Memory of portable terminal and storage management apparatus

Abstract

To provide memory of a portable terminal, and a storage management apparatus.SOLUTION: A storage management apparatus includes: a memory usage checking unit 110 which analyzes memory information of a portable terminal in real time to check information on the total memory capacity and memory capacity in use; an execution application checking unit 120 which checks, in real time, information on running applications and memory usage of the running applications; a memory usage grade determination unit 130 which determines a memory usage grade of the portable terminal by comparing the memory usage checked through the memory usage checking unit with usage of a registered memory usage grade; a memory organization guide management unit 140 which registers the content on memory organization processes processed by the portable terminal for each memory usage grade, as images, to be stored as memory organization guides; and a memory management execution unit 150 which displays, when a user selects an execution icon, the memory organization guides, or the like, on a screen.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a memory and storage management device for a mobile terminal, such as a smartphone or a tablet, which can learn the process of organizing memory or storage by using a guide stored in the image of the device according to the usage levels of memory and storage, and the user can also easily organize the memory usage applications and the used files occupying the storage.

Background Art

[0002] Recently, as the types of services using mobile terminals such as smartphones and tablets have expanded, the use of Internet content has also increased accordingly. That is, various applications are installed and executed through the mobile terminal, or video files, music files, novels, animations, etc. are downloaded and played on the Internet.

[0003] However, due to the characteristics of the mobile terminal, the memory and storage used by itself are limited. Therefore, in order to increase the memory and storage, there is a problem that a separate memory or auxiliary storage device must be provided.

[0004] As a result, the user has to check and organize the usage status of the memory or storage of the mobile terminal. However, since the memory organization process or the storage organization process is different for each type of mobile terminal, there is a problem that it cannot be smoothly organized. In addition, in the case of a user who is not good at using the mobile terminal, there is a problem that they cannot even check the state of the memory or storage.

[0005] Therefore, the present invention attempts to propose a way to efficiently use the memory or storage of a mobile terminal.

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0006] The present invention is made to solve the above problems, and its object is to utilize a guide stored in the image of the device according to the usage level of memory and storage in a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet to learn the process of organizing the memory or storage, and to provide a memory and storage management device for a mobile terminal that can also organize the memory usage application and the used files occupying the storage in a user-friendly manner.

[0007] However, the problems of the present invention are not limited to those mentioned above, and other problems to be solved that are not mentioned should be clearly understood by those having ordinary knowledge in the art to which the present invention pertains from the following description.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0008] The memory and storage management device for a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a memory usage confirmation unit 110 that analyzes the memory information of the mobile terminal in real time to confirm information on the total memory amount and the amount of memory in use, an execution application confirmation unit 120 that confirms information on the applications being executed in real time and the memory usage capacity of the executed applications respectively, a memory usage level determination unit 130 that determines the memory usage level of the mobile terminal by comparing the amount of memory usage confirmed through the memory usage confirmation unit 110 with the usage amounts of the already registered memory usage levels, a memory organization guide management unit 140 that registers in image the content of the memory organization process to be processed by the mobile terminal for each memory usage level and stores them respectively as memory organization guides, a memory management execution unit 150 that displays on the screen the memory usage amount, memory usage level, and memory organization guide corresponding to the usage level confirmed in real time when the user selects an execution icon, a storage usage amount confirmation unit 190 that analyzes the storage information of the mobile terminal in real time to confirm information on the total storage amount and the amount of storage in use, a storage usage level determination unit 200 that confirms the storage usage level of the mobile terminal by comparing the amount of storage usage confirmed through the storage usage amount confirmation unit 190 with the usage amounts of the already registered storage usage levels, a storage organization guide management unit 210 that registers in image the storage organization process that can proceed on the mobile terminal for each storage usage level and stores them respectively as storage organization guides, and a storage management execution unit 220 that displays on the screen the storage usage amount, storage usage level, and storage organization guide corresponding to the usage level confirmed in real time when the user selects an execution icon, and is characterized by including these components.

[0009] Preferably, the memory management execution unit 150 includes a memory usage display unit 151 that displays the total usage of the memory in use confirmed through the memory usage confirmation unit 110 in a memory usage display item so that the user can confirm it, a memory usage level display unit 152 that displays the level of the memory confirmed by the memory usage level determination unit 130 in a memory usage level display item so that the user can confirm it, and a memory organization guide display unit 153 that displays a memory organization guide corresponding to the usage level of the memory confirmed by the memory usage level determination unit 130 in a memory organization guide display item so that the user can confirm it.

[0010] Preferably, when the memory organization guide display item is displayed, an execution application display unit 154 that displays the name and memory usage of the execution application confirmed by the execution application confirmation unit 120 so that the user can confirm it, and an execution application termination unit 155 that terminates the selected execution application when the execution application displayed by the execution application display unit 154 is selected are further included. The real-time execution application is characterized in that when the memory organization guide item is selected, it is displayed together with the memory organization guide, and an end button is displayed together on one side of the execution application.

[0011] Preferably, it further includes a memory usage notification unit 160 that outputs the memory usage confirmed through the memory usage confirmation unit 110 on one side of the screen of the mobile terminal, and a storage usage notification unit 230 that outputs the memory usage confirmed through the storage usage confirmation unit 190 on one side of the screen of the mobile terminal.

[0012] Desirably, there is further included an application ranking management unit 170 that receives and stores the transmission of ranking information for an application downloaded from an external management center, and an execution application ranking display unit 180 that compares the execution application displayed by the execution application display unit 154 with the registered application ranking and displays the ranking of the execution application together.

[0013] Desirably, the storage management execution unit 220 includes a storage usage amount display unit 221 that displays the total usage amount of the storage in use confirmed through the storage usage amount confirmation unit 190 in the storage usage amount display item on the screen so that the user can confirm it, a storage usage level display unit 222 that displays the level of the storage confirmed by the storage usage level determination unit 200 in the storage usage level display item on the screen so that the user can confirm it, and a storage organization guide display unit 223 that displays the storage organization guide corresponding to the level of the storage confirmed by the storage usage level determination unit 200 in the storage organization guide display item on the screen so that the user can confirm it.

[0014] Desirably, the storage management execution unit 220 further includes a storage usage file display unit 224 that displays the type of the storage usage file (such as photos, videos, document files, installed applications, etc.), the storage usage amount, the save date and time, and the save destination confirmed by the storage usage amount confirmation unit 190, and a storage usage file deletion unit 225 that deletes the selected usage file when the storage usage file displayed by the storage usage file display unit 224 is selected. The storage usage file display unit 224 is characterized in that when the storage organization guide item is selected, the information on the storage usage file is displayed together while the content of the storage organization guide is displayed on one side.

Effect of the Invention

[0015] According to the present invention, a user can learn the memory sorting process of a mobile terminal through a memory sorting guide according to the usage level of the memory in real time on a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet, and can execute based on the memory sorting guide, or can selectively terminate the running application that simply uses the memory.

[0016] Also, according to the present invention, a user can learn the storage sorting process through a storage sorting guide according to the usage level of the storage of the mobile terminal, and can easily sort while checking the file type, size, and storage location during storage sorting.

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Modes for Carrying Out the Invention

[0018] The advantages, features, and methods for achieving them of the present invention should become clear by referring to the embodiments described in detail below together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below and can be embodied in various different forms. Merely, this embodiment is provided to complete the disclosure of the present invention and to fully inform those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims.

[0019] In describing embodiments of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. The terms described below are terms defined in consideration of the functions in the embodiments of the present invention, and these can be changed depending on the intention or convention of the user, operator, etc. Therefore, they must be defined based on the content throughout this specification.

[0020] The memory and storage management device for a mobile terminal according to the present invention manages an application installed on a smartphone or a tablet and using the memory, and a file stored in the storage. Here, the mobile terminal includes a smartphone, a tablet, and the like.

[0021] As shown in FIG. 1, the memory and storage management device for a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a memory usage confirmation unit 110, a running application confirmation unit 120, a memory usage level determination unit 130, a memory cleanup guide management unit 140, a memory management execution unit 150, a memory usage notification unit 160, an application ranking management unit 170, a running application ranking display unit 180, a storage usage confirmation unit 190, a storage usage level determination unit 200, a storage cleanup guide management unit 210, a storage management execution unit 220, and a storage usage notification unit 230. Such a memory and storage management device for a mobile terminal is preferably produced as an application and installed on the mobile terminal.

[0022] The memory usage confirmation unit 110 analyzes the memory information of the mobile terminal in real time to confirm information on the total memory amount and the memory amount in use.

[0023] The running application confirmation unit 120 confirms in real time the running application and information on the memory usage capacity of the running application, respectively.

[0024] The memory usage level determination unit 130 determines the memory usage level of the mobile terminal by comparing the memory usage amount confirmed through the memory usage amount confirmation unit 110 with the usage amounts of the already registered memory usage levels. At this time, the memory usage amount is classified in percentages (%), and the memory usage levels can be classified as follows: when the memory usage amount is 90% or more, it is a dangerous level; when the memory usage amount is 80% - 90%, it is a bad level; when the memory usage amount is 50% - 80%, it is a normal level; and when it is 50% or less, it is a good level.

[0025] The memory cleanup guide management unit 140 registers, in the form of images, the content regarding the memory cleanup process to be performed on the mobile terminal according to the memory usage level, and saves each as a memory cleanup guide. As a result, a dangerous level cleanup guide to be used at the dangerous level, a normal level cleanup guide to be used at the normal level, a good level cleanup guide to be used at the good level, and a bad level cleanup guide to be used at the bad level are saved respectively. For example, the dangerous level cleanup guide includes a memory cleanup method, a memory cleanup method through device restart, etc.; the bad level cleanup guide includes a method for checking and deleting unused applications, a method for restricting the reloading of background applications, a method for ending the location service management function, etc.; the normal level cleanup guide includes a widget management method, a method for removing Safari tabs, etc.; and the good level cleanup guide includes a method for ending applications, etc.

[0026] When the user selects the execution icon, the memory management execution unit 150 displays on the screen the memory usage amount, the memory usage level, and the memory cleanup guide confirmed in real time. As shown in Figure 2, such a memory management execution unit 150 includes a memory usage amount display unit 151, a memory usage level display unit 152, a memory cleanup guide display unit 153, an execution application display unit 154, and an execution application termination unit 155.

[0027] The memory usage display unit 151 displays the total usage of the memory in use confirmed through the memory usage confirmation unit 110 in the memory usage display item so that the user can confirm it. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the memory usage can be displayed as the total size of the memory in use or as a percentage (%). In addition, the memory usage can be displayed in various ways, such as displaying the memory usage inside a circular shape and also displaying the corresponding usage at the edge in color, or displaying the memory usage in a graph, or displaying it so that the inner area is filled with a wave height corresponding to the memory usage while displaying the memory usage inside the circular shape. As a result, the user of the mobile terminal can easily confirm the memory usage.

[0028] The memory usage level display unit 152 displays the memory level confirmed by the memory usage level determination unit 130 in the memory usage level display item so that the user can confirm it. At this time, it is desirable that the memory usage level display item be displayed together with the memory usage display item. For example, the memory usage level is displayed in red for the danger level, orange for the bad level, blue for the normal level, green for the good level, etc. Also, it is desirable that the memory usage level be displayed in color together on the edge of the circular shape where the memory is displayed by the memory usage display unit. As a result, the user of the mobile terminal can confirm the memory usage level and determine whether to organize the memory young applications.

[0029] The memory organization guide display unit 153 displays the memory organization guide corresponding to the memory usage level confirmed by the memory usage level determination unit 130 in the memory organization guide display item so that the user can confirm it. When the user selects the memory organization guide display item, the memory organization guide for the corresponding usage level is displayed on the screen. At this time, it is desirable that the memory guide display item be displayed together with the memory usage level display item.

[0030] The running application display unit 154 displays the name and memory usage of the running application confirmed by the running application confirmation unit 120 so that the user can view them. At this time, for the real-time running application, if the memory management guide item is selected, it is desirable to be displayed together with the memory management guide, and an end button is displayed together on one side of the running application. This enables the user to easily view the application that runs together with the memory management guide and the memory usage without going through a separate procedure. Also, it is desirable that the running applications be sorted by application name, memory usage, etc.

[0031] When the running application termination unit 155 selects the running application displayed by the running application display unit 154, it terminates the selected running application. By terminating the running application in this way, the user can manage the memory of the mobile terminal.

[0032] The memory usage notification unit 160 outputs the memory usage confirmed through the memory usage confirmation unit 110 on one side of the screen of the mobile terminal. At this time, it is desirable that the memory usage displayed on one side of the screen of the mobile terminal be displayed as a percentage. This enables the user to view the memory usage on the main screen of the mobile terminal even without running the memory and storage management device.

[0033] The application ranking management unit 170 receives and stores the transmission of ranking information for the applications downloaded from an external management center. At this time, it is desirable that only the applications with a certain ranking or higher in terms of usage frequency by country be stored.

[0034] The running application ranking display unit 180 compares the running applications displayed by the running application display unit 154 with the registered application rankings and displays the rankings of the running applications together. As a result, the user can end the running applications while checking the importance of the running applications through the rankings.

[0035] Also, the storage usage confirmation unit 190 analyzes the storage information of the mobile terminal in real time and checks the information on the total storage amount and the storage amount in use.

[0036] The storage usage level determination unit 200 compares the storage usage amount confirmed through the storage usage confirmation unit 190 with the usage amounts of the already registered storage usage levels to check the storage usage level of the mobile terminal. At this time, the storage usage level can be classified into a danger level when the storage usage amount is 90% or more, a bad level when the storage usage amount is 80% - 90%, a normal level when the storage usage amount is 50% - 80%, and a good level when it is 50% or less.

[0037] The storage cleanup guide management unit 210 registers the storage cleanup processes that can be performed on the mobile terminal for each storage usage level in the form of images and saves them as storage cleanup guides respectively. As a result, a danger level guide to be used in the danger level, a bad level guide to be used in the bad level, a normal level guide to be used in the normal level, and a good level guide to be used in the good level are saved respectively. For example, the danger level guide includes methods for checking and deleting unused applications, deleting old messages, and deleting Internet data and cache. The bad level guide includes iCloud photo function settings, media file deletion methods, and application cache file deletion methods. The normal level guide includes methods for shooting videos with low capacity, checking and deleting the download folder, and checking and deleting attached files in messages. The good level guide includes organizing photo files and iCloud backup setting methods.

[0038] When the user selects the execution icon, the storage management execution unit 220 displays the storage usage amount, storage usage level, and storage organization guide that have been confirmed in real time on the screen. As shown in FIG. 4, such a storage management execution unit 220 includes a storage usage information display unit 221, a storage usage level display unit 222, a storage organization guide display unit 223, a storage usage file display unit 224, and a storage usage file deletion unit 225.

[0039] The storage usage amount display unit 221 displays the total usage amount of the storage in use confirmed through the storage usage amount confirmation unit 190 in the storage usage amount display item on the screen so that the user can confirm it. Desirably, in the storage usage amount item, the usage amount of the storage is desirably displayed in the circular shape in terms of usage size or percentage (%). Further, the storage usage information display unit 221 desirably displays the total size of the storage on the screen so that the user can confirm it.

[0040] The storage usage level display unit 222 displays the storage level confirmed by the storage usage level determination unit 200 in the storage usage level display item on the screen so that the user can confirm it. For example, in the case of a dangerous level, it is displayed in red, in the case of a bad level, it is displayed in orange, in the case of a normal level, it is displayed in blue, and in the case of a good level, it is displayed in green, etc. Further, the storage usage level is desirably displayed in color together on the edge of the circular shape where the storage is displayed by the storage usage amount display unit.

[0041] The storage organization guide display unit 223 displays the storage organization guide corresponding to the storage level confirmed by the storage usage level determination unit 200 in the storage organization guide display item on the screen so that the user can confirm it.

[0042] The storage usage file display unit 224 displays the types of storage usage files (such as photos, videos, document files, installed applications, etc.) confirmed by the storage usage confirmation unit 190, the storage usage amount, the save date and time, the save destination, etc. If the storage organization guide item is selected, it is desirable that the content of the storage organization guide be displayed while the information about the storage usage files is displayed together on one side. Also, the storage usage file display unit 224 desirably displays the storage location where the storage usage file is saved, and if the storage location is selected by the user, the storage usage files saved in the storage location are displayed. As a result, the user can check the storage usage information corresponding to the organization guide while checking the storage organization guide. Also, it is desirable that the storage usage information can be sorted by name, storage usage amount, save date and time, etc.

[0043] When the storage usage file deletion unit 225 selects the storage usage file displayed by the storage usage file display unit 224, it deletes the selected usage file. At this time, it is desirable that the storage usage file deletion button be displayed together on one side of the storage usage files displayed by the storage usage file display unit 224.

[0044] The storage usage amount notification unit 230 outputs the memory usage amount confirmed through the storage usage confirmation unit 190 on one side of the screen of the mobile terminal. At this time, it is desirable that the memory usage amount displayed on one side of the screen of the mobile terminal be displayed as a percentage. As a result, the user can check the storage usage amount on the main screen of the mobile terminal without having to execute the memory and storage management device.

[0045] Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field related to the present invention should be able to understand that it can be embodied in a modified form without departing from the essential characteristics described above. Therefore, the disclosed method should be considered from an explanatory perspective rather than a limiting one. The scope of the present disclosure appears in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the equivalent scope should be construed as being included in the present disclosure.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0046] 110 Memory Usage Confirmation Unit 120 Executing Application Confirmation Unit 130 Memory Usage Grade Determination Unit 140 Memory Defragmentation Guide Management Unit 150 Memory Management Execution Unit 151 Memory Usage Display Unit 152 Memory Usage Grade Display Unit 153 Memory Defragmentation Guide Display Unit 154 Executing Application Display Unit 155 Executing Application Termination Unit 160 Memory Usage Notification Unit 170 Application Ranking Management Unit 180 Executing Application Ranking Display Unit 190 Storage Usage Confirmation Unit 200 Storage Usage Grade Determination Unit 210 Storage Defragmentation Guide Management Unit 220 Storage Management Execution Unit 221 Storage Usage Information Display Unit 222 Storage Usage Grade Display Unit 223 Storage Defragmentation Guide Display Unit 224 Storage Usage File Display Unit 225 Storage Usage File Deletion Unit 230 Storage Usage Notification Unit

Claims

1. a memory usage checking unit (110) for analyzing memory information of the mobile device in real time and checking information on the total memory amount and the memory amount being used; an active application checking unit (120) for checking information on an active application and a memory usage capacity of an active application in real time; a memory usage level determination unit (130) for determining a memory usage level of the mobile device by comparing the memory usage level confirmed through the memory usage level confirmation unit (110) with the usage level of a memory usage level already registered; a memory management guide management unit (140) for registering contents of a memory management process to be processed in a mobile device according to memory usage level as an image and storing the contents as a memory management guide; a memory management execution unit (150) that displays the memory usage, memory usage level, and memory management guide corresponding to the usage level, which are confirmed in real time, on a screen when a user selects the execution icon; a storage usage confirmation unit (190) for analyzing storage information of the mobile device in real time and confirming information on the total storage amount and the amount of storage being used; a storage usage level determination unit (200) for comparing the storage usage level confirmed through the storage usage level confirmation unit (190) with the usage level of a storage usage level already registered to confirm the storage usage level of the mobile terminal; a storage organization guide management unit (210) for registering an image of a storage organization process that can be performed on a mobile device according to a storage usage level and storing the image as a storage organization guide; a storage management execution unit (220) that displays on a screen, when a user selects an execution icon, a storage usage amount, a storage usage grade, and a storage organization guide corresponding to the usage grade that are confirmed in real time; A memory and storage management device for a mobile terminal, comprising:

2. The memory management execution unit (150) a memory usage display unit (151) for displaying the total memory usage confirmed through the memory usage confirmation unit (110) in a memory usage display item so that a user can confirm the total memory usage confirmed through the memory usage confirmation unit (110); a memory usage level display unit (152) for displaying the memory usage level determined by the memory usage level determination unit (130) in a memory usage level display item so that a user can check the memory usage level; and a memory organization guide display unit (153) for displaying a memory organization guide corresponding to the memory usage class confirmed by the memory usage class determination unit (130) in a memory organization guide display item so that a user can confirm the memory organization guide.

3. The memory management execution unit (150) an execution application display unit (154) for displaying the name and memory usage of the execution application confirmed by the execution application confirmation unit (120) so that the user can check the name and memory usage of the execution application confirmed by the execution application confirmation unit (120) when the memory management guide display item is displayed; and an execution application termination unit (155) for terminating an execution application displayed by the execution application display unit (154) when the execution application is selected, 3. The memory and storage management device of claim 2, wherein a real-time running application is displayed together with a memory management guide when a memory management guide item is selected, and an end button is displayed on one side of the running application.

4. a memory usage notification unit (160) for outputting the memory usage confirmed through the memory usage confirmation unit (110) on one side of the screen of the mobile terminal; 2. The device for managing memory and storage of a mobile device according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage usage notification unit (230) for outputting the memory usage confirmed through the storage usage confirmation unit (190) on one side of a screen of the mobile device.

5. an application ranking management unit (170) for receiving and storing ranking information on applications downloaded from an external management center; an execution application ranking display unit (180) for comparing the execution applications displayed by the execution application display unit (154) with a registered application ranking and displaying the ranking of the execution applications together; The memory and storage management device of claim 1 , further comprising:

6. The memory and storage management device of claim 1, characterized in that memory usage and storage usage are classified as percentages (%), memory usage grades and storage usage grades are classified into dangerous grades, bad grades, normal grades and good grades, and memory management guides and storage management guides are stored in a dangerous grade management guide for use when the grade is dangerous, a normal grade management guide for use when the grade is normal, a good grade management guide for use when the grade is good, and a bad grade management guide for use when the grade is bad.

7. The storage management execution unit (220) a storage usage display unit (221) for displaying the total usage of the storage confirmed through the storage usage confirmation unit (190) in a storage usage display item on a screen so that a user can confirm the total usage of the storage; a storage usage grade display unit (222) for displaying the storage grade confirmed by the storage usage grade determination unit (200) in a storage usage grade display item on a screen so that a user can confirm the storage grade; and a storage organization guide display unit (223) for displaying a storage organization guide corresponding to the storage grade confirmed by the storage usage grade determination unit (200) in a storage organization guide display item on a screen so that a user can confirm the storage organization guide.

8. The storage management execution unit (220) a storage usage file display unit (224) for displaying the type of storage usage file (photos, videos, document files, installed applications, etc.) confirmed by the storage usage confirmation unit (190), the storage usage, the storage date and time, and the storage destination; a storage use file deletion unit (225) for deleting a storage use file displayed by the storage use file display unit (224) when the selected storage use file is selected, 8. The device for managing memory and storage of a mobile terminal according to claim 7, wherein the storage usage file display unit (224) displays information on the storage usage files on one side together with the contents of the storage organization guide when a storage organization guide item is selected.

9. The memory and storage management device of claim 1, wherein the memory usage or storage usage is displayed by displaying the total size of the memory or storage being used, or by displaying it as a percentage (%), or by displaying the memory usage inside a circle with the corresponding usage displayed in color around the edges, or by displaying the memory usage in a graph.

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