KR20170035799A - Apparatus and method for managing an application - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of managing a plurality of applications executed on an electronic device is provided. The method includes the steps of updating a mode of the at least one application from a non-work mode to a work mode based on a first external input regarding at least one application from among the plurality of applications, updating a mode of another application other than the at least one application from a work mode to a non-work mode based on the first external input, and displaying a work time regarding the at least one application that is determined based on at least one of information indicating a time point at which the first external input is obtained and information indicating a time point at which the mode of the at least one application is updated from the non-work mode to the work mode.

Description

[0001] Apparatus and method for managing an application [

This disclosure relates to a method and an electronic device for determining working time for a plurality of applications executed in an electronic device or working time for a plurality of applications executed in a plurality of electronic devices without overlapping time periods.

As the number of businesses providing remote services such as telemedicine using web applications has increased, it has become necessary to calculate a working time which is an objective criterion when charges are charged for the provision of the remote service. However, the existing technology does not judge the tab / window of the web browser that the user is actually working in when the tab / window of the multiple web browsers is running in a single electronic device or a plurality of electronic devices, There is a problem that can not calculate the working time.

Accordingly, there is a need for a method that can determine the application in which an actual user performs a task among a plurality of applications running in the electronic device, and calculate the working time for the determined application, thereby increasing the reliability of the calculated working time.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, when a plurality of applications are running in a single electronic device or when a plurality of applications are running in a plurality of electronic devices, by determining the working time for an application that is actually being performed by the user , A reliable method for calculating work time is provided.

According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method for managing a plurality of applications executed in an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of: determining, based on a first external input for at least one application of the applications Updating the mode of at least one application from the non-working mode to the working mode, based on the first external input, updating the mode of the application other than the at least one application from the working mode to the non-working mode, and And displaying an operation time for at least one application determined based on at least one of an acquisition time of the first external input and an update time in the operation mode.

Also, a second aspect of the present disclosure is directed to an electronic device that executes a plurality of applications, the method comprising: determining a mode of at least one application based on a first external input for at least one application of the plurality of applications, Based on at least one of a processor for updating from a working mode to a working mode, a processor for updating a mode of an application other than the at least one application from the working mode to the non-working mode, And a display unit for displaying a working time for the determined at least one application.

A third aspect of the present disclosure also includes a method for obtaining point-in-time information, the point-in-time information including information indicative of a point-in-time of acquisition of an external input to at least one application of a plurality of applications executing in a first electronic device and a second electronic device Determining a working time for at least one application based on the viewpoint information, and sending a message to at least one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the information including information indicative of the determined working time Can be provided.

In addition, the viewpoint information may include information indicating when the mode of at least one application is updated from the non-work mode to the work mode based on the external input.

In addition, the step of determining the working time may include determining the working time based on at least one of information indicating the time when the external input is acquired and information indicating when the mode of at least one application is updated to the working mode in the non-working mode Step < / RTI >

In addition, determining the work time may include obtaining a first work time that is an operation time for at least one application running on the first electronic device, obtaining an operation time for at least one application running on the second electronic device And determining a time as a working time excluding a time overlapping between the first working time and the second working time in the sum of the first working time and the second working time have.

In addition, the step of acquiring the viewpoint information may include acquiring first viewpoint information indicating a point-in-time of acquiring a first external input for an application executed in the first one of the at least one application, And acquiring second point-of-time information indicating a point-in-time of acquiring a second external input for an application executed in the electronic device.

In addition, the step of acquiring the viewpoint information may include acquiring third viewpoint information indicating a point in time when acquiring an external input other than a first external input for an application executed in the first one of the at least one application, Acquiring fourth point-in-time information indicating an acquisition time point of an external input other than a second external input for an application executed in the second electronic device among the applications of the first electronic device.

In addition, the step of determining the working time may determine the working time based on the first to fourth time point information.

In addition, the step of determining the working time may include determining the time from the first time point to the fourth time point as the working time when the first time point is ahead of the second time point and the second time point is ahead of the third time point .

When the third time point is ahead of the second time point, the step of determining the work time is a step of calculating the sum of the time from the acquisition time point of the first external input to the third time point and the time from the second time point to the fourth time point, And determining the time as a time.

The step of determining the working time may include the step of determining the time from the first time point to the third time point as the working time when the first time point is ahead of the second time point and the fourth time point is ahead of the third time point can do.

In addition, acquiring the viewpoint information may include receiving a heartbeat message including viewpoint information from each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

The fourth aspect of the present disclosure can provide a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method of the first aspect is recorded.

1 is a diagram illustrating a method for determining an operating time for one or more applications running in an electronic device in conjunction with an electronic device or server in accordance with one embodiment.
2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for an electronic device according to an embodiment to determine working time for at least one application among a plurality of applications executed in an electronic device.
3 is a flow chart illustrating a method according to one embodiment for determining a working time for an application running on an electronic device.
4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method of determining an operating time for an application running on an electronic device, based on a plurality of external inputs, in accordance with one embodiment.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by the electronic device as the mode of the application is updated to the operation mode or the non-operation mode based on the external input.
6 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for determining a working time for an application based on information indicating the time of acquisition of each of a plurality of external inputs received from each of a plurality of electronic devices, in accordance with an embodiment.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for determining a work time for an application based on one or more work time records received by a server from one or more electronic devices, according to an embodiment.
8 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a method for determining an operating time for an application in which an electronic device or a server interacts with an electronic device, in accordance with one embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a method by which an electronic device or server interacts to handle an idle state, in accordance with one embodiment.
10 is a diagram showing an example in which the opacity of an area for displaying an application changes as the state changes from a steady state to an idle state.
11 is a graph showing the relationship of the opacity of the area in which the application is displayed for the idle time according to one embodiment.
12 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device according to an embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. However, the present disclosure may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In order that the present disclosure may be more fully understood, the same reference numbers are used throughout the specification to refer to the same or like parts.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a method for determining the working time for one or more applications executed in the electronic device 100 in conjunction with the electronic device 100 or server 150 according to one embodiment.

As used herein, an application may include any application having a particular purpose, e.g., a web application, a gaming application, a remote service provisioning application, etc., executed via a web browser.

Also, when the mode of the application executed in the electronic device 100 is the work mode, it may mean that the work is being performed in the application. For example, when the mode of the application is the work mode, the application may be executed in the electronic device to indicate a state in which the current focus is acquired. Conversely, if the mode of the application is a non-working mode, it may mean that the job is not performed in the application. For example, if an active application executed in an electronic device can not acquire current focus, the mode of the application may be a non-working mode.

In this disclosure, an external input, according to one embodiment, may include an input that invokes at least one application that is the subject of external input, or an input that clicks on a region corresponding to at least one application that is the subject of external input But are not limited to. For example, when the application is an execution window of a specific application, it may include an input for invoking an execution window, an input for activating the execution window, or an input for clicking a certain area corresponding to the execution window.

The electronic device 100 according to one embodiment may execute a plurality of applications. For example, the electronic device 100 may execute the first application 115 and the second application 125. In addition, the electronic device 140 in accordance with one embodiment may execute one or more applications. In addition, according to one embodiment, the server 150 can transmit and receive data to and from the electronic device 100 and the electronic device 140 via the transceiver.

According to one embodiment, the first application 115 and the second application 125 may each be displayed in a first execution window and a second execution window of a particular application. For example, if the particular application is a web browser, the first application 115 may be a first web browser instance and the second application 125 may be a second web browser instance. At this time, the web browser instance may include a web browser specific object, for example, a web browser window / tab.

The electronic device 100 is configured to switch the mode of the first application 115 from the non-work mode to the work mode, based on the first external input 110 for the first application 115 running on the electronic device 100 Can be updated. For example, when the electronic device 100 acquires the first external input 110 for the first application 115 when the mode of the first application 115 is in the non-working mode, May update the mode of the first application 115 to the working mode.

The electronic device 100 according to one embodiment may determine whether the mode of the first application 115 is a working mode or a non-working mode when the first external input 110 is acquired. According to one embodiment, when the first application 115 determines that the mode of the first application 115 is a work mode at the time of acquiring the first external input 110, the electronic device 100 transmits the mode of the first application 115 to the work mode . When acquiring the first external input 110, the electronic device 100 determines that the mode of the first application 115 is the non-working mode, and the mode of the first application 115 is the non-working mode You can update to work mode.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may store in the memory 130 the ID of the first application 115 that is the subject of the first external input 110. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 includes information indicating the time of acquisition of the first external input 110 and information indicating that the mode of the first application 115 is updated in the work mode based on the first external input 110 At least one piece of information indicating the viewpoint may be stored in the memory 130. [

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may include information indicating a time at which the first external input 110 was acquired and a time at which the mode of the first application 115 was updated to the working mode based on the first external input. At least one of the information may be stored in the memory 130 in combination with the ID of the first application 115.

The term "memory" should be broadly interpreted to include any electronic component capable of storing electronic information. The terminology memory may be any suitable memory such as random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erase- May refer to various types of processor-readable media such as erasable programmable read-only memory (PROM), flash memory, magnetic or optical data storage devices, registers, and the like. A memory is said to be in electronic communication with a processor if the processor can read information from and / or write information to the memory. The memory integrated in the processor is in electronic communication with the processor.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may determine that a task is being performed in the first application 115 while the mode of the first application 115 running in the electronic device 100 is in the work mode. The electronic device 100 may also determine the working time based on the execution time of the first application 115 while the mode of the first application 115 is in the work mode.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 is configured to operate the mode of the second application 125, based on a first external input 110 for the first application 115 running on the electronic device 100, Mode to the non-working mode. For example, when the mode of the second application 115 is the working mode, when the electronic device 100 acquires the first external input 110 for the first application 115, the electronic device 100 The mode of the second application 115 can be updated to the non-working mode.

The electronic device 100 according to one embodiment may determine when the mode of the second application 125 is in a working mode or a non-working mode when acquiring the first external input 110. [ According to one embodiment, when the electronic device 100 determines that the mode of the second application 125 is a work mode at the time of acquiring the first external input 110, the mode of the second application 125 may be changed to a non- . ≪ / RTI > In addition, when the electronic device 100 determines that the mode of the second application 125 is the non-working mode at the time of acquiring the first external input 110, the electronic device 100 maintains the mode of the second application 125 in the non- .

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may store in the memory 130 the ID of the second application 125 that is the subject of the second external input. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 includes information indicating the time of acquisition of the first external input 110 and the mode of the second application 125 based on the first external input 110 in a non- And at least one piece of information indicating the updated time point may be stored in the memory 130.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 includes information indicating the time of acquisition of the first external input 110 and the mode of the second application 125 based on the first external input 110 in a non- At least one piece of information indicating the updated time point may be combined with the ID of the second application 125 and stored in the memory 130. [

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may determine that the operation is not performed in the second application 125 while the mode of the second application 125 running in the electronic device 100 is in the non-working mode have. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may be configured such that, while the mode of the second application 125 running in the electronic device 100 is in the non-working mode, the execution time of the second application 125 is determined, May not be considered.

The electronic device 100 is configured to switch the mode of the second application 125 from the non-work mode to the work mode, based on the second external input 120 for the second application 125 running on the electronic device 100 Can be updated. For example, when the electronic device 100 acquires the second external input 120 for the second application 125 when the mode of the second application 115 is in the non-working mode, May update the mode of the second application 121 to the working mode.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may determine whether the mode of the second application 125 is a working mode or a non-working mode when acquiring the second external input 120. [ According to one embodiment, when the second application 125 determines that the mode of the second application 125 is a work mode at the time of acquiring the second external input 120, the electronic device 100 may change the mode of the second application 125 to a work mode . In addition, when the electronic device 100 determines that the mode of the second application 125 is the non-working mode at the time of acquiring the second external input 120, the mode of the second application 125 is changed to the non- Mode.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may store the ID of the second application 125, which is the subject of the second external input 120, in the memory 130. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 is configured to receive information indicating the time of acquisition of the second external input 120 and information indicating that the mode of the second application 125 is updated in the work mode based on the second external input 120 At least one piece of information indicating the viewpoint may be stored in the memory 130. [

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may include information indicating a time at which the second external input 120 was acquired and a time at which the mode of the second application 125 was updated to the working mode, based on the second external input. At least one of the information may be combined with the ID of the second application 125 and stored in the memory 130. [

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may determine that a task is being performed in the second application 125 while the mode of the second application 125 running in the electronic device 100 is in the work mode. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may determine the working time based on the execution time of the second application 125 while the mode of the second application 125 is in the working mode.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 is configured to operate the mode of the first application 115, based on a second external input 120 for the second application 125 running on the electronic device 100, Mode to the non-working mode. For example, when the mode of the first application 115 is the working mode and the electronic device 100 acquires the second external input 120 for the second application 125, the electronic device 100 The mode of the first application 121 can be updated to the non-work mode.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 obtains the second external input 120 for the second application 125 as it acquires the second external input 120 for the second application 125 It can be determined whether the mode of the first application 115 is the working mode or the non-working mode. According to one embodiment, when the electronic device 100 determines that the mode of the first application 115 is a work mode at the time of acquiring the second external input 120 for the second application 125, 115) can be updated from the operation mode to the non-operation mode.

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device 100 determines that the mode of the first application 115 is a non-working mode upon acquiring the second external input 120 for the second application 125, It is possible to keep the mode of the operation unit 115 in the non-operation mode.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may store the ID of the first application 115 in the memory 130. Information indicating the acquisition time of the second external input 120 and information indicating the time when the mode of the first application 115 is updated to the non-operation mode based on the second external input 120 At least one piece of information may be stored in the memory 130.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 is configured to receive information indicating the time of acquisition of the second external input 120 and the mode of the first application 115 based on the second external input 120 in a non- At least one piece of information indicating the updated time point may be stored in the memory 130 in combination with the ID of the first application 115.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may determine that the operation is not performed in the first application 115 while the mode of the first application 115 running in the electronic device 100 is in the inactive mode have. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 is configured to determine an execution time of the first application 115 during a work time determination while a mode of the first application 115 running in the electronic device 100 is in a non- May not be considered.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may include an operating time for the first application 115 and the second application 125 running on the electronic device 100 determined based on the viewpoint information stored in the memory 130 Can be displayed.

According to one embodiment, the work time may be a sum of the work time for the first application 115 and the work time for the second application 125. [ According to one embodiment, the working time for the first application 115 may be the time that the mode of the first application 115 remains in the working mode.

For example, the working time for the first application 115 may be any one of the first external input time and the point at which the mode of the first application 115 is updated to the working mode based on the first external input 110 The time of the first application 115 is updated to the non-operation mode based on the second external input 110 and the second external input 110 from the time when the first application 115 is updated.

According to one embodiment, the working time for the second application 125 may be the time that the mode of the first application 115 maintained the working mode. The working time for the first application 115 and the second application 125 according to one embodiment is determined based on the time when the first application 115 maintains the working mode and the time when the second application 125 maintains the working mode May be combined.

The working time for the first application 115 and the second application 125 running in the electronic device 100 may be determined at the electronic device 100 and / or the server 150, according to one embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may send to the server 150 the ID of the application stored in the memory 130 and the viewpoint information. According to one embodiment, electronic device 100 may send a heartbeat message to server 150 that includes the identity of the application stored in memory 130 and viewpoint information. The heartbeat message may include a periodic signal generated by the browser.

The point of time information that electronic device 100 transmits to server 150 according to one embodiment may include the point in time at which the first external input 110 was acquired for first application 115, Information indicating when the first application 115 has been updated from the non-working mode to the working mode and information indicating when the mode of the first application 115 has been updated from the working mode to the non-working mode.

The point of time information that electronic device 100 transmits to server 150 according to one embodiment may include the time of acquisition of second external input 120 for second application 125, And information indicating when the mode of the second application 125 has been updated from the operation mode to the non-operation mode.

According to one embodiment, the server 150 may receive viewpoint information from the electronic device 100. The server 150 may receive the viewpoint information corresponding to the viewpoint information received from the electronic device 100 from the second electronic device 140. [ According to one embodiment, the server 150 may store in the memory 170 the viewpoint information received from the electronic device 100 and the electronic device 140, respectively.

According to one embodiment, the server 150 is capable of executing one (1), one (2), and one (1)) of the electronic device 100 and the second electronic device 140, respectively, based on the viewpoint information received from the electronic device 100 and the electronic device 140, The work time for the above applications can be determined. According to one embodiment, the server 150 may send information indicating the determined work time to the electronic device 100 and the electronic device 140, respectively. According to one embodiment, the server 150 may send a heartbeat message to each of the electronic device 100 and the electronic device 140, including information indicating the determined work time.

2 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for an electronic device 100 according to one embodiment to determine a working time for at least one application among a plurality of applications running on an electronic device 100. [

In step S210, the electronic device 100, in accordance with one embodiment, determines a mode of at least one application based on a first external input to at least one of a plurality of applications executing in the electronic device 100 It is possible to update from non-working mode to working mode.

The electronic device 100 may obtain a first external input for at least one application through the input / output device that constitutes the electronic device 100. [ For example, the first external input includes, but is not limited to, a click input of a keyboard button, or a click input of a mouse button.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may determine at least one application that is the subject of the first external input as it acquires the first external input.

The electronic device 100 may also determine the mode of the at least one application that is the subject of the first external input when acquiring the first external input. The mode of the at least one application may be a working mode or a non-working mode. In FIG. 2, when acquiring a first external input, according to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may determine that the mode of at least one application that is the subject of the first external input is a non-working mode.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may update the mode of at least one application from the non-working mode to the working mode by determining the mode of the at least one application that is the object of the first external input upon acquiring the first external input The mode of at least one application can be maintained in the working mode.

When acquiring the first external input, the electronic device 100 can update the mode of the at least one application to the working mode when it is determined that the mode of the at least one application that is the object of the first external input is the non-working mode. Also, when acquiring the first external input, the electronic device 100 can maintain the mode of at least one application in the working mode when it is determined that the mode of the at least one application that is the object of the first external input is the working mode.

In Figure 2, according to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 determines, upon acquiring the first external input, that the mode of the at least one application that is the subject of the first external input is a non-working mode, Can be updated to the operation mode.

In step S220, the electronic device 100, based on the first external input, determines the mode of the application other than the at least one application that is the object of the first external input of the plurality of applications, You can update to work mode.

The electronic device 100 may determine, when acquiring the first external input, whether the mode of the application other than the at least one application that is the object of the first external input is the working mode or the non-working mode. In Figure 2, in accordance with one embodiment, electronic device 100 may determine that when acquiring a first external input, the mode of another application other than the at least one application being the subject of the first external input is the working mode.

The electronic device 100 may also be configured to update the mode of the other application to the non-working mode or to update at least one of the at least one application to the non-working mode by determining the mode of another application other than the at least one application being the object of the first external input upon acquiring the first external input The mode of the application of FIG.

When acquiring the first external input and determining that the mode of another application is the working mode, the electronic device 100 can update the mode of the other application to the non-working mode. When acquiring the first external input and determining that the mode of the other application is the non-working mode, the electronic device 100 can keep the mode of the other application in the non-working mode.

In FIG. 2, in accordance with one embodiment, electronic device 100 can update a mode of another application to a non-working mode as it acquires a first external input and determines that the mode of the other application is a non-working mode have.

In step S230, the electronic device 100 determines whether at least one of the information indicating the acquisition time of the first external input and the information indicating the time when the mode of at least one application is updated in the operation mode based on the first external input Based on the at least one application.

The electronic device 100 may acquire at least one of information indicating a time at which the first external input is acquired and information indicating when the mode of at least one application that is the object of the first external input is updated in the operation mode. For example, the electronic device 100 may include a time stamp indicating a first external input acquisition time and a time stamp indicating a time at which at least one application, which is the object of the first external input, stamp). < / RTI > In this case, the time stamp means time information displayed at a specific position to prove the fact that data exists at a certain point in time

Also, the electronic device 100 may be configured such that the mode of the at least one application, in which the electronic device 100 is the object of the first external input based on the acquisition time of the first external input and the first external input, The time from at least one of the updated points of time to the point at which the work time is determined can be determined as the working time for at least one application.

Also, the electronic device 100 may be configured to receive at least one of at least one of the updated time from the non-working mode to the working mode based on the acquisition time of the first external input and the first external input, To the time of acquiring another external input for at least one application that is in the working mode from the time point of the at least one application.

The electronic device 100 according to one embodiment may compare the time of the operation of the at least one application that is the object of the first external input and the previous operation time with the operation time of the plurality of applications executed in the electronic device 100 .

In addition, the electronic device 100 may display the working time for at least one application. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may display work time for a plurality of applications.

3 is a flow diagram illustrating a method by which a server 150 in accordance with one embodiment determines a working time for an application running on an electronic device 100. [

The steps SS310 and S320 of FIG. 3 correspond to the steps S210 and S220 of FIG. 2, respectively, and therefore, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for the sake of simplicity.

In step S330, the electronic device 100 determines whether the mode of the at least one application that is the object of the first external input based on the information indicating the first external input acquisition point and the information indicating the update point And send a message containing one piece of information to the server 150.

At least one of information indicating the first external input acquisition time point at which the electronic device 100 transmits to the server 150 and information indicating the time at which the mode of at least one application is updated in the operation mode, May be stored in the memory 130 of the electronic device 100.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 is configured such that the information indicating the first external input acquisition time and the time at which the mode of the at least one application that is the object of the first external input based on the first external input is updated To the server 150, a heartbeat message containing information indicative of at least one viewpoint.

According to one embodiment, the heartbeat message may be transmitted from the electronic device 100 to the server 150 based on a counter assigned to at least one application in the working mode. The heartbeat message may be transmitted from the electronic device 100 to the server 150 at predetermined intervals, based on at least one application in the working mode.

At step S340, the electronic device 100 according to one embodiment determines whether at least one application determined based on at least one of information indicating the time of acquisition of the first external input and information indicating the time of update into the operation mode The server 150 can receive the work time.

For example, the server 150 may determine the time from the acquisition of the first external input and the mode of at least one application to the working time determination point, It can be decided by working time. Alternatively, the server 150 may determine whether the acquisition of the first external input and the mode of at least one application from one of the updated points in the work mode to the acquisition of another external input for the at least one application in the working mode As the working time for at least one application.

In addition, the server 150 may determine the sum of the work time and the previous work time for at least one application, which is the object of the first external input, as the work time for a plurality of applications. For example, in Figure 3, based on the first external input, before the mode of the other application is updated from the working mode to the non-working mode, based on the working time for the other application and the first external input, After the mode of the application is updated from the non-working mode to the working mode, the working time for the plurality of applications can be determined by adding the working time for the at least one application.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may receive from the server 150 the working time for at least one application. The electronic device 100 according to one embodiment can receive the working time for the plurality of applications from the server 150. [

In step S350, the electronic device 100 can display the work time received from the server 150. [ The electronic device 100 may display the working time for at least one application that is the object of the first external input received from the server 150 on the display unit. In addition, the electronic device 100 can display a working time for a plurality of applications received from the server 150 on the display unit.

4 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for determining an operating time for an application running on an electronic device 100, based on a plurality of external inputs, according to one embodiment.

Steps SS410 and S420 of FIG. 4 correspond to steps SS210 and S220 of FIG. 2, respectively, and therefore, a detailed description thereof will be omitted for the sake of simplicity.

In step S430, the electronic device 100, in accordance with one embodiment, may obtain a second external input for the at least one application while the mode of the at least one application is the operational mode.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may obtain, via the input, a second external input for at least one application.

In step S440, the electronic device 100 may display the working time for at least one application determined based on the time of acquisition of the first external input and the time of acquisition of the second external input.

The electronic device 100 may determine the working time for at least one application based on the time of acquisition of the first external input and the time of acquisition of the second external input. For example, the electronic device 100 may be configured to receive, from at least one of the time points at which the mode of at least one application is updated to the operation mode, based on the acquisition time and the first external input of the first external input, The time until the acquisition time can be determined as the working time for at least one application.

In Figure 2, after at least one application's mode is updated from a non-work mode to a work mode in accordance with a first external input for at least one application, at least one application's mode is maintained at at least one The electronic device 100 determines whether the mode of at least one application is updated from the non-working mode to the working mode according to the acquisition time of the first external input and the first external input To the acquisition time of the second external input may be determined as the operation time for at least one application.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may display the working time for at least one application.

5 is a flow chart illustrating the process performed by the electronic device 100 as an application's mode is updated to a working mode or a non-working mode, based on an external input.

In step S510, the electronic device 100 may obtain a first external input.

In step S520, the electronic device 100 may determine at least one application that is the subject of a first external input of a plurality of applications executing in the electronic device 100. [

In step S530, the electronic device 100 is assigned to each of a plurality of applications, and is provided to at least one application that is the subject of a first external input of at least one of the counters that triggers message transmission to the server 150 Can be activated. Activating a counter that is assigned to at least one application that is the subject of the first external input and that triggers message transmission to the server 150 means that the mode of at least one application that is the subject of the first external input is updated in the work mode can do.

According to one embodiment, when acquiring an external input, the electronic device 100 may store information indicative of when the external input was acquired in a shared memory that is shared by a plurality of applications executing in the electronic device 100. In addition, when acquiring an external input, the electronic device 100 may store an acquisition time of an external input in a local memory allocated to at least one application, which is an object of external input among local memories allocated to each of a plurality of applications.

For example, as the electronic device 100 acquires the first external input, it may store information indicative of when the first external input was acquired in the shared memory. In addition, the electronic device 100 may store information indicating the time of acquisition of the first external input in the local memory allocated to at least one application that is the object of the first external input.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may compare the latest external input acquisition time stored in the shared memory with the latest external input acquisition time for each application stored in each local memory. If the latest external input acquisition time stored in the local memory allocated to the application is equal to the latest external input acquisition time stored in the shared memory, then at least one counter assigned to the application may be activated.

For example, when the first external input for at least one application is acquired, the information indicating the latest external input acquisition time stored in the shared memory is information indicating the acquisition time of the first external input, The information indicating the acquisition time point of the latest external input to at least one application stored in the local memory allocated to one application is also information indicating the acquisition time point of the first external input so that the electronic device 100 is allocated to at least one application And activate a counter that triggers server 150 to send a message.

The electronic device 100 according to one embodiment is configured to receive information indicating the time of acquisition of the first external input for the at least one application to which the active counter is assigned as the counter that triggers message transmission to the server 150 is activated, To the server (150). In addition, the electronic device 100 in accordance with one embodiment may be configured to receive an external input for at least one application that is most recently acquired within each cycle, at certain intervals, while a counter that triggers message transmission to the server 150 is active, To the server 150, information indicating the time of acquisition of the content. However, it is not limited thereto.

In step S540, the electronic device 100 is assigned to each of the plurality of applications, and the server 150 is provided with at least one application that is the object of the first external input of at least one of the counters, Can be deactivated. The activation of a counter that is assigned to another application other than the at least one application that is the subject of the first external input and that triggers message transmission to the server 150 may mean that the mode of the other application is updated to the nonworking mode.

For example, when the first external input for at least one application is acquired, the information indicating the latest external input acquisition time stored in the shared memory is information indicating the acquisition time of the first external input, and the local Since the information indicating the acquisition point of the latest external input to the other application stored in the memory is different from the information indicating the acquisition point of the first external input, the electronic device 100 is allocated to another application, Lt; / RTI > can be deactivated.

6 shows a method for determining the working time based on information indicating the time of acquisition of each of a plurality of external inputs received from the electronic device 100 and the electronic device 140 according to the embodiment Fig.

In FIG. 6, an electronic device 100 according to one embodiment may obtain a first external input and a third external input for a first application running in the electronic device 100. The electronic device 100 according to one embodiment can update the mode of the first application from the non-working mode to the working mode based on the first external input for the first application. Also, while the first application remains in the working mode, the electronic device 100 may obtain a third external input for the first application.

In addition, the electronic device 140 may obtain a second external input and a fourth external input for a second application running in the electronic device 140. The electronic device 140 according to one embodiment may be updated from a non-work mode to a work mode based on a second external input for the second application. In addition, while the second application maintains the working mode, the electronic device 140 may obtain a fourth external input for the second application.

In step S610, the server 150 may receive, from the electronic device 100, first point-in-time information indicating the point-in-time of the first external input and point-in-time point information indicating the point-in-time of the third external input. In one embodiment of FIG. 6, the first viewpoint may precede the third viewpoint.

In step S620, the server 150 may receive, from the electronic device 140, second point-in-time information indicating the point-in-time of acquiring the second external input and point-in-time information indicating the point-in-time of acquiring the fourth external input. In the embodiment of FIG. 6, the second time point may precede the fourth time point. Further, the first viewpoint may precede the second viewpoint.

In step S630, the server 150 may determine whether the second time point is ahead of the third time point.

If it is determined in step S630 that the third time point is ahead of the second time point, the server 150 determines in step S640 that the time from the first time point to the third time point and the time from the second time point to the fourth time point As an operation time for a plurality of applications executed in the electronic device 100 of the mobile communication terminal.

If it is determined in step S630 that the second time point is earlier than the third time point, the server 150 may determine in step S650 whether the third time point is ahead of the fourth time point.

If it is determined in step S650 that the third time point is ahead of the fourth time point, it is determined in step S660 that the time from the first time point to the fourth time point is shorter than the working time for a plurality of applications executed in the plurality of electronic devices (100, 140) . If it is determined in step S650 that the fourth time point is ahead of the third time point, if it is determined in step S670 that the fourth time point is not ahead of the second time point, the time from the first point of time to the third point of time is divided into a plurality of electronic devices 100, 140 as a working time for a plurality of applications.

7 illustrates a flow diagram for determining a working time for an application, based on one or more work time records received from each of one or more electronic devices including an electronic device 100, according to one embodiment Fig.

In FIG. 7, the continuous work period may represent a period in which at least one application of at least one application executed in one or more electronic devices including the electronic device 100 at any time within the interval is in the working mode. For example, when the first application and the second application are executed in the electronic device 100 and only the third application is executed in the electronic device 140, at least one of the first to third applications May be a working mode.

In addition, the continuous work section may include "start time" and "end time ".

The "start time" of a continuous work interval is defined as at least one of one or more applications running on one or more electronic devices in a period in which the mode of one or more applications running on one or more electronic devices including the electronic device 100 is non- And the time when the mode of the application of the application mode is changed to the operation mode.

As an external input for at least one application is obtained when the mode of one or more applications running on one or more electronic devices including the electronic device 100 is in a non-working mode, according to one embodiment, When the corresponding at least one application mode is updated from the non-work mode to the work mode, the "start time" of the continuous work section is the time at which the external input is acquired and the time at which at least one application's mode is updated At least one of the times at which the time is displayed.

For example, when the mode of each of the first application and the second application executed in the electronic device 100 is the non-working mode and the mode of the third application executed in the electronic device 140 is also the non-working mode, When the mode of the first application is updated to the operation mode as the control unit 100 acquires the first external input for the first application, the "start time" And a time at which the mode of the first application is updated to the operation mode.

Quot; end time "of a continuous work interval is defined as one or more applications running on one or more electronic devices in an interval in which a mode of at least one application of one or more applications running on one or more electronic devices, including the electronic device 100, And may be a time that indicates the time when the entire mode is changed to the nonworking mode section.

For example, when only the mode of the first one of the first through third applications executed in the electronic device 100 and the electronic device 140 is the working mode, the electronic device 100 terminates the first application When the mode of the first application is updated to the non-working mode as the input and the external input to the application other than the application are acquired, the first to third applications executed in the electronic device 100 and the electronic device 140 Each mode is a non-work mode, and the "end time" of the continuous work section may be set to a time that indicates the time of obtaining the external input or a time when the mode of the first application is updated to the non-work mode in the work mode .

The work time record includes a time period for each application executed in each of the one or more electronic apparatuses including the electronic apparatus 100, from the time when the mode of each application is updated to the operation mode, And may include time information necessary for the determination. Specifically, according to one embodiment, the work time record may include a "start time" and an "end time" of the work for the application that is the subject of the work time record.

The "start time" of the work time record is a time when the mode of the application which is the object of each work time record is the non-work mode, the time indicating the time when the external input to the application is acquired or the mode of the application is updated in the non- And may be a time indicating a time point.

For example, when the mode of the first application is updated to the working mode as the electronic device 100 acquires the first external input for the first application executed in the electronic device 100, The application is the first application and the "start time" of the work time record is the time that indicates the first external input acquisition time point for the first application that is the object of the work time record and the time when the first application is updated to the operation mode The time may be at least one of the following.

Further, when the mode of another application other than the application to which the work time record is subjected is updated from the non-work mode to the work mode, the "start time" of the work time record may be changed.

As the application that is the subject of the working time record is the first application, as the electronic device 100 acquires the second external input for the second application, the mode of the first application is updated to the non-working mode, When the mode is updated to the working mode, the application that is the subject of the working time record is changed to the second application, the "start time" of the working time record is the time indicating the acquisition time of the second external input, And a time indicating a time point at which the mode is updated.

The "end time" of the work time record is a time when the mode of the application that is the object of the work time record is the work mode, a time indicating the acquisition time of the external input to the application that is the target of the work time record, And a time indicating a point of time when the mode is updated to the mode. Further, whenever the external input to the application which is the object of the work time record is acquired while the mode of the application which is the object of the work time record is the work mode, the "end time" of the work time record is the time Can be updated.

For example, while the mode of the first application of the electronic device 100 is the work mode, the object of the work time record is the first application, and as the electronic device acquires the second external input for the first application, Quot; end time "of the record may be set to a time indicating the acquisition time point of the second external input, for example," 13:00 ". Then, when the electronic device 100 acquires a third external input for the first application, the "end time" of the work time record is the time indicating the acquisition time of the third external input, e.g., "

The work time record may also be stored in a certain area of the memory 130 allocated to each of the one or more electronic devices including the electronic device 100 and transmitted from the one or more electronic devices to the server 150 .

The work time record list may be a list of one or more work time records received by server 150 from each of one or more electronic devices including electronic device 100. For example, the work time record list may be a list in which one or more work time records stored in the DB in the server 150 are sorted in ascending order based on the "start time ".

Referring now to steps SS710 to SS770, one or more work time records stored in the work time record list may be used by the server 150 to perform operations on one or more applications running on one or more electronic devices including the electronic device 100 Describe how to determine the time.

In step S710, the server 150 may obtain a work time record from the work time record list. As described above, the work time records in the work time record list can be sorted in ascending order based on the "start time" of the work time record. For example, the server 150 sequentially reads each work time record from the work time record list, which is stored on the DB in the server 150 and is composed of one or more work time records sorted in ascending order based on the " Can be obtained.

In step S715, the server 150 can determine whether the start time of the continuous work section exists. For example, if the work time record is the first work time record of the work time records in the work time record list, the start time of the continuous work section may not exist.

If it is determined in step S715 that the start time of the continuous work section does not exist, then in step S720, the server 150 sets the start time of the continuous work section to the start time of the current work time record, and performs step S725.

In step S720, if it is determined that the start time of the continuous work section exists, the server 150 directly performs step S725.

In step S725, the server 150 can determine whether the end time of the continuous work section exists. For example, if the work time record is the first work time record of the work time records in the work time record list, the end time of the continuous work section may not exist.

If the server 150 determines in step S725 that the end time of the continuous work section does not exist, in step S730, the server 150 sets the end time of the continuous work section as the end time of the current work time record, S735.

In step S725, if the server 150 determines that the end time of the continuous work section exists, the server 150 directly performs step S735.

In step S735, the server 150 may determine whether the start time of the work time record is after the start time of the continuous work section and before the end time of the continuous work section.

If it is determined in step S735 that the start time of the work time record is after the start time of the continuous work section and before the end time of the continuous work section, the server 150 determines in step S740 whether the end time of the work time record is the end of the continuous work section You can decide whether or not it is after the time. If it is determined in step S740 that the end time of the work time record is after the end time of the continuous work section, the end time of the continuous work section may be updated to the end time of the work time record. If it is determined in step S740 that the end time of the work time record is not after the end time of the continuous work section, the server 150 performs step S750.

In step S750, the server 150 can determine whether the continuous work section end time is earlier than the start time of the work time record.

If it is determined in step S750 that the end time of the continuous work section is earlier than the start time of the work time record, the server 150 performs steps S755 to S765 and then performs step S770. In step S755, the server 150 may update the work time to the sum of the time from the start time of the continuous work section to the end time of the continuous work section and the existing work time. In addition, in step S760, the server 150 may update the start time of the continuous work section to the start time of the work time record. In addition, in step S765, the server 150 may update the end time of the continuous work section to the end time of the work time record. Thereafter, step S770 is performed.

If it is determined in step S750 that the end time of the continuous work section is not earlier than the start time of the work time record, the server 150 immediately performs step S770.

In step S770, the server 150 may determine whether there is a next work time record in the work time record list.

In step S770, if the server 150 determines that the next work time record is present in the work time record list, the process returns to step S710 to perform the subsequent steps. If it is determined in step S770 that the next work time record does not exist in the work time record list, then in step S775, the server 150 sets the work time to the time from the start time of the continuous work section to the end time of the continuous work section You can update the existing work time to the combined time.

FIG. 8 is a signal flow diagram illustrating a method for determining the working time for an application running in electronic device 100 in conjunction with electronic device 100 or server 150, according to one embodiment.

In step S820, the electronic device 100 may obtain a first external input. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may update the mode of the application that is the subject of the first external input to the working mode, based on the first external input.

In step S825, the electronic device 100 may send a message to the server 150 requesting the ID of the updated application in the work mode. According to one embodiment, the ID request message includes information indicating the time at which the first external input is obtained, the mode of the application of the first external input is updated to the operation mode, or the time at which the ID request message is transmitted to the server 150 . ≪ / RTI >

In step S830, as the server 150 receives the message requesting the ID from the electronic device 100, the server 150 can generate the ID of the updated application in the operation mode.

In step S835, according to one embodiment, the server 150 may store the generated ID in the memory 170. [ According to one embodiment, the server 150 updates the first external input acquisition time included in the ID request message received from the electronic device 100, the application mode of the first external input to the operation mode Or stored in the memory 170 in combination with information indicating when the electronic device 100 transmits the ID request message to the server 150. [

According to one embodiment, the server 150 may combine the generated ID with the information indicating the time when the ID request message is received from the electronic device 100, and store the combined information in the memory 170. According to one embodiment, the server 150 may store information in a memory in combination with information indicating when the generated ID is stored in the memory 170.

In step S840, the server 150 may use the processor to determine the working time for the application with the ID.

According to one embodiment, the server 150 may determine the application initial work time to which the ID is assigned as zero. According to the embodiment, the server 150 may store the information indicating the first external input acquisition time for the ID-assigned application stored in the memory 170 or the time when the mode of the application to which the ID is assigned is updated in the work mode , It is possible to determine the working time for the application having the ID.

According to one embodiment, the server 150 receives the first external input acquisition time for the application to which the ID is assigned and the time at which the application of the ID is assigned to the electronic device 100 May transmit the ID request message to the server 150 as the initial operation time.

According to one embodiment, the server 150 may acquire the first external input from the server 150 from any one of the time of acquiring the first external input for the application to which the ID is assigned and the time when the application of the ID- To the time when the ID request message is received from the electronic device 100 as the initial operation time.

According to one embodiment, the server 150 acquires the ID from the time point at which the first external input acquisition time for the application to which the ID is assigned and the time at which the mode of the application to which the ID is assigned is updated to the operation mode, 170) may be determined as an initial work time.

In step S845, the server 150 may send the generated ID and the determined work time to the electronic device 100, according to one embodiment.

In step S850, the electronic device 100, in accordance with one embodiment, may wait to send a message to the server 150 for a predetermined period T from the time the ID is received from the server 150 have. According to one embodiment, the predetermined period T may be a transmission period in which the electronic device 100 sends a message to the server 150. According to one embodiment, the predetermined period T may be the transmission period of the heartbeat message that the electronic device 100 sends to the server 150.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may obtain a second external input (not shown) for the application in the working mode to which the ID is assigned, within a predetermined period T in step S850.

In step S855, when the electronic device 100 reaches the predetermined period T from the time when the ID is received from the server 150, the electronic device 100 performs an operation including the ID received from the server 150 And may send a time update request message to the server 150.

According to one embodiment, the work time update request message includes an application ID and a second external input acquisition time for the application to which the ID is assigned, information indicating the time when the work time update request message is transmitted to the server 150, .

In step S860, the server 150 may store the information contained in the work time update request message in the memory 170 as it receives the work time update request message from the electronic device 100. [

According to one embodiment, the server 150 may store the ID of the application contained in the work time update request message as information indicating a second external input acquisition time for the ID-assigned application, May be stored in the memory 170 in combination with information indicating the time at which the message is transmitted to the server 150. [

According to one embodiment, the server 150 combines the ID of the application included in the work time update request message with the information indicating the time when the work time update request message is received from the electronic device 100 and stores it in the memory 170 . According to one embodiment, the server 150 may store the ID of the application included in the work time update request message in the memory 170 in combination with information indicating when the work time update request message is to be stored in the memory 170 have.

In step S865, the server 150 can determine the working time for the application having the ID included in the work time update message.

In accordance with one embodiment, the server 150 receives an application having an ID from an arbitrary point in time at which the first external input acquisition time of the application to which the ID is assigned and the time at which the mode of the application to which the ID is assigned is updated to the operation mode The time until the second external input acquisition time for the first external input can be determined as the operation time. \

According to one embodiment, the server 150 receives the first external input acquisition time of the application with the ID, the time when the mode of the application with the ID is updated to the operation mode, and the ID request message to the electronic device 100, From the time when the electronic device 100 transmits the work time update request message to the server 150, to the time when the electronic device 100 transmits the work time update request message to the server 150.

According to the embodiment, the server 150 may acquire the first external input acquisition time of the application to which the ID is assigned, the time when the mode of the application to which the ID is assigned is updated to the operation mode, The time from the electronic device 100 to the time when the server 150 receives the work time update request message from the electronic device 100 can be determined as the work time.

According to the embodiment, the server 150 may acquire the first external input acquisition time of the application to which the ID is assigned, the time when the mode of the application to which the ID is assigned is updated to the operation mode, From the time when the ID generated according to the inbox is stored in the memory 170, the time from when the server 150 stores the information included in the work time update request message in the memory 170 to the work time .

In step S870, the electronic device 100 can receive from the server 150 the operation time for the ID-assigned application.

According to one embodiment, the steps from step S855 to step S870 may be repeated while the mode of the application to which the ID is assigned is the working mode.

FIG. 9 is a signal flow diagram illustrating how an electronic device 100 or a server 150 cooperate to handle an idle state, according to one embodiment.

The signal flow chart shown in Fig. 9 according to an embodiment is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by the electronic device 100 as it detects that the ID-assigned application is idle after steps S820 to S870 shown in Fig. 8 are performed It is for illustrative purposes.

In step S920, the electronic device 100, in accordance with one embodiment, may determine that the application with the ID is idle based on the predetermined maximum allowed idle time (T1).

According to one embodiment, the idle state may be a state in which no external input is detected for the application, which is the operation mode to which the ID is assigned, for a predetermined maximum allowable idle time (T1).

In step S925, the electronic device 100, according to one embodiment, may send a message to the server 150 informing the elapse of a predetermined maximum allowed idle time T1.

According to one embodiment, the message indicating the passage of the maximum allowed idle time T1 may include the ID of the idle application. According to one embodiment, a message indicating the passage of the maximum allowed idle time may include a maximum allowed idle time (T1). A message informing the passage of the maximum allowed idle time, according to one embodiment, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > external input acquisition time. ≪ / RTI > According to one embodiment, the message indicating the elapse of the maximum allowable idle time may include information indicating when the electronic device 100 has sent a message to the server 150 that indicates the elapse of the maximum allowable idle time T1. have.

In step S930, according to one embodiment, the server 150 can determine the working time for the application to which the ID is assigned, upon receiving the maximum allowable idle time elapse notification message.

According to one embodiment, the server 150 may determine that the task has not been performed for the maximum allowed idle time (T1) from the last external input acquisition time for the application with the ID. According to an exemplary embodiment, the server 150 may be configured to receive an application having an ID from an arbitrary point in time when the first external input acquisition point for the application to which the ID is assigned and the mode of the application to which the ID is assigned is updated to the operation mode The time until the last external input acquisition time can be determined as the work time.

In step S935, the server 150, according to one embodiment, may send the determined work time to the electronic device 100. [

In step S940, the electronic device 100, in accordance with one embodiment, may suspend the request to update the work time to the server 150. [

If the idle state has not been solved (S945), the process proceeds from step S945 to step S950.

In step S945, the electronic device 100 can detect that the idle state removal allowance time T2 has elapsed. The idle state resolution allowable time T2 is a value obtained by obtaining an external input for an application having an ID from the point of time when the maximum allowable idle time T1 has elapsed from the last external input time for the application in the operation mode This is the maximum time allowed to resolve.

In step S950, the electronic device 100 may terminate the application having the ID that is executed in the electronic device 100. [ According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may terminate both a plurality of applications that run on the electronic device 100 and share a session with an application that has been granted an ID.

If the idle state is resolved (960), the flow advances from step S965 to step S980.

In step S965, the electronic device 100 may obtain an external input for the application in the working mode within the idle state resolution allowable time T2.

In step S970, the electronic device 100 may send a message to the server 150 informing the user of the idle state resolution. According to one embodiment, the message informing of the idle state cancellation may include a time at which the external input that has caused the application ID and the idle state to be resolved is acquired, or a time at which the electronic device 100 transmits a message informing the resumed idle state to the server 150 Lt; / RTI >

In step S975, as the server 150 receives a message from the electronic device 100 indicating the idle state cancellation, it can determine the working time for the application with the ID.

The server 150 according to the embodiment is configured to determine whether the first external input acquisition time for the application to which the ID is assigned and the time at which the application of the ID is updated from the nonworking mode to the working mode, It is possible to determine the time to the external input acquisition time as the work time.

The server 150 according to the embodiment may be configured such that the electronic device 100 is connected to the server 150 from any one of a time point at which the first external input is acquired for the application to which the ID is assigned and an application is activated It is possible to determine the time until the transmission of the message informing of the idle state resolution to the work time.

In step S980, the server 150 may transmit the determined work time to the electronic device 100. [

10 is a diagram showing an example in which the opacity of an area for displaying an application changes as the state changes from a steady state to an idle state.

10, an electronic device 100 according to one embodiment may display an application on a screen. 10, an area of the screen of the electronic device 100, according to one embodiment, may be divided into areas 1010-1, 1010-2, and 1010-3 where the application is not displayed, And regions 1020-1, 1020-2, and 1020-3.

In contrast to the opacity of the area 1010-1 where the application is not displayed when in a steady state according to one embodiment, the opacity of the area 1010-2 where the application is not displayed when in the idle state may be unchanged . On the other hand, when in the steady state, the opacity of the area 1020-2 in which the application is displayed may increase while the application is idle, as opposed to the opacity of the area 1020-1 where the application is not displayed.

In addition, when the idle state is resolved to return to the normal state, the opacity of the area 1010-2 where the application is not displayed, as compared to the opacity of the area 1010-2 where the application is not displayed when in the idle state, It may be absent. On the other hand, when the idle state is resolved and returns to the normal state, the opacity of the area 1020-3 in which the application is displayed is reduced as compared with the opacity of the area 1020-2 where the application is not displayed when in the idle state , And return to the opacity of the area 1020-1 where the application is displayed when in a steady state.

Although Fig. 10 shows an example in which the transparency of the area in which the application is displayed is discontinuously changed, the opacity may change continuously over time.

11 is a graph showing the relationship of the opacity of the area in which the application is displayed for the idle time, according to one embodiment.

In Fig. 11, the abscissa of the graph may indicate the idle time. As noted above, the idle time may refer to the elapsed time from when the electronic device 100 obtained the last external input for the application. However, it is not limited thereto.

In addition, the vertical axis of the graph may indicate the opacity of the area where the application is displayed on the display unit. The minimum value of opacity is 0, and the maximum value may be 1. For example, if the opacity is minimal, the application can be displayed as is. Also, for example, if the opacity is maximum, the application may not be fully displayed. However, it is not limited thereto.

According to one embodiment, the opacity may be a monotone increasing function for the idle time. For example, opacity with idle time can increase exponentially. Also, for example, the opacity over the idle time can be discontinuously increased from a minimum value of 0 to a maximum value of 1 at a certain point in time. However, it is not limited thereto.

Also, the opacity may be a minimum value at the beginning of the idle time, and may be the maximum value when the idle time is the maximum allowable idle time.

12 is a block diagram illustrating the structure of an electronic device 100 according to one embodiment. The electronic device 100 may determine the working time for the application, as described above in Figures 1-11. In addition, the electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 12 may implement all embodiments that determine the working time described above in FIGS. 1-11.

12, the electronic device 100 may include an input unit 1210, a processor 1220, a memory 1230, a transceiver unit 1250, and a display unit 1240. The input unit 1210, the processor 1220, the memory 1230, the transmission / reception unit 1250, and the display unit 1240 according to an embodiment may be electrically connected through a bus or the like. Only the components associated with this embodiment are shown in the electronic device 100 shown in Fig. Therefore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that other general-purpose components other than the components shown in FIG. 12 may be further included.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

An input unit 1210 according to an embodiment means a means for a user to input data for controlling the electronic device 100. [ The input unit 1210 may include a keyboard, a mouse, a touch pad (a contact type capacitance type, a pressure type resistive film type, an infrared ray detection type, a surface ultrasonic wave conduction type, an integral type tension measurement type, But are not limited to, various input devices capable of operating the electronic device 100 based on an external input.

In addition, the electronic device 100 acquires an external input via the input unit 1210 that updates the mode of the application to a working mode or a non-working mode, such as an input for executing an application or clicking on a predetermined area corresponding to the application .

According to one embodiment, processor 1220 may include, but is not limited to, at least one processor, such as a CPU, GPU, or the like.

According to one embodiment, the processor 1220 may be configured to determine a mode of at least one application based on a first external input to at least one of a plurality of applications executing on the electronic device 100 obtained via the input It is possible to update from non-working mode to working mode.

The processor 1220 may also determine at least one application that is the subject of the first external input as the first external input is obtained through the input 1210. [

The processor 1220 may also determine the mode of the at least one application that is the subject of the first external input as the first external input is obtained through the input 1210. [ The mode of the at least one application may be a working mode or a non-working mode. In FIG. 12, in accordance with one embodiment, upon acquiring a first external input, processor 1220 may determine that the mode of at least one application that is the subject of the first external input is a non-working mode.

The processor 1220 also determines the mode of at least one application that is the object of the first external input when the first external input is acquired through the input unit 1210, Update or maintain the mode of at least one application in the working mode. When the first external input is obtained, the processor 1220 may update the mode of the at least one application to the working mode if the mode of the at least one application that is the object of the first external input is determined to be the non-working mode.

The processor 1220 may also be configured to, when a first external input is obtained through the input 1210, determine that the mode of at least one application that is the object of the first external input is a work mode, .

For example, the processor 1220 may determine that the at least one application that is the object of the first external input is a non-work mode when the first external input is obtained through the input 1210, Can be updated to the operation mode.

According to one embodiment, the processor 1220 may be configured to determine, based on a first external input obtained via an input, a mode of an application other than at least one application that is the subject of a first one of a plurality of applications, It can be updated to the non-working mode.

The processor 1220 may determine when the first external input is obtained that the mode of the application other than the at least one application being the subject of the first external input is a working mode or a non-working mode. For example, the processor 1220 may determine that when the first external input is acquired, the mode of another application other than the at least one application that is the subject of the first external input is the working mode.

The processor 1220 also updates the mode of the other application to the non-working mode by determining the mode of the application other than the at least one application that is the object of the first external input when the first external input is obtained through the input unit Or keep the mode of at least one application in non-working mode.

The processor 1220 can update the mode of the other application to the non-working mode when the mode of the other application is determined to be the working mode when the first external input is acquired.

In addition, the processor 1220 can maintain the mode of the other application in the non-working mode when the first external input is obtained and the mode of the other application is determined to be the non-working mode. For example, the processor 1220 may update the mode of the other application to the non-working mode, when the first external input is obtained and the mode of the other application is determined to be the non-working mode.

The processor 1220 is configured to determine whether the mode of the application that is the object of the first external input is updated based on at least one of information indicating the acquisition time of the first external input stored in the memory 1230 and information indicating when the mode of the application, , And may determine the working time for at least one application that is the subject of the first external input.

Further, the processor 1220 may determine the time from the acquisition time of the first external input to the time when the operation time is determined as the operation time for at least one application that is the object of the first external input. In addition, the processor 1220 may allocate the time from the update of the mode of the application, which is the object of the first external input, to the operation mode to the operation mode, to at least one application that is the object of the first external input Can be determined by the working time for the work.

In addition, the processor 1220 may determine the time from acquisition of the first external input to acquisition of the other external input for at least one application that is the object of the first external input to the working time for at least one application.

In addition, the processor 1220 may set the time period from the time when the mode of the application that is the object of the first external input to the operation mode is updated to the time when the other external input to the at least one application is acquired to the working time for at least one application You can decide. The processor 1220 in accordance with one embodiment may determine the sum of the working time and the previous working time for at least one application that is the subject of the first external input to be the working time for a plurality of applications executed in the electronic device 100 have.

According to one embodiment, the memory 1230 may store at least one of information indicating the acquisition time of the first external input and information indicating the time at which the mode of at least one application that is the object of the first external input is updated in the operation mode Can be stored. For example, the memory 1230 may store a time stamp indicating a first external input acquisition time and a time stamp indicating a time at which at least one application, which is the object of the first external input, ). ≪ / RTI >

As described above, the time stamp may include time information displayed at a specific location to prove that data existed at a certain point in time.

Here, the memory 1230 may include a nonvolatile storage medium storing digital data such as a hard disk drive (HDD) or a flash memory.

The display unit 1240 according to one embodiment may include means for visually displaying a screen such as an LCD or an LED module. The display unit 1240 can display the working time for at least one application. According to one embodiment, the display portion 1240 can display the working time for a plurality of applications.

The transceiver 1250 according to one embodiment may include a network interface card (NIC), a modem, and the like. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can transmit / receive predetermined data to / from the external electronic device 100 or the server 150 through the transmitting / receiving unit 1250. [

As used herein, the term "processor" should be broadly interpreted to include a general purpose processor, a central processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a controller, a microcontroller, a state machine, In some circumstances, a "processor" may refer to an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a programmable logic device (PLD), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) The term "processor" refers to a combination of processing devices, such as, for example, a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a combination of a plurality of microprocessors, a combination of one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, It can also be called.

The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored in one or more instructions on a computer-readable medium. The term "computer-readable medium" or "computer-program product" refers to any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, computer-readable media can be embodied in a computer-readable medium such as RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, Or any other medium that can store or maintain the desired program code and which can be accessed by a computer. Discs and Discs, as used herein, refers to discs that reproduce data optically with a laser, while discs usually reproduce data magnetically and are used to record data on a compact disc (CD) , A laser disk, an optical disk, a digital versatile disk (DVD), a floppy disk, and a Blu-ray® disk.

The software or commands may also be transmitted on a transmission medium. For example, if the software is a web site, server, or other application using wireless technologies such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or infrared, radio, and microwave Wireless technologies, such as coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or infrared, radio, and microwave, are included in the definition of the transmission medium if transmitted from a remote source.

Claims (20)

A method for managing a plurality of applications executed in an electronic device,
Updating a mode of the at least one application from a non-working mode to a working mode based on a first external input for at least one application of the plurality of applications;
Updating a mode of an application other than the at least one application from an operation mode to a non-operation mode based on the first external input; And
An operation for the at least one application determined based on at least one of information indicating the time at which the first external input was acquired and information indicating when the mode of the at least one application was updated to the operation mode in the non- And displaying the time. The method according to claim 1,
Transmitting to the server a message including at least one of information indicating the acquisition time of the first external input and information indicating a time when the mode of the at least one application is updated to the operation mode in the non-operation mode; And
And receiving from the server a working time for the at least one application determined based on the at least one information included in the message. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein updating to the work mode comprises activating a counter assigned to each of the at least one application, the at least one counter being assigned to each of the plurality of applications and triggering a message transmission to the server,
Wherein the updating in the nonworking mode comprises deactivating a counter assigned to each of the other applications of the at least one counter,
Wherein the step of sending the message to the server sends the message to the server as the at least one counter is activated. The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the work time includes:
Wherein the operation time for the at least one application is determined as a time from at least one of a time point at which the first external input is acquired and a time at which the mode of the at least one application is updated to the operation mode, ≪ / RTI > The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the work time includes:
Determining a time for the at least one application that is determined as the time from acquisition of the first external input to acquisition of the second external input when acquiring a second external input for at least one application updated in the work mode; And displaying the working time. The method according to claim 1,
The step of displaying the work time includes:
From the time from the first external input time to the time when the operation time is determined, when no external input other than the first external input is obtained within a predetermined time from the acquisition time of the first external input, And displaying the working time for the at least one application determined by excluding the time. Obtaining point-in-time information including information indicating a point-in-time of acquisition of an external input to at least one of a plurality of applications executed in the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
Determining a working time for the at least one application based on the viewpoint information; And
And sending a message to at least one of the first electronic device and the second electronic device, the message including information indicating the determined working time. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the viewpoint information includes information indicating a time when the mode of the at least one application is updated from the non-work mode to the work mode based on the external input,
Wherein the step of determining the working time includes a step of determining whether the operation of the at least one application is performed based on at least one of information indicating a time at which the external input was acquired and information indicating when the mode of the at least one application was updated in the non- And determining a time. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the determining the working time comprises:
Obtaining a first work time that is an operation time for the at least one application executed in the first electronic device;
Obtaining a second working time that is a working time for the at least one application executed in the second electronic device; And
Determining a time, excluding a time overlapping between the first operation time and the second operation time, as the operation time in the sum of the first operation time and the second operation time. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the acquiring of the viewpoint information comprises:
Obtaining first point of view information indicating a point in time at which a first external input for an application executed in the first electronic device of the at least one application is obtained; And
And acquiring second point-in-time information indicating a point-in-time of acquiring a second external input for an application running in the second one of the at least one application. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the acquiring of the viewpoint information comprises:
Acquiring third time point information indicating a time at which the at least one application acquires an external input other than the first external input for an application executed in the first electronic device; And
Further comprising obtaining fourth time point information indicating an acquisition time of an external input other than the second external input for an application executed in the second electronic device among the at least one application,
Wherein the determining the working time comprises determining a working time based on the first to fourth time point information. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the determining the working time comprises:
Determining a time from the first time point to the fourth time point as the working time when the first time point is ahead of the second time point and the second time point is ahead of the third time point; . 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the determining the working time comprises:
The sum of the time from the acquisition time point of the first external input to the third time point and the time from the second time point to the fourth time point is determined as the work time when the third time point is ahead of the second time point A management method that includes the steps of 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the step of determining the working time comprises the step of calculating a time from the first time point to the third time point when the first time point is ahead of the second time point and when the fourth time point is ahead of the third time point, The method comprising the steps of: 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the acquiring of the viewpoint information comprises:
Receiving a heartbeat message containing the viewpoint information from each of the first electronic device and the second electronic device. 1. An electronic device for executing a plurality of applications,
Updating a mode of the at least one application from a non-working mode to a working mode based on a first external input for at least one application of the plurality of applications, At least one processor for updating from a working mode to a non-working mode; And
An operation for the at least one application determined based on at least one of information indicating the time at which the first external input was acquired and information indicating when the mode of the at least one application was updated to the operation mode in the non- And a display unit for displaying time. 17. The method of claim 16,
A message including at least one of information indicating a time at which the first external input is acquired and information indicating a time at which the mode of the at least one application is updated to the operation mode in the non-operation mode,
And a transmission / reception unit for receiving from the server a working time for the at least one application determined based on the information included in the message. 18. The method of claim 17,
The at least one processor activating a counter assigned to each of the plurality of applications and assigned to each of the at least one application among at least one of the counters that triggers message transmission to the server, Mode,
Updating a mode of the other application to a non-working mode by deactivating a counter allocated to each of the other applications among the at least one counter,
Wherein the transceiver transmits the message to the server as the at least one counter is activated. 17. The method of claim 16,
Wherein the display unit displays the operation status of the at least one application determined as a time from at least one of a time point at which the first external input is acquired and a time at which the mode of the at least one application is updated in the non- An electronic device for displaying time. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to execute the method of claim 1.

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