Method and apparatus for managing an application being executed in a portable terminal
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1. A method of managing one or more applications being executed in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying, as at least part of a user selectable user interface item, a graphical indication of an amount of collective resources used by one or more executing applications, the user interface item being displayed on a portion of a display of the portable terminal;
receiving a first user selection of the user interface item displayed on the portion of the display through an input device of the portable terminal;
in response to the first user selection, displaying a list of the one or more executing applications including a respective amount of resources used by each of the one or more executing applications on the display and displaying one or more buttons corresponding to each of the one or more executing applications on the display;
receiving a second user selection of one of the one or more buttons to stop the execution of at least one of the one or more executing applications through the input device;
in response to the second user selection, stopping the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications; and
after the stopping of the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications, updating the amount of collective resources,wherein the resources used by the one or more executing applications include at least one of Central Processing Unit (CPU) and memory resources.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus are provided for preventing battery power consumption and degradation of system performance due to the system resources being utilized by applications being executed, while providing a multi-tasking function through a plurality of applications. In the method, when a plurality of applications are executed, such execution of the plurality of applications is reported to the user, so as to enable the user to terminate one or more applications, thereby preventing unnecessary consumption of battery power.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of managing one or more applications being executed in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
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displaying, as at least part of a user selectable user interface item, a graphical indication of an amount of collective resources used by one or more executing applications, the user interface item being displayed on a portion of a display of the portable terminal; receiving a first user selection of the user interface item displayed on the portion of the display through an input device of the portable terminal; in response to the first user selection, displaying a list of the one or more executing applications including a respective amount of resources used by each of the one or more executing applications on the display and displaying one or more buttons corresponding to each of the one or more executing applications on the display; receiving a second user selection of one of the one or more buttons to stop the execution of at least one of the one or more executing applications through the input device; in response to the second user selection, stopping the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications; and after the stopping of the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications, updating the amount of collective resources, wherein the resources used by the one or more executing applications include at least one of Central Processing Unit (CPU) and memory resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A portable terminal for managing one or more applications being executed, the portable terminal comprising:
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an input device; a display; and at least one processor configured to; control to display, as at least part of a user selectable user interface item, a graphical indication of an amount of collective resources used by one or more executing applications, the user interface item being displayed on a portion of the display, control to receive a first user selection of the user interface item displayed on the portion of the display through the input device, control to, in response to the first user selection, display a list of the one or more executing applications including a respective amount of resources used by each of the one or more executing applications on the display and display one or more buttons corresponding to each of the one or more executing applications on the display, control to receive a second user selection of one of the one or more buttons to stop the execution of at least one of the one or more executing applications through the input device, stop the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications in response to the second user selection, and update, after the stopping of the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications, the first amount of collective resources, wherein the resources used by the one or more executing applications include at least one of Central Processing Unit (CPU) and memory resources. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with one or more instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a portable terminal, causes at least one processor to:
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control to display, as at least part of a user selectable user interface item, a graphical indication of an amount of collective resources used by one or more executing applications, the user interface item being displayed on a portion of a display of the portable terminal; control to receive a first user selection of the user interface item displayed on the portion of the display through an input device of the portable terminal; control to, in response to the first user selection, display a list of the one or more executing applications including a respective amount of resources used by each of the one or more executing applications on the display and display one or more buttons corresponding to each of the one or more executing applications on the display; control to receive a second user selection of one of the one or more buttons to stop the execution of at least one of the one or more executing applications through the input device; stop the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications in response to the second user selection; and update, after the stopping of the execution of the at least one of the one or more executing applications, the amount of collective resources, wherein the resources used by the one or more executing applications include at least one of Central Processing Unit (CPU) and memory resources.
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