SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO MOBILE APPLICATION ANALYSIS

• US 20120144384A1
• Filed: 10/11/2011
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Amail Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Amail Company Limited
• Inventors: BAEK, Dong Houn
• Application Number:
  US13/271,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20120144384A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3013 where the computing system is an embedded system, i.e. a combination of hardware and software dedicated to perform a certain function in mobile devices, printers, automotive or aircraft systems testing or monitoring of control systems or parts thereof G05B23/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/302 where the computing system component is a software system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3093 Configuration details thereof, e.g. installation, enabling, spatial arrangement of the probes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3476 Data logging G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A system and method for providing service information corresponding to mobile application analysis. The system includes an application insertion module stored in a device previously distributed and installed, and configured to extract a plurality of pieces of log data generated by execution of an application of the device, transmit the pieces of extracted log data to an analysis server over a wireless communication network, and execute application service information. The analysis server is configured to receive the pieces of log data from the application insertion module, extract usage patterns, execution function usage frequency, and device information of the application, which are contained in the log data, display analysis results of respective log data lists, and transmit pieces of application service information, which are generated to conform to the analysis results of the respective log data lists, to the application insertion module.

Claims

1. A system for providing service information corresponding to mobile application analysis, comprising:

an application insertion module stored in a device previously distributed and installed, and configured to extract a plurality of pieces of log data generated by execution of an application of the device, transmit the pieces of extracted log data to an analysis server over a wireless communication network, and execute application service information received from the analysis server; and

the analysis server configured to receive the pieces of log data from the application insertion module, extract usage patterns, execution function usage frequency, and device information of the application, which are contained in the log data, display analysis results of respective log data lists, and transmit pieces of application service information, which are generated to conform to the analysis results of the respective log data lists, to the application insertion module installed in the device.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the application insertion module comprises:

a log data extraction module for extracting the pieces of log data generated in real time by the execution of the application of the device;

a log data transmission module for transmitting the pieces of extracted log data to the analysis server over a wireless communication network;

a service data reception module for receiving the application service information from the analysis server in a form of a pop-up or push notification; and

a service data execution module for executing the application service information under control of the device, and then updating the previously installed application.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the analysis server comprises:

a log data reception module for receiving the log data over the wireless communication network either at preset time intervals or according to a schedule of the application;

a usage pattern analysis module for generating log data usage pattern information by analyzing usage patterns contained in the log data, and storing the generated log data usage pattern information in a log data analysis database (DB);

an execution function analysis module for generating log data execution function information by analyzing details of execution of functions or menus, which are contained in the log data and are performed by the application, and storing the generated log data execution function information in the log data analysis DB;

a device analysis module for generating log data device information by analyzing pieces of device data contained in the log data, and storing the generated log data device information in the log data analysis DB; and

an analysis information control module for combining the log data usage pattern information, the log data execution function information and the log data device information, and then generating pieces of application service information corresponding to analysis results of respective log data lists.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the log data usage pattern information comprises at least one of information about a count of a number of executions of the application, information about a count of users obtained by eliminating a number of duplicated sessions based on date, information about a count of new users, information about a count of retained users, information about usage frequency based on the number of executions of the application, information about a count of an average number of executions for each unique user, and information about region-based user distributions.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein the log data execution function information comprises information about a count of a number of executions of the application for each menu, and data changed by the execution of the application installed in the device.

6. The system according to claim 3, wherein the log data device information comprises information about a count of model-based devices in which the application is installed, information about a framework of an operating system installed to operate the devices, information about a count of version-based applications installed in the devices, and information about a count of models, in which security of the application is released and jailbroken, for each device.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the pieces of application service information comprise information required to upgrade a version of the application previously installed in the device, information required to provide notification of error information of the application, information about details of a newly released application, and information about provision of coupons for respective regions to which the device on which the application is executed is connected.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the analysis server comprises:

a log data analysis DB for storing and managing the pieces of log data for pieces of device information, and storing and managing log data usage pattern information, log data execution function information, log data device information, the analysis results of respective log data lists, and the application service information;

a service information transmission module for transmitting the application service information to the application insertion module installed in the device in a form of a pop-up or push notification via the wireless communication network; and

an analysis information display module for displaying any one of the log data, the log data usage pattern information, the log data execution function information, the log data device information, the analysis results of respective log data lists, and the application service information.

9. A method of providing service information corresponding to mobile application analysis, comprising:

(a) an application insertion module extracting log data generated by execution of an application installed on a device, and transmitting the extracted log data to an analysis server over a wireless communication network;

(b) the analysis server extracting usage patterns, execution function usage frequency, and device information of the application, which are contained in the received log data, and then displaying analysis results of respective log data lists;

(c) the analysis server transmitting pieces of application service information, which are generated to conform to the analysis results of respective log data lists, to the application insertion module installed in the device over the wireless communication network in a form of a pop-up or push notification; and

(d) the application insertion module executing the application service information received from the analysis server.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein (b) comprises:

(b-1) a log data reception module of the analysis server receiving the pieces of log data over the wireless communication network either at preset time intervals or according to a schedule of the application;

(b-2) a usage pattern analysis module of the analysis server generating log data usage pattern information by analyzing the usage patterns contained in the respective pieces of log data;

(b-3) an execution function analysis module of the analysis server generating log data execution function information by analyzing details of execution of functions or menus, which are performed by the application and are included in the respective pieces of log data;

(b-4) a device analysis module of the analysis server generating log data device information by analyzing pieces of device data contained in the respective pieces of log data; and

(b-5) an analysis information display module of the analysis server displaying any one of the log data, the log data usage pattern information, the log data execution function information, the log data device information, the analysis results of respective log data lists, and the application service information.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein (c) comprises:

(c-1) a service information transmission module of the analysis server determining whether to automatically transmit the application service information to the application insertion module installed in the device, or to designate a specific target and transmit the application service information to the specific target;

(c-2) if, as a result of determination at (c-1), the application service information is to be automatically transmitted, the service information transmission module transmitting the application service information to an application insertion module, which has been automatically targeted as the result of the determination, in a form of a pop-up or push notification over the wireless communication network;

(c-3) if, as the result of determination at step (c-1), the specific target is to be designated and the application service information is to be transmitted thereto, the service information transmission module selecting an application to be targeted, which has been input from a manager; and

(c-4), after (c-3), the service information transmission module transmitting the application service information to an application insertion module installed in a selected device in a form of a pop-up or push notification over the wireless communication network.