WO2017166680A1 - Method and apparatus for managing application programs, and electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of software management, and provides a method and an apparatus for managing application programs, and an electronic device. The method comprises: first obtaining a usage frequency and the last usage time of each application program (S1); then, determining whether duration from the current time to the last usage time exceeds a preset duration threshold (S2); if the preset duration threshold is exceeded, determining whether the usage frequency of the application program is less than a preset frequency threshold (S3); and if yes, deleting the application program (S4). By determining whether an application program is useful to a user according to the last usage time of the application program and the usage frequency of the application program, it is determined whether the application program needs to be deleted. In this manner, application programs that are useless or less used are deleted in time to release more storage space, thereby improving the system resource usage efficiency, improving application program usage efficiency of a user, and avoiding a waste of resources.

Description

Application management method, device and electronic device

cross reference

The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610182015.3, entitled "Application Management Method and Apparatus", filed on March 28, 2016, the entire contents of in.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of software management, and in particular, to an application management method, apparatus, and electronic device.

Background technique

With the development of communication technology, electronic mobile terminals such as mobile phones and tablet computers have become one of the indispensable devices in people's daily life, and these devices are becoming more and more closely related to people's lives. For example, with the development of smart phone technology, its functions are becoming more and more powerful, and various applications supporting mobile terminal devices have emerged. Since many mobile applications are very convenient to use, many users download a large number of applications on their mobile phones.

As the functionality of handheld terminal devices continues to increase, the amount of information stored in handheld terminal devices continues to increase, and various applications are flooded in the main menu or desktop of the handheld terminal device. After some merchants launch the app, they set up the app by asking them to install these apps by giving gifts, etc. Therefore, when there are more and more applications installed on the mobile phone, there are some installed applications, and the users have not used them in a few times, and these applications are forgotten after installation. Although the user has no need to use these applications, these applications are still stored in the mobile terminal device, occupying the storage space of the device.

In addition, for users to use fewer applications, because users also have difficulty remembering the purpose and frequency of each application, it is also impossible to organize these applications, so that some infrequently used applications occupy the user's mobile terminal for a long time. Equipment, causing waste of resources.

Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the drawback that the useless or less-used applications in the prior art occupy the system resources for a long time and cause waste of resources.

To this end, the present invention provides an application management method comprising the following steps:

Get the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use;

Determine whether the current time distance exceeds the preset time threshold by the last time used.

If the preset time threshold is exceeded, it is determined whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold, and if so, a deletion operation is performed on the application.

Preferably, the step of performing a delete operation on the application includes:

Display the application and ask the user if they want to delete it;

Accept the user's choice and delete the application when the user selects Yes.

Preferably, the step of performing a delete operation on the application includes:

Putting the application into a pre-deleted space;

When the application puts the pre-deleted space for more than the preset pre-deletion time threshold, the application is completely deleted.

Preferably, after the application is placed in the pre-deleted space, the method further includes: according to the user's request The application moves out of the pre-deleted space to restore the application.

Preferably, the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month.

In addition, the present invention also provides an application management apparatus, including:

An acquisition unit for obtaining the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use;

a time comparison unit, configured to determine whether the current time distance exceeds a preset time threshold,

The frequency comparison unit is configured to determine whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold when the time of the last time exceeds the preset time threshold;

The deleting unit is configured to perform a deleting operation on the application when the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold.

Preferably, the deleting unit comprises:

Display subunit for displaying the application and asking the user whether to delete it;

The user deletes the subunit for accepting the user's selection, and when the user selects Yes, the application is deleted.

Preferably, the deleting unit comprises:

a pre-delete sub-unit for placing the application into a pre-deleted space;

Deleting the subunit completely, when the application puts the pre-deleted space for more than the preset When the time threshold is pre-deleted, the application is completely removed.

Preferably, the method further includes a pre-delete recovery unit, configured to remove the application from the pre-deleted space according to the user's request, and restore the application.

Preferably, the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month.

Embodiments of the invention further disclose an electronic device comprising at least one processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor The instruction is executed by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to acquire the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use; determine whether the current time distance exceeds the preset time The time threshold, if the preset time threshold is exceeded, determines whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold, and if so, performs a delete operation on the application.

The above electronic device, wherein the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: displaying the application and asking the user whether to delete; accepting the user's selection, and deleting the application when the user selects Yes.

The electronic device, wherein the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: placing the application into a pre-deleted space; and when the time when the application is placed in the pre-deleted space exceeds a preset pre-deleted time threshold, Remove the application completely.

In the above electronic device, after the application is placed in the pre-deleted space, the method further includes: moving the application out of the pre-deleted space according to the request of the user, and restoring the application.

In the above electronic device, the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month.

The present invention also discloses a non-volatile computer storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device, enable the electronic device to: acquire each application The frequency of use and the time of the last use; determine whether the time of the current time exceeds the preset time threshold, and if the preset time threshold is exceeded, determine whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold. If so, delete the application.

The above storage medium, wherein the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: displaying the application and asking the user whether to delete; accepting the user's selection, and deleting the application when the user selects Yes.

The foregoing storage medium, wherein the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: placing the application into a pre-deleted space; and when the time when the application is placed in the pre-deleted space exceeds a preset pre-deleted time threshold, Remove the application completely.

In the above storage medium, after the application is placed in the pre-deleted space, the method further includes: moving the application out of the pre-deleted space according to a request of the user, and restoring the application.

In the above storage medium, the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program package The program instructions are arranged to cause the computer to perform any of the methods described above when the program instructions are executed by a computer.

The technical solution of the present invention has the following advantages:

The present invention provides an application management method, which firstly acquires the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use; and then determines whether the current time distance exceeds the preset time threshold, and if The set time threshold determines whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold, and if so, performs a delete operation on the application. In this solution, it is judged whether the application is useful to the user by the application's last use time and the frequency of use of the application, thereby making a judgment as to whether the application needs to be deleted, which is a useless or less useful application. The deletion process is timely, thereby releasing more storage space, improving the utilization efficiency of system resources, improving the use efficiency of the application by the user, and avoiding waste of resources.

The application management method provided by the present invention may directly delete the application when the deletion operation is performed, and may also ask the user to delete the user after confirming by the user, or may delete the data first, and then delete it after reaching a certain time. It avoids the trouble caused by the accidental deletion of the application, gives the user enough time to recover, and is more user-friendly.

DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the specific embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings to be used in the specific embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and obviously, the attached in the following description The drawings are some embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can obtain the drawings according to the drawings without any creative work. Have other drawings.

1 is a flowchart of a specific example of an application management method in Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a structural block diagram of a specific example of an application management apparatus in Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of hardware of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings. It is obvious that the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inside", "outside", etc. The orientation or positional relationship of the indications is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for the convenience of the description of the invention and the simplified description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or component referred to has a specific orientation, in a specific orientation. The construction and operation are therefore not to be construed as limiting the invention. Moreover, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "installation", "connected", and "connected" are to be understood broadly, and may be fixed or detachable, for example, unless otherwise explicitly defined and defined. Connection, or integral connection; can be mechanical connection or electrical connection; can be directly connected, indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or can be internal to two components The connectivity can be either a wireless connection or a wired connection. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in a specific case by those skilled in the art.

Further, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not constitute a conflict with each other.

Example 1

The invention provides an application management method, which can be used in a terminal device such as a mobile phone, an ipad, a tablet computer, etc., and manages an application installed therein, mainly to delete an application that is useless or less used, thereby releasing more Storage space. The application management method includes the following steps:

S1. Obtain the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use. Here, it can be periodically acquired, for example, once a day, specifically, the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use when the zero point is taken every day. The frequency of use can be the average number of uses per month, for example, from installation to The average monthly usage count calculated by the current date. The frequency of use here can also be set to the frequency of use within a certain period of time, such as the frequency of use in the past three months or the frequency of use in the past six months. The last time it was used was the time recorded when the application was last used, and is recorded by the system each time it is used.

S2: Determine whether the current time is longer than the preset time threshold. The preset time threshold can be set as needed. For example, the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days. In this embodiment, the selection is set to 14 days, that is, two weeks. According to the difference between the time of the last use of each application and the current time, it can be determined whether the preset threshold is exceeded. Still not exceeded. If the threshold is not exceeded, no processing is performed, and if the threshold is exceeded, step S3 is performed.

S3. If the preset time threshold is exceeded, it is determined whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold. If yes, the application is deleted. If not, the monitoring is continued.

The frequency threshold here is also preset, and the threshold can be customized as needed. For example, the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month, and is set to 3 times/month in this embodiment. When the frequency of use of the application calculated according to the above manner is less than the frequency threshold of 3 times/month, a deletion operation is performed for the application.

As a specific implementation manner, the method for performing the deletion operation on the application may be set to be directly deleted, or may be set to be deleted after being queried by the user, or deleted according to a customized manner, as follows:

The first way to perform a delete operation on this application includes:

First, the application is displayed and asked if the user has deleted it. At this point, the user is presented with an interface that allows the user to choose whether or not to delete the application.

Then, accept the user's choice, and when the user chooses Yes, delete the application.

Another way to perform a delete operation on the application includes:

First, the application is placed in a pre-deleted space. The pre-deleted space temporarily deletes the application and puts it into the space. After the input, the application cannot be used, but can still be restored. in case The user wishes to continue using the application and can choose to move the application out of the pre-deleted space. Before the application is completely deleted, the system can move the application out of the pre-deleted space according to the user's request, restore the application, and the restored application can be used normally.

If the application is always placed in the pre-deleted space, the application is completely deleted when the application puts the pre-deleted space for more than the preset pre-deletion time threshold. For example, the pre-delete time threshold is set to 30 days, and if the pre-deleted space is not removed within 30 days, the application is deleted.

In the above manner, when the deletion operation is performed on the application, the user may be directly deleted, or the user may be deleted after the user confirms, or may be pre-deleted, and then deleted after reaching a certain time, thereby avoiding the application deletion. The trouble brought by the user gives the user enough time to recover and be more humanized.

In this solution, it is judged whether the application is useful to the user by the application's last use time and the frequency of use of the application, thereby making a judgment as to whether the application needs to be deleted, which is a useless or less useful application. The deletion process is timely, thereby releasing more storage space, improving the utilization efficiency of system resources, improving the use efficiency of the application by the user, and avoiding waste of resources.

Example 2:

In this embodiment, an application management device is provided, which can be used in a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, an iPad, or a tablet computer. The block diagram is shown in FIG. 2, and the device includes:

The obtaining unit 01 is configured to acquire the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use;

The time comparison unit 02 is configured to determine whether the time of the current time distance exceeds the preset time threshold.

The frequency comparison unit 03 is configured to determine whether the used frequency of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold when the time of the last time distance exceeds the preset time threshold;

The deleting unit 04 is configured to perform a deleting operation on the application when the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold.

As a specific implementation manner, the deleting unit includes:

Display subunit for displaying the application and asking the user whether to delete it;

The user deletes the subunit for accepting the user's selection, and when the user selects Yes, the application is deleted.

As another alternative embodiment, the deleting unit includes:

a pre-delete sub-unit for placing the application into a pre-deleted space;

The subunit is completely deleted, and the application is completely deleted when the application puts the pre-deleted space beyond the preset pre-deletion time threshold.

Preferably, the method further includes a pre-delete recovery unit, configured to remove the application from the pre-deleted space according to the user's request, and restore the application.

Specifically, the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month.

The application management apparatus provided in this embodiment includes an obtaining unit 01, a time comparing unit 02, a frequency comparing unit 03, and a deleting unit 04, and the device performs deletion processing on the useless or less-used application in time, thereby releasing more Storage space improves the utilization efficiency of system resources.

Example 3

As shown in FIG. 3, an embodiment of the present invention further discloses an electronic device including at least one processor 810; and a memory 800 communicably connected to the at least one processor 810; wherein the memory 800 is stored An instruction executed by the at least one processor 810, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor 810 to enable the at least one processor 810 to obtain a frequency of use of each application and a time of last use; Whether the current time exceeds the preset time threshold, and if the preset time threshold is exceeded, it is determined whether the application frequency is less than the preset frequency threshold, and if so, the deletion operation is performed on the application. The electronic device also includes an input device 830 and an output device 840 that are electrically coupled to the memory 800 and the processor, the electrical connections preferably being connected by a bus.

In the electronic device of this embodiment, preferably, the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: displaying the application and asking the user whether to delete; accepting the user's selection, and deleting the application when the user selects Yes.

In the electronic device of this embodiment, preferably, the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: placing the application into a pre-deleted space; and when the application is placed in the pre-deleted space exceeds a preset pre-deletion time When the threshold is exceeded, the application is completely removed.

In the electronic device of this embodiment, after the application is placed in the pre-deleted space, the method further includes: moving the application out of the pre-deleted space according to the request of the user, and restoring the application.

In the electronic device of this embodiment, preferably, the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month.

Example 4

Embodiments of the present invention also disclose a non-volatile computer storage medium, wherein the storage medium stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device, enable an electronic device to acquire applications The frequency of use and the time of the last use; determine whether the current time distance exceeds the preset time threshold. If the preset time threshold is exceeded, determine whether the application frequency is less than the preset frequency threshold. If yes, perform a delete operation on the application.

In the storage medium of this embodiment, preferably, the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: displaying the application and asking the user whether to delete; accepting the user's selection, and deleting the application when the user selects Yes.

The storage medium of the embodiment, preferably, the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: placing the application into a pre-deleted space; and when the application is placed in the pre-deleted space exceeds a preset pre-deletion time When the threshold is exceeded, the application is completely removed.

Preferably, after the application is placed in the pre-deleted space, the storage medium of the embodiment further includes moving the application out of the pre-deleted space according to the request of the user, and restoring the application.

In the storage medium of this embodiment, preferably, the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month.

Example 5

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions, when the program instructions are executed by a computer The computer is caused to perform the method described in the above embodiments.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the present invention can be provided as a method, system, or computer program product. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment, or a combination of software and hardware. Moreover, the invention can take the form of a computer program product embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including but not limited to disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, etc.) including computer usable program code.

The present invention has been described with reference to flowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus (system), and computer program products according to embodiments of the invention. It will be understood that each flow and/or block of the flowchart illustrations and/or FIG. These computer program instructions can be provided to a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, embedded processor, or other programmable data processing device to produce a machine for the execution of instructions for execution by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device. Means for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of the flow chart.

The computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing device to operate in a particular manner, such that the computer is readable and stored The instructions in the reservoir produce an article of manufacture comprising an instruction device that implements the functions specified in one or more blocks of the flow or in a flow or block diagram of the flowchart.

These computer program instructions can also be loaded onto a computer or other programmable data processing device such that a series of operational steps are performed on a computer or other programmable device to produce computer-implemented processing for execution on a computer or other programmable device. The instructions provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more of the flow or in a block or blocks of a flow diagram.

It is apparent that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the examples, and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations or modifications of the various forms may be made by those skilled in the art in light of the above description. There is no need and no way to exhaust all of the implementations. Obvious changes or variations resulting therefrom are still within the scope of the invention.

Claims (21)

An application management method, comprising the steps of: Get the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use; Determine whether the current time distance exceeds the preset time threshold by the last time used. If the preset time threshold is exceeded, it is determined whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold, and if so, a deletion operation is performed on the application. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of performing a delete operation on the application comprises: Display the application and ask the user if they want to delete it; Accept the user's choice and delete the application when the user selects Yes. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of performing a delete operation on the application comprises: Putting the application into a pre-deleted space; When the application puts the pre-deleted space for more than the preset pre-deletion time threshold, the application is completely deleted. The method according to claim 3, wherein after the application is placed in the pre-deleted space, the method further comprises: moving the application out of the pre-deleted space according to a request of the user, and restoring the application. The method according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, wherein the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month. An application management device, comprising: An acquisition unit for obtaining the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use; a time comparison unit, configured to determine whether the current time distance exceeds a preset time threshold, The frequency comparison unit is configured to determine whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold when the time of the last time exceeds the preset time threshold; The deleting unit is configured to perform a deleting operation on the application when the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold. The device according to claim 6, wherein the deleting unit comprises: Display subunit for displaying the application and asking the user whether to delete it; The user deletes the subunit for accepting the user's selection, and when the user selects Yes, the application is deleted. The device according to claim 6, wherein the deleting unit comprises: a pre-delete sub-unit for placing the application into a pre-deleted space; The subunit is completely deleted, and the application is completely deleted when the application puts the pre-deleted space beyond the preset pre-deletion time threshold. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a pre-delete recovery unit configured to move the application out of the pre-deleted space according to a request of the user to restore the application. The device according to claim 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 9, wherein the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/ month. An electronic device characterized by comprising at least one processor; and At least one processor communicatively coupled memory; wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the at least one processor, the instructions being executed by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to Get the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use; Determine whether the current time distance exceeds the preset time threshold by the last time used. If the preset time threshold is exceeded, it is determined whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold, and if so, a deletion operation is performed on the application. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the performing a delete operation on the application comprises: Display the application and ask the user if they want to delete it; Accept the user's choice and delete the application when the user selects Yes. The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the performing a delete operation on the application comprises: Putting the application into a pre-deleted space; When the application puts the pre-deleted space for more than the preset pre-deletion time threshold, the application is completely deleted. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein after the application is placed in the pre-deleted space, the method further comprises: moving the application out of the pre-deleted space according to a request of the user, and restoring the application. The electronic device according to claim 11 or 12 or 13, wherein the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month. A non-volatile computer storage medium characterized by the storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by an electronic device, enable the electronic device to: Get the frequency of use of each application and the time of the last use; Determine whether the current time distance exceeds the preset time threshold by the last time used. If the preset time threshold is exceeded, it is determined whether the frequency of use of the application is less than a preset frequency threshold, and if so, a deletion operation is performed on the application. The storage medium according to claim 16, wherein the performing the deleting operation on the application comprises: Display the application and ask the user if they want to delete it; Accept the user's choice and delete the application when the user selects Yes. The storage medium according to claim 16, wherein said application to said application Execution delete operations include: Putting the application into a pre-deleted space; When the application puts the pre-deleted space for more than the preset pre-deletion time threshold, the application is completely deleted. The storage medium according to claim 18, wherein after the application is placed in the pre-deleted space, the method further comprises: moving the application out of the pre-deleted space according to a request of the user, and restoring the application. The storage medium according to claim 16 or 17, or 18, wherein the preset time threshold is 10 days to 25 days, and the preset frequency threshold is 1 time/month-5 times/month. A computer program product comprising a computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program comprising program instructions, wherein when the program instructions are executed by a computer, The computer performs the method of any of the preceding claims.

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