TW201437901A - Application management method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an application management method for solving the problem of screen clutter and performance degradation caused by excessive application of a mobile computing device, and executing an application management operation by a mobile computing device, the method comprising: displaying an enablement And displaying at least one image outside the enabled area; determining whether an image outside the enabled area is dragged into the enabled area; if the determination is yes, generating an enable command; if the determination is no, re-determining the enabling Whether the image outside the area is dragged into the enabled area; and the application function corresponding to the dragged image is turned on according to the above enable command, and the dragged image is displayed in the enabled area. This allows users to see at a glance the enabled applications.

Description

Application management method

The present invention relates to a software resource management method; and more particularly to an application management method.

Due to the booming of information technology and semiconductor technology, various mobile computing devices have sprung up in the consumer market, such as: Smart Phones, Tablet Computers, Mobile Internet Devices, e-books. (e-book) or positioning navigation device (GPS Navigator), etc., for users to use touch (touching) to communicate, Internet, reading or driving navigation functions, and even touch function and remote device Interaction (as shown in the Republic of China Announcement No. I364699).

In the case of a smart phone, users can download various application programs (Apps) such as video playback, instant messaging or community interaction, and display the images of each application on the screen or In the user interface (GUI), in order to perform the functions corresponding to each application. Moreover, during the execution of the application, the user can operate by clicking, dragging or multi-touch to meet the needs of life or work. However, as the number of applications downloaded by users increases, not only will the screen be messy, but the more applications that are executed in the background, the lower the system performance and the increased power consumption.

In view of the above, the above-mentioned application management methods have problems such as "reduce system performance" and "increased power consumption", and cause confusion such as "picture clutter", which is more restrictive in actual use. And the shortcomings, there are inconveniences, and further improvements are needed. To enhance its practicality.

The main object of the present invention is to provide an application management method for efficiently configuring a commonly used application.

The application management method of the present invention is an application management operation performed by a mobile computing device, the method comprising: displaying an enabled area, and displaying at least one image outside the enabled area; determining an image outside the enabled area Whether it is dragged into the above-mentioned enabled area, if the determination is yes, an enable command is generated; if the determination is no, it is re-determined whether the image outside the enabled area is dragged into the enabled area; and the above-mentioned is enabled according to the above-mentioned enable command The dragged image corresponds to the application function and displays the dragged image in the enabled area.

Preferably, the mobile computing device has a user interface, and the user interface displays a menu area and the enabled area. The enabled area does not overlap with the menu area. The menu area is used to display at least one of the activated areas. image.

Preferably, the method further includes an updating step of searching for the application and loading the searched application according to a predetermined condition, and displaying the image of the application outside the enabled area.

Preferably, the method further includes an abolishing step of detecting, by the mobile computing device, whether the image in the enabled area is dragged to an abolished area, and if the determination is yes, stopping the application corresponding to the towed image The function, if the determination is no, maintains the application function corresponding to the image in the enabled area.

Preferably, the method further includes a login step, wherein the mobile computing device displays an authentication data input page for the user to input an authentication data, and the activation region and the image are displayed after the authentication data is authenticated.

〔this invention〕

1‧‧‧Mobile computing device

11‧‧‧User interface

12‧‧‧Menu area

13‧‧‧Enable area

A‧‧‧ image

A1‧‧‧ image

A1’‧‧‧ image

D‧‧‧ drag track

L‧‧‧Exit images

S1‧‧‧ Standby steps

S2‧‧‧ Interpretation steps

S3‧‧‧Enable steps

W‧‧‧ abolition of images

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing the appearance of a preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention (1).

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention (2).

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention (3).

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more <RTIgt; Coupling means that the two devices are connected to each other by a wireless communication protocol, such as 3G or LTE, for transmitting data, which can be understood by those having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. .

The "drag" as used throughout the present invention refers to a process in which a user touches, moves, and leaves a touch screen with a tool, a limb, or the like to move an image in the touch screen. (icon) is understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram of a hardware appearance of a preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention. Wherein, the mobile computing device 1 is implemented as a software/hardware execution architecture, and the mobile computing device 1 executes an application management operating software for managing the application in the mobile computing device 1 ( App). The mobile computing device 1 has a user interface (GUI) 11, such as a touch screen or a module for outputting/inputting data, for use as a medium for data output/input, the user interface. 11 can display a menu area 12 and an activation area 13, the activation area 13 and the menu area 12 Do not overlap each other. In this embodiment, the mobile computing device 1 can also be coupled to a server (not shown, for example, various data processing devices having a wireless connection function, etc.) as an execution architecture, and the mobile computing device 1 can be configured by the servo The application is loaded, and an image (icon) A of the application is displayed in the menu area 12, and the image 〝 出 图像 〞 〞 〝 〝 〝 〝 〝 〝 〝 〝 〝 〝 〝 Like W〞, but not limited to this; wherein the application function of the image A displayed in the menu area 12 has not been enabled, and the image is dragged by the user to the enabled area. After 13th, the application function corresponding to the image can be enabled. Moreover, the activation or deactivation of the application can also be recorded in a database and set by the mobile computing device 1. The setting manner is well understood by those skilled in the art and will not be described here.

Please refer to FIG. 2, which is a flowchart of the operation of the preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1 together, the preferred embodiment of the application management method includes a standby step S1, an interpretation step S2, and an enabling step S3, respectively, as described later.

In the standby step S1, the activation area 13 is displayed by the mobile computing device 1, and the at least one image A is displayed outside the activation area 13. In this embodiment, when the standby step S1 is performed, the mobile computing device 1 can simultaneously display the menu area 12 and the activation area 13 by the user interface 11, and the mobile computing device 1 can be displayed in the menu area 12. At least one image A of the entered application, for example: 〝 modify data 〝, 〝 billing 〞, 〝 post-it 〞, 〝 business card holder 〝, 〝 function menu 〞, 〝 save page 〞 or 〝 left/right page 〞 Like (as shown in Figure 1), but not limited to this; in addition, among the applications loaded in the mobile computing device 1, not all applications are commonly used by users, therefore, The system resources of the mobile computing device 1 are effectively managed, and the application function of the image in the menu area 12 can be set to be temporarily disabled to reduce resource usage and power consumption. In addition, in this embodiment, before the standby step S1 is performed, a login step (not shown) may be performed, by the mobile computing device 1 Displaying an authentication data input page (such as a web page, etc.) for the user to input an authentication data (such as an account number and a password), and the authentication data is passed through the mobile computing device 1 or the authentication program of the server. The standby step S1 (such as displaying the enabled area and the image) and subsequent steps are performed to prevent the application management application related to the user from being tampered with. Further, when the standby step S1 is completed, the above-described interpretation step S2 will be performed, the process of which will be described later.

In the above-described interpretation step S2, the mobile computing device 1 determines whether the image A outside the activated area is dragged into the enabled area 13. If the determination is "Yes", an enable command is generated; if the determination is "No", This interpretation step S2 is repeated. In detail, as shown in FIG. 1, when the user wants to enable the application function to which the image A belongs in the above menu area 12, the image A to which the function is to be enabled is required to be displayed by the menu area 12〝. Drag and drop to the enabled area 13 to enable its corresponding function. In this embodiment, when the interpretation step S2 is performed, the mobile computing device 1 will determine whether the image A in the menu area 12 has been dragged, as shown in FIG. 3, if the mobile computing device 1 If any image A (such as: 〝 〞 〞 image A1, etc.) is detected to be dragged by the user (such as the drag track D shown in Fig. 3), the towed account is further judged. Whether the image A1 is dragged into the above-mentioned enabled area 13, and if the determination is "Yes", the enable command is generated, for example, the data consisting of the program code to be enabled and the code of the enabled state. a frame or the like, and then performing the above-mentioned enabling step S3 for enabling the application function corresponding to the dragged billing image A1; if the determination is "NO", the reading step is re-executed S2, to perform the above judgment process.

In the enabling step S3, the mobile computing device 1 starts the application function corresponding to the dragged image A according to the enabling command, and displays the dragged image A in the enabling area 13. In this embodiment, when the enabling step S3 is performed, the mobile computing device 1 sets the program to be enabled in the database according to the enabling command. The enabled state of the code (eg: 0xA1) is the code of the enabled state (eg: 0x01), and the image A1 of the user dragged is copied into the above enabled area 13, so that the enabled area The dragged image (such as the image A1' shown in FIG. 4) can be displayed to indicate that the 〝 billing function corresponding to the image A1' has been successfully enabled, and then the image in the menu area 12 is enabled. A1 can choose to keep or delete. Therefore, the user can intuitively know the currently available application through the image in the enabled area 13. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user clicks ( Click) When the image A1' in the area 13 is enabled, the application of the billing function can be executed, and the mobile computing device 1 displays the billing screen 由 by the user interface 11 (as shown in FIG. 5). ), for users to click on the 〞 〞 〝, 〝 〞 〞 or 〝 〞 〞 。, but not limited to this.

In the preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention, during the foregoing steps, an update step, an abolition step, and a logout step may be simultaneously performed. Please refer to FIG. 1 again. The update step is to automatically search for the application by the mobile computing device 1 according to the preset conditions (such as keywords or function descriptions), and load the searched application ( For example, calendar, etc., to display the new application image in the menu area 12 outside the above-mentioned enabled area 13, wherein the technical system for searching and loading the application is well understood by those skilled in the art, and is not described herein. .

Referring to FIG. 1 again, the abolishing step is performed by the mobile computing device 1 to detect whether the image in the enabled area 13 is dragged to an abolished area. If the determination is yes, the dragged image is stopped. If the corresponding application function is negative, the application function corresponding to the image in the enabled area is maintained. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, if the image A1 coordinate of the 〝 billing function is dragged by the user to the graphic area of the abolished image W, the application function corresponding to the image A1 The enable state is set to the code that is not enabled (eg, 0x00), which stops the application's functionality to free up system resources and reduce power consumption.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, the logout step is performed by the mobile computing device 1 to detect whether the user clicks on the logout image L. If the determination is yes, the application management software is stopped.

The main features of the preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention are as follows: First, the mobile computing device displays the enabled area and at least one image outside the enabled area; and then, determines Whether the image outside the enabled area is dragged into the enabled area, if the determination is YES, the enable command is generated, and the application function corresponding to the dragged image is turned on according to the enable command, and the enabled area is The dragged image is displayed inside; if the determination is "No", it is re-determined whether the image outside the enabled area is dragged into the enabled area. In this way, when the number of applications loaded by the mobile computing device is increasing, the user can manage the system resources occupied by the application by simply dragging and dropping the action, so as to "improve the system performance" and "reduced the consumption. "Battery"; Moreover, the user can intuitively know the currently available application via the image in the enabled area.

In the preferred embodiment of the application management method of the present invention, only the image of the application is dragged from the menu area to the enabled area, and the application function corresponding to the image is enabled, and the commonly used The application allows users to see at a glance the enabled applications and achieve the functions of "improving system performance" and "reducing power consumption".

While the invention has been described in connection with the preferred embodiments described above, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. The technical scope of the invention is protected, and therefore the scope of the invention is defined by the scope of the appended claims.

S1‧‧‧ Standby steps

S2‧‧‧ Interpretation steps

S3‧‧‧Enable steps

Claims (5)

An application management method is an application management operation performed by a mobile computing device, the method comprising: displaying an enabled area, and displaying at least one image outside the enabled area; determining whether an image outside the enabled area is Being dragged into the above-mentioned enabled area, if the determination is yes, an enable command is generated; if the determination is no, it is re-determined whether the image outside the enabled area is dragged into the enabled area; and the towed is started according to the above-mentioned enable command The image corresponding to the application function, and the dragged image is displayed in the above enabled area. According to the application management method of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device has a user interface, the user interface displays a menu area and the enabled area, and the enabled area does not overlap with the menu area. The menu area is used to display at least one image outside the enabled area. According to the application management method of claim 1, there is further provided an update step of searching for an application and loading the searched application according to a predetermined condition by the mobile computing device, and displaying the application The image is outside the above enabled area. According to the application management method of claim 1, further comprising an abolishing step, wherein the mobile computing device detects whether the image in the enabled area is dragged to an abolished area, and if the determination is yes, The application function corresponding to the dragged image is stopped, and if the determination is no, the application function corresponding to the image in the enabled area is maintained. According to the application management method of claim 1, there is further provided a login step, wherein the mobile computing device displays an authentication data input page for the user to input an authentication data, and the authentication data is authenticated. Show the above enable Area and the above image.