SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING MEMORY SPACE OF A MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110208934A1
• Filed: 11/03/2008
• Published: 08/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Haibo, Tang, Lei
• Application Number:
  US13/126,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20110208934A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/162
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1737 for reducing power consumption or coping with limited storage space, e.g. in mobile devices saving storage space on storage devices G06F3/0608; power saving in storage systems G06F3/0625
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5016 the resource being the memory

Abstract

A method and a system for allocating memory space of a mobile terminal are provided. The system comprises: a user interface means configured to prompt a user to select a allocating mode of the memory space; a control means configured to store space dividing information in various allocating modes; a memory allocating means configured to clear the data of the whole space to be divided when the memory space is to be reallocated, to acquire according to an allocating mode selected by the user the space dividing information of the allocating mode stored in the control means, and to configure required memory space for storing various parts of information according to the space dividing information. The technical solution of the invention can allocate the memory space according to user requirement, and enable the space allocation and management of a mobile terminal to satisfy various requirements of individuals.

Claims

1. A system for allocating memory space of a mobile terminal, wherein the system comprises a user interface means, configured to prompt a user to select an allocating mode of the memory space;

a controlling means, configured to store space dividing information in each allocating mode; and

a memory allocating means, configured to clear data of the whole space to be divided when the memory space are reallocated, to acquire, according to the allocating mode selected by the user, the space dividing information in the allocating mode stored in the controlling means, and to configure the memory space required for storing each part of information according to the space dividing information.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the system further comprises an allocation determining means, configured to receive the allocating mode selected by the user, and to judge whether a current allocating mode is, when the user selects a predetermined mode, the predetermined mode selected by the user, wherein if it is determined to be yes, the operation ends, if no, the allocation determining means notifies the memory allocating means of the allocating mode selected by the user.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein

the user interface means is further configured to prompt the user to input the space dividing information when the user selects a custom mode;

and

the allocation determining means is also configured to receive the space dividing information input by the user, to judge whether the space dividing information is legal, and send the space dividing information to the controlling means for storage when the space divided by the user is legal.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein

the system further comprises a buffering means, configured to record the current allocating mode of the system and information that needs to be backed up;

and

the allocation determining means judging whether the current allocating mode is the predetermined mode selected by the user means that the allocation determining means reads the allocating mode recorded by the buffering means, and determines that the current allocating mode is the predetermined mode selected by the user if the allocating mode recorded is the same as the predetermined mode selected by the user.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein

the allocation determining means judging whether the space dividing information is legal comprises a step of determining whether the following conditions are achieved, wherein the space dividing information is determined to be illegal if one of them is achieved:

whether the space required by the each part of information divided by the user exceeding a maximum limitation, whether a sum of the space required by the each part of information exceeding the maximum limitation, and whether the memory space divided for the each part of information being smaller than the memory space needed by the information.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein

the system further comprises an abnormal processing means;

the controlling means is also configured to notify the abnormal processing means to perform recovery processing when the allocation of the memory space fails, in which the allocating mode selected by the user is carried; and

the abnormal processing means is configured to perform the recovery processing upon receiving a notification of performing recovery processing;

wherein the recovery processing is referred to as retrying to reallocate the memory space according to the allocating mode selected by the user, and if the allocation is still unsuccessful after n times failure, allocating the memory space according to the allocating mode recorded by the buffering means, or allocating the memory space according to data in a read only ROM area.

7. The system according to claim 4, wherein

the system further comprises an initializing means;

the controlling means is also configured to store a backup flag bit which is used to indicate whether information backup is performed, and to notify the initializing means to initialize the mobile terminal after the memory space has been reallocated, in which the backup flag bit is carried; and

the initializing means is configured to initialize the mobile terminal after receiving the notification of initializing the mobile terminal, and to copy the information backed up in the buffering means according to the indication of the backup flag bit to a corresponding storage area in the system for storage.

8. A method for allocating memory space of a mobile terminal, comprising:

the mobile terminal storing space dividing information in each allocating mode;

after a user has selected a allocating mode of the memory space, if the memory space needs to be reallocated, firstly clearing data of the whole space to be divided, then acquiring the space dividing information stored in the allocating mode according to the allocating mode selected by the user, and configuring memory spaces required for storing each part of information according to the space dividing information.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

if the user selects a predetermined mode, firstly the mobile terminal judging whether a current allocating mode is the predetermined mode selected by the user;

if it is determined to be yes, the operation being ended, if no, the memory space being reallocated according to the allocating mode selected by the user.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

if the user selects a custom mode, the mobile terminal prompting the user to input the space dividing information, then judging whether the space dividing information is legal, and storing the space dividing information if it is legal.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein

the mobile terminal also records the current allocating mode of the system and information that needs to be backed up;

and

the mobile terminal judging whether the current allocating mode is the predetermined mode selected by the user means that, if the recorded allocating mode is the same as the predetermined mode selected by the user, the current allocating mode is the predetermined mode selected by the user.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein

judging whether the space dividing information is legal comprises a step of judging whether the following conditions are achieved, and the space dividing information is determined to be illegal if one of the following conditions is achieved:

whether the spaces required by the each part of information divided by the user exceeding a maximum limitation, whether a sum of the space required by the each part of information exceeding the maximum limitation, and whether the memory spaces divided for the each part of information being smaller than the memory spaces needed by the information.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein

if a reallocation of the memory space fails, the mobile terminal also performs a recovery processing;

and

the recovery processing is referred to as retrying to reallocate the memory space according to the allocating mode selected by the user, and if the allocation is still unsuccessful after n times failure, allocating the memory space according to the current allocating mode recorded by the mobile terminal, or allocating the memory space according to data in a read only ROM area.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein

the mobile terminal also stores a backup flag bit which is used to indicate whether information backup is performed;

and

the mobile terminal is initialized after the memory space is reallocated, and the information backed up is, according to the indication of the backup flag bit, copied to a corresponding storage area in the system for storage.