APPLICATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS USING CONTEXT INFORMATION
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1. An application program management method comprising:
- in response to a state of an application program is changed, notifying a second terminal of the occurrence of an application program update in the first terminal; and
in response to the second terminal recognizing the occurrence of an application program update in the first terminal, providing the second terminal with the state-changed application program or updated information relating to the state-changed application program.
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Abstract
An application program management method and apparatus using information are provided. The application program management method includes: in response to the state of an application program being changed in a first terminal, notifying a second terminal of the occurrence of an application program update in the first terminal; and in response to the second terminal recognizing the occurrence of an application program update in the first terminal, providing the second terminal with the state-changed application program or updated information relating to the state-changed application program.
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1. An application program management method comprising:
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in response to a state of an application program is changed, notifying a second terminal of the occurrence of an application program update in the first terminal; and in response to the second terminal recognizing the occurrence of an application program update in the first terminal, providing the second terminal with the state-changed application program or updated information relating to the state-changed application program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An application program management method comprising:
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receiving application program-related information and context information from a plurality of terminals of a user and analyzing the user'"'"'s pattern of use of application programs installed in each of the terminals, the plurality of terminals comprising first and second terminals; modeling the user'"'"'s pattern of use of the application programs based on the results of the analyzing; and synchronizing the application programs between the terminals based on the modeled pattern of use of the application programs. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An application program management apparatus comprising:
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a context modeling unit configured to collect context information from a plurality of terminals of a user and model the context information into a form suitable for use in connection with application programs; an application program providing unit configured to provide an application program whose state is changed in a first terminal or updated information relating to the state-changed application program to a second terminal based on the modeled context information; and an application program synchronization unit configured to in response to the detection of the state-changed application program, update existing information relating to the state-changed application program and notify the second terminal of the occurrence of an application program update in the first terminal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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