Mobile Terminal Background Application Auto-Termination

Solution Overview

Problem

In mobile communication terminals, background applications consume battery power and reduce processing speed, requiring users to manually end each application, which is inefficient and time-consuming.

Innovation Solution

A method to automatically end applications after a predetermined time in the background state, with user options to extend or terminate the application through a menu screen, utilizing a controller, memory unit, and display unit to manage execution times and display settings.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If multiple applications are executed simultaneously in a mobile communication terminal, then multitasking capability is improved, but battery consumption increases and processing speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemultitasking capabilityVSAvoidbattery consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-sets an ending time for background applications before they are actually terminated. When a application moves to background state, the controller automatically ends it after the predetermined time period without requiring user intervention, thus reducing battery consumption while maintaining multitasking capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal automatically manages background applications by itself through the preset ending time mechanism. The controller monitors background applications and automatically terminates them based on the stored ending time, eliminating the need for manual user management and optimizing battery usage

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple applications are executed simultaneously in a mobile communication terminal, then multitasking capability is improved, but processing speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemultitasking capabilityVSAvoidprocessing speed

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-sets an ending time for background applications before they are actually terminated. When a application moves to background state, the controller automatically ends it after the predetermined time period without requiring user intervention, thus reducing battery consumption while maintaining multitasking capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal automatically manages background applications by itself through the preset ending time mechanism. The controller monitors background applications and automatically terminates them based on the stored ending time, eliminating the need for manual user management and optimizing battery usage

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Loss of energy

If users manually end background applications one by one, then battery consumption is reduced, but time and operational complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebattery consumptionVSAvoidoperational simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of energyVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal automatically manages background applications by itself through the preset ending time mechanism. The controller monitors background applications and automatically terminates them based on the stored ending time, eliminating the need for manual user management and optimizing battery usage

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system pre-sets an ending time for background applications before they are actually terminated. When a application moves to background state, the controller automatically ends it after the predetermined time period without requiring user intervention, thus reducing battery consumption while maintaining multitasking capability

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8666452B2Method of setting ending time of application of mobile communication terminal, method of ending application of mobile communication terminal, and mobile communication terminal for performing the same

Publication Date: 2014.03.04 BRITISH TELECOM PLC

AI summary

A method of setting an ending time of an application of a mobile communication terminal, a method of ending an application of a mobile communication terminal, and a mobile communication terminal for performing the same are provided. The method of ending an application of a mobile communication terminal includes performing a multitasking function in which a specific application enters a background state as another application is executed while the specific application is executed, displaying a menu screen for selecting whether to end the specific application when a predetermined end time of the specific application elapses from a time point at which the specific application entered the background state; and ending the specific application, if a user requests to end the specific application through the menu screen.