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US20190095074A1 US15/739,862 US201515739862A US2019095074A1 US 20190095074 A1 US20190095074 A1 US 20190095074A1 US 201515739862 A US201515739862 A US 201515739862A US 2019095074 A1 US2019095074 A1 US 2019095074A1
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  • the invention deals with a method for controlling the execution of a program configurable into an enabled state and a disabled state.
  • An application can typically started when a user of the terminal clicks on or taps on an icon of the application displayed on a screen of the terminal.
  • This icon is commonly displayed in a specific menu showing icons of all applications installed in the terminal.
  • This icon can also be displayed in a default menu displayed in the first place whenever the user turns on the screen of the terminal and commonly referred to as “home screen”.
  • a background process may be secretly running even though the user is not currently using the application.
  • a background process can be started whenever an operating system of the terminal is booted, or upon detecting some other device events. Such a background process can perform actions on the device by checking the device location, the app updates or news from the internet which secretly consumes the terminal resources such as CPU, memory, consequently the battery and so on.
  • Some existing operating systems allow the user to “disable” a pre-installed application.
  • the operating system configures alternately the application into an enabled state, wherein at least one process of the program is allowed to be executed, and a disabled state, wherein execution of any process of the program is forbidden.
  • Disabling an application i.e. configuring the application in its disabled state, is performed by clicking on a graphical button displayed in a dedicated settings menu of the operating system. After disabling, all icons of the application are removed from the home menu and from the application menu.
  • the user has to access the settings menu is order to clearly know if an application is enabled or disabled.
  • the invention aims at warning the user that an application is currently enabled or disabled in a simpler way than the prior art.
  • the invention proposes a method for controlling the execution of a program by a terminal comprising a screen, wherein the method comprises the steps of: configuring the program into an enabled state, wherein at least one process of the program is allowed to be executed by the terminal, and a disabled state, wherein execution of any process of the program by the terminal is forbidden, wherein the method further comprises the steps of: displaying on the screen an icon for starting the program according to a first rendering if the program is configured in the enabled state, and displaying said icon according to a second rendering different from the first rendering if the program is configured in the disabled state.
  • the process may further comprise the following features taken separately or combined whenever it is technically possible:
  • the invention also proposes a computer program product comprising code instructions for execution of the method for controlling the execution of a program by a terminal.
  • the invention also proposes a terminal comprising a screen, a memory storing a computer program, at least one processor for executing the program, said processor being configured to configure alternately the program into an enabled state, wherein at least one process of the program is allowed to be executed by the processor, and a disabled state, wherein execution of any process of the program by the processor is forbidden, wherein the terminal is characterized in that the processor is further configured to display on the screen an icon for starting the program according to a first rendering if the program is configured in the enabled state, and display said icon according to a second rendering different from the first rendering if the program is configured in the disabled state.
  • FIG. 1 represents schematically a terminal according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 represents steps of a method for controlling execution of a computer program by a terminal, according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 represent steps of a method for controlling execution of a computer program by a terminal according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 4 a to 4 d represent different states of a terminal while the steps of FIG. 3 are carried out.
  • FIG. 5 represent other steps of a method for controlling execution of a computer program by a terminal according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 6 a to 6 c represent different states of a terminal while the steps of FIG. 5 are carried out.
  • a terminal comprises at least one processor 10 , a screen 12 , a user input interface 14 and a memory 16 .
  • the memory 16 comprises a volatile memory unit 18 (such as RAM) and a non-volatile memory unit 20 (such as flash memory, HDD memory, SSD memory of a combination thereof).
  • a volatile memory unit 18 such as RAM
  • a non-volatile memory unit 20 such as flash memory, HDD memory, SSD memory of a combination thereof.
  • the user input interface 14 typically is configured to capture user events: it may comprise a keyboard, a touchscreen 12 , a mouse, or a combination thereof.
  • An operating system is stored in the non-volatile memory unit 20 , as well as at least one computer program referred to as an “application” in the following.
  • the processor 10 is configured to execute the operating system and the application.
  • the operating system is configured to control the execution of the application by the processor 10 .
  • the operating system comprises instructions for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on the screen 12 of the terminal 1 .
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • This GUI typically comprises a “home screen” menu, an application menu and a settings menu known of the prior art and discussed in the introduction.
  • the application is associated with graphical data for displaying on the screen 12 an icon G (illustrated on FIGS. 4 a -4 d and 6 a -6 c ) for starting the application.
  • the operating system is further configured to start the application once a particular user event involving the icon G is detected. This user event will be described later on.
  • the application comprises at least one foreground process comprising code instructions for displaying a GUI specific to this application and for communicating with the user input interface 14 through the operating system.
  • the application further comprises at least one background process.
  • the background process may be executed by the processor secretly, even though the user has closed the application.
  • the application may be configured by the operating system into two different states:
  • the background process shall not be executed by the terminal 1 if the application is disabled.
  • a flag may identify the current state of an application: in the disabled state, the flag is set to a first value (say 0) and in the enabled state the flag is set to a second value different from the first value (say 1).
  • This flag can be saved in the non-volatile memory unit and updated whenever the state changes.
  • the operating system may secretly start any background process of an enabled application, i.e. without the user's explicit demand.
  • An enabled application may be automatically started when the operation system boots up. For instance, Windows operating system starts automatically an application at boot if said application is linked to a “startup” folder, has a service registered in the OS, or is in somewhere in the Windows Registry. Android operating system also offers such a feature by automatically invoking an enabled application once the device boot is completed.
  • the operating system can also start and/or run a process of an enabled program secretly whenever the user unlocks the terminal, i.e. after successful authentication of the user (using a PIN code, a gesture drawn on screen, etc.).
  • the operation system refrains from starting and running any process of a disabled application, including background processes.
  • the operating system is authorized to access (read) metadata stored in the memory 16 (typically the non-volatile memory 20 ) that is specifically associated with a disabled program.
  • This metadata may include assets such as image data (especially icons), audio data, video data and/or text data (such as the program's manifest file).
  • the application is first supposed to be enabled, i.e. its state is supposed to be set to the value “enabled”.
  • the operating system displays the icon G of the application on the screen 12 according to a first rendering R 1 in a step 100 (see FIG. 4 a ).
  • This first rendering R 1 is for instance a default rendering of the graphical data using a predetermined set of colors.
  • This first rendering R 1 can also comprise a first shape alteration of the default shape of the icon.
  • This first rendering R 1 can comprise a first composition of the icon with a first indicator overlapping the icon.
  • This step 100 occurs when the user accesses a menu containing the icon G, such as the applications menu or the home screen H.
  • a step 102 the operating system detects a predetermined user event indicating that the icon G has been moved on the screen 12 according to a first predetermined motion pattern.
  • the detection step 102 comprises the sub-steps illustrated on FIG. 3 and the terminal 1 behaves as illustrated on FIGS. 4 a - 4 d.
  • the motion pattern is a motion of the icon G into a predetermined area A of the screen 12 , for example a rectangular top part of the screen 12 of predetermined size.
  • the operating system detects that the user presses on the icon G for a predetermined duration.
  • the operating system displays 202 a target T indicating the location of the predetermined area A (see FIG. 4 a ).
  • the operation system checks the current state of the application and displays as target T a piece of text corresponding to the action of switching the state of the application from the current state into the other state. For instance, the word “disable” is displayed in the target T (see FIG. 4 b ).
  • the target T is erased from the screen 12 when the user “drops” the icon G, i.e. when the operating system detects that the user stops pressing the icon G after dragging it (see FIGS. 4 c and 4 d ).
  • the operating system reconfigures 104 the applications in the “disabled” state in response to detecting 102 the user event. This reconfiguration makes sure that the operation system refrains from starting and running any background process of the application.
  • the operating system further checks if any process of the application is currently run by the processor 10 . If yes, the operating systems terminates, ends and/or kills any running process of the application in a step 106 . The space allocated in the volatile memory by these running processes is also freed.
  • the flag associated with the application is set 108 to the “disabled” value and saved 110 in the non-volatile memory of the terminal 1 .
  • the application will still be disabled even if the terminal 1 is turned off then turned on again and/or if the operation system reboots for some reason.
  • a step 112 the operating system displays the icon G of the application according to a second rendering R 2 different from the first rendering R 1 (see FIG. 4 d ).
  • the second rendering R 2 uses a limited set of colors, which is a subset of the set of colors used for the first rendering R 1 .
  • the icon G is displayed according to the second rendering in monochrome or in grayscale.
  • the second rendering R 2 can also be a second shape alteration of the icon wherein the second shape alteration is different from the first shape alteration of rendering R 1 .
  • one of the two renderings R 1 et R 2 may not perform any alteration of the icon while the other rendering does.
  • this first rendering R 1 can be a composition of the icon with a second indicator overlapping the icon that is different from the first indicator using in rendering R 1 .
  • Reconfiguration 104 , termination 106 , update 108 and displaying step 112 may be carried out in any order after detecting 102 the user event indicating that the icon G was moved according to the predetermined motion pattern.
  • the application is switched from the “disabled” state to the “enabled” state according to the following steps.
  • step 116 the operation system detects that the user clicked on or tapped on the icon G of the disabled application.
  • the operation In response to this detection 116 , the operation also reconfigures 118 the application into the “enabled” state. Once the configuration 118 is complete, background processes are allowed to be run by the processor 10 .
  • the operating system automatically starts 120 the application.
  • This automatic startup of the application is advantageous in that the user needs not access any settings menu in order to re-enable the application before starting it. In other words, enabling and launching an application are merged into one single user action.
  • a foreground process of the application is executed by the processor 10 , which displays the GUI M of the application on the screen 12 (see FIG. 6 b ).
  • the flag associated with the application is set 122 to the “enabled” value and saved 122 in the non-volatile memory of the terminal 1 .
  • the application will still be enabled even if the terminal 1 is turned off then turned on again and/or if the operation system reboots for some reason.
  • the operating system displays the icon G of the application on the screen 12 according to a first rendering R 1 in the step 100 (see FIG. 6 c ) in response to this detection 116 .
  • This change may not be immediately visible on the screen 12 if the GUI M of the application actually covers the icon G. But this change will be visible on the screen once the user exits the application, for instance by clicking on the cross X illustrated on FIG. 6 b.
  • the application is not directly started whenever the user clicks on or taps on the icon G.
  • the operation system rather displays a context menu whenever detecting that the icon G was pressed on or tapped on.
  • the context menu shows a first graphical item for directly starting the application, and a second graphical item for changing the state of the program.
  • the operation system If the operating system detects that the user clicks on or taps on the second item, the operation system reconfigures the application into the “enabled” state but the application is not directly started. From this point on, the operation system is allowed to start a background process of the application secretly.
  • the operation system starts the application and temporarily allows processes of said application to be run until the user exits the application.
  • the operating system detects that the user clicks or taps outside the context menu, which does not displayed full screen 12 , the operating systems closes the context menu.
  • the operating system may also enable a disabled application whenever that the icon G has been moved on the screen 12 according to a second predetermined motion pattern.
  • This second motion pattern may be identical to the first motion pattern; in this case, all steps 200 , 202 , 204 , 206 can be performed as well for enabling an application (but text “enable” is displayed in target T instead of text “disable”).
  • the method described upwards for controlling the execution of an application in the terminal 1 can be performed for each application installed in the terminal 1 .
  • Each application has its own state, its own icon, and can therefore be enabled and disabled independently of the other applications.
  • a set of applications may be disabled or enabled by performing the drag-and-drop procedure of FIG. 3 on a folder containing icons of each application in said set of applications, rather than on a single icon G.
  • Another context in which the icon G of a program may be displayed is whenever a user of the terminal 1 is invited to select a program among a predetermined set of programs in response to a particular action.
  • the predetermined set of programs comprises in this case all programs installed in the terminal 1 and implementing a function of sharing content over a network such as the Internet (mailing applications, social network clients and so on).
  • the operating system In response to clicking on the “share” button, the operating system displays on the screen all icons of said predetermined programs as a list.
  • Each icon is rendered using rendering R 1 or R 2 , depending on the current state of each program.
  • a disabled application may also be enabled using other triggers that detection 116 involving the icon G, for instance whenever detecting that the user did a predetermined gesture on the touchscreen (i.e drew a particular pattern), said predetermined gesture being associated with the program.
  • disabling or enabling a program triggers a change of rendering R 1 or R 2 of all icons of said program used by the user as short-cuts.

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