SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE PLATFORM VIRTUALIZATION

• US 20140164750A1
• Filed: 12/11/2012
• Published: 06/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TCL Research America, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: TCL Research America, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: TANG, Jun, WANG, Haohong
• Granted Patent: US 9,063,770 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

A method for a mobile platform containing a mobile terminal having an operating system includes initializing a plurality of user environments (UEs) on the mobile terminal over the operating system, including a current UE running on the mobile terminal. The plurality of UEs are capable of being switched among one another based on one or more of predetermined conditions without changing the operating system. The method also includes collecting sensing data on certain parameters associated with operation of the mobile terminal, and processing the sensing data to indicate at least one of the predetermined conditions. Further, the method includes determining whether the current UE suits the at least one of the predetermined conditions indicated by processing the sensing data and, when the current UE does not suit the condition of the mobile terminal, switching the current UE to a desired UE from the plurality of UEs.

Claims

1. A method for a mobile platform containing a mobile terminal having an operating system, comprising:

initializing a plurality of user environments (UEs) on the mobile terminal over the operating system, including a current UE running on the mobile terminal, wherein the plurality of UEs are capable of being switched among one another based on one or more of predetermined conditions without changing the operating system;

collecting sensing data on certain parameters associated with operation of the mobile terminal;

processing the sensing data to indicate at least one of the predetermined conditions of the mobile terminal;

determining whether the current UE suits the at least one of the predetermined conditions of the mobile terminal indicated by processing the sensing data; and

when the current UE does not suit the condition of the mobile terminal, switching the current UE to a desired UE from the plurality of UEs.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

a UE includes a part of the operating system, bundled applications, application configurations, and user interfaces for setting up a software environment for a user.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the sensing data includes information on location, movement, and scene of the mobile terminal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein processing the sensing data includes:

forwarding the sensing data to a server in a cloud; and

performing a user behavior analysis based on the sensing data on the server.

5. The method according to claim 4, further including:

determining whether the current UE suits the at least one of the predetermined conditions of the mobile terminal based on the user behavior analysis;

dynamically constructing the desired UE based on the at least one of the predetermined conditions of the mobile terminal; and

making the dynamically constructed desired UE available to the mobile terminal.

6. The method according to claim 5, further including:

downloading the desired UE from the server to the mobile terminal; and

storing the desired UE as part of the plurality of UEs on the mobile terminal.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein making the dynamically constructed desired UE available further includes:

determining whether there is an original UE available on the mobile terminal corresponding to the desired UE;

deriving a difference between the original UE and the desired UE;

compressing and encrypting the difference into a UE patch; and

making the UE patch available to the mobile terminal.

8. The method according to claim 7, further including:

downloading the UE patch to the mobile terminal;

uncompressing and decrypting the UE patch to restore the difference;

locating the original UE on the mobile terminal;

obtaining the desired UE based on the original UE and the difference; and

storing the desired UE as one of the plurality of UEs on the mobile terminal.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the predetermined conditions include a scene-based condition and location-based condition.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the current UE is a home-place UE, the desired UE is a work-place UE, and the predetermined conditions include a work-place wireless network ID is indicated by the sensing data.

11. A mobile platform, comprising:

a mobile terminal having a processor; and

an operating system running on the processor,

wherein the processor is configured to;

initialize a plurality of user environments (UEs) on the mobile terminal over the operating system, including a current UE running on the mobile terminal, wherein the plurality of UEs are capable of being switched among one another based on one or more of predetermined conditions without changing the operating system;

collect sensing data on certain parameters associated with operation of the mobile terminal;

process the sensing data to indicate at least one of the predetermined conditions of the mobile terminal;

determine whether the current UE suits the at least one of the predetermined conditions of the mobile terminal indicated by processing the sensing data; and

when the current UE does not suit the condition of the mobile terminal, switch the current UE to a desired UE from the plurality of UEs.

12. The mobile platform according to claim 11, wherein:

a UE includes a part of the operating system, bundled applications, application configurations, and user interfaces for setting up a software environment for a user.

13. The mobile platform according to claim 11, wherein:

the sensing data includes information on location, movement, and scene of the mobile terminal.

14. The mobile platform according to claim 11, further including:

a server in a cloud configured to;

when the mobile terminal forwards the sensing data to the server, receive the sensing data forwarded from the mobile terminal; and

perform a user behavior analysis based on the sensing data.

15. The mobile platform according to claim 14, wherein the server is further configured to:

determine whether the current UE suits the at least one of the predetermined conditions of the mobile terminal based on the user behavior analysis;

dynamically construct the desired UE based on the at least one of the predetermined conditions of the mobile terminal; and

make the dynamically constructed desired UE available to the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile platform according to claim 15, wherein the processor of the mobile terminal is further configured to:

download the desired UE from the server to the mobile terminal; and

store the desired UE as part of the plurality of UEs on the mobile terminal.

17. The mobile platform according to claim 15, wherein, to make the dynamically constructed desired UE available, the server is further configured to:

determine whether there is an original UE available on the mobile terminal corresponding to the desired UE;

derive a difference between the original UE and the desired UE;

compress and encrypt the difference into a UE patch; and

make the UE patch available to the mobile terminal.

18. The mobile platform according to claim 17, wherein the processor of the mobile terminal is further configured to:

download the UE patch to the mobile terminal;

uncompress and decrypt the UE patch to restore the difference;

locate the original UE on the mobile terminal;

obtain the desired UE based on the original UE and the difference; and

store the desired UE as one of the plurality of UEs on the mobile terminal.

19. The mobile platform according to claim 11, wherein:

the predetermined conditions include a scene-based condition and location-based condition.

20. The mobile platform according to claim 11, wherein:

the current UE is a home-place UE, the desired UE is a work-place UE, and the predetermined conditions include a work-place wireless network ID is indicated by the sensing data.