Method for application management, as well as server and terminal device thereof

• US 10,176,214 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2015
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Qi, Dongjie, Kangshang, Mingxue, Liu, Xinyu
• Primary Examiner(s): Aspinwall, Evan
• Application Number:
  US14/878,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20160026676A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: 707694
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/17 Details of further file system functions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/176 Support for shared access to files; File sharing support
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2308 Concurrency control transaction processing G06F9/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/62 Uninstallation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods for application program management as well as servers and terminal devices implementing the same. The method may include obtaining an application-file association list and managing applications installed therein according to the application-file association list. The application and file association list is obtained through statistics analysis of a server according to application program information of an application reported by the terminal device and file operation behaviors that the applications invoke a system read and write interface.

Claims

1. A terminal device, comprising:

a storage medium comprising a set of instructions for application management; and

a processor in communication with the storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the processor is directed to;

acquire an application-file association list from a server, wherein the application-file association list includes an identification of an application installed in the terminal device and cumulative operation behaviors of the application on a plurality of terminal devices, the operation behaviors of the application comprising file operations and pathnames of files associated with the application;

record, when the application invokes a system read-write interface of the terminal device, application information of the application comprising an application name and application version information, record the operation behavior of the application in a file, and send the application information and the file to the server;

configure the server to collect and conduct a statistic analysis of the application information and the operation behavior so as to generate the application-file association list;

manage the application according to the application-file association list; and

when a command for uninstalling the application is received by the terminal device, search through the application-file association list according to the application identification of the application, acquire a file record associated with the application according to the application identification, delete the application from the terminal device, and delete files corresponding to the acquired file record from the terminal device.

2. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the application-file association list further comprises a file recording a system read-write interface invocation history of the application in at least one terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices.

3. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein to manage the application the processor is further directed to:

display a name of the application and the files associated with the application.

4. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the application information and the file are periodically sent to the server.

5. A method for application management, comprising:

acquiring, by a terminal device, an application-file association list from a server, wherein the application-file association list includes an identification of an application installed in the terminal device and cumulative operation behaviors of the application on a plurality of terminal devices, the operation behaviors of the application comprising file operations and pathnames of files associated with the application;

recording, when the application invokes a system read-write interface of the terminal device, application information of the application comprising an application name and application version information, recording the operation behavior of the application in a file, and sending the application information and the file to the server;

configuring the server to collect and conduct a statistic analysis of the application information and the operation behavior so as to generate the application-file association list;

managing the application, by the terminal device, according to the application-file association list; and

when a command for uninstalling the application is received by the terminal device, searching through the application-file association list according to the application identification of the application, acquiring a file record associated with the application according to the application identification, deleting the application from the terminal device, and deleting files corresponding to the acquired file record from the terminal device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the application-file association list further comprises a file recording a system read-write interface invocation history of the application in at least one terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the managing of the application comprises:

displaying a name of the application and the files associated with the application.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the application information and the file are periodically sent to the server.

9. A processor-readable storage medium, comprising a set of instructions for application management, wherein when being executed by a processor of a terminal device, the set of instructions directs the processor to conduct acts of:

acquiring an application-file association list from a server, wherein the application-file association list includes an identification of an application installed in the terminal device and cumulative operation behaviors of the application on a plurality of terminal devices, the operation behaviors of the application comprising file operations and pathnames of files associated with the application;

recording, when the application invokes a system read-write interface of the terminal device, application information of the application comprising an application name and application version information, recording the operation behavior of the application in a file, and sending the application information and the file to the server;

configuring the server to collect and conduct a statistic analysis of the application information and the operation behavior so as to generate the application-file association list;

managing the application according to the application-file association list; and

when a command for uninstalling the application is received by the terminal device, searching through the application-file association list according to the application identification of the application, acquiring a file record associated with the application according to the application identification, deleting the application from the terminal device, and deleting files corresponding to the acquired file record from the terminal device.

10. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the application-file association list further comprises a file recording a system read-write interface invocation history of the application in at least one terminal device of the plurality of terminal devices.

11. The storage medium of claim 9, wherein the managing of the application comprises:

displaying a name of the application and the files associated with the application.