminal, characterized in that it further comprises. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the steps according to any one of claims 7 to 10.

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