WO2013182157A1

WO2013182157A1 - Application program processing method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2013182157A1
Application number: PCT/CN2013/079815
Authority: WO
Inventors: 裴莉辉; 朱佐亮; 冯轶刚
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2012-11-20
Filing date: 2013-07-22
Publication date: 2013-12-12
Also published as: CN103838620A

Abstract

Provided are an application program processing method and device. The method comprises: obtaining information about an application program which operates in a terminal, and generating a state table of the application program according to the obtained information about the application program; and obtaining a memory occupation state of the terminal, judging whether an idle memory of the terminal is smaller than a set threshold value, and if the memory is smaller than the set threshold value, prompting a user to move a program with the lowest usage frequency in the state table of the application program to a storage card.

Description

Method and apparatus for processing an application

The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method and apparatus for processing an application. Background technique

At present, mobile intelligent terminals represented by Android are booming, and more and more users choose smart terminals because users can download and use various applications at will. In the related art, the user installs the application in the terminal memory by default. However, the terminal memory is limited, and the basic functions of the terminal, such as surfing the Internet, storing contacts, and sending and receiving information, also need to occupy a part of the memory. Therefore, the memory in the terminal memory for user management and use is very limited, even if the user can put some applications on the external memory card of the terminal after installation, but when the application is installed on an external memory card for management and use, There are also some drawbacks, such as reduced stability, high battery power consumption during reading and writing, and reduced terminal operating efficiency. Summary of the invention

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for processing an application, managing memory according to a frequency of use of the application, moving an application that is not frequently used to a memory card, and improving the terminal without changing the memory of the terminal. operating efficiency.

A method for processing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

Obtaining information of an application running in the terminal, and generating an application state table according to the acquired application information;

Obtaining the memory occupation status of the terminal, determining whether the free memory of the terminal is less than a set threshold, and if the memory is less than the set threshold, prompting the user to move the program with the lowest frequency of use in the application status table to the memory card.

Preferably, after the step of prompting the user to move the program with the lowest frequency of use in the application state table to the memory card, the method further comprises: receiving a request of the user mobile application, moving the application to the memory card, and updating the Application status table. Preferably, before receiving the request of the user mobile application, moving the application to the memory card, and updating the application status table, the method further comprises: receiving a request of the user optimization application, prompting the user to use the application The program with the lowest frequency in the status table is moved to the memory card.

Preferably, obtaining information of the terminal application, and generating an application status table according to the acquired information includes:

Obtain an application running on the terminal, and generate a list of applications;

Obtaining state information of the application in the application list, and generating the application state table;

Preferably, before generating the application state table, the basic application of the terminal in the application list is deleted, and the application list is updated.

The embodiment of the invention further provides an apparatus for processing an application, comprising: a generating module, configured to: acquire information of an application running in the terminal, and generate an application state table;

a judging module, configured to: obtain a memory occupancy status of the terminal, and determine whether the free memory of the terminal is less than a set threshold, and if the memory is less than a set threshold, send a user prompt request to the first prompting unit;

a first prompting module, configured to: receive a user prompt request, prompt the user to move the program with the lowest frequency of use in the application state table to the memory card;

Preferably, the apparatus further includes a processing module configured to: receive a request from the user to move the application, move the application to the memory card, and update the application status table.

Preferably, the device further comprises a second prompting module, configured to: receive a request from the user to optimize the application, prompting the user to move the program with the lowest frequency of use in the application state table to the memory card.

Preferably, the application information in the application status table includes at least an application frequency and a usage duration.

Preferably, the generating module includes:

a first generating unit, configured to: acquire an application currently running by the terminal, and generate an application Sequence table, and

And a second generating unit, configured to: acquire a usage status of the application in the application list, and generate an application status table.

Preferably, the generating module further comprises an updating unit, configured to: delete the basic application of the terminal in the application list and update the application list before generating the application state table.

The embodiment of the present invention generates an application state table of the application in the terminal; when the memory of the terminal is small and the threshold is set, the user is reminded to move the application with low frequency of use in the program state table to the memory card; Under the premise of the terminal memory, the application is managed according to the frequency of use of the application, and the application with low frequency is moved to the memory card, thereby improving the operating efficiency of the terminal. BRIEF abstract

1 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of a method for processing an application according to the present invention;

2 is a schematic flowchart of generating an application state table in a method for processing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for processing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic structural diagram of a generation module in an apparatus for processing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart diagram of an embodiment of a method for processing an application according to the present invention. The method for processing an application proposed in this embodiment includes:

Step S10: Obtain information about an application running in the terminal, and generate an application state table according to the acquired application information.

In this embodiment, the application information in the application state table includes at least an application. Frequency of use and duration of use. The status information of the application in the terminal is acquired every other cycle, and the application status table is updated. The user can customize the monitoring cycle.

Step S21: Obtain a memory occupation status of the terminal, determine whether the free memory of the terminal is less than a set threshold, and if the free memory is less than a set threshold, prompt the user to move the program with the lowest frequency of use in the application status table to the memory card.

The setting value of the memory in the terminal is the memory space required for the basic program in the terminal to operate normally. The basic program in the terminal refers to a program that must be used by the terminal such as sending a text message or browsing a web page. The application status information in the application status table includes at least the frequency of use and duration of the application.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the application information of the application in the terminal is obtained, and the application status table is generated. The memory occupancy status of the terminal is detected, and the idle memory of the terminal is determined to be less than a set threshold. When the threshold is less than the set threshold, the user is prompted to use the frequency. The lowest application is moved to the memory card. Under the premise of not changing the memory of the terminal, the application is managed according to the frequency of application, and the application with low frequency is moved to the memory card to improve the operating efficiency of the terminal.

In this embodiment, after step S21, the method further includes: Step S30: Receive a request of the user mobile application, move the application to the memory card, and update the application status table.

After moving the application to the memory card and updating the application status table, continue to determine whether the free memory in the terminal is less than the set threshold. If it is less than the set threshold, the user is prompted to use the application with the lowest frequency in the application status table. The program is moved to the memory card. After updating the application status table, the application status table indicates that the program moved to the memory card is already installed on the memory card.

In this embodiment, before step S30, the method further includes: Step S22: Receive a request of the user optimization application, and prompt the user to move the program with the lowest frequency of use in the application state table to the memory card.

The user can optimize the application in the menu list of the terminal at any time. After receiving the request of the user to optimize the application, the user is prompted to move the application with the lowest frequency in the application state table to the memory card.

Referring to FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of generating an application state table in a method for processing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention. Based on the above embodiment, step S10 includes:

Step S11: Obtain an application running by the terminal, and generate an application list.

The terminal sets a cycle, acquires the application running on the terminal every other cycle, and updates the application list.

Step S12, deleting a basic application of the terminal in the application list, and updating an application list;

The basic application of the terminal refers to an application that implements the basic functions of the terminal, such as a call, a text message, a business card holder, and the like, and if the program is deleted, the application status table is generated. Previously, these basic applications should be removed from the application table and the application tables should be updated.

Step S13: Obtain state information of the application in the application list, and generate an application state table.

Before generating the application state table, the basic application should be deleted from the application list, and the application table should be updated, and then the state information of the application in the updated application list can be obtained to generate an application state table. In the application status table, the status information of the application includes at least the frequency of use and duration of the application.

In the embodiment of the present invention, during the operation of the terminal, the user can enter the application status table of the terminal to move the application with the lowest frequency to the memory card. After the mobile is completed, the user is prompted to continue to optimize, if received, Stopping the optimized information prompts the user to optimize the completion.

Referring to FIG. 3, FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for processing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device includes a generating module, a determining module, a prompting module, and a processing module, where

The generating module 10 is configured to acquire information of an application running in the terminal, and generate an application state table;

The determining module 20 is configured to obtain a memory usage status of the terminal, and determine whether the free memory of the terminal is less than a set threshold, and if the free memory is less than a set threshold, send a user prompt request to the first prompting unit;

The first prompt module 31 is configured to receive a user prompt request, prompting the user to use the application The program with the lowest frequency in the status table is moved to the memory card.

The state of the application in the application state table in this embodiment includes at least the frequency of use of the application and the duration of use. The generation module 10 acquires the status information of the application in the terminal every other cycle, and updates the application status table, which can be set by the client.

The set threshold of the memory in the terminal is the memory space required for the basic program in the terminal to operate normally. The basic program in the terminal refers to a program that must be used by the terminal such as sending a short message or browsing a web page. The prompting module 30 reminds the user of the program that should be moved according to the frequency of use of the application in the application status table when prompting the user to move the application.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the generating module 10 acquires the application information of the application in the terminal, and generates an application state table. The determining module 20 detects the memory usage status of the terminal, and determines whether the free memory of the terminal is less than a set threshold, and is less than a set threshold. Sending a user prompt request to the first prompt module 31; the first prompt module 30 receives the user prompt request, prompting the user to move the application with the lowest frequency of use to the memory card. Under the premise of not changing the memory of the terminal, the application is managed according to the frequency of application, and the application with low frequency is moved to the memory card to improve the operating efficiency of the terminal.

In this embodiment, the apparatus for processing an application further includes a processing module 40 configured to receive a request from the user to move the application, move the application to the memory card, and update the application status table.

After the processing module 40 moves the application to the memory card and updates the application status table, the determining module 20 continues to determine whether the free memory in the terminal is less than a set threshold. If the threshold is less than the set threshold, the user is sent to the first prompt module 30. The prompting request, the first prompting module 30 receives the user prompting request, prompting the user to move the application with the lowest frequency of use in the application state table to the memory card. After updating the application status table, the processing module 40 indicates in the application status table that the program moved to the memory card has been installed in the memory card.

In this embodiment, the device for processing the application further includes a second prompting module 32 configured to receive a request from the user to optimize the application, prompting the user to move the program with the lowest frequency of use in the application state table to the memory card. The user can optimize the application in the menu list of the terminal at any time. After receiving the request of the user optimization application, the second prompting module 32 prompts the user to move the application with the lowest frequency in the application state table to the storage. In the card.

Referring to FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a generating module in an apparatus for processing an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

On the basis of an embodiment of the apparatus for processing an application in the embodiment of the present invention, the generating module includes: a first generating unit 11 configured to acquire an application currently running by the terminal, and generate an application list;

The updating unit 12 is arranged to delete the basic application of the terminal in the application sequence table and update the application list before generating the application state table.

The second generation unit 13 is configured to acquire the usage status of the application in the application list, and generate an application status table.

The terminal sets a cycle, and the first generation unit 11 acquires an application running by the terminal every other cycle and updates the application list.

The basic application of the terminal refers to an application that implements basic functions of the terminal, such as an application for basic functions of a terminal such as a call, a text message, a business card holder, etc. If the deletion of these programs affects the normal use of the terminal, the second generation unit 13 Before generating the application state table, the update unit 12 should delete the basic application from the application table and update the application table, and the second generation unit 13 obtains the state information of the application in the updated application list. Generate an application state table. In the application status table, the status information of the application includes at least the usage frequency and duration of the application.

During the operation of the terminal, the user can enter the application status table from the menu of the terminal to move the application with low frequency to the memory card. After the completion of the movement, the user is prompted to continue to optimize, and if the information for stopping optimization is received, the user is prompted. User optimization is complete.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the above steps may be performed by a program to instruct the associated hardware, such as a read only memory, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk. Optionally, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be used. One or more integrated circuits are implemented. Correspondingly, each module/unit in the foregoing embodiment may be implemented in the form of hardware or in the form of a software function module. The invention is not limited to any specific form of combination of hardware and software.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention, and the equivalent structural changes made by the description and the drawings of the present invention may be directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields. The same is included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

In the embodiment of the present invention, the application program is managed according to the frequency of use of the application without changing the memory of the terminal, and the application program with low frequency of use is moved to the memory card, thereby improving the operation efficiency of the terminal.

Claims

Claim

1. A method of processing an application, comprising:

Obtaining a memory occupation status of the terminal, determining whether the free memory of the terminal is less than a set threshold, and if the free memory is less than a set threshold, prompting a user to move an application with the lowest frequency of use in the application status table To the memory card.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the step of prompting the user to move the application with the lowest frequency of use in the application state table to the memory card, the method further comprises:

Receiving a request from the user's mobile application, moving the application to the memory card, and updating the application status table.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein before the step of receiving a request of the user mobile application, moving the application to the memory card, and updating the application status table, the method further includes :

Receiving a request from the user to optimize the application, prompting the user to move the program with the lowest frequency of use in the application status table to the memory card.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of acquiring information of the terminal application, and generating an application state table according to the acquired information comprises:

Obtaining an application running by the terminal, and generating an application list;

The status information of the application in the application list is obtained, and the application status table is generated.

The method according to claim 4, wherein the basic application of the terminal in the application list is deleted and the application list is updated before the application state table is generated.

6. A device for processing an application, comprising:

a generating module, configured to: obtain information of an application running in the terminal, and generate an application state table; a judging module, configured to: obtain a memory usage status of the terminal, and determine whether the free memory of the terminal is less than a set threshold, and if the free memory is less than a set threshold, send a user prompt request to the first prompt module;

The first prompting module is configured to: receive the user prompt request, and prompt the user to move the application with the lowest frequency of use in the application state table to the memory card.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus further comprises a processing module configured to: receive a request of the user mobile application, move the application to the memory card, and update the application status table. .

The device according to claim 7, wherein the device further comprises a second prompting module, configured to: receive a request of the user to optimize the application, and prompt the user to use the application with the lowest frequency in the application state table. The program is moved to the memory card.

9. The device according to claim 8, wherein the generating module comprises:

a first generating unit, configured to: acquire an application currently running by the terminal, and generate an application sequence table,

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the generating module further comprises an updating unit, configured to: delete a basic application of the terminal in the application list before generating the application state table, and Update the list of applications.