Terminal and application synchronization method thereof

• US 10,003,617 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 06/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Hong, Youngki, Kim, Killyeon, Park, Yongseok
• Primary Examiner(s): Vostal, O. C.
• Application Number:
  US14/208,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20140281038A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• Field of Search: 709248
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1066 Session management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

An application synchronization method for use in a terminal is provided. The application synchronization method includes acquiring an alarm registration request of a first repetitive synchronization operation, acquiring a next execution time of a second repetitive synchronization operation associated with a same application as an application of the first repetitive synchronization operation, adjusting, if a difference between an alarm time of the alarm registration request of the first repetitive synchronization operation and the next execution time of the second repetitive synchronization operation is less than or equal to a threshold value, the alarm time of the alarm registration request of the first repetitive synchronization operation according to the next execution time of the second repetitive synchronization operation, and registering the adjusted alarm time.

Claims

1. An application synchronization method of a terminal, the method comprising:

acquiring, by at least one processor of the terminal, synchronization information a second account of the application, when a synchronization alarm registration of a first account of the application is required;

determining, by the at least one processor, whether a difference between a next synchronization time of the first account and a next synchronization time of the second account is within a predetermined time;

adjusting, by the at least one processor, a next synchronization time and a synchronization period of the first account if the difference is within the predetermined time;

registering, by the at least one processor, at least one of the adjusted next synchronization time and the synchronization period of the first account; and

performing, by the at least one processor, a synchronization operation of the first account and the second account, when the next synchronization time of one of the first account and the second account arrives,

wherein the adjusting of the next synchronization time of the first account includes setting the next synchronization time of the first account to be the same as the next synchronization time of the second account, if the synchronization operation of the first account and the second account can be performed consecutively.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusting of the next synchronization time of the first account includes setting the next synchronization time of the first account to be simultaneous with the next synchronization time of the second account, if the synchronization operation of the first account and the second account cannot be performed consecutively.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronization information includes the next synchronization time and a synchronization period of the second account.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering, by the at least one processor, a type of the first account and a start time of the first account.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronization operation of the first account and the synchronization operation the second account correspond to different accounts of the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is a single application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is an e-mail application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the synchronization operation of the first account and the synchronization operation the second account are operations of transmitting an update request message to a corresponding e-mail server.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein an e-mail server corresponding to the first account and an e-mail server corresponding to the second account are different e-mail servers.

10. A terminal comprising:

at least one processor configured to;

acquire synchronization information for a second account of the application, when a synchronization alarm registration of a first account of the application is required;

determine whether a difference between a next synchronization time of the first account and a next synchronization time of the second account is within a predetermined time;

adjust a next synchronization time and a synchronization period of the first account if the difference is within the predetermined time;

register at least one of the adjusted next synchronization time of the first account and the synchronization period of the first account; and

perform a synchronization operation of the first account and the second account, when the next synchronization time of one of the first account and the second account arrives,

a transceiver, coupled to the at least one processor, configured to transmit and receive data necessary for synchronization of the application under the control of the at least one processor,

wherein, to adjust the next synchronization time of the first account, the at least one processor is further configured to set the next synchronization time of the first account to be the same as the next synchronization time of the second account, if the synchronization operation of the first account and the second account can be performed consecutively.

11. The terminal of claim 10, wherein, to adjust the next synchronization time of the first account, the at least one processor is further configured to set the next synchronization time of the first account to be simultaneous with the next synchronization time of the second account, if the synchronization operation of the first account and the second account cannot be performed consecutively.

12. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the synchronization information includes the next synchronization time and a synchronization period of the second account.

13. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to register a type of the first account and a start time of the first account.

14. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the synchronization operation of the first account and the synchronization operation the second account correspond to different accounts of the application.

15. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the application is a single application.

16. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the application is an e-mail application.

17. The terminal of claim 16, wherein the synchronization operation of the first account and the synchronization operation the second account are operations of transmitting an update request message to a corresponding e-mail server.

18. The terminal of claim 17, wherein an e-mail server corresponding to the first account and an e-mail server corresponding to the second account are different e-mail servers.